Local News Briefs From West Chester Area
Mrs Frank Conklty and son Wayne of Keota return home after shopping in town. Garrett Cnossen helps his brother Owen in the bakery. Mrs George Rudiger and daughter Georganne return from MonmouthIL visit with Merc Howard Buchanan and Phyllis Fisher. Oyster supper for West Chester Shipping Assoc members on Tuesday Feb 2 1926. Mr and Mrs A E Brown visit Grinnell sister Miss Martha Mitchell seriously ill. Mrs D D Guthrie returns from Moline after weekend with Mrs A J Rankin. D F Macon auctioneer. Dale Holland visits from St Louis and returns. Dorothea Thompson returns to Grinnell from weekend with parents. Mrs W F Jacobs visits Mrs Henry Stickter in Fairfield and stays several weeks. Notice to Willard Service Station debtors to call and settle. Wil-Earl Croassett returns from Iowa City visiting grandfather. Miss Winona Crile of Brighton visits Babcocks before school at Wyom ing.
Local Residents Visitants and Travel Ties Across Keota and Surrounding Towns
Vera Palmer returns to Monmouth college after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Palmer. Elizabeth Humphreys visits Wyman to see her brothers. Florence Carr returns from Havre to visit her parents Mr and Mrs A J Carr. Carr ie Palmer of Keota visits aunt Mrs Bert Din. Miss Gertrude Moothart of West Chester shops here. Mabelle Fleming Harriet Phillips Charles George and Lee Huston and Ralph Edwards return to Parsons College after visiting home. Mrs C O Harris of Keota visits niece Mrs John Wittimer with Vivian Jove shopping. Anna Lillig and daughter Gertrude of Keota shop here. Mrs Matt Brownhousen of Pleasant Plain returns to Keota with daughter Mrs Matt Conrad after shopping. Rex Reese of Burlington visits mother in Harper. Charles Lytle and Theodore Bailey spend weekend here from Town City. Mrs C E Root goes to Keota for Sunday. Carl Walton of West Chester shops here. Alex Miller confined by illness after a strenuous week and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabelle Fleming
Harriet Phillips
Charles George
Lee Huston
Ralph Edwards
Parsons College
Matt Brownhousen
Pleasant Plain
Keota
Matt Conrad
Finance for Upper Mississippi barge line underwritten in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis and St. Paul civic committee agreed to underwrite a Twin City quota of 120000 toward a fund for a barge fleet. Barge line officials are negotiating with southern Illinois coal operators for transportation of coal to the Twin Cities. One company plans to move 15000 tons of coal daily on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Financine
Upper Mississippi Bargeine Corporation
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Twin City
Southern Illinois Coal
Twin Cities
Burlington visitors and local families noted in weekend
Local residents and visitors from Burlington Crawfordsville Des Moines and Chicago spent the weekend with relatives and at the homes of Griff Humphreys Ralph Hesseltine H M Shellabarger J J Minick and others. Students and customers see advertised pen and pencil sales at area drug stores with deep discounts for a limited time.
Local News Briefs From Parson's College and Surrounding Cities
John Lemmon returned to Parson's College after a short vacation between semesters. Many residents visited relatives and attended family events in Cedar Rapids Fairfield Muscatine Davenport Rock Island and Iowa City. Notable items include a 65th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Miller and a hospital appendicitis operation for Mrs. Bindall. Rev. J Reade McCrory attended a ministerial meeting in Rock Island and plans a Monmouth visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lemmon
Parsons College
Charles Benz
Fairfield
N.S. Miller
George McDaniel
J. Reade McCrory
Rock Island
Uniferd Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Ilinois
Monmouth
Illinois
Local visits and travels across Iowa towns and Chicago
Sunday visits mark a string of brief trips including Havre Crawfordsville Fairfield La Porte City Ainsworth Mediapolis Winfield and Chicago. Names mentioned include Martha Ruth McGinnis Loran Horton Jake Shrader S C Douglas Leland Morrison Myrtle Orris Doris Fletcher Glendine Lundquist Harriet Riddle George Pauly Ida Patterson Anna Straad John Pratt C J Karel Clara Albaugh and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Orris
Doris Fletcher
Glendine Lundquist
Crawfordsville
Cummins Amendment Passes Senate on Pure Food Sugar Use
The Cummins amendment to the pure food law allowing corn sugar and fruit sugar in preserving interstate shipments passed the Senate without a record vote and moves to the House. Ramsay a Candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Cummins
Senate
House
Turken: the so called turkey chicken fowl debated as cross or breed
Iowa State College researchers caution the public that the so called turken is not a genuine cross between turkey and chicken but a bare necked breed of chicken from the West Indies. Poultry experts warn buyers to be wary of investing large sums for this fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
EF. W. Lindstrom
Iowa State College
H. A. Bittenbender
California
Honk Kong
Borneo
Lindstrom
West Indies
World Court
Bank Hold Up Fails as Suspect Is Shot Dead
In St Joseph Missouri a masked robber attempting to hold up the Bank of North St Joseph suburb bank is shot and killed by bank president Frank Bergman. The man about forty wore a cap marked with an Omaha firm imprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Bank of North
Viaduct Construction Ordered for Des Moines Rail Line
The state railroad commission ordered the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad to build a viaduct over the tracks near Louisa station in Linn county at the company’s expense. The project will remove a dangerous grade crossing on primary highway No 11 with highway authorities paying for approaches, piling, and filling. The Linn county board of supervisors initiated actions to eliminate the crossing, at the urging of county and state highway departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Louisa Station
Linn County
State Railroad Commission
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Fresh garden seeds offered direct from farms
Notice to customers announcing the fifth offering of fresh vegetable seeds. The seller tests each variety for germination and prints the test percent on each packet. Seeds come directly from seed farms in bulk, weighed to order, with no middleman.
