Subleased Riverside hotel for six months event
Mrs. Roy G Humston sub leased the Riverside hotel for six months and Mrs Louise Richardson catered the opening there Sunday. Naomi Rhodes and Wilma Wade of Wellman visit Mr and Mrs Everett Curl while Mr and Mrs Howard McCleery Mrs Ben Wallace and Mrs Dave Warfel of Iowa City called on friends and to see the fire. NOTICE ALL OUR COAL WILL be weighed at Pans Lumber Co hereafter and have discontinued a weighing at City Feed Yard. All we weights guaranteed. Call 407 blue or 184 blue Beggs Wehr 28913.
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Roy G. Humston
Riverside
Louise Richardson
Naomi Rhodes
Wilma Wade
Wellman
Mrs
Everett Curl
Howard McCleery
Ben Wallace
Dave Warfel
Iowa City
Pan's Lumber Co
City
Beggs & Wehr
Population distribution by continents
The passage states that eighty percent of the world population lives in Europe and Asia, nine percent in North America, and three and a half percent in South America.
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Europe
Asia
North America
South America
Ten Years From Today McDaniel Drug Store Fire Note
George Weather thanks helpers after the 1930 fire at the Northwest corner of the square that damaged the McDaniel Drug Store. He promises a bigger and better store and to keep the community advised as plans develop. Hog prices top ten dollars and sixty five cents.
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McDaniel
McDaniel Drug Store Is In the Offing, and Wl
George
Bandits Shot and Captured After Georgia Swamp Battle
In Macon Georgia three bandits were shot and captured after a 30 minute gun battle in a swamp near Macon. Police with 290 rounds fought alongside Jacksonville officers. The trio Adrian Bias Dana Bias and Basil Childress claimed West Virginia penitentiary escapees and said they were serving 40 year highway robbery sentences. Adrian Bias lost his left arm in the firefight.
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Macon
U.P
Jacksonville
Wethersfield
Dana
Childress
Prince of Wales Lands in Cape Town Amid Cheers
The Prince of Wales landed at 9 a m in Cape Town aboard the Kenilworth Castle. He was greeted by the Earl of Athlone the mayor and other notables then driven to Government House. Large crowds lined decorated piers and streets as plans for social functions and a hunting expedition in the Hinterland were announced.
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Prince OF Wales
Cape Town
South Africa
Kenilworth Castle
Earl of
Capetown
Funeral services for Mrs W A Cherry
Funeral services are announced for Wednesday afternoon at 2 oclock at Sherman Funeral home with interment in Elm Grove cemetery. Son Ben A Cherry from Phoenix Arizona is expected to arrive Tuesday night. Casket will be opened and friends may call at the funeral home any time.
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W. A. Cherry
Sherman Funeral Home
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ben A Cherry
Pheenix
Arizona
Dor othy Strickler Visits In Red Brick Community
Marguerite Hering reports Dor othy Strickler of Iowa City visiting her mother Mrs. John Caldwell in Red Brick. Midred Kephart missed days at school with illness. David Neiswanger was absent with a cold. Albert Dayton family and Mabel joined dinner at Carl Hering’s. Sam Sigafoose and O E Babb visited at O E Babb home. O E Babb underwent goitre surgery in Washington County Hospital and is recovering well.
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Red Brick
Dorothy Strickler
Iowa City
John Caldwell
Midred Kephart
David Neiswanger
Albert Dayton
Mabel
Carl Hering
Sam Sigafoose
O. E. Babb
Eugene Sayre
Old Masonic Building and Contents Burned in Fire
The Masonic Building in Washington suffered extensive damage early Sunday as flames destroyed the structure and its contents. Firemen, working through the night, confined the blaze to the one building while the nearby Knupp building escaped serious harm. The old landmark, built over sixty years ago by Norman Everson, housed an opera house and Ever's on hall, and its wood construction and attic openings contributed to the spread.
