Roach sells Keota restaurant to Harlan Emry
E F Roach has sold his Keota restaurant to Harlan Emry who will take possession February first. The Roaches consider California their next location. Nelson Harris returns to Chicago after summer in Keota. Owen Bower's illness improves. Pearl Manory visits Ruby Hulse in Williamsburg. Rev C F Hoffman takes S K Leacox to Iowa City for nose surgery. operation successful. Helen Hood from Clarion acts as McNurlen's stenographer during busy months. Mrs Laura Longnecker heads to Omaha then Long Beach California to visit relatives. E S Erdice and wife depart for Excelsior Springs Missouri for health treatment.
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Keota
E. FE
Roach
Harlan Emry
Pearl Manory
Williamsburg
Ruby Hulse
C. F. Hoffman
S. K. Leacox
Iowa City
Helen Hood
Clarion
N. G. McNurlen
Laura Longnecker
Omaha
Daugher
Hattie Reisman
Long Beach
Calif
E. A. Bofinger
E.S. Erdice
Excelsior Springs
Riverside and Ainsworth Clash In Local High School Double Header
In Ainsworth on Friday Riverside high met Ainsworth high in basketball. The boys lost 36 to 17 while the Riverside girls won 42 to 2. Mr. and Mrs. W T Trotter visited family in Letts. Mrs. W A Walkey rode to Muscatine for a day trip.
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Ainsworth Ainsworth
W. T. Trotter
Letts
W.H. Ross
Riverside High School
Ainsworth High School
Ainswort
Riverside
W. A. Walkey
Muscatine
Standard Bearers Meet At Mrs Graham Home In Crawfordsville
The Standard Bearers group of young ladies at the Crawfordsville Methodist church held a monthly meeting Thursday night at Mrs H S Graham s home led by Miss Freda White. After devotionals they shared a social hour with games and light refreshments. Visitors included Mrs Luther Williams Fred Hildbrand Rev J F Barnett Mary Manners and others. Real estate changes noted as Marion S Borders bought Luther Gormley property L H McFarland bought Ralph Borman place and J J Anwy purchased Fishburn property.
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Crawfordsville
Standard Bearers
Methodist Church
H. 8. Graham
Freda White
Luther Williams
Fred Hildébrand
J. F. Barnett
Mary Manners
Margaret and
Marion Davidson
Washington
Fred Franklin
W. E. Stump
Cedar Rapids
Columbus Junction
Will Williams
Wyman
Dewey Conrad
Clyde Maxwell
Verle and Leland
Burlington
Marions
Borders
Luther Gormley
L. H. McFarland
Ralph Borman
J. J. Anwy
Fishburn
Community Notes From Brighton and Surroundings
Mrs Emma Schroeder district Woodman Circle Davenport visited on lodge business Thursday night and Friday. Keith Sweet works at Gobble and Herr in Fairfield. Phillip Vanerus bought Edingham cottage and plans to move from Wellman March first. Twenty Masons traveled to Richland for lodge. Dan Peters became Savings Bank assistant in Wyman. Raymond Ellmore took a new job as assistant lineman in Columbus Junction with plans for wife to join later. Ben Sion in Excelsior Springs Missouri this week. Charley Fostey became pool hall proprietor after buying from Haley White.
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Brighton
Emma Schroeder
Davenport
Woodman Circle
Keith Sweet
Fairfield
Gobble and Herr Clothing Company
Phillip Vanerus
Edingham
Wellman
Richland
Dan Peters
Wyman
Savings Bank
Raymond Ellmore
Columbus Junction
Elsmore
Ben Sion
Excelsior Springs
Charley Fostey
Haley White
Local Sales Attract Attention As Death Notice Echoes
NIRA January 15 A number from this vicinity attend the Joe McGraw and Dick Disney sales today. Friends mourn Wil Cox death at Iowa City Monday. several attended funeral Wednesday. Wetrich sale Wednesday yielded fabulous prices. Dr. Austin nursing Orie Green who is recovering. Irvin Curl and wife helped his father with butchering Monday. Zora Miller returns from Oklahoma City after weeks there. Bill Hanley visiting relatives near South English. John Dennison improving at Iowa City hospital after appendicitis operation.
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Nira
Joe McGraw
Dick Disney
Wil Cox
Iowa City
Wetrich
Austin
Orie Green
Irvin Curl
Zora Miller
Oklahoma City
Bill Hanley
John Dennison
Eat Less and Take Salts for Kidney Health
An advertising note urges Americans to curb intake and use four ounces of Jad Salts from a pharmacist. Diluted in water before breakfast, it claims to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and ease bladder disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Mocking Birds Claim Turf Then Sing For Life
The piece notes that two mocking bird families avoid shared trees and establish territorial boundaries, then settle into a peace. It describes the male as a steadfast land architect at first but soon shifting to a devoted singer in his own world, focused on song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mocking Bird
Mother’s Coupon Save Nets Silver Pitcher
A mother uses coupons to obtain a silver pitcher, sparking a child’s remark that she “just paid cards” and did not spend money, reflecting on thrift and clever shopping in a family moment.
Iowa Women Win Vote For Presidential Electors
Davenport report explains Iowa statutes granting women the right to vote for presidential electors in November regardless of federal amendment status. Attorney General Havner outlines separate ballots for women, voting rights in school and drainage district matters, and limits to presidential electors and drainage trustees, with precedent noting no broader voting on school consolidation.
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Davenport
Iowa
Havner
Thirty Eighth General Assembly
Snyder
N. W
Language Test in Court Lawsuit Begun in Brewer County
A case of wide interest has been begun in the Brewer County court at Waverly on January 17 to save local schools. The lawsuit seeks to preserve school funding and maintain district programs amid financial pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer County
Waverly
German Language Education Case Reaches Supreme Court
The Ber man synod of the Lutheran church appeals a $25 plus costs fine for teaching secular subjects in German at a private parochial school in Maxfield township Bremer county. Plaintiffs include August Bartels and the German Lutheran synod of Iowa with county attorney W H H Wher macher prosecuting and Senator Hagemann presenting the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman Synod of the
Lutheran Church
Privte
Court of Justice of the Peace
M. M. Kingsley
August Bartels
Maxfield Township
Bremer County
Selma Steege
Cordelia Griese
Lawrence Phipp
Supreme Court
German Lutheran Synod of Iown
W. HH. Whermacher
Hagemann
Miner Killed by Mother in Law in Des Moines Hospital Scene
Knoxville report states Howard Roland was shot and killed by his mother in law Mrs Lon Beatty who says she acted in self defense. Beatty is hospitalized in Des Moines with serious injuries that may be fatal.
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Knoxville
Howard Roland
Lon Beatty
Des Moines
Tragedy Near Knoxville Ends in Shootout
A son in law attacked a Knoxville woman at her home after attempting to force her estranged wife to flee with him. The woman resisted as Roland Brandt shot Mrs Beatty twice and was then killed by her using a shotgun. She crawled a quarter mile to a neighbor for help and was transported to Des Moines with serious jaw and arm wounds. Roland, a miner, had prior burglary conviction in Knoxville and parole release two years ago. His wife had left him with their two children and moved to her parents’ home three weeks earlier.
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Roland
Knoxville
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