Specializing in top vegetable varieties for local market
James E. Clark promotes best seed varieties for the local area based on fifteen years of market growing experience. He notes zero overhead since the home is the seed house and his family handles work, enabling lower prices and more seeds for the money. He will call at homes to take orders and deliver seeds in time to plant. Phone 541 green.
Melloglo Beauty Powder Announcement
New cold cream powder Melloglo promises long wear through perspiration with a natural color match and invisible pores. Distributed by Sherman Bros, Druggists, the advertising copy touts even application and concealment of shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Bros
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Lewis Stone
Shirley Mason
David Torrence
Barbara Bedford
Henry Kitchell Webster
Joseph
Greer
His Daughter
First National
Frank Conklty
Wayne of
Garrett Cnossen
Owen
George Rudiger
Georganne
Mlingis
Merc
Howard Buchanan
Phyllis Fisher
West Chester
Ida Fisher
Old Brick Bldg
Mrs
A. E. Brown
Grinnell
Mrs. Brown
Martha Mitchell
D. D. Guthrie
Moline
A. J. Rankin
D. F. Macon
Washington
Dale Holland
St. Louis
Dorothea Thompson
Grinnell College
W. F. Jacobs
Henry Stickter
Mrs. Jacobs
Willard
Earl Croassett
Iowa City
White Yard Co
Winona Crile
Brighton
Mrs. L. BB. Babcock
Wy2man
Vera Palmer
Monmouth College
Fred Palmer
Elizabeth Humphreys
Wyman
Florence Carr
Havre
A. J. Carr
Carrie Palmer of
Mra. Bert Din
Gertrude Moothart
C. O. Harris
John Wittimer
Vivian Jove
Anna Lillig
Gertrude of Kkota
Rex Reese
Burlington
Harper
Mrs. Reese
Charles Lytle
Theodore Bailey
Town City
C. E. Root
Carl Walton
Alex Miller
Piper Taxi Line
Basterd Se
Breese & Krouth
Sele Ae
Tom Downing
McElhinney Drug Co
Leslie Pauls
Herman Pauls
Prudence Johns
Griff Humphreys
Conklin
Phillips Drug Store
Hugh Teeter
Glen Dunbar
Martha Teeter
Ralph Hesseltine
Isabelle Lemmon
Mrs. C. 5. Lemmon
Grace Juber
Betty Lou
H. M. Shellabarger
J. J. Minick
Fred
Priele Aiey
Chicago
Matt Springman
Philip
Ruth Burt
Ainsworth
Howard Crozier
Fern
Sigourney
D. W. McKee
Mrs. C. FE. Plumey
Columbus Junction
Mr. Plumley
Mrs. James Swift
Myrtle
Orley Dorland
Patricia Rae
Mise Lela McKean
Cedar Rapids
Howard Keating
Charles McLaughlin
William Wydenkoff
Amil Dott
W. Hf. Bindall
Muscatine
W. M. Patterson
CC. A. Boice
Davenport
Leona Allen
Plagenpathic Hospital
Rose Kern
Missouri
Emma Long
Herman Schultz
Delbert Maxwell
Martha
Ruth McGinnis
Loran Horton
Jake Shrader
S. C. Douglas of
Leland Morrison
Velma Stafford
W. R. Wilson
New London
Harriet Riddle
Mediapolis
George Pauly
la Porte City
Ida Patterson
John Pratt
Anna Straad
C. J
Clara Albaugh
Winfield
Ramsay
Washington Cleaners
Ross Taxi
James E. Clark
Green
Woodrow Washer
Woodrow
Charles Haddon Fitz
Mr. Fitz
Southern Utilities Company
Washington, Iowa
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