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Watson News of the Week Jugheads and Jollity in Creston
A bustling Watson column recounts mixed local scenes from Creston and nearby towns. Citizens like Chas Hays, Burke Edwards, and Claude Fillers appear in anecdotes about livestock, trains, trains, and Christmas plans. A village pie supper yields prizes and jokes, with dances of gossip and humor shaping everyday life.
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Creston
Iowa
Chas, Hays
Bennie Lee
Burke Edwards
Bunnie
Tom Moore
Burke
George Silence
Linden
Burl Clayton
St. Joseph
Amazonia
C. EB. Fillers
Omaha
Claude
Frank Hays
Fleming
Colo
Chas, Bowen
Mesita Valley
Charley
Velma Frede
James Carder
George Bradley
Nishnabotna
Gentry Hartman
J. A. Gray
Will Sharp
John Maupin
Hamburg
Flossie Ellison
Spel Gaines
Everett Sharp
Sylvia Gaines
Rex Hicks
D. Hudson
Excelsior Springs
A. W. Landen
Shenandoah
Watson
Keith Boettner
Howard Benedict
Jack Morgan
Jack
I. B. Gaines
J. M. Bartholomew
Rock Port
Flave Gaines
Amos Crocket
Bob Ozenbaugh
Hugh Hays
Red Star School
Hugh
Ham