Local News From Wyman and Surrounding Areas
Wyman Iowa reports include Mr. and Mrs. J K Dunn and daughter Mary visiting Burlington on Wednesday. April Fool party at the high school planned by Nellie Ross and Mary Simmons feature a peanut hunt. The eighth grade literary society held a program. Mrs George McElroy of Crawfordsville died, funeral at Crawfordsville today. Teachers sign up to return next year and a planned box supper on April 15 will raise funds for athletics. Several locals visited relatives. Bebie Brinton returns to Des Moines for schooling. Clifford Savage injured in a farm accident near Batavia, broken bones and chest injuries sent to Fairfield hospital.
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Literary Society
Pearl Finke
Sadie
Ruth Beauchamp
Myrtle
Lizzie
Della Humphreys
Ralph Rees
Adden Hughes
W. F. Orbin
George McElroy
Crawfordsville
Altho
Fred McElroy
Wyman
Gage
Jacoby
S. M. Brirt
Misa Belle
Frday
A. M. Crumley
Stockport
CG. EB. Savage
Halbert
EF. A. Brinton
A. L. Roch End
John Pfeiffer
Brighton
Bebie Brinton
Des Moines
Clifford Savage
Carleton Jones
Batavia
Fairfield Hospital
Local notes from Crawfordsville April visitors and events
Crawfordsville reports visitors from Washington including Mrs F J Maxwell and Rev J F Barhett. William White attended his sister Mrs Hazen's funeral at Ainsworth. Annie Seliers visited her sister Mrs J T Clark. John and George White from Ringgold county Iowa arrived from Ainsworth to see Solomon and Wm White. Rose Moorhead hosted the Care Away Circle with discussion on magazines. Several local ladies attended Mr Eddy’s concert in Washington Tuesday night.
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Crawfordsville
F. J. Maxwell
J. F. Barhett
George McFarland
Lloyd Deharper
Washington
William White
Hazen
Ainsworth
Annie Seliers
J. T. Clark
John
George White
Ringgold County
Iowa
Solomon
Wm. White
Rose Moorhead
Ollie Anwyl
Literary Digest
Pictorial Review
Country Gentleman
American
Ladies Home Journal Delineator
Youth’s Companion
Outlook
the Etude
Lois Davidson
Edith Lewis
Miss Busby
Sprague
Mr. Eddy
J. H. Crooks
Miss Mabel
W. G. Huston
Burlington
Brighton Route One Visitors and Local Health Note
Prody A Borkoski and Frank D Clark of Wayland were Pleasant callers Saturday afternoon. Jack Jackson and daughter Freda and Miss Libbie Hoskins of Washington visited at the Ralph Wikoff home Thursday. Wayne Savage is on the sick list. Prody A Borkoski was a Washington caller Friday afternoon.
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Brighton
Prody A. Borkoski
Frank D. Clark
Wayland
Jack Jackson
Freda
Libbie Hoskins
Washington
Ralph Wikoff
Wayne Savage
Local Notes From Havre and Vicinity
Havre April 5 reports Mr and Mrs Will Stafford in Ottumwa on business Saturday A B Carr shipped a carload of cattle from Havre Jake Shrader suffers rheumatism. Pleasant Hill and Havre neighbors plan to plow for corn Clyde Maxwell and Ray Smith shipped hogs Far Frey visited near Noble Louis Renner of Noble delivered a Jersey cow to Earl Frey and Will Easter family with Arlene in Ainsworth. The Thompson child ill, sister Mamie returning to help care.
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Havre
Will Stafford
Ottumwa
A. B. Carr
George Garret
Verdi
Ben Miller
Pleasant Hill
Jake Shrader
Jake
Clyde Maxwell
Ray Smith
Far Frey
Noble
Will Easter
Livya
Arlene
Ainsworth
James Thompson
Mamie Thompson
John McCall
Washington
Louis Renner
Earl Frey
Denominational Day Observed by County Churches West Chester
Bible school at 10 a m and morning service at 11 a m on April 17. Denominational Day to preach distinctive principles. Communion after morning worship. Evening service at 7 30 p m. Tuesday prayer meeting. Pastor E A Anderson invites all to attend.
