Ainsworth Approves Iowa Illinois Telephone Franchises
Notice of a special election in Ainsworth Iowa set for September 4 1928 to decide on an ordinance granting Iowa Illinois Telephone Company its successors and assigns a 25 year franchise to erect operate and own a telephone exchange and lines in the town. The measure details rights duties street interference and city police power. The franchise requires voter approval and company payment of publication and election costs.
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Ainsworth
Iowa
Lowa-L Illinois Telephone Company
Washington County
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Company
State of
Evening Journal
Washington
E. J. Richards
Dayton Grove Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Clarence Johnson and family were Muscatine visitors Sunday. Harry Anderson and wife picnicked in Sunset Park. Roy Finke hosted relatives at Walter Leet’s. Walter Bauer's family visited Roy Gardner’s. Mrs. Bruce Moore spent Sunday with kin at Pleasant Plain. Fred Sprague and Mollie Tierney visited Mrs. Henry Bowes. Wilma Leet tutored a schoolmate, Reva Coakley. Will Embree hosted friends for dinner honoring Mrs. I E Coffey and guests from New Albany Indiana. Henry Bowes and family planned a weekend in Moline Illinois. Threshing concluded after delays. some will attend the state fair.
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Clarence Johnson
Muscatine
Harry Anderson
Sunset Park
Roy Finke
Walter Leet
Walter Bauer
Frederick
Roy Gardner
Bruce Moore
Pleasant Plain
Fred Sprague
Mollie Tierney
Henry Bowes
Wilma Leet
Reva Coakley
Will Embree
I. E. Coffey
West Chester
Knipe
New Albany
Indiana
Moline
Ill
Dorothy
Wilma
Betty Leet
Marjorie
Lorainne Martin
J. A. Walker
Lyle Moore
J. B. Moore
Washington
Rev Allen Jay Attends Iowa Yearly Meeting
Rubio L G Johnson reports Rev Allen Jay has gone to Oskaloosa for Iowa yearly meeting. A Friday program by the Kerrigan sisters drew a large crowd followed by an ice cream social. Des Moines visitors H B Butler and daughter vacationing a week, joined by J B Johnson and a daughter to Louisiana Missouri. Visitors toured Mark Twain cave Hannibal Missouri and Keokuk dam. Local sickness includes F M Strickland Wesley Hollingsworth Mrs S F and Mrs Herbert Blakley. Mrs Nannie Myers attended church Sunday. Miss Phylis Waggoner of West Chester visited relatives last week.
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Rubio
Allen Jay
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Hannibal Mo
Keokux Dam
F. M. ‘Strickland
Wesley Hollingsworth
S. F
Herbert Blakley
Nannie Myers
Phylis Waggoner
West ‘Chester
Hoover Plans to Curb Waste In Government If He's Elected
Hoover pledges a nationwide government reorganization plan to cut waste and consolidate functions. He cites past reforms in Commerce and Interior and argues for central supervision, merit based staffing, and a restrained cabinet expansion to streamline federal operations.
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Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Commerce and Interior
Republican National Committee
Commerce Department
Commerce and Interior Departments
Coolidge
Congress
Department of Commerce
National Press Club
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Interior
Veterans' Bureau
The
Shipping Board
Patent Office
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Mr. Hoover
Legislative
Rose of the Golden West at Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre screens Rose of the Golden West a George Fitzmaurice First National romance based on the California quest era. Gilbert Roland stars as a fiery Spanish youth opposite Mary Astor the starry senorita with Montague Love Gustav von Seyffertitz and Flora Finch in supporting roles. The film dramatizes romance and international intrigue during California’s early history.
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United States of California
Golden West
Fox Theatre
George Fitzmaurice
First National Pictures
Gilbert Roland
Mary Astor
California
Infant Dennis Brenneman Obituary From Keota Iowa
Dennis Matthew Brenneman born May 29 1928 in Keota Iowa died August 23 192s at 12 weeks 2 days. Survived by parents four grandparents and many relatives. Funeral at Wellman Methodist Church burial Deer Creek Cemetery officiated by Rev Arms and Rev Gingerich. Irene McGraw Brenneman a former local. Poem lines quoted as part of the obituary.
