News from Crawfordsville and surrounding area enriches social events
A noisy social week includes visits from Davenport and Cedar Rapids. chautauqua attendance in Washington. Kensington theater fund drive raising 42 dollars for the Methodist Ladies Aid. local families traveling to Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Sigourney. multiple residents visiting relatives. Marian Dunn expanding piano pupils across West Chester Wellman and Keota.
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Orville
Ilinois
Olio
Ancona
Pershing
Larue Trumbrauer
Luellen
Waterloo
Washington
John Bryson
Keota
Strawsburg Cole
Frank Stewart
Steve Stewart
Sue Lytle
Frank
Ladies Aid of
Methodist Church
Kensington
Cornelia Pickle
Helen Dashing
Samantha Sharp
Bess Lautry
Mary Talker
Wil Helscher
Elizabeth Scribe
Bess Crone
Ed Kirkpatrick
Helen Cashing
Grace Hulse
Katie O'Brien
Mae Marr
Sellum
Josephine Helscher
Houseman
Lenore Seydel
Oldstyle
Mryna Fountain
Nervy
J. W. Helscher
Slow
Martha Smock
W. Helscher
John Robert
Minnesota
Iowa
James Stanton Chesney
California
George Helscher
Chicago Fresh Air
Margaret
Henrietta Stadelman
James Henrietta
Sigourney
Brighton News Briefs Include Pool Hall Change of Hands
Corshie sold the Brighton pool hall to H W Reece of Winfield who assumes immediate possession and will live in the Frazey house. Numerous social notes report visits and outings among locals including millinery trips, chautauqua plans, club activities, and kinship visits across nearby towns. Brighton Legion won a recent game 5 to 2 over Clay.
Unusual Ancona Flock At Keota Draws Attention
Dr. F O Pershing owns an uncommon Ancona flock notable for high egg laying. The birds are black and white mottled with large red combs, with some rose combs. Pullets began laying at four months nine days, near a record four months seven days. The flock was originally owned by his son Orville.
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Keota Keota
F. O. Pershing
Local Social Roundup From Wellman and Nearby Areas
Aug 19 Wellman notes show Frank Snavely returning from Clear Lake with family, Dec Whetstine's brief visit from Columbus Junction, and Alvin Kabaker from Chicago aiding Leader store purchases. Thelma Kirkpatrick visits grandparents and attends chautauqua while Mrs. Walter Leighton and Carolyn Grinnellians visit Wellman. Minnie Shaffer returns from six weeks with daughter in Iowa City. John Klockenteger and Percy travel to Davenport for the fair and to see Cloud Squires. Gladys Yeakee departs for Stanford Illinois before joining Illinois State University at Champagne Ill.
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Walter Leighton
Carolyn
Grinnell
Minnie Shaffer
M. C. Struble
Iowa City
John Klockenteger
Percy
Cloud Squires
Gladys Yeakee
Stanford
Ill
Illinois State University
Champagne
Clay Picnic Draws Larger Crowd in Clay
In Clay on August 20 a bigger turnout than ever gathered for the annual Clay Picnic. Dr W W Bowers delivered the main address while M H Fedderson discussed farming and community conditions. A Morning Sun boys band provided music as Brighton won a 3 to 2 baseball game.
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Clay
Clifford Savage
M. H. Fedderson
W. W. Bowers
Shipman
Golden
Colorado
Martha Meacham
Sac City
Iowa
Lee Badger
Howard Woodard
Samuel Savage
California
Savage
Morning Sun
Brighton
Local Social Circle Picnic and Community Visits
Mr and Mrs John Durst Vera and Dewain Liyod Durst and Mrs Wm Miller of Kalona visited T D Adams home. RN A Social Circle held a large park picnic last week with about thirty ladies. Dr E Blumenstein opened a new garage in J N Gardner building. Miss Carrie Ash of Coralville IA visits family, and Calvin Murphy with family from Chicago visits parental home.
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John Durst
Vera and
Dewain
Liyod Durst
Wm. Miller
Kalona
T. D. Adams
RN. A
E. Blumenstein
J. N. Gardner
Carrie Ash
Coralville
Vernie Booth
Howard Cooper
Calvin Murphy
Chicago
Mrs. Murphy
Brighton Clay Picnic Draws Large Attendees From Area
Brighton residents join the Clay township annual picnic and homecoming on August 20 with a large turnout. Dr. W W Bowers of Washington was the keynote speaker and Morning Sun provided music. Attendees from Brighton included many listed residents and former Clay people joined the event from Washington.
