Mysterious shooting of Russian colonel shocks New York
Police investigate the death of former White Russian colonel Michael A. Borislavsky 55 whose body with a head wound was found behind a convent wall in upper Manhattan. Friends say he recently invented a bomb welcomed by the U S War Department and was researching an empire screen.
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New York
Michael A. Borislavsky
Uptown
United States War Department
Washington
Walter G. Krivitsky
Krivitsky
OGPU
Col
Borislavsky
Convent of the Sacred Heart
133D Street
Frederick Ziman
The Owl and the Pussycat See Better at Night
A whimsical note compares vision in darkness to a cat and owl, hinting at night behavior. It mentions 80 slow dewal as part of the quirky fragment.
Local Movers And Prominent Residents Attend Brief Events
Local notes report residents moving homes on Locust and Fifth streets, visits by Missine Rowley and relatives, and several weekend trips. Agencies and individuals include Audubon grocer Pete Olsen, Georgia Byrne, and families of Meredit h and Stinemates attending meetings and visits in Grant Oakland and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon Grocer
Pete Olsen
George Olsen
Atlantic
Atlantic Community Notices and Arrivals
Local residents move and visit relatives across the region. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Erle Bowen in Council Bluffs, Mrs. Glenn Strittmatter en route to Waukegan, and H. C. Behrendt attending the National Education Association convention in Atlantic City. Also reports graveside rites for Earl E. White and promotions at A and P in Shenandoah. Weather changes bring colder temps and light snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Behrendt
Poplar Street
Atlantic City
N. JJ
Hillyard Chemical Company
National Education Association
Behrendt
Washington, D. C
New York
Atlantic Cemetery
Earl E. White
Atlantic
Omaha
Mr. White
Fopr
Jesse
Selby
Calif
Rex
Donald
Earl, Jr
Cecil Hodges
Charlies Grazier
Cresco Methodist Church Fire Causes 35000 in Damages
Cresco Iowa February 24 Damage estimated at 35000 from a fire that struck the Cresco Methodist church during Sunday school forcing 150 children to flee quietly as smoke vented from a register. The interior was razed and the organ ruined though two pianos were saved.
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Cresco
Cresco Methodist
Rejected in Physicals Ends Militia Service
Three members of Company K 168th Infantry leave for Camp Claiborne La for a year’s guard training after failing physicals Corporals Sam Johnson Joseph Kennedy and Pvt Rollie Baker are not replaced. Duty resumes with all others back after typhoid shots and flu recoveries. Local emergency fund for the unit grows with donations from Sturgis SD and individuals totaling 187 50.
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168Th Infantry
Camp Claiborne
Sam Johnson
Joseph Kennedy
Pvt
Rollie Baker
Eddie Kuhl
Charles Snyder
Donald J. Conroy
Keith L. Shepherd
Donald H. Baker
Wheatley
Maine Garden Club
Vic Hansen
Meadow
Swift & Company
Atlantic Canning Co
John O'Connell
Nick Beener
Quadruplets Born On Farm Sent To Louisville Hospital
Lasley family from Leitchfield welcomes three girls and a boy weighing 18 pounds at birth. The quartet traveled by ambulance to City Hospital in Louisville for incubator care after a two hour drive. The strongest baby weighed 5 1/2 pounds while the youngest son faced breathing trouble. Mother Porter Lasley and father, 44, agreed to hospital care for their newest children.
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Louisville
Lasley
Porter Lasley
Kentucky
City Hospital
Leitchfield
Hospital Happenings and Local Recoveries
Sick and injured residents are listed with recent medical updates. Mrs H Roll resumed duties at Atlantic cafe after illness. Mrs L R Grayson was taken to Jennie Edmundson hospital. Roger Coker, 20, shows improvement at McCleary sanitarium as hospital patients celebrated his birthday. Mary Breheny left Atlantic hospital after appendix surgery. Mrs Werner Blunk, John Nebo, and Rei ner Beck were discharged after injuries or accidents. Raymond Wulf was moved to Iowa City University hospital after a fatal Exira crash last week.
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Roger Coker
Ray Coker
Hickory Street
McCleary Sanitarium
Excelsior Springs
Coker
Mary Breheny
East Twelfth Street
Atlantic Hospital
Werner Blunk
Atlantic
John Nebo
Massena
Reiner Beck
Exira
Raymond Wulf
University Hospital
Iowa City
Buck undergoes emergency appendix operation at hospital
John K Buck of Lewis under went an emergency operation for removal of his appendix at the hospital Saturday night. Mrs Joseph Denney of Anita was admitted to the hospital for medical treatment Sunday.
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John K. Buck
Lewis
Joseph Denney
Anita
Illnesses Strain Adair Community Members
Special Arnold Schirm remains seriously ill at home with Brights disease. Mrs. William Wheeler, after car trouble, returned to Omaha with daughter Mrs. J. Leggett for medical consultation. Mrs. Chas Swinehart discharged from Larsen hospital after over a week as patient. Elder Mr. Carty still seriously ill at Ray Carty’s home.
