Neighbors' Social and Farm notes from Keota
Mr and Mrs Zeno Tinney and Mrs Nick Tinnes were callers in Keota Saturday afternoon. Earl Burroughs and W C Hotle visited Washington Tuesday. Walters and Miss Hill joined Perry Deal and W C Hotle at the Nick Times home Sunday evening. Howard Mangold has been ill but improving. Lulu Fritchen spent Sunday with H A Engle. Clarence Hotle sawed wood for George Reighard and Doc Engle Monday. Miss Ryals attended a teachers meeting in Washington Saturday. Shirel Augustine moved to the K Leacox farm Thursday. Tip Times of Talliyland and family are visiting Zeno Times today. Earl Burroughs and Perry Den helped Tines and Hotle butcher.
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Keota
Zeno Tinney
Nick Tinnes
Earl Burroughs
W. C. Hotle
Washington
Walters
Miss Hill
Perry Deal
Nick Times
Howard Mangold
Lulu Fritchen
H. A. Engle
Clarence Hotle
George Reighard
Doc” Engle
Ainsworth News: Florence Jeffrey Stricken at School
Youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Jeffrey was taken seriously ill at school last Wednesday. Dr Van Eppes of Iowa City was consulted with her physician. Her sister in nurse training at Iowa University hospital returned home to help care for her. Mr T J Whitlock travels to Arkansas to spend winter with Rosa and family. Mr and Mrs W T Trotter left for Burlington to attend a convention of Equitable Life Insurance agents.
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Ainsworth Ainsworth
Florence Jeffrey
John Jeffrey
van Eppes
Iowa City
Iowa University Hospital
T. J. Whitlock
Arkansas
Rosa
W. T. Trotter
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Burlington
Havre Social Club meets despite rain and mud
Eleven members gathered with Mrs John Putman on Thursday afternoon as Mrs Myrtle Meyers led the event. Hostess duties were shared by Mrs Glen Pratt and Mrs Edgar Meyers with refreshments served.
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Havre Havre
Havre
John Putman
Myrtle Meyers
Glen Pratt
Edgar Meyers
Martin Weston
John Simmering
Fred Zieglowsky
Will McBride
Ben Miller
Will Miller
Baby
Will Stafford
Walter Gardner
Fred Berger
John Koch
Washington
McCall
Louis Jugenheilmer
Chicago
Eastern Stars install new Brighton officers on Friday
The Eastern Stars held a Friday night installation naming Worthy Matron Mrs. Valda Prizer and other officers. Brighton High girls lost by one point to Pleasant Plain while the boys edged them by one. Mrs. Madge McGlade visits Dr. J N Irwin. Hickses visit Fairfield. A Methodist church reclamatory contest at Brighton High School features twelve contestants in four classes with Rev L R Burdock delivering Invocation.
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Brighton
Eastern Stars
Valda Prizer
R. A. McGuire
Ethel Townsley
Secy
Lucy Fleak
Treas
Mary Posh
Velda Foster
Edith Fuller
Myrtie Helmick
Pearl Frain
Adah
Irls
Madge McGlade
Waterloo
J. N. Irwin
Boyd Hicks
Fairfield
Schafer
Methodist Church
Brighton High School
Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy Sold as Champion House Cleaner
An advertisement extols Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy as the champion house cleaner curing bloating stomach pains and other ailments. The copy claims the preparation removes mucous and inflammation from the intestinal tract and promises a money back guarantee after one dose. Lemmon’s Pharmacy is listed for availability.
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Mayr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Miss Helen Stafford News Guest At Wellman High
The Wellman high school faculty member Miss Helen Stafford hosted weekend guests Miss Geneve Lowe and Mr Harold Jenson and Mr Arlo Goodyear, noted as fellow educators, during a social weekend.
