Our Yesterdays

Wednesday, July 4, the sad news was received by relatives here of the drowning that morning in the Chariton River between Albia and Centerville, of Dewey Holmes, a brother to Mrs. J.B. Reed and Mrs. H.H. Bendergraft of Richland. Dewey was well known in this community, having worked in Richland some time ago in the capacity of a lineman for the telephone company. He was well liked and highly respected by all of associates and acquaintances. At the time of his accident occurring he was sitting on the bank of the stream and was seen to fall into the water immediately sinking and not coming to the surface again. The stream, though now large, was swollen from recent rains and every effort to recover the body proved futile until about 9:00 that night.

Personal and Otherwise column:

Buy your coal at the Wyckoff Mine, $5/ton.

Miss Viola Hyzer of Brighton is a guest of relatives in Richland.

Eat more Ice Cream — It’s a food! Mathews Drug Store.

Miss Marie Snider of Des Moines has been visiting relatives in Richland and Washington this past wee3k.

Al Meacham, Earnest Norton and Clayte Dickenson and families spent the fourth together at the Dickenson home.

Little Miss Maxine Heaton of Sigourney is visiting a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ray ward.

Don’t forget the band concert in the park tonight.

The many friends of Harold Doughty will be glad to learn he has been reelected as principal of the Packwood Consolidated School at an advance in salary.

For sale — Five room, furnace-heated house, in good repair. Also fruit, garage, and chicken house.

Mr. and Mrs. D.L. Ackerman and baby of Fremont were Sunday guests at the W.S. Mowry home in Richland.

Harold Greeson had the misfortune to get one of his hands badly burned the Fourth with a firecracker.

The Chal Chacey family drove down from Grinnell Sunday for a visit with relatives. Mr. Chacey returned home Sunday, but the rest of the family remained for a longer visit.

Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Henderson were at Corydon the weekend attending a family reunion.

Mrs. Ezra Mendenhall of Wichita, Kansas is visiting in and about Richland.

Mrs. Eunice Meeker and two grandchildren of Martinsburg, were over Sunday visitors with relatives in Richland.

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Lemley, of Brighton were callers at the Clarion home last Thursday.

Miss Lura Kinney is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Klett, at harper.

Mr. Charley Himes is at the Iowa City hospital for treatment.

Miss Viola Johnson visited friends at Hedrick last week and celebrated July Fourth in Sigourney.

Evelyn and Gladys Miller and Josephine Shepherd of Ollie spent the weekend with Bernadine Norton. Her cousin Vera Mills of Fairfield is also visiting her.