Richland News Briefs Then and Now
Richland reports Mrs. Robert Heyde improving at her mother's home as school opens September 5 with a large enrollment anticipated. Local residents enjoy river outings and lawn parties for visiting friends from Cody Wyoming Des Moines and Oskaloosa. Several social events mark the week including a house party hosted by Miss Winifred Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Robert Heyde
Mitchell
Gail
Faye Stahl
James Loveless
Chicago
Clarence Neville
Lenna Duke
John Green
Frances Logan
Cody
Wyo
Bud Hanson
Des Moines
Frances Lee Chacey
Bernardine Neville
Winifred Brady
Oskaloosa
Gladys Allen
Clifornia
Allen
Alvin Allen
Fairfield Chautauqua
Bethel Mills
Washington Hospital
Alice Kent
Vaughn Thornburg
Susie
Byrdie Brunt
Eddyville
Eliza Roth and Silas Zehr Wed at Bride’s Home
Miss Eliza Roth and Silas Zehr married at the bride’s parents home in the presence of about 50 guests. The Zehrs will live on a Mann ing farm. relatives from Mansing, Indiana attended.
Clay township picnic of 1921 recalls ideal day and speeches
The Clay township picnic of 1921 featured ideal weather, Morning Sun Boys band led by Fred Smiley, and speeches by County Agent Fedderson and Dr. Bowers of Washington. Residents and former locals like Samuel Savage were greeted, with decorations by Miss Inez Jones and helpers, and a Tonishing refreshment stand run by Carroll Morgan. The baseball game between Brighton and Clay Jacnahie highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Clay Township
Morning Sun
Fred Smiley
Brighton
Fedderson
Dr. Bowers
Methodist Church
Washington
Etta Gowey Shipman
Golden
Colo
Martha Meacham
Sac City
Lee Badger
H. A. Woodford
Samuel Savage
West
Clifford Savage
Inez Jones
Carroll Morgan
Brighton Vs. the
Clay Jacnahie Boys
Begonia Eat
L” Fares
Bounts basket dinner honors local members at meeting
A basket dinner pleased attendees after a busin ess meeting where Warren Morgan was elected president Ray Woodford vice president Edna Palder con secretary and L B Reed treasurer. Several guests traveled from Des Moines Washington Centerville Etawah and Muscatine among others to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Morgan
Ray Woodford
Edna Paldercon
L. B. Reed
Etta Shipman
Golden
Colo
Fifie Hoskins
F. C Beatty
Ernest
Washington
M.L. Savage
Centerville
Cora Jones Slattery
Jack
G. P. Judson
Mary Hyde
Ray Parcell
Fairfield
Beulah Halferty
Massie
James
Helen
Etawah, Tenn
N. Rosenberger
Chas
Muscatine
Zelma Myers Clio
Alvena Stone
Cedar Rapids
Addie Funston
Martha
Mildred Madmonson
Ainsworth
Martha Meacham
Sac City
T. H. Morgan
Shenandoah
Local social notes from Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville August 22. Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hanna with children spent Friday in Iowa City visiting Rev and Mrs Leeper. Irene Holmes and Mira Lois Edgar returned from Cedar Falls where they attended summer school. Lester Carson and Charlotte Carson of Washington visit Wallace Carson home. Mrs Schooley of Albia visits S W Carrick home. Mrs C A Sprague returns from Cedar Rapids relatives. Mr and Mrs Milton White weekend visitors in Illinois. Mr and Mrs Samuel Gordon and son George of Winfield spent yesterday at Waldo Wells residence.
