NEWSPAPERS: July 1926 Local Events, Blakesburg Excelsior, Wapello County, Iowa Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Extractions from the Blakesburg Excelsior Wapello County, IA Jan 1925 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Richards Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa Blakesburg (Wapello co, IA) Excelsior Newspaper, Jan 1, 1925 (missing issues Aug 6, 13;) Oct 8, 1925-Dec 25, 1930 Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa ===================================================================================== NOTE: For more information on Wapello County, Iowa Please visit the Wapello County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/wapello/ ____________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Extractions from the Blakesburg Excelsior Wapello County,IA, July 1926. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Richards maseattle@copper.net Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa Blakesburg (Wapello Co, IA) Excelsior Newspaper, Jan 1, 1925 (missing issues Aug 6, 13;) Oct 8, 1925-Dec 25, 1930 Thurs July 1, 1926 --A message came here one day last week announcing that Versal, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Friday SIMPSON residing at Bunker South Dakota had been killed.... (Note: see obituary July 15, 1926) --John BELLES was 79 years old last Tuesday.... Thurs. July 15, 1926 --Vard ROSS, 84 years old, hasn’t forgot how to farm. He has a splendid garden and has been enjoying all kinds of vegetables out of it. In the daily papers last week Mr. R. read where several fields of corn were shoulder high., so he brought to this office last Friday a stalk of corn which measured 10 feet tall. He informed us that in dry weather he watered the corn and that it had been planted seventy days. Thurs July 22, 1926 --According to a letter received from W. A. HENDRICKS, secretary of the Wapello County Ku Klux Klan, there will be a meeting at the Chas. JOHANNES farm, south of Blakesburg Friday evening July 23rd. He says all protestants (sic) are welcome. --C. W. SMITH, 51 years old, was fatally injured, and his grandson, Jack LANG, 10 years old, was instantly killed about 2 p.m. Sunday, when the car in which they were riding overturned on primary road No. 13 five miles north of Bloomfield. Others in the car who were injured were June SMITH, 13 years old, daughter of Mr. SMITH; Georgia LANG, 12 years old; R. S. GORE, 76 years old, fatherinlaw (sic) of Mr. SMITH. It is said that two cars were racing toward the SMITH car when he put on the breaks suddenly, his car turning over several times, finally alighting right side up. --Mrs. R. J. SELMAN and children have been spending several days at the parental ALLEN home near Bloomfield. --George HUBER, manager of WORMHOUDT Lumber Co., is the busiest man in town these days. He has been having a run on farm machinery and lumber and he has been guilty of working 18 hours out of 24. --George ABEGG is becoming quite an expert road builder with the gasoline catapiller (sic) grader. He can turn off more work in a day than twenty-five teams could do. There has been a big improvement in road machinery during the past few years and our roads show the results. Thurs July 29, 1926 --Mrs. Edgar SHIELDS and sons Donald and Dean DeLONG expect to leave on a motor trip, which will take them to Bushnell, Nebraska, where they will visit at the home of Lurton DeLONG. --Mrs. WREN of Moravia spent the last of the week with her daughter, Mrs. Tom HALL. --"Jess Willard" the famous old coon hound, was shipped to Des Moines one day last week where he will be a member of the local police force. "Jess" was the property of R. J. WILLEY and he is noted far and near as a man hunter and woman hater. He has lived here most all his life and we rather expect him to become dissatisfied with his surroundings in Des Moines and return home the first opportunity. --One by one the old pioneers are passing. This time we are called upon to chronicle the death of one of the old, old land marks of Marion township, Davis county, in the personage of Mrs. Elizabeth SCHWARTZ, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas HUFF, one mile north of Ash Grove. Grandma SCHWARTZ was truly a pioneer and at the time of her death was 89 years old. She had been in failing health for some time and when death came, it removed from this earth one of the grand old ladies of this community. She is survived by her son, Charles SCHWARTZ of Ottumwa, and daughters, Mrs. Tom HUFF, Mrs. J. W. SALES and Mrs. Kate LEONARD and Louese HARRIS of Kellerton, Iowa. Funeral service was held at the Hopewell Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Luther W. CHILDS, at 2 o’clock Sunday, and burial took place in the cemetery at that place. (Note: see obituary July 29, 1926) --Mrs. JOHNSTON of Bloomfield spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Earl KNEDLER. --Mrs. Ethel DYE of Chicago came Sunday to Attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. SCHWARTZ. --Little Miss Martha Frances SELLERS of Ottumwa visited with Grandpa and Grandma POST. Here is a young lady that dishes out smiles just like her dad does pills and drops--got one for everybody. --The little son of Fred BLUMER and wife died at the Centerville hospital Saturday and was buried at the Sales cemetery Monday afternoon. The BLUMERS have the sympathy of the entire community in the death of their little son. --It is an old saying, "that it is better late than never". and we apologize in the usual manner in announcing the marriage of Miss Eleanor POST and L. R. MURRAY, which occurred at Boone, Iowa, February 27, 1926. Nowadays young fold consider it nobody’s business when they get married, but they seldom keep it from the public as...(rest of notice is missing)