Famine Relief Efforts Expanded Across Nations
Global relief efforts amid a growing famine in the Volga valley mobilize aid from the United States, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Mexico, Persia, Turkey, and Canada. Quaker, Red Cross, and American relief groups warn that millions could perish without substantial, rapid shipments of food seed grain and tools within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ned Cross Societies
Towland
Sweden
France
Switzerland
Mexico
Persia
Turkey
Canada
Volga Valley
F. Nansen
League of Nations Relief Committee
Russia
Europe
Paxton Hibben
Diplomatic Service
Black Sea
den River
American Relief Administration
Red Cross
Nansen
Rural Route 5 Washington News Briefs
Community notices summarize weekend visits and gatherings. Local residents including Myrtle Mayer and the McCaleb family are recorded attending social events, dinners, dances, farm time and school visits across Rubio Kinross Valley Earnest Streams and White Oak school.
Eureka Notes on Local Visits and Farm Work
Correspondents report Mrs Beasty from Washington visiting Mrs Frank Bruty family. Marcus Ruhy and Ray Walton secure a contract to supply paving materials in Washington. Buzzard of Prighton collects eggs as farmers plow for corn. Dr Tom Thompson visited T M Beenblossom. Potratzs sell hogs to Joe Link. Woodburns and daughter Mildred spent Sunday at Beenblossom home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Frank Bruty
Beasty
Washington
Bruty
Marcus Ruhy
Ray Walton
Paving Gang
Buzzard
Prighton
Tom Thompson
T. M. Beenblossom’s
N.C
Crawfordsville Dinner Honors School Board and Wives
Mrs Emma Bennet returned to Washington after visiting the Steve Jones home in Crawfordsville. Miss Lois Bauer and five home economics students hosted the school board and spouses at a 6 20 dinner in the domestic science room with red and white decor and a menu featuring mint cocktail wafers chicken croquettes creamed peas and Parker house rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Emma Bennet
Washington
Steve Jones
Lois Bauer
Glass
Alice Hesseltine
Alice Gookin
Mary Borders
Twila McNeill
Margaret Davidson
Parker House
Local notes from Crawfordsville and surrounding visits
A Crawfordsville report lists residents visiting Washington, teachers and students on local trips, a house sale to the school board, and a weekend outing for Lois Bauer and companions. Additional items include dinner outings for students, relatives visiting and returning from nearby towns, and a group roast south of town with Mrs Griffith leading the 7th and 8th grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Huston
Howard Huston
Columbus Junction
D. F. Huston
Burlington
John Bullers
Emma Lou
Oskaloosa
Bullers
Griffith
Town Notes From Ainsworth April Update
Dr. W. Alcorn resumes practice after a week of illness. A son is born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hethcote. Mrs. Amos Wilte visits with daughter Mrs. George Marr. Mrs. Frank Trotter and Mrs. Roy Marr visit county hospital for Mr. Trotter. Foreign Missionary Society Convention meets at Ainsworth May 2 and 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Wayne Hethcote
Amos Wilte
Washington
George Marr
Frank Trotter
Roy Marr
Trotter
Frank
Baptist Aid Society
Huston
Crawfordsville
Frank Chihak
Rex
Excelsior Springs
Foreign Missionary Society Convention
M. EF. Church of
Local Briefs Highlight Community Picks and Visits
April 29 notes show Guffey and Harrison selling baled hay to Harry Whitacre and shipping to Chicago. Hazel Booth and Fay Cherwinker are among residents visiting Washington places and relatives. Lee Edwards and family from near Gladwin visited with their parents, and Mrs Casselman and Mrs Godlove did business in Washington.
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Haskins
Guffey
Harrison
Harry Whitacre
Chicago
Hazel Booth
Washington
Fay Cherwinker
Lee Edwards
Near Gladwin
Casselman
Godlove
Frank Embree
J. L. Embree
Hal Edwards
Wilson Welliver
Gene Annas
Myrtle Welliiver
Leota
Community noting local visits and readings
Monday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cony Mt Union and Mrs Montgomery with high school teachers in Washington. Carry Brown family met Mrs Brown's parents J C Foster. Burr Taylor and Harley Stafford sought medical care in Cedar Rapids. Ebner and Myrtle Welliver conducted business in Washington. Cole family visited Mrs Ellen Wallace in Washington. Cecil Desmond Elleng Cole and Mabel Wallace drove to Mt Pleasant to see a sister in medical care.
