Local Socials Roundup From Palestine Community
Leona Vondrasek reports a weekend of visits and gatherings in Palestine. Families including Soukup, Kos, Kron, Kasper, Haveland, Lintz, Vondrasek, Novy, and Kron joined relatives for Sunday meals, shopping, and house visits across Riverside and Kalona. A large crowd attended the John Kurtz sale Monday.
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Palestine
Joe A. Soukup
Bernadine
Washington
Carl Kos
Henry Kron
Melvin
Mildrea
Velma
Ed Kasper
Roy Haveland
LeRoy
George Havel
Leo Kron
Edward Kasper
Yaro Sojka
Geo. Kos
Riverside
Wm. Kron
Leonard Lintz
Milt Wolrach
Cairas Havel
Julius Berh
Edward Hutze
Davenport
Otto Novy
Dorothy Vondrasek
Frank Kron
Frank Novy
Kalona
Ivo Sennoebelen
Iowa City
Hubert Kron
John Kurtz
Wash Motley
Henry Wieland
Milt Soefkka
Clara Vondrasek
John Soukup
George Shalla
Charles Vondrasek
Marie
Fred
Slain Girl Found With Wire Across Neck in Indiana Home
Susan Alberta Knight a 12 year old junior high student was found strangled with lamp wire in her bed at her mother's Whiting Indiana home early Sunday. The crime shocks the local community as investigators search for motive and the killer.
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Susan Alberta Knight
Whiting
Ind
Eyed and Hair Color Changes Across a Lifetime
A medical columnist notes that color changes appear in the eyes at least once and hair color can shift several times, becoming especially noticeable at the roots as hair grows. The Detroit News quotes a beautician on the root-color effect.
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Detroit News
D A R Remembers Hero 150 Years After Death
In Columbia City Indiana a monument honoring Colonel de La Balme was unveiled marking 156 years since his 1779 Detroit expedition. The French cavalry inspector general led 108 French Canadians and allied Indians toward Detroit, raiding Miami villages before being killed in retaliation.
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Columbia City
Ind
Augustin Martin de la Balme
George Roger Clark
Detroit
Daughters of the American Revolution
la Balme
Continental Cavalry
Z. ¥. Brenneman
Waskaskia
Mississippi
Clark
Woman Seeks 2000 Dollars Over Tree Death
Lillian H. Rhodes sues Washington Gas Light for 2000 dollars claiming a trench laid for a gas pipe damaged a prized shade tree at her home on Brown Street Northwest. She alleges negligence by the company's agents in the district supreme court.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Washington Gas Light Company
Lillian H. Rhodes
Brown Street
Northwest
Carrel F. Rhodes
Frank Brown
Yanks Paid 5 Billions of 1930 Travel Bill
The 1980 world travel bill reached about 7.0 billion dollars with two thirds spent by Americans at home and abroad. Americans spent nearly 325 million in 1930 entering Canada with over 5 million automobiles. Over 300 thousand Americans traveled abroad as total home travel outlays declined due to shorter tours and lower per capita spending.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Canada
New Motor Theft Sign Warns Pittsburgh Cops
Pittsburgh news reports Sfara the mechanic has devised a lighting device for parked cars. When installed, the rear sign lights to read stolen the moment the brakes are applied, aiding police detection if the vehicle is moved.
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Pittsburgh
Sfara
Nevada men outperform women on campus test says Irwin
University of Nevada psychologist Ralph A. Irwin reports in an intelligence test that male students averaged 143.1 while female students averaged 142.8, indicating men are superior by the study's measure.
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University of Nevada
Ralph A. Irwin
Psychological Department
Irwin
Plans to Carry Gold by Air from South Sea Mines
An air transport company formed to move gold from the mines on Nabaul in British New Guinea to the coast. Planes can complete the trip in forty minutes, versus eight days by native carriers through jungles swamps and a 10 000 foot mountain range. Tri motored Junkers planes will be used, each making two daily flights.
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Nabaul
British New Guinea
South Sea
Americans Spend Half a Billion on Live Entertainment
American families allocate about 500 million dollars annually to concerts lectures and live theater excluding cinema. This sizable spend reflects broad interest in cultural events and supports a diverse entertainment scene across the country.
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Leona Vondrasek
Irene
Leona Vondresek
Martin
Vern Kron
Roy Kron
Mrs
Nancy Rowe
Morrison
North Side Cafe
TOWA
Phillips & Hebner
McDaniel
Lemmon
Lukavsky
Mary Vilasak
Chicago
Chas. Vondrasek
Joe Luther
Henry Weilana
Irene Kron
Fred Lukavsky
Chas. Vondraisek
Milt Wollrab
High Seas
Kellum
Honolulu
Hawaii
South Seas
Bernice P. Bishop
Pacific
Kellums
Reno
Tavernier
Fla
Ketlim
A. J. Franzen
Geo. W. Stewart
Iowa
Southern Utilities Company
Hero
Yanks
Americans’ Entertainment
H. & A. Baking Co
Procter & Gamble
CAN Baby Stuart Food
R. L. Lytle
Paxton
Gallagher
State Theatre
Wilt
TERR
Rumford
The
Rumford Co
Reister
Washington Dairy
Western Flour Mills
I Roth Book
Dodder Wall Paper & Paint Store
Master-Matic Electric Iron
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Lemmon’s Jewelry Store
Cleum
Montgomery Ward Co
Kaynee
Scott Furniture Co
H. I. Ward
Fostoria
Welch-Moore Shoe Co
Washington Evening Journal
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