Crawfordsville Visitors Mention Washington Trip
Mrs Ella DeLowee visited Washington at her son M C DeLonge's home for several days. Guests included Mrs J J Anwy Miss Ethel Ed dry Mrs Pearl McNeill and others visiting in Washington Reedeate. The Misses Margaret Gault Margaret and Marion Davidson and others were noted as visitors in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella DeLowee
Washington
M. C. DeLonge
J. J. Anwy
Ethel Eddry
Pearl McNeill
Fred Jervis
Clarence Lowe
Lisle Maxwell
Marjor Huston
Holiday Travel and Family News From Local Grow
Max Anwyl returned home from Monmouth Illinois to spend the holiday break at his family’s homes. Mrs Rosina White came home yesterday from a visit in Washington. Mrs W G Parr was called to Oelwein Iowa on Thursday due to her sister’s serious illness.
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Max Anwyl
Monmouth
Ill
Highland Center Community News and Social Gatherings
Highland Center reports a busy social week with visits to the Kron and Long homes, radio listening evenings, and a lumber sale at the Dan Donahue farm led by auctioneer Charles Brown of Washington. Families including Coon Meeks Showalter Endicott and others shared meals and duck roasts, while plans emerged for travel to Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Center
Lewis Coon
Ralph Nicholson
Ruth Endicott
Ernest Meeks
Ed Showalter
Donovan
Robert
Helen
Claire Kron
Linus Yeggy
Riverside
Myrtle O'Connor
Join Lasek
Harry Long
Muscatine
Will Kron
Johnnie Knotek
Arthur Draker
Hills
Clare Kron
Blanche Murphy
Myra Meeks
Dan Donahue
Charles Brown
Washington
Ruth
Doris Endicott
Bar! Steele
Blanche
Lute Fitzpatrick
Iowa City
Dono
Hue
Will,Murphy Sr
Wm. Murphy Jr
Lucile
Farl Steele
William
Lewis Coon's
Myra
Blanche Havel
Omar Meeks
Wes Sojka
Definition Optimism in the Arkansas Gazelle Fragment
A satirical definition notes optimism as speaking of my car despite a chattel mortgage with six payments left, a garage bill, and imminent state and city license tag renewal, reflecting reader wit in the Arkansas Gazelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Gazelle
No Waste in Nature Says Rabbi Ben Azir
A quotation from Rabbi Ben Azir extols harmony in nature and warns against waste, urging respect for every hour and thing as having its rightful place.
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Rabbi Ben Azir
Pleasant rural social and sports notes from Grace Johnson
Pleasant items record visits and social events around Muscatine include Grace Johnson and Cecilie Robertson weekend. Grace Hill Sunday School practice for Christmas program. bake sale at Washington Cleaners on Dec 13. Baptist church Christmas program on Dec 24. Wellman basketball vs Kalona and Boys and Girls teams at Wellman. high school boys entertain Friday. C E Cameron re elected state fair board president after 81 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant
Paul Harvey
Vera
Muscatine
Emil Fink
Grace Johnson
Cecilie Robertson
Grace Hill
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
Dave Turnipseed
Webster
Clement Griffith
Walter Johnson
Haskins
Washington Cleaners
East
the Baptist Church
Walter Lehman
Newton
Iowa
Kalona
Washington Y. M. C. A
Washington
Mary Bourgeois
Cedar Rapids
Wellman
Dee
Des Moines
C. E. Cameron
Alta
State Fair Board
Funeral Services for Duane Durst Held in Kalona
Funeral services for Duane C. Durst were conducted at his home in Wellman on Monday at two o’clock with Rev. Rex presiding. Interment followed in Sharon Hill cemetery at Kalona. Local moves include Mrs. James J. Roberts visiting from Georgia, and several residents returning home after visits or work trips. Kalona Independent basketball beat Atalissa 28 to 8 on Kalona floor. The Christian church Bible school plans a Christmas pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Duane C. Durst
Durst
Wellman
Rex
Sharon Hill
James J. Roberts
Georgia
Roberts
Alma Gingerich
Perry Lemley
David J. Miler
Albert Lee
Minnesota
Isaac Bowman
Mr Bowman
Cedar Rapides
Dee
Atalissa
Bible School of the Christian Church
Slippers Vanish Again Stirring Morning Grumbles
Farmers and families joke about missing slippers in the morning as Farm and Fireside notes the common complaint. The piece playfully reminds readers that items often shift place overnight and bursts into lighthearted self doubt.
Match Consumption Visualized as Giant Foot Square
A provocative comparison imagines all matches used by an average person over fifty years packed into a single figure eight feet tall and a foot square, with a head the size of four footballs.
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Hayes
Emerson Gang
Roderick
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Crawfordsville
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville, Town
Margaret Gault
Margaret and
Marion Davidson
Bill
Hill
Mrs.da Wieeks
Wilson
W. W. Wilson
B. Ff. Crosby
Prairie Flower Church
Jersey
Guernsey
Will Farrow
Farrow
Poland
China
Everette Teets
Washington Natl. Bank
Prairie Flower
Pleasant Grace Johnson
Tom Lahey
Joe Eimen
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Leisure
Maggie
Goodness
Penney
Washington, Iowa
Dad
Junior
Meso
Fien
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