News Notes from Nearby Towns and Country
Lexington Aug 19 Mrs Grant visited her sister Mrs Amlong and many locals visited relatives around town. Amish revival meetings begin at East Union church and coast to coast life updates fill this issue with travel to Clinton Danville and Keswick along with hospital stays and a wedding at Lee Cumings home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Grant
Robert Amlong
Otha Huber
Cy Huber
John McCyabe
Helen
Tranovers
Warren Matthess
Arlene
Ed Yalls
Wilbur Fyestone
Washington
Everette Young
Don Brindley
Clarence Timmons
Henry Squires
Misa Mae Crone
Wayne Norman
Everette Fleming and
Donnald
Gravity
Clinton, la
Charles Mayer, Sr
Harris McGugin
William Flynn
Gardner
Lexingtton
Eardley Bell, Jr
Keswick
East Union Church
Miss Wilkerson
Melvin Augustine
Lee Cumings
Rev
Schwimley
Daytonville
Gardner relatives hold annual re union at Lexington M E church
About fifty Gardner relatives gathered for a reunion at the Lexington M E church on Thursday Aug 18 a large basket dinner followed. The event drew many from Newton and Clinton areas with multiple family members traveling and visiting. Local notables including Mayor Dr Walter Mcintosh returned from Yellowstone trip with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Gardner
Lexington
Frank Rdner
Newton
C. C. Gardner
Cattle Shipments and Local Visits Mark Havre News
Joe Klopfenstein shipped a carload of cattle from Havre on Tuesday. Henry Ash and Will Calvin of Richland visited at George Hillhouse's home. Mrs. B. F. Miller visits her son Golia and helps threshers. Wes Meyer and Howard Baker lose horses to lightning. Local calls include Wes Brannen at Will Easter and Warren Parrow of Ainsworth at Will McBride's. Mrs. Ellis Davis of New Market Iowa attends Benson reunion set for the 28th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McBride
B. F. Miller
Washington
Ellis Davis
New Market
Iowa
Davis
Benson
Ainsworth Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Miss Elsie Wallace returned after a two week visit with sister Mrs Clarence Walker in Tennessee. Chas Davis moved hogs to Chicago last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs W E Pauls and Dr and Mrs W A Watson went on an auto trip to Denver. Cole Mable Wallace and the Martin children visited the B W Cole home in Haskins. Various families helped thresh and hosted guests through the week with several planned hospital training later for Bonnie Kelsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Fry
Chas. Yoder
Amish
Wellman
Ingraham Show Company
Everette Curl
George Berry
Minnesota
Busheng
F. D. Snavelys
L. B. Gartners
Keosauqua
Geraldine Anderson
Kabaker
Herman
Jack Kelley
Washington
Hugh Great
Des Moines
Frederick
Little Hugh
Henry Durian
Mrs. Great
Riverside
Hubrt Doud
Davenport
Maines
Jim Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Kelley
Adley Yoder
Cedr Rapids
Web Yoders
Harper
Aining
Yoder
John Oldaker
Clark Roupe
Iowa City
Cc. C. Hull
Howard
Donald Lantz
Robert
Walter Lantz
Owa City
McCabe
Nebraska
Wes Hunter
Lon Fleming
J. A. Doods
Williamsburg
Dave Kirkpatrick
Chas, Mayers
Eardley Bell
Marengo
Tom Bell
Hiram Hayes
Colorado
John Knockenteger
Keota
Ainsworth
Elsie Wallace
Clarence Walker
Tennessee
Chas. Davis
Chicago
W. E. Pauls
W. A. Watson
Denver
Cole
Mable Wallace
Martin
B. W. Cole
Haskins
Howard Beenblossom
Lins
Cal Beenblossom
Elizabeth
Virginia Wallace
Will Martin
John Sullivan
Dayton Grove Visits and Weekend Travels
Dayton Grove reports social visits across nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Walter Leet with Betty visit Fairfield. Mrs Dell Skinner and Miss Eva n Smith call on Orvis Ferguson's. Mrs Gee and Muriel and Tressa return from Des Moines. Almeda Ralston spends weekend in Oskaloosa. Mrs John Mayer returns to Chicago after visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Walter Leet
Betty
Fairfield
Dell Skinner
Evan Smith
Orvis
Sunday visits and minor misfortune noted in local items
The report lists visits among families including Ferguson, Hartman, Wombacker, and Monahan at Geo. Ferguson’s home. Will Embree and his wife made a business trip to Washington. Wanachee Camp Fire Girls met with Ruth Leet. Leona McFarland broke her arm cranking a car at the Leet home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Embree
Ferguson
G. K. Hartman
Edna Mae
Louisa Wombacker
Anna Monahan
Geo. Ferguson's
Washington
Wanachee
Ruth Leet
Leona McFarland
Walter Leet
Rubio Rubio homecoming and town notes recap
August 19 Rubio report lists Richland homecoming attendance and a seven day summary. Rubio ball team played daily except Friday with a 1 2 record, Oliver Leppert and wife returned from Oskaloosa for Stringfellow birthday, Sunday school well attended, no minister until after yearly meeting, rain delays threshing, grain improving, hope for dry September to aid corn yield. Augustine Reunion held at Sunset Park with 80 attending, officers re-elected for 1925, several picnics crowded, L B and W E Laithly families present. Rubio Eldon game drew crowds, Rubio won 2 3, horse shoe games common, Snider family news from Wisconsin, Frank Cook and companion visited Lucy Cook.
