Brighton News Briefs Highlight Socials and School Opening
Brighton Iowa news notes report social farewells for local leaders Alex Clark and Miss Lillis Day at the Methodist church. Families travel to Des Moines and Davenport while bands visit. moving week ahead as school starts September 6 with a listed corps of teachers and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Mathias
Humbolt
Mary Wikoff
Clio
Warren Allen
Fairfax
W. A. Coffman
Davenport
Robert West
Methodist Church
Alex Clark
Lillis Day
Vidy Crile
Ralph Tracy
Ralph Frazey
Des Moines
168Th Infantry
Robert Richardson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Fragey
H. W. Helmick
LeRoy
Iowa
Columbia
Walter Fichtner
Albert Saunders
Dora Saunders
Edgar Wise
Lowell
Mary Pool
Mt. Pleasant
West
Ad McCarty
Henry Gordon
McCartys
Joe Keegans
Gordons
Jennie Frain
Keegans
Dave McNees
Story County Leads State in Consolidation Progress
In Nevada on August 28, about 70 percent of Story County’s area joins consolidated or independent districts with graded and high school access. Four consolidation projects aim to cover most of the remaining territory, while five consolidations have bonds voted and new buildings planned or under construction. Cities MecKannsburg Zearing Collins Huxley Milford township all seek new schools with bonds ranging from 95 000 to 125 000 dollars. construction awaits court decisions before starting any new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Story County
MecCaNsburg
Zearing
Collins
Huxley
Milford Township
Local visitors and social gatherings noted in Crawfordsville
Aug 28 Crawfordsville reports include John Davis visiting Washington and several relatives returning home. Helen Gormly visits Fiatfield while Dr J E Huston returns to Washington. Visitors include Mrs Homer Bill and Mr Lloyd Kennedy with children from Neponset and Carthage. Mr Fishburn travels with them. Frank Bentley and wife of Waterloo stay with Mrs J S McCleary before visiting Morning Sun. Mrs Clint Rhea and Mrs Sam Stites host a rock party with Mrs Clarence Young as guest of honor and a luncheon of ice cream cake and coffee followed by asters as favors.
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Crawfordsville
John Davis
Washington
Helen Gormly
Fiatfield
J. E. Huston
Homer Bill
Neponset
Lloyd Kennedy
Carthage
C. H. Fishburn
Mr. Fishburn
Frank Bentley
Waterloo
Stites
Clarence Young
Old Settler quips on loan bank amid trouble
The Old Settler jokes that so many wish to borrow trouble a bank could exist to serve them. The remark playfully imagines an enterprise to accommodate the abundance of trouble seekers.
Charles Ray Stars in The Egg Crate Wallop
Charles Ray headlines the Thomas H Ince production The Egg Crate Wallop a Paramount Artcraft release at the Fox Theatre Monday and Tuesday. A Western boy rises from crate juggling to sparring then lands a knockout that clears his name and wins his girl amid a realistic ring setting with De Will VanCourt as referee and teammates Al Kauffman Ray Kirkwood and Izzie Glasser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ray
Thomas H. Ince
Paramount Artcraft
Fox Theatre
Express
Pitt's Junction
De‘Will VanCourt
Jeffries
Corbett
al Kauffman
Ray Kirkwood
Izzie Glasser
State horseshoe tourney to crown 1920 champions at Iowa State Fair
Forty four top horseshoe players from twenty two counties arrive in Des Moines for the Iowa state fair tournament. James McKeon oversees play with eight courts set near the west bleachers. Prizes total 300 dollars plus a silver cup for the champions. top eight teams win cash prizes ranging from 100 to 15 dollars. Practice and prelim games run 9 to 12 as players qualify for a 21 game round robin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James McKeon
Thirtyfourth Street
Frank Jackson
Kellerton
Carroll
Ringgold County
Jackson
McKeon
Polk County Horseshoe Pitching Association
Shoplifter Children Reflect In Cedar Rapids Field Trial
Arthur Mochavec six and Louise Mochavec eleven were caught shoplifting in Cedar Rapids department stores. After a police report and search found candy stockings gloves and other small items, authorities released them to their mother in Iowa City and chose not to prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Cedar RaPids
Cedar
John Mochavec
Missouri Republicans Poised for Victory in Fall Election
Mrs. Frank Dodson, chairman of the Missouri women’s division, reports strong support for Harding and his platform. Speaking from Sedalia and Milwaukee, she notes broad approval in Missouri and growing dissatisfaction with the Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Missouri
Frank Dodson
Republican State Central Committee
Sedalia
Dodson
National Republican
Milwaukee
Connersville
Ind
Harding
Democratic Party
Fire aboard The Sea Rider scene tests nerves at Graham Theatre
Harry T. Morey and Webster Campbell endure flames smoke and icy water during a dramatic cabin scene on the Trenton in The Sea Rider filmed off Staten Island. Morey sustains a minor burn while rescuing Louiszeta Valentine as the vessel fills with gunpowder smoke.
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Harry T. Morey
Secon
Graham Theatre
Trenton
Morey
Captain Hardy
Villian
Webster Campbell
Louiszeta Valentine
Edwin Hollywood
Staten Island
The County Fair as a Clearing House of Education
The Osceola Herald describes the county fair as an educational clearing house for town and country residents. It promotes better farming and living through demonstrations of modern machinery, livestock, horticulture, and domestic science, fostering cooperation and practical knowledge for all.
Herring Makes A Somersault On Woman Suffrage
In Jesup Iowa on August 28 candidate Herring claimed joy that women will vote while opponent Kendall cited Herring’s 1916 anti suffrage stance. Kendall portrayed Herring as a recent convert and warned Iowa’s voters of a political flip flop amid 1920 suffrage debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herring
Jesup
Iowa
Nate Kendall
Kendall
General Assembly of
Tennessee
America
Nebraska
Iowa Association of Men
Commonwealth
Auto Breaks Family Ties In Waterloo Lawsuit
In Waterloo on July 24 a joyride accident led George Bowder of Texas to sue his sister Mrs. Lilly Stainbrook and three others for 1000 dollars. Bowder alleges Hazel Harrison borrowed his car for a trip to Waterloo and Cedar Falls, colliding with a horse and buggy. The crash damaged Bowder’s car and killed a horse, with injuries to passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
George Bowder
Texas
Lilly Stainbrook
Bowder
Hazel Harrison
Independence
Miss Harrison
Cedar Falls
Warren Chorpening
C. A. Cory
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Laura Riter
Blanche Irelan
Grace Garner
Mayme Lee Evans
Rhua Armstrong
Ruth Young
Story Couny
Star
Paramount
Stape Vate
Ington
Mere Babes
the County Fair
Oskaloosa
Gladwin, Iowa
de Gosney
Harmony
Missouri Experiment Station
Purina
Volhe
Bruns Seed Store
Washington National
Usl
Washington Battery & Electric Co
Washington Street
Washington, Iowa
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