West Independence Notes Share Family Visits
Neighborhood notes report Sunday visits among local residents. E D Busing and family visited H R Busing, H D Richards from Pleasant Hill visited with Will Richards, W D Chalfant and family visited Carl Bauer, Idle Hour club met at Mrs. Lee Kennedy, Fern Bentley of Webster City visited Mrs. John Schweppe, Garret Bennie Naber and Harold Schweppe visited the Welp home. June 23.
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West Independence
E. D. Busing
H. R. Busing
H. D. Richards
Pleasant Hill
Will Richards
W. D. Chalfant
Carl Bauer
Idle Hour Club
Lee Kennedy
Fern Bentley
Webster City
John Schweppe
Garret
Bennie Naber
Harold Schweppe
Welp
Local Notes From The Community Pages
Geo Faber of Paw Paw Illinois spent a few days last week on his farm. Irvin Bottorf of Williams was an over Sunday visitor at the Ralph Jewett home. Mt Zion ladies met with Mrs Henry Miller last Thursday. G J Wack traveled to his farm near Renwick late last week. Residents attend the Masonic Temple dedication in Fort Dodge today, traveling with Hugh Nairn. June 22.
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Geo. Faber
Paw Paw
Illinois
Irvin Bottorf
Williams
Ralph Jewett
Mt. Zion
Henry Miller
G. J. Wack
Renwick
Masonic Temple
Fort Dodge
Hugh Nairn
Flugstad Briefs Weimar Widick visits district business caller.
Wm Widick of Lehigh was a business caller here Saturday. Mrs M D VanHook recovering from illness. Carl Ober was a business visitor at the county seat Saturday. Stockholders of the Flugstad Farmer's Grain Company set annual meeting for next Monday. Howard and Edith Evans visited Webster City last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs A C Shaffer were business callers at Webster City Saturday. Mr and Mrs Frank Stahl and daughter Gladys visited friends in Webster City Sunday. June 23.
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Flugstad
Wm. Widick
Lehigh
M. D. VanHook
Carl Ober
Flugstad Farmer’s Grain Company
Howard
Edith Evans
Webster City
A. C. Shaffer
Frank Stahl
Gladys
Saratoga Items and Local Social Notes
Local column recaps revival meetings at a Saratoga church and upcoming sermons by Mrs. Kleckner. It lists visits and family events across Webster City Pleasant Hill Blairsburg and nearby towns including hospital updates, travel to Fort Dodge and Des Moines area gatherings, and social calls among residents such as the Keslers Adams Riley and Merryman families.
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Kleckner
Walter Ewing
Mercy Hospital
F. G. Kesler
James Hannah
Pleasant Hill
Arthur Adams
G. W. Groves
Frank Riley
Webster City
Ray Riley
Mari Craig
Stanhope
Margaret Woodarg
June Wes
Social visit and wedding attendance noted
About twenty young people under Miss Irene Clost and Miss Ida Johnson met on Wednesday evening. BE. A. Smith traveled to Dubuque Tuesday for his son Arend Smith and Miss Anna Lightcap’s marriage on Wednesday. Miss Florence Meeks from Webster City visited Miss Marian McPhillips on Wednesday, June 24.
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Irene Clost
Ida Johnson
BE. A. Smith
Dubuque
Arend
Anna Lightcap
That City
Florence Meeks
Webster City
Marian McPhillips
Sweet Pea Luncheon Hosted by Mrs Sheldon in Second Street Home
Social affairs note describes a one o'clock luncheon at Mrs Jack Sheldon’s Second Street residence attended by about forty five friends. Peony and pansy decor with water color Sweet pea place cards by Miss Virginia Lewis. A three course meal followed by afternoon chats and crafts on the screened porch. Out of town guests included Mrs Henry Edwards and daughter Bonnie of Hastings Nebraska and Mrs Margie Hunter Smiley of Washington DC.
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Jack Sheldon
Second Street
Virginia Lewis
Henry Edwards
Miss Bonnie
Hastings, Neb
Margie Hunter-Smiley
Washington, D. C
Whitleys Host Dinner for Purinton Guests at Club House
Dr and Mrs F B Whitley entertained about a dozen friends at the outing club house Tuesday evening honoring Dr and Mrs D B Purinton of Morgantown West Virginia. Daisies formed the sole decoration and the event was largely a family gathering.
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F. B. Whitley
Outing Club
D. B. Purinton
Morgantown
W. Va
Surprise Birthday Gathering At Miss Hensel Home
A group of young people surprised Miss Mabel Hensel at her northwest town residence on Wednesday night for a birthday anniversary. They delivered gifts on the porch then enjoyed games music and readings. Ice cream and cake concluded the evening.
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Mabel Hensel
Dalbey’s Sixteenth Anniversary Surprise Party
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Dalbey hosted a surprise gathering at their First and Superior home. Twelve couples arrived to celebrate their sixteenth wedding anniversary and Mrs Dalbey’s birthday with music, conversation, and a game of 500. Out-of-town guest Mrs. Hubert Rouillard and her daughter from Minneapolis attended.
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F. R. Dalbey
First
Superior Streets
Mrs. Dalbey
Hubert Rouillard
Little Daughter
Minneapolis
Complimentry Luncheon For Alta Bailey Engagees Misses
Mrs. Douglas Huff of Woolstock hosted about seventeen young women for a luncheon at her home in honor of Alta Bailey's approaching marriage. Guests came from Webster City, Woolstock, and nearby areas. The event featured a three course meal arranged with pink roses and mock orange in the decor and favors. A program included sewing and a presentation of gifts and notes of regard from the assembly.
