Wellman News Notes and Community Updates
Wellman reports include visits by Mrs Geo Struble to Cedar Rapids and Tipton and business trips by Mrs Eardley Bell Jr to Muscatine, plus local events such as a boy’s birthday, a Red Cross drive setup, horse sale, and a double basketball game where Wellman high school defeated South English. Local commerce and new millinery store improvements are highlighted.
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Iowa City
Hugh Greaf
Paryle Hicks
Howard Lantz
Wayne Knight
Glen Smith
Leslie Winegarden
Hubert Coffey
Majestic Theater
Donald
Lee Dungar
Davenport
Parnell Trade
Wellman
H. L. Karr
Richard Freel
Fred Pershing
Washington
Jake Hicks
Pasadena
Cal
T. D. Adame
F. C. Shrader
Mercy Hospital
Fred
F. C. Taylor
Keswick
Jesse Gardner
Yankton
Jesse
Jonhnie
Roseland Hamilton
Howard Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Bellieuw
Muscatine
Wellman High School
Local Notables and Household Updates in Coppo ck Coppo ck
Ronald Dold visited grandparents in Rome last week as Mrs Jarrard and Bernice Jarrard spent days visiting at the Carmicheal home. Dold Bros. received phonograph records and offer phonographs. Orla Jarrard bought a wood sawing outfit. Mildred McCarty and Mrs Rex McCarty returned from Washington after visiting the G and Dold home. D O Davidson spent time with his father in Washington and is very low. Trump brothers butchered hogs as meat costs rise. Mrs Gleede Cold ill and improving. Mrs Sarah Edwards fell on ice, bruised but recovering.
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Coppock
Ronald Dold
Rome
Minnie Jarrard
Bernice
Carmicheal
Dold
D. O. Davidson
Rex McCarty
Mildred
Washington
G. & Dold
Perry Davidson
Davidson
Trump Brothers
Gleede Cold
Local Farmers Prepare Land for Spring Farming
Mr. B. Cochran west of town is clearing land for spring farming. Mr. John Hesser bailed hay last Monday afternoon. Mr. John Ricks and Chas. Edwards are buyers of a new hay bailer.
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B. Cochran
John Hesser
John Ricks
Chas. Edwards
Local Notes From Brighton and Pierson
Charley Peterson of Pierson stays with his grandmother Mrs. Benj Meachem. Brice Pringle prepares to build a new house and barn on his farm. Mrs. Ann Gowey and grandson Rodney visited Terry Gowey on Sunday. G A Stanard is quite poorly.
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Brighton
Charley Peterson
Pierson
Benj. Meachem
Brice Pringle
Ann Gowey
Rodney
Terry Gowey
Kephart and neighbors share visits in rural area
Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and daughter Velma along with Mr and Mrs Cal Been blossom visited the Edd Lins home near Ainsworth last Sunday. Mrs George Gillette and Mrs Sickles of Washington are spending a few days with Frank Kephart. Edd Simmering visited his parents John and Mrs Simmering last Sunday evening. Bertha May visited Sam Baker last week. Elmer Kephart and Fred Kephart helped with butchering. Anna Simmering visited Charlie Kephart last Saturday night and Sunday.
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Roy Kephart
Velma
Cal
Blossom
Edd Lins
Ainsworth
George Gillette
Sickles
Washington
Frank Kephart
Edd Simmering
John Simmering
Bertha May
Sam Baker
Elmer Kephart
Fred Kephart
Anna Simmering
Charlie Kephart
Dutch Creek Township Geography and Schools
Dutch Creek Township lies along the Skunk River with nine district schools. One mile east of Dublin sits New Haven church. The White Way runs through east Dutch Creek and Indian Creek and Dutch Creek drain the area.
