Local Social Notes From Braden Area
July entries detail visits and gatherings around Braden with Mrs Donald Smith hosting the Fourth of July event nine members and two visitors attended. Guests included families from Crawfordsville Washington and Chicago. Several travel mentions include Ed Bandy Kansas City and Merle Twinam’s accident, plus music encampment trips and a large annual ice cream social at Elmer Mason home with local bands performing.
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Donald Smith
Reike
Chingo
Orley Rage
Wellman
Mra
Ode Ferguson
Washington
Sam Witting
Myrtle Lee
Columbus Junction
Mary Borders
Middletown
Charles Strothina
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Ed Bandy
Kansas City
Frank Dittmer
Wallace Carson
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Elsie McCulley
Tarkio
Will Richards
F. M. Smith
Merle Twinam
Braden Clay
Hazel Berkshire
Carey Long
James Long
Oral Long
William Lemon
Crawfordsville
Doig
Ayers of Columbus Junction Takes Over
Brighton July 4 Mr Ayers of Columbus Junction has taken over.
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Brighton
Mr. Ayers
Columbus Junction
Rainy season rolls through Pilotsburg crops
In Pilotsburg on July 5 rain continues, easing corn growth while hay needs less moisture. Oats suffer in low spots but growers report fair hay and strong corn. Many residents visited Muscatine for the Fourth. Clara Fisher and Ernest Fisher attended Mrs Busby’s funeral in Washington. Jessie Brindley visits Washington sister Mrs Ralph Hamilton and husband.
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Pilotsburg
Muscatine
Clara Fisher
Ernest Fisher
Busby
Washington
Jessie Brindley
Ralphi
Hamilton
Merrymakers Social Attracts Good Attendance
A social time was enjoyed by a good attendance of the Merrymakers with Mrs. Nellie Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Anderson visited at the Carl D. Anderson home Wednesday evening. Banks Mouser and Orva Scott each sold and delivered fat hogs this week. The Pilotsburg Ladies Aid society will meet with Mrs. Carson Wilson July 10, Thursday afternoon.
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Nellie Scott
Milford Anderson
Carl D. Anderson
Banks Mouser
Orva Scott
Pilotsburg
Wyman News Lists Visitors and Fourth of July Festivities
Local notes show B V Humphreys writing from Wyman as families and friends from Burlington Muscatine Kirksville and St. Louis visited during the Fourth. Miss Bertha Morgan of Pharr Texas travels toward Europe while Wayne Kropf visits from Kirksville. A planned game between Wyman and Burlington JenSen Clothiers was rained out. A large gathering at the E V Humphrey home enjoyed a supper and fireworks Friday evening.
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Bertha Morgan
Pharr
Texas
Europe
Wayne Kropf
Kirksville
Sell Kracaw Ana
Mt. Pleasant
Wyman
Burlington Jensen Clothiers
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Sarah Davis
E. V. Humphrey
Everett Rees
Clarence Brown
Bethel Visit Dampens Fourth of July Plans
Mrs. Rennie Dawson reports in Bethel that Mrs. Lloyd Brown and her son Ralph from Kansas City are visiting H. P. Wilson and relatives. The Fourth of July was disappointing for children and picnicking and fishing plans.
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Bethel
Lloyd Brown
Ralph
Kansas City
H. P. Wilson
Community Activities at Church and Missionary Party
Mr and Mrs Parker and daughter Mary were guests at Fred and Grace Shaw. A fried chicken dinner followed by supper with the Rennie Dawsons preceded choir practice at the church. The church will hold communion Sunday morning and the Missionary Society plans a birthday party Wednesday afternoon with readings speaking music and a missionary player. Mrs Del Walker hosted Sunday dinner for multiple families and a vacation Bible school with twenty one children meets next week for a ten day term. Edith Reed returns home from town for the Fourth while Ray Lambert visits Donald Brown. Fourth of July movers include Myrtle Nate and Grant Pearson moving into their new house.
