Local News Highlights From Davenport and Nearby
Mrs E E Dusenberry visits Mrs Raymond Freize in Davenport. Miss Bien Burke travels to Pleasant Plain for vacation. Miss Anna Dawson, former aide to Senator S W Brockhart in Washington, returns home for weeks then back to the capital. Jay McNamara returns from Grand Rapids and Chicago after ten days buying for the McNamara store. Mrs McNamara also returns from Chicago trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bien Burke
Pleasant Plain
Anna Dawson
5. W. Brockhart
Washington, D. C
Jay McNamara
Grand Rapids
Chicago
McNamara
Fourth of July in Burlington and neighbors visit
Local notices detail visits by residents to Burlington for the Fourth of July, including Clarence Logan, Walter Graves, Norman Sage, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pease, Harold Mangold, Hazel Baker, and others. Auctioneer D. F. Macon of Washington, Iowa, advertises services. Notices mention door screen shop, Mi O Na stomach tablets, and a 1916 Maxwell touring car sale in West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Pease
Harold Mangold
Hazel Baker
Burlington
West Chester
Walton
Edith Miller
Admx
Clarence Jayne
Oscar Burham
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Washington
St. Paul
Wellman
Parnell
Marengo
Vinton
Waterloo
Cedar Palll
Charles City
Red Ball Road
Alvert Lea
Minn
Mason City
Dysart
Iowa
Lake Minnetonka
Local and long distance driving notes and visits
A column of small town notes documents yesterday’s visitors to Burlington and surrounding areas. Emma Schilling, Vernon Crull, Jess Busby, Alice Meek, Edna McKimmey, Mrs. Haney and daughters, C E Plumley, Ralph Zeck, Mary Atchison, Opal Ramsey, Ally Shaffer, and others are listed with brief movements, plus a seed store ad and American Legion Auxiliary bake sale details. The piece also mentions regattas in Burlington, visits to Washington, and a long journal recount of a Florida auto trip with minimal mechanical issues beyond two broken hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Millers
Jesse
Florida
Tr Pon Springs
Sioux City Jockey Breaks Collar Bone
Sioux City July 5 A jockey named Dick Cockerel was thrown from his horse just after crossing the finish line in a race at the American Legion meet. The gates burst open and fractured his collar bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Trew
Sioux City
American Legion
Dick Cockerel
Six Killed Seven Hurt in English Railroad Wreck
Six persons were killed and seven injured in a train wreck today at Diggle near Hinderspield England. The report from Hinderspield says the accident occurred on the Diggle line with casualties confirmed by local authorities.
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Asociate? Presse
Hinderspield
Eng
Diggle
There
Be deck stamps in new colors in U S postal issue
Washington reports the government has issued 21 new stamps in distinct colors and faces, dropping the 18 cent and adding 14 cent and 2 cent denominations to reflect parcel post needs. The series honors figures from Franklin to Roosevelt with new portraits and symbols, including Martha Washington on the four cent and Arlington’s unknown soldier on the ten cent.
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Washington
United States
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Martha Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
McKinley
Cleveland
Arlington Amphitheater
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol
Hollow Horn Bear
Roosevelt
Bureau of Eugraving and Printing
Companies Push Gold Extraction From Lake Waters
Three firms are building plants at Monolake near Bridgeport California to continue tests of obtaining gold from lake waters. Each company claims prior experiments indicate eventual success, noting recoveries as high as 20 cents per ton of water. Experiments have persisted for over four decades.
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Bridgeport
Cal
Monolake
Wills His Houses to Life-Long Tenants
James F. Humphrey of Nashua dies leaving an estate of 850000. Tenants who occupied his houses receive the properties they lived in as principal beneficiaries. Distant relatives receive a small portion, with most real estate left to trusted tenants.
