Local News Briefs Include Visits and Events Across towns
Harper visitors Mrs Sivert and Mrs N A Buck call on local residents. Dean's advertises 50 cent meals and 7 000 mile tires. James M Wilson and others return from a wedding trip via Chicago and other states. Rag washing demo on square, Hamilton Beach rug washers featured. Norwood Jones heads to Des Moines. Lemmon's Drug promotes rheumatism remedy with money back guarantee. Muscatine and Monmouth or Monroes visitors attend house party at Miss Onleta Palmer's east of Washington.
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Misa Gertrude Rodgers
Monmouth
Miriam Kingdon
Monroe
Onleta Palmer
Washington
Palmer
Lois Copley
Reinbeck
Neva Young
Gladbrook
Mada Mason
Ill
Martha Dean
Local residents leave for Washington and Wichita visits couple
Mr and Mrs Cecil Shanlop and Mr and Mrs Glenn Hillabrant of Washington Kansas depart for home by automobile after visiting J C Fields. Mr and Mrs C F Snyder and Mr and Mrs H S Fox and Vera of Wichita visit A M Turner Nora Gallagher and others. Local ads include Dean’s meals, Richard’s Market brisket bacon, and Yale tires arrival.
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Cecil Shanlop
Glenn Hillabrant
Washington
Kansas
J. C. Fields
C. F. Snyder
H. S. Fox
Vera
Wichita
A. M. Turner
Nora Gallagher
Richard’s Market
Mrs C B McCoy Visits Then Heads Home
Mrs C B McCoy has been visiting her brother J A McCoy and left this morning for Keota on the way back to Des Moines. Miss Mae McNamara visits Burlington with college friends this week. Attention farmers a car of tankage on track offered by Farmers Co op Elevator Co Lodte
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Williams
Fairfield
Charles Stump
Muscatine
John Bailey
Mra. C
McCoy
J. A. McCoy
Keota
Des Moines
Mae McNamara
College Friends
Burlington
Farmers
Farmers Co-op, Elevator Co
Lodte
Woman travels to Minnesota and visits relatives
Jeanette Rothachild left this morning for Albert Lee Minnesota to visit relatives. She may visit other lakes before returning home. In the city friends report Mrs Wm Beamer is recovering well after a Chicago hospital operation. Attorney S W Livingston shows continued improvement though still in hospital and progressing as expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Keller
Jennie Bailey
George, Maxwell
Biggsville, IM
Whiteman
Jeanette Rothachild
Albert Lee
Minn
Wm. Beamer
Chicago
S. W. Livingston
Eitehmstantes
Monopoly of state funds hits Grant Park bank official
Vernon Curtis, an official of the Grant Park bank and ally of Governor Small, is summoned to the federal building in Chicago. He must explain why his bank showed no income tax returns for ten years and why taxes were not paid, amid a state fund scandal and grand jury findings of large deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uncle Sam
State Fund
Vernon Curtis
Grant Park Bank
Plan 500 Million Rail Loan Proposed by Harding
Washington reports that President Harding may seek congressional authorization to empower the War Finance Corporation to lend up to 800 million dollars to railroad carriers. The move aims to address claims arising from federal control and has cabinet support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Congress
War Piminece Corporation
Aircraft Sink Ostfriesland After Bomb Strikes
The former German battleship Ostfriesland sank after bombs dropped by American planes just before noon. The attack killed many aboard as U S warplanes delivered 2,000 pound and 7,000 pound strikes.
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Norfolk
Vadal
Wood lighter than balsa tree in Panamà
A Pana ma tree identified as Cavamilesia platanifolia yields wood lighter than balsa. The giant tree grows tall with a trunk like a column and a bark that provides strength, while its wood is extremely fragile and crushes on impact when toppled.
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Panama
Ww W Mountain Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Piks
Ww W Mountain of Michigan has been elected as the new grand exalted ruler of the Piks. The announcement highlights Mountain’s rise to lead the fraternal organization and represents a milestone for Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. W. Mountain i
The
Piks
Michigan
Willard Threaded Rubber Battery Adclaim
An advertisement urges readers to choose the Willard Threaded Rubber Battery, arguing that unlike shoes, batteries often fail last minute. The threaded rubber insulation promises the most miles of uninterrupted service per dollar and cost savings on future trouble.
Petroleum's Value to World
A historical note asserts petroleum's critical role in daily life, claiming almost every necessity except water can be aided or produced via petroleum products. It suggests even water could be moved or generated with gasoline engines in some contexts.
Evolution of India Rubber Nomenclature Through Eras
The text traces how rubber was once named India rubber after the Americas and later called Indiarubber or India rubber when Europeans learned it could erase pencil marks. It notes the shift from elastic gum to Indian names as discovery and use evolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
America
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William Parnum
Franklin
Chevrolet
Bevins Motor CO
Chandler Six
Sanders & Skipton
Floyd Hoyle
Teas
W. D. Loftiss
Kington County
John Sivert
Harper
Motor Inn
H. &. Rabenold
Laella Hay
D. F. Macon
Iowa
N. A. Buck
Brighton
Mrs
Harvey Young
Dean's
City
Jamison & Hill
James M. Wilson
Cleveland
Kentucky
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Geo. W. Stewart
Southside
A. J. Ogg
Minnie Bennett
Dean
L. Rothschild
Iowa City
John Deere
Great Western
South Side
A. Stevenson
Sigourney
Wellman
Norwood Jones
J. A. Jones
Norwood
Dee Moines
Richard’s Cash Market
Southwest Corner Square
Mra. H. Trier
Arch Sanders
Lemmon
Beulah Gemmill
Ollie Beardsley
Hasking
Flora Stevens of
W. W. Wallary
C. A. Klein
A. A. Beenblossom
Neiswanger
Ostf
Hamilton Beach Way
South Side Square
Bruce Goode
Frankie Duffin
Gracie Duffin
Harmony
Battle Creek
Mich
Duffin
Richard's Cash Market
Collaren Corner Square
W. A. Carson
Ainsworth
Brown
Mannhardt Bros. Tetf
Lemmon’s
Yaro Sojka
Jackson Township
Louck & Co
Yale
Mannhardt Bros
Jami Hill
Lyda Hellam
Soutines
Corner Square
Farmer's Union
Sinclair Gas
Lytle Bros
White Way
Iprice
McNamaras
Campbell Granite Works
Manassas
McElhinney Drug Co
Wife
Chambray
Harry Thomas
Washington, Iowa
Chambers
U. S
Illinois Fund
Both of
Brown’s Tire Shop
Jefferson St
T. Gray
McRamara Undertaking Co
Sfuneral Directors
Ostfriesland
W. W. Mountain
Washington County
S. Lowa
Willard Batteries
John Shields & Sons
Dailey’s Taxi
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