Community News From Brighton and Prairie Flower
Brighton items note visits by Irma Elder and Imogene Elder, Ramble on local social events, a church tea, and a flight of sightseeing by an aeroplane west of town. Reads of threshing progress, oat yields, and farm equipment at Smith Co. operations. Moved by medical updates and upcoming services led by Pastor E A Anderson, with visitors from Kansas City and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Gowey
Son Orland
Glen Gowey
Medford
Wis
Orland
Gardner
Walter Shoene
Cedar Falls
Milwaukee
Sheenes
Lawrence
Kansas
King’s Daughters
The
Christian Church
Fairfield
Colfax
Winfield
Tom Whisler
Kirkwood
Milford Day
Kirkville
Young America Social Notices and Local Visits
Miss Martha McGuire of Crown Point Indiana visited relatives in Washington and stayed at the Sam McKee home. Local residents Mrs Elmer Cherry Ben Briley and family called on Valley Tuesday. Mrs Roach and La Vaughn of Moline spent Thursday night with Mrs Frank Pringle. Claude Flynn of Riverside helped with threshing at the J N Phillips home. Amelia Gould of Burlington visits Mrs Lloyd Humston this weekend. Ray Simpson and family from Milan Missouri toured local friends. A Brighton mill picnic last week drew forty attendees with games and river bathing. Lulu Ferguson of Indianola visited the Cherry home. Burl Pringle prepares threshing outfit near Ainsworth for next Monday. Burl Briley narrowly escaped injury while carrying water for threshers when his horse fell into a hole. he suffered only scratches and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Martha McGuire
Crown Point
Indiana
Washington
Sam McKee
Elmer Cherry
Ben Briley
Valley
Roach
la Vaughn
Moline
Frank Pringle
Claude Flynn
Riverside
J. N. Phillips
Harvey Meek and
Ralston
Howard Eldridge
Evelyn
Esther
Lulu Ferguson
Indianola
Charles
Prairie Flower at Washington County Fair
Fragmentary notice references Prairie Flower at the Washington County Fair. No readable details on dates, location, or events available in the surviving text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Fair
Riverside Notes of Community Visits and Local News
Riverside August updates recount residents returning from travels in Chicago Collins Minnesota and Oklahoma. Families visit relatives while others host visitors including Legion dances raising funds. Several locals had trips to Cedar Rapids Kalona and Rock Island with extended family.
West Chester Sunday Schools Convene at Rubio Church
The Sextett Sunday School Rally gathered Sunday at Rubio church with representation from Bethel Be sure Hopewell Rubio Valley and Grace Hill. Four teachers led sessions for primary intermediate young people and adult divisions. Afternoon devotionals included a male quartet from Grace Hill and a round table on the community mission of Sunday schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubio Church
Bethel
Clay
Hopewell
Rubio
Valley
Grace Hill
Bogue
Maurice Jones
H. A. Engel
C. W. Klein
Lyle
Cloyce
Donald Hayes
Chas
Libe
Caldwell
Rev
Drebert
Friends Church
Church of Friends
Quarker
Local Visitors and Funeral Services Reported
The notice lists visitors including Mr and Mrs Tom Randall of Washington and many others at the P I Huber and R J Ferguson homes. J H Long’s funeral held at the Methodist church with pallbearers named. attendees include relatives from Washington and distant towns across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawf Crawfordovine
Toen
Tom Randall
Washington
Rey
G. W. Hanna
Rachel
Emeline
Sarah
Gastonia
North Carolina
J. H. Long
Methodist Church
J. F. Barnett
T. F. Barker
J. H. Crooks
T. F E. Maxwell
P. L. Huber
J. R. Lease
J. C. Mitchell
Harry White
N. L. Long
Jessie
T. J. Harvey
John Long
Ford plunges seventy feet off cliff near Iowa Falls
Glenn Beers of Gilmore City left his Ford sedan running while he visited a friend, causing it to roll down a cliff and nearly into the river. The car landed behind a tree, sustaining extensive damage. it took hours to recover. Enamel steel cattle signs are being erected on the Lincoln Highway from New York to Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Glenn Beers
