West Chester Beats Keota In Friday Basketball Clash
West Chester defeated Keota on the Keota floor as Ott Patterson shipped three cars of cattle and Augustine and Boyer sent two to Chicago. Local notes include social visits, business trips to Chicago, and a newborn baby girl born January 24 to Mr and Mrs James Blakely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Keota
Ott Patterson
Augustine and
Boyer
Chicago
Mr. Trump
Henry
Brighton
Dot Meacham
Lucy Morgan
L. BH. Reed
James Blakely
Belle Waterhouse
Blanche Steinbeck
Keith
Washington
Ralph Belie
Zar Morgan
Ott Smitter
Farm Bureau Meeting At Franklin Center Keeps Officers
Titus, Jan 25 The Farm Bureau meeting at Franklin Center last Thursday elected officers to serve another year. Illnesses among residents include Mrs. Sam Miller in Chicago hospital and Mrs. Chas Houck after surgery. Rural chores continue with butchering, hog shipments, and moving machinery for the coming year.
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Titus Titus
Farm Bureau
Franklin Center
Sam Miller
Chicago
Ivan Anderson
Neal
Mr. Williams
Washington
J W
Andy Augustine
S. D. Carris
Mike Hollinger
Will Dea
Ainsworth
James Lemley
Gracehill
Chas. Houck
Lester Beenblossom
Lagrippe
Glen Anderson
Jim Combs
John Pratt
Marion Smith
George Gilbert
Milt Godfrey
Social Notes From Lexington Mart 24
Lexington residents share visits and entertainments across town. Mrs. Irene Oldfield and Mrs. Sam Oldfield attended at Mrs. E. W. H. Ashby s home while H. E. Matthess and Mrs. W. W. Matthess met Washington visitors.
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Lexington
Jess Campbell
Wetlman
Irene Oldfield
Sam Oldfield
E. W. H. Ashby
H. E. Matthess
W. W. Matthess
Washington
Ralph Garber
S. P. Beatty
M. J. Shalla
East Rock Club
Farmers Union Oyster Supper At Woodford Home
The Farmers Union and families enjoyed an oyster supper at the A. W. Woodford home. W. W. Stephens visited relatives in Richland over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Robinson entertained club ladies and their husbands Saturday afternoon with delicious refreshments. The township teachers will
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Clay Clay
Wnion
A. W. Woodford
W. W. Stephens
Richland
D. Robinson
Local visits noted in Crawfordsville
W H and Miss Mary McCall visited Washington yesterday. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kennedy with children returned to Carthage Illinois after visiting relatives in town. Mrs H A Phillips returned to Washington after a Sabbath visit. A total of 140.20 dollars was raised from corn sales and donations to fund a relief car for Armenian and Syrian aid.
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Crawfordsville
W. H
Mary McCall
Washington
Lloyd Kennedy
Carthage
Ill
H. A. Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Rubio Rubio Notes Cold Weather and Local Activity
Jan 24 report from Rubio describes rain easing drought, roads nearly impassable, and mild summerlike warmth. Residents attend Scranton sale with strong pork and alfalfa purchases, church lunch proceeds, and several hogs butchered for local events. Other items include farm shipments, travel to Iowa City sales, and community visits.
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Rubio Rubio
Rubio
Scranton
Ladies Aid of the
Friend's Church
B. Luithly
Walter Nordyke
Kansas City
Emery
Rudolph
J. Steinbeck
van Gabby
Clarence Hyzer
Arthur Stevenson
Fred Leppert
Joe Augustine
Davenport
T. R. Benn
Iowa City
Poland
L. B. Luithly
Ardith
J. J. Fleig
Clayton Dickinson
Jade Dickinson
Jacob
Charlie Leppert
Florida Rain Pattern Across Seasons
The text notes summer rainfall exceeds winter across Florida. The wet season begins and ends slightly earlier in the west than in the east. Winter dryness helps Florida serve as an ideal winter resort. Most summer rain arrives as daytime brief showers cooling the air.
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Florida
Iowa Electors Named and Dam Issues Highlight Week
Des Moines reports detail Iowa electors chosen to cast ballots for president and vice president. The piece notes direct voting reforms, listed electors by district, and adds local matters such as Fort Madison water impact, a mounted Indian wigwam, and pending constitutional amendments on universal suffrage.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Iowa
United States
Executive Council
Senate
28Th General Assembly
Lore Alford
Waterloo
E. J. Curtin
Decorah
F. L. Anderson
Marion
Frank B. Younkin
Ottumwa
Oliver P. Judgins
Indianola
Earl R. Ferguson
Shenandoah
Frank E. Everest
Council Pluffs
Robert Healy
Ft. Dodge
Malcola Currie
Sac City
Observation on burning corn for fuel recalls tree growth
Mrs. Robert Herrick, wife of the secretary of the state horticultural society, recalls a fatherly remark about burning corn for fuel. He noted that a crop can be grown in six months while a tree takes a lifetime to grow, contrasting with timber kept for shade and timber value.
