Night at the Striker Farm Sparks a Hidden Past
Kenneth Gwynne, a young lawyer, lodges with Phineas Striker near Lafayette Indiana where he learns his late father’s estate is tied to the Striker mortgage. A nameless nineteen year old visitor reveals her mourning for a father who never loved her while hinting at a secret identity and a new wardrobe sent from St Louis.
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Kenneth
Phineas Striker
Lafayette
Ind
Ken
Rachel Carter
St. Louis
Perogue
Lopely
Liza
Keenle
Eliza
Alphe
Gwynne
Iowa Farm Bureau Meet Program in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts a three day Iowa Farm Bureau gathering with executive committee sessions, voting delegates meetings, music and community singing, and numerous addresses by state, national, and industry leaders. Featuring speakers such as Raymond W. Cassady GM Dyer and L. J. Dickinson with committees, nominations, and officer elections planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Hearst
Secy-Treas
J. N. Horlacher
Clyde H. Combs
Dowa County
Grace Frysinger
Department Agriculture
Washington, D. C
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Tenth District
C. 3B. Denman
Producers’ Live Stock Commission Association
St. Louis
J. G. Mitchell
Viola Gwyn Chapter 11 Silent Exchange Turns Sour
Viola Gwyn Chapter 11 shows a tense moment as a speaker’s humorous line backfires and replaces a hoped for smile with a charged reaction, leaving Gwyn unable to gauge the room and altering the social dynamic.
Snowfall Wreaths Muscatine Beneath Morning Sky
The Associated Press reports heavy snowfall began around 8 am in Muscatine and was expected to continue through the day, blanketing streets and delaying travel as residents monitored conditions.
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Associatet
Muscatine
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Moves
Local residents made weekend trips and visits with friends and relatives in nearby towns. H. W. Cassel and Virgil Hochstettler called on business, while Miss Wilda Augustine shopped in Washington and Mrs. Starr planned days with relatives in North English. The Women's Relief Corps elected officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Starr
North English
Miss Estelle Critz Returns to Mercy Hospital Work
Riverside report notes Miss Estelle Critz resuming duties at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after Christmas visit with her mother Mrs Frank Critz. A J Baschnagel previously cashier of Citizens Savings Bank now moving to Wellman with family belongings. William Griffin suffered a severe crush injury to his left hand in an auto door accident.
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Vera Page
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City
Rene Schnoebelen
Hawkeye Lightning Rod Co
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Dautremont
Perkins Hospital
Iowa
Riverside
Estelle Critz
Mercy Hospital
Frank Critz
A. J. Baschnagel
Citizens Savings Bank
Wellman
William Griffin
Local Notes from Crawfordsville and Nearby
Crawfordsville updates include W W Twinam visiting relatives in Greeley Colorado and John Wooley夫妻 returning to Columbia Missouri after a week with kin. Misses Talma and Mirian Sipe visit aunt Mrs Moore in Cedar Rapids while Irene Holmes returns from near Mt Union. Mrs Harriet Lewis Stewart dies Christmas day in Struthers Ohio after living in Crawfordsville as a child and later caring for relatives.
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John Wooley
Columbia
Talma
Mirian Sipe
Cedar Rapids
Moore
Irene Holmes
Mt. Union
Harriet Lewis Stewart
Ralph Cooper
Struthers
Ohio
Wilfred Stewart
Sistter
Des Moines Preacher Delivers Victory Sermons in New Year
The Rev. Mr. Kimmelshue of Des Moines, synodical superintendent of Iowa Synod of the United Presbyterian church, preached at United Presbyterian church here. Morning theme Victory over endangering things and weakness, evening on gilt edge investments. Mrs. T. H. Barnes and son Dana joined a fraternal service at Ainsworth for the dedication of its United Presbyterian church. Kimmelshue spoke in the afternoon.
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T. H. Barnes
Dana
Kimmelshue
Ainsworth
New United Presbyterian Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Viola Gwyn
George Barr McCutcheon
Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc
Kenneth Gwynne
Kentucky
Minda Carter
Rachel
Striker
Zachariah
Phineas
R. K. Bliss
Senler
H. W. Cassel
Harvey Young
Brighton
J. C. Huston
Crawfordsville
Washington
Virgil D. Hochstettler
Kalona
E. Humphreys
Winfield
Wilda Augustine
West Chester
J. F. Marsh
Florence
Jim Chowder
Sioux Falls, S. D
N. L. Black
Bessie Podaris
Myrtle Stewart
Miss Lee
MR Duff
BY Allman
W. W. Twinam
Greeley, Colo
Lyon
Lyon's
Big Dandy
Sally Ven
Health Bread
Lyon Baking Company
Everett True
Stanley
Hop Hendricks
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