Dayton Grove News Briefs Include Visits and Local Happenings
Wil Johnson and Howard Stewart shipped stock to Chicago Sunday. Mr and Mrs W C Embree spent Sunday at his mother in Keota. Walter Statler and son Cloyce visited Iowa City last week. A E Knotts and Tom Knotts were Washington visitors. Ruth Leet near Monmouth college to finish freshman year. Jennie Strum in Washington. No school due to Mrs Beatty illness. Eugene Owen returned to Vinton to teach at the Iowa college for the blind. Charles Johnson family sick with colds. Saw and So Club officers elected at Mrs Walter Statler’s home January 21. Farewell for Mrs Howard Stewart as she moves. Mrs Gass and Pauline visiting relatives in Illinois. Orvis Ferguson and Tom Knotts canvassed for Red Cross. Mrs Herman Schultz visiting sister in Leet.
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Dayton Grove
Wil Johnson
Howard Stewart
Chicago
W. C. Embree
Keota
Walter Statler
Cloyce
Iowa City
A. E. Knotts
Tom Knotts
Washington
Ruth Leet
Monmouth College
Jennie Strum
Harry Beatty
Eugene Owen
Vinton
Iowa College For the Blind
Charles Johnson
Daniel Gass
Paul Gass
Pauline
Ilinois
Orvis Ferguson
Red Cross
Herman Schultz
W. A. Leet
Brighton Visitors and Local Fire Alarm Report
Mrs Edith Roop and Mrs Claude Waterhouse with son Harold visited Brighton on their way from Iowa City where Harold is receiving treatments. E L Edmondson left for De Witt Ark on a weeklong business trip. A house fire at Royal Reedy residence was stopped by the fire brigade despite wind and a roof blaze. The firemen's ball at the club house netted about $90 for the relief fund.
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Brighton
Edith Roop
Claude Waterhouse
Harold
Ollie
Iowa City
E. L. Edmondson
de Witt
Ark
Royal Reedy
Local Social Notes From Youngs America
Mr and Mrs Edgar Porter visited Frank Dittmer’s home Sunday evening. Ethel Beatty stayed at J N Phillips home last Saturday night. Beatty of the County Home is bedbound with lumbago. Pringle also ill with lumbago. Lloyd Hametons butchered summer meat Monday. Sam McKee visited brother Al in Chicago and Gary Indiana last Saturday night after fourteen years apart. J C Nelson poorly this week. Mrs Sam McKee and J M Bickford called to town for Mrs Bickford’s illness. Lloyd Phillips confined to bed. Charles Vincent improving. Mr and Mrs Riley Miller Mrs Briley and Harold spent Monday evening with Mrs Sam McKee.
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Edgar Porter
Frank Dittmer
Ethel Beatty
J. N. Phillips
Beatty
Pringle
Lloyd Hameton
Sam McKee
Chicago
Gary
Indiana
J. C. Nelson
J. M. Bickford
Bickford
Lloyd Phillips
Charles Vincent
Riley Miller
Briley
Harold
Rural Route 3 News and Local Visits
L. C. Brinning visited Sigourney relatives on Tuesday. H. H. Brinning sold baled straw to Harry Whittaker. delivery this week. Mrs. Durst of Washington returned home after visiting son Arthur Durst. Flora Iola named for adopted Dittmer girl. Victor Frisk and Will Busby events noted. club dinner planned. W. J. Todd prep for sale on the 28th. Community canvassing by Hed Cross workers. Joe Carson sidelined by grip. Brooks family visited Walter Kyle. Zeck family installing a new furnace. Mrs. Mary Scott convalescent from pneumonia.
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L. C. Brinning
Sigourney
H. H. Brinning
Harry Whittaker
Arthur Rathmet
Will Busby
Cedar Community Club
W. J. Todd
Rush Helwick
Pleasant Plains
Hed
Funeral for Mrs. E. J. Davidson Held at Crawfordsville
The service was conducted by Rev. W. S. Covert at the Davidson home with a male quartet and pallbearers named. Distinct attendees included Mr. and Mrs. M Yard and Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Yard of DeKalb Hill and visitors from Washington Wayland and Waterloo. Additional locals and relatives visited the Wooley home in Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsville
J. A. Moorhead
Washington
Grand Jury
Dewey Conrad
Wyman
James Bentley
Ohio
J. A. McCleary
Waterloo
Lois Davidson
Mobridge
Harriett Pemberton
West Branch
Iowa
E. J. Davidson
W. S. Covert
The
Presbyterian Church
Clyde Huston
John McCoy
Lee Shaffer
Jess McCoy
P. L. Huber
J. P. Jones
R. S. Dix
S. J. Stites
S. J. Stites W E Anwyl and J. H. Crooks
Yard
Arthur Yard
Welter Huxford
John Young
Cc. R. Gallagher
George Foster
W. R. Yard
DeKalb, Hill
Scott Jaward
Elmer Wresehly
Wayland
W. K. Wooley
Meeting courage differs from street car support
In a tense exchange Patrice recalls Patience questioning why he praised a man who defended her at a meeting while he failed to stand up for her on a trolley car that same night. The dialogue highlights inconsistency in public versus private support.
