Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-23

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tanned number Of relatives and
friends Sunday, in honor of Mrs.
Briggs birthday.
H. A. McManus of Mondamin left
Saturday for Los Angeles. Calf,
where he will spend the winter.
Mrs. o. A. Sorenson and children
are the guests of friends at Arion,
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fifer of Arlington,
Neb., were the Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Larson and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Jones.
D. w. Watsabaugh departed today
for Billings, Mont. On October %, he
will be united in marriage to Mrs.
Emeline L. Merritt of that city. Mr..
and Mrs. Watsabaugh will reside at
Laurel. Montana.
Mrs. Ellen j. Orr and son, Will, re-
turned from Banning, Calf, Satur-
day evening, Oct. 18th, and report
that they left Mrs. Will Orr (nee Jo-
sephine Johnson) in the care of a
competent nurse and an aunt, Mrs.
Crow, and that she is responding nice
ly to the pneumothorax treatment,
and is considerably improved since
they returned there last August. She
is still belfast, but is enough better
that the doctor advised that they take
her from the sanitarium, so they Sc
cured larger house, and since Oct.
LIST have had the pleasure of having
her in the house again. Will says,
"By the way, Mrs. Orr is still forbid
den by the doctor to do any writing,
but is always glad to get letters from
any of her friends and acquaintance
whenever they feel like writing" Her
address is Banning, Calf. Box 234.
Frank Schwertley was Modale
passenger this morning. Mr.. and
Mrs. Schwertley leave in few days
for Miami, Florida, where they will
spend the winter.
NJ. and Mrs. H. C. REMEDIAL arriv-
ed Friday from New York City, and
are the guests of relatives here. They
depart in few days for Tokyo, ia
pan, where they will reside, Mr.. Ken
dali having been transferred to that
city.
John Mccullough has returned to
his old position as head baker at the
Bell bakery.
Martin Skakson has purchased the
DR.. Booher property on st. Claire
street.
Mrs. H. w. Kerr of Little Sioux
was Valley visitor today.
S. L. Currie left Saturday after
noon for his home at Brandt, S. d.
Louis Ericsson of Mondamin was in
the city this morning.
Arthur Gregorson returned to Lin
coin today, after weekend visit
with home folks.
Editors will never cease having
their troubles. One of those men who
presides over the destinies of Wy
oming newspaper is mourning the loss
of pair of subscribers over a pair
of twins. One of them wrote asking
how to raise twins safely. while the
other. wanted to know how to rid his
orchard of grasshoppers. Both an
swers went forward by mail, but, by
accident, the editor got the. envelopes
transposed and placed each answer in
the wrong enclosure, so that the man
with the twins received the reply:
"Cover them carefully with straw and
set fire to it, and then the little pests,
after jumping into the fire for few
minutes, will be speedily settled. "
And the man with the grasshoppers
was told to "give castor oil, and rub
their gums with bone"
Miss Ruth Stewart of Dublin, Ind,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
T'odendorf.
iIr. and Mrs. Wilson Doty drove to
Council Bluffs Saturday, to visit the
w. j. Roden family.
\ Mrs. Ed Stevens and daughter left
yesterday for their home in New
Mexico, where they will remain per-
manently.
Jeppe Thomson left Sunday evening
for Ames, where he will attend the
session of the State Grand Lodge of
I. O. O. F. The session lasts all OF
this week.