Local News Briefs From Wellman Community Circulation
Miss Josephine Bailey returns home from Iowa City after summer school. Miss Marie Jackson heads home near Kalona for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. McKay move from East Main to East Washington. Rev and Mrs Hebner of Crawfordsville vacationing with relatives at Blandinsville. Glen Zaring family en route from Deerwood to Kankakee. Lena Stewart visited at Coffey home. Una Ayers of New York City visits Wellman relatives then plans to move to Seattle. Charles Brown and daughters attended Wellman celebration. A E Atchison drives Mary Marsh and Mary Elizabeth to Chicago for a visit and fair week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bailey
Iowa City
University
Marie Jackson
Kalona
I. Rothschild
M. A. McKay
East Main Street
East Washington Street
E. S. Hebner
Crawfordsville
Blandinsville
Glen Zaring
Deerwood
Minn
Kankakee
Lena Stewart
Coffey
Wellman
Una Ayers
New York City
Charles Brown
Iowa Avenue
Seattle
Wash
Hilda
Mildred
Brown
A. E. Atchison
Mary Marshall
Los Angeles
Mary Elizabeth
Chicago
Local health notes and family visits from Washington county
Mrs Delbert Bailey was discharged from Washington county hospital after a brief stay for medical care. Evelyn Givans of northeast Washington visits her aunt Mrs A Beller and will stay until Saturday. Douglas Eastwood had a minor operation yesterday in a local doctor's office and is at home recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Bailey
Washington County Hospital
Evelyn Givans
Washington
A. Beller
Douglas Eastwood
Booster club picnic at Walker home draws sixty
The Booster club picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. L Joyd Walker drew about 60 attendees including members and families. Guests enjoyed lawn seating, after supper conversations, and a horseshoes game while ladies visited and men played. The next meeting is scheduled for September 12 with Mrs. Herman Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster Club
Wellman Social Round Led by Visitors and World’s Fair
Wellman residents host family and friends from Agency Iowa Grinnell Ainsworth Anaheim Calif Chicago and Des Moines after a weekend at the World’s Fair and Century of Progress Chicago. The Baptist church World Wide Guild meets to begin White Cross work and discuss salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Wide Guild
The
Missionary Society
Burma
Dewey
Bible School
Bubjeet
Saul
Jesse James
P. U. Tople
America March and Popular Overtures Highlighted
A compact program features Americas March popular overtures including Sky Pilot Farewell to Arms and In C Sharp Minor plus All American Girl Idyll Glow Worm and works by Fillmore Laurens Rachmaninott Lineche Bleakley Barnara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glow Worm
Visitors and Auctions Highlight Iowa Town Notes
Mrs Omer CC Boshart and Mrs Lyle Zehr of Wayland visited yesterday while Dr and Mrs R Glenn Whitmer of Oak Park Illinois looked up old friends who once taught at Washington High from 1915 to 1918. Auctioneer D F Macon of Washington Iowa is listed. The Vinz family from Illinois spent time here between trips to Peoria and Chicago and camps at Starved Rock State Park, with church visits noted. A special song service with hymns slides and pantomime is announced by Leader Mrs Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer CC. Boshart
Lyle Zehr
Wayland
R. Glenn Whitmer
Oak Park
Washington High School
Fairfield
Oskaloosa
D. F. Macon
Washington
Iowa
Red
A. A. Vinz
Marjorie
Warren
Peoria
Vinz
Chicago
Starved Rock State Park
Illinois
L. H Broeder
Ving
Albany Park
Reading
Growth Rays Questioned by British Scientist
Prof A M Low states growth stimulating rays have not been proved but evidence grows. He notes mitogenetic rays may affect life and cites experiments showing an onion root emits something that could boost another onion root's cell growth. He adds the effect persists with quartz between roots and is not impeded by water, only thick glass or gelatin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Low
London
United Press
Low
Scientific Weekly
Armchair Science
Olive as symbol of wealth and peace in sacred uses
The olive wood is praised for strength and finish and used in Solomon's temple for cherubs pillars and doors. The olive also symbolizes prosperity and peace dating back to Noah. Sacred scriptures reference only olive oil though minerals were known in the Jordan valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Temple
Holy Land
Jordan Valley
Dyeing Living Trees With Aniline Dyes Aids Sap Study
Scientists have dyed living trees with aniline dyes for over 20 years to study sap flow. Injection methods have varied and some efforts attempted commercial scale. Birch, beech, and maple sapwood are the focus, but achieving uniform color is hard, leading to products like colored wood buttons and umbrella handles.
Goethe as World Poet and Translator Pioneer
William Lyon Phelps notes Goethe as a premier poet and author of the German novel Wilhelm Meister. He highlights Carlyle’s early translation as a landmark, praising Carlyle’s honesty industry conscience and literary talent in rendering German works for English readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethe
William Meister
Thomas Carlyle
Carlile
t.—William Lyon Phelps
Helium Facts from Early 20th Century Observations
Astronomers and physicians describe helium as an inert gas found in the sun and later isolated on Earth. It is ultra light and escapes Earth's gravity, nonflammable, nonexplosive, and present at about four parts per million in the atmosphere. It resists chemical combination and forms from radium disintegration occurring in rocks and minerals.