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Robert Herrick
State ‘Horticultural Society
Filipino Students Pay Tribute to Jose Rizal at Drake University
Nearly one hundred Filipino students gathered in Drake University's auditorium Des Moines on December 30 to honor Jose Rizal. The audience enjoyed music from distant instruments, songs, and brief talks stressing the Philippine independence desire. Forty students were from Drake with ten from Iowa State College Ames and seven from the University of Iowa. The Philippine government funds competitive scholarships sending hundreds of students to American schools each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake University
Des Moines
Jose Rezal
State College
Ames
State University
Iowa City
Phillippine Government
Ironing Mishap Sparks $25,000 Damage Suit
Miss Elizabeth Herzog sues Red Oak Electric for $25,000 in a personal injury case claiming she was hurled when an electric iron, operated by the public utility, delivered a high voltage unbeknownst to her while she ironed at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak Electric Company
Elizabeth Herzog
Woman Injured by Electric Shock From Service Line
Plaintiff alleges permanent injury after a heavy voltage arc traveled through a front area. Accuses utility company of negligence for permitting high voltage on service lines and failing to warn of the danger.
Orphanage Secrecy Rule Before Polk County Court
Iowa Children’s Home Society faces a suit in Polk County District Court over keeping adoptive parents from knowing adoptees whereabouts. Three Lieske children from Sheldon were placed in the home three years ago and now adopted in different homes. The case asks whether this secrecy is just or unjust and reflects a standard widely used by orphanages.
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Polk County
Iowa Children's Home Society
Charles Lieske
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Oil on Water Raised as Prospect Near Shannon City Farm
Woodruff and Duncan report oil in surface water at a well near Shannon City in Union county. Lab tests by Drake University chemist Charles N. Kinney indicate a paraffin base hydrocarbon with sufficient volume to justify deep drilling. Nearby farmers note deposits and plan further testing. In Audubon county sheriff B F Wilson faces an $80,000 suit by Tennigkeit in federal court at Council Bluffs over a December 27 1917 incident. Wildlife reports say wolves foxes lynx and wild cats are returning to Iowa with a captive Canadian lynx found near Nevada weighing seven pounds.
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C. Cc. Woodruff
A. B. Duncan
Shannon City
Union County
Charles N. Kinney
Drake University
B. F. Wilson
Audubon County
Fredennigkeit
Council Bluffs
Audubon
Tennigkeit
Iowa
Bert Scott
Roy Terry
Bates
Nevada
Skunk
West Grove War Riot Damages Case And Town Exiles
The report describes a mob scene in West Grove Davis county where a man fled a back exit to escape. Rev W A Stark was forced to leave town and W C Dickson won symbolic damages of one dollar in a 10 000 suit against 35 citizens. A brother was convicted under the espionage act in Ottumwa and women pursued slander cases tied to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Dickson
West Grove
Davis County
Dickson
BK. G.dickson
Ottumwa
Wild cat shot by Greene County hunter becomes rug
Ward Quackenbush tracked a chicken stealing animal in a snowy Jefferson area and killed a 23 pound maltese colored wild cat with a black stripe. The carcass measured three feet five inches from nose to tail and is being tanned into a rug. The state game warden says there are 900 wild deer in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Jefferson
Ward Quackenbush
Liberty
Quackenbush
Lowa
Bohemian Lovers’ Estate Fight Heads to Bohemian Minister
Frank J. Dolegal and Matilda Trojan planned a marriage after he sent for her from Bohemia. He guaranteed support via a New York Bohemian minister, then died two days after her arrival in an accidental gun discharge. Matilda claims the estate. her opponents are Dolegal’s Bohemian parents. The matter rests with the Bohemian minister in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Dolegal
Matilda Trojan
Bohemia
Dolegal
America
Tama County
Joseph Bohdan
New York
Dolezal
Women Police Pioneers Reach Stockholm and Gothenburg
Policewomen in Europe made early strides with Stockholm and Gothenburg among the first Swedish cities to employ women officers. The movement highlighted changing roles in public safety and gender norms during the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Stockholm
Gothenburg
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Roscoe Anderson
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State Historical Department
Wickiup
W. H. Elwell
McGregor
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Tama Reservation
Young Bear
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87Th General Assembly
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