Weaver family reunion at Iowa City park
Sunday marked the fifth annual Weaver family reunion in Iowa City with eighty three attendees. A noon fried chicken dinner followed by visits, a business meeting, and prizes for distance oldest and youngest. Several families attended from Muscatine Wellman Washington Davenport Anamosa and other towns. The event ended with ice cream and cake and plans for next year's reunion.
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Iowa City
Newt Weaver
John Lefever
Velma Snider
Co. O. Erwin
West Liberty
John Swartz
Elmer ‘Swart
Muscatine
Will Mitchell
Curt Mitchell
Louise Schmitter
Frank Merritt
Springville
Oscar Southwick
Fay Rounds
Co. A. Swartz
L. H. Brown
Lawrence Swartz
Moline
Allie Lefever
Galen Weaver
Keota
A. M. Weaver
Henry Miller
Milo Weaver
Lloyd Gray
Washington
Lloyd Lefever
Harvey Wagamon
Wellman
Donald Green
Rock Island
J. A. Mayer
Viola
Anna Snider
Davenport
Grace Parks
L. J. Gage
Anamosa
Community notices and club meeting schedules
The Philathea Sunday school class postpones its social due to Chautauqua. The Daughters of the Union Veterans meet Monday at 7 39 PM for important business with full attendance urged. Sunshine Community club gathers Wednesday August 15 at the Zieglowskys. Washington Lodge 26 A F and A M conducts 2nd Degree Tuesday at 8 PM. West Chester Pythian Sisters hold regular meeting Tuesday August 14.
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Philathea
M. E. Churcn
Daughters of the Union Veterans of the
Sunshine Community Club
Fred
Carl Zieglowsky
Washington Lodge
West Chester
Pythian Sisters
M. E. Cc
Fern Cliff 4H Club Holds Meeting This Tuesday
The Fern Cliff 4H club will meet Tuesday afternoon with Helen Caldwell. All members are asked to bring a small piece of light colored wool material to be darned.
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Fern Cliff
Helen Caldwell
Reception for Dr Sawhill at United Presbyterian Church
Friends of Dr. W. M. Sawhill are invited to a strictly formal reception this evening starting at eight o'clock at the United Presbyterian Church.
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S. R Sawhill
Seattle
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
W. M. Sawhill
Local Social Roundup Notes from Washington Area
Mr and Mrs I E Slick and son Lester and Mr and Mrs Guy Runnels spent yesterday on a pleasure trip to Cone Lake. Several residents including Miss Harriet Riddle of Mediapolis return from visiting in Washington. The article lists numerous short visits, car trips and greetings among families in Washington and surrounding towns with mentions of churches and local institutions.
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I. E. ‘Slick
Lester
Guy Runnels
Cone Lake
Harriet Riddle
Mediapolis
Rex Benz
Harry Watkins
Jake Lemley
Nora Hicks
Lillian Crone
Davenport
George Cooper
W. S. Grecian
J. Martin White
Hoover Elucidates Farm Relief Plans at Palo Alto
In a Palo Alto address, Hoover argues for farm relief via federal capital to establish farmer controlled stabilization corporations, insisting the program is affordable and necessary. He cites past cooperation between government and business as a model and pledges to implement an industrially balanced, nationwide agricultural policy.
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Hoover
Palo Alto
Hoover Itinerary Set for Campaign Reset to Washington
Herbert Hoover released a three day Iowa leg in a cross country trip. He departs Palo Alto at 10 p m Thursday for Santa Barbara reaching 8 a m Friday then travels to Los Angeles by 1 p m and leaves Friday night for Kansas City. He heads to West Branch Iowa arriving a week later then Cedar Rapids before returning to Washington by August 24.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Kansas City
West Branch
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Monthly Meeting of West Chester M and church
The society of the West Chester M and church will hold its regular monthly meeting in the church Friday afternoon August 17. The Queen Esther girls will lead the program. Each member please have enigma prepared. Everyone is invited.