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Glenn N. Barclay
Minnesota
Owotonna
James F. Humphrey
Nashua
Nsa
Ames Has Record Summer School Enrollment
In Ames Indiana on July 5 more than 1500 students enrolled in the first summer term at Iowa State College, the largest number ever. Graduate and home economics lead with 291 each, followed by 232 in engineering, 191 in agriculture, 48 in industrial science and 11 in veterinary medicine. Non collegiate courses total 213, and 42 superintendents in public schools are enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Measure Musical Mind in Iowa City
Psychological examinations developed to measure musical intellect have been established as a preliminary admission test for Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York. Dr Hazel Stanton, a psychology examiner and Iowa University graduate, conducted two years of experiments to determine if training would be worthwhile before investing time or money.
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Iowacity
Eastman School of Music
Rocheste
N. Y
Hazel Stanton
Iowa University
Drowning of Avery man at Chariton river picnic
George D. Holmes age 23 of Avery Iowa drowned in the Chariton river six miles northwest of Centerville while on a picnic yesterday. He fainted and fell into the river according to members of the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
George D. Holmes
Avery
Iowa
Chariton River
Centerville
Fourth of July Visit with Family in Mimentine
A brief note records that the writer, Mia, and George Young with their children spent the Fourth of July in Mimentine with relatives, enjoying time away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
George Young
Mimentine
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Happy Hollywood
Rupert Hughes
Cor Sale
Eleanor Boardman
Frank Mayo
Mae Busch
Richard DIX
Goldwyn Picture
Atchisens
Mrs
E. E. Dusenberry
Mrs. Raymond Freize
Davenport
Schulty Motor CO
Iowa City
Curtis & Ross
Palm Beach
John Beatty
Haskins
Lee Ebner
Marjorie McCreedy
Wilson Heating CO
W. L. Graves
Wyman
Frank R. Sage
J. J. Spencer
Bess Spencer
Hattie
Nettie Martin
Albia
Beatrice Brown
Hugh Arthur
8. N. Sorrell
Nora Nichols
Newall
South Dakota
J. W. Babb
C. H. Babb
Baby
M. J. Holden
Frank Bandy
Clint McGee
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Jesse Simkins
Ignatius
Montana
EB. F. Simkins
Harley Busby
Ainsworth
Harry Turner
Fort Dodge
McElhinney Drug Co
Arch Best
Oxfords
Wilson’s
Frank Will
E. V. Simons
Clarence Logan
Warren Seed Store
West Side Square
Walter Graves of
Ova the
Norman Sage
Ben Adams of
Keota
James Clark
D. F. Macon
Charles Hay
Merle Waters
Oscar Haines
Richland
Mrs. L
Hewitt
Scott Hewitt
Lemmon's
J. W. Leeds
Leona
Iva
Pearl Mundt
Faye Cherwinker
Mary
Walter Hayes
Frank Carter
Fred Reid
Ilo Laverty
Second Street
W. D. Loftiss
Margaret Cowden
Des Moines
International Christian Endeavor
Charles Anderson
Marion Anderson
University of Chicago
Cap and Gown
Univerity
Charles
Emma Schilling
Vernon Crull
Jess Busby
Alice Meek
Edna McKimmey
Frank Haney
C. E. Plumley
Ralph Zeck
Mary Atchison
Opal Ramsey
Brighton
Allie Shaffer
Warren’s
American Legion Auxiliary
Peterson's
E. FE. Horton
Gladwin
Otto Schiebe
Sara Grimes
Mabel Anderson
Richard McCleery
Glen Eldridge
James Work
Bson
James
Gwendolyn Long
Helen Reister
Juanita Elis
Lloyd Foster
Glen Wilson
Lois Godlove
Deace Stafford
Opal Godlove
Frank Empree
Helen of Haskins
Ray Wilkinson
J. G. Moriarty
Peterson’s
South Side
Sep
Joe McElhinney
Helen Hanley
J. B. Crail
Frank Wells
George
Keith Vanwinkle
L. D. Vanwinkle
James Wooley
John
Cecil
James Jr
Mrs. Wooley
Frank Wolf
Mr. Wooley
A. E. Wooley
Rock Island
Antho Vansickle
U. S
C.M. & F. Clothing Co
Washington Cleaners
The
Associated Press
McNamaras
Richmond, Iowa
Inter
Lupton & VicCheery
Pennsylvania
John Shields & Sons
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