Mount Vernon Township News Roundup in Late October
Mrs Greensides of Constantine Michigan visits for winter with Mrs Austen Leversee. Minnie McFarland of Waterloo visits Roe Lane family. Hillside Cemetery meeting at Mrs Giles Leversee Oct 20. Miss Etta Dewey Cedar Falls visiting Mrs Dave Finlexy. Basket social at schoolhouse two miles north of Mona Junction. county superintendent to assist. Mrs McElroy hosts Mount Vernon Thimblebee Oct 20. Lou Brandes family Waterloo and Tina Brendes visit. Caroline Hue McGood of Waterloo recovering from typhoid fever at hospital. Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Will Sack’s home. Wil Baum family of Waterloo visit Julius Westphal. Mrs Grant and daughter from Waterloo visit Dave Finley. Guests enjoy strawberries. Barbara and Martin Grupp arrive from Germany to live in America. Leonard Wright, 11, injured by horse. stitches needed. Jay Leversee and Herbert Jordan touring Chicago. Mrs Martin Knapp and Mrs Riley Ford with Amanda Jordan. Geo How and wife from Moorehead visit old hare farm. Cedar Falls visitors Tostiebe Thierman Nubn Berger. Mrs Conrad Roth undergoes operation, hopes for recovery. Mrs Beringer returns to Klemine. Delmar Leversee attends Mitchell corn show. good show. Horse owned by Roht Aimpson dies from overeating new corn. Ernest Jordan attends wedding of Mayme Jordan and Sarset in Cedar Walls. New baby boy born to Kenneth Conk. two existing sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Greensides
Constantine
Mich
Austen Leversee
Minnie McFarland
Waterloo
Roe Lane
Hillside Cemetery
Saccity
Giles Leversee
Etta Dewey
Cedar Falls
Dave Finlexy
Lawrence
Mona Junction
McElroy
Caroline Hue MceGood
Caroline
Vernon
Will Sack
Logan Avenue
Wil Baum
Julius Westphal
Grant
Jay Leversee
Herbert Jordan
Chicago
Martin Knapp
Riley Ford
Amanda Jordan
Helfer
Geo. Howe
Moorehead
Minn
Old Hare Farm
Slesdames Tostiebe
Thierman Nubn
Berger
Carl Tostiebe
Conrad Roth
Beringer
Klemine
Delmar Leversee
Mitchell, D
Aimpson
Shady Grove Social Notes Amid Threshing Outfit Purchase
Shady Grove residents catch up during a busy week with visits to Independence Eagle Center La Porte City and Holly Colorado. A Nichols and Shepard threshing outfit was bought by local farmers while Mrs Alice Bunce suffered burns from a gasoline iron explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Grove
Fred Kenney
Jesup
Kazel Messinghim
Independence
Ann Isacr
Ocean Hilton
Eagle Center
Frank Kenney
Shady Grove Farmers
Nichols & Shepard
If Ham
Norris Sherman
Sara
Bunnell
Holly
Colo
B. B. Bunnell
Holy
GE al. Bunnell
Alice Bunce
Finchford Notes and Social Snippets
Mrs Walter Page visits sister Mrs George Schwab in Finchford. George Schwab hosts a visitor from Whaois. Mr and Mrs Jank A Miler of Cedar Falls stayed at A L Miller home for several days. Tim Folland lost the end of a finger in a corn dinder last Friday. Fred Garrison builds a cement porch at the store with Oscar Cassaday doing the work. Mr and Mrs F J Bowers spent a Sunday in Grundy Center. John Giesler is on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinchford
Walter Page
George Schwab
Teorge Schwab
Whaois
Jank
Cedar Falls
Tim Ffolland
Fred Garrison
Oscar Cassaday
F. J. Bowers
Grundy Center
John Giesler
Local residents guests and visitors in Clarksville area
Clarksville routines include Sheriff Hill visiting, houses being painted, and multiple visitors from Shell Rock Waterloo Colfax and surrounding towns. Among events are a baby birth, a six week visit, class confirmations, a communion service, a social start to the Women's club year, and a Yu My C A Friday youth gathering inviting all young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Sheriff Hill
Allison
Clarksvile
LL. R. Thompson
Carolyn Price
W.it. Atkinson
A. EB. Wilder
Hungboldt
Byron Wilder
Peter Poisal
Colfax
Tracy Beott
Camp
David Shephard
Ed Chambers
New Hampton
George Gough
Emma Renphart
Claude Ressler
John Wickle
Waterloo
Gilbert
Ambrose
M. D
R. T. Gilbert
Kelle Deeper
Lizzie
Heyworth
Charles Ford
Muscatine
Eien Penrose
August Hammel
Floy Grahazm
Miorella Cave
Cook
Rhoda McCarty
Darlington
A. A. Walrath
Bertha Pane
Lenora Wembure
Caraoline Schmadeke
Edmund Nordman
Willie Wedeking
Charles Dodge
Harvey Bouton
V. A. Aenhoefer
Jones
Shell Rock
A. Price
T. J. Zike
Carrville
H. T. Borshein
Charles City
W. Asher
James Cerney
Orange Twp Grange Two Updates And Local News
Silos fill as corn husking nears in Orange Twp. Large turnout for last week’s district meeting at South Waterloo church with visitors hosted by neighbors. Emma Landis of Waterlan vacationing. August Callies buys five acres from Samuel Jingver and begins a new home. plans to retire from farming. Mr and Mrs Russell Glessner of Sheldon Ta visiting. Mrs Jonas Flickinger with son C D Flickinger. Mrs A Landis visiting granddaughter Mrs A A Bontrager. Will Brown visits Dubuque. Revival services at Waterloo Brethren church attract farmers. Orville Strayer buried in Orange cemetery after dying in Canada. Simon Saylor back at work after horse kick injury.
