Local residents take vacations and visits across states
Miss Alice Meek enjoys a four week vacation from the Rothschild store traveling to Toledo Ohio then Detroit to visit her brother Carl and relatives. Mr and Mrs R J Tanner return from Warsaw and Nauvoo accompanied by Miss Marietta Zimmer and Miss Vera Bruder visiting at their home briefly. Miss Thelma York vacations from Klein Clothing Kompany planning time with friends in Muscatine. Miss Helen Stewart goes to Des Moines and Marion Stewart to Iowa City. I Rothschilds return from Chicago after a week on business. Carrol Jones returns from Fairfield and Mrs Richard Gaines. Mr and Mrs J A Arnold return from Winfield where they visited their daughter Mrs G E Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Meek
Rothschild
W. F. Curtis
Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
Carl
R. J. Tanner
Warsaw
Nauvoo
Marietta Zimmer
Vera Bruder
Thelma York
Klein Clothing Kompany
Muscatine
Helen Stewart
Des Moines
Marion Stewart
Iowa City
Chautauqua Opens Tonight With Mystery Program
Tonight’s Chautauqua offers a mystery program as local artists perform and audiences wonder what to expect. Muddy ground from rain prompts shoppers to buy rubber overshoes, with New Oxfords in fall styles offered at reasonable prices by A. E. Atchison Florsheims Arch-Preservers Ladies' Hosiery.
Local Social Notes Travel Through Region
Howard Frogge leaves Rock Island for Tren ton Missouri as substitute operator. Mrs. Herbert Paulsen departs Rock Island en route to Palm Beach Florida. Mrs. Rudy Knottnerus and daughter visit Muscatine at Mrs. Willard Lamilier’s home. Mrs. J K Dayton of Keota to Ottawa Illinois to join her husband on a paying gang. Mrs. F J Lawson and son return to Eldon Iowa after visiting S W Livingston. William and Margaret return home from Landers Wyoming vacation. Mrs. Silas Ross moves to Brighton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Frogge
Rock Island
J. R. Kruser
Trenton
Herbert Paulsen
Clarence Brinning
Palm Beach
Florida
Rudy Knottnerus
Muscatine
Willard Lamilier
J. K. Dayton
Keota
John Hanley
Ottawa
F. J. Lawson
Junior
Eldon
Iowa
Gweneth
Ozark Mountains
Mr. Kruser
Rock Lend
Local Social Notes From Fairfield and Nearby Towns
Sunday visits and family gatherings populate this social digest. Miss June Arnold and Miss Margaret Hollensake are others seen with Fairfield residents, while Ruth Paul and Ruth McGugin return from Pittsburgh Virginia visits. The piece also notes travel to Rock Island and Minneapolis trips, plus health concerns and extended kinship ties in Iowa and nearby states.
Romance and Flowers in Long Association in Courtship
The article traces how flowers symbolized engagement in ancient Greece and Polynesia with lovers wearing blossoms behind the ear. It notes bride processions using wheat garlands for fruitfulness, and explains rice showers in Persian and Anglo Saxon customs as symbols of a fruitful union and appeasement of wandering spirits.
Horse thief scare echoes in domestic quarrel
Mrs. Peckem questions William about safety while he recalls a nearby horse thief prowling last week. He says the thief allegedly carried off two or three bags from the district, prompting fear for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Mrs. Peckem
Mr. Peckem
Coolidge Unworried About Next Job After Presidency
President Coolidge says he is not thinking about leading the United States Steel Corp or becoming Amherst College president when he retires March 4, 1929. He expects to find work easily, believing work will come to him without search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Coolidge
United States Steel Corporation
Amherst College
Radio Stations Granted 30 Day Grace by FCC
Twenty five stations that had been jumping their frequencies received 30 days of grace from the federal radio commission to revert to assigned channels. The commission said it would issue 30 day licenses but did not disclose the stations involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Floods Threaten Kansas Towns in Devastating Deluge
Muddy water swamped a dozen Kansas towns as rain continued threatening millions in damage. Farmers fled lowland homes while corn lay ruined and livestock losses mounted with hogs sheep and cattle among the casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Coolidge Plans Yellowstone Trip With Party
Reports that Mr. Coolidge will tour Yellowstone Park were confirmed today. He has asked railroad officials for travel and lodging details for himself and his party, with a possible departure from Rapid City next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Yellowstone Park
Army Blimp Sets Out for Home Today
Des Moines officers of the RS-1 non rigid dirigible refueled and launched from Camp Dodee at 11 20 am for Scott Field Belleville KS amid fear of thunderstorms. The blimp was slated to lead the American Legion convention parade today but weather prompted haste to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Scott Field
Belleville
American Legion
Camp Dodee
First watch by Peter Henlin in 1500 earns Nuremberg eggs nickname
Locksmith Peter Henlin of Nur emberg created the earliest watch in 1500. The crude device, lacking a crystal and with a single hand, was nicknamed the Nuremberg eggs for its oval shape and primitive design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Henlin
Nuremberg
For Sale Light Spring Wag Trade Offer
For sale a light spring wag listed as for sale or trade for shoats. Contact phone 626 green 156tz for details.
