Neighborhood Notes Highlight Local Family Visits
Social visits bring residents together as Mrs. W. C. McConnell hosts the Social Circle and plans with Mrs. Allen Pari. Local residents report travels to Boone for medical treatment and kinship gatherings with the Claflins, Schwiebert cousins, and extended family across Homer Jewell Blairsburg Mt. Zion Cass township. A Sunday school session is noted for Pleasant Hill on June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Anderson
Homer
Edith Claflin
Geo. Claflin
Jewell
W. C.mcconnell
Allen Pari
John Anderson
Roy Adams
Boone
Roy
McAlpin
McAlpin. ‘Chas. Adams
Mt. Zion
Frank Bever
Cass Township
Calvin Schwiebert
Grace McConnell
Blairsburg
Pleasant Hill
Mulberry Center Gossip and Community Notes
In Mulberry Center residents share small town updates. Os Riley begins to sit up and improve. Iva Hall closes a school term with a picnic. Vernie Read returns from Des Moines visiting Mrs. A H Clay. Mamie Gerard suffers tonsillitis. Jennie Grempel visits from Webster City. Margaret Nicholson acts as substitute mail carrier. Mrs J B Grovisier visits Webster City. Chas O Connor and spouse visit relatives. neighbors help E B Ashpole shingles the barn. H D Miller paints EB Ashpole house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Os‘ear ‘Riley
Iva Hall
Dist
No. 2
Jennie Grempel
Webster City
Edgar Pringle
Margaret Nicholson
J. B. Grovisier
W. W. Douglas
Chas. O’connor
Local notices from Webster City area recount moves and visits
Clyde Flugstad and Mrs. Harm Balsey visited near here and Ft. Dodge. Geo. Yungelas and Mrs. Olof Handel moved through Webster City. Mason & Vanhook file for L. C. Moline. The Flugstad Farmer's Grain Co. held an annual stockholders meeting electing directors. The Anderson Co. moved its ditching camp to Vincent. Wallie Moline broke his leg hauling tile. a Webster City doctor treated him. The column notes various business visits and social calls in Webster City and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flugstad
Clyde .Hahne
Webster City
Harm. Balsey
Ft. Dodge
Geo. Yungelas
Olof Handel
Mason & Vanhook
L. C. Moline
E. M. Flugstad
Story City
Anderson Co
Vincent
T. G. Mason
W. A. Jones
D. W. Kennedy
A. BE. Jones
Martha Peterson
Callender
Henry Mickelson
Flugstad Farmer’s Grain Co
A. J. Rhodes
Heh
Cooter
W. G. Jones
Hugh Nairn
John S. Heffiner
G. H. Huff
H. E. Cooter
Geo. W. Post & Son
Wallie Moline
L. O. Moline
Frank Lemon
M. Gunderson
Two Scholarships Offered by Highland Park College
The Highland Park College president announces two free scholarships for county residents. One covers either classical or scientific studies for any county high school graduate. the other funds a normal course for teaching prep for any person over 18 with a fair common school education. Write to the college to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman-Tribune
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Freemain-Tribune
State Teachers’ College
State University
Social Visits and Travel Highlights From Webster City
