Pilotburg Community News and Kalona Labor Day Notes
Correspondents report Iowa state fair attendees from Pilotburg Chas Rickey and son William Mr and Mrs Ray Bell Frank Stran sky and family and Mark Brown. Kalona Labor Day drew a large crowd and a good program. Pilotburg L A S met Sept 6 with Mrs Helen Brown and Mrs Ollie Stafford assisting. Local students entered Kalona high school and Freshmen were Glen Winnie and Inez Chaloupa Farnest Triska Roy Novy Marion Stransky Joe Vodick and Albert Stransky delivered home to Farmers Union in Wellman last Saturday. Will and Ellaworth Kelly finished a four week filing job for Frank Stransky last Friday. A box supper social is planned at Pilotburg church September hth, Friday evening.
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Pilotburg
Chas. Rickey
William
Ray Bell
Frank Stransky
Mark Brown
Kalona Labor Day
Pilotburg L. A. S
Helen Brown
Ollie Stafford
Kalona High School
Glen
Winnie
Inez Chaloupa
Farnest Triska
Roy Novy
Marion Stransky
Joe Vodick
Albert Stransky
Hame
Farmers Union
Wellman
Will
Ellaworth Kelly
Twenty fifth wedding anniversary celebrated at Woodford home
A large gathering honors Mr. and Mrs. Anson Woodford for their twenty fifth anniversary with baskets and a banquet. Relatives from Keota Richland and Ames attended, with three wedding attendants present. They received silverware as gifts and plans were announced for a Women’s Farm Bureau Club meeting and a Missionary Society event at Clay church.
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Richland
Local notes from Noble Iowa visit and community events
Silas Zehr and family from Manson Iowa arrive for several weeks with John Roth and relatives. Verna Miller returns from Burlington. A Peter Graber Jr. party honors Leonard Graber before Bluffton College studies. Farmers fill silos and a Martha Kellerhall sale lunch is served by Helping Hands. Missionary Penner of India to speak at the church September 19.
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Bluffton College
Bluffton
Ohio
Joel Frey
Milton
Cave
Richard
Don Lewis
Fairfield
FE. E. Richer
Paul Lepper
Emil Kellerhall
Fred Miller
Levi Wenger
Orville
Carolina Baumgartner
Brighton
Andrew Havenstine
Penner
India
Graber and Mary Return to Heston for Further Studies
Joe Graber and Mary head to Heston Kansas on Friday to resume studies. Mary enters her second year at the academy while Joe begins his second year of college.
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Joe Graber
Mary
Heston
Kansas
The
Academy
Joe
Local Students Depart for Colleges and Presbytery Meeting
Miss Wilma Twinam and Grace Hesseltine left for Muskingum college in New Concord Ohio. Aletha Holmes Talma Sipe and Leland Maxwell went to Cedar Falls for the state teachers college. Stella Barnett left for Escalon California to teach again this year. Rev G W Hanna and daughters along with others went to Morning Sun for Keokuk Presbytery meeting and P C U convention. Mr Lanone from Milton Iowa arrived to lead the band concert today.
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Crawfordsville
Wilma Twinam
Grace Hesseltine
New Concord
Ohio
Muskingum College
Aletha Holmes
Talma Sipe
Leland Maxwell
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Stella Barnett
Escalon
California
G. W. Hanna
Rachael
Emmeline
Isabelle Anwyl
Margaret
Marion Davidson
Morning Sun
Riverside News Summary of Local Visits and Upcoming Wedding
Riverside notes include visits from Cedar Rapids and Carroll relatives, trips to West Bend grotto, and a forthcoming marriage between William Shebanek and Miss Imaline Attig at St Joseph Lone Tree. Other items record trips to Davenport, Metamora, and Philadelphia, and a seven year old boy, Lawrence Lukavsky, fracturing his left arm after a fall from a barn door.
