Maple Grove Notes Highlight Local Happenings And Prices
A reader filled Maple Grove news with varied items from Bohemian readers and town residents. Charley Horak emigrated from Bohemia in 1873 and became a leading landowner, while local seniors staged The Private Tutor as part of holiday entertainment. The column also reports farm prices from 1918–19, a sick child needing care, a teacher distributing gifts, and local hunters pursuing foxes in mild winter conditions.
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Maple Grove
Washington Co
Manle Grove
E Eoe
Jeff Jackson
Czechoskovak Review
Charley
Tony) Horak
Charlie
Bohemia
America
Jackson Township
Glen Chambers
Chambers
Riverside
Saier
Imer_ shi
Mary
Frank McCambs
Maud Welte
Ranta
John A. Birkey
Lows City
Marek
Frank Sintz
Lantz
Richmond
Local residents visit relatives during Christmas holiday
Dee Noble Elsie Short Arch Graber from Stryker and Viola Richer of Archbald visited relatives here. The Tittwilers of Honeedale Til spend holidays with grandparents in Wittrice. J H Wittrice hosted a neighborhood party. Eliza Roth Elsie Short and Viola Eicher visited J A Frey’s home. Mrs Ladder of Washington spent Christmas with the Wencer family. Miss Fila Schantz of Comanche is with her parents for Christmas vacation.
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J. A. Frey
Hands
JT. HW
Mrs
Ladder
Jace Plans World Conquest. Andison Provides Music
Jace is described as preparing for world conquest while Andison supplied the music for the evening.
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Ing
Jace
Andison
Brighton Town Notes Include Office Consolidation And Local Moves
Beecher Elmore returns to Lone Island service base while Dave McNees succeeds as town marshal and council merges roles into one salary. Mship changes Crown several moves as McNees property becomes part of a new turning wye for the M. & St. L. R. R. Co. Also coverage of church activities, births, visits, and local arrivals.
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Brighton
Beecher Elmore
Lone Island
N.Y
Fred Sweet
Washington
Sweet
Dave McNees
Marshall
Emmett Stockman
Christian Ciucc
A. I. Cornell
New Sharon
Richland
St. L
McNees Place
C. F. Foot
Burl Elmore
Cedar Rapide
Wm. Embree
Epworth League
Methordjat
Gardner
Missiona Society of the Christian Church
T. G. Bachelor
Ft. Madison
Wm. Bucker
Noah Edwards
T. Thompson
Easton
Minn
Harold Buzzard
Brookpark
W. A. White
Martin
Cecil Ingham
W. Sweet
Faith Brier
Ethel Townsley
J. W. Welborn
Ottumwa
Conrad
Mra
Mr. Day
Marshalltown
Iowa News and Comments on Election Costs and State Fair
Data shows voting expenses rose statewide in 1920 due to more ballots from woman suffrage with counties like Lee Woodbury and Calhoun reporting large increases. The 1920 town primaries cost $172 221.36 versus $149 518.98 in 1918. Des Moines hosts study visits from state fair committees, noting 19 year improvements cost 1 515 590 with receipts and state appropriations funding premiums and maintenance. E Cameron of Alta elected president for the 20th time on the state fair board.
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Des Mones
Calhoun County
Lee County
Woodbury County
Jackson County
Boone
Calhoun
Cass
Cerro Gordo
Clay
Dubuque
Greene
Hardin
Jackson
Jones
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Mitchell
Monona
Montana
Montgomery
Polk
Story, Webster
Winnebago
Des Moines
Iowa State Fair Watch
Corey
Fair Grounds
E. Cameron
Alta
Buena Vista County
State Fair Board
Pleasant Hill Socials and Birth Announcements
Pleasant Hill notes show visits by Mr and Mrs Cal Reenblossom and families at Royper home. Earl Kephart Howard Baker and families stopped by Sam Baker home. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Glenn Pratt. Miss Mable Carr helped entertain at the Baptist church. Bertha and Beatrice Kephart visited relatives in Washington. Sam Lambert welcomed a new girl born Thursday December 30.
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Washington
Sam Lambert
Ember
Rural life advocate issues farm house modernization challenge
Herbert Quick, longtime rural life authority and former Mason City teacher, urges American farmers to upgrade homes and farms with modern comforts. He argues if a farm can afford silos and machinery, it can provide plumbing, washing machines, lighting, vacuum systems, and other amenities for women and families. A pipe organ will soon be installed at a Presbyterian church near the State College at Ames to honor former public official James Wilson.
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Herbert Quick
Grundy County
Mason City
Sioux City
Farm Bank Directory
Farm and Fireside
Country Gentleman
America
Virginia
Farmers of America
Presbyterian Church
State College
Ames
James Wilson
Iowa State Officials and Inauguration Dates Noted
The article notes the governor’s upcoming inauguration on Thursday January 18 and lists the incoming general assembly with occupations including 46 farmers 14 bankers 12 lawyers 10 editors and 6 real estate agents. It mentions Dean Wilson of agriculture and his roles in McKinley Roosevelt and Taft administrations along with his teaching and church contributions. The proposed organ cost is $20000.
