Chautauqua closes as Galganos attract minor turnout
Crawfordsville July 4 report notes the chautauqua's final day with harpist Mr Galgano and reader Mrs Galgano as attractions. Dr Tincher attended previously. Attendance weaker than prior events though 175 tickets are sold for next year. Local committee praised for efforts and community support highlighted by many visitors and updates on residents and travelers.
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Crawfordsville
Galganos
Dr. Tincher
Galgano
Tincher
Hilda Colquist
Elmer Bennett
Hilda Ross
Jacksonville
Illinois
Minnesota
Lawrence and
Everette Rhea
Burlington
W. K. Wooley
J. F. Burbeam
Washington
Minear
Mt. Pleasant
God
Pratt
Winterset
J. W Pascha
W. H. Hagie
Reba
Willie
Cor
Hagie
Winfield
G. T. Club
J. H. Lee
Columbus Junction
J. A. Sprague
Alice
Evelyn
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Sprague
Cecil Lease
Des Mones
Ft. Madison
Rural Route Three Social Life Notes July Visit Highlights
Rural Route Three notes list visits and gatherings. Mrs David Rittenhouse and others spent Friday afternoon with Mrs Samantha Thrasher. Mr Brinning and Miss Blanche Scott visited Ralph Brinning near Wellston. Miss Martha McGuire from Gary, Indiana visited Sam McKee and Gertrude Noecker. Mrs Mary Scott visited relatives in Eldora last week. E B Bishop and family drove to Muscatine to visit Crub home before an extended eastward trip.
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David Rittenhouse
Jessie Bishop
Misa Abigail
Samantha Thrasher
Charlies Brinning
Blanche Scott
Ralph Brinning
Wellston
Martha McGuire
Gary
Ind
Sam McKee
Gertrude Noecker
Mary Scott
Eldora
Bishop
Muscatine
Crub
East
Local Visitors Share Summer Here in New Haven
July reports from New Haven note Little Ma ble Kupka of Washington visiting her aunt Mrs. Gus Strum and enjoying the country. Margaret Hesseltine from near Cone spent a week with her sister Mrs. Glen Cuddeback, returning home Saturday. The Cuddebacks and Alvin Strum joined Hesseltine for the Fourth at the Heaseltine home. Cecil Robertson visited Mrs. Clarence Baker near West Chester. Robertson was their former New Haven school teacher, while Baker and husband study chiropractic in Davenport.
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Grace
Marion Smith
Baker
John Kupka
Washington
A. R. Strum
H. Work
New Haven
Marion Work
Work
Gus Strum
Iowa City
James Combs
Rosalie
John
Merle Stadler
George Foster
Mable Kupka
Margaret Hesseltine
Cone
Glen Cuddeback
Cuddeback
Alvin Strum
Heaseltine
Cecil Robertson
Clarence Baker
Addison Baker
West Chester
Davenport
Neal Stattler
Community Notes From Clay County Socials and Visits
The Ladies club hosted an ice cream social at A. J. Meacham home with families attending. Miss Irma Grinnell returned from Chicago while Miss Frances Meacham traveled to Des Moines for a national teachers meeting. Several local residents visited relatives in Richland and Grinnell, and a band concert plus fireworks were held in Brighton. The Farmers' Union reports binder twine delivery this week.
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Brighton
Bessie Clark
Dot Meacham
Gertrude Reed
Richland
Hattie Meacham
Bessie Meacham
Grinnell
Bessie
O. K. Hacken
Fairfield
A. J. Morgan
Harry Hamilton
Willi Black
Pleasant Plain
A. Anderson
Arnold
Keota
Pearl Billings
Earl Morgan
Rubio
Farmers’ Union
Eureka Church Services and Local Visits Report
Eureka July 4 Dr Bowers of the Washington Methodist church preached at Eureka church at 2 30. In two weeks Dr Minear Muscatine district superintendent will preach at Eureka at 2 30. Raymond Bird of Iowa City Clifford Willard Hunter and Earl Salterberg visited the Beenblossom home. Frank Kuhn is much better after a hospital stay in Iowa City.