Insanity Theory Explores Northwestern Murder Motive
Evanston Illinois August 13 Temporary insanity may have driven the murder of Northwestern University student Miss Jennie Constance. Investigators cite alleged disputes at Bradley Polytechnic College and a suspected library meeting with a man as possible triggers. John Burke, an odd jobs man, remains questioned with no substantial links proven.
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Evanston, Ill
Jennie Constance
Northwestern University
Georgianna Jull
Constance
Bradley
Peoria
Eugene O'Neill
Lazarus
John Burke
Coroners toProbe Auto Crash Near West Branch
Iowa City Aug 15 A coroner s jury was to investigate a highway crash near West Branch that killed five year old Lela Lincoln and 11 year old Lloyd Lincoln. Floyd Lincoln, father, suffered a broken leg and severe cuts while Verline 7 and Wilbur 4 had minor bruises. Donald Mather of Springdale drove a Ford coupe into the Lincoln family as they walked toward West Branch. Mrs Lincoln and a baby were uninjured. Mathes said he was blinded by dust from a passing car.
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Iowa City
West Ranch
Lela Lincoln
Lloyd
Floyd Lincoln
Verline
Wilbur
Donald Mather
Springdale
Lincoln
West Branch
Mathes
Hassell Plans Second Attempt to Fly to Stockholm
Rockford aviator Bert R. J. Hassell prepared for a second attempt to reach Stockholm Sweden. He would depart Wednesday morning if weather allows otherwise the flight would start Thursday.
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Rockford
Bert R. J. Hassell
Stockholm
Sweden
Hassell
Oklahoma City papers back Hoover in 1928 race
The Daily Oklahoman and Times announces support for Herbert Hoover over Al Smith in a front page editorial citing principle over party and prohibition. Editor E K Gaylord states the paper stands for principle, leaving Smith forces without major metropolitan support in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoman
Times
Herbert Hoover
E. K K. Gaylord
Gaylord
Thea
Alfred E. Smith
Oklahoma
Tulsa Tribune
Hoover
Fortune and Want Stationed as North London Prosecutors
Two prosecutors named Fortune and Want appeared at the North London police court in a routine hearing. They represented the crown in a case concerning local disorder and were noted for their punctuality and methodical approach.
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Fortune
Want
North London
Washington County Letter Carriers Meet in Crawfordsville
The regular monthly gathering of the Washington County Rural Letter Carriers Association met in Crawfordsville on a Friday night in August. About forty members from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Washington Wellman and Mt Pleasant attended. The program included music readings prayers talks refreshments and thanks to participants with Wellman chosen as next meeting host for September 29 1928.
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Washington County Rural Letter Carriers Association
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Brighton
Washington
Wellman
Mt. Pleasant
J. R. James
Joseph McClelland
Sam J. Stites
W. W. Moore
J. W. Hobson
Mt Pleasant
Ladies Auxiliary
Metl
Thelma Edgar
Talma Clark
William Davidson
Lisle Anwyl
Raymond Patterson
Coffee Cake Ties To Nine Ill in New York
A chemical analysis was conducted today on coffee cake from a neighborhood bakery after nine people from two Brooklyn families were hospitalized with ptomaine poisoning. The patients include Angelina Annechersee and four children, Florence and Mary Fischetti, Anthony Fischetti, and Mary Pennacio, age 60.
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New York
Brooklyn
Angelina Annechersee
Frank
Michael
Louise
Vincent
Florence Fischetti
Mary Fischetti
Anthony Fischetti
Mary Pennacio
Manamar Steamer Reported Aground Near Abaco Islands
The Munson steamship line said no new word had come from the Manamar since Sunday after it ran aground near the Abaco islands during a tropical hurricane. The ship had sailed from Miami toward Nassau when it was blown off course, with latest reports indicating no immediate danger and hope of afloat by Sunday.
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Munson Steamship Line
United Press Today
Manamar
Abaco Islands
Miami
Nassau
Bahamas
Munson Line
Washington Indees Defeat Burlington In Baseball Action
The Washington Indees beat the Burlington K. C. team 8 to 5 at Libe's Park west of town. Washington pounded Johnson, a former Mississippi Valley League pitcher, with a strong batting spree.
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Libe’s Park
Washington Indees
Burlington K. C
Washington
Johnson
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