Richland News Notes A Flourishing 26th Anniversary and Local Life
Rev and Mrs E T Lewis celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in Richland with about 180 guests on the lawn at their home. Gifts of silver were received as Mrs Irwin remains ill, and others note in the town reports a series of visits, funerals, and harvest activity including oat cutting and road grading as well as picnic weather and a large Wellston Dublin 4th of July gathering.
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Richland
E. T. Lewis
Leisure
Friends’ Cemetery
Jacob Ramsey
J. R. G. Swinney
Washington
Tressa Botteroff
Ralph Olive
Clarence Rice
Muscatine
E. E. Swank
Kalona News Highlights Colleagues Visits And Local Events
Miss Corinie Powell and Miss Lelia Powell visit Vernon Beck home in Kalona. Jane Marcella Zdarsky spends a week with Miss Doris Rola in Washington. Bessie Jepson of Burlington visits the Jepson and Kneer families. Mr and Mrs John Jones visit Kalona friends. Ed Kash and Rupert Mirren box on the Fourth, Mirren wins. Legion Fourth celebration draws large Kalona crowd and opens the new Legion hall with Ogles Varsity Orchestra. Deaths of William Miller and Mose Gingerich noted as local losses.
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Kalona
Corinie
Lelia Powell
Keota
Vernon Beck
Jane Marcella Zdarsky
Washington
Doris Rola
Nias Bessie Jepson
Burlington
Jepson
John Jones
Ema Jowa
Kal Pa
Kalna
Ed Kash
Rudeet Mirren
Legion Boys
Kaloas
Legion Hall
Ogles Varsity Orchestra
William Miller
Sharon
Swain Beatty Drives New Ford in Lexington
Lexington lexinn notes a local scene with Swain Beatty driving a new Ford. Miss Helen McCrabb visits relatives in Keota. Mrs. Warren Mathess of Washington spends Friday night at Henry Mathess home. Social visits and Sunday gatherings recur at various local homes including Schulty, Timmons, and Pattersons.
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Lexington
Walter Harvey
Milo Patters
Independence trip reports and county wool shipments
The note lists residents visiting Kalona and North English with good times. Wool from Kalona is being shipped by a Johnson county agent. Obituary notices honor Mrs. Bunk Booth of Wellman and funeral details. Opal Green and Nellie Berger returned from Cedar Falls, with Burton Dennison's daughter Han el hospitalized in Iowa City after a Tuesday night incident.
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Nira
Kalona
North English
Deuker
Johnson County
Lee Davisson
Jim Herr
Ora Moore
Will Eckerman
Adam Wilkinson
Marengo
Bunk Booth
Wellman
Opal Green
Nellie Berger
Cedar Falls
Burton Dennison
Hanel
Iowa City
Harvest and Fourth Celebrations Mark Green Vale District
In Green Vale district residents report haymaking and oat cutting with harvest nearing completion. The Fourth was celebrated in Brighton the river neighbors and at home with rain reducing festivities. Visitors include J B McCaleb and grandchildren from Oregon and Mr and Mrs Max Waterhouse. Several locals report illnesses and home improvements while others greet relatives from New York Burlington and Fairfield.
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Green Vale
Brighton
J. B. McCaleb
Stanley
Cloyd Smith
Oregon
Bere Smith
Leo Shelingoskie
Max Waterhouse
Belle Waterhouse
New York
Floris
Iowa
Myrtle Gherkie
Maxine
Burlington
Floyd Book
Fat cattle shipped from Havre by A B Carr
A B Carr sent four car loads of fat cattle from Havre on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Will Easter and Arlene visited the Fred Wagner home Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Koch and children spent Sunday with friends in Keota. Mr and Mrs Will McBride were visitors at Howard McBride’s home.
Local Notes From Young America and Nearby Towns
Lloyd Hameton has tonsillitis and shows some improvement since last Friday. Several modest family changes and visits are noted among local residents including Ed gar and infant name change to John Franklin. Many relatives visit Ottumwa and Burlington areas, with multiple church and farm activities cited along with weekend travels and shopping in the town nicknamed the Cleanest City in Iowa.
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Young America
Lloyd Hameton
J. N. Phillips
Bailey
Dr Mac Donald to Preach at Fairfield Sunday Morning
At 11 30 Sunday morning Dr Mac Donald of Fairfield will preach. Don t fail to come on take advantage of this opportunity.
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Mac Donald
Fairfield
Morning subject The Man I Aid Evening Teachings of Isaiah
Sunday school at 10 00 a m led by Pastor C KE Riddington invites all to attend. The message emphasizes help and guidance through biblical lessons in a traditional worship service.
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Isaiah
KE. Riddington
Evening Worship Services At Eight
Regular evening services are held at 8:00 PM. Come and spend an hour in worship led by Pastor Carl W. Klein. You will feel better for it.
