Aviators to invade Alaska for data gathering and mapping
Langley Field pilot Lieut. Ben Eielson says government airplanes may soon enter Alaska to collect data map the territory photograph remote areas and test wind flying. He cites orders already issued to government aviators and notes the plan may involve army and possibly navy aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Fairbanks
Navy
Ben Eielson
Langley Field
Virginia
Government
I Saw Your Ad in the Journal Merchant Prompt
The instruction urges telling a merchant I saw their ad in the Journal. It emphasizes using that line to prompt attention and acknowledge the newspaper ad presence. The note implies a uniform outreach phrase for advertising awareness.
Indian Creek Notes Portrait Local Christmas Week
INDIAN CREEK notes report Mr and Mrs O M Farrer visiting Henry Curl in Washington. Families of the Farrier and Dunbar clans celebrated at Pleasant Plain and Christmas visitors are named. Inez Farrier sprained an ankle while coasting. visitors from Titus and Cedar Rapids join local homes for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek
O. M. Farrer
Henry Curl
Washington
Finley
Robert
Clara Garrett
Will Dunbar
Farrier Brothers
Pleasant Plain
Alma
Cary Corpman
Christine Mineart
Irene
Martha Shelangouskle
Inez Farrier
Walter Anderson
Lorene of Titus
Oscar Carlson
Joe Arnold
Edgar Farrier
Jess Augustine
Fern
Faith Dunbar
Rexwell Rich
Orval Farrier
Presbyterians to Hold Annual Congregational Dinner
Columbus Junction reports a 6:30 pm Christmas week dinner at the church with all members invited. The note lists gatherings, visitors, and local events including a red cross seal drive total, a lone Oak schoolhouse play, and a basketball game vs Wapello on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
T. E. Johnston
Ella Johnston
McConnellsburgh
Deacon Dubbs
Lone Oak
Arlie Perry
Kansas City
J. H. Skipton
Red Cross
Alice Hunt
Wapello
Louisa County
Wapello Independents
Columbus Gymnasium
J. C. Broad
Muscatine
Max Breeton
Hammond, Ind
Max Siegel
Broad
Breton
Siegel
Christmas News From Cotter Cotter Residents
Christmas reports list numerous local families visiting, recovering from illness, and hosting gatherings. Notables include Mrs. C. C. Stapp, Richard Thomas, the Duncans, Stapps, and Arthur family, with school programs and weather affecting services and activities.
Christmas Holiday Visits And Local Business Moves In Brighton
Miss Maude Brinton teaches in Paola Kansas and spends Christmas with family. Addison Brinton rents the Friend building for a hardware store to open soon. Des Moines visitors Mrs C M Barkhoff and Mrs R J Armstrong share Christmas with kin. Several families from Cedar Rapids Ames Valley City and Parsons return home for holidays and teach or visit. The Conrad restaurant stock sells to Ottumwa buyer who will open early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
C. M. Barkhoff
Des Moines
R. J. Armstrong
Ben Faber
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Mary Buffum
Valley City
N. D
H. W. Helmick
Nyle Donovan
Belle Brinton
F. M. Morrison
Sioux City
Milford Day
Shirley Ann
Kirksville
Gertrude Jones
Robert
Oskaloosa
Gale Heacock
Henry Knorr
Cleo Jones
Joe Lemley
Caroline Craft
Iowa City
Floyd Robison
Moline
C. V. Robison
Winona Crile
Leona Davison
Lucile Statler
Caroline Lyon
Ralph Mortimore
Ralph Wanerus
Keith Prizer
Ted Horton
Laura Bennett
Parsons
Helen Wanerus
Archer
Geo. Wanerus
Charles Hoover
Cobb
Wisconsin
Frank Hoover
Conrad
Ottumwa
Terry Gowey
Cy Dickinson
Adison Brinton
Maud
Grace
George Savage
E. Savage
Holly Terrance
George Marshall
Hannah Laithly
St. Joseph's Academy
Columbus Junction Notes Around Town and Visitors
Transactions and travel notes from Columbus Junction dated Dec. 51 record visits by R. F. Traxel and son to Kansas City, relatives in Washington and Muscatine, plus locals including Miss Owen, Miss Winkle, Miss Griffin, Mrs. Utterback, and many others. Church gathering at Clay church and local Christmas activities are noted amid social calls and chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Summerville
W. E. Davis
Maywood
Illinois
Viola Nichols
Fruitland
Verna Nichols
Frank Duncan
Willma
Dorothy Dean
Gertrude Owen
Muscatine
A. L. McGuire
Jackson
Sidney W. Edwards
Lottie Shellabarger
J. L. Shellabarger
Ray Sinclair
C. N. Johnston
Ella Johnston
MacConnellsburg
T. F. Johnston
Robert Moore
Mary
Wayne Petersen
Mt. Pleasant
Elizabeth Owen
Wapello
Royal Columbia Camp No. 537
Oracle
Minnie Rabenold
