Williams City Gossip and Visiting Notables
Personal notes record numerous visitors and residents in Williams and nearby towns. Names include Mrs W R Marsh Dr Chas Reed Miss Zelma Gilmore and Miss Emily McLaury with travel to Morrison Des Moines Kamrar Portland and Decorah. Local business and social visits span Story City Minneapolis and Sioux City with multiple trips to Des Moines Chicago and Minnesota points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Marsh
Williams
Chas. Reed
Monroe
South Dakota
H. E. Reed
Emily McLaury
Jewell
Gardiner
B. F. Fisher
Lehigh
P. H. Lynch
Wilke
Edwarde
Chicago
Milwaukee
William Wehrheim
Eagle Grove
M. Dundon
Mary Dundon
Henry Studley
Kamrar
Lundell
J. W. Pearce
Catherine of
John McLain
Nevada
Fort Dodge
Fred A. Smith
San Francisco
F. Elias Smith
G. F. Tucker
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Doniluth
Minnesota
J. W. Schroeder
Holstein
Iowa
Miss Gilmore
Packman School
T. E. Bryan
B. F. Keltz
Des Moines
J. W. Walters
Attorney Nesbitt
Jackson
D. L. Hunter
John
O. D. West
D. L. Jewett
Julia
Mary Cloar
Portland
Oregon
C. P. Geltz
S. T. Meservy
Wm. Greenwood
No Developments In Gas Situation City Expected Plant
The Webster City municipal gas plant has not yet arrived but is expected by the first of next week. No official statements on erection or operation have been given. Mayor Edwards returned from Chicago. council division and bonds complicate any injunction or mains purchase. News from Indianapolis and Minneapolis items follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Fort Wayne Company
Edwards
Chicago
Old City Council
Maine
Clerk Banke
Funeral Tomorrow for Miss Eva Rath Rhone
The funeral for Miss Eva Rath Rhone, who died yesterday, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from the family home on Bank Street. Rev. W. A. Lipe of the Singlish Lutheran church will conduct the service and interment will be in the city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Rath Rhone
Bank Street
W. A. Lipe
Singlish Lutheran Church
Mrs Miller Recovers After Gallstone Surgery
Dr Buxton of this city assisted in removing 167 gall stones from Mrs J C Miller of Blairsburg township at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines on Wednesday. The patient is doing nicely with no complications and shows signs of a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton
J. C. Miller
Blairsburg
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Reward Offered for Tobacco Spitting Vandal in City
A city merchant reports repeated tobacco spit on his display windows after cleaning. N M OConnor offers a $25 reward for conviction of the responsible person or persons, calling the act vulgar and deserving of severe punishment if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. O'Connor
Elopement Ends In Marriage Of Dewitt Elder And Florence Haviland
DeWitt Elder aged twenty and Florence Haviland seventeen eloped from Fort Dodge after parental objections. They traveled to Webster City, obtained papers, and wed with a witness, then returned home as a married couple. Elder is a World War II veteran who served in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Tribune
Lund
Irort Dodee
DeWitt Elder
Florence Haviland
John
Haviland
Hove
Webster City
Fort Dodge
West
Philippines
Hpe
W. C. Elder
Itinerant Italian Frightens Farmers and Is Allowed to Proceed
An itinerant Italian, half demented, frightened farmers south and east of the city as he wandered with a horse and buggy. After a night in barns and two meals, Sheriff Thompson found the horse and determined the man’s condition improved, allowing him to continue his journey. The episode stemmed from hunger and exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson Farm
Reinicker Farm
Thompson
Colesors Crndera
McPhillips Farm
Richardson Place
Sheriff Thompson
Des Moines Music Teachers Elect Officers At Convention