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Crawfordsville
John Hanna
Lee Hanna
Iowa City
Leeper
Irene Holmes
Mira Lois Edgar
Cedar Falls
Lester
Charlotte Carson
Washington
Wallace Carson
Schooley
Albia
Iowa
S. W. Carrick
C. A. Sprague
Cedar Rapides
Milton White
Illinois
Samuel Gordon
George
Winfield
Waldo Wells Home
Music Notes Vladimir Rosing to Sing in America This Season
Vladimir Rosing, famed in London, heads to the United States this season to give recitals noted for interpretative artistry. Maria Jeritza, the Viennese soprano, will debut in The Dead City at the Metropolitan with Gatti Casazza presenting her in New York. Mexico City will host a centennial opera festival starting September 3 featuring Giovanni Martinelli and other Metropolitan artists. Rockwell, Iowa, women form a 28 member band funded by a local committee and conduct concerts with W. A. Storer.
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Vladimir Rosing
London
United States
America
Maria Jeritza
Erich Korngold
Mexico City
Mex
Giovanni Martinelli
de Luca
Metropolitan
Tita Shippi
Chicago
Julia Claussen
Rockwell
Iowa
W. A. Storer
Cattle, travel, and talks fill West Chester week
Walter Fisher loaded eighty head of fine steers for Chicago amid good corn prices. A load of girls from Kecta went to the lakes. Mrs. Walter Boyer attends a Waterloo Pythian Sisters convention. Five stock cars shipped to Chicago Sunday. Local visits include Dayton party to Columbus and a Hanley lecture at the chautauqua. Ed Blattner to move from Sigourney March 1, after buying Cedar township land. Local preacher Rev Druse conducted services.
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West Chester
Walter Fisher
Chicago
Charlie Robertson
Kecta
Lakes
Walter Boyer
Waterloo
R. C Ferguson
Ariane
Colorado
J. D. Dayton
Daryl
Columbus
Dillon
Joe Hanley
Chautauqua
Hanley
Jon Hanleys
Clarence Baker
Davenport
Druse
Union
Ed Blattner
Sigourney
Boyer
Dayton
Blattner
Eugene OBrien Stars In The Last Door At The Fox
Eugene OBrien headlines The Last Door a fast moving Selznick Picture at the Fox Theatre this week. The one night story features a missing jewels chase a convict girl and a dramatic escape ending with a surprising twist. Carroll returns from South Africa joins a house party then helps the prisoner escape before a winter river chase.
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Selznick
Eugene O’brien
Fox Theatre
Somerset Carroll
South Africa
Hamilton Rogers
Carroll
T Carroll
Fifteen Year Old Cedar Rapids Boy Hardened Criminal
Cedar Rapids police report a 15 year old boy named George Geiger confessing to participation in a crime spree in June and July, including eight auto thefts, break ins, and petty thefts. He claimed travel along the coast and other ventures, will be sent to juvenile court for larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
George Geiger
Geiger
George
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Grand Island
Neb
Where Is Iowa's Money?
A Waterloo Times-Tribune piece argues Iowa banks liquidated an $8 million liability to the federal reserve bank in Chicago, funded by Iowa farmers, merchants, and business people. It urges Iowa to investigate money flows, invest at home, and strengthen state financial supervision to keep capital in-state and support local loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Federal Serve Bank of
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Towa
Rockwood
New York
East
New
Eas
United States
Substitute Deaths Reported Among Chinese Wealthy
In China some wealthy individuals reportedly hire others to die in their stead, with many fellows earning livelihoods as substitutes for the condemned. The passage notes the tolerance of such practices and the social dynamics surrounding capital punishment.
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China
Anothe
Mary Fo
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Eliza Roth
Silas Zehr
Mansing
J. C. Roth
Mr. Zehr
Hattie Frey
Myrtle Zehr
Kitty Neffen
Hirshey
Eva Zihlman
Ellis Shoating
John
Marth Crank
Lucille Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
Burlington
Joe Mast
Joe Conrad
Pulaski
Willis Wood
Ottumwa
Edd Krabill
Emerson
Rochester
Minn
Krabill
Mayo Bros. Hospital
Opera Festival
Eugene O'Brien
the Fox
Gardite
Bruns Seed Store
Sam
Rastus
Waterloo Times-Tribune
Lockwood
Jowans
McElhinney Drug CO
Ane
the Fliers Cay
Liggett & Myv&xr3s Tobacco Co
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