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Douglas Huff
Woolstock
Alta Bailey
Webster City
Im Chamberlin
Itiss Della McDaniels
China expert NG Poon Chew to lecture at Chautauqua
Noted Chinese scholar, editor, and educator NG Poon Chew will speak at Chautauqua on "China and Her Problems." He is described as highly equipped for the task, with long ties to leading figures in China and firsthand knowledge of the new republic's challenges.
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Chautauqua
China
America
New Republic
Stricken Towns Rebuild After Imperial Valley Quakes
Imperial Valley residents mobilized to repair quake damage after a series of tremors began Tuesday night. Estimated losses topped fifty thousand dollars with nine deaths, including one in Calexico where Eliza Ann Hevner died. Banks reopened in a large tent as mercantile firms repaired shattered quarters.
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EL Centra
Cat
Imperial Valley
Mexicali
Lower California
Calexico
Eliza Ann Hevner
F. DB. Hevner
Chamber of Commerce of
Imperial
Hevner
Eight Die and Dozens Hurt In Western Maryland Wreck
At a high bridge near Highfield and Thurmont in Maryland's Mason and Dixon line area a head on collision between the Blue Mountain special and a local train on the Western Maryland railroad killed eight people and injured twelve to fourteen. The crash on a 200 foot high bridge caused possible passenger ejection and the cause is blamed on a orders misread with fatalities among engine crews and a baggage master.
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Gettyburg
Blue Mountain
Western Maryland Railroad
Mason and Dixon
Highfield
Thurmont
Entombed Miners Found Dead at Neck City Mine
After fourteen days of work rescue crews reached the Longacre-Chapman mine drift at Neck City and discovered the bodies of Daniel Hardendorf and Reed Taylor on a timber pile. The two men apparently died days earlier, while four coworkers rescued alive five days after the accident.
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Joplin
Longacre-Chapman
Neck City
Daniel Hardendorf
Reed Taylor
New Torpedo Flotilla Formed for U S Atlantic Fleet
Washington June 25 A new division of the torpedo flotilla of the Atlantic fleet has been organized to service newly commissioned destroyers The Nicholson Downes and O'Brien are assigned to the division with more ships to follow The torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth completed acceptance trials at Rockland Me after a four hour sea run at twelve knots
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Washington, D. C
Torpedo Flotilla
Atlantic Fleet
Nicholson
Downes
O’brien
Wadsworth
Rockland
Navy yard to build pontoons for F reascue at Mare Island
Authority was received at Mare Island navy yard to construct pontoons for raising the submarine F 4 lost last March outside Honolulu harbor. Work must be finished by July 20 after prior suspensions due to fears of craft collapse without pontoon aid.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
Honolulu
American Arrested by Mexican Chief in Nogales
Dis patches from Naco report General Acosta of the Maytorena troops created a disturbance Wednesday night and arrested Millard Haymore American manager of Sonora Mercantile company. Haymore was held as a prisoner and an appeal was made to Frederick Simpich American consul at Nogales Sonora.
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Nogales
Ariz
Naco
Acosta
Maytorena
Millard Haymore
Sonora Mercantile Company
Haymore
Frederick Simpich
Sonora
Child Killed by Automobile in Davenport
Nellie Cruson aged 6 was struck and killed by a car driven by John Kennedy last night. The girl’s mother stood nearby as the tragedy occurred. Kennedy had recently inherited the car by will from a wealthy relative.
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Davenport
Nellie Cruson
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Negro Held for Murder in Warden’s Wife Death
Joliet June 25 The coroner s jury decided to hold Joseph Campbell a Negro convict to the charge of murder in the death of Mrs Edmund Allen wife of the penitentiary warden. A tacit doubt of guilt was noted and prison officials were ordered to pursue further inquiry into the fire that killed Mrs Allen to possibly clear Campbell or reveal others involvement. State Rep John P Devine of Dixon visited the penitentiary as Gov Dunnes aide to aid in the murder inquiry and comment on the honor system.
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Campbell
Allen
John P. Devine
Dixon
Dunne
Let Us Help You Plan Your Summer Vacation
We shall be glad to assist you and supply maps booklets and complete information regarding the Great North Woods lake country and resort and fishing district of Wisconsin Northern Michigan and Minnesota. Apply to H F Strachan ticket agent Chicago North Western Railway. 16d3Wed
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Great North Woods
Lake Country
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
H. F. Strachan
Chicago & North Western Railway
Green peas and new potatoes headline local sale notices
Fresh green peas from vines enter the dinner table with new potatoes. Kearns Grocery promotes towels and hose deals on the main floor. The Ferndell Grocery advertises a grape juice demonstration with cartoon package specials.
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Kearns Grocery
French Make Small Gains as War on Warsaw Looms
British and French reports say Russians retreating in the east while French forces gain at points on the western front. Austro Germans hold Lemberg with ongoing Dniester battle. Debate over whether a new push on Warsaw or a westward campaign will follow Galicia’s collapse. Swiss aviation officers killed and injured near Zurich as recruitment accelerates.
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London
Lemberg
the Dniester
Berlin
Linsingen
Galicia
Poland
Warsaw
Russia
Germany
Vienna
Perograd
Lloyd George
Hog market figures and cattle listings brief
Open high low close data shows hogs estimated 20000 current and 15000 tomorrow with 741 leftovers yesterday. Hogs top 7.85 and cattle 200 with steady open and close. Sheep 10000 and cattle stable while sheep open steady and close end unspecified.
Corn and Wheat Crop Prospects Reported in Chicago
Chicago reports show corn complaints and an expected July condition near 80. Winter wheat sees a late harvest and a very large overall crop. Locals remain bearish on wheat but anticipate rising export demand. Oats look bumper, grain trend irregular, another dip may trigger buying. U S visible supply expected very low for a couple of weeks.
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Chicago
United States
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