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Rubio
Richland
Oliver Leppert
Oskaloosa
Lowa
Sunset Park
Washington
L. B
W. E Laithly
Rubo Va
Eldon
William Snider
Fuegene Snider Hess
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Frank Cook
Ottumwa
Lucy Cook
Baby Found Floating In Box On River Inn Near Munich
A healthy girl baby in fine clothing was found in a box on the River Inn near Munich. A rhymed note named Josephine, said the mother was unknown and the child knew no father. An employee of the water works adopted the infant.
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Munich
Germany
Here
Josephine
Italy Faces Large Rise in Money Circulation per Capita
Rome reports money circulation in Italy at about 620 lire per person, up from 77 lire in 1914. The increase exceeds 650 percent while the gold value of the lire has depreciated roughly 400 percent since 1914.
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Rome
Italy
THORNE WIFE LEAVES LUXURY FOR CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW
Mrs Helen McGinnis Thorne wife of wealthy Gordon C Thorne plans a move to a bungalow in California leaving high rent apartments behind She and her mother depart for Los Angeles saying she longed to cook and keep house and that her husband will join her for a "real married" life after she furnished the new home in California
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Chicago
Helen McGinnis Thorne
Gordon C. Thorne
Montgomery Ward and Company
California
Los Angeles
Sheridan Road
Sun Spots Reappear After Sun's Quiet Cycle
Washington Aug 19 Old Sols show renewed sunspot activity after a long minimum. Prof George H Peters of the Naval Observatory notes a rise in spots likely to continue for years. He explains sunspot cycles average 11.1 years and records the ongoing observations with a photoheliograph.
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Washington
George H. Peters
United States Naval Observatory
Saes
Vetera
Peters
Geneva Experts Discuss Hygiene in Industry
Geneva July 31 specialists from Germany Australia Belgium France Great Britain Italy Japan Poland and Yugoslavia met at the international labor office. They formed the committee of Correspondence for industrial hygiene to study poisonous infections in work and the extension of accident insurance to disease cases.
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Geneva
International Labor Office
Committee of Correspondence For
Germany
Australia
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Poland
Jugo-Slavia
Radio reaction challenges Democratic campaign strategy
The piece examines how post convention radio exposure shapes voter views and complicates Davis campaign messaging. It notes veteran voters feel present at the convention through broadcasts, creating a unity portrayal challenge for campaign spokesmen and potential shifts in support amid radio-formed opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankard
Vetera
Theardes
Spirit Lake Chosen Convention City for 1925 League Meeting
The League of Iowa Municipalities selected Spirit Lake as the 1925 convention city, after Fort Dodge and Spirit Lake tied for first with Burlington and Dubuque in the ranking. Mayor A E Gragg of Waterloo was re elected president and Mayor H C Findlay of Fort Dodge was named vice president. Frank O Pierce of Marshalltown was re elected secretary.
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Mason City
Spirit Lake
League of Iowa
Fort Dodge
Burlington and
Dubuque
A. E. Gragg
Waterloo
H. C. Findlay
Frank O Pierce
Marshalltown
League
Bavarian Farmers Warn Against Peasant Communist Move
At a Bavarian Christian Farmers Union meeting in Munich the danger of a peasant revolt is discussed. Dr Schlittenbauer notes high taxes and living costs threaten small landowners with rising risk of communism and social revolution if Berlin policy continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Bavarian
Christian Farmers’ Union
Schlittenbauer
Dr. Schnlittenburg
Elk Rules Buffalo Herd in San Francisco Park
In Golden Gate Park a lordly bull elk presides over a paddock herd of 15 to 20 buffaloes. Keeper F E Slattery says the elk commands without force, nudging bulls apart and rousing recumbent buffaloes with light antler touches. Mrs C M Keck travels to Nevada Iowa to visit friends.
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San Francisco Park
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
F. E. Slattery
Slattery
Held to Grand Jury for Robbing Farmers' Elevator
Coe Stull and James Forsythe of Tama were held to the grand jury in Tama county jail on 2000 bail for robbing the Garwin Farmers' Elevator. They were captured while attempting the burglary by Sheriff W C Harrison and deputies who were tipped off in advance. Forsythe, 21, was armed. Stull, a former Leavenworth inmate, has past robbery record and sheriff links them to several Tama county robberies.
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Traer
Forsythe
Stull
Leavenworth
Tama
Tama County
Dundee relinquishes featherweight title remains active at lighter classes
Jonny Dundee, after thirteen years as featherweight champion, forfeits the 126 pound title due to weight, asks the state athletic commission to hold the crown until a new champion is found and will pursue junior lightweight bouts.
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New York
Jonny Dundee
Dundee
State Athletic Commission
Stop Sermons by Radio BRESLAU
The Evangelical Church of Prussia bans sermons and church services broadcast on radio after learning a local pastor preached without Berlin approval. The prohibition, issued by the consistory, will apply across Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslau
Evangelical Church of Prussia
Berlin
Germany
Women Doctors Unite In Hamburg Association Formed
A German association of women physicians is formed in Hamburg to represent members against male doctors and to push reforms in social hygiene and work conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Women Physicians
Germany weighs revalue of gold coins in wartime
Berlin August 3. The government considers relabeling gold coins not used since the war began. New denominations would be 10 and 20 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Rabbits Blamed for Over 100 Million Losses in Australia
A farmers delegation met the federal treasurer to demand action recalling the annual cost to Australian productivity from rabbits exceeds 100 million dollars.
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Melbourne
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