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Bible School
E. A. Anderson
Bible School and Sermon at Local Church
Bible school at two in the afternoon and preaching at three in the afternoon. Some beliefs will be discussed. Your presence and interest will aid an impressive service. E A Anderson Pastor.
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E. A. Anderson
Paator
Prairie Flower Baptist Church Weekly Schedule
Bible school at 10 a.m. B Y P V at 11 a.m. Wednesday prayer meeting. Mission Circle meets Thursday at the church. Bring thimbles for work to be done. You are invited to worship here. Come out and enjoy an hour with God. EB A Anderson, pastor.
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Bible School
Mission Circle
EB. A. Anderson
World War I Listener School Qualification Quirk
A World War I era notice recalls a quirky requirement for the listeners' school. Candidates had to demonstrate sharp hearing by detecting a snake sliding into a bottle of castor oil, a test noted alongside other wartime qualifications.
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Idaho
Burlington Road Divison Changes Noted In Monmouth
A Burlington division abolition will shift Carthage and Ft Madison workloads to Hannibal and Os Kaloosa Tracey and Winfield Washington Al bi a Des Moines to Ottumwa. Officials say no crew or train counts change though schedules may later adjust. Final transfer details hinge on a meeting of railroad superintendents.
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Monmouth
Burlington
Hannibal
Ottumwa
Birlington
Carthage
Ft. Madison
Oskaloosa-Tracey
Winfield and Washington
Albia-Des Moines
Young
Missouri
N. S. Young
Brookfield, Mo
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Prank CC. Peters
Harst
West Burlington
Roundhouse
Ustich
Holdout by Burlington Carpenters Over 80 Cent Wage Offer
Burlington union carpenters, Local 534, meet at the Trades and Labor assembly hall and refuse 80 cent hourly terms. President C. T. Jones says no strike but lockout stance. Master Builders deny lockout, claim work available if 80 cents is accepted. Carpenters demand the 90 cent old scale, with no quick resolution in sight.
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Burlington
Union Carpenters of
Trades and Labor Assembly Hall
Durlington
C. T. Jones
Henry Beck
Master Builders Association
Mr. Beck
Cartoonists Pointed View Sparks Satirical Remark
A sharp remark from Cartoons Magazine notes that true wit is seen when one sits on the edge of another’s perspective. The quip reflects a humor angle about understanding differing viewpoints.
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Cartoons Magazine
Burlington Man Involved In Theft Case
A woman using the name Miss Leila Wilson faced police court in Chicago on charges related to the theft of 7500 dollars in jewelry from Mrs. Jennie Zorge. Two earrings valued at 5000 dollars were found in Burlington Iowa, with the suspect denying knowledge of the remaining 2500 dollars and claiming the earrings were sent to a Burlington social figure involved in cafe keeping. Police withheld the man’s name.
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Chicago
Leila Wilson
Jack Warrick
Jennie Zorge
Miss Wilson
Burlington
Iowa
Prisoners Escape From Marion County Jail
Lawson Steadman, a nationally known forger, and E. Schroeder, indicted for forgery and wife desertion, are being sought after escaping the county jail by using a rope made of bed clothing in Marion Iowa on April 7.
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Marion
Lawson Steadman
E. Schroeder
Prisoners Escape Through Roof in Rain Soaked Yard
In a soggy yard last night Steadman and another inmate fashioned a rope from bed clothing, cut a hole in their cell partition and climbed to the roof. They dropped to the ground but bloodhounds could not follow the trail due to wet ground. escape revealed about an hour later.
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Steadman
Flexible Stone Read by Breathing Journal Mystery
A garbled Breathing Journal excerpt references a creature or item called Awol of comfefone, claimed to fall from a ledge in an erect bottom. It mentions a 4 Milter in Oregon and a poweresion of flevihitite with bending and twisting under light pressure.
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Oregon
Amd
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