Best Buy Days and Local Visits Across George County
Local notes report Mrs. D Dieleman visiting from Wednesday to Saturday at the DL Rietfeld home six miles northwest of George Ramsey fined 5 85 in mayor s court for failing to Rep at a street intersection. Dr Adolph Redell and Chicago visitors join Drs aurt Mry E Faasen. John Hiederreck of Hiawatha Kan visited during government surveys. Arthur Kaldenberg and family from Oskaloosa called on relatives Sunday. Mrs B H Van Ness visited Monday with her mother at Monroe. J J Thomassen and Ralph Johnson families with daughters Jeanette and Johan of Bloomington Ill returned home after visiting. Byron Crawford enjoyed Des Moines sights after on screen work. Emma Van Peurrum went to Prairie to visit. Elmer De Winter injured finger nail from a firecracker. Mrs Mart Vander Linden and others spent Fourth at the Kool home in Barnes City. Mrs Omar Maland returns to Kanawha. Dr L M Henry and family and Miss June Stureman went to Creston. a Henry-Widger family reunion in a park at Corning. Kenneth Henry to spend summer with grandparents Mr. and Mrs W H Wodrer. Indoor basketball at Roc tourist park Monday between Men s class of Second Reformed church and C F Dykstra s class. Dykstra s class victorious 23 1%.
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B. H. van Ness
Coffman
Monroe
J. J. Thomassen
Ralph Johnson
Jeanette and
Johan
Bloomington
Ill
Thomassen
L. M. Henry
June Stureman
Creston
Henry
Widger
Corning
Ing Kenneth
Automobile spending in the United States last year
The National Automobile Commerce reports that Americans spent about fourteen billion dollars on autos. New car purchases accounted for 3.43 billion dollars, the largest share, followed by gas and oil at 2.37 billion, tires and parts at 2.0 billion, drivers and chauffeurs at 2.23 billion, street and highway charges at 1.02 billion, and roughly 35 million for insurance taxes permits and related items.
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United States
National
Avomobile Crazies of Commerce
Toe
Chaudeurs
The Patent Creditor at First African Baptist Church Fund Drive
Two colored sisters seek donations from Uncle Berry for an addition to the First African Baptist Church. The elderly man explains he struggles to meet his existing debts and is not being pressed by the Lord as by earthly creditors.
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Lunds
First African Baptist Church
Berry
Darkey
Lawsy
Weddings Held at the White House Through 1918
A history notes fourteen White House weddings from Lucy Payne Washington in 1811 to Jessie and Eleanor Wilson in 1918 and 1914. Grover Cleveland’s marriage to Frances Folsom remains the only presidential marriage where the president was the principal spouse.
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White House
Washington
Lucy Payne Washington
George Washington
Wilson
Jessie
Eleanor
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Agricultural prosperity shown in 1928 farm values
The Department of Agriculture reports total U S farm values in 1928 at 9 092 billion dollars. Texas leads states with 000, Iowa is second with 54 000 000, and California ranks third at 528 000 000.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Texas
Iowa
California
Walter Brown Named Postmaster General Of Toledo Era
Walter Brown of Toledo Ohio becomes postmaster general and earns a million dollars in his first year. He will oversee more than 300000 postal employees and influence the appointment of about 50000 postmasters paid 15000 dollars annually. Read the Chronicle Want Ads.
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Walter Brown
Toledo
Ohio
Boulder Dam Faces Ratification Snag In Water Deal
Congress requires six states to ratify the Colorado River treaty before construction begins on the $600 million Boulder Dam. Arizona and Utah resist, while other western states push for priority water allocations. Engineer Walter projects seven years to completion once obstacles clear. The piece notes U.S. shares global resources and markets as context. The data contrasts America’s size and wealth with its broader economic and infrastructural footprint.
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Congress
Arizona
Utah
Walter
Germany and UK Economic Snapshot From Early Reports
Germany has under 2,500,000 and the United Kingdom under 1,500. The Ford plant in Detroit is now producing a car every three seconds. Eighty billion dollars are tied up in farming, surpassing investments in railroads, manufactures, and mines.
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Germany
United Kingdom
Ford
Detroit
Highway to Holy Land Route Could Modernize Pilgrimage
In coming years a highway may carry motor cars along the route once traveled by the Israelites on their forty years trek to the Holy Land. The government plans to convert this path into a modern paved road for easier travel.
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Holy Land
All are men of one blood and equal in dignity
A reflective passage extols common people as sources of great literature and moral insight. It cites Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sir Walter Scott, Black Hawk, and Wadsworth to argue equality of all nations and universal humanity. The text emphasizes shared humanity across races and social classes.
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Lincoln
Walter Scott
Mid-Lothian
Wadsworth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Black Hawk
United States
Jefferson and Black Hawk on equality and freedom
A quotation links Thomas Jefferson and Black Hawk, arguing both men affirmed equality and universal rights. It asserts that all individuals possess inherent freedom and justice regardless of race or civilization, emphasizing a shared human truth.
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Thomas Jefferson
Black Hawk
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Des Moines
Emma van Peurrum
Prairie
Elmer de Winter
Nick de Winter
Mart Vander Linden
Omar Maland
Henry Kool
John Arthur Kool
Barnes City
Kanawha
Frandpareetn
W. H .Wodrer
Roc Tourist Park
Second Reformed Church
C. F. Dykstra
Chronicle
Boulder
Pella
Clara Bow
Clara
Hoot Gibson
Fame
Douglas MacClean
J. van Dusseldorp
ZE Bec
Ft. Madison
Rock Island
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Capitol
Beautiful Lake Keokuk
Ita
C. C. Gardner
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Franklin Street
Enna Jettick
Hoge-Montgomery
Oxford
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