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Newspaper
Orient Independent
Location
Orient, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
3
A violent assault unfolds as a man in overalls attacks the narrator. She escapes, Holmes arrives with Edna Marshall safe, and they devise a rope across a door to slow the assailant while awaiting further action. The scene ends with a plan to trap Fritz, continuing next week.
Nevinville news roundup lists H Harris selling pianos and local social visits. mentions Mrs Jessie Chandler visiting Greenfield, Helen Kelloge staying with Frank VanVleet, various townspeople traveling, threshing, crop conditions, a fatal surgery death in Carroll, a newborn daughter to Dell Wallace, and multiple errands, visits, and chautauqua plans for September.
Ford Motor Company's River Rouge facility announces a soda process breakthrough turning hard maple oak and ash scrap wood into high quality paper fibre. Nine tons of chips yield 75 percent hardwood content cooked under high pressure to produce 100 percent wood fibre for paper. Royal family debate in Britain noted alongside Princess Mary baby news.
William Wilson writes on early Adair County history, naming settlements from Middleriver to Macksburg and Vandewater, recalling hand harvests before grain and hay were cut with shovels. He notes 70 years since landing on Union township farm and lists longtime residents, families, and company in eastern Adair County, inviting replies.
Sanford Haxton announces an auction at his place just east of the stock yards on Saturday August 4 at 7 30 p m selling pedigreed Duroc Jersey shoats. He is the seller and lists the date and location for the sale.
A cluster of want ads tout life insurance policies for all ages and budgets by E. E. Miller, plus used Ford car for sale, a shock absorber for heirs, and a call for 25 men to buy insurance. Additional notes promote fresh meats at Butler's Market and scratch pads at The Independent office.
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