Correspondents Report From Brighton Community Page
Brighton notes from Mrs Cy Hesseltine and family visiting relatives in town. Reports on Mrs PD Ed Shepherd and infant returning home as Henry Hyde weakens. Social night closes M E Ladies Aid year with about 300 dollars raised for church improvements. A wedding near Fairfield ties Laverne Madden and Elsie Walton in Des Moines then Williamston. Various local visits, travel, and a car journey through Yellowstone Park planned.
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Brighton
Cy Hesseltine
Gladys
Iola
Kansas
Wm. McClintic
PD. Ed Shepherd
Baby
Henry Hyde
Chas. Stone
James Frain
Washington
Jefferson County Fair
Here
Pleasant Plain
Fairfield
M. E. Ladies Aid
Viola Crile
Lillie Day
Thelma Day
Des Moines
Iowa
Four Hundred Farm Hands Hired by Iowa Labor Bureau
Iowa’s state employment bureau reported Sioux City placed 400 workers for early harvest across Iowa, Dakota, and Nebraska. Of the hires, 117 were first season, with others spanning up to twenty years in farm labor. workers hailed from many states led by Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Employment Bureau
Sioux City
Iowa
Dakota
Nebraska
Governor’s Office
A. L. Urick
Free Employment Bureau
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Texas
Michigan
Indiana
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Ainsworth Visitors in Cedar Rapids and Tipton
Mrs. W. C. White and daughter Lucille are visiting at the Albert West home in Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Jas Trotter and little Eugene traveled from Tipton for a visit at the parental Trotter home. Miss Maggie Hamil returns from Washington. Mrs. Allyn Hays and her little daughter visit the Spes sard home. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wheeler return from six weeks in Pennsylvania.
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Ainsworth
W. C. White
Lucille
Albert West
Cedar Rapids
Jas Trotter
Eugene
Tipton
Parental Trotter
Maggie Hamil
Washington
Allyn Hays
Little Daughter
E. W. Spes
Sard
A. E. Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Crawfordsville Social Notes Aug 14 Visit Highlighted
Crawfordsville Aug 14 Mrs Luther Williams departed for a relatives visit. Red Oak and Jack The Spanglers Eva and Nina went to Winfield to visit friends.
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Crawfordsville
Luther Williams
Red Oak
Jack
Eva
Nina Spangler
Winfield
Lightning Hits Oil Tank in Neodesha and Pipe Line Loss
Lightning struck an oil tank holding 23 000 barrels of crude oil in Neodesha Kansas destroying the tank and contents for a loss of 100 000 dollars. In Nelogany Oklahoma a Prairie Pipe Line Co pumping station was struck during a grain storm causing about 15 000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neodesha
Kas
Nelogany
Prairie Pipe Line Co
Coffee imports rise sharply in fiscal 1920 to 398 million pounds
Washington reports that coffee imports for the 1920 fiscal year jumped by more than 398 million pounds over 1919. Between July 1, 1919 and July 1, 1920 the U S imported 1,414,228,1638 pounds valued at 310,701,872 dollars, up from 1,016,029,274 pounds worth 343,089,619 dollars in 1919. Brazil led with 852,289,222 pounds, up from 571,921,573 pounds in 1919.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Brazil
Babe Ruth Rewards Watch Fob Finder
Babe Ruth learned in Detroit that his diamond Knights of Columbus watch fob was found by a hotel attendant during the Yankees stay. He promptly sent $100 to the finder as a reward.
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K. of C
Cleveland
Babe Ruth
Detroit
Knights of Columbus
Babe
Progress in Iowa vocational education and a fatal lightning incident
The Iowa state board of vocational training reports growth in short term classes in vocational agriculture and trades for the coming year. The annual data show eighteen home economics classes and 630 enrollments, plus eleven year round public school departments. In Boone county a high tension line flashed in a storm, grounding into knee high red clover, killing a nearby horse that grazed about 25 feet away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Hughes
Ite
State Board of Vocational Training
Boone County
Overseas Night at Camp Dodge Celebrates Fourth Division
A reunion before Camp Dodge featured 38 Community Service League women as guests of officers and soldiers marking Overseas Night, the second anniversary of the Fourth division's departure for France. The event included dancing and a marching-band performance, with some guests having served as signal corps operators in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lewis
Washington State
Camp Dodge
Community Service League
France
Signal Corps
Des Moines
Kyrbe
Timber Boom Near Luther Boosts Basswood Logs for Peoria Plant
The Diamond Match Co. and a Peoria, Illinois, factory are expanding basswood sourcing in Boone county near Luther. Eight workers with saws and a motor truck move logs to the station while Newton Long sells 40 acres of timber. A rep for the company seeks a larger tract as basswood becomes a valuable native wood. earlier Buck Creek woods near Monroe supplied excelsior for upholstery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Match Co
Peoria
Luther
Boone County
Newton Long
A. R. Gaton
Match Company
Eastern Furniture
Buck Creek Woods
Monroe
Jasper County
Iowa Troops Honored and War Trophies Allocated
Distinguished service crosses were awarded to Iowa soldiers at Des Moines district recruiting office for World War II. Recipients include Earl W. Wall Marcus Andrew R. Melrose Ernest J. Boysen and Marion F. Study. Judge Thomas Canty died in Brazil after a long Iowa career. Protests over Camp Dodge closures and troop moves led to government reassurances. Hawaii education drive seeks male teachers for three year posts with good pay. Senate bill No. 643 allocates war trophies to states. Iowa to receive artillery guns machine guns vehicles and rifles, ranking behind New York California Missouri and Minnesota in total aid.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Earl W. Wall
Marshalltown
Andrew R. Melrose
One Hundred Seventh Infantry
Marcus
Ernest J. Boysen
Harlan
Marion F. Study
Thurman
Mississippi
California
Missouri
Minnesota
New York
Champagne Nell in The Spirit of Good at Fox Theater
Madeline Traverse stars in The Spirit of Good a Fox photoplay about a city girl who regenerates a western mining camp by saving others even as she risks losing her own heart. Clifford Howard Burke Jenkins Denison Clift wrote the story and Paul Cazeneuve directed with Frederick Stanton Dick La Reno Charles Smily Clo King in the cast.
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New York
Champagne Nell
William Fox
Fox Theater
Madlaine Traverse
Clifford Howard
Burke Jenkins
Denison Clift
Paul Cazeneuve
Frederick Stanton
Dick la Reno
Charles Smily
Clo King
Couple Travels to Sigourney Over Illness Call
Mr and Mrs Chas Shockjey and Mrs Will Shuman departed this morning for Sigourney in response to the serious illness of Mrs Nick Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Shockjey
Will Shuman
Sigourney
Nick Roberts
Weed-cut order for Franklin Township property owners
Notice requires all property owners and tenants in Franklin Township to immediately cut the weeds along the public highway adjacent to their property. The instruction enforces immediate action to maintain road safety and appearance.
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Franklin Twp
Mrs Layton Visits John Layton Home in Columbus Junction
Mrs Edgar Layton and companion visited the John Layton home in Columbus Junction this morning. They plan to return to the Louis Baird home here before continuing on to Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Layton
Som
Columbus Junction
John Layton
Louis Baird
Davenport
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Thelma Dayton
Rhug Armstrong
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Harry Harlan
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England
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Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
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14Th Cavalry
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LaPorte City
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Waterloo
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