Brighton School Board Names New Superintendent
Brighton Iowa April 16 Mrs Eugene Wegmier of Dunbar Wisconsin visits her daughter Mrs F L Adama. H Bryan named superintendent for the coming year. Alma Stackhouse and Veida Hall return for another year. Grace Garner Ruth Young to remain in grade teaching. Carl Thomas resigns State Bank presidency to join Lloyd Shansey Chicago auto firm. A J Johnson buys bakery for post office move by July 1. Dan Spohn and Noah Edwards relocate. Harvey Bower welcomes a son born April 13. Des Moines and Chicago travel cited for events and business.
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Brighton
Eugene Wegmier
Dunbar
Wisconsin
H. ©. Bryan
Alma Stackhouse
Veida Hall
Grace Garner
Ruth Young
Carl Thomas
State Bank
Lloyd-Shansey
Chicago
A. J. Johnson
Sade Downs
Post Office
Dan Spohn
Joliet
Noah Edwards
Jefferson
Iowa
J. H. Atkinson
Amos Whistler Place
Harvey Bower
E. M. Blimore
Des Moines
Ernest Peasley
Fairfield
Henry Speilman
Fred Smiley
Riverside Marriages Include Riverside Chicago Pair
A Riverside wedding edition reports three marriages. Dr. J. W. Wilson of Riverside wed Miss Maude Armstrong of Chicago at an Washington M E church ceremony officiated by Rev Barker. The couple plans a brief trip and home at Melo Haven.
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Riverside
Washington
J. W. Wilson
Maude Armstrong
Chicago
M. E
Barker
Lela Wilson
A. Rice
Melo Havel
Dan Jordon
Anna Stump
Richmond
Holy Trinity
Father Shaffer
Holy Trinity Church
Jardon
Dave Wieland
William Vandrasek
Martha Horn
Windham
Iowa City
Rollin C. Sherek
William Horn
Katona
James Vandrasek
Schnoebelen
Mystery Car Found Stolen From Crescent Resident
A Lexingon fire automobile stolen April 9 from Perry Grossman of Crescent Iowa was found abandoned in Clinton. A $100 reward was offered. Three youths registered at the YMCA who claimed the car’s arrival prompted an investigation were released after the vehicle’s discovery. Two wore sailor uniforms and gave names Ray Garfield Des Moines Clarence Randall Walden Col Morris Clement Boston Mass.
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Crescent
Iowa
Clinton
A_ Lexington
Perry Grossman
Ramsey
Ray Garfield
Des Moines
Clarence Randall
Walden
Col
Morris Clement
Boston
Mass
Farm Hand Wealthy: He Left Knoxville Poor Now Owns 6000 Acres
Russell Kerr of Knoxville recounts a decades long rise of Jesse Brown who quit Kerr’s farm ten years into his tenure, moved to Colorado, bought land near Stratton, and built a substantial estate totaling 6,000 acres with additional properties.
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Knoxville
Stratton
London dry foods merchant plans hundreds of houses at fair rates
A major London dry foods merchant, aiming to help ease the housing shortage and assist his employer in securing affordable homes, has acquired a large land tract to build several hundred dwellings. He states no profit motive and seeks reasonable pricing.
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London
John Smith
Iowa City
Peniion
Iowa News Roundup Highlights War Risk Claims and Local Events
Announcement by Capt. Dan Newquist clarifies that discharged service members with disability linked to wartime disease or injury may file for compensation with the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Cascade notes stray birds, including a night heron, and a past flock of sea gulls as birdlife fascination.
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Dan Newquist
War Riek Insurance
Iowa
Marine
Army
Navy
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Cascade
F. L. Baldwin
Corn to Replace Wheat on Iowa Farms Amid Hard Winter
Iowa Weather and Crop bulletin notes corn will absorb most of last season's wheat acreage due to severe winter damage. Reports across counties describe forages, oats, and small grains seeding progress, with strawberries and fruit crops variably affected. A separate incident recounts Henry Post’s buggy accident caused by a downed electric wire and ensuing franchise liability.
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Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
Charles D. Reed
Hardin
Iowa
Plymouth
le Mars
Buena Vista
Alta
Carroll
Arcadia
Audubon
Qahaska
Oskaloosa
Washington
Aphington
Henry Post
Orange City
Post
Electric
State Railway Commission
Whiskey Seizures Rise Among Montreal Boston Travelers
Passengers traveling from Montreal to Boston increasingly face whiskey seizures at the American border. Authorities report a growing pattern of confiscations as travelers attempt to move spirits across the border into the United States.
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Montreal
Boston
Women Take Part in United Presbyterian World Campaign
United Presbyterian women in the United States will participate in the New World Movement campaign from April 25 to May 2. The effort will include small group and mass meetings nationwide with five planned in Philadelphia and committees expanding in Baltimore Washington Moveland Chicago and Buffalo to arrange drawing room gatherings. The Women’s Board oversees hospitals dispensaries and schools at home and abroad and will spend part of the campaign funds.
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Pittsyoergh
United Presbyterian
United States
New World Movement
Interchurch World
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Moveland
Chicago
Buffalo
Mra
Wheeling
W. Va
Stebenville
Ohio
United Presbyterian Church
Women’s Board
Women's Association
Women's Board
Women's General Missionary Society of the Church
Women Manage Missionary Work and Parsonages
The text notes that women oversee salaries for ninety-nine foreign missionaries and seventy-six home missionaries and administer the entire Indian missionary and parsonage work of their denomination.
Fainting and Dizzy Spells Relief by Lydia E. Pinkham
Syracuse woman reports relief from fainting spells and loss of appetite during the Change of Life after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts a narcotic free remedy drawn from native roots and herbs and cites Mrs. R. E. Demina of Syracuse as a user who helped others.
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N. Y
Lydia E.ham
R. E. Demina
Lafayette Ave
E. Pinkham
Washington Woman Endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills
Mrs. A. D. Dusenberry reports kidney weakness and nerves with backache and headaches improved by Doan’s Kidney Pills. She first testified in 1910 and reaffirmed in 1915, claiming lasting relief and strong faith in the remedy. Sold for 60 cents at dealers through Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York.
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Washington
A. D. Dusenberry
Second St
Dean
Doan
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