League commends Iowa state warden at meeting in Marshalltown
The Izaak Walton League state officers criticized the state game and fish department field work but applauded W. E. Albert, state warden, for his efficiency. They discussed proposed legislation and the possible creation of a commission to aid the department. Pollution of Iowa streams and plans for another meeting on Iowa River pollution were noted. State officers and national workers are expected to attend the next gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Marshalltown
Izaak Walton League
State Game and Fish Department
W. E. Albert
Iowa
Iowa River
Christmas notes from Stringtown and nearby towns
Neighborhood notes record Christmas dinners visits and trips among local families. Events include hospital transfer for treatment, a school candy social that raised about 33 dollars, funeral services in Bluffton and Wood River, and births announced for a nine and a half pound daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Walter Jarrard
J. W. Rich
J. J. Rich
Geogre Herzog
Rev. Schrag
J. H. Witting
Kenneth Goff
Rex Swan
Miss Maxwell
Chris Graber
Goshen
Ind
Sugar Creek
Dan G. Widmer
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Marian
Paul Mast
Pauline
Ethan Brooks
Paul Witting
Quincy
M. Musselman
Bluffton
Ohio
C. C. Sommer
Eicher Church
Peter E. Wittmer
Jonathan Conrad
Wood River
Neb
Lena Conrad
Christmas Meals Mark Braden Area Families Gatherings
Mrs. Lewis Smith improves after illness in Braden Braden area. Large Christmas dinner at the Delbert Maxwell home with twenty four guests from Maxwell Smith families. Several relatives from Crawfordsville Davenport and Columbus Junction attend. Sterling White sends greetings by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braden
Lewis Smith
Jane Berkshire
F. M. Smith
C. M. Maxwell
Ollie Blake
Delbert Maxwell
Clyde Maxwells
Maxwell
Smith
Florence Henninger
Martinsburg
John Fredrickson
Peoria
Chicago
James Long
Hraden
Frank Maxwell
John Maxwell
Floyd Maxwell
Will White
Eli White
Harry White
Solemn White
Crawfordsville
Raymond Duncan
Columbus Junction
Sterling White
Davenport
Herman Twinam
Clair
Floyd Blankenhorn
Henry Fredrickson
Iowa City
Donald Smith
David Ferguson
Sam Witting
Ode Fergusons
Christmas Day News and Visitors in Wayne County
Mrs Elmer Hooper hosted Olds Christmas Day guests while Lois Davidson returned from Minneapolis. Local families shared dinners and visits. C R Miller and guests rejoiced in a bounteous Christmas. Several residents returned home from Middletown and Winfield for holidays. cattle shipments and ice chores noted. school resumes Tuesday after five days off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Allan Wenger
Jack
Dean
Wayland
Howard Johnston
Packwood
Lawrence Krantz
Middletown
Clarence Moorhead
J. A. Moorhead
E. T. Bergstrom
Chicago
Paul Maxwell
Wallace Carson
C. M. Maxwell
Robert Lucas
Little York
Illinois
Clark Zickerose
John Zickefoose
Winfield
Cecil Korf
Paul Mast
Arch Huston
Pete Nickolaus
Washington Route Two Notes and Local Socials
Miss Dorothy Bruty visits Neola Iowa for weeks with friends. Kathleen Bruty and Mary Bruty vacation with their parents Mr and Mrs F Bruty senior. L F Woodburn does business in Eureka Saturday. Fred Sayer returns from Burlington. Mrs Taylor of Galesburg Illinois stays with daughter Mrs M M Flynn. Leonard Flynn of Denver Colorado visits his parents. Vereer and Bruty join Walter Crawfords Sunday for a bachelor dinner. Kathleen Braty and Bertha Ann Dempsey shop in Iowa City Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Bruty
Mary Bruty
F. Bruty
L. F. Woodburn
Eureka
Fred Sayer
Burlington
Taylor
Galesburg
Sra
M. M. Flynn Leonard Flynn
Denver
Colorado
J. Flynn
Vereer
Bruty
Walter Crawfords
Kathleen Braty
Bertha Ann Dempsey
Iowa City
I. FE. Bradford
Cedar Rapids
Clara Topping
Dallas Topping
J. S. Kabaker
J. J. Ward
Myrtis
George Struble
Riverside
Herman
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Hull
George Falk
E. CC. Hambright
Sigourney
Wm. Etter
Florence Weston
Kansas City
Weston
Florence
Wellman
Harrie McGugin
Washington
Fred Reid
Fred Schrader
Gardner and Hambrights Lumber Company
J. G. Wherle
Grand Canyon
Ellis Rickey
Ames
Sigma Sigma
Ernest Griffith
Masons
George Tracy
Winnie Jarvis
K. of P
Iowa
H. L. Karr
Fred Durian
Ford
Fred
J. L. Palmer
Helen Schroder
Clinton
Mt. St. Clare Academy
Local Social Notes From Columbus Junction Area
County treasurer Fred M Out comp visited Junction Friday. Several residents and visitors from Davenport West Branch and other towns spent Christmas with relatives here. Nursing, hospital and travel mentions include Mrs. L E Gabriel in hospital and Dr H M Gilkey moving family for care in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Junction
Fred M. Outcomp
Clyde Gage
West Branch
