Personal Gossip: Local Visitors and Homecomings
A long column of society notes records Dr. D. G. Mahood and family returning from Lake Okoboji, multiple residents visiting from Eagle Grove, Kamrar, Story City, Jewell, Renwick, and Fort Dodge, plus short trips to Jefferson, Bancroft, and Des Moines, detailing arrivals and departures across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Mahood
Lake Okoboji
Goldie Thompson
Eagle Grove
Irene Thompson
Winnifred Davis
Kamrar
B. W. Craig
Jefferson
FL. Greeley
Des Moines
J. W. Pearce
Jewell
Lizzie Oleson
Story City
J. L. Nott
L. J. Nott
BE. H. Hemmen
W. F. Haeger
Children Free Day Carnival At County Grounds
Children in the county will enjoy a free carnival day next Tuesday with free admission to the grounds and the big show under the canvas. Tickets are available at Buster Brown's or the Mercantile Company. All costs are zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Brown
Mercantile Company
Jewell Defeats Webster City In Tennis On Sloped Court
Jewell team led by Dr DeLa and Prof Fenton lost to Attorney Prince and Rev Butler of Webster City in three tight sets 64 68 64 on a hillside court. Officials expect a rematch in Jewell next Monday amid odd court conditions and close play. Ellsworth notes reference Marcus Aurelius or Julius Caesar quote about friends. Gov Cummins endures strain from Senator Allison’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Marcus Aurelius
Julius Caeser
Cummins
Allison
Fleeing Couple Traced in Humboldt Scandal
Mrs. E C Eastwood reports illicit relations between her husband and Mrs. Butts of Humboldt. The couple disappeared after a street quarrel and a description led to Fort Dodge. Sheriff Thompson and Mr. Butts search for them while Mrs Eastwood and two children await news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Thompson
Butte
Humboldt
E. C. Eastwood
Hyatt
Butts
Eastwood
Hastwood
East Second Street
Highview
Fort Dodge
Ft. Dodge
Thompson
Neighborhood Notes and Farm Updates
A heavy rain delays threshing for several days. George Foster of Winterset visits relatives here. James Buckels adds lightning rods to his barn and markets hogs in Ellsworth. Rude and Smith tile drain work to begin soon with twelve and four teen inch tile. George Anfinson buys a new Avery separator. Oats yield about forty bushels per acre with fair quality. corn looks strong for a heavy crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buckels
George Anfinson
Avery
Ellsworth
Visit Notes From Blairsburg and Nearby Towns
Local social notes record visits and arrivals in Blairsburg and surrounding areas. Families including Stover, Stafford, Brown, Van Buskirk, Headley, and Jaycox are mentioned with travel to Ames Waterloo Eldora and Woodstock Minnesota for visits and events.
Rose Grove Weather and Local Happenings
A light shower in Rose Grove brings rejoicing after a dry spell of six workdays. Roy Stofer and Flora Lohan visit neighbors near the roost as farmers thresh and stack grain. The Hillocks district new schoolhouse passed for acceptance last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stofer
Flora Lohan
Blairsburg
Hillocks
Allison
Congress
Notable figures and events noted in August eleven entry
The excerpt recalls public figures and social mentions from Aug 11 including praise for a man in his prime, the Talcott children hosting Webster City cousins, W. B. Schultz waving during a ride to ward off mosquitoes, and five steam threshers operating near a potato patch yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Talcott
Webster City
W. B. Schultz
Fisherman John Hildahi visits Stratford for a few days
John Hildahi, an avid fisher, travels to Stratford for several days of angling. The Bell Telephone Co. has crews repairing and rebuilding lines in the area. Martin Tatham returns from Chicago with two carloads of hogs. Aga the tailor heads to Dakota to oversee land interests. James Fredrickson trades his car for a new Mitchel touring car of thirty five horsepower. Chas. Glaman returns from Albert Lea after a two week visit with his brother Sam. A E Perkins, Union Accident and Benefit Association agent, is in town writing insurance. M J Severson installs a gas light plant by Melvin Billings with good results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hildahi