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Grange
South Waterloo
Russed Pullin
Emma Landis
Waterlan
Orange
August Callies
Samuel Jingver
Waterloo
Hammond Avenue
Tie
Russell Glessner
Sheldon, Ta
Jonas Flickinger
C. D. Filex- Inger
A. Landis
A. A. Bontrager
Will Brown
Dubuque
Brethren Church
Orville Strayer
Canada
Orange Cemetery
Simon Saylor
Pigs Matured at Low Cost in Dairy Show Interest
In Mt Vernon township W L Fowler reports pigs born April and whey fed on pasture produced low-cost gains. Lot numbers 1 and 2 total 80 pigs, costing about 1.40 to 1.75 per 100 pounds, with whey from cows and pasture balancing ration. Owners Decker and Poel plan to display the pigs, asserting whey plus balanced feeding reduced costs and boosted finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wdtter
Tian
FF. R. Decker
Walter Poel
Mt. Vernon Township
Geneseo News in Brief From October
Geneseo Iowa items report Robert Speer returning from a 20th Town reunion in Davenport. Carrie Churchill and Mrs Tillie Mahanna visit Sycamore. Mrs Roy Leonard of Minnesota stayed with local families. Bragonier siblings and spouses travel to Omaha for Curtiss Bragonier wedding. A new girl joins the Yeungst household. Claude Mitchell ships hogs to Dysart. Merritt family visits Clarion. Tay Thomas buys a Maxwell car. McKay Brothers attend dairy show in Waterman with Holstein cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneseo
Robert Speer
Davenport
Carrie Churchill
Tillie MaHanna
Sycamore
Lit
Roy Leonard
Minnesota
A. J
R. J. Meeker
F. H. Bragonter
R. J. Bragonier
Omaha
Curtiss
Robert Yeungst
Claude Mitchell
O. F. Merritt
Clarion
Tay Thomas
Maxwell Automobiles
McKay Brothers
Waterian
Spring Creek Twp Wedding News and Local Farm Updates
Spring Creek area reports a North Dakota wedding of George Fehl after a week away, with plans to reside on the local farm upon return. Local niece Miss Marty Delegardelle wed Floyd Kurtenbaugh at Gilbertsville, attended by Mr. and Mrs. B Peters. Henry Hoppe visited from Waterloo, and farm rentals and sales are noted including Martha Kraft farm rental and Henry Widdel’s upcoming sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Creek
George Fehl
North Dakota
B. Peters
Marty Delegardelle
Floyd Kurtenbaugh
Gilbertsville
Ernest Garling
Miseaver
Waverly
Charles Harting
John Sherman
Henry Widdel
Hig
Illinois Central fireman injured at Scales Mound water tank
Fireman W H Matthews on Illinois Central freight train No 71 slipped while taking water at Scales Mound late last night and suffered a broken hip. He was brought to Waterloo on train No 5 and returned home at 526 Iowa street where he rests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Scales Mound
Lil
W. H. Matthews
Matthews
Waterloo
Iowa Street
Burr Promoted Electrician for Westinghouse Company
H J Burr recently married Etha Rickert and received a substantial promotion from Westinghouse. The Pennsylvania railroad system ordered thirty electric engines, and Burr was named electrician in charge of one. He will work in New York City from Sunnyside to Thirty-second Street, starting October 20 for five to six months to break in the engine. He and his wife will reside in New York for the duration, after settling in a Pittsburgh suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Burr
Etha Rickert
H. W. Lyon
Westinghouse Company
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Burr
New York City
Sunnyside
Thirty-second Street
Pittsburg
New York
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Messinger
The Messinger family thanks friends and neighbors for kind assistance during our mother Mrs. Messinger's illness and for floral tributes after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Messinger
Local notes and visits fill Waterloo scene
Mrs Bion Ham of Jesup visits Waterloo while others arrive for cattle show and relatives. Notables include Miss Hattie Standish of St Paul, Miss Johnson chain of items, and George of Jesup. Local residents and visitors frequent Rock Island trip, banking officials review books, and real estate deals cited along with travel plans and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bion Ham
Jesup
Waterloo
Agen
Citizens Savings Barat
Hattie Standish
St. Paul
B. F. Stoddard
NS. A. George
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P. S
Jefferson Street
Waterloo, Iowa
MT. Vernon
Finchford
Yu M. C. al
Geo, WL Fowler
I. C. Trainman
Messinger
Johnson
W. T
Kenry Warner
Oskaloosa
JLA
Jualue
Willand T. Goettseh
Davant, I
A. ‘Rand A
EL Peterson
Prlerson Bros
James V. Curran
Ottumwa
Kr. Curran
Jasseen
H. J. Patterson
Sait
Tllinois Central
Louis A.bel
Wind River
Wyo
August Label
Commercial Street
M. M. Quest
Harry
Dell
H. B. Somers
State Royal Arcanum
C. H. Elghmey
H. A. Snyder
George J. Pickett
Ottumwit
C. Crumrine
George
Hazel
Rock Island
Borkford, WL
Paul
C. W. Bruner
A. W. Thompkins
Nevada
Thich Place
James Gardiner
C. W. Trummel
Des Moines
Iuperlntesident
Waivers Accident Company
JT. &. Bules
Wellington St
Lafayette St
Tel
Trausework
Kansas
Colorado
Austin
Texas
Parsons, la
Banik
Black Hawk Nail Bank
Z. G. Hildebrand
West Third
Argyle St
Mast Waterloo
4Th St
Bent
Independence Ave
Kingsley Ave
Woods Bros
Wilton
Sir
Garner Pany
Northern Assurance Company
London
England
United States
Northern
Northern Fire Assurance Company
The
Jas. Gardiner Company
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
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