Stringtown News Digest Shows New Year Meals and Local Happenings
Local residents share New Year dinner at Rex Swan home. Stringtown Threshing Company holds annual meeting at the school house. Community members report wood sawing, hospital examinations, and visits. Death of Nancy Cummings noted. Various trips, chores, and social visits listed among neighbors and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
H. Cummings
Axel Normans
Ethan Brooks
Rex Swan
Stringtown Threshing Company
KE. FE. Richer
Elsa Crawford
Elmer Hooper
lKiochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Louis Rinner
Arnold Rinners
J. W
Nancy Cummings
Wayland
Basketball results and local notices from Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville reports a boys game loss 84 to 22 and a girls game loss 10 to 7 at Olds. Vera Yeager and Eva Gramly returned to Jefferson to teach after holidays. Lillian Holmes went to Waterloo, Lois Edar to Cherokee, Mina McCleary to Keota. Sophomore and freshman classes attended “the kid” at the opera house. Seniors hosted juniors at a taffy pull. Fred Sipe and daughter Miriam and Mrs John Anwyl visited Miss Talma Sipe in Iowa City hospital. Elmer Hooper died near Oska after a brain tumor. Week of prayer planned with services in United Presbyterian, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches. Mrs Lauder Kennedy visited with grandmother Mrs Clemens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Janu
Vera Yeager
Eva Gramly
Jefferson
Lillian Holmes
Waterloo
Mies
Lois
Cherokee
Mina McCleary
Keota
Sophmore
Kid
Opera House
Fred Sipe
Miriem
John Anwyl
Haxel
Iowa City
Talma Sipe
Elmer Hooper
Qida
United Presbyterian Church
Myron Hayes
Presbyterian Church
G. W. Manga
Methodist Church
Kilgu
Lauder Kennedy
Washington
Mary. Clemens
Rural Route Three News Recap in Kalona Social Notes
Jan 9 report from Rural Route Three lists Charles Bear and family visiting Kalona with their son spending Thursday afternoon there. Mrs Boothig noted shopping trips, Chaubel family visited Kalona, Figgins enjoyed radio at Malichky residence, Bear and Besar women visited Benson home, Myers family spent Sunday in Washington, and Allie Maas attended teachers event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Rosella Wilson
Milton Maas
Nate Benson
Raymond
Joe Peiper
Kalona
Virgil Rogers
Richmond
Flosse Shrader
Roy Thatcher
Rosalia Wilson
Flossie Shrader
Washington
Charles Bear
Son
Wm. Boothig
A. Chaubel
Hal Figgins
Joe Malichky
Clayton Bear
Charley Besar
Harley Myers
Allie Maas
Funeral for Elmer Hooper Held at Olds Church
Edwin Chrissinger and his mother Rebecca attended the funeral of Elmer Hooper at the United Presbyterian church. About 50 people gathered for the initial services of the week of prayer led by Rev. Myron Hayes with the theme Thankgiving and Confession. Mrs Fred Sipe returned from Iowa City Sabbath with Mrs Sipe. Miss Talma Sipe is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Jan
Edwin Chrissinger
Rebecca Chrissinger
Elmer Hooper
Olds
United Presbyterian Church
Myron Hayes
Fred Sipe
Sipe
Iowa City
Talma Sipe
Rural Route Five Dinner Guests From California Visit
Mrs Charley McKinstry hosted Mrs Mires and two daughters from Longmont California and Ralph Springer and his wife for Sunday dinner. In the evening twenty one friends visited for rock and a general good time. Mr and Mrs Wess Engle and Mrs Porters called on Wednesday. Mrs Lottie Robertson and daughters Cecil and Dale visited last week. Seamore Statjes delivers hogs to Titud today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley McKinstry
Mires
Long Mont
California
Ralph Springer
Wess Engle
Porters
Charley McKinetry
Lottie Robertson
Cecil and
Dale
McKinetry
Seamore Statjes
Braden Jan 9 Social News and Shoppers Patrick
Mr and Mrs Sam Within and others visited the Ed Wittrig home in Wayland on Sunday. Several residents shopped in Washington Saturday. Clyde Maxwell led Havre store duties as Earl Frye attended a funeral in Brighton. Braden club held Jan 2 meeting electing officers and planning a social event at Boyd Tynnam’s. Invitations extended for Jan 12 social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Earl Frye
Henry Witting
Will Richard
Chas, Palmer
Herman Twinam
Debtors in Siam Face Forced Labor After Three Months
The Siamese law grants debtors a three month grace period before creditors may seek a court order to compel labor. Once ordered, the debtor must work without pay until the debt is discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Fractured OCR Snapshot Hints at Medical Crisis Terms
Fragmentary text references a need for twenty thousand oxen to produce adrenaline and mentions astringent agents used by dentists to constrict blood vessels. The passage appears as noisy OCR with odd phrasing and disrupted terms.
