West Union Chautauqua Sets Dates and Local Updates
West Union Iowa summer program runs July 26 to 31 with notable speakers and music. School board hires five teachers from Iowa State Teachers College Chariton. vacancies remain for domestic science and eighth, seventh, second grades. Brick paving on the square progresses slowly. Local labor tensions at Sweeney Bros. hint at new workers. plan to bring in colored laborers to complete the contract. Community features include a postcard shower for William Helserman, river trip by local youths, and visits from Flora Whitmore and families from Des Moines and Chicago area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
West Union Chautauqua
Lowa
Pearl Bennett
Hose Waterstradt
Amy Houge
Sweeney Bros
William Helserman
Helserman
McGregor
EB. Light
Curtis Layton
Burt Sturm
Leon Probert
Seldon Candee
Charles Theobald
Oliver Anderson
Leo Follen
George Woodard
Flora Whitmore
Des Moines
Fly
Whitmore
Mabel
Nellie
Ida Cline
Chicago
Elgin
Ill
J. R. Hubbard
Dex Moines
Mary Barrett
Niagara Falls
Milwaukee
City in Brief Sunlit Socials and Travel Notes
Local notices report visits by John Hammes of Oskaloosa and Clyde F. of Independence, with multiple trips to Osage, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Dayton. Evangelist Eli J. Forsythe wrapped up meetings at Bethany, Ill, and Miss Anna Traxler plans trips to Cleveland and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammes
Oskaloosa
Wiliam L. Beauveau, Jr
Philadelphia
J. A. Gary
Gleat Lake
Louis Brown
Margaret Theumpson
Osage
Clyde Fi
Independence
Fremont Austin
Denver Street
Eli J. Forsythe
Bethany
Ill
Tyne and
Fore
Mr. Forsythe
Lawrence, Mich
Nelle Bardeen
Ruth Pike
Anna Stifter
Lawn Fete Honors Mrs Brundage's Mother in Goshen Visit
Mrs GQ R Brundage hosted a lawn fete at 1017 Third Avenue West for her mother in law Mrs Elizabeth Brundage of Goshen Indiana who is visiting. About 30 friends attended. Flowers brightened the scene and guests enjoyed luncheon with Miss Vera Reber and Miss Edna Lichty assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Blanchard
Regina
Canada
W. H. Bickley
Blanchard
J. FP. Klingaman
Waterloo
T. M. Evans
Mulberry Street
Latiter
Arthur Meeker
Dysart
Reasoner
Virgil Blackledge
Elmwood Avenue
Horace Lichty
Carleton
Neb
Kie Wnele
JL W.ichty
Rammond Avenue
George Haines
A Heth
Chicago
Hattie Marness
Lime Street
Hradley
R. FE
Ders
Lawn Fete
GQ. R. Brundage
Third Avenue West
Elizabeth, Brundage
Goshen
Ind
Vera, Reber
Edna Lichty
Eckman's Alterative Realizes Dramatic Recovery Claim
A widow reports illness starting in November 1908 with rapid decline, given two months to live, then followed by a dramatic recovery after using Eckman’s Alterative. She claims improved health and urges others to try the proprietary medicine, noting its bronchial and throat benefits and lack of harmful drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Keiser
WH. K. Bailey
Eckuian
Eekman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Community Notes from Littleton and Nearby Towns
Local social news from Littleton July reports visits and gatherings in Fairbank Waterloo Winthrop Independence Rowley Lenins bridge and surrounding areas. A funeral in Waterloo, a birthday surprise, and camp life for Boy Scouts are noted along with a planned ice cream social. A serums program for 129 soldiers awaits before the state camp starting Aug 10 with a three dose schedule over 20 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
P. B. Benson
Minnesota
Elsie
Gladys McGlaughlin
Fairbank
Waterloo
H. B. Patton
Geo. Dickinson
Ludlow
Ladies’ Aid Society
Marie Knott
Winthrop
H. Chappell
Boy Scouts of Independence
Lenins Bridge
Floyd Werling
Independence
Ernestine Rehberg
Wm. Rehberg
Rowley
Necker
Herman Necker
George Rehberg
Frank Rehberg
J. P. Freed
Edi Knipp
August
Minnie
Pauline
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Fourth Street
Iowa
Dpotsonerwin
Scane
4Th St
Buchanan
Anna Traxler
West Second Street
Herman Lefkowitz
Cleveland
Detroit
Dayton
H. E. Clauss
Great Western Freight Office
Melbourne
Baxter
PL. A. Ferguson and Son
J. F. Klingaman
Minneapolis
Mary RB. Gooettel
Anna Gutkuech
Judea Mullan
S Petit
Anton P. Shockley
Francisco
Los Angeles
Margaret and
Ruth Fitzgerald
Fromuskaloosa
E. W. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Mary M. Yeagey
E24
WheelFaile
National Fire Stock
Ralston
Ralston Oxford
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