Bargain Bride Ends With Hidden Riches and Suspicion
Elinor Stafford, 20, wed Barrett Colvin to avert danger to her father Bentwell after Colvin learns of a fortune left by Aunt Ella Sexton. Lida Stafford schemes for money while Colvin shelters a secret about Marcia’s son and faces Elinor’s alleged flirtations as a detective follows.
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Elinor Stafford
Barrett Colvin
Lida Stafford
Elinor
Ella Sexton
Barrett
Vance Carter
Bentwell Stafford
Sexton
Bob Telfare
Aiken
Marcia
Lida
Cleo
57Th Street
Connecticut
Gerald
Hutton
Bob
Pageant to Be Given Jim Wapello Church
Local news notes trip and social events. Members of golf club families enjoy a picnic at Harry Arch ibald park. Tri-T chapter visits Mt Pleasant summer camp with local girls Patricia Wischmeyer and Clara Richardson as guests. Several gatherings planned for week ahead including Presbyterian Sunday school picnic and J J C Four H club meeting.
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Golf Club
Harry Archibald Park
Arlene Hoover
Lucille Thomas
Jack
Grace Oakes
Elia Barnes
Tri-T
Mt. Pleasant
Patricia Wischmeyer
Clara Richardson
Delta Alphas
Presbyterian Sunday School
Nellie Hale
W. S. Brown
Gladys Olinger
Myrtle Davis
J. J. C. Four-H Club
Marshall Township
Jean Fletcher
Romelle Richardson
Wapello
A. W. Hinderman
T. H. Jones
Columbus Junction
Nellie Eversmeyer
Alice Sturat
Marion
Sturat
Lee Cornwell
Newport
Lisbon
N. D
Wilton Notes on Local Visits and Club Meeting
The American Legion auxiliary met at Mrs. Harry Griffiths home with a lawn picnic at 6 30 PM followed by the regular business meeting. Several residents and visitors traveled to nearby towns for hospital visits, family gatherings, and short trips including Creston Chicago Iowa City Davenport Des Moines Muscatine Geneseo and West Liberty. Local residents shared weekend hospitality and relatives gathered for brief sojourns and illnesses.
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Chris Angerer
Paul Finck
Wilton Township
Gene
Leo Budelier
Albert Maurer
Leota
Helen
West Liberty
Clifford Russell
Grandview Notes and Weekend Visits Across Counties
Grandview and nearby residents shared visits and farm updates as threshing continued. Notables include Mr and Mrs Lloyd Werner hosting relatives near Mediapolis and families from Fruitland Barton Fila Muscatine Rock Island Joy Columbus Junction and Davenport enjoying picnics and birthdays.
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Grandview
Lloyd Werner
Mediapolis
Lee Werner
Robert Schafer
R. T. Hummel
George Morris
Barton
Fila
James Haroff
Earl Haroff
Richard
Muscatine
Casper Rowe
Calvin
Harry Rowe
Rock Island
Marion Rowe
Tice
Ellis Wiegand
Joy
Illinois
Dean Graham
Charles Graham
Verlee Owens
Weed Park
W. B. Shellabarger
Columbus Junction Park
Bertha Fath
Northfield
Minn
Webster Funeral Thursday in West Liberty
West Liberty notes report the death of Webster, age 29, resident of Cedar and Cass counties, born April 30 1852 in Guernsey County Ohio. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m at S C Snider parlor with Masonic lodge in charge. burial Oak Ridge cemetery. Surviving are daughter Mary Elizabeth De Forest two grandchildren a sister and a brother.
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Cedar County
Cass County
Maine
West Liberty
Webster
Reuben DeForest
Masonic Lodge
Mary Elizabeth
Gale de Forest
Harvey Barnes
Pasadena
Calif
Lewis Webster
S. C.snider
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Iowa Briefs Highlight Public Works Appointments and Legal Matters
Des Moines Hans Pfund named director of national re employment for Iowa under the public works act serving a five month term. Des Moines Joe H Tunnell jailed in default bond after pleading not guilty to postal law violation. Fairfield Leland Johnson bound over to grand jury on defacing motor vehicle plates.
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Associated Press
Es Moines
Hans Pfund
National
Iowa
Public Works Act
Des Moines
Joe H. Tunnell
Louisville
O— Fairfield
Leland Johnson
Grand Jury
Mrs Hattie Fields Dies at Tipton Home
Mrs Hattie B Fields wife of W R Fields former Tipton merchant died of a heart attack at her home Tuesday noon. Funeral services will be at the home in Tipton at 4 this afternoon with Rev W E Van Buren officiating. Interment in Tipton Masonic cemetery. Born May 14 1865 west of Tipton she lived in the community all her life. Survived by husband one son Forrest of Tipton one daughter Mrs Harold Penningroth of New York City and nine grandchildren.