Mrs. Clara Kearns Warfield and children visit J. W. Kearns and relatives in town. Mrs. W. M. Taylor and daughter Jessie shop in Webster City. Dr. J. E. Williams heads to Blue Earth Minnesota with Mrs. W. H. H. Smith. Families from Mason City and Atlantic travel by car to Webster City. Several local residents and visitors arrive from Des Moines Ames Council Bluffs and Woolstock for short stays. Continuous travel and social calls mark this downtown brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Kearns
Warfield
Sioux City
J. W. Kearns
W. M. Taylor
Jessie
Stamhope
Webster City
J. E. Williams
Blue Harth
Minn
W. H. H. Smith
Nora Sherwood
Des Moines
May Wickware
Sherwood
B. A. Goodspeed
Atlantic
J. R. Kamrar
Goodspeed
Helen Haeger
Hagle Grove
Florence Leonard
J. W. Letts
Colby
Kansas
A. W. Wilcox
J. H. Adams
Dumont
Mavis Brewer
Leonard Brewer
Frances Kimball
Gravette
Arkansas
A. H. Hull
Ollie Lyon
John Lyon
Blue Earth
C. Guthrie
Carl Groves
Eagle Grove
Marshalltown
John Kune
George
Dora Kane
Forest City
Samuel Gilman
H. P. Goddard
McKenzie
N. D
T. Fenton
R. W. Pete
R. H. Mabbott
Clarion
Miss Scholds
Ames
Louise Houck
Ray Johnson
Williams
F. E. Estes
Ruth
Los Angeles
Cal
C. T. Penton
Estes
M. R. Davis
Chas. Stipp
Fred Cragg
L. F. Houck
Blairsburg
Mae Roberts
Epworth
F. A. Boysen
Waterloo
Boysen
Rube McFerren
Bertha Klockman
Alice Baldwin
R. M. Cones
West Lafayette
Ind
R. L. Sterling
Frank Zenor
Woolstock
3. B. Bair
Warren
I. P. Litchenberger
Floyd
Oakland
F. R. Dalbey
Phil Reuillard
Minneapolis
Reuillard
Dalbey
L. A. Cary
A. M. Barnett
Cora Hubbard
Fort Dodge
J. J. McCall
Algona
P. W. Lee
Kanawha
Hancock County
Fred D. Hathway
Clear Lake
Ed Brown
Chicago
Fred Pattee
Madison
Wis
Theo Brown
Medford
Oregon
D. H. Troxel
Ainsworth
Neb
The
Tokio Coffee and Tea
Maude Tilghman
Ben Sheridan
Savoy
Boone
J. D. Porter
Mre. Wheeler
Woolstock Vis
Joe Wheeler
John H. Lee
F. M. King
King
J. N. McLaury
Jennie Woolsey
New York
T. H. Fuller
Wm. Spangler
Smith
Baby
Wodistock
J. M. Showmaker
Anna
Ralph Ashby
Roy Martin
Trenton
Missouri
E. E. Valentine
Manson
C. J. Henderson
Randall
Bertha Stark
Effie Kantor
Jeanette Ross
Eva Whiteman
N. N. Iliff
B. Gilbert
C. I. Symons
Cherokee
Mary Kearns
Melita Mickelson
B.F. Read
Earl Mason
Roy Tyler
Yellowstone National Park
Company C men drill for Chicago competition honor
The unit reorganizes after a court martial for wilful absence and conducts competitive drills to select two crack teams for a Chicago competition with $10,000 prize money. Provisional companies from the 56th regiment will form the teams. next Thursday marks the start of the drills guiding selection for the August event. No paper next Tuesday due to Fourth of July publishing pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company C
Byard Dodge
Carl Horn
Lund
Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
56Th Regiment
56Th
Travel Snippets Highlight Local Stops and Visits
Mr. Lewis reports seeing stylish remarks during travels. Mrs A Leonard spends the day in Woolstock. Miss Vandie Mattice enjoys a day in Williams.
