Local notices glimpse in Brighton and Edison columns
Fragmentary news from Brighton and Edison area shows Miss Hadley of Richland staying with Mrs. Wayne Savage, and changes in teachers at Grinnell schools after a patient absence due to a room shortage. Washington callers Monday and names such as L. Rock, R. Borkeshi appear in cutoff text.
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Brightonighton
Routh
Ce Hadley
Richland
Wayne Savage
Wash
L. Rock
Borkeshire
Washington
Barnes
Edison
Wiston- Jones
Belle ‘Briutob
Grinnell Pols
Seniors Present Two Plays At Opera For Lecture Fund
High school seniors in public speaking staged two plays at the opera house to aid the lecture course and defray expenses. The Poinsettia club hosted about 25 ladies at Mrs. Geo Balderson's Kensington. Mr and Mrs Alva Wagner moved and plan a modern residence on the Luithly lot. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Walter bnes east of town.
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Ines
Poinsettia Club
Kensington
Geo. Balderson
Jenkins
Alva Wagner
Dr. Luithly
Crawfordsville Notices and Local Departures
Crawfordsville December 17. Miss Lola Romig returned home from Brighton and Hill after a several days visit. Dr. R. W. Thompson and Dr. T. C. Kelvey of Des Moines visited for a conference at Prescott yesterday afternoon. They left for Washington, Iowa. Clarke Gault and Alice Maxwell returned from Monmouth, Illinois after a three weeks vacation with Monmouth College.
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Crawfordsville
Lola
Romig
Brighton and Hill
R. W. Thompson
T. C. cKelvey
Des Moines
Presty
Ainsworth Evening Program Delights Local Audience
Ainsworth on December 17 featured a strong Lo company program praised for its best numbers yet. A carload of brick arrived for the new riding site in the addition. Harvest is active as Marr and David Peterson work the lee and ty fee houses. Miss Cora Teeter visited Washing between trains. School closes Friday for a vacation.
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Ainsworth
Locompany
Eccasid
Marr
Lee House
David Peterson
Ty Fee
Cora Teeter
Wen
World predicted end fails to come as believers shorten fears
In Wellman on December 17 residents note the predicted doomsday did not arrive. Many people express relief and say their beliefs were tempered by the failed forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Theorld
Catarrh Medicine Claim Cures Deafness
An old advertisement claims Mall's Catarrh Medicine cures deafness caused by catarrh by healing the mucous surfaces of the Eustachian tube. It offers one hundred dollars for an uncured case and lists Da. Cardiff Company as the provider with a price of 15 cents per bottle.
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Mall
All
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Local notes and notices from Wellman area
A collage of community items. births, travels, and trades. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Bart Weidlein. Dr Braden recovering. Mr Levi Miller learns of sister’s death in Millersburg Ohio. rail freight stalled for coal relief. bank business in Des Moines. Lime Creek trustees close year. Moody Cannett returns from Kansas City and chops wood for $6 per load. Town booster tone on Wellman Iowa. District court notices announce divorces and filings in 1919 and 1920 with Morrison and Morrison and Charles F Fish files.
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F. C. Schroder
Bart Weidlein
Braden
Cerks
Levi, Miller
Millersburg
Ohio
Miller
Dallas Zimmerman
Moody Cannett
Kansas City
George Berry
Wellman
Harry England
Keota
Iowa
W. P. Gardner
Ezra Gardner
California
Iowa divorce petition filed for cruel treatment in 1919
The petition on file with the Clerk of the District Court in Washington County Iowa alleges marriage on May 1 1918 and gross cruelty endangering the husband The petitioner prays for a divorce and warns of default if not answered by the January term starting January 5 1920 with the date December 3 1919 noted.
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District Court OF
Washington
Iowa
Clair Booth
Elva Booth
District Court
Washington County
Court’ House
Morrison & Morrison
State of
A. D
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Vinol Aiken
S.C
Vinci
Leonard W
George
Sherman Bros
District Court OF the
Charles F. Fish
Thelma Fish
Hamlin
West Third Street
the McFarland Co
W. C
W. C. Hotle
Wellston
A. Lemley
Brighton
H. V. Fran
Er Marr
DELS
Jimmy
Prince Albert
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N, C
Maxwell
Detroit
T. C. Kyle
East 2Nd St
Washington, Iowa
Miles Bradford
Bradford
Ashby & Work
Morrison Bldg
North Side
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