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Riverside
Anna Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Rene Schnoebelen
John Knittel
Ed Bushek
Carroll, Garwin
Father Dobberstein
West Bend
Domine Wombacher
Mascoutald
Moline
Catherine Wieland
Frank Vegey
Baby
Wadle
Melcher
Iowa
Ed Dorgan
Davenport
Norbert Dautremont
Frank Slumitz
Iowa City
Paul Shebanek
Marie Waldschmidt
Metamora
Vincent Waldschmidt
Waldschmidt
Illinois
Xavier Miller
Philadelphia
Penn
Snuff Taking Through History In Europe
The article traces snuff use from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to Queen Victoria's era, noting its rise as a fashionable European custom. It highlights snuff boxes as symbols of grace, the ceremonial exchange with bows, and the social rituals around sharing snuff among royalty and artists.
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Europe
Tim
Wigs Mark The Distinction In Legal Dress History
A historical note on wigs as a sign of status in law and politics. The article traces their church origins, entry from France in the 1600s, and continued use by barristers judges and parliamentary officials as part of formal dress.
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England
France
House of Commons
Montreal
Beauty's Bidding in a Boardinghouse Parlor
A vignette follows Belle as she narrates a late night in a Bescon Hill boarding house. Kya Herrick debates beauty routines while doubts about debts loom over flirtations and social costs. Belle launches a beauty business from the attic with Eva Hermes as future help, promising glamour and independence.
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Kya Herrick
Metcher's
Bescon Hil
Koons Family to Visit Miss Helen Stewart Tonight
Mr and Mrs Koons and their daughter Barbara Jean expect an evening visit at Miss Helen Stewart's home. Mrs Koons is formerly Miss Edna Webb daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Webb who are visiting here from Los Angeles.
Musings on motherhood and everyday grace
A reflective column notes how a new mother’s small acts reveal love and strength. The author recalls Columbus like milestones, a compliment from a husband, and a worn winter hat as signs of care. She contrasts childrearing among different kinds of families and extols patience amid a rainy Saturday with many children.
Farmer Thoughtful Men: The Farmer as Governing Power
In this editorial the farmer emerges as the nation’s steadying force. It notes a postwar shift to profit from quick returns on young stock and crops, asserts farmers resist political manipulation, and argues government durability hinges on farmers’ stability and prudent methods.
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Des Moines
United States
Kansas
North Dakota
Iowa
Malachi Lessons on Giving and Priestly Reform
A Sunday school lesson surveys Malachi's themes of God's love, priestly profanity, covenanted giving, and social sins. It links Israel’s ingratitude to future judgment, notes corrupt offerings, and highlights the prophet’s call to holy living, faithfulness, and proper tithes.
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Malachi
Nehemiah
Haggab
Zechariah
Zerubbabel
Jerusalen
Jerusalem
Israel
Jacob
Esau
Edom
God
Christ
John the Baptist
Elijah
Verse Reflection on Purity and Hope in John 3 2 3
A devotional excerpt emphasizes the mystery of future transformation through faith. It asserts that believers are children of God and shall be made like Christ when He appears. It urges self-purification in light of the hopeful promise.
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God
Not Afraid. A Psalmic Line in Verse
A short devotional line declares trust in divine protection against vast danger. The speaker emphasizes rest and wakefulness under God’s sustaining presence, framing fear as needless in the face of many adversaries.
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Meo Clare Newspaper Syndicate
Kya
Belle
Nell
Margerie
Los Angeles Express
Eustace
Jim Bryant
Félow
Ce Zy
Milo
Mrs. Gibson
Betty Enderhurst
Dauce
Betty
Per
Myre
Gibson Browel
Hell Iaten
Grace Bryant
Jimny
Tam
Betty Enderharst
Chevaoltnt
Eva
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Puget Sound
Sunbeam
Saturday Evening Post
Washinton
Lo Va
Melbourne
Racine Avenue
Wilson Avenue
North Shore
Broadway
Sheridan Road
Clarendon
Wilson
Harry Winder
Avery G. Warren Er
Kuved Uniform International
BP. Blitiwated
Moody Tole Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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