The Brigade Reflects on New Year and Notable Local Ties
The Brigade credits a North Marion Avenue friend for sharing this item about Mrs. Mary Little’s relatives, George and Mrs. Goben of Lucas County, who have drawn national attention for long marriage. It recalls New York’s New Year crowd, Times Square memories, and a dawning sense of calm as the new year begins.
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Mary Little
North Marion Avenue
George Goben
Lucas County
United States
Lucas
Mrs. Little
Industrious Club Holds New Year Watch Party
The Industrious club and families met at Lester Laubauch home on New Year’s Eve, twenty four attendees due to illnesses. Guests admired remodeled home, cards were played, refreshments served, next meeting with Mrs. Grisham on January 15.
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Warren Davis
South 76
Lester Laubauch
Dick Kerr
Des Moines
Walter Fisher
Prairie Flower School
New Years Dinner Shared at Robt Wells Home
A New Year coopertive turkey dinner at the Robert Wells home in East Sunset drew many guests from nearby towns. Attendees included S J Cocklin of St Paul Minnesota and several couples from Kahoka West Liberty Mediapolis Winfield Wayland and Sterling Ill. The event featured poinsettia centerpieces and a warm, communal atmosphere.
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Clarence Hering
East Sunset
Robert Wells
S. J. Cocklin
St. Paul
Minnesota
Clifford Paisley
Ida Gordon
Kahoka
Missouri
George Gordon
West Liberty
Lisle Anwyl
Mediapolis
Paul Huston
Terry and
Gordon
Ray Huston
W. ©. Huston
Winfield
Marion Huston
Waldo Wells
Ollie Anwyl
Adda McFarland
Maude Murphy
Robert Gordon
Tom Carris
Ralph Melville
James Lemley
Joe Schlatter
Russel Williams
H. E. McGuire
Wayland
Duane McGuire
Williams
Dick Stephens
Richard
Arthur Krause
Washington
Warren Bishop
Lexington
Harold Littrel
Harry Witmer
Sterling, Ill
Family visits and New Year gatherings reported in Kahoka area
The brief notes several local visits across Kahoka Missouri and nearby towns. Families including Rich, Martin, Hartzell, Schlatter, Widmer, Graber, Prior, Dettwiler, Edelman and Jones are mentioned with gatherings from Friday to New Year’s Day including a New Year’s turkey dinner and a New Year’s grab bag. One note mentions a work horse loss by Harry Jones.
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Joe Rich
John Martin
Ruth
Joe
Kahoka
Missouri
Wayne Hartzell
Guthrie Center
W. J. Hartzell
Joe Schlatter
Max
Betty
John Kauffman
Noble
Edna Widmer
Dillon Graber
South Bend
Indiana
Lloyd Prior
Floyd
Columbus Junction
Gerald Dettwiler
Samuel Edelman
Wellman
Harry Jones
Carlton Rider Visits Ainsworth Friends
Carlton Rider former coach of Ainsworth schools visited friends in Ainsworth Tuesday and Wednesday. He now teaches at Ireton. Several local residents and families were noted visiting relatives or traveling for college and church events during the New Year period.
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Carlton Rider
Ireton
Ainsworth
Ruth Norris
Rodney Arnold
Washington
Loren Hazen
United Presbyterian
Clarence Richards
Larry Trotter
Ames
Iowa State College
Jessie Moore
Jack Darkins
Chas. Darkins
Joliet, I
Agnes Ferguson
Chica0
Annie Navy
Near Riverside
Mary Chihak
Bill Trotter
Cedar Rapids
el McGinnis
Agr
Max White
Iowa City
Ruth Seybold
Non-Explosive Potatoes Cleaning and Preparation
The guide advises trimming both ends of potatoes before baking to prevent them from exploding in the oven. It emphasizes safe handling and even cooking when potatoes are properly prepared.
Mrs Eckerman Dies at Home in Wellman of Heart Trouble
Catherine Elizabeth Greene Eckerman, age 51, died at her Wellman home on Monday from heart trouble. Aged 73, Charles Blair committed suicide by carbon monoxide gas. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs William Blair.