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Skunk
Dutch Creek
Indian Creek
Dublin
New Haven Church
Local Notes From Ainsworth Iowa and Surroundings
Mrs Wm Herbner and daughter visit Keokuk to arrange move to Ainsworth where her husband works at Moore garage mechanic. R S McKiernan suffers accident slipping on ice on a ladder, breaking and dislocating left arm. Wm Osborne and Mrs Maggie Welliver return home to Salam and East St Louis after attending a brother's funeral. The boys had their second Amer-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Welliver
Salam
East St. Louis
Missouri
Legion Meeting at Woodman Hall Tuesday Evening
Misses Ethel Henderson and Edith Peterson returned from Washington visits Tuesday. Jean Legion hosts a Tuesday evening gathering at Woodman Hall.
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Jean Legion
Woodman Hall
Ethel Henderson
Edith Peterson
Washington
Neiswanger Visits Crawfordsville as Bank Directors Reelect Officers
L L Neiswanger of Washington spent the day in Crawfordsville. The First Savings bank stockholders held their annual meeting and re elected the old board with Elias Williams as president J H Huston as vice president L M Hoffman cashier and Gladys Maxwell assistant cashier. Mrs Anwyl hosted the Methodist ladies aid and missionary societies with music by Leila Blankenhorn and others. Mrs Bell C Neal welcomed visitors Mrs John Slane and John Neal arrived from Montana and Washington to see their mother.
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Crawfordsville
L. L. Neiswanger
Washington
J. T. Fletcher
First Savings Bank
Elias Williams
J. H. Huston
L. M. Hoffman
Gladys Maxwell
Winfield
Ladies Aid Society
Women's Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
W. E. Anwyl
Leila Blankenhorn
Anwyl
Lyle Anwyl
John Slane
Poplar, Mont
John Neal
Wenatchee, Wash
Bell C. Neal
British Island Resent Sale Plan Sparks West Indies Protests
Bridgetown Barbadian press and newspapers across British colonies denounce Lord Rothermere’s plan to sell colonies including British Honduras Bahamas Bermuda British Guiana and West India Islands to the United States to cover Britain war debts. Public meetings erupt as reaction spreads.
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U. S
Bridgetown
Barbados
Lord Rothermere
United States
British Honduras
Bahama Islands
Bermunda
British Guiana
West India Islands
Jamaica
Britain
British West India Islands
Trinidad
Leeward Islands
West Indies oppose Canadian annexation pressure
Legislative councils denounce the project as a scare tactic to win West Indies annexation to Canada. Canadian visitors suggested Ottawa would welcome West Indian overtures for commercial union, but Barbados rejected the idea, fearing Canadian tariffs would shut out American foodstuffs. The aim remains a West Indian dominion spanning Atlantic and Caribbean British possessions.
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Ings
West Indies
Dominion of Canada
Barbados
Great Britain
No Change in Shoulder Blades Since Ancient Times
St Louis January 15. Dr William W Graves reports no discernible change in human shoulder blades over 6000 years. He cites 1500 measurements from humans and animals showing similar vertebral borders to gorillas chimps and some monkeys. He notes Illinois river Indians skeletons dated 4 000 to 6 000 years ago do not prove continental habitation by that era.
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ST. Louis
William W. Graves
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Graves
Gorillas
Champanzes
Illinos Rive
Shoulder Blade Similarity Draws Caution in Conclusion
Scientists note that while shoulder blades share a common type, the final inference remains cautious. Researchers emphasize structural variation may affect function and warrant further study to confirm parallels across specimens.
Life Saving Germs Challenge Longevity Claims
A reader quotes startling health statistics noting that one quarter of births die by age six and only one in a hundred survive to age sixty-five. The lines prompt questions about life expectancy and medical progress.
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Jack Cassel
Red Cross
Sarah Edwards
Eldridge Battery Co
Washington, Iowa
Willard
Dutch Creek Township
Chichester
Beamond
Beran Te Nma
British Island
Sloan
C. R. Wells
Dempsey Real Estate Co
Iowa
J. W. Teeter
Corporation of
Good Town
Washington County
Godfrey & Eldridge
Royal Worcester
Bradley
Rothschild’s
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