Mary James
Ethel Gabriel
Margaret Brock
Bina Knaus
Hattie Browning
Marshall
May Lewis
Katie Adams
Inner Sentinel
Ella van Viict
Outer Sentinel
Clara Arrington
Myrtle Jennings
W. A. Knott
Agnes
Donald
Cornell Bluffs
Columbus Junction
R. F. Traxel
Columbus City
Guy
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Missouri
Neil Anwyl
Washington
Visi
C. Dodds
Alice Owen
Davenport
Pearl Winkle
Henry Wagner
Dorothy
Elmer Todd
Woodford
Mildred
Far West
H. A. Woodford
David
Vera Woodford
Morgans
Kansas
Warren Morgan
Clay Township
Walcotts
Horace Ingham
Brighton
Jay Parsons
Douds
Laird Woodford
Bruce Fox
Harold
Oskaloosa
Clarence Brown
Wesley Hendricks
I. R. Allison
Pleasant Grove Farm Bureau Ladies’ Club
Avery Hort
Stanley Richards
Arthur Koch
John Pfieffer
Christmas notices and moves in Brighton Route 1
Community Christmas updates list residents visiting, moving, and holiday plans. Names include the Goweys, Dickinsons, Brintons, Savages, Hauxbaum, Halverson, Coapman, Borkoski, Reighard, and Woodford. A funeral for a teen girl occurred in the Soeten home. No church service due to cold. local Christmas program praised. A car of tankage was unloaded at Veo. Anson Woodford hosted Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Reighard
Halbert Savace
Fred Gowey
Clay
Clay Sunday School
Soeten
Veo
Anson Woodford
Concert by Iowa Wesleyan college band at local high school
A large crowd enjoyed Monday night's concert in the high school auditorium by the Iowa Wesleyan college band of 20 members under junior class sponsorship. The program included band selections, songs by a double male quartet, and a young reader. Frank McCoy is a band member. The community also held the funeral service for John F. White at the United Presbyterian church with pallbearers named. Mrs Packer returns to work and Bessie McCoy cares for Bessie Packer who is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
J. F. Buxbaum
Harlow Engel
Grace Hill
Iowa Wesleyan College
Frank McCoy
John F. White
United Presbyterian Church
W. C. Porter
W. G. Robertson
Ainsworth
Luther Williams
R. V. Davis
Thomas Jones
John Hamil
Eli White
Fred Annwyl
Frank Henderson
Will Duncan
D. W. Anwyl
J. G. Maxwell
Washington
Packer
Bessie McCoy
Bessie Packer
From Knowing to Doing: Emerson on Taking Action
The passage urges selecting work and using intellect to move from knowledge to action. It stresses that idle effort remains within a chalk circle of immobility, while decisive effort transforms thought into productive deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Absent-minded Husband Misnaming Doris Causes Laughs
Phyllis questions Doris about her husband who is wild about her yet calls her by the wrong name in his sleep. Doris confirms the husband’s affection but notes the frequent misnaming amuses them both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
Doris
Pearly
Spanish Proverb That Wise Delay Keeps Roads Safe
A concise Spanish proverb counsels that prudent delay prevents danger on the road. It emphasizes patience as a safeguard, linking slow progress to safer journeys and wiser decision making.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
West Main St
F. C. Frye
A. EB. Sands
Alneworth
Iowa
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Blue Mutual
J.D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Brighton, Iowa
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side
Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts
Opera House
Mutual Phone
Co. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Eicher
Abstract Department
Nat'l Bank
South of Water Works
J. A. Miller
Burlington
Mary Fleagle
C. L. Wilson
Cotter
G. C. Duncan
Lyle Duncan
Mr. Syder
Vernon Syder
Chicago
Alfred Morgan
Dr. Casper
Everett Peck
R. L. Richards
Fred Stapp
Millers
George B. Stapp
George LB. Stapp
Edith Arthur
Home Folka
Will Arthur
Milo Arthur
Edith
Jarrett Peters
Winfield
Helen Wood
E. W. Wood
J. F. Frazey
Glen Hill
Guthrie Center
Floyd Arnold
Wayland
Valda
Mary Wikoff
Fairfield
Harvey Jones
Janie Jones
Rudolph the
Tri T's
Gladys Peters
Lillis Day
Florence Reeser
Ray Conrad
Ad McCarty
Dan Bailey
Harman
B.C. Tracy
Burdock
R. W. Hinson
Worley
Richland
P. M. Meade
Brier
Edna Martin
C. Dayton
Mildred Horton
Calla Garby
Morning Sun
Esther
Nelson Woodford
West Chester
Cecil Woodford
Granpa Chase
Maxine
Bobby Waterhouse
Clay Church
THE
Everett True
Sia
HERG
Tins
Wooddlan
BR the
Twickets Week
Otey Walker
Tiaiy
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