Changes in Letter 5 and the long s to round s shift
The transition from the long s to the round s began around the American Revolution. John Bell of London is believed to have first discarded the long s about 1775, and by 1786 Benjamin Franklin noted the round s was used and the long s rejected entirely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bell
London
Benjamin Franklin
Conrad Reunion At Wayland Park Draws 250 Attendees
In Wayland Park on Thursday the Conrad reunion drew more than 250 attendees from across several states. The day featured a basket dinner, a program with solos and readings, a addressing of resolutions, and officers elected for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Wayland Park
Wayland
Peter Rich
Joe
Emporia Kans
Adolph Prehiem
Irene
Marilyn
Marion
S. D
E Cc. Eicher
Betty
Washington
Clyde Adams
Dan Klopfenstein
Noah Wittmer
Mt Pleasant
Clinton Prebiem
Hurley
Austin Snell
William
Sperry
Iowa
Areta
Gladys Snell
Atalissa
Clarence Hesseltine
Tama
F. J. Conrad
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Bellew
Virginia
Verona
Decatur
Dave Witting
John
Eileen
el Monte
Calif
Clair Widmer
Corvallis
Ore
James Marshall
Near Winfield
Charles Adams
Yarmouth
Iicers
Pres
F. G. Mien
Eice
Wa Wrcher
Hannah Graber
David Graber
Emery Kigsti
Jacob Roth
K. Sehantz
Ben Eicher
Jesse Davies
Edd Wittiig
J. H. Wittmer
Jacob Boshart
Noah Leichty
A. B. Magdetrau
Ezra Wittmer
EB. G. Rittler
Edd Witting
Jesse Icher
Henry Graber
Irvin Boshart
Social Visit Roundup from Davenport to Ames
Mr and Mrs Z Hinshaw and cousin Wilan Zear were in Davenport Wednesday afternoon. Rev and Mrs 8S F Wenger of Crawfordville were in Washington yesterday. Mr and Mrs Albert Simpson and family spent the day at Ames yesterday and took Mrs Ray Simpson home after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Cc Rh Wilsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. Hinshaw
Wilan Zear
Davenport
F. Wenger
Crawfordville
Washington
Albert Simpson
Ames
Ray Simpson
Cc. Rh. Wilsen
Kepler Family Visitor and Webster School Appointment
Miss Sadie Reif of West Chester visits with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Alva M Kepler. Archie Kepler has accepted the superintendent of schools position at Webster Iowa and gone there with Mrs Kepler to locate for the next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Reif
West Chester
Alva M. Kepler
Archie Kepler
Webster
Iowa
Kepler
Copenhagen Harbor Lies at City Heart
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is noted for its harbor lying in the heart of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Local Families Visit and Fresh Catches Highlight Ainsworth News
Mr Harvey Barnes and family dined with Rev 8S F Sharpe and relatives at Ainsworth. Dr Hender D C office hours and Mrs William Nelson of Hastings depart after visiting McElhinney family. Roy Meany shows a 16 pound yellow catfish from The Elms. Rev Bruce Riley and Timbert Yaw visit Dr F C Witzigman’s home. Burke McCreedy of Ainsworth transacts business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Barnes
J. A. Barnes
Clara
F. Sharpe
Ainsworth
Barnes
Sharpe
Hender D. C
William Nelson
Hastings
Nebr
T. J. McElhinney
J. S. McElhinney
Julia
Fairfield
Robert Genkinger
Mair
Ciffago
Herman Genkinger
Waukegan
Roy Meany
Elms
Journal
Bruce T. Riley
West Newbury
Mass
Bert Yaw
Sitka
Alaska
F.C. Witzigman
Riley
Robert
Fart Draper
Harrisonville
Hattie Mayhew
Etta McCall
Missouri
George Calvin
Sadie
Amy Pyle
Russell
Iowa
Harry McCall
Edith Merredith
Sigourney
Charles Thomas
Eugene
Barbara Cuddy
Carence School
Burke McCreedy
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Paramount _ Picture
Hollywood
Bill Boyd
Dorothy Wilson
Rosco Ates
FOX
Phillins & Hebner
West Side Druggists
Washington State Bank
Washington, Iowa
Howard Benn
Little Son
Gh O. L. McDantel Dringyeist
Wardrobe Cleaners
S.W. Corner Square
Wellman Corneile HW Traden
Raymond Kos
Lauraine
Cha Scranton
Agency
Joe Shalla
Near Wellman
Frank
Dorothy
Leona
Helen Kos
Jesse Saforek
Anaheim
Jesse
Tom Moore
Grinnell
Earle Weldlein
Messinger
Chas
Ind
Jones
Margaret
Coleman
C. C. Gardner
Myrtle Simmerman
Century of Progress
Simmerman
Gardner
Marcella Flanders
Hoyt Gardner
Marion Pence
Delbert Wilson
Pauline Hicks
Des Moines
Dorothy Cromwell
Mt. Pleasant
Delbert Troutman
Joan Troutman
Don Brindley
Longwell
Ezra Gardner
Frances Theodora Moore
Northwestern University
T. C. Kennedy
Wherle Boys
Wayne
Milton
Leonard
Glenwood Gingerich
Walter Ahrens
Hedrick
Benteco
Vic Oectjen
Washington Baptist Church
W.D. Hanna and Company
Harlow
Jean
Jean Harlow
Man
Stuart Erwin
Washington Municipal Band
Milburn A. McKay
America
Sky Pilot
Part
Lancers
Buffalo
Star Spaneed
Fillmore
Laurens
Rachmaninott
Bleakley
Barnara
Seredy
Goethe and Carlyle
the Pioneer Yard
Washington Lumber & Fuel Company
M. C. DeLong, Mgr
Washington Cleaners
Wish Long
South Side Square
Wenger
Emery Eigsti
Inez Slaughter
Jimmy Nevel
Atte Bnockiey
Allen Meyer
Orea, Noan
Aaron Leienty
Woruciy
Ada Kelly Wittmer
L. Graber
Lydia Ziegier
Garden City
Kans
Jacob Kauffman
Walla Walla
Crete
Loutenancy
Squibb's
John Shields & Sons
Glendora
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