West Chester News Roundup From the County Seat
D F Drumback visits his son O P Brumback in Moulton Iowa. Students return to colleges. A trip to Washington shows a busy county. Corn sugar becomes stocked this week and serves with mush. Hat tricks and jokes enliven notices. Rev Gray’s first sermon of the year impresses. Albert Spaulding plays Ave Maria. Roads and licenses discussed for a better year. Nena Wenger returns from Columbus Junction. Riverside’s elder resident obituary noted. Kilgore honored for four grandsons.
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Washington
Gray
Albert Spaulding
Schubert
Nena Wenger
Columbus Junction
Propaganda and Prohibition Debate Across the Nations
A 5 cent magazine survey is labeled not propaganda while criticism notes widespread propaganda about liquor in major cities. The piece argues prohibition education faded and urges renewed public instruction on health wealth and safety from abstaining. It warns hard liquor fuels crime and misery and calls for renewed factual outreach.
When a Voter’s Mood Turns Grim and Bitter
A reflective poem explores voter frustration and temper, describing bursts of anger and sniping at nature and family, then returning home with a forged cheer. The piece uses humor and hyperbole to reveal inner turmoil and social strain.
Creston Iowa Rail Hub and Growing Town Profile
Creston, Iowa a railroad centered city with Burlington payrolls near 176000 monthly and 1509 workers locally. The town hosts large poultry plants Swift Armour Rex Boyd and more with 125 traveling salesmen and a new 200000 high school junior college amid parks hotels and a four story hospital.
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Creston
Union County
Burlington Railroad
Burlington System
Burlington
Lnes
Swift and Armour’s
Rex Company
Boyd Creamery
Creston Brick and Tilé Company
Henderson Glove Company
Creston Cornice Works
Clites
Iowa
Creston Auto Company
Missouri
McKinley Park
American Legion
The
Masons
Elks
San Francisco War Memorial Group Formed for Civic Center
Donations from citizens and friends total 2 million dollars for a memorial group to build an American Legion building and an opera house in the Civic Center. The complex will house a museum of fine arts, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, rehearsal rooms, and smaller concert halls. Construction to begin after January 1 with completion hoped before March 1.
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the Associated Press
San Francisco
Citizens and Friends of
American Legion
Civic Center
City Hall
State Building
Public Library
Exposition Auditorium
France
Legion
Opera House
Board of Supervisors
San Francisco Opera Company
Musical Association of
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Skyscraper to Rise on Montgomery Street Ground Lease
In 1848 Adolph Gustave Russ, then 20 and poor, sought a land grant from the Spanish government and acquired much of San Francisco's future financial district. His Lots on Montgomery Street are leased for 99 years by a corporation to support an eight acre floor space office tower with a mezzanine garage. The planned building will reach 30 stories, claimed to be the tallest in California and largest on the Pacific Coast.
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San Francisco
Adolph Gustave Russ
Montgomery Street
Daily Lessons In English By W L Gordon Lacon ic usage note
The excerpt reviews common word errors and mispronunciations with examples. It highlights misused phrases such as whereabouts and mispelled words like independent. It encourages vocabulary growth by mastering one word daily and defines laconic as concise and expressive with a cited quotation.
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W. L. Gordon
Absurd Nostalgia and Snippets From a Rummaging Column
A collage of brief jolts and jokes, including a baby’s punctuality, flirtations with fate, contrived verse lines about wedlock, and street humor. The piece riffs on New Year’s resolutions, city life, a mislaid column boss, and light satire on ads and public taste.
Automobile Experiences on a Florida Trip
A humorous travel sketch recalls a Florida detour and misadventures from a Jacksonville start. The narrator describes mishaps including a wheel welding in St. Augustine, confusing directions in Atlanta, and a stubborn detour through North Alabama with rocky terrain and locals’ quips.
New Lives For Old at Fox Theatre Tonight
Betty Compson stars in New Lives for Old a Paramount wartime drama shown Wednesday only at the Fox Theatre. The tale follows a dancer caught in a secret service web amid American and French troops with a climax that underscores sacrifice for country. Clarence Badger directs a strong cast led by Wallace MacDonald Theodore Kosloff and Sheldon Lewis.
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Secret Service
Betty Compson
Paramount
Fox Theatre
Betty
Clarence Badger
Wallace MacDonald
Theodore Kosloff
Sheldon Lewis
College basketball scores wrap early season games
Bradley defeats Cornell 28 to 27 while Illinois edges Kansas Aggies 30 to 29. Northwestern steamrollers Mercer 57 to 24. Ohio State overwhelms Pittsburgh 47 to 34. Purdue cruises past Wabash 88 to 37 and Upper Iowa beats Iowa Wesleyan 21 to 16.
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Bradley
Cornell
Upper Iowa
Iowa Wesleyan
Illinois
Kansas Aggies
Northwestern
Mercer
Ohio States
University of Pittsburgh
Purdue
Wabash
New Year Social and Officers in Pilotsburg L A S
Pilotsburg residents attended a New Year’s dinner at the Rickey home with family and guests from Wellman. Carl Oldfield played piano while the group planned a February quilting event hosted by Mrs. Frank Stransky. Officers for the coming year include Sam Oldfield president and Lona Oldfield treasurer.
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Filis Rickey
Wellman
Wilbur Watson
Tor O'Flaherty
Prairie Flower
Grandma Mouser
Pilotsburg L. A. S
Carl Oldfield
Sam Oldfield
Clara Fisher
Lona Oldfield
Frank Stransky
Local Folks and Farm Trade in Etringtown Stringtown
The report lists residents including Joe Roth Flyer Freyenberger Louis Rinner J. O. Alliman and J. K. Leichty with summer corn trade from John Alliman. Edward Wenger from Bethel College visited J. J. Rich home. Elmer Freyenberger family and L. H. Rinner visited Alliman. Influenza illness affected Ethan Brook and Eicher church services were canceled by rain. Hog buyers Ralph Borman and Dayton McNeil plan three car loads from Noble.
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Stringtown
Joe Roth
Freyenberger
Louis Rinner
J. O. Alliman
J. K. Leichty
Charles Rich
John Alliman
Edward Wenger
Bethel College
Newton
Kansas
J. J. Rich
Elmer Freyenberger
L. H. Rinner
Ethan Brook
Eicher
Ralph Borman
Dayton McNeil
Noble
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Mair Cut
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