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William Eckerman
Catherine Elizabeth Greene Eckerman
Wellman
Charles Blair
William Blair
Breitenbach and Others Die After Illness in January
Obituary notices report Eugene L. Breitenbach aged seventy five and a deputy game warden for 19 years died January 2 after pneumonia. Martha Vincent Corrette aged eighty eight, wife of Charley Corrette, also died January 2 after a Christmas onset illness. Mrs Frank Lamphere, over eighty, formerly of Washington, died at her Rock Island home on Thursday.
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BK. L. Breitenbach
Eugene L. Breitenbach
Game Wardey
Charles Corette
Martha Vincent Corrette
Charley Corette
Frank Lamphere
Rock Island
Washington
James Rhodes
Des Moines
Arma Daniels
Daniels
Death of Mary Sojka Found at Home North of Town
Mrs Mary Sojka aged seventy three was found dead in her bed Friday at her home eleven miles north of town. She had been ill for a long time and her death is reported as non-suspicious by local authorities.
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Mary Sojka
Perry Davison
Farrel Long
Twins Born To Mr and Mrs Theodore Bailey At Hospital
At the hospital Saturday Mr and Mrs Theodore Bailey welcomed twins a girl born 10 p m weighing six pounds twelve ounces and a boy born 10 56 p m weighing seven pounds six ounces. Other notices include several admissions dismissals and a birth in Washington and nearby communities.
Local News In Brief From Washington Iowa Area
A column of short items covers a range of local notes. Gifts to the Good Fellows fund total 418 dollars and 75 cents. Mrs. Cunningham dies at 55 from pneumonia, followed by her husband two days later. Fires strike Lemmons and a drug store, with basement smoke damage. H. L. McCleery cabin leased for Boy Scouts. Washington post office gains first class status for 1930. Lew Dawson passes away in Denver and is buried here. Berdo suffers throat injury in a foggy drive to a wedding. A boy sustains a minor arm injury from a hunting trip accident. Gridiron Club hosts a dinner with noted guests and new members. A car collision email notes a street car crash in Pittsburgh to a relative. W.P. Rawn shelved by tonsillitis keeping him from work.
Local births and dismissals reported from area residents
Wednesday Mrs. Lester Jones and daughter Janet Sue were dismissed this morning Della Brookhart was dismissed this morning Thursday Mr and Mrs Francis WLibe Washington route 1 are parents of a son born at 815 this morning weighing six pounds and one ounce Mr and Mrs Clyde Knight Brighton have a daughter born at 848 this morning weigh seven pounds Floyd Leslie Washington route 9 underwent an appendectomy this morning Ernest Knotek 521 North Marion avenue admitted last evening as a medical patient William Supalla and his grandson Jimmy Supalia years old were dismissed this afternoon for their homes at East Pleasant Plain John Foster dismissed this afternoon for his home in Friday Harry Kyle dismissed yesterday for his home in Brighton
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Theodore Bailey
David Deiner
Edward Deiner
Wellman Route 4
Ruth Johnson
Richland
Harry C. Kyle
Brighton
Grace Wanerius
Ralph Erlenbush
Washington
George Benson
Clarence Neff
William Supalla
East Pleasant Plain
Reed Moore
F. W. Eastwood
Marjorie Sheetz
Keota
Dean Louis Havel
Ainsworth
William Wulf
Taby
Allen LeRoy
Manford Wilcox
Ains Worth Route 2
Jimmy Supalla
Herman Supalla
Evelyn Campbell
Charles W. MecKone
Carol Jean
Francis Wlibe
Clyde Knight
Floyd Leslie
Ernest Knotek
North
Marion Avenue
Jimmy Supalia
Ancient chain stores advertised in Pompeii forum wall
An inscription in Pompeii’s forum touted sale or rent of a chain of 1200 retail stores. The text notes that multi unit systems only became significant in distribution during the nineteenth century.