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Patrice
Iowa notices and events highlight local concerns
News and comments discuss using ferrets for rabbit hunting, headlight dangers, school text book uniformity in Van Buren county, and a Bevington fire that destroyed a home and $300 in US savings stamps. Stamps were replaced by the treasury, then stolen in a bank burglary where valuables were taken but stamps remained non negotiable.
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Dominick Gallagher
Bevington
Madison County
U.S
Winterset
Treasury Department
Washington
Post Office Department
Boone County seeks federal aid for Des Moines river bridge
Boone county supervisors ask Congress for a million dollar appropriation to build a high level bridge across the Des Moines river near Boone. The Townsend bill proposes federal funding for a nationwide continuous highway system covering up to two percent of each state's total road mileage. The plan envisions independent government cost of construction and hints at a Lincoln Highway crossing the state.
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Board of Supervisors
Boone County
Congress
Bluff
Des Moines
Boone
Townsend
Seth Lincoln
Proposed Lincoln Highway Bridge Across Des Moines River
The text notes the government bridge across the Des Moines River at Boone would lie on the Lincoln Highway, with the improvements and Jefferson Highway extending north and south as the other major cross-country routes.
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Provement
Gulf of Mexico
Des Moines River
Boone
Lawyer Cleared Counterfeiter Then Was Paid in Counterfeits
A Des Moines attorney defends a man charged with counterfeiting and wins acquittal. After leaving court the defendant promises to repay the lawyer. soon the lawyer finds counterfeit bills sent in payment. He deposits them in a bank and learns they are fake, leaving the lawyer entangled with officials once more. Also: C. P. Olson and Madge Colby wed in Mac Gregor and fly by airplane to Florida on a honeymoon, with plans for a Colorado return flight.
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Des Moines
Shim
Kansas
C. P. Olson
MacGregor
Madge Colby
Clear Lake
Southland
Florida
Olson
France
Colorado
New Law Aims at Halting Auto Theft Industry
The act targets the sale of used cars by requiring a certificate of ownership from the registration source and makes buying without such proof a crime equal to selling. It also criminalizes defacing a vehicle or removing the engine number to disguise theft. The penalty includes up to five years in prison.
Regulation Prohibits Sale of Used Vehicles Without Transfer Certificate
The text declares it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to buy or sell a second hand vehicle without providing to the buyer a certificate of registration and transfer. The certificate must show factory and license numbers, description, and ownership as issued by the registering officer in the vehicle’s state.
State raid summons sheriffs from twenty counties
In a crackdown under a recent law sheriffs from twenty counties were directed by the governor or attorney general. Waterloo raids involved over 25 locations with large liquor seizures. State agents aided Waterloo due to lax enforcement by the mayor and chief of police who have resigned.
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Waterloo
United States Fishery Station Rescues Over 147 Million Fish
The Bellevue Jackson County station on the Mississippi reports season completion. From Prescott Wisconsin north to ten miles south of Bellevue, 147 079 051 fish were rescued and returned to the river. The program aims to stock the river to boost commercial fishing.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Bellevue
Jackson County
Mississippi River
Prescott
Wis
Piscott
Bellevue station rescues vast fish season record over 42 million
Bellevue operates one of the best equipped fish rescue stations on the upper Mississippi. Two crews worked all season and rescued over 42,000,000 fish. Ingalls Swisher mayor of Iowa City had a rare medical incident when a cervical vertebra was dislocated during awakening and snapped back into place after a quick surgery.
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Ermen
Mississippi
Bellevue
Ingalls Swisher
Iowa City
Major Swisher
A Rat Colony Warns of Rapid Growth, Yet Disturbances Rise
An Ohio State Journal item notes a biologist’s claim that a pair of rats could reach 37 million in two years if undisturbed, but adds the reassuring point that they are almost always disturbed.
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Ohio State Journal
Keota Mourns Its Oldest Resident James Glover
James E. Glover aged 86 years 3 months and 21 days died after long illness. His funeral was held today in Keota with interment at Washington noting he had been the town's oldest man for several years.
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Keota
James E. Glover
Washington
Optimistic Thought Rumor Sparks Early Talk
A vague rumor circulates about a forthcoming event at Vale with rising optimism. Details are scant, but locals expect an announcement soon.
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Vale Ishes
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Lottie
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Herman Pehler
Ainsworth Cemetery
Jersey
Rock Island
Monmouth Gang
W. M. Forner
D. F. Macon
R.L. Richard
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Tam
Wisconsin
Frank Stewart
Verdi
Guernsey
Farrow
C. M. O’handlen
Aus
Mr. Glover
Sieep
Kemp
Walt Stewart
West Chester
Wellman
John Deere
Hayes
Peter Shuttley
de Laval
Maxwell
A. C. McNurlen
Farmers Savings Bank
Whittacker Feed Yard
Johnson Counties
L. L. Ayers
Chas, Brown
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