News From Wellston and Vicinity Aug 28 Update
Correspondents report social visits and local events around Wellston including gatherings at Brighton Washinton and Prairie Flower. Families such as McClellands Brinnings Heil Wards and Wentworths are noted for Sunday visits and a Martha Mayer reception for her son and bride Mrs. W. Moore hosts and Fair Week notices appear as the state fair approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
J. W. McClelland
Dave Wentworth
Brighton
Andy Brinning
C. H. Brinning
Edgar Meyer
Washington
George
Charley Brush
Wallace Darnell
G. Heil
Martha Mayer
Homer
JW. McClelland
W. H. Brinning
Hy Luers
Chautauqua
Bert Booth
Will Moore
Wellman Wellman News Briefs From Clark and Main
Aug 29 notes movers Adams and son occupy new Clark and Main street building. Eardley Bell Jr visits Williamsburg. chautauqua praised though not profitable. Mrs. Albert Topping improves after illness and attends Little Greek picnic. Central Life Insurance rents Bell rooms. Maney and Bishop to use repainted spaces. Two hundred attend Little Creek picnic. Wellman Band plays. Catholic ladies serve chicken dinner. Rain dampens ball game crowd. Iowa City and Keota play. The Greaf party tours Missouri to Wisconsin, two weeks in all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
T. D. Adams
Chicago
Albert Topping
Washington
Stafford
Muscatine
M. and
D. Road
Centeral Life Insurance Company
Eardley Bell, Jr
J. R. Maney
George Bishop
Little Creek
Iowa City
Keota
Wm. Emde
Hugh Greaf
Burrel Mackey
Mr. Greaf
Missouri
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Valley Valley Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Valley Valley August social notes report visits and calls across families. Mrs. Levi Bales and two daughters stayed with Guy Blacks. the Sheetz and Long families visited Sigourney. Morgan children of Rubio visited their aunt Mrs Clair Augustine. Delpha Back assists Mr Jim Moberteen. Geo Frank called at A R Conrad's. Betty Hollingsworth from Washington visited Hollingsworths. several residents worked on a cement walk for BF lL Breitenbach. newlyweds Homer Mayer celebrated with congratulations and will reside on Sams farm southeast of Valley. Otto and Clark Pfeifer along with Ralph Derby Bill Hafferty visited Strourney. multiple families spent Sunday at E L Breitenbrach's and visited C L Wallace. Wallace sisters returned from North English after visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bower
Emall
Walter Mayer
Geo. Breitenbrach
Dortha Martin
E. L. Breitenbrach
Henry Butler
Ollie
C. L. Wallace
Gertrude
Louise
Addie Wallace
Frie
Local residents attend state fair and church events
Clay Aug 29. Among those from here at the state fair are Mr and Mrs Warren Morgan Mr and Mrs Harry Hamilton Mr and Mrs C D Robinson and family Carroll Morgan. The Fairfield colored jubilee singers will perform at Clay church Tuesday evening. Rev Ross Mill and son Milo of near Newton IA and Mr Jess Spry of Martinsburg attended church Sunday. Miss Gertrude Reed returned from a summer vacation with relatives at Deep River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Warren Morgan
Harry Hamilton
C. D. Robinson
Carroll Morgan
Colored Jubilee Singers
Fairfield
Clay Church
Ross Mill
Milo
Newton
Jess Spry
Martinsburg
Gertrude Reed
Deep River
Cloverleaf Reunion at Fort Snelling Honors Dead Buddies
Major General William Weigel invites veterans of the 38th Division to Fort Snelling for a three day Cloverleaf Reunion September 1 to 3. Attendees will include regimental guests, governors, and military officials with parades, memorial services, and an athletic program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Snelling
ST. Paul
Minn
38Th
Minnesota
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
The
Dakotas
Montana
William Weigel
France
Weigel
Governor's Island
N. Y
Des Moines
L. R. Fairall
Division
Charley Briggs
Cloverleaf Association
Twin City
Cloverleaf
Major Weigel
Martin Wade
Collins
Gopher Gunners
Rainbow Division
Alpha H. Kenna
Lafayette
Ind
Pistol Inn Reopens as Union League Club for Boys
Chicago based Pistol Inn once the wildest dance hall now renamed the Union League Club a boys club with street gaming across 11 nationalities. A drama league presents Shakespeare plays with all roles sung by boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pistol Inn
Chicago
Middle West
Judge Landis
Union League Club
Drama League
Fires in Minnesota peat bogs reveal winter smoulder
Fires buried under snow during winter smoulder through spring. Smoke seeps through crevices in the baked soil, signaling ongoing burnings in the peat bogs of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Chiggers May Be Repelled by Sulphur Use
Bulletin 986 from the Department of Agriculture reports chiggers bite after attaching under the skin and advises wearing tight clothing, using sulphur dust on legs and stockings, and treating exposed skin with soap and light oils. For lawns, keep grass short to reduce chiggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department Bulletin
