Social notes and engagements from area communities
Society reports urge on time submissions for same day papers. Mrs Harrison Dodder entertained in honor of Mrs P G Widmer who plans to attend Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls. Nearby, a Sunset Park picnic honored Mr and Mrs Edgar Blick and families with attendees from multiple towns and several Ohio and California guests. N S A club hosted pinochle and piano, with August 24 planned for the next gathering. In Wellman, a surprise visit welcomed Mrs Nella Spear and Miss Ida Mae Long, followed by engagement news for Catherine Walsh and Paul Knebel with a September 5 Riverside wedding planned by St Marys church officials.
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Harrison Dodder
P. G. Widmer
Sunset Park
Edgar Blick
Francis Heidy
Arthur Miller
Ohio
Eugene
Dorothy
Ruth
Mary Louise
Ernest
Gnadenhutten
Ralph
Virginia
Catherine Miller
Millers
New Philadelphia
Clyde Tucker
Addie Blick
Violet
Viola
Burdell Donaldson
Harry
Lawrence
Victor Blattner
Marie
Shirley June
Eva Barbara
Washington
Frank Norton
Harold
Donald
Opal
Dale
Charles
Ruby
Clarence
Melville Lee
Sam Warren
Billa
Sam Jr
Olive
Marguerite
Ethel
Ainsworth
Dorothy Nicola
Columbus Junction
Clarence Shull
Crawfordsville
Philip
Mildred Warren
Muscatine
Wilbur Warren
Evelyn Mae
George Howard
Anna May
Junior
Richmond California
Wellman
Booth
Emde
Mrs
Clark Gingerich
Minerva
Catherine Walsh
C. W. Walsh
Riverside
Paul Knebel
Flora Knebel
O' Riverside
St. Mary’s Church
John Walsh
Ottumwa
Miss Walsh
St. Mary's High School
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Mr. Knebe
St. Patrick's High School
Iowa City
Hye
St Paul Evangelical Ladies Aid Picnic at Sunset Park
St Paul Evangelical Ladies Aid and Sunday school members plan a picnic at Sunset Park on Thursday. Everyone should bring a basket dinner and their own dishes for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Evangelical Ladies Aid
Sunset Park
Everyon
Friendship Club Meeting Scheduled With Mrs Ed Davis
The Friendship club will meet Saturday afternoon August 11 with Mrs Ed Davis. Roll call will be answered with jokes. Note the date change from earlier notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Ed Davis
Post Office Hails Stamp Engraving Costs and Revenue
The Post Office reports engraving a new postage stamp costs 200 to 500 dollars depending on size and detail. It notes reimbursement comes from stamp sales to collectors, making each new issue a source of revenue for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Robert Griffith Dies at Brighton in 79th Year
Robert Griffith of Clay township Brighton died at about 8:30 this morning at his home aged 79. He owned a tile factory and later coal business and was Brighton’s first wholesale oil dealer. He is survived by his wife Edith and son George Malcolm Griffith and two grandsons, with sisters Belle Whitacre Sarah Griffith and Abigail Rehkopf. Burial in Brighton cemetery after services at the Christian church conducted by Rev K W Fillmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Robert Griffith
Griffith
Clay Township
L. A. Jones
Washington
Christian Church
K. W. Fillmore
Kalona
Brighton Cemetery
Mr. Griffith
Robert W Griffith
Eleanor Longriffith
Ohio
Homer Brinton
Mr Griffith
Calif
Abigail Rehkopf
Seattle
George Griffith
Journal
Local Iowa Pearl Button plant reopens boosting workers
Columbus Junction Aug 9 The local cutting plant of the Iowa Pearl Button factory reopened this week with seventy two men working five days a week up from fifty eight four days. Mr and Mrs James Snyder returned from Cherokee where he attended a rural mail carriers meeting as Louisa county delegate. Mrs A Leonhard and Mrs J O Browning hosted the Whatsoever society in Methodist church parlors. The annual Klotz Stapp reunion will be held at Columbus chautauqua park Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Iowa
James Snyder
Cherokee
Snyder
Louisa County
A. Leonhard
J. O. Browning
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Funeral Services for Mr. Edd Jackson Held at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mr. Edd Jackson were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church. The pastor Dr. F C C Witzigman officiated with six grandsons serving as pallbearers including Ed Wolfe Sherman Wolfe and Stan Wolfe.