German Emigrants Turn Southward To South America Says Hamburg Line
German shipping circles report South American lands gaining prominence for emigrants as U S immigration restrictions push trek westward. Ports list rising German emigration to Brasil Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay with Hamburg America line expanding its fleet to serve the new demand. New liners Thuringia Westphalia Albert Ballin and Deutschland join the Hamburg America service as plans shift to increase traffic between Hamburg and New York beginning January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
United States
Penema
Brasil
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Europe
South America
Teutonia
Fugia
Galicid
Wuerttemberg
Bayern
Thuringia
Westphalia
New York
Albert Ballin
Deutschland
Thurginia
Hamburg-America Line
Baden
Preuszen
Sachsen
Hessen
France Seeks Trade with Russia Under New Draft
Moscow reports reception of a Franco Russian trade draft by the Soviet supreme Economic Council. Paris merchants propose exchange of Marseilles goods for Petrograd wool hides timber and other items. Paris Chamber backs immediate resumption of business with Soviet Russia. Italian chambers pledge ongoing contact through Petrograd correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Supreme Economic Council
Cat
Marseilles
Petrograd
Russia
France
Petrograd Chamber of Commerce
Parise Chamber of Commerce
Muasia
Cogmerce
My Dad at Fox theater stars Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker makes his film debut as a hero in My Dad at the Fox theater. The plot follows a son who risks life in blizzards to obtain evidence proving his father innocent of murder. Ruth Clifford and other strong actors support a drama praised for heart interest and snowy landscapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Walker
Fox Theatre
Dad
Thought for the Day on work and dignity
A meditation advises that not the work itself but how it is done reflects character. It urges mindful effort and personal integrity in daily duties.
Kendall urges broad state budget reforms and audits
Governor Kendall backs a comprehensive budget plan, calls for state examiners to audit all boards and commissions, cites over 75000 dollars misused in Des Moines, and proposes code revision, maternity aid law, railroad valuation funding, tuberculosis eradication, truck tax, Ames Armory rebuild, Capitol restoration, and Civil War flag storage upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall
Fortieth General Assembly
Sheppard-Towner
Railroad Commission
Ames Armory
Ames
Iowa City
State Historical Department
A Little of Everything and Three Cheers
Fragmentary note expresses a casual pledge to discharge an obligation. The text is garbled but hints at a ceremonial or civic duty and public acknowledgment of payment or service. No clear names, dates, or places are discernible from the readable portions.
Man Admits Shooting After Beaver Fight
Boone Jan 9 Henry Lawson is under arrest for the shooting of William Shiply during a fight near Beaver. Lawson surrendered and confesses the shooting but says it was in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pree Boone
Henry Lawson
William Shiply
The
Twenty
Beaver
Lawson
Mother of James Good Dies After Illness
Mrs. May Good, eighty two, mother of James W. Good a former congressman from the district, died in Credat Rapids today from pneumonia after a week of illness. She was born in Iowa in 1842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Good
Pennat Credat Rapids
Jan
James W. Good
Ongreraman
Towa
Mahomer’s Witty Words on Charity and Wealth
A short reflection attributes wealth to service to others, echoing Mahomer's teaching that true riches come from good deeds for the world and the community. The piece centers on benevolence as lasting value beyond personal wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahomer
Crabs Shift Shells Annually
Crabs are noted to molt and shed their old shells each year as part of their growth cycle. Researchers observe predictable timing in molts across coastal regions.
Dram of Wood Alcohol Sliths
A fragment notes wood alcohol dangers causing coughing and illness as a warning in a terse warning style. The unreadable text mentions health hazards and the need for caution around mislabeled or adulterated spirits.
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J. K. Letehty
Vere Goff
Burlington
Iis
K. W. Goff
Elmer F Freyenberger
Myrtle
Aurora
Nebraska
Bradey
Chicago
Horrson
Madison
Wonder
Kigoma
Brasilia
Nage
Spain
Cuba
Mexico
Toledo
USSIA
Ruth Clifford
Gov
Des Moines
Sherman Brothers
Washington, Lowa
International Federation of University
James Clingenpeel
West Chester
Florida
South Atlantic
Gulf
Texas
Dent
J. C. McKay
J. J. Teeter, D. P. A
Burlington, Iowa
Benteco Kash
Fure
Pyle
Prince Albert Tobacco
Dea
Colden
Ohio
San
Pry
Joe
Benteco Kash Store
Crescent Brand
Delis Brand
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