Limerman sale cow adds to stockport event
Local sale ad notes a milk cow offering at the Earl and Wayne Limerman sale on Saturday afternoon with a contact in stockport. The clipping lists multiple local notices including marriages, business ads, and personnel updates across the county with names like Melvin B. E. Pender and Lydia Ferne Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limerman
Melvin BE. Pender
Stockport
Lydia Ferne Wilson
Bonaparte
Earl and
Wayne Limerman
Head of Choice
Earl
Wayne Simer
Fraternal Group Installations Prompt Local Meetings
Page notes multiple lodge and club gatherings at the Masonic temple and nearby halls. Joint installations for Bine lodge chapter council and commandery scheduled for Wednesday evening, January 5. Other groups including Kolah club Knights of Columbus and Knights of Pythias plan meetings and officer installations early January.
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Bine
Masonic Temple
Paroles as New Year Gifts From Iowa Prisons
About fifty inmates at Ft Madison state prison and Anamosa state reformatory received paroles from the state board of parole during its bi monthly visit. The board also granted interviews to all prisoners not seen in six months, totaling 105 at Anamosa and 57 at Fort Madison.
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Pel . Moines
Jan
Ft. Madison
Anamosa
State Board of Parole
Buying Iowa Land by 1 080 Acre Lots
Mount Ayr Iowa January 3 One day last week Dan Gaing of Omaha bought 1 080 acres near Mount Ayr for 190 000 dollars. Gaing a noted land dealer formerly with Baum and Gaing previously bought and sold 4 000 acres in the Lenox area three years ago and six weeks ago purchased 240 acres near Lenox at 350 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mount Ayr
Dan Gaing
Omaha
Mr. Gains
Baum & Gains
Lenox
Mexico to Stage Automobile Show
Mexico City on March 1921 will host a nations automobile show with major manufacturers and distributing agencies in Mexico represented by a formal committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
Professor Davis Relocates Music Studio downtown
Professor Z C Davis moved his music studio from Cancer's Music Store to the second floor above Tratt's Dry Goods Store, placing it in new rooms above the retail shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. C. Davis
Over Cancer
Tratt
Church notices and meetings across several groups
The report lists upcoming gatherings from multiple churches including a missionary meeting led by Mrs Grace Bishop on Mast Washington street Friday at 2 30 pm a Sunshine Mission prayer service Thursday at 7 30 pm the Daughters of Isabella meeting Friday Jan 7 at K C hall 8 pm an all day Pleasant Hill church event Sunday Jan 9 with Sunday school at 10 am preaching at 11 am a noon basket dinner and an afternoon program plus choir practices for the Christian church Friday at 7 30 pm M E Senior choir rehearsal Thursday and annual officer elections andQueen Esther Circle meeting at 7 pm Thursday all notices invite participation.
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The
Baptist Church
George Duke
Mast
Washington Street
Grace Bishop
Pleasant Hill
B. W. Pettit of
Albia
Hard to Get Up Washington People and Big Ben Alarm
A humorous note on Washington people finding it hard to rise early. It mentions the Big Ben alarm clock as a reliable house servant, priced at $3.75, and credits Stephen Jewelry as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Big Ben
Stephen
Louvre Gains A Statue Of King Tout Ankh Amar
The Museum of the Louvre has acquired an Egyptian statue of King Tout Ankh Amar for just over $45,000. The sculpture, long in the possession of a French prince since 1860, is described as a great work of art. It bears scars from ancient mutilation linked to the king's harsh reign.
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Tout- Ankh-Amar
Museum of the Louvre
Washington Schools Reopen After Holidays
The city schools reopen this morning after a two week vacation over Christmas and New Year. Attendance is reported good with most formerly ill pupils back. Most teachers are back at work, and Miss Ophelia Miller substitutes at Lincoln school for Miss Olive Tomlinson who resigned last month.
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Ophelia Miller
Lincoln School
Olive Tomlinson
Pettit to Begin Second Pastorate at Pleasant Hill Church
Rev. Re W. Pettit will start a second pastorate at Pleasant Hill Christian church next Sunday in January. He previously led the church for seven years, ending four years ago, and is viewed as a proud compliment by the congregation. The new year promises a fruitful season ahead.
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Re W. Pettit
Pleasant Hill
Ford crank injury blindsides Francis Wagner
Francis Wagner, son of C. H. Wagner, fractured his right forearm Monday when a Ford backfired during cranking. He was struck just above the wrist.
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Ford Francis Wagner
C. H. Wagner
Ford
Great Dane steals spotlight in Washington visit
Rodney Crail and his father J. B. Crail are seen with a 120 pound Great Dane in Washington. The dog, a year old, accompanied the family on a hunting trip to Mexico. The D. M. Denison family later faced a furnace explosion that blew pipes down and filled rooms with soot and smoke.
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Rodney Crail
J. B. Crail
Washington
Mr. Crail
Mexico
D. M. Denison
Preaching at A M E Church Tonight by Rev H C Boyd
Services at 7 36 pm at the A M E church with Rev H C Boyd of Waterloo delivering the sermon. Boyd is remembered as one of the most popular ministers in the area and friends are invited to attend this evening.