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Edd Jackson
The
Methodist Church
F. CC. Witzigman
Sherman Wolfe
Stan
Old Fashioned Way at State Theater Friday and Saturday
Fields LeRoy and a comic troupe star in The Old Fashioned Way. W C Fields and Baby LeRoy lead a wandering troupe escaping a sheriff with humor and a light romantic thread. Joe Morrison debuts alongside Judith Allen in this Beaudine directed comedy.
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W. C Fields
Baby LeRoy
Joe Morrison
Judith Allen
W. C. Fields
William Beaudine
Alsg
Fong
American Airways
Morrison
Fields
Annoyer
Roosevelt challenges critics in pledge for greater wealth
President Roosevelt rejected the old order and vowed to expand national wealth so all may share. Forty thousand cheered in Green Bay as he urged critics to examine the confidence of the average man and woman in the nation’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
U.P
Roosevelt
Times
Wellman Woman Fractures Leg At Park Reunion
Mrs Roy Marner of Wellman broke her left ankle yesterday afternoon after slipping from a swing during the Erb family reunion in Wellman park. Her other leg was badly bruised. She was taken to Wellman hospital then home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Roy Marner
Wellman Park
Erb
Wellman Hospital
Grain and Livestock Markets Rise Amid Inflation Drought
Inflation reports and drought pushed grain and commodity markets higher in Chicago. Corn gained three cents, wheat two, oats three, while hog prices surpassed five dollars in Iowa and reached a top of 44 dollars in Chicago, a two year high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Iowa
Burial for Knupp Quinn Jackson Knupp in Elm Grove Cemetery
Four individuals Ley Knupp Wilbur Quinn John Jackson and Wayne Knupp were buried in Elm Grove Cemetery on a date indicated as September 18 in the readable fragment. The note records a burial event with these names and final resting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley Knupp
Wilbur Quinn
John Jackson
Wayne Knupp
Elm Grove
Wellman Woman Hurt In Collision Near Nira
Sheriff Mathers investigated a two-vehicle crash east of Nira near the R. E. Miller place at about 8:30. Mrs Levi Miller was badly injured in the car driven by her husband and taken to Mercy hospital Iowa City. The car and a cabbage laden truck collided. Miller and two daughters had cuts while the truck occupants were unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Mathers
Nira
R. E. Miller
Levi Miller
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
H. G Richardson
Indian Creek
Brighton Road
Joe Mava
Brighton Railway
Brighton
Mava
Wentworth
Richardson
Maya
Washington County
Thanks to all who helped during our bereavement
We express heartfelt gratitude for the kindness shown after our loss. Many floral tributes arrived from the Knights of Pythias the Woman's Relief Corps courthouse staff and others. Special thanks go to Rex McCarty and to Mr. and Mrs. Gleede and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Braften.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Woman's Relief Corps
Court House
R. A. McCarty
Gleede
Rex McCarty
Phil Braften
All Club Achievement Show Impresses Shop Note Fan
A shop owner from Iowa sent a personal note praising the 4 H Club Achievement Show. He describes his ties to 4 H, his boys, and shares pride in the event. He mentions automotive interest and invites a visit to discuss the knee-section on a Chevrolet.
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OHTO
Givans
N.S. A
Bert Givans
Ted Givans
Albert Wehr
Charles Custer
Harold Anderson
Lloyd
Ray Rathmel
Dave Clendenning
Bill Johnstone
Washington, Iowa
Farm Bureau
North Side
John Winga
Prop
Flouf
Chow Or
Barclay's Grocery
Benteco Store
East End Grocery
Farmers’ Cooperative Exchange
IGA
Johnson's Grocery & Market
Kurtz
Lytle's Grocery
West End
Jackson
Ness
Martha Butler
Mrs. Jackson
Fields-LeRoy
Chevrolet
America
Tucker & Eicher
Rious
Washington Fruit Market
West Side Square
U. S. No
Libby
Tomatoes
Chipso
California
Kellogg's
Olour
Fuanteed
de Wit Omarnz
Blair Building
East Side
Armour
Armour's
Cooper's
Joan Naughton
Hamburg
Ene
Wisconsin
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