Local Haskins News Briefs From August Visit
Opal Godlove Hazel Booth and Cecil Cole transacted business in Washington Thursday. The Ladies Aid and Missionary Society met with Mrs Arnet Mathers Thursday afternoon with seven members present. The afternoon was spent knotting a comfort for Mrs Bowers and the Missionary Society. Mrs June Custer of Washington visited her sister Mrs Ralph Stafford this week. Mrs Feuer and two children spent the first of the week with her daughter Mrs Geo Birney.
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Haskins Haskins
Opal Godlove
Hazel Booth
Cecil Cole
Washington
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Arnet Mathers
Bowers
The
Missionary Society
June Custer
Ralph Stafford
Feuer
Geo. Birney
Crawfordsville News Tells of Arrivals and Local Visitations
Aug 7 Crawfordsville reports Mrs. Myrtle McCleary of Elat West Africa arrived from Fairfield to visit J. S. McCleary and R. C. McCleary homes. She sails September 10. Mrs. Grant Stahl returned to Diagonal Ia after visiting R. J. Ferguson and Mrs. Mary Maxwell homes. Mrs. J B Crooks of Washington visits J. H. Crooks home. A man wandered into town Thursday night staying at the hotel overnight and seemed queer but nothing unusual occurred.
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Crawfordsville
Myrtle McCleary
Elat
West Africa
Fairfield
J. S. McCleary
R. C. McCleary
Africa
Grant Stahl
Diagonal
R. J. Ferguson
Mary Maxwell
Woman Held as Demented Man Recalled to Town
Yesterday morning a demented man named Fred Heitmeier of Milwaukee was followed and brought back to town to Dr. Huston's office after attracting attention. Sheriff McCarty was sent for and Heitmeier was taken to Washington. At the Opera House last night a large audience enjoyed a recital by pupils of Misses Hazel and Velma Orris with violin and elocution numbers and an ornate stage setting.
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Huston
McCarty
Fred Heitmeier
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington
Opera House
Hazel
Velma Orris
Doris Fletcher
Myrtle Lee
Oma Strain
Claire Twinam
Everette Huston
Hope Huston
Enid Orris
Reading
Eleanor Mitchell
Reading program excerpts with student performances
Doris Fletcher narrates a reading titled Somebody did while Claire Twinam plays violin. Mabel Crooks performs The Bogey Man reading with Everette Huston on violin. Hope Huston and Doris Fletcher present My neighbor reading with a violin duet by Myrtle Lee. Hay Reading features IT cant do a thing to my hair since it's washed with Doris McNeill on violin. Velma Orris violin solo follows a reading The Song and the Man. Doris Pietcher reads Goodbye with Mrs J C Huston and Miss Vera Yeager as accompanists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Fletcher
Claire Twinam
Mabel Crooks
Everette Huston
Hope Huston
Myrtle Lee
Hayden Huston
Doris McNeill
Velma Orris
Eureka Sunday Attendance and Local Updates
Eureka reports solid Sunday school turnout and a church service with communion led by Rev. Minear. W O Hesseltine threshes the Eureka run and Wheat for Grosseup Bros. Joe Wolfer seeks medical consultation in Iowa City for Stevie's arm, brace near ending. Mrs Walton to teach Eureka school, Miss Waymack Gray school. An ice cream supper at the Eureka church basement is planned for Tuesday Aug 10 with a short lecture by Rev W H Slack.
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Eureka
Minear
Hesseltine
Grosseup Bros
Joe Wolfer
Iowa City
Stevie
Ice Cream Supper Plans Include Cake Sale
Land will be invited to sell the cakes at the ice cream supper. He and Rev. Slack will help to keep things lively.
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Land
Rev. Slack
Brighton Weekly Roundup of Local Ties and Wellness
Brighton Aug 6 Mrs Will Atha and son Robert leave for Lipsic S D after weeks with her mother Mrs Dave Irwin H F Tracy travels to Red Oak to visit brother John Jones home east of town under quarantine for diphtheria four year old Cecil sick with the disease Friday she grew ill with tonsillitis Milford Day returns from Kirksville Mo after operation improving Ladies Aide Circle hosts Rebekah convention attenders Tom Davison Mrs Snyder and others travel to Wellman for the annual district Rebekah meet New post office fixtures arrive mahogany finished steel modern and ready to move to new quarters late next week Brighton water works completed but well runs dry after pump test water flow hopes improve teachers hired for the year with Miss Blanche Irelan to Drakesville and Miss Mayme Lee Evans to London Ky Miss Ruth Young to teach music at school relatives visit and hospital notes
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Brighton
Will Atha
Robert
Lipsic
S. D
Dave Irwin
H. F. Tracy
Albert
Red Oak
Mesdames Robinson
Kilgore
Hook
Robinson Home
Tom Davison
Snyder
Armstrong
Chas. Johnson
Wellman
Rebekahs
Julia Nordyke
Canning Factory
Oral Sweet
Lloyd Prizer
Washburn's Springs
Blanche Irelan
Drakesville
Mayme Lee Evans
London
Kentucky
Ruth Young
Washington
Bessie Bowen
Delta
Herman Spohn
Fort Sheridan Hospital
Hazel
Merle Shepherd
Olds
Henry Hyde
Rhua Mann
Charlie Johnson
Wes Porter
Kirksville Hospital
Johnson
Mildred Stewart Receives High Honor at Conservatory
Miss Mildred Stewart daughter of Dr and Mrs C W Stewart of Washington has been elected a faculty member of the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago as organ teacher. She assists William Middlechute head of the organ department and former official organist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The school enrolls over 3000 students and is among the largest music schools in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Journal
Mildred Stewart
C. W. Stewart
Washington
Moorhead
American Conservatory of Music of Chicago
William Middlechute
American Conservatory
Middlechute
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Date Change For Tri County Veterans Reunion In Muscatine
Muscatine Aug 7 Announced today a date change for the Tri County Veterans reunion this month moving the event to the 24th from the 25th Stores will close at noon on Wednesday the 25th to allow visitors to trade. W R C members will host a 12 30 banquet after the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Tri-County
Poems Read by Fifty Editors Say Lippincott Quip
A quote from Lippincott notes that his latest poem was read by over fifty editors. The remark highlights the poem's reach among literary gatekeepers and the publishing milieu.
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Lippin
Cow care: Mothers milk for pigs and a mule colt
Hampton Aug 7. A farm cow at H B Levin east of town is described as a professional mother to orphan animals. The cow fed a litter of pigs whose mother deserted them and later helped a stray mule, sharing milk from a natural fountain as the animals grew. The tale notes the piglets and mule thrived on her generosity.
Needed More Data Teacher Now An Arithmetic Riddle
A classroom dialog asks how old a person born in 1875 would be today. A pupil asks if the age refers to a man or a woman, prompting the answer gentlewoman.
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J. B. Crooks
J. H. Crooks
Mr. Ford
Ford Motor Co
Des Moines
Fordson Tractor
Ford
Falk Motor Company
W. S. Falk
Washington, Iowa
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