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Girls Glee Club
Agnes Drish
Spirit of America
Floyd Horton
John McClintic
Washington
Max Mortimore
Mary Irwin
Mary Helmick
Helen Kurtz
England
America
Juanita Prizer
Lawrence Zelinski
Leonard Lyon
Dottie Dippendale
Laura Bennett
Ernestine
Grace Galbry
Cle, Jones
Threse Swisher
Girl's Glee Club
Helen Stafford
Wellman High School
Harold Jenson
Arlo Goodyear
Geneve Lowe
Community News from Valley Valley
Mr and Mrs John Henry Sr aided with the butcher work for their son Lees one day last week. A fair sized crowd attended the play Safety First at the church Thursday and Friday nights. Irma and Otis Black have missed a week of school due to sickness. Miss Addie Wallace is recovering from la grippe and inflammatory rheumatism. Eva Augustine spent the weekend with homefolks. John Hahn and the Blacks visited at the parental home. Dorthy Pfeifer and Piva Ballard visited Mrs Francis Feltz Saturday. Olive and Nellie Pfeifer visited C L Wallace Wednesday. J C Deal and Ted Givans visited Mrs Alois Belter at the county hospital Sunday. Irma Black visited with her sister Mrs John Hahn. Nellie and Olive Pfeifer spent Sunday afternoon with Agnes Bucher. Sympathy to the Beiter family on the infant death.
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Irma
Otis Black
Addie Wallace
Eva Augustine
John Hahn
Dorthy Pfeifer
Piva Ballard
Francis Feltz
Olive
Nellie Pfeifer
C. L. Wallace
J. C
Prewar Gold Standard Urged by English Banker
Sir Charles Addis of the Bank of England and chairman of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank urged a return to the prewar gold standard at the Bankers Institute in Edinburgh. He argued restoration hinges on stopping government borrowing, using the Bank of England discount rate, and limiting fiduciary note issues, while noting war contributed to current trade Lows but deflation alone is not the sole cause of unemployment.
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Edinburgh
Banker's Institute
Charles Addis
Bank of England
Hong Kong
Shahehal Bank
Great Britain
Charles
Farm Bureau urges record keeping for profitable farming in Washington county
Iowa State College extension agent H B Rowe leads farm management schools in Washington county to teach farmers how to keep and analyze simple farm records for 1924. Sessions cover net income, feed efficiency, and enterprise profitability with individual record work under Rowe and County Agent Ellis.
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H. B. Rowe
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Rowe
Ellis
Washington County
Farm Bureau
Explosive Sodatol Facts And A Local Farm Bureau Meeting
The article describes sodatol explosive details including strength, temperature tolerance, moisture effects, and detonator compatibility. It notes methods for stumps and rocks blasting and warns electric firing for ditch blasting. It also covers a 76 Center Township meeting on January 18 with farm bureau officers elected and an educational tuberculosis film shown to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Public Opinion for Railway Mergers Says Davenport Man
Davenport Iowa businessman W H Stackhouse told a farmers manufacturers conference that public opinion supports compulsory railroad consolidation in the near term to avoid government ownership. He analyzed the Interstate Commerce Act and the Transportation Act of 1920 and argued for shippers’ views on the transportation question.
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Davenport
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
W. H. Stackhouse
Iowa
French and Hecht Firm of Manufacturers
Farmers-Manufacturers Foreign Trade Conference
Rail consolidation debated as a path to stable rail system
Mr. Stackhouse argued for thorough study of voluntary versus compulsory consolidation of railroads. He warned a compulsory plan would require rate adjustments to sustain profitability, noting railroads typically earn only about six percent of property value. He criticized the act for splitting powers between the commerce commission and rail labor board and urged caution as the transportation law matures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stackhouse
Carreirs
Rail Labor Board
Weather outlook for Illinois and Missouri affects northeast snow
Illinois forecast shows cloudy tonight with snow in the northeast and a cold wave, followed by Thursday fair weather and colder conditions in the east and central areas. Missouri expects generally fair to tonight, a much colder trend, and increasing clouds Thursday, with possible snow in the west.
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Illinois
Missouri
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Gram
Rev
L. R. Burdock
Washington Do
Farm Bureau Office
Craft
Farmers Institute
Wellman
W. C. Pennincroth
A. W. Clyde
Extension Service
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Clyde
Norwalk
Peraded Corners
All Good Undertakers
Chas. Hebner
Northeast Corner Square
Washington, Ia
Commerce Body
National Transporation Institute
Rondon
Doctora
Pearelel
Wilson
Ford
Etroit, Michigan
Washington Motor CO
G. E. Mace
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