Local visitors travel from Norris and Missouri farms
Mr and Mrs R A Richter and children Catherine and Donald from Norris Montana visit Mrs Richter’s mother Mrs Del Ta Neal for about two weeks. John Davidson travels to Raymore Missouri to visit his son S I Davis. He plans to build a barn 40 52 on the C G Schmoeller farm. C G Schmoeler spent yesterday in Cedar Rapids on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ritcher
Catherine
Donald
Norris
Montana
John Davidson
Raymore
Missouri
S. I. Davis
C. G. Schmoeller
A. B. Schmoeller
James
Lucille
Elgin
Ten Years Ago Today Adventists Camp Meeting Des Moines
Mrs. Carl M. Keck went to Des Moines for the Adventists camp meeting. Children prefer Ex-Lax chocolate candy laxative for tiny folks who dislike medicine. Try Oh Boy root beer. Weather: local thunderstorms tonight and Friday, cooler Friday. Top on hogs, $13.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl M. Keck
Des Moines
Adventists
Local residents visit Washington and Davenport trips noted
D M Kurtz and Les lie Wilson from Burlington spent time in Washington on business. Mrs R L Coulter John and Harvey returned from Davenport where they visited Mr and Mrs Marvin Williamson. James Paisley joined them to Davenport then Canton Ohio. Elmer Palmer traveled to Cedar Rapids for Shell Gasoline construction work. Ralph Omer and Helen Bopp visited Washington from Kalona with Ruth Renous from Keota also in Washington. Marie Imhoff of Wayland shopped in Washington yesterday. Rel Brinton traveled from Brighton for shopping in Washington. Mary Louise Stewart travels from Keota to visit Virginia Droz in Washington this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Coulter
John and
Harvey
Davenport
Marvin Williamson
James Paisley
Canton
Ohio
Wilma Barr
Washington County Hospital
George Barr
Wayland
Kentucky
Barr
Chicago
Clark
Indiana
Columbus Junction Chautauqua Opens Next Friday Evening
The 27th annual Columbus Chautauqua opens at Chautauqua park Friday evening with the play The Detour and runs six days. Local guarantors back this year’s assembly with 700 adult season tickets pledged last year. The park, bought by the town, is used for Chautauqua and is cared for by M. F. Patton under the park commissioners. Officers: J. Fred Huff president G. W. Weber vice president Dr. F. E. W. Williams secretary and platform manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Assembly of Columbus
M. F. Patton
Three Park Commission
J. Fred Huff
G. W. Weber
FE. W. M Williams
Ecuador steamer grounded off Cape San Lazarus
One hundred five passengers and a crew of 125 were reported aboard the Panama mail liner Ecuador after grounding off Cape San Lazarus in lower California. Captain Theodore K. Oaks said the vessel is in a sand pit and not in danger from rocks, per Dalton Mann of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Ecuador
Cape San Lazarus
Lower
California
Catain Theodore K. Oaks
Steamship Company
Hcuador
Dalton Mann
Des Moines Forecast Promises Slight Heat Relief
Weather bureaus in Iowa predicted a slight relief from the torrid weather. In the northwestern section, the state was expected to be cooler. The average yesterday was 92 with Boone and Burlington at 95, and no station below 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Aue
Iowa
Boone
Burlington
Road Crash Claims Two Lives in Shenandoah Area
Shenandoah Iowa Aug 16 two men John Jones of Red Oak and Nil ey Jones of Coburg were killed when their car crashed early today. The decedents were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah, Tra
John Jones
Red Oak
Niley Jones
Coburg
Vehicle went off road into embankment injuring two men
A mishap occurred when a vehicle left the road near here and plunged into an embankment. Lee Jones sustained serious injuries, and Frank Copenharve of Red Oak, the fourth member of the party, suffered grave injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Jones
Riley Jones
Frank Copenharve
Red Oak
Washington News Briefs Mention Visitors and Trips
