Community Notes From Indian Creek No 2 Aug 12
Neighboring town news lists visits and family gatherings in Indian Creek area. Several households from Washington Pleasant Plain and nearby towns are mentioned visiting relatives, driving new cars, boarding house work, and threshing activity catching the rural calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek No. 2
Lorel Guy
Baby
L. A
Freda Dunbar
Mary Libe
Titus
Christene Mineart
Ralph Frazey
Alma Corpman
Washington
Joe Arnold
Ernest Arnold
Wayne
Jessie
Raymond
Donald Lowers
Vera
Velta Farrier
Andy Farrier
Edgar Farrier
Henry Mineart
Pleasant Plain
Riverside Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Family News
Riverside August notes record Rev W P Schmidt assisting at St Marys with Rev B Jacobsmeier, visits by Mr and Mrs Richard Dautremont, Miss Agatha Hauer’s weekend stay, birth of Rita Mary to Mr and Mrs Norbert Dautremont, a vacation by Mr and Mrs George Struble, and other visitations to local families including the Shradel and Blythe households. The column also mentions Elizabeth Dolores Kron birth, Milo Ingram returning from Stockton NL, and Will Hodges family visits from Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Dautremont
Rita Mary
John W. Shradel
Burlington
Milo Ingram
Stockton
G. R. Workman
A. Rue
Des Moines
Will Hodges
E. EB. Blythe
Threshers Helped By Local Helpers In Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Aug 16 Mrs Grance Twinan assisted sister Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn in cooking for threshers. Mrs Raymond Dunran from Columbus Junction visited James Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Grance Twinan
Floyd Blankenhorn
Raymond Dunran
Columbus Junction
James Long
Local residents visit relatives and attend events in Dunbar area
Fdna and Mildred Fischer of Dunbar Wiscon sin visit Booth family. Jim Rathmel and daughter Shennafelt from Washington spend time with Clarence Rathmel family. Paul Armstrong of Ainsworth visits brother Cloyce Benson. Mathers and Gregory family attend Chautauqua. Clara Frye returns home from Mason City HL. Characters from the play Deacon Dubbs invited to West Liberty but only half attend. Dale Cole threshing. Chart Stafford hospitalized for appendicitis. Booths motor trip to Fairfield. Wallace and Swift visit Abaugh family. Madam note encourages readers to tell merchants I saw your ad in the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwaskins
Fdna
Mildred, Ficher
Dunbar
Wisconsin
J. B. Booths
Peichbors
Booths
John Sands
Jim Rathmel
Shennafelt
Washington
Clarence Rathmel
Paul Armstrong
Ainsworth
Cloyce Benson
Lilly BE. Mathers
Robert Gregory
Clara
Bobby
Chautauqua
Clara Frye
Mathers
Mason City
Neice
California
Deacon Dubbs
West Liberty
Margaret Schmit
Dale Cole
Daryl Ebner
Des Moines
Viola
Dolly Meridith
Alberta Farrington
Chart Stafford
F. E. Booth
Hazel
Fairfield
Fire walking tale from Fiji proclaims elf gift
Detroit News recounts a native legend of a Fiji traveler who captured an elf and gained fire walking power to his lineage. Observers note barefoot performers walk on red hot stones after hours in a fire pit, then flames flare as fuel is added.
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Detroit News
New York Public Baths Cut Illustrated in 1824 Directory
A 1824 New York City directory page advertises the Washington Bath at 533 Pearl Street near Broadway with a portable tub image. The copy notes marble and tin tubs, new pipes, various temperatures, long hours from sunrise to 10 pm, warm winter rooms, tubs for rent, and a fumigating apparatus for skin eruptions and chronic ailments.
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New York City
Washington Bath
Pearl Street
Broadway
Last of Great Rulers of the Mogul Empire
The article traces the rise and fall of the Mogul empire from its founding in 1525 by Baber to its end in 1804 when Sheh Allam died. Delhi was the capital until Akbar moved it to Agra, and the rulers were Muslim Mongols who introduced Islam to India but did not win Hindu acceptance.
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Hindustan
Baber
Tamerlane
India
Delhi
Akbar
Agra
Sheh Allam
Suit Seeks to End Hindu Father Letter Controversy
A Boston Transcript letter reveals a Hindu father responding to a secret admirer of his daughter. The missive describes thwarted affection and a plea to suppress love, comparing the beloved to a shipwreck and citing personal inadequacy in education.
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Cupid
Boston Transcript
Crusoe’s Island Tours Highlight Fernandez Island Visit
Prolonged steamship trips grow popular as tours include a stop at Sean Fernandez Island, the famed site linked to Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The article notes Alexander Selkirk’s four years marooned there and contrasts Defoe’s fictional location with the real island near the Ori nookoo river, far from San Juan Fernandez.
