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City News Briefs and Local Notices From Avoca Area
A collection of short items reports fourteen J C Penney store employees enjoyed a party at Avoca bathing beach and pool. Joseph Wert and wife visit from Chicago due to his father John A Wert’s death. Philip Fanl arrives from Cedar Rapids to join Otto Paul in Paul Upholstering Co. Mrs Frank Hudspeth and daughter visit J F Perkins home in 910 Hazel street. Lt Governor Clem Kimball of Council Bluffs returns home from Excelsior Springs Mo after health improvement. Atlantic Overland reports sales of pié cars to Mrs George Hansen, Ralph Supplee, and John Riggs. Floyd Nutt, son of Grace Nutt, to graduate in electrical engineering from Town State College Ames and join General Electric in Schenectady. Hansen Electric business sold to King Elgytrie Co and farm lighting sold to John Malgaard. former manager joins Mutual Life Insurance. Rev Harry Thompson, former Atlantic boy now a Presbyterian minister in Columbus Ohio, visits relatives in Atlantic and preaches at local church, expressing happiness with his work and Columbus.