Community Christmas cheer and town happenings in Wellman
Christmas in Wellman brought a warm dinner and strong trade as residents stayed home for the holiday. The column notes visits, travels to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, local store calendars, and upcoming Masons installation, with family updates and farm sales on the horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Iowa
Eardley Bell Jr
John Palmer
Iowa City
Wilbur
Herman Kabaker
Ann Arbor
Michigan
T. D. Adams
Henry Wetrich
Cedar Rapids
Kelley and
Monocky
John
Delmar Steinger
Des Moines
I. R. Steinger
Salem Family News Notes Holiday Gatherings
Salem area residents report Christmas and holiday activities. Families including Ralph Boyd, Corinne Whetstine, and F. J. Skubal celebrate at the S. K. Statler home near West Chester. Rev. Branchflower preached in Salem and Ida Grove. The Crandle, Lowry, Coon, Sho Walter, Wilson, McCreedy families hosted Christmas celebrations and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ralph Boyd
Corinne Whetstine
S. K. Statler
West Chester
Branchflower
Mt. Pleasant
Ida Grove
Edgar Whetstine
Frances Elaine
F. J. Skubal
Crandle
T. H. Lowry
Christmas gatherings at local homes spotlight families
Sunday evening with their son Duane who starts for California Monday night. Mr and Mrs J T Foster and Evlyn Reese are visitors at the Ralph Boyd home Christmas Eve. Duane McCreedy and T M O Connor families and Mr and Mrs Loyd Hopping had Christmas dinner at the Alex McCreedy home. Mrs Elva Albaugh spent the holidays with her parents J M Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane
California
J. T. Foster
Evlyn Reese
Ralph Boyd
Duane McCreedys
T.M. O'Conner
Cameras Eye extended by standards and war dept teams
U S officials report joint work by the Bureau of Standards and the War Department's section of aviation to extend camera vision. Experimental emulsions and sensitive plates improve visibility through fog and mist, potentially revealing obscured objects for future warfare, with some results kept secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Standards
War Department
Section of Aviation
G. K. Burgess
Bureau
Disordered man released on bad check in Cedar Rapids
Police say C. FE. Johnson was released from jail after writing a $30 bad check for a ball bond following his arrest on disorderly conduct. The check was sent to the bank and returned unpaid, with no money on deposit, prompting possible rearrest if he is captured again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
C. FE. Johnson
Abe
Johnson
Grant's Granddaughter Found Dead in Hospital Window
Adrian Mich Dec 30 Mrs Fannie Grant Purdy a granddaughter of General Ulysses S Grant died in San Francisco and was found dead in a hospital court on the sixth floor. Hospital staff say she may have jumped or fallen from her window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian, Mich
Fannie Grant Purdy
San Francisco
General A
Grant
Gertrud
Eloise Wood
Surety Co Buys Des Moines Hippee Building
The twelve story Hippee building at Sixth Avenue and Mulberry street in Des Moines was sold by Union Improvement Company to the Southern Surety Company of Des Moines for about 1.5 million dollars in cash. The transaction is described as Polk county history’s largest single real estate deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hippee
Sixth Avenue
Mulberry Street
Union Improvement Company
Geo. K. Hippee
Southern Surety Company of
Polk County
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Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Weat Main St
F. C. Frye
A. B. Sands
Ainsworth
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington St
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchante Bank
Blue Mutual
J.D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side
Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts
Pedera
Door W
Opera House
Mutual Phone
C, Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Richer
Abstract Department
Nat'l Bank
C. V. Brown
South of Water Works
M. Maxwell and Son
Delbert
Leland and
Ver
Davie Sande
Loren and
Ralph Moorhead
Jess Peck
Charles Chrissinger
Ira Owens
Wayne
Dorothy Bruty
Neola
Oliver McCullough
West Liberty
Albert McCullough
Geraldine Anderson
Frank Deford
Rock Island
Virginia Carson
Elizabeth Moser
Effie
Indianapolis
Orville Sipe
Chas. Moore
Wayne Peterson
Mt Pleasant
R. J. Reaney
R. C. Armentrout
Olive Armentrout
Cedar Rap
Lou Mulhern
Til
Fred Winter
Eagle Grove
Leonard Winter
Grinnt
O M. Cavin
Harriett Low
Monmouth
Ross Sheldon
Berwick
S. J. Lewis
H. P. Simona
Fairfield
George Gardner
H. M. Gilkey
West Middlesex
Gilkey
Russel Gilkey
L. E. Gabriel
Muscatine
Norma Lewis
Mildred Walter
Grandview
Dundee
Earl Shoemaker
Minneapolis
J. H. Huston
Henry
Monk
U Ss
Everett True
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