Scattersburg Social Roundup Among Neighbors
Sunday visits and greetings fill Scattersburg as Mrs Bill Lockman and families spend time with Fred Coltrain. Raymond Lockman J W Lockman and Bill Irelan's party return from Shenandoah. Local residents travel to Centerville Ottumwa Moravia with friends and relatives while noting Mrs May Benson and Mrs Gilland’s health.
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Bill Lockman
Fred Coltrain’s
Raymond Lockman
J. W. Lockman
Bill Irelan
Shenandoah
Wm. Tomlin
Centerville
McFall
Bil Ivelan
Ottumwa
Roe Adana
S. P. Gideon
Elmer Lockman
May Benson
Mra
Mart Gilland
Gilland
George Hamilton
Costs Money in Presidential Primaries Hit Campaigns
Senate campaign fund hearings show costs run from small paltry sums to hundreds of thousands. Hoover and Willis in Ohio and Watson in Indians spent heavily, while Al Smith and Norris totals reflect major expenditures. Early nominations lacked primaries but modern races require substantial funds to educate voters.
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Norris
Hoover
al Smith
Willis
Ohio
Watson
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Benjamin Harrison
Chinese Cricket Training Reveals Ancient Methods
The Pathfinder Magazine summarizes how Chinese breeders train fighting crickets with strict diets of rice ash, chestnuts, millet seeds, and mosquitoes. Owners pacify and feed the fighters, storing them in ornate jars for summer and winter battles, with champions transported in filigree-edged caddies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Avenue
China
Berthard Lanier
Field Museum of Natural History
Moravia Iowa establishes Brandon Avenue speed limits and penalties
The ordinance sets speed limits on Brandon Avenue as a primary road in Moravia and details fines and jail time for violations. Residential zones limit to 25 mph, business district to 15 mph, with arterial stops at Brandon intersections. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect upon passage and publication. Mayor Chestar Broshar and Clerk B D Carter sign.
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Brandon Avenue
Moravia
Iowa
Towai
Surbuthan
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Street
Baird Street
Corporation
C.M. & Plar
C. M
St. P. R.R
North Street
Church Street
Chestar Broshar
B.D. Carter
Revival of Iowa State Fair Trials Boosts 20,000 Purse
Iowa plans a five day racing program at the state fair August 22 to 26 featuring trotters and pacers from across the country. An old fashioned Kentucky Derby style showcase is set for August 25 with running races and strong entries from bluegrass country. The schedule includes 2:16, 2:20 and 2:13 trots and multiple pacing events, plus Western Breeders Futurity trotting and pacing divisions. Secretary Corey notes the revival aims to recapture the old track days and energy seen in past fairs.
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Iowa
Teswea
Iowa State Fair of Trials
Corey
Miller family social notes across several homes
Mr and Mrs Chas Colin called at the DB 1 Strunk home Thursday evening. Me and Mrs Janes Wood and Mr vand Mrs Floyd Wood and family led at C EB McGrew home Friday. Dave Caytor and Floyd Wood traveled to Centerville Monday on a basin. Miller spent Friday night at DL Strunk’s. Dave Coyler spent Monday at ern week and Math spent Wednesday at Janes Wout. Boyd Wood and Aron Townbell hosted Thursday evening in Morevin for a big time.
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Chas
Colin
Janes Wood
Vand
Floyd Wood Ami
Boyd Wood
Aron
Doubt Cast on Myles Standish Tale in Boston History
A Boston historian, eighth descendant of the author, challenges Longfellow’s Courtship of Miles Standish. He cites evidence that Captain Standish married twice in Holland, first wife Rose, who led the first voyage to America, and later Barbara, with several children. The alleged courtship of Priscilla is described as likely legend.
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Myles Standish
Myles Staniish
John Alden
Longfellow
Sol Mer
Myley Standish
Boston
Milo Standish
Doctor Standish
America
Capuila Standiah
Holland
Rose
Barbara
Garhora
Priscila
Miom! Daily News
Brotherly Love Bottle Message From Sea
A crowd on the beach watches a small black bottle bobbing on waves. A rescue party retrieves it and reads a note asking the finder to send it to a brother in Aberdeen and to deliver it to a pub called the Pig and Whistle. The note mentions two pence in luck.
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Angela
Aberdeen
London
Peppery grandma joke travels through time
Norma seven visits grandma and hears a joke about a boy buying pepper for his mother. The punch line reveals the pepper is actually half pens. Norma pauses, then returns a peppery quip of her own.
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Norma
Grandma
Big Mother
Appropriately Named Rock in Arkansas River Region
A promontory on the south bank of the Arkansas River in Rock, Arkansas gave the town its name. The rock rises about 100 feet above the river and served as an abutment for one bridge. It is called White Rock in contrast to a nearby much higher cliff called Blue Rock, once an army post site.
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Line Rock
Ark
Arkansas Elver
Young Ethel Sees Movie Stars for First Time
A five year old, not yet attended a film, rides with Torrents after dark and watches a star light up the sky. She believes the star wove a slur as the machine waved, and imagines a famous performer winking from the heavens.
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Ethel
Tate
One Thing Missing Mrs Newlywed Ruached In From The Kitchen
A fragmented diary style exchange shows a newlywed couple arguing over a cottage pie and its crust in a kitchen scene. The wife presents the dish while the husband comments on the crust and cooking, revealing domestic humor and mild tension between them.
Unionville guests and community events breeze through weekend
Belle Dixon and daughter from Oklahoma visit the W C Millers as local baseball suffers a Sunday rainout with 12 to 4 score in favor of home team. Major storms follow, airport opening draws crowds, and a wedding bonds Carolyn Lyon to Glen Turner with a June ceremony and a Sept return.
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Mra
Belle Dixon
Oklahoma
W. C. Millers
Toca
Belknap
Dora Selix
Centerville
Russel Selix
Otumwa
T. J. Selix
Minor Scott
Doe
the & Carvick
Bunch
Fred Crow
Brethren
Mich
M. C. Crow
Mies Doris Sawyers
Newton Kansas
C. B. Vermilyen
P. 8. Ve
N. L. Harrington
Ottumwa
A. S. Dukes
Pool
Moravia
F. A. Miller
Mott R. Sawyers
the Presbyterian Church
Elsie Harris
Genevieve Wilson
Udell
Will Wood
Maine Station Families Visit At Local Homes
A string of social calls and visitas marked the week in the Maine Station area. Willie McDanel and daughter Daphine, Esther Hiner, Marge ret, and many others visited relatives including the Gladfelder, Hiner, and Luse families, with several gatherings noted at the Main and Purvis homes and a May Day ovation day attendance in Centerville.
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Willie McDanel
Daphine
Wesrl Hiner
Bertha Luse
Jack Luse
Flo Hiner
Esther
Mabel Gladfulder
Darline
Debsugh
Maregret
Agnes
Junior Stansberry
Mable Gladfelder
Inez Dibough
Daphine McDanel
Vern Easter
Sean Gonard
Willie McDane
Shirley Townsend
Earl Main
Jesse Gladfelder
Cody Lusey
Chris Bogarts
Clifford Foster
Pearl Hiner
Raymond Veach
Fern
Kenneth Veach
Gus Pfaunabecker
Ed Purvis
A. E. Broshar
Gretcher
Charles
Bonnie Criddly
Ted Broshar
Lyndon McDanel
Lilith May
Fort Purvis
Clyde Gladfelder
Paur Hiner
Lloyd McDanel
Charles Broshar
Johnnie Foater
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Athletic Union
Phoenix Hose Boc
Scattersburg
Moravia,iowa
Moravia Band
Unionville
Morevin
Maine Station
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