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Carl W. Klein
Real Thing Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Ad
Five years of gall stone colic symptoms eased by Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. User reports improved health after trying the preparation claimed to remove catarrhal mucus and inflammation of the stomach liver and intestinal tract. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertised nationwide.
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Mayr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Druggiete
Advt
American Legion News and Notes in Iowa 1920
State Adjutant Barton reports Iowa's American Legion membership at a peak for 1920 with posts “over the top.” Efforts continue to locate Charles B. Hines of the 263rd Machine Gun Battalion. Homewood Post funds a memorial for Commander F. W. Galbraith Jr and Des Moines trades group adopts an memoriam for him.
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Barton
Iowa
Charles B. Hines
263Rd Machine Gun Battalion
Des Moines
Iowa Department, American Legion
Dell Johnson
Sidney
Homewood Post
American Legion
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
National Legion Headquarters
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Legion
Committee On Memorials
Galbraith
Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly
State Department
Iowa Legionaire
State Legion
MacNider
Local Harvest Reports and Community Notes from Titus
Mr and Mrs Barnes visited the Will Knox home and will travel to Keota to see Omer Dillons. Harry Davidson delivers 3000 bushels of corn Omez and Speer at 50 cents per bushel. Oats cutting and hay making continue this week. John Robert Barnes born July 4 to Glen Anderson and wife. El eanor and Bill Augustine visited Carris. Delbert Davidson drives a new Ford. Will Knox and Floyd Black help Art Dawson harvest. Jim Combs cuts 10 acres of hay on Tom Carris farm. Harley Wilkin attended Wellston Fourth of July. Verne Dawson hauls hay to Howard Hopping. Mrs Jim Combs and two children picked raspberries. Will Knox delivered hogs in Washington. Sam Miller buys a new Ford turning car. Dale Beenblossom recovering from a foot injury.
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Grace Hil
Grace Hill
Harry Kracaw
Washington
H. A. Engel
Florence Leeper
Clement Griffith
Brighton
Isaac Kleese
Clemen
Ira Miksch
Chicago
Wellston
Wes Engel
Muscatine
Fred Smith
Chas. Hendricks
Carmi
Hendricks and Son
Gilman Hendricks
Keota
Titus
Dublin
Farmer's Union
Eldes
Welllston
C's
Alva Harlin
Chidren
Harry Anderson
Ruben Chorpening
Earl Cherpening
Jerald Anderson
Elmer
Adolph Guenther
al Logan
James Chorpening
John Robert
Joe D. Schlatter
Lester Beenblossom
Eleanor
Bill Augustine
Winifred
Seth Emereson Carris
Delbert Davidson
Will Knox
Floyd Black
Art Dawson
Jim Combs
Tom Carris
Glen McCall
Harley Wilkin
Verne Dawson
Howard
Sam Miller
Dale Beenblossom
Little Don Ald Inhofe Severely Burned In Gasoline Fire
In Atlantic Fury a four year old, Don ald Inhofe, lit by a spark from a toy pistol, set his clothing aflame while wiping gasoline from an automobile. His father arrived just in time to pull him away, saving him from death. the child suffered severe burns to his arm and body.
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Atlantic
Fury
Donald Inhofe
Convict Ends Life in Chair as Tension Rises
A convict uttered I cant stand the tension before the electric chair ended his life, closing a case noted for its stark psychological strain and finality. The report frames the execution as a grim culmination of a charged sequence in the penal system.
County Churches Bethel Sunday School Holds Regular Hour
Bethel Sunday school meets at the usual hour on Sabbath morning. There will be no preaching service Sunday as the Session convenes.
HASKINS Sunday School and Morning Preaching Invitation
Local notice invites all to Haskins Sunday school session in the morning with preaching services to follow. All members and visitors welcome.
Speech Returns After Airplane Ride In Saskatchewan
In Indian Head Saskatchewan a farmer named Wilfred Verner regained his speech after riding in an airplane more than a year after being kicked in the head by a horse. A picnic flight with sharp loops and dives left him ill upon landing but able to speak again.
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Sask
Wilfred Verner
Female lawyer claims Montclair jury swayed by young male attorney
Miss Elizabeth Blume, attorney for the loser in a Newark area Montclair district court case, alleges the nine female jurors were influenced by the handsome male lawyer on the other side. She filed notice of appeal claiming the verdict on a $400 contract was invalid and that she was improperly affected by mixed juries.
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Newark
N. J
Montclair
Elizabeth Blume
Miss Blume
Mice Blume
Kitten in Blue Attire Featured in Boston Transcript
An odd exchange item notes a bride dressed in a dark blue kitten themed ensemble. The description highlights the costume's bonds and fashionable design as a novelty feature in the Boston Transcript.
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Bonds
Boston Transcript
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