Local reflections and social notes amid wartime dining and gardens
A reader recounts visiting Elizabeth Sherman's garden and marveling at its beauty while recalling Mrs. Sherman's earlier work. Notes on remodeling at 13st Jefferson Street and social life in Burlington persist during wartime. The piece suggests organizing regular Coffee Hours and recalls a soldier’s praise for camp food. It also mentions candy shipments to troops and a Your Life magazine piece on prenatal whooping cough immunization.
It's Cruel to Be So Frank in Fox Theater Show
Mary Frances Morgan criticizes frankness as selfish and foolish in a column about a stage piece at the Fox. The piece features reflections on blunt speech and social folly alongside brief local notes on visits from Sigourney and Neenah residents and a Chicago visit to extend family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Morgan
Brighton and Area News: Legion Officers Elected and Local Visits
At a Brighton American Legion meeting on Tuesday officers were elected for the coming year led by Commander H. C. Messer and vice commander H. D. Wentworth. Local residents report visits and travels including Mrs. Alfred E. Hoffman of Muscatine staying with her daughter Mrs. I. F. Kraemer, and Mary Schantz of Wayland visiting her grandmother Mrs. Agil Wilkerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
American Legion
H. C. Messer
H. D. Wentworth
W. O. Morgan
L. A. Horton
Leo Fritz
E. L. Edmondson
Alfred E. Hoffman
Muscatine
I. F. Kraemer
Mary Schantz
Wayland
Agil Wilkerson
Betty Jean Hoxworth
Washington
Doris Robison
Iowa City
Former Junction resident dies after brief illness
Charles H. Gallup 48 of Toledo Ohio native of this vicinity died June 29 after a brief illness. He was born January 20, 1894. He managed the Willard hotel in Toledo and belonged to the American Legion and Masonic lodge. He is survived by a sister Mrs. W. L. Cline of Davenport.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Charles H. Gallup
Toledo
Ohio
Willard
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
W. L. Cline
Davenport
Purchases Farm
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the Fox
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Lillian McFarland
Chicago
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Ira Schaffer
Michael Ames
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Warner Bros
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Patty Hale
Conrad Veidt
Ann Ayars
Raymond Swisher
Leavenworth
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Tedy Howell
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Kate Snyder
Orie DeWolf
Moline
Max Keller
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Junction
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Ainsworth
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George N. Duncan
George L. Breitenbach
E. R. Mitchell
Presbyterian Church
Clifford Ballard
Lewis Foss
Farmer's Supply Company
Earl Moyers
Louisa County Salvage
Mary Butcher
Lee Colton
Sam Miller
C. J. Bollenbach
Fort Wayne
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Storm Lake
H. E. Orr
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