Double House for Rent with Utilities in Prime Location
Real estate listing offers a double house close in with electric lights gas city water and toilet and bath. Property noted by Dempsey and Breitenbach with August 17 1922 date line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor
Dempsey & Breitenbach
Local residents receive medical procedures and visits noted
Mrs Anna Jones and others from Columbus Junction Laurel Shirley Statler West Chester Riverside Wash ington and Ainsworth had tonsil removal at the county hospital this morning. Miss Etta Penland visiting at Hugh Douglass home went to Knoxville. Clara Pacani underwent an operation. Mrs I F Smith arrived from Colfax for a visit with her son Everett. Triangle Auto Supply ad. Carl Joseph Goetz and Margaret Lincoln obtained a marriage license. W W Webster and H W Luers reported on local business. Mary Glasgow and Marjorie McColl visited Harper to see great grandmother Mary Coffman. Hubert Essley expected home for a week’s vacation after working in New York City. Mrs A Pratt visited Winfield with Mrs Henderson. George Glick arrived from Des Moines for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jones
Columbus Junction
Laurel
Shirley Statler
Geo. P. Statler
West Chester
Alice Kiene
Riverside
Henry Kiene
David Pearson
Frank Pearson
Washington
Ronald Keiper
C. C. Keiper
Ainsworth
County Hospital
Hubert Essley
Hubert
New York City
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Travel notes and local visits fill pages in brief column
Short trip mentions include Miss Alice Meek visiting Detroit and Toledo to see her brothers. Several local residents and visitors are named with weekends and trips to and from Washington, Riverside, Newman Grove, Bata, Ottumwa, Letts, and Sisourney.
Leon Beatty post drum corps at state convention in Des Moines
Delegates from the Leon Beatty post drum corps traveled to Des Moines for the state convention. Members included Walter Conner Maynard Brown Rodney Arnold Dr P L Etter Dr H F Masson J E Ream William Cummings Howard Miller and others with Buglers Cloyce Kerr Boies Kurtz W K E Barber Fred Radda Jesse Radda Arda Dankwardt Preston Wolfe Buster Springman Ralph Moorthart Chas Denison Vic Crone Charles Clark George Rudiger Ray Cox Dale Atkinson and Kenneth Carris The Journal notes Jay Brown Loyd Morrison will not attend. John Buckley returned from a brief Chicago business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Beatty Post
Dee Moines
Walter Conner
Maynard Brown
Rodney Arnold
P. L. Etter
H. F. Masson
William Cummings
Howard Miller
Cloyce B. Kerr
Boies Kurtz
W. K E. Barber
Fred Radda
Jesse Radda
Arda Dankwardt
Preston Wolfe
Buster Springman
Ralph Moorthart
Chas Denison
Vic Crone
Charles Clark
George Rudiger
Ray Cox
Dale Atkinson
Kenneth Carris
Jay Brown
Loyd Morrison
Journal
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FOX
Captain Salvation
Pauline Starck
Ernest Torrence
Marceline Day
Lars Hanson
Pelixn
Mrs. I. Rothschild
Chicago
Miss Carrol Jones
Fairfield
Mrs
Richard Gaines
J. A. Arnold
Winfield
G. E. Mason
Chautauqua
A. E
Lone Tree
Don McLaughlin
Everette Peck
Earl C. Galloway
Harry Valmegreen
Garrett Kuilema
Jewel Bloor
Angle Auto Supply
Silas Ross
Brighton
June Arnold
Triangle Auto Supply Co
Margaret Hollensake
Keithsburg, Ii
George and
Thomas Wheelan
Alice Brock
Cedar Rapids
O. J. McGuire
Rev. Courtney
Pleasant Plain
Rube Blake
R. L. McGugin
Miss Ruth Paul
Pittsburgh
Mise Blanche Beranek
Wess Sojka
L. L. Kos
Martha and
Bohumil
Katherine Duensing
Pelviewill
Arthur Duensing
Tila
Strourney
Fred Jones
Clifford Snyder
Lakes
Minnesota
Teeter Roberts
St. Paul
Mr. Snyder
Minneapolis
Jim
Raymond Fordyce
Monmouth. Til
J. G. Fordyce
Wilbur Rose
Crawfordsville
Fordyce
Pennsylvania
Romance and Flowers
Oakland
Calif
Jack Frost
Art Goebel
Ruggle Pedlar
Livingstone Irving
Martin Jensen
N. A. Goddardo
Charles W. Parkhurst
Bennett Griffin
Graham
Reginald Denny
Belle Bennett
Etta Penland
Hugh Douglass
Knoxville
Clara Pacani
I. F. Smith
Colfax
Everett Smith
Carl Joseph Goetz
Margaret Lincoln
W. W. Webster
Wellman
H. W. Luers
D. F. Maceen
Mary Glasgow
Marjorie McColl
Harper
Mary Coffman
A. Pratt
R. B. Henderson
Arthur Swift
Claude McCall
Dalton Morrow
George Glick
August Glick
Michigan
Washington Motor Co
Barney Sakuline
Leonard Altmier
Kalona
Richard Schnoebelen
Henry Eagle
Dr. Frey
Leete
Katherine Flynn
Newman Grove
Nebraska
John Keating
Margaret Keating
Jennie Keating
John Crone
Batavia
Earl Jones
Brown's
George Statler
Clifford Baker
Ottumwa
David Powers
Charles Lester
M. Powers
Letts
Sisourney
Cleaning Service
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
Wisie Long
Prop
John Buckley
U.S
Southern Coalacore CO
CINO
John Shields & Sons
Klein Klothing Ko
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