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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Russell Harnes of Kansas City Missouri arrived Thursday evening and visited at her father A J Leighton home and with other relatives and old friends.
Residents share weekend travels and homecomings across Creston and nearby towns. Mra Dally Anderson visits Omaha with daughter Mra Perkins family, Scott Cremer from Chicago stays at Mrs J. & Francis home, and Dorothy Seldera returns to Lenox after ten days with parents. Various relatives and neighbors attend gatherings and help at homes.
Promoter in Omaha hides a secret week schedule with unclear events and names. Details are fragmented but suggest a social or school event tied to May. The brief mentions a person named Ma Pery W listor and references a sequence of hidden activities.
Final adjournment of the Taylor County Board of Review is set for September 13. Any complaint must be filed before that date by order of the Taylor County Board of Review.
A W Bander traveled to Minneapolis Minnesota on Monday for a business trip.
Mr and Mrs Darrall Akers returned Sunday from a trip to te Ozerke. FOR SALE Splendid Family Home in north Gravity two floors three bedrooms living dining and reading rooms modern kitchen fully basement good H A furnace water system well built and maintained spacious grounds with fruit trees berries and garden one car garage priced to sell Mrs Mary E Francis.
Fragments describe a social club note about a Friday afternoon gathering featuring members Santth and Mre a Poster. Names and details are unclear, but event timing and participants are the core facts.
Hollywood reports that camera man Joe Valentine created a depth enhancing prism for two image projection in three dimensional cinema. He argues the new system would bring authentic depth and roundness to actors and sets, potentially drawing audiences back to theaters despite high installation costs.
Mea J Francis remains unnamed in a fragmentary note about bees and a title or name. The text is incomplete and provides no clear event, date, organization, or outcome to confirm a specific report.
Two adjoining lots offered for sale in Gravity. For particulars contact Mrs Perry Williams. Acting on available details, the listing notes good and well established property with potential for development.
The Drexl Keith family returned this week from a West Coast trip. Tosy Secomeas and Mrs Keith, the parents, Mr and Mrs Peed Aiuater at Bodod, are mentioned in the household update.
A new signal corps silent chamber delivered to measure field equipment noise. After about 30 minutes in absolute quiet, engineers reported uneasy feelings and potential psychological effects. The room, lined with fiberglass wedges and grounded shields, proved too dull for radio broadcasts due to flat monotone tones.
FRANKFORT KY An ABC field agent reports a money washing operation at state offices after coins from 27 confiscated slot machines in Be county liquor joints were dumped into hot water and stirred to count. The mix included U S and foreign coins plus slugs and an old OP A token. Estimated total likely between 1200 and 1500 dollars to be turned over to the state general fund.
Gravity School notes show 29 boys and 16 girls enrolled with eight pupils in grade 3 seven in grade s and three in grade, nine girl and nine hore in our room. Principal mentions aptitude tests and Sept firet service by Rev D C Callison on Sept 7.
Gravity notes a Coy picnic in Clarinda on Sunday August 28 with about 40 attendees. Listed guests include Ida Savage, Jim Mick, Mia L.A, Jud son Beemer, Hail Coy couple, Cleo Savage couple, and Glen Mick family. The gathering took place at Clarinda Park. Next year’s meeting is planned at The Lake of Taree Fires near Bedford.
A Wichita Kansas based institute reports that 4,000,000 people in the United States have speech handicaps. The study notes that among about 2,600,000 babies expected to be born in 1949 roughly five percent will have speech defects.
A group including Mrs Chas Lock and Mr and Mrs Raymond Johnson drove to the home of their daughter and sister Mrs Stuart Jasen near Clarinda on Sunday where they shared dinner.
Bertha A. Brown, pastor, invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Ministry of the Word at 11:00 a.m. Young People’s Service at 7:30 p.m. Preaching Service at 8:01 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting and Friday fast prayer at 8:00 p.m. All are invited to these services.
Rev Dr Callison leads visitors for Sunday School at 10 09 a m Miss Jane Pierson attends Sat Worship Hour at 11 00 a m services listed with times and names at the church schedule
Readers who paid their Indeper subscriptions since the last report are thanked. The note confirms continued support and ongoing engagement with the publication, encouraging renewals and noting appreciation for loyal subscribers.
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