News Notes From Crawfordsville and Nearby Towns
Miss Mary Randall and Mrs. Frank Randall returned to Colorado Springs and Phillipsburg after a visit at the Huber home. Miss Iretie DeLong of Washington will visit relatives while her parents are at Excelsior Springs. Mr and Mrs John Hanna visited in Ainsworth with Mrs Jennie Walker. Mrs Buxbaum was a brief visitor in Washington yesterday afternoon.
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Wellman
J . Wells
Clark Brown
Spencer
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Bruce Moomey
Lamont Moomey
Denver
Lamont
George Stripe
Eardley Bell, Jr
Rock Island
T. D. Adams
Keith
Lawton Karr
Letha Ashby
Muscatine
Sam White
Milton Godfrey
Mr. Eldridge
Washington
H. B. Knight
Wayne
Miles
Montezuma
James Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Miss Monna
Omaha
Ryan
Oskaloosa
Tle
West Chester
J. Lindsay
Kenneth
Maranda Murphy
Ike Bradford
Girl
Bradford
Clara Topping
Ike
Mary
Mrs. Grey
Chicago
Hiram Grey
Pauline Travis
Iowa City
Hugh Grewff
Lewis Gardner
F. C. Shrader
Park Hotel
John Manney
Hugh Greaf
Waterloo
Myral McCreedy
Gladwin
Frank Embree
Jim Cherwinker
Geo. Rose
J. BE. Booth
Brighton
L. G. Harville
Spickard
Agent Turner
Lucile Boling
Mediapolis
A. F. Schott
Toledo
Robt. Edwards
C. V. Robison
A. B. Horton
Geo. Robison
Batavia
Gertle Daggett
Fairfield
John McClelland
Ornia
Mt. Pleasant
Will Bristow
O. Q. Corley
Bert Christie
Patricia
Joan
Wapello
W. 3. Parks
Harvey Leeper
Helen Ent
The
Hom
R. C. Bartlett
Grinnell
Goldie Bartlett
Leona Hdwards
Linby
G J. Saunders
Roman Berkocki
Joe Day
Lillis
Milford Day
Piqua
Ohio
Joe Richardson
Prank
Vance
Cedar
Rapids
Wilma
Laurel
Birdie Richardson
Eugene Parks
Illinois Mutual Insurance Co
Rider
Local notes from Wellman and surrounding towns update
Dr J Wells suffers a forearm fracture while cranking a Ford and recovers quickly. Several residents travel to Colorado Springs and Muscatine for visits and summer plans. Wind, rain, and wells are discussed along with many social visits, trips, and minor business to and from Davenport, Kalona, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines.
Haskins and Brighton Notes Highlight Fourth of July
Local columns detail visits across Iowa towns as residents travel to see relatives and friends, discuss haying and harvest, and note small business changes. Individuals include Lola Welgings, Ralph McCreedy, Edith Clark, Misses Booth and Ebner, and many others visiting family, attending events, or relocating briefly.
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Casselman
Frank Bean
Fairfield
Frank Ulrich
Clinton
W. E. Davis
July Fourth Gatherings Around Valley Valley
The Brinning and Sheetz families joined relatives for a Sunday visit with Andy Brinning and H V Frank hosted gatherings. Several households including the Breitenbach, West, and Bales families spent time at the Black home. Most locals joined the Washington celebration though a few stayed home. Frances Feitz and husband left for Nebraska for six weeks of harvest visiting his relatives.
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Nebraska
Eureka Daily Rural Update on Farm Work and Local People
July notes report Harry Hessel and Jim Benda helping with hay. Superintendent Harding spoke at Eureka Sunday school. crowd eager for more talks. Fourth of July celebrations held in Washington. Wheat and early oats largely cut. threshing to start next week if weather cooperates. John Wilson covers Route 2 for the regular carrier this week.
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Eureka
Harry Hesseltine
Jim Benda
Harding
Mr. Harding
Washington
John Wilson
Local residents headlined by illness and visits
Mr H F Tracy is ill with stomach trouble. Meade couple return from Springdale Ark visit with daughter. Mrs EB Bridwell and granddaughter Gale Heacock visit Mediapolis relatives. Ida Bevans and daughter from Lakonta visit mother Jane. Isabel Day retires from Town City hospital after surgery. Numerous locals travel or host visits including Davenport trip by Zelinsky family and Midwest visits by various spouses and children.
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H. F. Tracy
P. M. Meade
Springdale
Ark
EB. Bridwell
Gale Heacock
Mediapolis
Ida Bevans
Lakonta
Jane
Myers
Olive Teneniy
Quincy, I
Jamedshater
Isabel Day
Town City Hospital
J. Morris
Richland
Earnest Rudolph
Thomas Zelinsky
Davenport
Lloyd Gasaway
Weedool Co
Bay City Mich
Lulu Edwards
Muscatine
Cal Stephens
Donna Goble
Wichita
Kansas
Hoffman
North Dakota
Madden
Mary Wikoff
Thursdey
L. E. Bidwell
Wellman
Bidwell
C. L. Stone
Chauney
Pearl Frain
Sigourney
Mr. Stones
Elrod Dayton
Ottumwa
Harry Dunbar
Burdington
Community Notes From Cedar Falls and Nearby Areas
Kathryn Freypent and sister Hattey visit Cedar Falls with attending school. Frances Richer and Rich family visit Fairfield. Henry Rinner party visits Andrew Rinner home. Families picnic at Rinner home on the fourth. Lydia Mast visiting Joe Mast home. Threshing begins, oats crop expected. Mrs Schantz spent time with Des Moines relatives. Stella Rinner to visit Austin Minnesota. P P Wenger group enjoying Manitou Colorado trip before visiting Mrs Wenger's brother.