Gilmore City
Iowa City
State University
Beers
Town Falls
New York
Omaha
Tasteless Castor Oil by Kellogg’s New Process
Doctors still recommend castor oil but a Spencer Kellogg & Sons method removes all nauseating taste while keeping strength and purity at 100 percent. Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil is sold in labeled laboratory bottles in three sizes 5c 35c and 65c at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc
Kellogg
Kellogg's
Amusements Portis May Packs Strenuous Career Into 17 Years
Doris May, a 17 year old screen actress raised to stardom by Thomas H. Ince, plays opposite Douglas McLean in Twenty-three and a Half Hours Leave at the Fox Theatre tonight and Wednesday. The film is a humorous Mary Roberts Rinehart story brought to the screen as a lively comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris May
Thomas H. Ince
Puget Sound University
Kubelik
San Francisco
Doris
San Diego
Ince
Charles Ray
Douglas McLean
Fox Theatre
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Insane Man Kills Hospital Worker at Clarinda
Ellis Bell, supervisor at the state hospital in Clarinda, was killed early today by Dr. Dosh, a former physician and longtime inmate from California. Bell was attacked as he entered ward No 10 to take a bread order. he defended himself as Dosh slashed his throat. Coroner's inquest held. Bell had been in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, about sixteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Ellis Bell
State Hospital
Dosh
Bell
California
Mount Pleasant
12:10 The Mystery Picture At Gralnany Theatre
The new Herbert Brenon directed feature stars Marie Doro as Marie in a tale set in France and England. A defiant orphan seeks her fortune by spending a night at a lonely castle with her dead patron, leading to a suspenseful mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. It opens at the Graluany Theatre on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Brenon
Marie Doro
France
Seine
Fernande
Marie
Lord Chatterton
England
Sherlock Holmes
Graluany Theatre
Prohibs Name Ohio’s Third 1920 Candidate Watkins
The Prohibition national convention in Lincoln Nebraska selected Aaron Watkins of Germantown Ohio as its presidential candidate. Watkins born on an Ohio farm fifty three years ago and has a long career in ministry education and literature including roles at Ada college and a Germantown military academy. He previously ran for Ohio governor on the Prohibition ticket in 1905 and 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Lincoln
Neb
Aaron Watkins
Germantown
Watkins
Ada College
Germantown Military Academy
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Brighton
Irma Elder
Rosehill
Wilma Elder
Imogene
John Chacey
Richland
Lex Gowey
Jesse Berry
Mediapolis
Frank Berry
Rhea Warren
Ray Spellman
Janet
Florence Robertson
Chicago
Rex Brier
Misa Thelma Dayton
Buck
Bet
Threshire
Smith Co
Bar Smith
Charles Wiley
Gerald Teets
Jay Carris
Arthur Anderson
Everett Teets
Prairie Flower
Jake Bishop
Lifever
Reed, Eckles
Noeaker
Smith Farms
Harold Grant
Wilma Richie
E. A. Anderson
Steve Fouchek
Albert Wieland
Kansas City
David Wieland
Richmond
P. J. Mannion
South Dakota
Albert Hahn
Charles Karel
Frank Yansky
Paul
Collins
Minn
Anthony Escher
Charles Hahn
Critz
Cedric
R. H. Heitzman
Frank Critz
Martin Kloepfer
Edna Griffin
Lone Tree
Henry Griffin
Christa Krebs
Gottlieb
Fonda
Frank Reha
Frank Swift
Tipton
H. L. Swift
Fred Beatch
Cedar Rapids
Caroline Butch
John Knitte
Newkirk
Okla
Frank Wieland
Asn Famly
Knittel
Mooreland
Emporia
Kaw
Margaret Streb
Mary
Loretta
American Legion
Griffin & Robinson
Legion
Frank Lafourek
Henry Kephart
Hunter McC
West Chester
Westchester
W. S. Boyer
Walter
Los Angeles
Jennie Lilja
Ed Wells
Sam Smith
Mrs. Mary Smith
Mildred Burris
Joe Burris
James Kelsey
Spencer Kellogg & Sons., Inc
Portis May
Keills Hospital
Fearelty
Newa. Nead
U's
Pat
Mark
Reigrens
Mississippi Valley Fair
Davenport
Iowa
Locklear
F. M. Barnes
Duffield
the Dardanelles
Mid-West
M. E. Bacon
Davenport, Lowa
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