Brother reunites after five decades on wash day
Creston Iowa January 7 Wade Blevins of Pittsburgh Pa. surprised his sister Mrs ack Jones by claiming to be her brother unknown for 50 years. The engineer had been returning to Pittsboro from California where he worked on the San Francisco Oakland Bridge.
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Creston
Iowa
Ack Jones
Wade Blevins
Pittsburgh Pa
Glevins
Pittsboro
California
San Francisco-Oakland
Long-lost brother visits aging sister after half a century
Blevins left home for Virginia 50 years ago and last summer reunited with siblings he hadn’t seen in 380 years. He dropped by his oldest sister who mistook him for a mountain preacher. Mrs Jones pondered the family resemblance.
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Blevins
Virginia
Mrs. Jones
Henderson Family Visits During Christmas at Richland
Richland reports a holiday gathering with Julius Kime family from Wayland at Mr and Mrs Gee Kime and other relatives in town. Teachers Mildred Henderson Ruth Jarmoe Chia Robertson and Pauline Colson joined family members for the season as pleasant weather aided travel. Dealers sales meeting attendance noted for Hal Figgins and Glen Davis of the Figgins and Davis hardware store. Frances Kneef of Cleveland visiting in Richland.
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C. A. Neville
Richland
Julius Kime
Wayland
Kime
Gee. Kime
Mildred Henderson
T. L. the Id
Burlington
T. L. Henderson
Roy Nordyke
Henderson
Iowa
Pauline Colson
Maurine Hoskin
Fairfield
Louise Robinson
Wanda Hendrickson
Chia Robertson
Ruth Jarmoe
Chas Chacey
Helen
Grinnell
Chas
Hal Figgins
Glen Davis
Figgins and Davis Hardware Store
Moline
Frances Kneef
Cleveland
Ohio
Local Notices and Personal News Summary
The item notes Cedar Rapids beauty parlor owner Lola Mae Widner visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Chas Widner. Neighbors celebrate 83rd birthday of Mrs A H Hyzer with a covered dish supper. Rev Wines of the Friends church learns of his brother’s accidental death and travels to Adrian Michigan for the funeral. Hobson Ressler dies Monday morning at 8 20 in Des Moines VA hospital.
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Minnie Smith
F. M. Johnson
Mise
Lola Mae Widner
Cedar Rapids
Chas. Widner
A. H. Hyzer
Iowa Taxpayers urged to press lawmakers on budget aims
Des Moines Iowa Taxpayers Association called on citizens to tell legislators what they want next session. The appeal warns that many groups seek more money while taxpayers shoulder the burden and urges input on waste and budget changes early. It notes lawmakers hear frequent requests for funds but seldom from taxpayers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
47Th General Assembly
Iowa ‘Taxpayers Association
Coal History Described by Inquirer Writer
A Philadelphia Inquirer columnist states that roughly 12 000 square miles of Pennsylvania were covered by coal as mining operations started, outlining the scale of the early industry.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Inquirer
Surname of Apollo tied to Daphnenus festival
The text notes that Apollo's surname was Daphnus and a festival was named after it, linking mythic naming to a ceremonial event.
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Apollo
Daphneus
Local News from Home in Wellston Reported Today
Local notes from Wellston report Oral Walters and family staying at PD E Brumback home. Eleanor and Billie Brinning visited Wilbur McCelland home. Walter Wilson and family spent New Year at his mother’s north of West Chester. School resumed after a week’s vacation. Dorothy Jean Dunbar sick last week with a cold but improved. David Banks and family were Sunday visitors.
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Wellston
Oral Walters
PD. E. Brumback
Eleanor
Billie Brinning
Wilbur McCelland
Walter Wilson
West Chester
Dorothy Jean Dunbar
David Banks
Local News: Illnesses and Wood Delivery Reported
Mrs. Ralph Brinning is very ill with the flu. Mrs. Charles Crone and her young son are also sick. Ben Holt of West Chester delivered a truck load of wood to Mrs. Carson Wilson. The government estimates the French wheat crop last year at 66,501,940 quin tals.
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Harve Banks
Ralph Brinning
Charles Crone
Little Son
Ben Holt
West Chester
Walter Wilson
Carson Wilson
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