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Jesse Cony
Mt. Union
Montgomery
Eunice Green
Washington
Burr Taylor
Harley Stafford
Ceder Rapids
M. BE. Ebner
Myrtle Welliver
B. W. Cole
Mrs. Cole
Ellen Wallace
Cecil Desmond
Elleng Cole
Mabel Wallace
Mt. Pleasant
Mabel
Remains of Jesse Cowgill Brought Home for Burial
The body of Jesse Cowgill, 72, who died at the Guy Gardner home in Hollywood California, arrived in Brighton on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Gardner and their baby Hilly. Burial followed at Halferty cemetery after services at Ollie. Survivors include a nephew Jesse Cowgill of Packwood and a brother of Mrs. Gardner.
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Jesse Cowgill
Packwood
Gardner
Geo. Wanerus
Iowa City
Wanerus
Faith Brier
Ralph Tracy
Fairfield
Frank Hoover
Richland
Brighton
Malcolm Griffith
Baby
Griffith
Genevieve Bailey
Frank Berry
Kate Snyder
Washington
Lola Abrahamson
Des Moines
Cowgill
Faris
Abrahamson
Geo. Cain
Ottumwa
Cleve Dayton
Guy Gardner
Billy
Fred Elmore
Mayme Lee Evans
Cora Winn
Ferry Adkinson
I. H. Fraziee
Vaida Hall
Moyle
Miss Hall
Local Notes From West Chester April Meeting
N G McNurlen of Keota was here on business Wednesday. W S Boyer attends Davenport court this week. The Thursday evening orchestra concert was well attended despite cold weather. Clark Pulver of Keota played nice violin solos. Reports note unusually cold weather.
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West Chester
N. G. McNurlen
Keota
Clark Pulver
Weather warms toward July and city drains streets
The item notes spring warmth ahead, street drainage progress, and lingering soft spots. It mentions Will John’s death in a recent accident and recalls his father’s fatality on April 3 last year. Johnsons are described as hard working neighbors. Weidner and Stryker from Washington visited on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Johnson
Johnsons
Will
W. D. Weidner
Paul Stryker
Washington
The Face of the World at Fox Theatre
Hodkinson releases a new photoplay by Irving Vv Willat based on Johan Bojer's sea tale The Face of the World. The story follows a young married couple through trials before they find happiness at sea. Willat's direction and picturization promise top tier screen entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodkinson
Fox Theatre
Irving Vv. Willat
Johan Bojer
Irving
Willat
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Inflammatory Cure Claim
Hall's Catarrh Medicine consists of an Ointment for local use and an Internal Medicine Tonic to improve general health. The advertisement asserts catarrh worsens when run down and notes the product is sold by druggists for many years by FB J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Pleasant afternoon event noted by Chicago teacher
A Chicago teacher offered a pupil a sum for home study. The pupil's father rejected a lengthy assignment, sending a note asserting a limit on the boy’s hours, claiming the task slurs the S-hour system.
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Chicago
James
Boston Transcript
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Iron Mountain Michigan resident Mrs A H Garland reports monthly pains eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained work ability. Another testimonial from Mrs Mary Dale of Xenia Ohio says years of pain and irregularity ended with the remedy. The advertisement promotes the medicine for women's ailments and urges a thorough trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Mountain
Mich
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Aaron
A. H. Garland
E. Brown St
Michigan
Xenia
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Dale
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Wiliam Haskell
Tomics
Ita
Fridtjof Nansen
Samara
Saving Children
Quakers
American Committee
American Friends Committee
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Poland
Serbia
American Committee For Russian Kamine Relief
Willilons
Washington, R. No. 6
Myrtle Mayer
Beenblossom
Robert McCaleb
Clay
The
Missionary Society
Geo. Wiegard
C. C
Jake Hotle
Clarence
W. EB. Augustine
Geo. Klett
Earl Burrough
Geo. Evens
Cecil
James McCaleb
J. B. McCaleb
Rubio
Will Palmer
Glen Davis
Harold Figgens
Kinross
Will Conrad
Cloyce
Earnest Streams
Frank May
Ers
Arthur Conrad
C. L. Wallace
Valley
Ethel Hotle
Little Sons
White Oak School
Miss Bauer
Fred Sipe
Lee Lease
S. W. Huston
R. M. McCall
R. Harper
He'en Wallace
Gladys, Strothman
Lois Davidson
Eva Spangler
Woods
J. T. King
F. W. Diller
Winfield
B. C. Tracy
Rivers & Mangold
Ford Cars
W. S. Boyer
Davenport
Bagdad
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