Burrell Foster travels from Wellman to Washington for a short business stay. Dwight Pauls of Des Moines visits Washington friends. Ottumwa’s Mrs. Jesse Miller and her two children visit during chautauqua with Mr. Miller directing boys’ work. Des Moines’s Mrs. W. H. White returns from Davenport after summer at Dr. Watson’s. Lillian and Vera Simpson go home to Ainsworth after visits with Helene Helmick in Iowa City. Various other locals and visitors are listed with travel plans and social visits in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrell Foster
Wellman
Washington
Jesse Miller
Ottumwa
Miller
Chautauqua
W. H. White
Des Moine
Dr. 58. P. Watson
Davenport
Lillian
Vera Simpson
Ainsworth
Helene Helmick
Iowa City
W. C. Ives
Charles
Rockford
Linois
E. E. Stutsman
Ives
Mrs. Stutsman
Wet candidate's lead much reduced in Ohio primary
In Columbus Ohio on August 16 Graham P Hunt Cincinnati wet advocate led Senator Cyrus Locher dry for the short term Democratic senatorial nomination by 1592 votes with 2230 precincts yet to report. Hunt was the only modificationist advocate to win a sizable vote while Locher was backed by the Anti Saloon League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Graham P. Hunt
Cincinnati
Cyrus Locher
Hunt
Locher
Antisaloon League
Thirteen Bodies Recovered From No 3 Mine Blast
Thirteen bodies were removed early today from the No 3 mine of the Irvana Coal and Coke company in Coalport Pennsylvania after an explosion late yesterday. One man was rescued alive and all workers accounted for. There were 159 men in the mine at the time. The blast occurred as shifts were changing, three miles from the mouth of the mine, with most bodies badly mangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalport
Irvana Coal and Coke Company
Jalive
Hog shipment sells at Chicago high as August 15 auction
Jackson and Warner shipped sixty one hogs owned by Cloyd Knupp to Chicago where they sold at the stock yards for 12.35 per hundredweight the day’s top price for their weights. The steers averaged 272 pounds and were bought by eastern shippers. Also notes on visits and people traveling to Davenport Muscatine and Brighton with several local residents attending the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Warner
Chicago
Farmers Union Livestock Commission
Cloyd Knupp
Miss Bessie Busby Spends Day on Business in Winfield
Miss Bessie Busby traveled to Winfield this morning to devote the day to business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Busby
Winfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Bancroft
Evelyn Brent
Sporting Goods
Kalcolm Stcair Production
C. G. Schmoeler
Cedar Rapids
Geo. L. McDantel Dropyist
D. M. Kurtz
Leslie Wilson
Elmer Palmer
The
Shell Gasoline Company
Ralph, Omer
Helen Bopp
Kalona
Ruth Renous of
Keota
Marie Imhoff
Rel Brinton
Brighton
Mary Louise Stewart
Virginia Droz
Ers
Oxfords
Larsoms
Dwight Pauls
Sitter’s
Agnes Kerr
Sigourney
Mary Reinert
John Erickson
Alva Sands
Frank Anderson
Vivian
Robert
Monmouth
Illinois
Hazel Seiberts
Charles Jryons
Long Beach
Carlton
W. J. Brady
Mary Margaret
Jacksonville
Harve Porter
John Woods
Earl Fulton
Almambra
O. F. Boller
Lake Okoboji
Omer Jones
de Lea
Muscatine
Donald Bell
Marilyn
Mechanicville
Mildred Brock
Conesville
Marjorie Smith
Homer Norton
Mrs
Claire Dewey
East Main Street
George Crone
Washington Loan and Trust Comany
John Davis
Ed Gibson
EB. G. Fox
J. H. Guile
Melwood
F. E. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Bloomfield
Davis County
Richard Donaldson
Kansas City
G. Mortimore
Arthur
S. A. Seaberg
West Chester
Nellie FE. Wilson
C. W. Stewart
Jack Spratt
Fairfield
Margaret Scranton of
Howard Richardon
Enna Jettick Health Shoes
Joe McClelland of
Winnie Palmer
Richard Stephens
F. M. Ritchey
Anna Shaw
Mrs. Maple
East Jefferson Street
Shautauqua
Mills J. Taylor
Philadelphia
Crawfordsville
Frank
Win Smouse
Albert Bell
Ralph
Hallsville
R. BE. Shannon
Board of Supervisors
Minnesota
Bessie Allen
Mable Mitchell
Morrison, Illinois
Mrs. O. F. Boler
S. H. Bateman
Karl Dane
Charlotte Greenwood
Tim McCoy
the Adventurer
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
Wisie Long
Keith Prizer
Lloyd
Keith Sweet
Jack Potter
Dickie
George Asken
Ralph McCreedy
L. R. Dalton
Washington Loan and _ ‘Trusts company
W. J. Merle Scott
Rochter New York
J. M. Work
Frank Shinnabarger
Alfred Faulkner
Bobbie
W. C. Nickerson
Onus
Thade
John Shields & Sons
Certo
Ser
J. Z
Hinshaw
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