State music teachers gathered in Des Moines for their annual convention and elected officers: President Charles Grade Marcaine, Secretary Mrs Grace Clark U De Graffe, Lies Moines, Treasurer Rev Chas Bohn Mason City. Des Moines June 23. Groundbreaking for First Methodist Episcopal church building at Tenth and Pleasant streets drew large crowds as a 200 foot rope plow event connected to Rev Hagerman and Rev Billingsley. Services in St Pauls Universalist and Congregational church plans noted with summer schedule changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles Grade
Marcaine
Grace Clark U de- Graffe
Lies Moines
Chas. Bohn
Mason City
E. T. Hagerman
L. K. Billingsley
Wesley Methodist
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Tenth
Pleasant Streets
Dynamite at Clear Lake Outlet Creek Destroys Wall
A midnight dynamiting destroyed the cement and plank retaining wall outlet of Clear Lake, with unknown perpetrators. Heavy timbers and side wall demolished, cement blocks buried half a mile, water flow doubling. Longstanding dispute between summer resorters and farmers over lake height continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manon City
The
Freeman Tribune
Clearake
Elk Lodge to Meet Fort Dodge in Shielded Baseball Match
The Elk’s lodge of this city has accepted a challenge from Fort Dodge for a charity baseball game to be played in Fort Dodge within two weeks. A large local delegation will travel with the Elk team and ambulance corps. Lineup includes R L Sterling pitcher E F King catcher Art Smith first base France Gormley second base N M O’Connor third base E J Kidder shortstop H J Buell left field Dr N C A Berg center field J E Peterson right field J W Allington umpire Doctore Desmond McCauliff Wyatt ambulance corps W N Merrill water boy E E Fox score keeper C H Comley mascot Balance of lodge as substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk’s Lodge
Fort Dodge
Elk’s Club
R. L. Sterling
E. F. King
Art Smith
Eagle Grove
France Gormley
N. M. O’connor
E. J. Kidder
H. J. Buell
N. C. A. Berg
J. E. Peterson
Elaworth
J. W. Allington
Desmond and McCauliff
This City
Wyatt
Kamrar
W. N. Merrill
E. E. Fox
C. H. Comley
Official Chicago Markets Preview Hog Arrivals and Cattle
Official Chicago market notes estimate hog futures for tomorrow while yesterday’s hogs remain. Cattle trading referenced with brief status but details are unclear in the fragment.
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Blanche
Grace Shaffer
Swaledale
John Shaffer
Sweetland
Milford
J. D. Kimmell
E. BR. Rising
Missouri
Kate McComb
Guy Woodard
C. B. Stoddard
Philadelphia
R. H. Mabbott
Bozeman
Montana
Yale
W. T. Peters
Burt
Turner Welch
Ed Welch
Jansen Welch
Missa Margie Murphy
Renwick
H. B. Cole
William Haller
Miesa Duffy
Derry Hook
Spiritlake
C. W. Soule
Fred M. Webb
W. H. Helmick
W. C. Halvorsen
Wooletock
Geo. Mitchell
Leona Call
State University of
Iowa City
J. P. Tuttle
Alice Wyckott
Blairaburg
E. B. Heminen
Blairsburg-Kamrar
Mies Eleie Murray
New Mexico
P. Staendera
J. B. Williams
Randall
Art Alexander
G. T. Chamberlain
Martha Buchert
Mis
Grace Johnson- Kneady
Miss Cook
Miss Johnson
M. L. McCullough
Marshalltown
Maude Ryberg
Stratford
Ella McLain
Angus McLaughlin
Mitchell
Castro
Washington
State Department
Carenero
Venezuela
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Tucacas
Ocumare Costa
Armory Hall
Maranti
Turmnerg
Indianapolis
Heginning
Prand
Fair Grounds
Turners
North American Gymnatic Union
Minneapolis Park
Hitchcock
Moody
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
F. A Boysen
Second Street
Mrs. Miller
Mitchell's
A. N. Alcott
Congregational Church
Clear Lake
Rouse
U. S
Clark
Court House
H. B. Merrill
Byington
C. H. S. Bolstedt
Iowa County
Mattoon
Hall
F. M. Menee
Texas
EB. W. Hall
P. O. Box
St. Louis
ELK
Elks Club
E. H. Martin Telephone Co
Sant
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