Journal Correspondents Report From Nira Iowa
Correspondents from the Journal relay news from Nira Iowa with notes on visits to Cen terville and Des Moines. The Amana Colonies draw attention as a local feature while Grandma Evans remains poorly.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1920
Page
5
Rev Hal Norton Visits Ainsworth Residents
Rev Hal Norton of Chicago is visiting friends in Ainsworth and preached at the Baptist pulpit. Mrs Norton and children plan to visit J A Marsh home in Muscatine. Mrs Lillian Westerman and daughter Beulah of Pittsburg are guests at the Harry Hazlett home. A E Sands Neal Stearns W J Parrow and S A Stephens returned from Cone Lake outing. Boy Scouts and master C K Gray will camp at Iowa river this week. Mrs C K Gray and children visit Centerville relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Hal Norton
Chicago
Norton
Muscatine
J. A. Marsh
Lillian Westerman
Cone Lake
C. K. Gray
Iowa River
Centerville
Rattlesnake captures and a few yard tales from Iowa towns
In Iowa reports a big rattlesnake captured near New Albin by John Ryan after wrapping an arm. Independence sees R B Fiester finding a black bass with a green snake in its stomach. North English residents encounter a house snake on a stair. Waukon notes Earl Fessler bitten in a field and treated medically. Also mentions ongoing North Sea mine sweeps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
John Ryan
Albin
Independence
R. B. Fiester
R. B
Waukon
Earl Fessler
Jefferson Township
Fessler
Nations Guard to Camp Next Week
Des Moines August 2 Arrangements are set for the first encampment of the Iowa National Guard since 1917. The camp will be on Storm Lake from August 9 to 25 under Lieut. Col. Lloyd D. Ross, named after Captain Harry McHenry the first Guard officer killed in the war. Multiple city companies and new Fourth Infantry units will attend, with recruiting well under way and armory buildings planned in Des Moines and other towns to honor fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Storm Lake
Lioyd D. Ross
168Th Infantry
France
Harry McHenry
Old Third Iowa
National Guard
Sheldon
Oskaloora
Whispered creed tames horse amid Irish superstition
An ancient Irish superstition claims a vicious horse can be tamed by whispering a creed in its right ear on Fridays and in its left ear on Wednesdays. If cured, it is merely a matter of time, unless born at Whitsanthie, in which case it is Incursbie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitsanthie
Brighton to form Brighton Community Club
A Brighton meeting formed a temporary Brighton Community Club with Win R. Norton chairing and Royal N. Reedy as secretary. Committees will draft bylaws and shape a plan modeling Jefferson County Community Club to unite Walnut Penn Jefferson Clay Brighton townships and Brighton City with open forums for town and country dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Win R. Norton
Royal N. Reedy
Walnut
Penn
Jefferson and
Clay
Brighton City
Dutch Creek
Jefferson County Community Club
Brighton Business Men's
Democrats May Lose Candidates In Iowa Congressional Race
Des Moines Aug 1 Walter Ramey secretary of state said he will refuse to order the ballot so that Democratic congressional candidates appear unless court orders are obtained. He cites an attorney general opinion requiring candidates to have run in the primary and polled 10 percent of the governor race vote in 1918. Many district caucus selections post primary mean some nominees may be dropped unless courts intervene leaving Ed Mullanue Keokuk in the First district and E P Birmingham Sioux City in the Eleventh district as the only Democratic contenders on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Walter Rameey
Congress
St. M. Havner
Iowa
Ed. Mclanue
Keokuk
E. P. Birmingham
Sioux City
Seven door secrets unfold in a Christie style tale
A wife overrules caution and opens a forbidden curio cabinet in a tale of intrigue. A Sheraton desk key unlocks a chain of surprising events including an ancient coin an ex beau a crystal eater and a fortune teller revealment. Graham today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebeard
Tyler Cole
Sheraton
Graham
Well woman credits Tanlac for recovery after illness
Mrs. M. W. Robinson of Burlington Iowa reports a year after a severe influenza attack debilitating digestion cramps heart palpitations and rheumatism Tanlac restored her strength digestion heart action breathing and eliminated swelling and stiffness She praises the medicine before noting Sherman Bros Washington Mac Gugin Drug Co Wellman as local sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taniac
Tanlac
Washington
Sherman Bros
Wellman
MacGugin Drug Co
Advt
Auto Catches Fire in Burlington Near Main and Valley
An automobile owned by Robert Mettler caught fire near the Main and Valley streets corner Saturday night. Fire department responded, extinguished with chemicals, and only slight damage to the car was reported. Kansas farmers faced no trouble obtaining adequate labor to harvest the wheat crops, despite early predictions of shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Robert Mettler
Main
Valley Streets
Kansas
Former Riverside Pitcher Shines for Evansville in 18 Inning Win
Lone Tree's Jack Ziegler pitched 18 innings for Evansville in a 3 to 2 Three-Eye league victory last Saturday. He struck out 12, gave up five hits through nine, and remains a top Evansville pitcher while batting .327, leading the team and ranking fifth in the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Evansville Indiana
Courier
Jack” Ziegler
Evansville
Jack
Dark Horse
Groh
Rock Island
Kvas
Ziegler
Eva
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Journal
Homestead
Snake News
North English
J. M. Graff
Victor
Grace Graff
J. M. Swigart
North Sea
168TH
Guy S. Brewer
Lasher
M. G. True
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
P. A. Lainson
Glenwood
G. V. Caughlin
Indianolg
Villisca
Winterset
Third Infantry
Evening Journal
B. F. Campbell
Marion Avenue
Federal Trade Commission
Boston News Bureau
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigan Ave
United States
Express
Neeedah
G. Williams
O., Neeedah, Wis
Riverside
Middle West
Ruth Law
al Wilson
America
Ardanelles
Iowa Fair
Seaheer
U. S. Ept. of Agriculture
Fair Management
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