East Sunset social notes drift with summer visits
Dale Littrel visits Camp Bowie with grandmother Mrs Warren Bishop while Marvin Bishop planned a family visit. Neighbors share meals and callers at the Graber and Orris homes. Merle Twinam and others shop in Washington as Elmer Martin returns from Tomah Wisconsin. A missive closes with apologies for missed calls due to a line outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Raymond
East Sunset
Dale Littrel
Warren Bishop
Pun
Camp Bowie
Texas
Marvin Bishop
Elmer McArtor
Robert
Don's Blanchard
Harry Jones
Elmer Martin
Tomah
Wisconsin
D. D. Stephens
Merle Twinam
Charles William and
Mary Virginia
Washington
Local and Intercity Train and Bus Schedules Published
Daily schedules list westbound trains No 3 and No 25 and eastbound No 8 No 26 local and Southwest Limited with depart times. Burlington Trailways local buses run westbound No 3 8 morning and eastbound No 2 6 4:02 pm and 10 19 am to Chicago. Tickets available at the Bus Depot North Side Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nee
SDB. Me
Washington
Olesen
Golden State
California
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
Robetts
L2ae & Bi
W. C. Bell
Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
AL. Cantoni
Sullivan Bus Lines
Iowa
Australian Airmen Reveal Japanese Atrocities in New Britain
Three Australian airmen who escaped from New Guinea recount the slaughter of war prisoners by Japanese troops at a plantation northeast of Gasmata. They describe tied prisoners, forced execution by bayonet, beatings, and killings as Japanese officers ordered executions before abandoning victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Gasmata
New Britain
Rabaul
Townsville
Pear Tree Blooms On Kolosick Farm
Bethel July 7 report from Charley Kolosick notes the pear tree at the Kolosick farm is in full bloom with blooms and small pears appearing together this spring. Local residents including the Gideons and Ruhs Gideon family shared community activities and condolences are extended to Harm Rademaker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolosick Farm
Bethel
Charley Kolosick
Walter Longer
Sideon
Highland Center Notes and School Board Actions
Highland Center reports a family visit to the Salladay home and a cattle shipment to Chicago by William and Samuel Murphy with W R Murphy. Tribute sent to Mrs. Mary Thompson. The annual schoolboard meeting was held at Highland Center school house with plans to close Round Grove school and open Albaugh School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Center
Frank Burris
Frank Salladay
William
Samuel Murphy
Chicago
W. R. Murphy
Mary Thompson
Round Grove
Albaugh School
Handicapped British Boy Wins Boy Scout Award
London report on 15 year old Michael Benson Cooper who, despite infantile paralysis and illness, completed all first class scout tests. He hiked three miles on a tricycle and swam 50 yards, earning the Cornwall Decoration and the Scout's V C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Michael Benson Cooper
Cornwall
V.C
Dayton Grove News Notes and Visits
Mrs. Sadie Notts of Fairfield visited relatives in Dayton Grove including sisters Mrs. Herman Schultz and Mrs. Walter Leet. Fairfield guests attended Sunday and Monday gatherings at Schultz and Leet homes. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dayton of Washington called Monday afternoon on J. B. Moore. Grandparents Marion Leet of Washington also visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Sadie Notts
Fairfield
Herman Schultz
Walter Leet
Schultz and Leet
Albert Dayton
Washington
J. B. Moore
Nylon Money Circulating But You Wouldn't Know It
Treasury officials say currency printed on nylon filament paper was placed in test circulation to gauge wear from the public. General circulation awaits silk paper stock exhaustion. Secret Service notes only a chemical analysis could reveal the difference between the new and old money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Secret Service
David Proved Slingshot Is a Dangerous Weapon
Detroit Lloyd Lowe a 38 year old AFL restaurant workers local organizer was arraigned before Recorder Judge Christopher E. Stein on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon He argued a slingshot isn t a dangerous weapon The court convicted Lowe after referencing David and Goliath in court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lloyd Lowe
AFL
Christopher E. Stein
Lowe
Samuel 1
David and
Goliath
Limit on gasoline tourists may enter Canada
Ottawa reports that Canada will not permit tourists driving automobiles to import gasoline beyond what is in their tanks at entry. The allowance for gasoline sufficient for 300 miles travel without duty has been withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Customs Division
National Revenue Department
Canada
Japan's Trade Surpasses Most Partners Year After Year
Japan maintained its top trading volume with a key partner, exceeding all but Great Britain in annual imports and exports. The report notes consistent growth and highlights the nation's expanding commerce during the period.
