Community notices at Center Junction farm bureau meeting
The Madison Center schoolhouse hosted a Center Junction farm bureau gathering Monday evening. The event featured an accordion solo by Ted Osterkamp, community singing, and performances by S. G. Thompson A. Driebelbis and others. A business meeting elected Mrs G Thompson as vice president as a vacancy followed Mrs F Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iven
Madison Center Shoolhouse
Farm Bureau
Ted Osterkamp
S. G. Thompson
A. Driebelbis
Selma Prahm
Floise Young
G Thompson
F. Steele
Unusual Circus Day Remembers Wyoming Boyhood Friends
In Wyoming a day with thirteen children included a doctor arranging ringside seats for a circus. A hospital call interrupted the outing leaving two boys uncounted among the eleven present. the group later joined relatives visiting Iowa and Minnesota. Local social notes list visits among Waite, Peck, Tasker, Rhodes Franks, Conmey families and others from Los Angeles to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Dr Hoegen
Wherry Oese
Wall
Dr. Hoegen
Mr. Wherry
Scotch Grove News A Busy Farm Bureau and Local Happenings
Scotch Grove reports a busy week with a farm bureau meeting, talks on coal mining by B C Roberts, and a steady graveling project near Center school. Rev Gutknecht recovers from appendicitis while the community enjoys musical readings by John Null and The Shutanka Campfire group. Families visit, a baby girl arrives to the Schlemme home, and visitors from Longmont, Colorado, stop by as summer continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
John Null
B.C. Roberts
Monsiréirn
Roberts
Anamosa
Null
Shutanka
Gregory
United States
Anamosa Eureka Items Of Interest To Readers
Sheriff and Mrs. Bodenhofer travel to Minnesota for business and recreation near Hackensack. Cornerstone ceremony for St Patrick's church planned with Mayor Fegan presiding. Archbishop McKean to preach. Also notes on highway commission, tuberculosis work, guards to Camp Dodge, railroad crossing approval, Buffalo bridge project, and local court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bodenhofer
Minnesota
Bodenhofer
Hackensack
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
North
Garnaville Street
J. G. Fegan
J. J. McKean
Dubuque
Clifford L. Niles
Ames
Mr. Niles
Carl C. Riepe
Burlington
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Jones County
Winnebago County
Anamosa
Johanssen and Settlemyre
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
National Guard
Citizens Training
Board of Control
Reformatory Farm
Minneapolis Bridge Co
Buffalo
Ben C. Johnson
District Court
Frank Larby
W. F. Moffett
Nellie V. Morey
Olin
Miss Morey
Johnson, Donnelly & Lynch
Families Tour the Delhi Dam Construction Site
Richland Center residents H L Wismeier Carl Hien and Alien families motor to Delhi to view the dam under construction. Also noted are Buick salesmen Walter Bade and Wm Cook of Dubuque visiting George B Hein, plus weekend guests Jim Thompson and Sam Clark visiting local homes. Martin Buol suffers a forehead injury from a pulley while haymaking. Paul Buol, Studebaker salesman from Dubuque, was a business visitor last week. Grace Sackett leaves for Waterloo for a visit Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wismeier
Carl Hien
Alien
Delhi
Walter Bade
Wm. Cook
Buick
Belsky Cook Motor Co
Dubuque
George B. Hein
Jim Thompson
Puck Creek
John Schweitzer
Sam Clark
Monticello
Oliver Kiburz
Martin Buol
Paul Buol
Studebaker
A Wint For Lowden
A witty jab from the St. Louis Post Dispatch hints Col. Lowden may retreat to a Vermont summer camp. The remark suggests a lighthearted take on political maneuvering and public persona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lowden
Vermont
Twilight Bell and the Shadows Fairy Party
A whimsical tale of Little Princess Twilight Bell who hosts a twilight shadow race party with fairies led by Fairy Frolic. The shadows and fairies race among pines and moss as the Moon laughs, ending with the Moon’s gift of moss ice cream and a happy night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Twilight Bell
Princess
Fairy Pfrolle
Falrie
Fairy Frollo
Twilight Bell
Western Newspaper Union
Calm and Collected During an Examination
A London Answers quip notes a student’s task to write a paragraph using calm collected crossing and consternation. The absent minded professor crosses a busy street and, seeing no traffic, remains calm as the stream rushes by. He is collected and the incident becomes a humorous anecdote.
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Eng- Mel
London Answers
Worked Both Ways
A writer recalls lending Percy Jones $10 about a year ago and failing to collect. A debt-collection venture by Jones led to a humorous letter claiming $10 was collected but a $12 fee was charged for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Jones
Colleges Report Sharp Drop in Student Drinking
A Literary Digest and Anti-Saloon League survey finds less than one half of one percent of graduates drink to excess and under 5 percent drink occasionally. Princeton and Wisconsin show notable exceptions while Harvard Colgate Minnesota Kansas Stanford West Virginia and DePauw report marked declines. Ohio colleges also report decreasing drinking with Boston noting only 3.6 percent of its 1100 graduates use liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Digest
Anti- Saloon League
Princeton
University of Wisconsin
Harvard
Colgate
University of Minnesota
University of Kansas
Stanford University
West Virginia
Depauw
Stanford
Dartmouth
Altho
Ohio
Northwestern
Massachusetts Agricultural College
South Dakota
Boston
Kentucky
American
One Way Out In Aimee Semple Mc Pherson Suit
Aimee Semple Mc Pherson faces a $100 000 damages suit from a Chicago cabaret keeper who claims she called his club the trap door to hell. The remark is viewed as defamatory in the exchange of legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee Semple McPherson
Chicago
Aimee
Tekumah professor earns degree in Italy last week
Tekumah Neb Herald notes a professor from a local college received another degree while abroad in Italy last week. The item hints at potential renewed efforts to address U S debt cancellations with European nations. Quotes on morals and social norms appear in the rest of the column.