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del Walker
Donald Brown
Phyllis
Vernon Witting
Rennie Dawson
Parker
Edith Reed
George Reed
Walter
Town City
Ray Lambert
Myrtle
Nate
Grant
Pearson
Death of Ada Wheelwright Remembrance in Salem
Mr and Mrs R L Badger receive word from Rev S A Wheelwright of Salem Oregon that his wife Ada Waterman Wheelwright died after a stroke on June 22. Ada born June 30 1864 in Dutch Creek township grew to womanhood near town, daughter of pioneers Alonzo Waterman. Her Christian home and hospitality left a lasting memory of a gentle, principled woman beloved by many.
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S.A. Wheelwright
Salem
Ore
Wheelwright
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Cyrel Hadger
Washington County
Franklin Congregtional
Canada
Waterman
Lloyd
Sal Ore
Ada Water In
Rev .A. Wheelwright
Dutch Creek Township
Portland
Herbert Waterman
Kansas
T. M. Schilling
City
Mary N. Badger
Truncated train service item explains express local passes
Brief OCR shows rail service designations including Golden State Limited No 12 Express No 50 Local Pass No 82 Lo Frt and No 80 Local Pass with incomplete wording, indicating a historic schedule fragment. The readable portion lists train numbers and service types without full context or dates.
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Golden State Limited
Nesthound
California
Knoxville
Funeral services for William R. Key in Columbus Junction
William R. Key died Friday at a Muscatine hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at the home with Rev. Krenmyre of the Ainsworth Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City. Several relatives and locals are noted in visiting and church activities, including Ada Waterman Wheelwright and connections to Franklin Congregational church history.
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Columbus Junction
William R. Key
Muscatine Hospital
Krenmyre
Ainsworth Methodist’ Church
Columbus City
Madison W. Klotz
Chicago
Florence Klotz
Casper
Oming
M. Klotz
Lucy
Atlanta
Bedford
Clara Ligett
Aledo
Home from Egypt on Visit at Keota
Miss Grace Vincent returns to Keota for a year long visit with her parents after five years in Luxor Egypt teaching English at the American mission girls' school. The Protestant USD school serves 830 girls this year with twelve native aides and five American teachers. The eleven year course ends around the Sophomore year of an American high school, with Bible and domestic science taught as core subjects. School runs September to late May with earlier hours from Easter onward due to heat, and stone buildings with three foot thick walls and wide verandas.
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Keota
Grace Vincent
Luxor
Egypt
Carrie M. Buchanan
George Vincent
Amercan Mission
Bgypt
United Presbyterian Church
Miss. Vincent
Prize bull completes endurance swim in harbor
Guernsey bull worth 10000 dollars swam about seven miles in five hours from a municipal ferry to the harbor toward England. Chased a truck driver and a boat mate after leaping overboard, then was lassoed and towed to shore by Ernest Hinman aided by a western lasso improvised at sea.
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N. Ye
Guernsey
Lewis Satterwaite
Newton
Bosan
Ernest Hinman
England
Nassau
French Protests Italy Tariff Acts Trade Clash
Paris July 7 French protests rose over Italy raising automobile tariffs affecting French manufacturers and Americans. French producers urged retaliatory duties as Franco-Italian auto trade had balanced. the higher levy would raise a French one ton chassis price from 150 to 600. Journal Industrielle warned reprisals threaten neighboring trade and warned states act without precautions could destroy as well as defend.
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Italy
France
Journel Industrielle
Black Forest Clock Marks 200th Birthday in Karlsruhe
The Black Forest Cuckoo clock, first made around 1730 by Franz Anton, a Karlsruhe clock maker, is celebrated for its 200th anniversary. The article notes regional ties with Shhoenwald and mentions travel lore about summer vacations in Europe and the Holy Land, with Luxor famed for ancient Egyptian tombs and Miss Vincent recounting visits.
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Shhoenwald
Karlsruhe
Black Forest
Franz Anton
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