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Dennis Matthew
Elmus’ Brenneman
Keota
Iowa
A. M. McGraw
J. C. Brenneman
Kalona
Methodist
Wellman
Deer Creek
Arms
Gingerich
Daytonville Church
Brenneman
Irene McGraw
Ainsworth
Suffrage Leaders Violent in France Storm Palace Gates
Ten world leaders of the women's equal rights movement stormed the gates of the presidential palace at Rambouillet demanding a treaty linking universal women's rights to the Kelloes peace pact. They were arrested and taken to the police station. five were released after lunch, five remained in custody with Miss Doris Stevens among them.
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Rambouillet
France
Kelloes
Doumergue
Doris Stevens
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Harriet Pickering
Loring Pickering
San Francisco
Betty Gram Swing
Raymond Gram Swing
London
Philadelphia Ledger
New York Evening Post
Miss Stevens
Paris
Appeal to Iowa Women for Smith Support
Dr. J. W. Reynolds, Democratic national committeeman, urged Iowa women to back Governor Alfred E. Smith in Creston. Reynolds credited Smith with actions by the New York assembly to aid women and children.
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Creston
Iowa
Alfred E. Smith
J. W. Reynolds
Smith
Reynolds
New York Assembly
Drowning in Mississippi Near Burlington Claims 20-Year-Old
George Luccenoil, 20, of Mediapolis, drowned Saturday afternoon in the Mississippi River near Burlington Iowa. The incident occurred near the riverbank with rescue efforts unsuccessful.
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Burlington
George Luccenoil
Mississippi River
Here
Mediapolis
Drake student to receive large Liberia estate
Des Moines report says James M. Houston, a Drake university law student, learned he will receive $800,000 from his uncle Richard Houston of Monrovia Liberia. He planned to return to Liberia to check the estate before resuming studies.
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Des Moines
James M. Houston
Drake University
Richard Houston
Monrovia
Liberia
Houston
Drake
Oatshutlers Plant to Move From Marshalltown
Announcement states the Roscoe Hiller company will relocate its oatshutlers plant from Marshalltown to Fort Dodge next month. The firm serves the milling trade.
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Marshalltown
Roscoe Hiller Company
Fort Dodge
Largest marble monolith sent to Mussolini for Rome stadium
The 400 ton monolith, 18 feet wide and 6 feet high, was quarried at Cararra and extracted for the new Fascist stadium at the Farnesina near Rome.
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Cararra
Mussolini
Farnesina
Rome
Maiden Flintshire postwoman claims 270000 miles walked
Miss Mary Clay, a Flintshire septuagenarian who just retired after 40 years as an auxiliary postman says she walked about 270000 miles delivering letters. She maintains the distance was traveled in ten years of service in the county.
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Flint
Wayles
Mary Clay
Flintshire
Tattoos brighten beauty with facial spots in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 29, Prof. George Pennell, noted expert with electric tattooing, discusses permanent beauty spots for women as an advanced step in cosmetic enhancement. He claims many women seek indelible facial marks to improve appearance and charm.
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New Orleans
Lady
George Pennell
Jefferson and Henry letters published from Virginia governors
Official letters of Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry written during their Virginia governorships appear in a new book edited by Dr. H. R. McIlwaine, Virginia state librarian. The publication preserves their correspondence and provides historical context for readers today.
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Defferson Petters
Richmond
Thomas Jefferon
Patrick Henry
Virginia
H.R. McIlwaine
Man departs Muscatine after week visit with Chance family
Dale Arnold left for his home in Muscatine this morning following a week stay with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Earl Chance. The visiting relatives hosted him during his stay.
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Dale Arnold
Muscatine
Mrs
Earl Chance
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