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Sean Fernandez Island
Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
First English Bible and Key Translators
The first complete English Bible appeared in 1535 translated by Myles Coverdale from a Zurich edition of 1524 to 29. Wycliffe’s involvement is limited to the gospels. Nicholas de Hereford rendered the Old Testament and Apocrypha. William Tyndale translated the New Testament at Worms in 1525 with later 1534 to 1535 editions.
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Myles Coverdale
Zurich
Wycliffe
Nicholas de Hereford
Willam Tyndale
Worms
Blue Sky Laws Explained and Historical Origin
This piece defines blue sky laws as securities regulations aimed at protecting the public from fraud. It notes they began in 1911 in Kansas during a surge of speculation and explains the term arose from promoters potentially capitalizing on the sky. It adds that most states now have such laws.
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Kansas
League Assembly Will Hear Speeches by Three Premiers
Geneva reports that Premier MacDonald Hortio Mussolini will attend the League of Nations assembly opening September 1. Debates will cover disarmament limits, League authority, and the role of the United States, with focus on the opium conference and mandated territories.
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League Assembly
Geneva
League of Nations
MacDonald
Hortiot
Mussolini
United States
Wahsington
Assembly
England
France
Belgium
League
Germany
World Court of Justice
the Hague
League Council
Australia
Hungary
Memel
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Miss Wills Defeats Mallory for National Title
Forest Hills N Y Aug 16 Miss Helen Wills of Barkley Calif defeated Mrs Molla B Mallory of New York 6 1 6 3 in the final to defend her women’s championship for the second consecutive year Mallory won one more game than last year but was beaten more convincingly except for a brief seventh and eighth game stretch in the final set.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Helen Wills
Barkley
Calif
Molla B. Mallory
New York
Miss Wills
Thaw Settles in Winchester as Town Fireman
In Winchester Virginia Harry K Thaw the Stanford White slayer and once deemed insane moves to town life. He seeks respectability by joining a local fire company while facing scrutiny from townsfolk and wary fire crews. Thaw maintains a secretary at the George Washington Hotel as curiosity seekers surround him and offer proposals and trinkets.
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Thaw
Harry Thaw
Mother
A. J. Connally
Harry
White
Winchester
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
America
Kenilworth
Ku Klux Klan
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Robert Ward
Society
Augusta Conrad
Tha
Rouss Fire Company
Virginia
Sarah Zane and Friendship Companies
Rouss
George Washington
Five Methodist Conferences Set for Iowa August and September
Des Moines reports five central division Methodist Episcopal conferences to be held in Iowa Septembers across LeMars Boxholm Fairfield Clarinda and Osage. Leaders include Bishop Keeney Rev. Steinbrenner Tennant Bishop Richardson and Rev. Carl Jensen with organizers named for each venue. The schedule covers LeMars Aug 27 Boxholm Aug 21 Fairfield Sept 10 Clarinda Sept 17 and Osage Sept 24.
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Des Moines
Iowa
LeMars
Hughes
S.C. Steinbrenner
Bishop Richardson
Carl Jensen
Boxholm
Fairfield
Bishop Keeney
C. Ll. Tennant
Clarinda
Keeney
A. T
Upper Iowa
Osage
T. Smith
Divi
Regional division includes eight Midwestern states
The division comprises Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Acussed killer confesses name of alleged partner
Vinton Louisiana August 16 Oh ie Corum aged accused murderer of Charles Hirschfield at Atkins last Saturday night makes new confession to County Attorney Hamilton Tobin naming the partner as Cooper He says they robbed the victim went to Cedar Rapids divided the money and Cooper fled The confession adds detail to the case and identifies the man he implicates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Ohie Corum
Charles Hirschfield
Atkins
Hamilton Tobin
Cooper
Cedar Rapids
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Delbert Maxwell
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Medioplis
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Ode Ferguson
Rk. C. Ferguson
West Chester
A. JT. Stiles
the & M Maxwell
Maccatine Davenport
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Trenton
Riverside
Haskins
Mabel Wallace
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B. W. Cole
Benard Walker
Jack Walker
Mary Swift
Ary Bryan
Nebrask
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Elf
Old Dominion
Pennsylvania
Hooded Knights
Presbyterian Church
Charley Rouss
F. T. MacFaden
MacFaden
W. H. Woods
Woods
Union Bank
Church Pillar
J. F. Ward
Tis
People’s Drug Store
Mrs. Molla Mallory
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah Valley
First
J. H. Dunn
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