What-Cheer Community Social Notes and Visits
Crowded social week with callers visiting Monterey and Bloomfield residents. Activities include multiple Mrs Fouts and Starr family visits, Saturday trading trips, and dinners at Homer Starr and Elza Smith households. Rain Thursday night and weekend ball game attendance mark the era’s small-town rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClurg
Max
Leo G. Fouts
Georgia Fouts
Jake Martin
Nathan Starr
Lew
Yhn Nelson
Miss Fay
Lawson
Mi Tacssey
Henson
Local notes from Des Moines to Centerville weekend visits
Glen Johnston of Des Moines spent the weekend at the J. T. Hays home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winan visited Centerville on Monday. Lloyd Yates sheared sheep for Emery Anderson on Monday. Donald Salladay injured his hand last Friday requiring stitches. J. T. Hays hauled corn to Moulton on Tuesday. Mrs. Kate Winan and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Phillips with Doris visited the Charles Winan home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Young visited at the Lewis Taylor home Sunday. Ruby Wood returned home after helping cousin Mrs. Pearl Ryan move to Oskaloosa. Mrs. Seymour Clark came Sunday for a visit with daughter Mrs. W. J. Salladay. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cross and their son from near Unionville spent Sunday at the L. A. Wood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville, Ia
L. A. Wood Home
How Many Hours Work Per Year From A Fragment
A fragmented text estimates yearly work time from sleep and rest patterns, noting 365 days a year and using 8 hour blocks. It lists 52 Sundays and various deductions for vacations and holidays, ending with an allusion to Labor Day.
Good Deed of Pilot Earns Bracelet Gift
Fort Worth, Texas. Pilot George Campbell dropped newspapers to reach a Navajo settlement 50 miles south of Carthage, New Mexico. He signaled success with a white flag, prompting deliveries and a silver bracelet sent to him with a request for more papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
George Campbell
Carthage
N. M
George
Albuquerque
Mother confesses to save her son in New Jersey case
In Asbury Park New Jersey prosector John J. Quinn reported that a grand jury freed Margaret Kugler thirty three of West Belmar from a murder charge after the boy Raymond Kugler ten confessed to killing William Studeman also of West Belmar. The boy claimed self defense with a knife after Studeman attacked his father with an ax handle. The blood stained scout knife was found in the boy's mother’s room and she claimed the actual killing. The grand jury accepted the boy's account and cleared him of all guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
John J. Quinn
Monmouth County
Margaret Kugler
West Belmar
William Studeman
Raymond
Grand Jury
Studeman
Quinn
Dog Rescues Man When Boat Sinks on Maple Lake
Charles Edwards of Mentor Minnesota owes his life to Pal a Chesapeake dog that towed him over a mile to shore after their boat sank on Maple lake north of Mentor a hunter’s outing left the retriever to drag him through the cold water. Dr A A Felst of St Paul reported the tale as Pal was treated at his hospital. Edwards a father of five is recovering the incident occurred during a duck hunting trip with Pal aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles Edwards
Mentor
Pal
Maple Lake
Minnesota
A. A. Felst
St. Paul
Fred‘ Ib Novotny
Twin Cities
Enlistments Authorized for New Motorized Field Artillery Unit
Enlistments for a new motorized field artillery battalion at Fort Leavenworth Kansas were authorized by a War Department radiogram to Captain G A Greaves Iowa recruiting officer. The unit will be tractor drawn or truck carried with a machine shop and repair facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
War Department
G. A. Greaves
Iowa
Greaves
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Willie Meeue
Albert T. Reid
Jeb-Roosity
Agnes
Bown
e_ I. Reid
Kermit Horn
Gerald Starr
Tut Barnett
W. H. Wiseman
Walter Briggs
Bob Henson
Bert Horn
Monterey
Fern Cox
Lillie Waybill
Bert Starr
Oda
Ed. Horn
Moulton
Clarence Forsythe
Glenice
Gerald
Trenton
Nora Briggs
Lois Smith
J. B. Horn
Orval Veatch
Ellen Horton
Homer Starr
Fay Henderson
Norma Lee
Alta Horn
Inez Smith
Deloris
Dorotha Horn
Dardean Garmand
Harold Henderson
Ross Henderson
Lillman Horn
Mark Henson
Bloomfield
Jonathan Starr
Elmer Snedigar
Bud Henson
Dorothy Horn
Elza Horn
Mamie Henson
Lillie Starr
Bert
Ed, Burgher
Norene Starr
Des Moines
Burlington
Boone
Davenport
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Ners Wood Brothers
Wood Brothers
Wood Bros
W. L. Blosser
Ford
Ford Motor Co
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