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Brighton
Clay Township
W. W. Bowers
Washington
Professor Smithey
Morning Sun
Dave Wentworth
Wallace Savage
Milford Day
W.S. Gardner
Hattie Prizer
Geo. Kessel
Harry Dunbar
Addison Brinton
Grace
Maude Brinton
Rhua Armstrong
Whit Wood
Helen Wood
Zoe Lemley
Roy Johnson
Tom Brinton
Rob Balderson
James Frain
Roman Borkoski
A. R. Gowey
Who Called Women Curious
A New York Sun item recounts a woman on a bus who refused to meet a man she suspected of flirting. She notices the passenger sitting behind her blocks her view and causes surprise and indignation among nearby riders.
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New York Sun
Hair inspector era may rise with bobbed trend
The New York American mocks a wave of hair regulation as Chicago's largest department store orders female employees to grow their hair. The piece jokes about hair inspectors and new occupations, imagining bills and civil service rules for hair length and immigrant landings.
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New York
Chicago
Congress
Civil Service
Shakespeare
National Horseshoe Meet Set for Minneapolis
Plans for the National Horseshoe Stiekers association tournament and world championship are announced by B G Leighton. The event at the Minnesota state fair September 7 8 and 9 will distribute about 5600 in prizes including 3500 for men and 1500 for women. First prize exceeds 500 in cash plus trophies. Seventeen trophies or gifts will be awarded to other top finishers. Sixteen finalists will receive trophies and elimination rounds determine the champion. Fifty point men on forty foot courts and twenty one point women on thirty feet. A meeting will resolve differences among three national bodies. President Harding is honorary president.
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Minneapolis
B. G. Leighton
National
Leighton
National Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association
Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association
Minnesota
Buckeye Horseshoe Pitching Associaton
Ohio
California
District of Columbia
Indiana
Iowa State
Missouri State
Aldine Horseshoe
Chicago
Portage Park
Harding
National Association
Colleges to be filled Des Moines fall attendance prospects
Des Moines reports indicate the money stringency will not reduce fall enrollments at state educational institutions. Secretary William J. Gemmill says prospects for a large attendance rival the record years, noting unemployment drives youths to college even if they abandon good jobs.
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Des Moines
Sec'y
William J. Gemmill
State Board of Education
Woman sits tight in Chicago bank strongarm heist
Miss Rose More, secretary of a dairy company, faced robbers who halted her on the way to a bank with $1,000. She dropped the money on the sidewalk, sat on it, and screamed. The bandits were deterred and fled as help arrived.
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Chicago
Dangerous Business at Fox Theatre prompts strong reactions
Next week at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday a photodrama titled Dangerous Business features Constance Tal entertaining new admirers with a bold performance. The plot centers on Nancy Flavell who, in a bridal suite scene, disrobes while her supposed husband undresses beside her. The controversial situation aims to shock and provoke discussion, marking an unusual screen offering from the theatre management.
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Fox Theatre
Constance Talmade
Nancy Flavell
Decrease in Illinois Cold Storage Beset by Shifts
Illinois cold storage shows varied changes across products in the June to July period. Butter stocks rose from 16 million to 22.8 million pounds while packing stock butter fell to 1.086 million. Beef mutton pork and fish declined from last year, poultry rose with chickens in storage up from 1.206 million to 2.371 million pounds.
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Chicago
Illinois
Division of Foods and Dairies
Department of Agriculture
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Allen DeLong
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Fairfield
Homer Hill
Hugh Teeter
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Griffith
J. F. Barnett
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Margaret Davidson
Sam Madden
Hartford
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Robert
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Winfield Beacon
Clarence Baker
Laura
Grace Kennett
Gary Stone
Katheryn
C. L. Stone
Lucile
Merle Statler
Farmington
Mt. Pleasant
Gordon
Will McClintic
Rob, Edwards
Donald
Mediapolis
Bolling
Roy McGuire
Charlie Whisler
Nevada
Brighton Legion
Wellman
Bowers
Washington County
Constance Talmadge
Evening Journal
Handy Directory of
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Washington’s
Firestone and Miller
White Way
Neiswanger Building
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S. Sa. Ave
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