Local News from Lexington Aug 30 Visitors and Trips
Warren Matthess and family visit relatives in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Mort Emde spend Sunday at the Chas Wahl home. John McCrabb and son Max attend the state fair in Des Moines. Albert Paul Walt Patterson John McCrabb Frank Wilson Geo Stagner and Jess Campbell families visit Amana colonies. Milo Stephens and George visit relatives at Richland.
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Lexington
Warren Matthess
Chicago
Mort Emde
Chas. Wahl
John McCrabb
Max
Des Moines
Albert Paul
Walt Patterson
Frank Wilson
Geo. Stagner
Jess Campbell
Amana
West Chester News Roundup of Trips and Local Events
Residents plan trips to Des Moines for camp and attendances noted for Marion Wells family Charlie Robert son Wayne Henck Walter Boyer and Threasa. Baptist annual picnic praised. School opens Sept 6. Guy Voorhees returns to hard work after army service. Des Moines ball game attendance and Iowa picnic memories. Carris family reunion at Des Moines fair. Charivari for Brumbach couple described as unusually loud.
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West Chester
Des Moines
Marion Wells
Charlie Robertson
Wayne Henck
Walter Boyer
Threasa
Kansas City
Kansas
Guy Voorhees
Guy
C. G. Voorhees
Los Angeles
Iowa
Ed Knmpps
Hattie Chilcote
Schumanns
Beatty
Frank Brind
Socials and family notes from Clay area
The report lists a church social on the lawn hosted by Mrs. Max Waterhouse. Families Fleig and Black spent Sunday with the Schaefer family near Brighton. Meeks and Woodford returned from the state fair. A funeral was held for Ben Meyers' baby in Wayland. Mrs. C B Morgan aids in Louisiana Mo. with her new grandson. A son Albert Lane was born to Mr and Mrs Warren Morgan on August 23. Ruth Morgan visited relatives in Memphis Glenwood and Lan- rest.
Coffin reunion and local notices in Center Ville area
The Coffin reunion was well attended and enjoyed at Harvey Coffin Jones home Friday. Several from a distance attended. Clay baseball beat Rubio's second team Saturday afternoon. A wrecked auto between here and Brighton drew curiosity as to how youths escaped injury. Della Neal of Washington caring for Mrs Warren Morgan and baby. Others list autos trips and farm work around Fairfield Coppock Des Moines and Ames.
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Caster
Adl Wso
Centerville
Iowa
Harvey Coffin Jones
Mr. Wegner
Ames
A. K. Horton
A. J. Morgan
Warren Morgan
Harry Hamilton
D. E. Hart
Wesley Hendricks
Bate
Rubio
Clay
Here
Brighton
Evelyn Turner
Fairfield
L. C. Johnson
Des Moines
Merlin Hesseltine and Sons
Clifford and
Richard
Coppock
Nira residents report property sale and travel updates
Nira resident N Nira Romine sold property to Arthur Burkett. Pete Adrian moved furniture to Keota for work with George Stewart. Myrtle Curl and Clifford Curl returned from a two week visit in southern Iowa. Wm Maske baling hay for Geo Barrett. Will Eitermiiler and wife returned from Kansas. Ralph Bull family visited Ottumwa relatives. Thelma Eckerman visiting Olive Moore. Will Jordan family from Letts spent weekend at Chas Rowe’s. Will Eckerman family attended Caldwell home reunion near Washington. John Dennison driving a new Dort.
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Wira Romine
Nira
Arthur Burkett
Pete Adrian
Keota
George Stewart
Myrtle
Clifford Curl
Iowa
Wm. Maske
Geo. Barrett
Will Eitermiiler
Kansas
Ralph Bull
Ottumwa
Thelma Eckerman
Notable Travels and Local News from Crawfordsville
J H and R E Lease traveled to Des Moines for the fair. Elwyn Davidson and family returned from Des Moines after several days there. Mrs James Hawthorne and Miss Margaret Hawthorne of Washington visited Crawfordsville. Bob and Miss Eliza Hanna returned to Coal Valley Ill after a visit with John Hanna. Mr Hanna was ill. Mrs Russell Harrison died at her Winfield home. she was known as Miss Mabel Jeffrey locally. L A Jones and children and Mrs C W Stewart of Washington visited the Manners home. Dave Johns and daughters Prudence and Mrs Harold White returned from Casey and Des Moines after a week with relatives.
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Crawfordsville
Merle Twinam
Farrel Young
W. G. Robertson
Des Moines
J. C. Wooley
Columbia
Missouri
W. K. Wooley
John Lease
Irene Holmes
Washington
Clarice Woodburn
Supt
M. L. Merritt
Agnes Oakley
Gertrude Scott
Margaret Whiten
Zelda Blake
Ruth Barnett
Leonard Graber
Bessie Bueby
Lois Davidson
James McFadden
J. H
R. E. Lease
Elwyn Davidson
E. J. Davidson
James Hawthorne
Margaret Hawthorne
Robert
Eliza Hanna
Coal Valley
Ill
John Hanna
Hanna
Russell Harrison
Winfield
Mabel Jeffrey
L. A. Jones
C. W. Stewaat
Manners Home
Dave Johns
Prudence
Harold White
Casey
Prairie Farm Deals and Community Notices
Charley Shalla buys Joe Wolf farm at 500 dollars per acre while Mick Dewey rents the Myers place for the coming season. Mr Myers plans retirement to Washington around December 1. Gerald Teeta joined a Bevine Motor Co. trip to Chicago to fetch new cars. Hazel Crull returns home from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Sixty head of cattle shipped to Chicago from W A Phillips farm. Threshing completes two rings with Earl Smith Co. averaging about 45 bushels oats per acre. Harold Duke adds a cattle barn and plans more improvements. Dave Benson hires help as he moves to Washington. Mildred and Bessie finish high school. Mrs Lon Morrow dies, remembered for Christ-like life and community respect. Church schedule lists Bible school, worship, YYU, and prayer meeting notes. Pastor E A Anderson invites all to attend.
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Richmond
Joe Wolf
Mick Dewey
Myers
Mr. Myers
Washington
Earl Smith
al Reeves
Hazel Crull
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Chicago
W. A. Phillips
Phillips Bros
Earl Smith Company
Harold Duke
Dave Benson
West Chester
Mildred
Bessie
Lon Morrow
Check swindler hunted by Iowa bankers association
Detectives from the Iowa Bankers Association pursue a smooth check artist who victimized nine Waterloo and Cedar Rapids banks, securing over $1,000. The 26-year-old man uses multiple aliases, deposits small sums, then writes and cashes many checks, vanishing with funds. Investigators moved from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids.
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Waterloo
Iowa Bankers Association
Cedar Rapids
Aristocrat commander in Bolshevik ranks eyed for major return
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le Petit Parisien
Leon Faraut
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Toukhatchevsky
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Danhin
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