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Mary Swarte
Fairfield
P. H. Boyd
C. O. Jarvis
Haskins
Washington
J. M. Farrington
Iowa City
Leo Farrington
Joe Endicotte
Joe
Jo [Linois
Geo. Birney
Leota Welliver
Mr. White
Ohio
West Virginia
Arnet Mathers
Lois Godlove
Marjorie McCreedy
Clenny Jones
Columbus City
Hazel Booth
Dale Ebner
Olive Moore
Cedar Falls
Henrietta Byers
West Chester
Cecil Cole
Martha
Robert Gregory
Clara
Bobby
Mathers
Frank Chilcote
Gregory
Keota
Gee, Brown
J. C. Mathers
Mason City
W. Ht. Schantz
Des Moines
Stella Rinner
Austin
Minn
P. P. Wenger
Manitou
Colorado
County Unit Plan Urged To Boost Rural Schools
Agnes Samuelson of Page County Iowa urges adoption of a county unit plan at the National Education Association meeting. She says it abolishes small districts and unifies rural administration, raising professional standing and standardizing salaries and tenure for county superintendents. A new tunnel digging machine capable of laying water and sewer lines is described, reducing manual labor.
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Boston
Agnes Samuelson
Page County Schools
Clarinda
Iowa
National Education Association
Cory
Samuelson
County Board of Education
Cancer Cure Hope Dims as Late Treatment Persists
Dr Francis Carter Wood of Columbia University warns millions lack cancer knowledge and many die because they seek late or wrong treatment. He urges education, screening, and referrals to proper institutions, noting no medical cure exists yet and quackery remains a danger. The effort is backed by the Institute of Cancer Research and funding from Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial.
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Francis Carter Wood
Institute of Cancer Research
Columbia University
United States
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Montreal Star
Lord Athelstan
Halls Catarrh Medicine Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement describing Halls Catarrh Medicine with an Ointment for local relief and an Internal Tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to combat catarrh. Claims long-time sale by F J Cheney & Co and distributed by druggists for over years.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Medical cure awaited. surgery and X rays vital now
The text states a medical cure is not yet available and emphasizes that until then surgery, radium, and X-ray are the only reliable treatments. It urges repeated public communication of this message.
Elaine Hammerstein in Why Announce Your Marriage at Fox
Elaine Hammerstein stars in Why Announce Your Marriage a new Selghick comedy at Fox Theatre next Monday. The lighthearted tale follows a newlywed couple who hide their wedding creating a web of scandal until the truth frees them, with Niles Welch Arthur Housman Florence Billings and others in supporting roles.
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Elaine Hammerstein
Selghick
Fox Theatre
Niles Welch
Arthur Housman
Florence Billings
Frank Currier
Huntley Gordon
Marie Burke
Elizabeth Woodmore
James Harrison
George Lessey
Coyote Attack Near Paseo Rancher Ends with Neighbor’s Kill
A rancher feeding chickens near Paseo Washington was grabbed by a coyote but escaped serious harm. A neighbor killed the animal. Separately, Hudson Bay Company expands to the Far East by sending a Seattle ship with 500 tons of supplies to Siberia and Kamchatka to trade furs and establish posts along remote coastlands. Last year Vladivostok exported ten million dollars in furs.
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Paseo
Washington
Hudson Bay Company
Far East
North America
Seattle
Siberia
Kamchatka
Vladivostok
World Education Meeting Planned for 1923
Plans for a worldwide education conference in 1923 advance as Augustus C. Thomas reports to the National Association on foreign relations. Forty five countries are invited to participate and an international education association may emerge from the gathering.
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Legislative Commission
Department of Education
Education
Iowa Track Men Capture St Joseph Fourth of July Meet
University of Iowa coach George Bresnahan led six Hawkeyes to compete as individuals in St Joseph Missouri event. Iowa finished with 30 points ahead of Kansas Aggies 17 and Kansas Normal 11 with Nebraska 8. Athletes Brookins Crawford Morrow Coulter A Devine and Belding represented Iowa. Plans include entries in Detroit meet in August.
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Iowa City
George T. Bresnahan
University of Iowa
St. Joseph
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Kansas Aggies
Kansas
Kansas Normal
Nebraska
Brookins
Crawford
Morrow
Coulter
A. Devine
Belding
Middle West
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Karl Rample
J. W. Klockenteger
Cecil Oldaker
Chiccego
Chas, Beleman
J. C. Lindsey
Stephen Perrin
Osborn of
Kalona
Wells
Will Perrin
O. T. Taylor
Cliff King
Greaf
Harry Whet
J. ©. Miller
Mclntosh
West Liberty
Ss. C. Love
Hell & Jones Company
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Franklin League
Dawson
Franklin
Urges County Unit Plan
Weman Telston
Dodge Brothers
Rhonr Oe
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