Columbus Junction Local Notes and Gatherings
Community updates from Columbus Junction include Martha Butler hosting and a Presbyterian women’s meeting on Sunday with talks on Educational Fund and Women in Education. Wapello basketball comes to town Friday, and Marian Light marries Paul A. Elbert with the bride born January 5.
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Columbus
R. W. Owen
C. W. McGrew
Educational Fund
H. B
Women In Education
United Presbyterian
Carson Duncan
J. Fred Moore
Presby
Viennese Rents Low Yet No Rooms Available
Vienna faces a housing crunch as rents stay low under a weak market, yet vacant rooms are scarce. Moving vans serve as makeshift homes for families like Johan Tac and his six children, while landlords, aided by postwar rent policies, hold rooms empty awaiting wealthy tenants.
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Nna
Johan Tac
Bae
Austria
Haps Burzs
Resin Court
Landords
Vienna
Socialist Party
Clites
Cameraman Faints As Plane Wing Is Damaged In Film Shot
A motion picture crew filming at Oakland airport experiences a sudden gust that damages a plane wing. The camera plane spins, the director calms, and the pilot lands safely. One cameraman salutes while another’s camera jams. no footage is captured.
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Ake
Oukland
Rhine Map Shows Bridges Across the River Cities
A newly published map highlights the Rhine flowing through hundreds of cities and villages along its shores. It notes bridges in Cologne Constance Maastricht and other towns, detailing multiple crossings to serve rail and pedestrian traffic and reflecting extensive river connectivity.
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Duispurg
Erm
Rhine
Holland
Switzer
Cologne
Conlence
Maser
Ireland Plans Large Scale Reforestation Drive
The Free State government outlines a major planting program this year aiming to produce about seven thousand trees across several counties. Officials emphasize tree planting as a key environmental initiative and consider it a priority task for multiple regions.
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Dubie
Irelene Suum
Free State
Paradise Grass Discovery Impacts Local Golf Greens
Paradise Grass has been found growing on a green at a local course. Club officials confirm ongoing prospecting and plans to address the issue to protect play and turf quality.
Bandit Acts on Wife's Orders in Mayfair Hotel Hold-Up
Kansas City criminals linked to a bold hotel theft involving a henpecked husband and his wife known as Dear. Homer and Dear confronted L. A. Bird as he left the Mayfair hotel, demanding a wrist watch and taking it after a scuffle. The couple fled in a Chevrolet coupe, prompting a police inquiry.
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Kansas City
Arin Nenpeck
Dear
L.A. Bird
Mayfair
Mr. Bird
Homer
Alaskans Discover Fortune in Moss
Alaskan lands yield a surprising fortune from short tundra moss that carpet vast areas. It has become a standard poultry feed in Gerhis and now exports in large quantities to the United States. A German moss shipment to the Pacific coast reached 200M tons valued at 16 to 20 dollars per ton. Moss, once a nuisance for mosquitoes, is being conserved to offset clearing costs and support cultivation.
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Anchorage
South Seas Bishop Covers Vast Diocese
The report describes Bishop Thorne overseeing a broad South Seas diocese from FU in the west to Tahiti and north toward the Gilbert Islands. It highlights his wide influence across many ranks and nations, portraying him as a unifying figure among diverse communities.
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South Seas
Papeete
Ars
Analivan
Mia
Blaha Kemp Thorne
Guternieta
Three Kings Enliven Cairo Winter Season
Cairo welcomes three foreign sovereigns the king and queen of Belgium and the shah of Persia, staying with King Fuad as American visitors flock to Egypt. Rumors of an epidemic are denied by the Egyptian government noting only a few fever cases.
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Cairo
Belgium
Persia
Fuad
Egypt
Nester
Frank
Min Ther
Cutro
Feyptian
French Girls Said to Be Most Graceful Walkers
A brief note highlights French girls renowned for poise and grace, describing their smooth, measured strides as they glide with elegance.
Crawfordsville Church Services Announced Amid Weather Notes
In Crawfordsville the Presbyterian Sabbath school gathers at 10 00, preaching to follow. Weather and road conditions noted as poor. Methodist Sunday school at 10 o'clock with morning worship at 11 o'clock. Epworth League Union services at 7 20 with theme Winning the World. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening led by Rev G W Pool. The Church of the Glad Way shows a discussion and quotation about faith and truth, ending with a reflective note.
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Gray
Pete Perdock
Rock Island
Harrow
Crawfordsville
Presbyterian
Methodist Sunday School
Ation
Af Charater
Epworth
Leo
G. W. Pool
Pst
Life under the Searchlight Sermon at Church
A church notices its Sunday schedule with a morning sermon titled Life under the Searchlight based on 1 Timothy 1 15 and 30 pm a Christian living theme as ministers invite all to attend plus a C E meeting in the afternoon led by Everette Davie and Rev EB Griffithy.
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Sue
Sunda
Everett Davie
EB. W. Griffthy Pasto
To Use Watch as Compass in Tent Functions
A nineteenth century style tip explains using a watch as a compass by tilting it flat and aligning the hour hand toward the sun. The halfway point between the hour hand and 12 marks south in the northern hemisphere and north in the southern hemisphere.
Apology Requested Over Neighbor Child Remark
A misspoken note reports a mother repelling a small gift after a neighbor’s child was called homely. The child, Alice, was prompted to apologize, saying she only meant the other child’s face was not very decent, with the phrase attributed to Von Wee amid a New Maven setting.
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Alice
von Wee
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