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Tekumah
Neb
Italy
United States
Forty four first communions and community gatherings in Prairieburg
Forty four children received their first communion at St. Josephs church followed by a large dinner at the hall. A series of visits and social events fill the week with relatives from Bettendorf Cedar Rapids Lamont Marion Anamosa and Iowa City seen in town. The Flockhart family reunion occurred at Anamosa park and several residents were noted visiting or recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Church
A. A. Bowman
Lucile
Austin
Bettendorf
O. D
Dale Ward
Lamont
A. L. Truesdell
McQueen's Grove
McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Henderson
Donald
Lela Benson
Burlington
Mary Divoky
Flockhart
Anamosa Park
Oliver Tilton
Marion
J. B. Holub
Mae Rowley
C. O. Rowley
Jos. Bednashek
Monticello
Edith Bebee
Iowa City
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Center Junction
Teva
Athy Querie
Mere Tod Arin
Sovernment
Saas
Maivern
Enon
Famly
Ux City
Cari Latare
Olin Varre
Mere
Velma
Mabel Sutton
Billy
Chioasen
Sutton
Suton
Anittrese Sr
Lagan
Newdren
James
Aygnan
Peter Faliesen
Blocimie
Livingstone Hanmie Mr Smith
The
Madisonnian
Winterset
P. A Shipier
Mortivideo
Harmer
Shipley
Geo. McDonald
Anna and
Eller
Lorna Livingstone
Pauline Burmeister
J. W. Livingstone
Lorna
Robert L
Lois
Har
Empis
Oe Wa
Fred Koch
Af J. MacNeidge
E of Burr and
Muscatime
Mabel Hudson
Harold
Gi McDonald
Callghter
Dorothiv
Oho
Arthur
Peter Giakelin
Roy
Pet
Eee
Vatter
M. J. McNeilly
J. M. Young
Mildred
Robert Livingstone
Elmer Sanford
Edith
Cedar Rapid
Ray Sanford
E. F. Kleineck
J. N. Bethurum
Central City
Mar
Mass
Henry Eiler
Fred Eiler
H.C. Dice
P. G. Eilers
H. C. Dice
Sam Alexander
Yon
William Alexis Ro
Wo Livingstone
Luele
Montero
Nass Willma Lemen
Ryan
Wad McCreary
Percy Dodson
Fred Lewis
Motao
Minnesota Lakes
Myers
Onslow
Long
John Kleineck
Oxford Junction
E. F
Roy Kleineck
Wil Eldred
O. O. Watson
Ellen McDonald
S G Thompson
Amos Clapper
Chris Levien
J.B. Hanken
Serbousek
Mr. Glenn
R. W. Waite
Waterloo
J. N. Waite
A. W. Peck
William
T. G. Tasker
Iowa
Elva Rhodes Franks
John
Los Angeles
California
S. G. Franks
Fred Conmey
A. C. Case
Pisgah Town
Case
E. E. Myers
Roivena Sanders
Mechanicsvile
Joe. Swords
Ardis
Ariel
Paul Levien
Betty Jane
Helen
R. D. Cooley
Wills Jordan
Lester Brunig
Duane
Rhodes
W. O. Shaeffer
Frank Edwards
E. N. Stoffel
Crystal Marie
Mechanicsville
Henry Bramer
Priscilla Club
D. D. Davis
Redding
Mary Hates
Davenport
C. B. Shaffer
Ariel Swords
Baraboo
Wisconsin
C. E. Wherry
Saturthot
Scotch Grove
Rev Yates
MOR
Ehoamehoar
Tia Tee Perps
Matt Mater
Garin
Wow Braysen Shere
Fermen
Ted Tach
Aegrve McDonald
Janetion
Mireore Lyons
Larra
Jerry Rathje
S.J. Campbell
Green Street
Rathje
Alma Hartz
Shepard Towner
Mabel Bramer
Elizabeth Alden
W. B. Brown
Town City
Gutknecht
McDonald Hospital
Walter Applegate
Kansas
Craig
Mr. Applegate
James Applegate
R. Helgens
Center School House
Fritz Schlemme
Willaby
Wilma
Raymond
Phillip Hildenbrandt
Longmont
Colorado
Sunbeam Mission Band
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Eby
George Brown
Emeline
Walter Eby
G. H. Lowe Construction Co
Anatoosa
First Street
Main
Scott Street
Main Street
Fegan
Second Street
Nill
Richland Center
J. L. Tellon
Grace Sackett
Chesterfield
Kiddies’ Evening Story
Mary Graham Bonner
William Mayo
John H. Holmes
Lord Dewar
Prairieburg
Roy Truesdell
J. W. Hoult
Monticello, Ry
Moti
Fisher
Pontiac
General Motors
R. H. Balster
Monticello, Iowa
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