Property sale to settle estate near Button Factory
Cress property block west of the Button Factory will be sold Saturday August 30 at 2 pm to settle an estate. Mrs H H Payne returned home Tuesday evening after a successful Mercy hospital operation in Iowa City and is recovering nicely. Doris Benn of Richland visited.T
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cress
Button Factory
H. H. Payne
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Doris Benn
Richland
T. R. Benn
West Chester school notices and local visits
West Chester announces that the school superintendent will be at the school house Friday at 1 30 p m and Saturday morning at 9 a m for student enrollment. Edna Caldwell has joined the junior high as stenographer. Mr and Mrs George Randall and daughter Geraldine from Sigourney visited F P Randall and family here last evening.
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West Chester
F. M. Lindenmeyer
West Chester Consolidated School
Edna Caldwell
Washington High School
George Randall
Geraldine
Sigourney
F. P. Randall
Tall Corn Promises Yield at Jacob Lambert Farm
Mrs. Elmer McFadden notes a promising corn crop with tall stalks and big ears. Jacob Lambert showed an eleven inch long ear and seven inch circumference, still growing at harvest. Lambert expects a large yield. Kaynee Blouses are recommended for boys school wear for durability and color retention. Klein Klothing Ko.
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Klein Klothing Ko
Enraged Jud Tunkins criticizes nun over carry of firewood
Enraged humorist Jud Tunkins quips that a nun with a chip on her shoulder cannot be trusted to help by carrying a usable stick of firewood, mocking reliability in a light column noted by the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
New Roofs and Local Notices in Des Moines Area
A dump of small town items notes home improvements from a builder White Yard Co and aggressive ad for roofing. Several travel snippets include Lorene Jones leaving for Cedar Rapids and visits by Mrs J W Grimstead and Russell of Davenport. Occasional sales and reunions highlight community life with estate sale at the Cress property and Benson reunion attendees from Spokane.
Rollins Hose Ad Mentions Illinois Visit
John Waymack travels to Ma comb Illinois to visit friends today. COAL prices to rise later. place orders now to cut heating costs. Marion McLaughlin, Helen Beal and Myrtle Boice spent last weekend in Cedar Rapids at a house party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Waymack
Macomb
Illinois
White Yard CO
Marion McLaughlin
Helen Beal
Myrtle Boice
Cedar Rapids
Local notices from Crawfordsville social round up
The column lists visits and travels of residents and visitors such as Mr and Mrs William Beal and family to Crawfordsville Mrs J D Wilson from Woodburn Oregon and Mrs A Twinam host to visiting Ferguson family members from Memphis Tennessee. It notes Miss Dorothy Latta plans to teach in Athens Georgia and study Latin in Rome next year along with other local movements and shop notices.
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M. EB. Latta
Detroit
Mich
Dorothy Latta
Washington
Athens
South
W. F. Ferguson
Memphis
Tennessee
A.twinam
Crawfordsville
Ferexuson
Cal's Lament Satirical Debt Refrain From Cal
Cal jokes about timing debtors and creditors to suit his business, imagining a day when he might go out of business as he contemplates financial pressure and persistence. Good Hardware notes the wry remark.
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Cal
Local Briefs and Ads Mention Travel Visits and Sales
Mr and Mrs I KE Green depart for St Paul Minnesota to visit their son Allan and attend the fair. Mr and Mrs W F Bickel return from Garner Iowa after visiting relatives. Hemstitching offered at Westphals. Jack and Loretta Walker visit West Chester this morning. A large stock of knickers available for school outfits. Klein Klothing notes Major Latta and wife plan to move from Detroit to the western coast. Latta resigns from a Detroit insurance firm. Flapper bonnets of leather for basketball players sold at Toomans. Mr and Mrs E V Simons return from Des Moines after attending the state fair and hear of Mrs Simons brother-in-law R S Williams death in Creston. Williams formerly lived in Crawfordsville. father of the late Rev J M Williams. Williams buried May 30. New dog harnesses arriving today at Toomans.
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Mrs. I. KE. Green
St. Paul
Minnesota
Allan
Major Latta
Detroit
E. V. Simons
Des Moines
Crawfordsville
J. M. Williams
Boone
Griffith Brothers Sell Prize Steers at Chicago Auction
The Griffith brothers Robert and Edwin offered four Washington county prize Angus steers at Union Stock Yards Chicago on the 26th. Averaging 11.75 a hundred, the 1050 pound steer sold to Swift for 12.25 a hundred and won first prize at a local stock fair. The Drovers Journal praised the lot as high quality and in fine condition amid 53 calves from five Iowa counties.
