Saturday Is Sunday Here in Battle Creek Sanitarium
Battle Creek Michigan July 29 1928 Reporter describes Seventh Day Adventist customs at the Battle Creek Sanitarium noting Friday sundown to Saturday sundown rest and closures. An attendant discusses religious literature and visits to the Adventist tabernacle while praising the institution’s morality and atmosphere. He also mentions a Chautauqua event with tickets and attractions in Washington.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Manish
Seventh Day Adventist Tabernacle
Chantanana
Washington
Sean
Chautauqua
Rednath Bureau
Kawanis Clinb
Farmers Build Hard Surfaced Roads Without Waiting for Law
Farmers in Jefferson township Mahaska county Iowa joined town residents to finance and construct hard surfaced roads. They contributed money and labor with an average of 100 dollars per family. Shale from coal mine dumps was used to create a durable surface, laid with a road grader and hauled by teams and dump trucks. Total cost per mile ran about 600 dollars, funded largely by voluntary effort and a 200 dollar share from gas tax funds.
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Jefferson Township
Mahaska County
Iowa
Towa
A_ big oil ‘company
Chautauqua influence and a youth's tragedy
A public figure credits a Chautauqua for his life spark while a youth faces a hard future. The piece mourns Virginia Macon, daughter of D F Macon, and offers community sympathy as death strikes a young, vibrant life.
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the Evening Journal
Virginia Macon
Virginia
Dd. F. Macon
Bunny Barnett and the Back Room Type Machine
A reminiscence recounts Bunny Barnett overseeing the line of machines in the Journal office back room. The author recalls past schemes to slip in and hang the device, noting near-disgrace when Bunny appeared. Tomorrow the column promises a timely return in the familiar style, with a postscript about tonight’s paper.
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Journal Office
Bunny
Sharp Shooters at Fox Theatre Delights with O'Brien and Moran
Fox Films Sharp Shooters opens this afternoon for a two day run at the Fox Theatre. MOMIES iorze O'Brien and Lois Moran deliver humor and romance with a Morocco New York and United States Navy backdrop. Moran plays a nautch girl in a foreign dive while O'Brien provides gentle comedy in a light hearted scene.
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Iorze O’brien
Lois Moran
Fox Films
Sharp Shooters
Fox Theatre
Morocco
New York
United States Navy
Miss Moran
O’brien
Campaign rhetoric from ABE MARTIN about Smith Hoover
Abe Martin derides the Smith Hoover campaign predicting more hypocrites and likens fast drivers to menaces as he cites carved road hazards and moral indignation with humorous satire. The quip uses rustic imagery to critique political competition and public safety.
O'Brien Portrays Sailor With Humor In New Role
The actor shows his flair as a handsomely devil-may-care sailor in a second film portraying the same character with both humor and depth. He has proven himself a comedian as well as a serious drama talent.
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O’brien
Mr. O'Brien
Harvest and Social Ties Across Hare Iowa Community
Harve shipping association sent one car load of hogs to Chicago. Local families visit, host, and help neighbors amid harvest as the Busy Bee Club meets. Social calls include Edgars Bishops, Wittners, Meachams, and Bray families while travelers head to Big Storm Lake for health and reunions unfold at Pleasant Plains.
Local Notes From VEO July Visit And Hog Delivery
Mrs. Walter Bray and her children Dorothy Hazel and Donald visited the George Bray home on Tuesday. Karl Harkin delivered a truckload of hogs to Fred Peck at Fairfield on Thursday morning. Mrs Minnie Chapman and daughter Hazel of Stockton California joined Mrs Mary Wonderlick and Mrs Addie Brown of Ollie for Thursday visits.
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Dot
Frances Meacham
Clay
Phoebe Jones
Glenn Hosler
Frances Meister
Ottumwa
Busy Bee Club
Mira Soeten
Emma Spalding
Frances Mallinger
Leo Hahn
George Bray
Glenn Beancham
Christie
Leo
Walter Bray
Dorothy
Hazel
Donald
Clarence C. Davis
Mae Bray
Suy Dutton
Wellman
Wm. ¢R. Jones
Fairfield
D. EB. Miller
Gladys
Gwendolyn
S. East
Washington
Charley Gray
Emma McClurg
Rubio
Nettie Walters
Fred Dutton
Sarah Orr
Pleasant Plains
Jud Leech
Howard Ogden
Miami
Florida
Hoskins
Merrill Gowey
Mahlon Robert
Veo
Iowa
Karl Harkin
Fred Peck
Minnie Chapman
Stockton
California
Mary Wonderlick
Addie Brown
Ollie
Regional Harvest Day Draws County Residents
A large gathering of about 150 people from Richland Fairfield Des Moines Brighton Oskaloosa Pleasant Plains Keosauqua Cantril and nearby areas enjoyed a harvest day. Farmers are busy threshing hay making and driving livestock to market with activity centered around Veo and Pleasant Plains.
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Olney Hoskins
Henry Williams
Esther Johnson
Floyd
Richland
Fairfield
Des Moines
Brighton
Oskaloosa
Pleasant
Plains
Keosouqua
Cantril
Iowa
Two Children Die in Barn Fire At Ovid Michigan
In Ovid Michigan on August 1 a barn fire started by a pressing machine burned two children aged five and three. The victims were Menora and Richard Kilpatrick, children of Mrs Lawrence Kilpatrick.
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Ovid
Mich
Menora
Richard
Lawrence Kilpatrick
Hoover Not Expected to Attend Iowa State Fair
Cedar Rapids reports Hoover will likely skip the Des Moines fair due to conferences in Cedar Rapids on August 22 and 23 with farm and party leaders. If talks in West Branch on August 21 proceed, travel to Des Moines becomes impossible. Both Hoover and Alfred E. Smith have invitations but no action yet.
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Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover
Midwest
Hoover
Des Moines
Iowa
West Branch
Alfred E. Smith
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United. Press
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Okla
Tommy
By Satterfield
Somertie
P. S
Abe Martin
Havre
Walter Gardner
Peter Willing
S. (. Wittner
Wittmer
Peter Witting
Marguet Pratt
Bryan Swift
Julis Conger
Harry Bishop
Ed Hoskins
Minearts
Jones Bros
Glenn Beauchamp
Chicago
Betty Heston
P. R. Jones
Iowa Fair
Chevrolet Landau
H.& A. Baking Company
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