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Tipton
Hattie B. Fields
W. R. Fields
W. E. van Buren
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Fields
George Filson
Forrest
Harold Penningroth
New York City
Flashes of Life Across Cities and Campus Scenes
A university study at Seattle’s University of Washington tests co eds for shooting capacity by winking. Winnipeg man retrofits a bicycle with a pram wheel drive to form a tri cycle. Peiping mayor orders closing of all dance halls as China faces crisis. Chicago woman dies of a heart attack after a dog incident while driving. Chicago divorce case cites long silence and cruelty. Waterloo raid uncovers home brew. 15 persons present. one detained on liquor nuisance charges.
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Peiping
China
Yuan Ling
Temporary authority to station KFJB at Marshalltown
Washington grants Marshall Electric company permission to operate radio station KFJB Marshalltown Iowa from 9 a m to 12 p m effective July 22. The license indicates the station is owned and operated by the Marshall Electric company.
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A- Washington
KFJB
Marshalltown
The
Marshall Electric Company
Local party hosts and visiting relatives noted
Conesville hosts Edith Wolford and a group of girls for a lawn party. Guests include Beulah Fowler Viola Buckman Doris Calhoun Kathleen Abbott Ruth Walker and others. The McCormicks welcomed daughter Joan from Chicago to Seventy Six township while Gerald Estle Allen was born to Mr and Mrs Gerald Allen. Celia Brockway traveled to Des Moines and Roberta Brockway spent time in Columbus Juno with Velma and Catherine Schabilion.
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Conesville
Edith Wolford
Beulah Fowler
Viola Buckman
Doris Calhoun
Kathleen Abbott
Ruth Walker
Maxine Sprouse
Winifred Jones
Betty Hawkins
Ruth
Margaret Wilson
Letha Holladay
Roy McCormick
Joan
Chicago
C. A
Gerald Allen
Gerald Estle Allen
Celia Brockway
Des Moines
Roberta Brockway
Ig Billings
Columbus
Birthday Party Honors Durant Resident on Sunday
Pleasant event as Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Broders hosted relatives Sunday for his birthday. Among guests were the Broders family from Durant, visitors from Davenport and Omaha, and Chicago and Sunbury house guests. The gathering included several extended relatives, with further visits announced in Durant and Davenport. An annual Childress festival and bird shoot is announced for Sunday at Westpark, Durant. Officers of the Stockton consolidated school district held the
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Stockton
Clarence Broders
Broders
J. H. Broders
Fred Bockwoldt
Harry Schlapkohl
Alfred Bocknoldt
Durant
George Dittmer
Davenport
William Schnech
Vera Mae
Katherine
Henry Hanna
Omaha
Neb
Charles Makoben
J. Stuart Findlay
Chicago
O. A. Bohnsack
Pearl
Sunbury
Belle Bohnsack
Findlay
Harry McMurphy
Leroy Broders
Westpark
Stockton Consolidated School District
Scotland Church Homecoming Draws Keota Residents
Keota area residents gathered for a Scotland church homecoming about five miles northwest of Keota. George J. Lyle welcomed attendees, Rev F W Eastwood spoke, and William Gemmell traced church history. A 180 strong group enjoyed an afternoon program and a cafeteria basket meal. Week-end visitors included Donald Gregory and family from Nauvoo Illinois, plus several Gregory relatives. The Methodist Ladies Aid plans a social Thursday. Prof Fred Messenger of Muscatine and Mrs Belle Messenger visited Mrs Alice Wolfe, who is healing slowly from a broken hip.
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Keota
Scotland
George J. Lyle
F. W. Eastwood
Washington
William Gemmell
Des Moines
Eliza Gordon
South English
Donald Gregory
Amall
Nauvoo
Ill
W. S. Gregory
Gregory
Alice Wolfe
Annual business meeting and local notes at town hall
George Crawford of Davenport transacted business here Monday. Corn leveled by Friday's windstorm has straightened to normal position and is not damaged. Arlene Bohnsack spent the weekend with Elaine Paustian at Sunbury. Adeline Bernice Valeria Riessen and Eunice Berodt members of the Fulton Industrial Four-H girls club left Wednesday for a three days outing at Rotary hut.
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Town Hall
George Crawford
Davenport
Arlene Bohnsack
Elaine Paustian
Sunbury
Adeline
Bernice
Valeria Riessen
Eunice Berodt
Fulton Industrial Four-H
Rotary Hut
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Phillips’ Place
Benton
Carla Woodbridge
Mrs. Phillips
Lucy
Mr. Colvin
George Clark
Jim Wapello
Grandview News
West Liberty News
Robert Brooke
Rotary
Vickers
Drumheller
Can
E. C. Kerr
Julius Bartels
Maynard
Frank Robinson
Hazel Bartels
Robinson
Iowa Briefs
James H. Wilkerson
Central Life Assurance Society of Des Moines
Illinois Life Insurance Company
Hattie Fields
Seattle
University of Washington
Maj
W. E. Fraser
Winnipeg
Papa
Catherine Zack
Rosebach
Frank
Waterloo
Julia Parsons
Laurel Bldg
Scotland Church
Batterson
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