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Drovers Journal
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Washington County
Robert
Edwin Griffith
Jann FE. Griffith
Robert Griffith
Swift
Griffith Brothers
Iowa
Judge Takes Franks Case and Death Penalty Noted
Contained in this issue is coverage of the Franks case with references to the bird life expert status, a May 29 release, the Leopold and Loeb arrest and identification of spectacles, their May 31 confession, June 6 grand jury indictment for murder and kidnapping, June 11 arraignment with no bail, and July 21 plea change to guilty and court consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Richard Loeb
Albert Loeb
Sears-Roepuck
Leopold
Loeb
Cook County
Illinois
John R Caverly
Motice
Criminal Court of
Prehistoric Wonders at Thorn Lake Draws Investigation
In eastern Oregon Thorn Lake is believed to harbor a prehistoric city beneath its depths. Walla walls rise in geometric precision bisecting the lake bed as experts launch inquiry to determine if formations are natural or man made from ancient times.
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Thorn Lake
Oregon
Walla
Removing Ceiling Stains with Alcohol-Based Powder
A Popular Science Monthly note suggests treating ceiling stains with a mixture of unslaked lime dissolved in alcohol. Shake until it crumbles into a fine powder and brush onto the spots. When dry, paint over the treated area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Walnut Not English The Persian Walnut Use Across Regions
The mut known as the Magfish wal nut is the fruit of the Persian or Cir cassian walnut tree. The name English walnut is applied to it in the United States. While the tree is native of Persia and the Himalayas, it is cultivated in many countries, particularly in southern Europe and in California.
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United States
Persia
Himalayas
Europe
California
Oldtimer Reflects on Child Manners and Psychology
The article quotes an elderly observer noting that earlier generations taught children better manners while parents knew less about psychology, contrasting old values with modern childrearing.
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Oldtimer Speaks
Poluth Herald
Legal hearing on crime evidence begins July 23
The state presents evidence on the nature of the crime while the defense offers testimony in mitigation of punishment. The formal hearing started before Judge Cavertly on July 23.
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Cavertly
Also Mentioned on This Page
FOX
Shirley Mason
Buck Jones
Fred Thomson
Nevada
Milo Wenger
Messrs
A. E. Atchison
Thomp Brookhart, James
McElhinney Drug Co
Alvina Greiner
Haskins
Boyd
D. F. Macon
Rollins
Lorene Jones
J. W. Grimstead
Russell of
Davenport
Mrs. Grinstead
W. A. Santell
American Pearl Button Co
G. W. Hay
Esther Lay
Burlington
Ira Bowman
Faye Sutton
Desa Moines
Miss Sutton
Mrs. Bowman
George Askea
Grace
Verna
Nelly
Oskaloosa
Myrtle
Evelyn Tolander
Winga
Lady Constance
Lemmon'’s Jewelry Store
H. W. Russell
Belknap
Ruth Collar
Sioux Rapids
C. A. Hicks
Carleton
Hallie
Kurt
Charleston
West Virginia
O. P. Hicks
Bushnell Illinois
Edward
Tresa Quinn
Harper
Edna Collar
Greenville
Mrs. M.D. Yard
Crawfrdsville
Helen Wood
Kentucky
Banks of
Washington Natl
Bank Commercial Bank Loan & Trust Co
Bert Laughlin
Spokane
Benson
Racheal Smith
Kansas City, Mo
George Benson
Rollins Hose
Lemmon's Jewelry Store
William Beal
D. A. McLaughlin
Northwood
Hubert Beal
Harold Jones
Brighton
Cloyee Beard of
Mrs
Eliza Beard
Besse Conger
Tooman’s
J. D. Wilson
Brunswick
Sonny
C. M. & F. Clothing Co
David N. Schaffer
Nicola & Harmon
Wilbur Needham
Publishgy
Main St
Evanston, Il
Westphal’s
W. F. Bickel
Garner
Jack
Loretta Walker
Tooman's
Washington Cleaners
Franks
John Shields & Sons
W. D. Loftiss
Smouse Garage
Clark & Ross
Certo
Sant
Ade
Baker
Airy Soap Ag
Richard Johnson
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