Stratford
John
Bell Telephone Co
Martin Tatham
Chicago
Aga
Dakota
James Fredrickson
W. A. Hanson
4& Mitchel
Jim
Chas. Glaman
Albert Lee
Sam
A. E. Perkins
Union Accident and Benefit Association
Oskosh
Wis
M. J. Severson
Melvin Billings
White Fox threshing crew faces engine trouble at Fort Dodge trip
The Reinhardt Threshing Co. hired to thresh for the White Fox Ring has engine troubles and on Monday traveled to Fort Dodge to reach a foundry. Nearby threshing yields run about 40 bushels per acre. Local notes mention visits by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bosworth to Webster City, Earl Doolittle’s stay, J. C. McGinnis’s sales tour, and Charles Grover’s barn project with a concrete basement. August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhardt ‘Threshing Co
White Fox
Fort Dodge
Frank Bosworth
Webster City
Earl Doolittle
Davis City
Local Visitors and Threshing Delays Reported in Community
Rev. and Mrs. Proett and children from Sibley visit Rev. Miller's family for a few weeks. A. J. Arends visit relatives in Independence. Rain delays shock threshing for two to three days. Mrs. Geo Heyer and children visit Webster City. Mino Hemmen threshing southeast of Blairsburg. John Smith family stays with Jacob Jansen. Mrs. Peter Wessels of Kamrar visits Hemmen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Hanrahan
Fort Dodge
Susie Myrah
Roland
Josie Sweagle
Bloomington
Ill
J. W. Hotchkiss
Margaret Staenders
Peter Staenders
Chicago
Josie Baker
Des Moines
Velma Kimmel
Williams
Pomeroy
Wm. Horsley
Ft. Dodge
John Boege
Robert Fullerton
Sioux City
P. J., Brandrup
Richard
Carroll
Chariton
Wm. Baldwin
Webster City
8. C. Guthrie
Howard
Marshalltown
Carl Groves
Kamrar
W. E. Brandenburg
Nebraska
The
Christian Church
Baptists
Julia Bergeson
Story City
Minneapolis
Wmr
Lars Larson
Martin C. Benson
Edna Baron
Auburn
Goldfield
Bessie Lyon
J. Gossard
W. Is. Gossard
Ames
Lle Frakes
Woolstock
Harry Bossert
F. L. Zenor
Mary M. Nelson
Minnesota
J. B. Huff
Hester
Hester and Mrs. Huff's Father, A. Hopkins
Waterloo
Randalia
Fayette
James Kephart
Florence Minkler
Chas
Algona
F. F. Stover
Bernard
Persia
H. W. Stafford
P. €. Brown
Herman Stienbach
Louis Young
Freeman van Buskirk
A. J. Brown
Stafford
Brown
Cole
B. R. Headley
South Dakota
B. J. Rhodes
Eldora
Peter Wessels
Hemmen
Six Die in Explosion Aboard French School Ship
An explosion on the French school ship Couronne at Les Salins d Hyeres killed six crew and wounded eighteen as a 164 millimeter gun breech blew out during loading training. The incidents mark a series of fatal accidents on board in the last sixteen months tied to breech failures and powder decomposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
Conronne
Couronne
Les Salins d’Hyeres
Jena
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Kellogg
Lulu Carey
Renwick
Jessie Austin
Henry Cordes
Komrar
H. G. Wilson
M. J. McCormack
Ihlen
W. N. Green
Alta
Hosital
Harvey Pettibone
Ray Isham
BE. Isham
Richard Carpenter
Billings
Montana
Vernice Bishop
R. M. Morgan
John Wm. Olson
Superior
Bickford
Presbyterian Hospital
Bieford
Cora Cadwell
Mary Dundon
Earl C. Bone
Missouri Valley
Iowa
J. B., Smith
GC. I. Eberle
Silver Lake
Minn
C. H. Bubeck
Clarion
Florence Tucker
Colfax
Cora Loeb
Albia
Joseph Oppenheimer
Frances Kimball
Louis Lager
Carrie Goit
Clare Richardson
Nathan Osborn
Water
Street
Ruthven
B. A. Stokely
Oscar Jones
Viola Feys
Mattoon
Til
Wm. Birdsall
Emma Gibbler
J. W. Barr
Storm Lake
Lucy Cleveland
O. S. Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Marion Haines
Alden
Iris Mikel
Carrie Mikel
Chas. H. Clifton
M. A. France
A. ®. Chapman
Norfolk
Neb
G. I. Clement
E. S. Pringle
Hagle Grove
J. G. Bunker
Laurens
H. Warren
City
Sam Bateman
Ella McLain
Cedar Falls
U. S. Senate
Fritz Norris
Mont Hunter
Honolulu
Tween
Humboldt Husband
Stoke Webster City Mercantile CO
Lincoln
George Foster
Winterset
Ed Hawks
Hd Sayre
Guy C. Jaycox
Woodstock
Hawkins
O. A. Kellogg
Rose Grove
Liberty
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