H. E. Ewing
United States Department of Agriculture
American cows gain milk output over fifty years
Washington reports from the Department of Agriculture that the average U S cow produced 1 771 pounds of milk in 1870 and 2 622 pounds in 1921, an increase of 53 percent. The figures reflect milk sold, not home use, and credit improved stock feed and dairy methods to education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Statistical Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Stork Delivers Rare Animals to Gollmar Bros and Yankee Robinson Circus
The winter quarters report seven lions six pumas three tigers seven leopards and other animals born this year creating a vivid juvenile section. The camel Aleazir, named after a Montgomery shrine, is an honorary Rotary member and will perform in upcoming shows in the circus tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Gollmar Bros
Yankee Robinson
Yankee Robinson Circus
Montgomery
Ala
Shriners
Aleazir
Shrine Lodge
Rotary Club
Two-cent stamps encircle globe says recent bulletin
Washington bulletin notes American two-cent stamps now cover a vast cruising radius. Haiti Bermuda and other points extend reach north to Cape Columbia and south to Patagonia. Europe Asia and Pacific regions see mixed rates with two cents most places, five cents elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Washington, D. C
Haiti
Bermuda
Sabetin
Wahington
Dpdc
National Geographic Society
Cape Columbia
Grand Land
Canada
Patagonia
Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Fuego
Cape Horn
Chile
New Zealand
Samoa
U. S. Postage Agency
Shanghai
China
U. S. Naval Hospital
Yokohama
Japan
North Africa
Central America
West Indies
South American
Venzuela
Paraguay
Uruguay
Dutch
French Guiana
Europe
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Asia
Cook Islands
Alaska
Canal Zone
Guam
Phillipines
Porto Rico
American Samoa
American Virgin Islands
Was a Cool Judge of Liquor
A man recalls years of heavy drinking causing stomach trouble and chronic illness. He credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with restoring his health, claiming it removes mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract. One dose proves it, money-back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists advertise nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Lemmon’s
Universal Postal Union Convenes Amid Civilizing Mission Theme
The piece notes the UPU's 1920 Madrid meeting as the first since 1906 Rome with heavy involvement from Germany and the United States. It credits UPU success to prior Paris initiative and the Austro-German Postal Union, enabling a two-cent stamp to reach distant continents and islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Postal Union
Herne
United States
Madrid
Universa Postal Union
Rome
Germany
Allemagne
United States of America
America
Paris
Postal Union
Austro-German Postal Union
Dick the newspaper horse keeps Joplin route
For sixteen years Dick has pulled a carrier cart on a Joplin Globe route through east Joplin Kansas. Carriers come and go but Dick remains with the route, changing hands several times during his newspaper career. Buyers insist the horse be included in the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Globe
East Joplin
Kansas
Dick’s Route Keeps Globe Deliveries Steady and Precise
The article notes Dick’s almost human route intelligence guiding a mail horse delivering the Globe. With over 600 subscribers on a six mile route, the horse covers about 38 000 miles, twice the earth’s circumference. Since starting, the horse has never missed a morning, and the master foresees many more years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hing
Australian land openings and irrigation projects reported
Australia opens millions of acres for settlement Victoria plans 1 256 000 acres in the northwest while Queensland offers 1 000 000 acres of crown land and builds the Dawdon River irrigation works. Rail extensions promise 600 farms. Meanwhile dunes north of Winnemucca Nevada drift eastward burying telegraph poles and forcing splices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auastralia
Victoria
Queensland
Daweon River
Winnemucca
Nevada
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Arthur Wiley
Prairie Flower
Heil
Elmer Heil
Dublin
W. HU. Brinning
Martha Mieksh
Mary Brinning
Charlie Wolf End
Harry Wentworth
Mrs. Booth
W. P Moore
Mr. Great
Denver
Harry England
Hugh Great
Immett White
Lone Tree
Ben White
Lexington
Journal
Washington County
N. Clark ST
Madison Se
American Cows
Lt. S. Development
Andes
Post
Dick” Job
Mr Bert Houston
Jim
Silvertown Cord Tire
Silvertown
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Ford
Maxwell
Chevrolet
Willys Overland
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron, Ohio
Benteco
NAVY
Sac
Sack
Ampbell
Lux
Jersey
Benteco Kash Store
Hershey Cocca
Eagle
Lewis Lye
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