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H. C. Boyd
Waterloo
Boyd
Washington Warm January Delights Shine
Washington residents enjoy unusually mild January weather with sunny days and pleasant temperatures that outshine California and Florida for the season. The mild spell boosts curbside scenes and daily routines across the city.
Marriage License Issued to George Turner and Eva Guinn
A marriage license was issued this afternoon to George Turner age 79 and Eva J Guinn age 55. They are noted as prominent members of the local colored community.
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George Turner
Eva J. Guinn
Assessors Meet to Begin Countywide Assessments
A meeting of all tax assessors in the county is held this afternoon at the county board office in the courthouse. They receive instructions and supplies for upcoming assessments that will start soon.
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Court House
Farm Bureau Delegates Attend State Convention
From this community county agent H M Fedderson Floyd Letts Walter Brown and Karl Libe travel to Des Moines this week for the Iowa farm bureau federation state convention representing local interests at the event.
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H. M. Fedderson
Floyd Letts
Walter Brown
Karl Libe
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Barber Cuts Prices and Opens Shop to Public
The barber announces an open shop policy and lowers hair cuts from 50 to 35 cents to share in the general price decline. He will keep the shop open alongside other businesses and notes Elmer Cook and H. H. McCulley have ties to the venture.
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Elmer Cook
H. H. McCulley
Iowa average farm size and statewide totals
Iowa farms average 158 acres per farm per the state's department of agriculture. The 208,120 farms cover 32,979,149 acres in pasture and 410,086 acres in waste land, with buildings highways and feed lots occupying 1,441,274 acres and 97,262 acres in uncategorized crops remain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Violent Deaths Up In Chicago Despite Overall Drop
The 1920 Chicago coroner report shows violent deaths rising in several categories while total deaths fall. Auto and rail accidents, shootings, and poison deaths increase. homicides drop. streetcar and elevator incidents stay similar. asphyxiation and exposure deaths decline slightly.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Woman Robbers Paroled After Guilty Plea
Mrs. Marisa White and her sister Naomi White pleaded guilty in Judge Wright's court to breaking and entering mercantile stores at Goldfield and Woolstock. Each received a ten year sentence in Rockwell City reformatory but were paroled to Sheriff Fisher for good conduct with monthly reports. They left for home near Webster City after release. The men involved face trial in January.
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Clarion, Ta
Marisa White
Naomi White
Ozark Mountains
Webster City
Rubbing It In and the Limits of Turpentine Cures
A reader recalls a friend recommending spirits of turpentine for rheumatism and back pain. The narrator describes relief from neck discomfort and a belief it helps sprains and many ailments, concluding doctors may mislead people about cures.
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London
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Uji
Macaroni
Bankers
Weepars
West End Grocery
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John Shields & Sons
McNamaras
For & Dewey
Skipton Taxi
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W. P. Rawn
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EH Netswanger
Warner Bros
Crail’s
Oscar Brock
Ted Eggers
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Near Wellman
Business Today
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Ainsworth
Falk Motor CO
Ruth Brown
Cedar Falls
Mannhhardt
J. H. Randall
Meline
Marion .Randall
FORDS
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California
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Oklahoma
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Logal News
G. W. Marr
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Solvax
Lemmon’'s
Harry Cassel of
J. and
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Chas Sheckley
West Chester
Hotel Colenso
Walter Johnson
Lyda Hellam
Black
Corher Square
Farmer's Union
Doris Chalmers
Hannah Jones
Cedar Rapids
D. F. Maton
Chas, A. Dewey
Sigourney
Anna Belle Needham
Mr. Axmear
I.e
Kolah Club
Chas
Jackson
Knights of Columbus
Geo. Wheelan
Ree
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
M. B. Church
Moose Hall
Viverdecks Club
Boyd Foster
Methodist Church
Mary Eyestone
South
Marion Avenue
J. O. Sexton
Bible Department
F. L. Wilson
Rural Women's Club
Elmer Cherry
Miss Tucker
Ames
West Chester Baptist Church
Dick Swift
Muscatine
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Motor Inn
Ashby & Work
Mrs. H. M. Crawford
Lloyd Moothardt
Tom Dodd
John Dodd
Will Sickles
Columbus Junction
Neal Anwyl
Bruns Seed Store
Kelly-Springfield
John Zook
Columbus City
John Riley
W. E. Cox
Centerville
Swift
Lemmon
Adyl
A. J. Peterson
J. M. Wilson
Kansas City
Walter
J. M
Owen
Jennie Hamilton
Miles Bradford
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Farmers Union Store
Betty Jane Startsman
P.'s
Cas*te Hall
Arthur Therion
C. C
McElhinney Drug Co
Sunshine Mission
Daughters of Isabella
K. C. Hall
Christian Church
M. E
Queen Esther
Florida
Graham Theatre
Gene Stratton
Lemmon's
Washington National Bank
Washington County
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