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Eureka
Bowers
Methodist Church of Washington
Minear
Muscatine
Raymond Bird
Low
City
Clifford
Willard Hunter
Earl Salterberg
Glenn Beenblossom
Frank Kuhn
Frank
Iowa City
Fourth of July Socials Across Davenport and Rock Island
Mr and Mrs L Jugenheimer and Mr and Mrs Ray Walton celebrated the Fourth in Davenport and Rock Island. Sam Perry helps Louis Fete cut oats. Mr and Mrs Ralph Lemsey and Mr and Mrs David Kleese joined Mr and Mrs D Giebh Been blossem in celebration. Will Foster and family spent Sunday at Fred Wagner's. Lucile Walton visits Grandpa and Grandma Rickey near Pilotaburg for a few days.
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L. Jugenheimer
Ray Walton
Davenport
Rock Island
Sam Perry
Louis Fete
Ralph Lemsey
David Kleese
D. Giebh
Will Foster
Lloyd
Baby
Fred Wagner
Lucile Walton
Grandpa
Grandma Rickey
Pilotaburg
Death of Mrs Booth at Wellman Leaves Family in Mourning
Mis M. Booth died at her home in Wellman on Sunday afternoon. She leaves a husband a son and two daughters. Funeral is set for Wednesday at 2 PM from the Methodist church. Also noted are injuries to Will Y Yoder from a hay pulley accident and local social updates including guests at Davenport celebrations and visits to Cedar Rapids and Sharon Center.
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Wellman
Mis
M. Booth
Methodist
J. J. Ward
Mert
Doc Wheteti
Vera Arthur
June Cook
Geo. Struble
Davenport
Mandana DeGalleford
Cedar Rapids
Carmi Crossett
Sharon Center
Ike Bradford
Cedar Rapides
Bradford
Maxwell and Holmes Host Visitors in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Mr and Mrs J G Maxwell of Washington were visitors last evening. S P Gordon spent the May in Washington yesterday. The Milleson Mission Circle met with Miss Althea Holmes last night. Afterwards the young people of the town gathered for a local social event.
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Crawfordsville
J. G. Maxwell
Washington
S. P. Gordon
Milleson Mission Circle
Althea Holmes
Social at United Presbyterian Church Evenings Pleasing
Grace Heasestine returned to Muscatine to attend summer school after several days at home while a church social organized by the United Presbyterian Church offered a pleasant evening.
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E United Presbyterian Church
Grace Heasestine
Muscatine
Noble Iowa to Vote on $60 000 School Bonds in August
Notice from Noble Consol idated Independent School District announces a special election on August 6 1921 at Bicher School House Noble Iowa from 1 pm to 6 pm The district proposes issuing bonds totaling $60 000 to construct and equip a new school house and acquire a site The notice cites legal requirements and is signed by Secretary A F Mitchell Board of Directors with dates July 5 1921 and July 6 1921
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Consolidated Independent
Noble
Washington and Henry
Iowa
Consolidated Independent School
Bicher
Consolidated Independent School District
Board of Directors
Harlan Seeks Traces of Scandinavian Prehistory in Iowa
Des Moines July 6 Hagar R Harlan curator Iowa historical department addresses community day in Drake park on who lived in Iowa before white settlers. He cites Norwegians, Mesquaki interviews, and stone age tools to explore prehistoric archaeology and cross cultural links between Norse and Indigenous peoples.
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Des Moines
Hagar R. Harlan
Historical Department of Iowa
Drake Park
America
Iowa
Wisconsin
Norway
Harlan
Royal Pathfinder Boar Dies After Heat at New London Farm
Royal Pathfinder, a champion aged boar valued at 20000, died July 4 from heat at a New London farm. Owned by Harris and Bishop, stock breeders, the prize winner from the Pathfinder lineage had won first prize at the National Swine Show last fall. He was purchased a year ago from R. G. McDuff of Monroe Iowa.
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New London
Hanks and
Bishop
Royal Pathfinder
Harris and
R. G. McDuff
Monroe
Iowa
Paris Pleasure Boom Shatters Prewar Spending Records
Paris reports show amusement receipts in 1920 tripled those of 1913, with total year expenditures far above prewar levels. The city spent more on movies in 1929 than in 1913 across films, dances, concerts, vaudeville, and legit theater combined.
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Paris
Cross on Fox's Back in American Forestry Magazine
The American Forestry Magazine notes the cross Fox and Black Fox variants. It describes the Cross fox as having a dark cross on the back and shoulders and the Black fox as all black with a white tipped tail. The article lists widespread localities from Canada to Georgia and toward the Great Plains.
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Canada
Georgia
Great Plaine
American Forestry Magazine
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the Journal
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