Modified scale for Interchurch Work
New York July 16. The general committee of the Interchurch World Movement met to decide the organization's future. It voted to continue on a greatly modified scale and authorized a 15 member committee to confer with denominations and draft a reorganization plan. The decision, based on a report led by Bishop Thomas Nicholson, urged continuation to avoid perceived reactionary tendencies and national convention failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral
Interchurch World Movement
Thomas Nicholson
Chicago
Nicholson
Twenty Cats Enlist for Royal Air Force at London Depot
Twenty cats enlist to catch mice at an RAF depot near London. Official paperwork grants twenty cats official status with four-pence per cat weekly for food. The depot, dubbed The Cats' Paradise, operates only when cats feel inclined, with ample crub provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
General Service
Paradise
Unearths Case of Whiskey in Old Knoxville Shed
In Knoxville on West Main street a man tearing down an old shed uncovered a case of whiskey from a forgotten cache. A crowd gathered, shared the liquor, and the supply was exhausted. Whiskey Row lore recalls the area as a hub for Original Package houses and the wettest street in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Candy
West Main Street
Tommy Williams
Mr. Williams
Knoxville
Local residents visit relatives and travel summaries
Mrs Christena Myers left for Milwaukee with her niece Christena Jackson. Mrs Ralph Robertson and daughter Lorene returned home near West Chester with Mrs Robertson's mother Mrs N L Fleming visiting. Mrs W C Starr and son Donald spent the day in Muscatine. Mrs James Dowis, visiting in Keota with Saskatchewan kin, visited Tom Dowis. Mrs J B Carter of Des Moines en route to Crawfordsville to visit her parents. Miss Helen Archer of Iowa City changing trains to visit Winfield friends. Mrs Mary Neyens and daughter-in-law Mrs Louise Neyens visited Harriett Shirley five miles north. Mr and Mrs A W Lyon returned from Richland after visiting Isaac Kleese. Mrs W A Price and children returned to Des Moines from the Gray home. Ice cream sale in Central Park by W I L. Mr and Mrs Matt White home from three weeks in Minnesota with trips to Spicer Maynard Estherville and Des Moines.
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Christena Myers
Washington
Community
Milwaukee
Wisc
Christena Jackson
Ralph Robertson
Lorene
West Chester
James Dowis
Keota
Chas. Bower
Mildred
Saskatchewan
Canada
Tom Dowis
J. B. Carter
Des Moines
Crawfordsville
C. H. Fishburn
Helen Archer
Iowa City
Winfield
Mary Neyens
Muscatine
Louise Neyens
Harriett Shirley
Matt White
Points
Minnesota
Spicer
Maynard
California
Estherville
Tom McGuire
Martha McGuire
Crown Point
Ind
Mr. Pleasant
Arthur Fetters
Geo. Fetters
Leona Simpson
Town News Roundup of Travels and Local Visits
Local notices recount Mrs Frank Cherryholmes moving to Moline with her husband and a long list of residents visiting kin, trips to Waterloo and Spirit Lake for Knights Templar and lake vacations, sales of papers, and farm talk including corn farms with small payments. Dozens of moves visits and outings tied by a domestic Iowa frame.
Local Classifieds and Notes from Haskins Region
Cream butter 52c, eggs 34c. Reynolds Gibson tf. Taxi and baggage service day and night. Fox and Dewey for shoes. Call J S Skipton taxi. Phone 56. List your city property with Alex DeBord. Ralph Stafford and Pearl Bergens of Haskins were Washington visitors yesterday. Land notices via Alex DeBord. Mrs W Hi Anderson returned to Ainsworth after visiting daughter Mrs M C Smiley. Rugs at Crail's. Miss Doris Hulick of Ainsworth changed cars here en route from Oskaloosa after Sunday school short course.
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Doris Hulick
Ainsworth
Oskaloosa
Bealers and Borders in Crawfordsville Visit Kin
Bealers Mary and Martha Borders of Crawfordsville travel to visit their uncle Menefee Borders near Riverside. The town list includes Dempsey Land Company ads and multiple locals visiting relatives, auctions, and travel to Des Moines, Keota, Sioux City, Chicago, and Davenport.
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Mary and
Martha Borders
Crawfordsville
Menefee Borders
Riverside
Volunteer Slum Army Here Report
A city relief effort requests clothing and furniture to aid the needy. The group conducts daily work in hospitals streets and homes, plus mission and church work and visits the sick. Major and Mrs Sneath oversee operations at 101% N Marion Ave contact phone 417 Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sneath
Marion Ave
Green
Dempsey Land Company Lists 160 Acre Farm Near Washington
Alex DeBRord weekly sales reach 132300 while visitors from New York, including W B Guthrie lecturer, tour the middle west. Dempsey Land Company advertises a fine 160 acre farm five miles from Washington with good improvements and favorable terms. Social visits note Miss Cavender and Omaha travelers returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dempsey Land Company
North Side
Batty Family Narrowly Misses Fatal Railroad Tragedy
After a wreck near Fort Dodge killed nine and injured thirty, A Batty family narrowly escaped disaster. Mr Batty was killed while Mrs Batty and their two daughters survived with injuries after delaying travel to Minnesota lakes due to a drink stop, a misplaced baggage incident, and boarding the doomed train by luck.
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Fort Dodge
A. Batty
Minnesota Lakes
Mrs. Batty
Mrs. Bally
Arnold
Sugar fire destroys carload in transit near Knoxville
An extra freight train arrived at the station with a car of merchandise on fire. The blaze consumed the entire contents, about one third of which was sugar. The quantity of burned sugar would have supplied Marion county for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Here
Marion County
Wrecked Airship Mystery Near Iowa City
In Towa City near the Iowa River a wrecked airborne craft is found burned and without a motor. A farmer’s wife saw a flaming ship fall but no body or clothing is recovered. A missing motor and possible river drowning are considered, with an explosion heard at the time.
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Towa City
Iowa City
Iowa River
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Esa
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Alex DeBord
Ars
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Haskins
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East Pleasant Plain
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Nebraska
Fredonia
Ernest van Sickle
Mrs. C. N. Dodder
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Little Gale McGovern
Blue Grass
Mrs. Little
Chas, Atkins
Will Ziegler
Rock Island, I
Tom Bown
Herbert Fearr
Marion Thompson
James Cowger
Roy Schilling
Emma Haupt
Fresh Air Children
Louis Murphy
Adolph Brehan
Dale and
Kenneth
Kimball
Charles Busby
Alex Debrord
W. B. Guthie
New York City
Miss Guthrie
Donaldson
Guthrie
College of the City of New York
Middle West
E. J. Whistler
Ida Cavender
Omaha
Miss Cavender
Ottumwa
Edwin Alm
Laverne
Anna Anderson
Joe Carlson
Rockford
Ream
Carson
Mr. Alm
Pate
Batty
Mee
Graham
Aaa
Ul ‘Alge Cad Acer
le Hosea
Itv
Ford
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
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