Entertained Loyal Sons and Daughters by Rev McCracken
Members of the Loyal Sons and Loyal Daughters Sunday school classes of the Christian church were entertained Wednesday night by Rev. Alexander McCracken at the home of Mr and Mrs Tom F Kimmel on Third street. The evening was social and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Loyal Sons and Loyal
Christian Church
Alexander McCracken
Tom F. Kimmel
Miss Lorna Goodrich Hosts Seventh Birthday Party
Miss Lorna Goodrich celebrated her seventh birthday at home on West Second Street with twelve young friends from two to five in the afternoon. Light refreshments and a seven candle cake followed by ride home. Attendees included Gladys Olson Lora Olson Allene Olson Velma Yungelas Pearl Haines Lois Parks Alta Raven Maree Owens Journal Owens Glen Schrader Hezel Helmick Bernard Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna Goodrich
Thomas Goodrich
West Second Street
Gladys Olson
Lora Olson
Allene Olson
Velma Yungelas
Pearl Haines
Lois Parks
Alta
Retiring Pastor Honored at C A Dick Residence
Last evening a Christian church reception at the C A Dick home honored Rev. Alexander Mc Cracken. About 150 members gathered as Ruth Stephenson played piano. The Loyal Daughters assisted with refreshments and H A Maxon led organizing committees. A gold watch fob bearing Odd Fellow emblems was given as a keepsake. Kamrer and Prince offer a first mortgage loan between four and six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Dick
Christian Church
Alexander McCracken
Ruth Stephenson
Sunday School Missionary Union
Webster City
Loyal Daughters
The
Christian Sunday School
H. A. Maxon
J. H. Seamands
W. McAdow
F. A. Huddleston
L. J. Nott
McCracken
Rev. McCracken
Work on Pole Lines Begins on Monday
The city starts rebuilding its electric light and power lines Monday morning. Geo Wilburn of Wichita Kansas leads a five man crew, preparing by removing old wires. The project will take most of the summer with more men to be added as work expands. Wilburn built the region’s premier alternating current high tension system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Wilburn
Wichita
Kansas
Kenyon Plans Iowa Trip During Lorimer Hearings
Senator Kenyon expects to depart Washington for Iowa tomorrow night and stay until after July 4. He will speak at Algona July 1, Iowa Falls July 2, Webster City July 3, and Eldon July 4, with possible additional stops before returning to Washington for Lorimer hearings in Chicago and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Wntil
Lorimer
Algona
Iowa Falls
Webster City
Eldon
Chicago
Springfield
Notice to Contractors for Casa School House Bid
Notice is given that proposals for the erection of a school house in sub-district No 5, Casa township Hamilton County, will be received at the undersigned’s home until 1 o clock p m July 2. The board will meet at White Fox school house to award to the lowest responsible bidder. Plans and specifications may be seen at the county superintendent’s office. Dated June 19, 1911. C A Howd, Sec
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casa School
Hamilton
White Fox
Jacks Dies in Roswell New Mexico at Age 26
The obituary notes the death of Jacks in Roswell New Mexico on June 14 1911 age 26 with surviving siblings in Seibert Silver Ark Mena Ark Glen Ellyn Ill Des Moines Iowa and a wife Flora M Blair of Shenandoah Pa It records birth in Webster City Iowa April 15 1885 marriage March 26 1907 two daughters one dying at birth and Muriel aged 1 1/2 years Surviving mother and father are listed along with a Baptist church affiliation and community service across Oklahoma The piece ends with a Twain quote about broad wholesome views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacks
Roswell
Deceas
Geo. S. Jacks
Hya. May
George
Charles R
Regar W
Seibert
Col
A. Wright
Silver
Ark
F. W. Tomlinson
Mena
C.C. Tatham
Glen Ellyn
Frank N. Jacks
Des Moines
Webster City
Chaney
Ohio
Flora M. Blair
Shenandoah
Muriel
N. M
Methodist Hospital
Reaper
Oklahoma
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Pleasant ‘Hill
Mulberry Center
F. A. Stephenson
Myron Stephenson
Mason City
EB. H. Martin
R.S. Dysart
Wesley Frakes
Wolstock
Rue
Logan Corbin
Charles City
Elen Brown
Vinton
Ruth Gass
Arthur Metcalf
Pearl
Merle Cross
E. A. Cormaney
Bert .Cormaney
Bassett
Kamrar
Warren Walton
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Nellie Marion
Geo. J. Mauch
Canada
Bessie Gardner
Sam Sheldon
Osage
Mabel Richter
Wm. S. Odor
L. BE
St. Paul
Lewis
Nebraska
Julia Amundson
E. HE. Richardson
Cedar Falls
State Board of Education
Company C Men
Freeman
Henrietta’ Haeger
Frank B. Smith
Brainerd, Minn
Kamrer & Prince
George Wilburn
Kan- Sag
Mark Twain
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