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Forum
Pompeii
Otoe Chief Trades Ponies for Bicycle in 1897 Visit
A WPA project worker uncovered a note about an Otoe Indian chief visiting Beatrice Nebraska in 1897. He traded four ponies for a bicycle and the next day several braves brought ponies with the cry Ride faster No feed.
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WPA
Beatrice, Neb
Store sale on north square to A. EK. Atchison
Twenty years ago the Fox and Dewey store on the north side of the square was sold to A. K. Atchison who will assume possession immediately. Atchison formerly served as assistant cashier at the I and M bank and previously worked in the shoe business on the west side.
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Sell
Fox and Dewey
A. EK. Atchison
Mr. Atchison
M Bank
Move Here Mr and Mrs Sweet Leave Brighton for Jail Post
Move Here Mr and Mrs W F Sweet depart Brighton to make their home at the county jail where Mr Sweet will serve as deputy sheriff. Hurt in Accident Mrs Henry is mentioned in the same item with injuries reported.
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Mrs. W. F. Sweet
Brighton
County
Mr. Sweet
Henry
Ruth Turner
Harry Turner
Kirksville
State Teachers 'Ollege
Residents travel and events noted in regional update
Ned Fry and party fly to Miami to attend All American air races January 10 11 12. Others return from Los Angeles after three weeks while church and civic groups mark milestones and new leadership. A hospitalized boy in Wellman suffers injuries from a school yard accident. The State and Fox theatres report record crowds for midnight shows as local social events and training plans unfold.
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Ned Fry
Katona
Jack Snodgrass
Miami
Florida
Ned
Edge
Local Notices and Events in the County
Washington photographer D S Cole hurt in an automobile collision in St Louis. Evaline Curran suffered fractures after a fall near the Jenkins McLaughlin office. Dave Wallingford and C W Busby sold a 200 acre farm south of town to Anna B Rouse of Rock Island Illinois for 175 dollars an acre. Lot Birney, aged ninety, died Thursday after arriving in the county in 1855.
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D. S. Cole
David S. Cole
Washington
St. Louis
Tellin
Evaline Curran
Jenkins and McLaughlin
Court House
James P. Hays
East Main Street
Dave Wallingford
C. W. Busby
Joseph Wenger
Anna B. Rouse
Rock Island, Il
O. K. Clapper Agency
Lot Birney
Local Woman Ida Cunningham Bell Dies After Operation
Mrs Ida Cunningham Bell aged 45 wife of Harry Bell assistant post master died December 31 after a serious operation. Her mother had died a few days earlier. Also noted: thermometer sixteen below zero on January 3 and a Mrs Fr W Brindley and daughter Martha left Monday for a several months trip to Old Mexico Tennessee Florida Louisiana and Texas.
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Ida Cunningham Bell
Harry Bell
Fr. W. Brindley
Martha
Old Mexico
Tennessee
Florida
Lousiana
Texas
New Years Tree Party for Community Children
More than two hundred people attended the P. E. O. New Years Tree and party on New Years Eve. Three trees were combined into one and candy and popcorn balls were given to all. Three Santas Milt Dicken Al Hott and Walter Ayres assisted. Trumpets sleigh bells and excitement announced their arrival.
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Milt Dicken
al Hott
Walter Ayres
Country Phones Expand North City with 23 Subscribers
Evidence of twentieth century progress appears as a telephone line is being laid north of the city. Twenty three subscribers have signed, with Robitt son and Wilson planning additional lines in the coming months.
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Robittson and Wilson
Display of etchings brightens Nicola and Harmon window
Robert Keagy son of Mr and Mrs Keagy displays etchings in the east window at the Nicola and Harmon store. Several local updates mention family travels and visits, new hotel ownership, and community events across town.
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Robert Keagy
Open house at the Y tops news this week
Town notes report a busy week with an open house at the Y expected to draw large crowds. Mary L. Farley will replace Catherine Kaney Young as Lincoln school's first grade teacher. Several local events, births, marriages, and road-safety updates are noted along with civic decisions and a new pastor arriving.
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Mary L. Farley
Indianola
Catherine Kaney Young
Lincoln School
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