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Washington Business District
Washington
Daughter's suit against father for damages fails
In Des Moines on January 18 a district court verdict favored Joseph Kaplan as Rose Kaplan lost a $15,000 auto damage suit. Judge Lou Ladd ruled Kaplan not negligent for dozing at the wheel causing the crash and found Rose contributorily negligent for sleeping in the rear seat. Walter Maley said he would appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
Rose Kaplan
Joseph Kaplan
Lou Ladd
Kaplan
Walter Maley
Supreme Court
Census Enumerators Planned for Iowa in 1930
W H Stewart Iowa census director lists 15 district supervisors who will start the 1930 census on April 1. A preliminary survey estimates Iowa's population at 2 430 000. Between 1 800 and 2 500 enumerators will be needed. Bertha Mitchell of Keokuk is district 15 supervisor covering Des Moines and surrounding counties.
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Des Moines
W.H. Stewart
Iowa
Census Bureau
Wilson Deford Funeral at Junction Columbus Junction
The body of Wilson Deford 79 a former resident will arrive at 420 from Cedar Rapids and burial will be in Columbus City cemetery after services at his Cedar Rapids home He died Friday evening from heart trouble found by his daughter Gertrude He shovelled snow earlier Surviving are two daughters Mrs Thomas Sholtz and Gertrude a brother William Deford and sister Mrs Margaret Young Mrs Deford and four children are deceased.
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Columbus Junction
Wilson Deford
Cedar Rapids
Columbus City
Deford
Gertrude
Journal Wants Ads Pay A Trial Will Convince
A newspaper urges advertisers to fund a trial run to prove the value of ads. The piece frames ad support as essential to sustain operations and attract broader readership.
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Journal
Local news items from Blair area and surrounding towns
Local notes report T A Miches opening a law office in Blair Building on the second floor over 98c store. Geneve Shebeck, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Shebeck, underwent a serious appendicitis operation Jan 16 at the county hospital and is recovering. Remps Hampsher bought Shorty Johnsons barber shop. Miller Dittmar sale postponed to January 22. Residents and shoppers from Kalona Crawfordsville Riverside Wellman and West Chester visit for shopping and social calls. Auction at Cunningham's tonight at 7:30. Dr Telford offers chiropractic services at 307 Bailey building. There is a call for planting fruit trees and shrubs through Stark Bros Nursery with Rep Clifford Hunter.
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Geneva Shebeck
John Shebeck
Savings on suits and overcoats at Schmoeller Bros
Local ad notes money-saving deals on suits and overcoats at Schmoeller Bros. The listing includes contact details and a handy phone number for appointments, highlighting first class service and value. It mentions Mrs Anna Goble's return from Sigourney and a weekend visit by Ed Swords and family from Eldon, plus a beauty parlor relocation near Rose-Grey Hat Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Swords
Eldon
Ralph Scott
Shorty Johnston
Shorty’s
Marcell
Auction notice for D F Macon in Washington Iowa
Auctioneer D F Macon of Washington Iowa lists services with contact phone 251 red 2441 for local auctions and appraisal.
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D. F. Macon
Washington
Iowa
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FOX
Cac
Davys
Lawrence Gray
Benny Rubin
Biltmore Trio
West Coast
Baptist Church
H. S. Gym
Sigourney High School
Washington High School
Altho
Sigourney
Athletic Department
Georgia
Marguerite Hering
Washington County Hospital
Masonic
Junction
Graham
Chas
Buddy) Rogers
Jean Arthur
Lovejoy
the Greene
Fu Manchu
Paul Lukas
T. A. Miches
Blair Bldg
Remps Hampsher
Shorty Johnson
Masuras
Ewe Anabubihe
Charles Benx
Betty Jane
Oskaloosa
Charles Benz
Linnes Patterson
Kalona
Rex Long
Crawfordsville
John P. Jones
Cotter
Mwinshington
Jake Widmer
Wayland
Cunningham’s
John B. Quinn
Dr. Telford
Bailey Building
W. C. Hedges
A. S Allen
Richland
Eva Smith
West Chester
Charles Lingenmeyer
Roy Durian of
Burbank
Stark Bros. Nursery and Orchart Co
Clifford Hunter
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
Wisie Long
Schmoeller Bros
Anna Goble
Enna Jettick Health Shoes
Hans
Westphal
Duco
HILL
Rta
John Shields & Sons
Shorty
Hampsher
Remps Hampsher, Prop
Kentucky
Wilson Coal Company
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