Brighton Notes Highlight Summer Visitors and Local Events
Brighten town updates recount numerous arrivals and departures over the Fourth of July including Burl Elmore from Cedar Rapids, Ralph Nichols party from Burlington, and Darlene Nichols from Wayland. Local gatherings feature picnics, a band concert, a river outing, and a large Fourth crowd cheer at Oakland Mills. Frequent hometowns include Ottumwa Des Moines and Fairfield with many residents visiting relatives, attending church activities, and reporting improvements such as a new cement walk and a finished well at the Clay parsonage.
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Brighton
Burl Elmore
Cedar Rapids
William Elmore
Ralph Nichols
Virginia
Burlington
Tie
Rex Brier
Fairfield
Misa Darlene Nichols
Wayland
Lorne Bidwell
Wellman
Shirley Bidwell
Mary Wikoff
Verna Guy
Columbus Junction
L. M. Shryock
Ottumwa
Mattie Wood
Birmingham
Mabel Davia
Oskaloosa
H. L
Ralph Hoskins
Oakland Mills
H. L. Gordon
Jennie Frain
Katie Frain
Joe Frain
Henry Lechner
Chas. Trulock
Chris Mann
Mary Coxen
Thuradsay
Kirksville
P. McCart
Davison
Emma Conroy
Jolly
Iowa
E. H. Bierman
Marjorie
Thomas
John
A. H. Andrews
Chicago
Andrew
Frank Frazey
Katheryn Frasey
Joe Weenike
Jefferson County Hospital
Allison Jones
Methodist Church
Pleasant Plain
Woods
Philatheg
Mabel Robison
Bessie Day
Gladys Brier
Mabel McCarty
Geo. Kients
Cal Cooper
Maude
Belle Brinton
Des Moines
National Teacher's Association
Kate Snyder
C. R. Thomas
Snyder
Washington
Ella Nicola
Mary Vacca
Hod Brier
Geo. Robison
Helen Robison
Batavia
V. Robison
Bert Williams
Emma Louise
Rock Island
Floyd Robison
Frank Bristow
Leonard
Bristow
Mrs. Cowgill
Cecil
Iowa City
Louise
Vera Taylor
Marcus Swisher
C. A. Foster
Joanna
Jennie Kyle
Borkoski
Irma Grinnell
Clay Parsonage
Marshalltown
Clay Church
H. A
Nelson Woodford
H. A. Robinson
D. C
Arch Waterhouse
Fremont
Neb
Waterhouse
Claude Waterhouse
Ofte
R. FE. Woodford
Baby
R. S. Borkoski
Brighton Route One Update Brief
Ralph Wikoff and family are listed in a casualty brief from the Brighton Route One area with limited details. Further information unavailable in the fragment.
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Brighton
Ralph Wikoff
New Haven Baptist Bible School Service Sunday
Pastor EB Anderson invites participation in the New Haven Baptist Bible School at 2 p m with preaching at 3 p m if weather and roads permit. Join to share your talents in these services.
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NEW Haven Baptist Bible School
EB. A. Anderson
County Churches Ainsworth Methodist Report
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Epworth League 7 p.m. Preaching at 7 p.m. Fourth Quarterly Conference met and approved reports showing sound finances and year pledges. Sixty four new members this quarter plus a growing Sunday school. Officers elected for next year. Ice cream and cake provided. pastor granted vacation to visit relatives in the western part of the state.
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Epworth
Bible School and Evening Services at Local Church
Bible school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Communion at 11 a.m. B Y P U at 7 30 p.m. subject What is our Reasonable Service Rom 12 1 8. Evening service 8 15 p.m. Mission Circle meets first Thursday each month. Today is the day to serve the Lord and you will be glad for every bit of service rendered. Pastor E A Anderson extends a hearty welcome.
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Bible School
E. A. Anderson
Valley Valley News Roundup Highlights Harvest and Local Visits
A June Valley area report notes Fourth of July style celebrations, harvest work, and numerous social visits. Local families including the Breitenbach, Wallace, Pfeifer, Deal, and Sheetz clans are referenced with gatherings at homes, stores, and churches. A teacher training class and a union service at the M E church are mentioned with planned continued sessions and a call to attendance.
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Col L. Wallace
John Redlinger
Gene Breitenbach
Henry Sheetz
Ralph Derby
Will Derby
George Crawford
Dillion
Scotland
Mary Augustine
Dorotha Pfeifer
Andy Sheetz
Blanche Conrad
Myrtle Frank
Washington
George Breitenbach
Walter Meyer
Ralph Bauer
Leilah Learox
E. L. Breitenbach
Gertrude
Louise Wallace
Irma Coffman
South English
Charley Churchill
Frank
Eva Augustis
Ifer
Lloyd Kracaw
Kat
Lioy
Will Brinning
Alvin Wallace
Hollingsworth Brothers
Arthur Conrad
Gertrude Wallace
Andy Sheets
George Frank
US Farm Population Shifts 1910 1920 Native and Foreign Born
Washington reports white farmers rose 1.1 percent 1910 to 1920 while colored farmers grew 3.2 percent. Native white farmers numbered 4,917,305 in 1929 with foreign born at 581,054 in 1920 and 9 percent of all farms operated by foreign born whites in 1929. Factors include war related emigration and regional distributions among states.
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Washington, D. C
United States
North Dakota
Minnesota
Connecticut
Washington
California
Wisconsin
Community notes highlight Fourth celebrations and local incidents
July updates from Brad Braden report Mrs Ode Ferguson sick Gladys Munson visits Mildred Munson Craig. Mrs Ray Smith injured by scalding kettle. Delbert Maxwell injures knee in tractor mishap. Wittrig families attend Coppock picnic. Oats cutting and fireworks mark the Fourth. Several trips to Winfield and Long Creek for Fourth celebrations. Families attend picnics at Wapello Sunset Park Booths with Holdridge visiting Michigan. Mildred Munsen leaves for Harper area. Maxwell and Fredrickson celebrate July 6 with Grace Twinam.
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Gladys Munson
Mildred Munson Craig
Ray Smith
Delbert Maxwell
Sam Wittrig
Henry Wittrig
Orlin
Coppock
Fred Mitchel
Robert Cunningham
Henry Willing
Gon Orlin
Jno
Fredrickson
Winfield
Dwight Nicholson
Iowa City
Herman Twinam
Clair
Nicholson
Long Creek
Jennie Twinam
Mary Twinam
Oscar Hughes
Arden
Latimer Davis
Baby
Wapello
C. B. Yard
Irene
Booth
Holdridge
Michigan State
Sunset Park
Mildred Munsen
Harper
Iowa
Paul
Leland
Veil Maxwell
Henry Fredrickson
Grace Twinam
Not until after a man loses his head does he realize
A brief wry quip from Cartoons Magazine notes that people recognize value only after losing it, using a cautionary line about heads and partnership.
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Cartoons Magazine
Tobacco spending exceeds teachers salaries in U S
July 7 Des Moines The United States spends more annually on tobacco than on teachers salaries D B Waldo president Kalamazoo Michigan chairs salaries committee 468 delegates heard that average US teacher pay remains inadequate and undertrained teachers still outnumber well trained ones with 140000 holding two years of professional prep and 560000 less training due to low salaries
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Des Moines
United States
National Education Association
D. B. Waldo
State Normal School
Kalamazoo
Mich
Waldo
Penny luck costs Hot Springs man pocket
A Hot Springs man kept a lucky penny until it wore a hole in his pocket. He then lost a $10 gold piece through that hole, per a brief Arkansas note in The Thomas Cat.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Thomas Cat
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