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Washington
Wilson
The
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Ames
Presbyterian Church
Westminister Foundation
General Assembly
Arte
Owl Attack Injures Potta Wattamie Couple
A hunter and his wife in Potta wattamie county were attacked by a barn owl after the man investigated a chicken yard. The bird scratched and bit both residents before being killed. Sioux City lawmakers plan a tax exemption bill for small dwellings and new homes. The act would waive general property taxes for ten years on homes under certain values if construction starts soon and completes promptly. Iowa officials say 25,600 children attend consolidated schools as the movement grows, with a Cedar Falls conference forming a state organization led by Charles E Hearst.
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Perkins
Iowa City
General Assembly
State Board of Education
State University
Perking Hospital
Eli Perkins
Delhi
Delaware County
W. R. Boyd
Missouri River
James Smith
Pottawattamie County
Smith
Sioux City
E. J. Stason
August Williges
Iowa
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Charles E. Hearst
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau
New Haven Social Roundup Lists Visiting Friends
Bert Smith and family from near Brighton visited at the Mrs. Frank Smith home. Mrs. Della Neal spent several days visiting at the J. W. Combs. Merle Statler and Glen Cuddyback family visits noted. Della Neal and her brother A. C. Myers spent Sunday night at the J. W. Combs home. Mira and Bertha Pratt visited Mrs. Merle Statler. Washington callers Thursday afternoon.
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New Haven
Bert Smith
Brighton
Frank Smith
Della Neal
J. W. Conbs
Merle Statler
Washington
Glen Cuddyback
Cone
A. C. Myers
J. W
Dayton Grove Christmas and New Year Socials Chronicle
Dayton Grove notes show families visiting relatives over Christmas and New Year including Leo Brown from St. Louis and the Friday family from Ottumwa. Christmas dinners and gatherings are recorded at several homes with local residents and guests, plus a Sew and So club meeting and an oyster supper hosted by the Owen family.
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Dayton Grove
Leo Brown
St. Louis
Percy Friday
Ottumwa
Will Mbree
Will Johnson
Chicago
Cassius Crossett
Green Valley
J. A. Walker
James Walton
West Chester
Wade Ferguson
Carson Wilson
George Ferguson
A. Knotts
Tom Knotts
Lyall Oldfield
Will Embree
James Embree
Warren Weller
Furl
John Sheets
Chas. Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Ruth Leet
Monmouth
Eugene Owen
Davenport
J. B. Moore
Des Moines
Ark- Ans&s
Sew and
C. C. Qwen
Lester Sigmund
Harry Deatty
Emma Dusenbery
Washington
Huohero
Harry
Clarence Baker
Karl
C. Cc
Owen
Best Authority for Phrase You All Says Bible Endorsement
A Southern regional digest notes that you all has strong authority in language. It cites a Bible usage claim from Paul in Philippians asserting the phrase’s force, arguing no higher authority than Scripture is needed.
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Paul
Wolf Fight Planned Near Wattkee Farm Sparks Outcry
Clarence Huston organized a holiday event with a timber wolf in a cage and four wolf hounds to be released in a large enclosure, but protests from Iowa towns led Humane Society officials and Dallas County authorities to cancel the spectacle. Separately a rabies scare in Spaulding township prompted confinement of a fox terrier, head sent to Iowa City for hydrophobia tests, and mass Pasteur inoculations issued across Union County.
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Clarence Huston
Wattkee
Dallas County
Iowa
M. Young
Des Moines
The
Humane Society
Spaulding
Union County
Iowa City
State Board of Health
Birthday of Dr William F King Longest College Presidency
On December 20 Dr William F King celebrated his 90th birthday. He served as acting president of Cornell college from 1863 to 1865 and as president from 1865 to 1908, a forty five year tenure the longest for any American college president. He resides in San Diego California for the winter.
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William F. King
King
Cornell College
College
Eliot
Harvard
Angell
University of Michigan
San Diego
California
First Strictly Iown Geography Published Soon
A large New York school book publisher prepares to issue the first strictly Iown geography, signaling a notable educational milestone for the publisher and audience.
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New York
Iowa geography and tuberculosis in 1920s public note
The piece cites Des Moines Chamber of Commerce data on Iowa geography used as a public school text and highlights figures on tuberculosis deaths in Iowa. It mentions rice grower John F. Rigas and Judge Prouty, plus state education leaders and the Iowa Tuberculosis Association promoting the slogan No uncontrolled tuberculosis in 1925.
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Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
American Bock Co
Iowa
Homer H. Seerley
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
John F. Rigas
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
America
Arkansas
Riggs
Judge Prouty
Mean Brute Interjects as Wife Entertains Guests and Suspicions
Mrs Naybor questions Mean Brute about his wife. Mr Gable retorts she entertains guests or suspicions, reflecting tense domestic strife in a terse exchange.
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Mrs. Naybor
Mr. Gable
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