The Living Dead Battles and Lake Drowning Warning
A fragment from The Ledger details a local lake hazard near a life guard service run by the American Legion. It urges funds for year‑round guarding after a near drowning of a young girl and criticizes county voting patterns while recalling historic June events and a patriotic meditation on motherhood and sacrifice by Senator James A. Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couse
American Legion
Legion
Beth House
Red Cross
Searlel
Odious Comparison and a Donkey Echo Tale
A humorous nontheatrical piece recalls a late night live wire salesman in a doctor's home, a phoning doctor’s fee, and a tale about Curran's courtroom echo. It includes snippets about Paris Venice Alexandria and a judge’s interruption by a donkey braying in Curran’s address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyal- Clan
In Doubt A Conviction Recounted In North Carolina Trial
An 19th century style court scene reports a North Carolina horse theft case. A defendant’s acquittal followed by a juror’s insistence on the theft leads to a tense exchange as the judge and audience weigh the evidence. The piece then shifts to a photographic group scene involving a photographer finishing a staged exposure of a boy for a Southern piece, noting the careful timing and the boy’s compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cman
North Carolina
Danyer
Till Then and a Sailor's Tale in a Busy Day
A jumble of dialogue and vignettes shows a wary widow seeking debts, aging suitors, a sneaky sailor planning a bribe then confessing, and a brisk moral on hustle. The piece blends humor and social observation with clipped exchanges and nightlife banter.
Union guests and local tidbits from Orion Iowa area
Union and Mrs Charles Gustafson of Orion Iowa spend the week with Mrs A F L Galloway in their home. Herbert Wood, youngest son of Mr and Mrs A T L Wood, is now manager of the Ford garage at Allison. The Wood Organage and Auto Company have operated there the past two years. Multiple local residents including Cahill and Trauss families travel and visit relatives in Iowa and Minnesota. The Shepard Cemetery Society served about one hundred at Leprey park. Miss Alien DeWitt of Winterset visits George Mitchell. Wayne Johnson of Philadelphia joins John Johnson family in Eldora for northern Minnesota outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gustafson
Orion
A. FL. Galloway
Herbert
A. TL. Wood
Ford
Allison
Wood Ourriage and Auto Company
W.l Cahill
Ward Poss
S Ul
Rank Humextan
Towa
Estain Trumertan
Liddin
Mattie Lepley
Bean
Gertie Anirum
Fred Ankrom
Albert Hageman
Motherville
Ray Jolson
Johnson
Oskalven
Heath Panuser
Valparnivo
Ind
Lauser
Henry
Cliff Iarestad
Warren Marshall
Iden City
Maes Wred Marshall
AL PS
Peterson
Glen Peteraga
Andros Peterson
Dua Moinan
Shepard Cemetery Society
Lep-rey Park
Alien DeWitt
Winterset
Hove
George Mitchel
Les
Wayne Johnson
Philadelphia
Eldora
John Johnson
The
Dukes
Minnesota
Waterloo Visit and Social at M. I. Churel Friday
Mrs. Steve Reed and Mr and Mrs Claud Moore visited Waterloo recently. A Tee Cream social is planned at the M I Churel Friday evening. Mrs Welsh returns from a ten day Waterloo visit. Mr and Mrs Birney Jackson and daughter Wathena attended the ball there Friday and Saturday and visited the Guy Jackson home. They returned Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Reed
Claud Moore
Waterloo
M. i. Churel
Welsh
Ant Mes
Birney Jackson
Aughter Wathena
Guy Jackson
Local Social Roundup and Odd Facts From Waterton Area
Evening and Mrs Guy Jackson with children visited for a few days. Birney Jackson and others called in Waterton. Mr and Mrs Ransom visited Webster City. Mr and Mrs Ruggles visited Mrs Stubbing’s daughter north of Iowa Falls. Mira Clara Klopp and others met Mrs C M Cessit at the last of the week. The Menders of Eldora visited in Town Calls. Floyd Maore and son returned to Oskaloosa. Ceo Fuller visited Des Moines with his father in hospital. Tent meetings draw large crowds as weather stays fair and singing pleases all. Marlys Kane of Iowa Falls visits her aunt. Gunn drives load of stock to Chicago. care of stock by Mr Gunn of Gowner Falls. Factoid segment notes lambskin gloves, Turkish bath nonexistence, Irish stew, lead in pencils myth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Jackson
Birney Jackson
Morte Costello
Guy Darkson
Waterton
T. C. Mender
Eldora
C. P
Chas. Davis
Mra
Ray Costello
Faye
A. 1. Gatton
Floyd Maore Ant
A. S
Oskaloosa
Fuller
Des Moines
Walter Fuller
Lutheran
Veryone
Marlys Kane
Iowa Falls
Gunn
Fur Ioad
Chicago
Fragmented OCR Teaser on Unclear Oblique Text
The readable fragments reference a Danube area and mentions of tobacco brands with odd spellings. Names and places are garbled, offering little clear event or attribution. The piece resembles a stray oblique note rather than a complete report.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin County Ledger
Eldora and
Hardin County
Annal
Sherman W. Needham
the Living Dead
Herbert Kaufman
Mardin County
Thia Judletat
Franklin
Robinson
Concresa
Franklin County
Ames
Seventh
Junt
Bryson
Levin
Atartain
Wright
Garfield
Hamilton
Webster
Thore
Hardin
Ledger
Cnming Sntathix
Tlardin County
Jefferson Doyle
George
Prince of Wales
Queen Victoria
Bushrod Washington
Martha Washington
Mount Vernon
Nathan Hale
John Howard Payne
Ienry Ward Beecher
Kentucky
Maine
Missouri
Tennessee
John of England
Benjamin Franklin
West Virginia
Penn
Ife
Senator James A. Reed
Mickie
New York
Jas
K. Hall
Luke
Elasa
Paris
Venice
Alexandria
Aberdeen
Currin
Curran
Godtok Wi
GMAC
GM Auto CO
Eldora, Iowa
Chevrolet
Fiied
Chavis Mont Couyaar
Olin Chsey
Michal
Turkey
Ireland
Joooog
City Property Loans
JAYS
Danube
Lowa
William VF
Letlow
Aldera
Lown
Marie
AL Howard
Middle West
Illinois
Lake Killarney
Arcadia Valley
Marquis de Mores
Little Missouri
North Dakota
Medora
Whitewater River
Whitewater State Park
Winona
Great Bend
Kansas
Arkansas River
Quivira
Coronado
Lake Huron
Lookout Mountain
South Dakota
Marvelous View
Seward
Lake Shore
St. Meinrad
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Bom
India
EL Dora
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