Relatives Gather at Local Homes and Visits
Mary Kinnan of West Chester spent last week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Leet. Crawfordsville relatives were guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens. Mr J A Walker returned from Wellsburg Virginia after visiting daughter Mrs Carl Hering. In Iowa City Mr and Mrs William Embree were in town Tuesday. Mrs William Carr and others aided Mrs Lloyd Thrapp in preparing dinner for hay field workers. Read the Classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Lantz
Elmer Kolosick
Joe Liska Lyle
John
Mary Applegate
Muriel
Gideon
Clara Wallace
Iowa City
Mac Wallace
Lucille Ritter
Mary Kinnan
West Chester
Walter Leet
Crawfordsville
Robert Stephens
J. A. Walker
Wellsburg
Virginia
Thrapp Home
Carl Hering
William Embree
William Carr
Fern
Ernst Crawford
Maxine
Charles Thrapp
Lloyd Phillips
Century milestone in American canning history
The article notes early development of commercial canning in America beginning around 1819 and the broader adoption of tin containers by the 1840s while highlighting the role of glass jars in early processing. It situates Canning as a key figure in advancing preserved foods through evolving packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Poison plot threads through Mary Gerrard case
Elinor Carlisle frets over Aunt Laura Welman’s will as an anonymous letter hints that someone plans to deprive the heiress and her fiance Roderick Welman. Nurses O'Brien and Hopkins gossip about Mary Gerrard and a mysterious photograph marked Lewis as they tend the ill aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gerrard
Elinor Carlisle
Roderick Welman
Laura Welman
Elinor
Roddy
Laura
Nurse O’brien
Mrs. Welman
Nurse Hopkins
Edna
O’brien
Mr. Welman
Miss Carlisle
Nurse O'Brien
Lewis Lewis
Mary
Nurse
Roderick
Lewis
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S. K. Orris
Kenneth Killpatrick
Ernest Clark
Lyle Lowe
Sam Littrel
le Claire
Harold
Joe Widmer
Nobel
P. P. Graber
S. K
John Miller
Richard Stephens
Love
Norman Lee
Washington Directory
Business City & County Officers
Theodore B. Bailex
Law Loan & Trust
George F. Morrison
J. C. Penney
Officers
Boltettor
City Health
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
F. Mack
Henry Bailaught
P. L. Jordan
George Baker
Carl Hancher
H. H. Reister
A. L. Griffity
Karoo
Dr. Ruth Church Park Commissioners
Marian $ Bailey
Frank
Miller
J. E Lemmon
W. BP. Dupuis
Oo. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Yard
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen _p
Ruth Lytle
DR. O. BF
Boller
State Bank
Washington St
Qherman's
West Main St
Court House
Optometrists
C. 8S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
John C. Owen
Stan Kiesey
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawa
Douglas T. Smith
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Marion
George County
Lester B. Erbill
W. S. Kyre
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Ernest Rudolph
Chiropractors
Chas, C
BROWN
Washington Independent School District
E. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
W. A. Ebre
Ethel McCreedy
Kenneth Freeman
Richard A. Stewart
Donald R. Boyer
Harry Ramseyer
Fred S. Downing
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Charlotte Bald
Tige
Journal
Washington Lodge No
W. M
Golden State Limited
Californian
L. Goodlander
Oc. B
Co. F. Anderson
Dixie Degan
Miss Spitfire
MeNaught Syndicate
Ine
By Mevoy & Striebe
Bessie Shoepfer
Christ Ernest
Ruth Gideon
Rademaker
Donald Brown
Howard Applegate
A. G. Dooley
Grace Cristwell
Wade Allen
Ben Fitzgerald
Lois Fitzgerald
Parson College
Lois
Yaro Sejka
Sterling Holmes
Donald Holmes
Lantz
Eula Mae Coon
Marvionin Leet
DuPont Orel
Speler Auto Parts—Distributors
David
U. S. Treasury Dept
P. L. Etter
Mac
Sitler Autoparts
Agatha Hristie O
Chapter
Agathe Christie Mallowes
King Features
Sti
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