Chautauqua notes and local updates from Ainsworth neighborhood
Correspondents report West Liberty visitors and Washington connections. Col D F Macon buys a season chautauqua ticket and plans all sessions while Grace Fitzgerald breaks an arm at play. School opens Sept 5 with large attendance. New York Glee club performs tonight. Residents relocate around town as trips to Minnesota and Des Moines are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsw Ainsworth
Worth Phillips
West Liberty
Washington
Col
D. F. Macon
Mr Macon
Ed Rhodes
Lelia
Grace Fitzgerald
J. W. Dunham
Rock Island
Kev
Clyde Matson
Betty Jane
New York Glee Club
George Carson
John Morrison
Carson
Warren Woodside
Ottumwa
Louie Lamb
George Lord
Florence Baird
Minnesota
Leslie Lord
Des Moines
George and
Mable Sands
Central City
What Cheer Family Leads at J. B. and Wm. On Homes
A What Cheer family led the activity at the J. B. and Wm. homes on Thursday. The report notes their prominent role in the events occurring that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B
Crawfordsville Social Hour elects officers after vacation
Lon Birney of Washington visited Crawfordsville and P. Gordon stopped by. The Social Hour club elected Mrs Daisy Huber president Nellie Manners vice president and Mrs Ollie Anwyl secretary treasurer. Members shared recipes and refreshments were provided by Mrs Maryal Graham and Mrs Helen Bullers.
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Vrawfordsville
Crawfordsville
Lon Birney
Washington
P. Gordon
Maryal Graham
Daisy Huber
Nellie Manners
Ollie Anwyl
Graham
Helen Bullers
Mina McCleary
Keira
Miss Bauer
West Chester
Ruth Bennett
Hedrick
Iowa
Essie Harper
Richard Bennett
Missson Mission Circle
Velma Twinam
L A club hosts weiner roast and notes local events
The L A club held a weiner roast in Campbell's timber with buns weiners and coffee served by Olive Hazen Martha Jennings and Viola Rademaker. Josephine Caldwell gave readings. Next meeting with Mr and Mrs Glenwood Bowden on Friday Sept 9. Also notes on visits by Mrs Ev erette Foster and the Ainsworth W F M S mission picnic at Edkins. Comments on auto trends fly concerns and county fair thefts.
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Ainsworth
Route
R. No. 2
L. A
Campbell
Olive Hazen
Martha Jennings
Viola Rademaker
Josephine Caldwell
Glenwood Bowden
Ruth Hazen
Will Richards
Chas. Palmer
R. C. Billinesley
Everette Foster
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Edkins
Neighborhood Picnic Social and Local Visits Noted
A community picnic with cafeteria style desserts and a meeting with officer elections followed by a text passionary picnic planned with Mrs. Emmett Frame. Several residents visited relatives, attended the county home picnic, and hosted gatherings at local homes over the week.
Bridge Project Near Joe Wolfes Slough Progressing
Al Morgan county supervisor oversees a 30 foot bridge across the slough east of Joe Wolfe's with materials on the ground and near completion. Maurice Renda travels to the coast by car for an extended outing that will last several weeks. Mr and Mrs Beenblossem visited Lelie Reed near Olds on Sunday. Frank Snider sold yearlings to WH Sigafoose for six dollars per hundredweight as the church contemplates a new lighting system.
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Eureka
al Morgan
Joe Wolfe
Maurice Renda
D. G. Beenblossem
Lelie Reed
Olds
Frank Snider
WH. Sigafoose
Local News Snapshots from the Lexington Community
Mr and Mrs Charley Stewart and family of Lexington spent Sunday with the Howard Wagner family. A large crowd attended Rev John Simpson's sermon last Sunday, with many in attendance recalling Johnny's boyhood in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
Charley Stewart
Lexington
Howard Wagner
John Simpson
Johnny
Local Notes from Bureau and Surrounding Towns
Mrs J F Hart of Bureau visits her brothers J P and J D Dayton. James Nelson and wife of Keota visit friends. A F Augustine in Rose Hill on business. Ernest Cady moved to Keota. H Davis to move into former house. Calf feeding method discussed as a light relief from work. Cora Goodspeed of Chicago vacationing at Goodspeed home near Lexington with four sisters who have taught school all their lives. Charlie Robertson family returns from tribes and state fair. George Breitenbach and family stop at Freshwaters on way home.
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Cora Goodspeed
Chicago
Goodspeed
Lexington
Iown
Charlie Robertson
George Breitenbach
Freshwaters
Prairie Flower farmers push silo filling drive
Rural Route Three report that Karl Smith supplies the engine and Will Phillips operates the ensilage cutter as farmers accelerate silo filling efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Karl Smith
Will Phillips
Community Notes From Pilotburg and Nearby
Local residents attend the State Fair and Standard Bearers picnic at the Stransky home. Mrs Mary Scott and grandma Page are convalescing while Everett Teeta is set to return from Iowa City hospital. Miss Veda Stryker of Washington visits Pilotburg girls for district work planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BL. Smith
Ely Theatey
Alice Almond
Pagé
Everett Teeta
Iowal City Hospital
Martha McGuire
Roy Teets
Veda Stryker
Washington
Martha Thrasher
Abigail Bishop
Frank Stransky
Miss Stryker
Pilotburg Church
Stransky
Stafford
Thing
Thom
Lexington
Ashby
Word counts in Bible texts total 774746 words
The Old Testament contains 93405 words and the New Testament 154253 words, adding up to a total of 774746 words in the Bible. This breakdown shows the distribution of words across the two testaments.
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Darus Griggs
Maple Grove
Anton Kupka
Evening Journal
America
Shellet-Eimen
Jackson Township
Charles Kolesick
Miller
Ourdindindkay
Alex
West Liberty Fair
State Highway Commissioners
Board of State Fly Commissioners
Homestead
Dwight
Rev
Odell
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Coffey
Wellman Advance
Defacto
Lins
Emmett Frame
Martha Foster
Chautanuqua
Wellman
B. B. Raimey
Batavia
Nat Rush
Minnie Jennings
Martha
Delbert
Hurlington
J. C. Sullivan
Charlie Deems
Don Hazen
Randolph Kelsey
Richard Lins
Long Island
N. Y
New
Sigourney
Emma
Rothschild’s
Thrasher
Miss Abigail
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Side Square
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