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Adair
Arnold Schirm
Bright
William Wheeler
J. Leggett
Omaha
Chas. Swinehart
Larsen Hospital
Mr. Carty
Ray Carty
Local Notes From Casey Iowa Amid Health Struggles
Mrs. Bert Applegate is ill at home with anemia in Casey. Charley Meacham rushed to Perry due to his father’s acute indigestion. Mrs. Arthur Wetstone injures her foot after a stair fall. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moorhead return from Shawnee Oklahoma where Mr. Moorhead battles arthritis and cannot work.
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William Irving, Jr
Spencer
W. H. Irving
King Apartments
Irving
Wolverine Shoe Company
Wisconsin
Madison
Welch Shoe Company
Casey
Bert Applegate
Charley Meacham
Perry
Arthur Wetstone
Jerry Moorhead
Shawnee
Okla
Moorhead
Farm Visitors Call On Recovering Harry Basset
Des Moines visitors Thursday called on Harry Basset who is recovering from a recon operation. Mrs Lynn Kirkpatt and son Mr and Mrs Merle Schler Mrs Nora Walters and Jo Kirkpatrick were among the visitors north of town.
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Lynn Kirkpatt
Merle Schler
Nora Walters
Jo Kirkpatrick
Harry Basset
Carrie Reynolds Injured in Fall at Anita Apartments
Mrs. Carrie Reynolds of Anita Iowa is confined to bed with a dislocated bone and torn ligaments in her right foot and ankle after slipping and falling down several stairs from her apartments above the Howard clothing store onto the street.
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Anita
Carrie Reynolds
Howard Clothing
Sale Dates and Auctioneers Listed for February
A fragmented list shows multiple auctions with dates in February and corresponding auctioneers across several towns including Atlantic Masse na Corning and Walnut. Names include Earl Cramer T W Jones H J Spies C M Eastman McMurray & Cramer H F Naw Laura Kennedy and R T Hoyt with various firm partners.
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Earl Cramer
T. W. Jones
Atlantic
B. F. Malone
A. J. Cruise
H. J. Spies
Massena
C. M. Eastman
McMurray & Cramer
Auctioneers
B. F. Anderson & Son
Briles
Ed Piper
Accts
Thos. J. Hardisty
Corning
H. F. Naw
Laura
Kennedy
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Benny Fred A
el Jahbor Ne Naam
Maes
Rochester
Donald Duck
Atlantic High School
Penzance
Gilbert and Sullivan
Griswold
Iowa
Aki Lea
Gus Freilinger
Locust Street
Cedar
Rock Island
Maxine Rowley
Mia
Jessie Rowley
Mrs
Henry Campen
West Fifth Street
Laurel Street
Campen
Fred Walter
Grant
County
Georgia Byrne
Harry Marker
Arthur Stinemates
Oakland
E. F. Jones
James McConnell
Delores McConnell
L. O. Glass
R. 8. Glass
Robert Taft
Vogue Ready-To-Wear
Mina Mabel
Ann Hopke
Boone
Robert H. Smith
M. E. Seltz
Ruth
Marie Hapke
Theo Herrmann
Carroll
Iowa West District
Walther League
Owen Meredith
M. M. Meredith
West Sixth Street
Des Moines
Leona M. Donahoe
W. J. Matthews
East Sixth Street
Matthews
Allen Bradbury
Bertha Aagaard
Max Claude McConnell
Margaret Louise Parcher
Cumberland
Eva Vernon
Bessie King
Alvin Godtach
Iowa State College
Robert Claussen
Grand Junction
E. H. Campbell
East Eighth Street
Logiansport
Ind
Mr. Campbell
G. A. Campbell
Audubon
Adair County
WOI
Ames
William Beltz
Melvin Hoover
Walnut
Mr. Beltz
W. G. Snyder
Nadine
Billy
Olive Street
Belle Plaine
Mr. Snyder
Lee Dunning
Elburn
Erle Bowen
Samuel
Council Bluffs
East Fourth Street
Bowen
Leater Bowen
Spruce Street
Iowa Highway Commmission
Waukegan
Glenn Strittmatter
Waukegan, Hil
Strittmatter
American Steel & Wire Company
Maurice
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Commanders and Adjutants
Troy C. Fisher
Jake White
P. N. McDermott
E. R. Brillhart
George Alexander
Rotary Meeting
H. F. Wehrwein
Atlantic Rotary Club
Hotel Whitney
Atlantic High School Music Department
Irvan Rich
C. A. Middleton
Ed Reineke
Atlantic Super Market
A. and P
Shenandoosh
Dodge Street Market
Weather Bureau
Economy Shoe Co
H. Roll
Birch Street
Atlantic Cafe
Aust
Chris L. Drager
Homer Schletfeidt
Austronser
R. B. Sievers
Garoutte & Tigges
Aucts
H. N. Christensen
C. Pead
Auctionser
R. T. Hoyt
Lyman
Whited Place
Fletcher Chapel
Hampshire
Moline
John Deere
New Century
Hayes Corn
Harrow
Hudson
Emertx
McCormick
Louis S. Kennedy
H. F. Nau
W. Hancock
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