Lord Is Risen Again in Moravian Parish Mystery
In a Moravian village, aging couple Emil and his wife confront grief and faith as they await a hoped for Easter miracle. The bishop proclaims the Lord is risen while the couple faces a graveyard vigil for their long-dead child and the mother’s fevered visions of a return.
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Emil van Fleck
Emil
Angel of Birth
Hannah
Easter
Ain
Alan
Cave of
Arimathea
Mrs. van Fleck
Erol van Fleck
Christ
Hold Oak Park Lad In Woman's Death
A 19 year old Oak Park youth held for questioning in the slaying of Mrs. Belle Gunn Owen after two masked robbers robbed her Oak Park home. Police withheld the name. the youth’s family ties are reported but not confirmed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oak Park
Belle Gunn Owen
Fossil Skull in Patagonia Found Not Scientifically Valuable
A skull reported from Patagonia as a Tertiary Period find is revealed by a committee of eminent scientists from the Buenos Aires and La Plata natural history museums to be a shaped stone with no scientific value. The discovery had sparked worldwide excitement as a potential oldest human race.
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Patagonia
Buenos Aires
Laplata
Noted Chinese Inventions Include Compass and Gunpowder
Among famous Chinese inventions are the compass printing lithography suspension bridges and gunpowder highlighting the range of early innovations attributed to China across navigation printing engineering and warfare.
Local Social Notes From Neighboring Towns and Country
Numerous residents and visitors are listed with weekend and weekday trips. J E Booth and family visited Fairfield. Earl O Conner and kin spent time in Ottumwa. Decoration Day trips to Washington are noted for several families. visits extend to Iowa City Davenport Cedar Rapids and Washington with relatives and friends.
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I. B. Rabinold
Rainstormesque Weather and Local Visits Highlight Coppoock Column
The Coppoock column reports a Monday afternoon rain wind and hail storm with minor damage and a second heavy rain bringing electrical disturbances. The river rose about five feet. Local residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dold and Mrs. L A McAfee attended events in Rome and Mt. Pleasant, with several others at Washington decoration ceremonies. Zilpha Hesser returns from Washington for summer, Edith Edwards visiting the Cold home, and Mrs EF Nichols visiting relatives in Ainsworth.
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Coppock
Ita
Iowa
Fred Dold
L. A. McAfee
Frank Dold
Rome
Edwin Leeper
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Zilpha Hesser
Edith Edward's
R. F. Cold
EF. E. Nichols
Ainsworth
Glenn Hesser
L. A. MccAfee
Ottumwa
Fred Cold
Valley Valley Notes From Community Visitors and Local News
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs John Augustine at the Francis Feltz home and George Breitenbach at the Breitenbach home. Various locals attended Decoration Day events in nearby towns and many stopped by familiar homes.
Braden family hosts Braden Club ice cream supper
Mrs. Grover Booth hosted the Braden Club with about 40 in attendance on Wednesday. New officers were elected and refreshments were provided by the hostess with help from Muriel Witting and Maxie Maxwell. After the business, men offered to entertain with an informal ice cream gathering for families. Nearby visits included relations from Washington Muscatine Cedar Falls and Wellman.
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Rex Smith
Doris Maxwell
Muscatine
Leland Maxwell
Waterville
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Grover Booth
Braden Club
Muriel Witting
Maxie Maxwell
Carey Long
Wellman
Jugenheimer
Local residents share a social evening at Harold Pepper’s
A fragment notes Gilbert Hotle Walter Pepper Olive Preffer and Addie Wallace enjoyed a Thursday evening gathering at Harold Pepper's with neighbors from the area. The text hints at health concerns prompting someone to see a doctor and wishes for her recovery.
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Sary
Chautauqua
Gilbert Hotle
Walter Pepper
Olive Preffer
Addie Wallace
Harold Pepper
Richland News Highlights Local School Boom and Social Events
Work on the new Richland school progresses with old building nearly torn down and masonry soon to begin. The alumni plan to lay the corner stone around July 1. Richland Chautauqua runs June 2 for five days, with Decoration Day attracting a large crowd.
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Richland Richland
Paul Hadley
Moody Bible School
Chicago
J. H. Hadley
Ida Morgan
Oftumwa
Hopewell Church
Marie Paxton
Lara Kinney
Iowa State Teachers
Cedar Falls
Bernardine Neville
Hazel Hedge
John R. Feree
Wayland
Fred Smith
Paul Rainey
Helen Davis
Fairfield
Richland High School
Richland Chautauqua
A. Williard Jones
Jerusalem
Local Social Notes From Young America
Mica Harriett Philling spent the weekend at her parents home Mr J N Phillips. Mrs John Carris and children of Keota returned home after visiting Frank Pringle. Mrs R G Vincent spent December in Decora.
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Mica Harriett Philling
J. N. Phillips
John Carris
Keota
Frank Pringle
R. G. Vincent
Noah's Flood Scoop Stirs Newsroom Whispers
The scene in the News room features a boozy claimant claiming divine orders to build a three story ship and gather animals two by two. Reporters dismiss the tale as a stunt tied to Hammerstein while warning of a flood tale likely to become a first page feature.
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Noah
Local Notes Highlight Keota and Nearby Visits
Relatives and neighbors from Keota and nearby areas are recorded in a string of visits and daily events. Names include Harold Briley Charles Cherry and family friends from Crawfordsville Verdi Iowa City Albia Drake University and Hask ing. A storm damaged windows at Cy Bush Lloyd Husted and Elmer Cherry. The Rural Women’s Club plans an ice cream social June 9 in the Ben Briley pasture between Washington and West Chester.
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Keota
Harold Briley
Charles
John Cherry
EF. L. Bartholow
Crawfordsville
Oscar Carlson
Near Verdi
Ernest
Robert Risk
Iowa City
Lloyd Hamster
Clara Darbyshire
Pimer Cherry
Merle Eckels
Charles Cherry
Grace Tedford
Albia
Ben Briley
Drake University
William Buckler
Palmer
Hiram Baker
Elmer Cherry
J. (. Nelson
Associate Presbyterian Church
Cryus Bush
Claude Rhodebeck
Cy Bush
Lloyd Humston
Jack Swisher
Hasking
J. N. Phillips
Vast Public Domain Acres Unsurveyed in West States
Public domain totals 182 million acres with most not allocated and much in California Utah and Nevada. Large portions remain unsurveyed and of little value.
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California
Utah
Nevada
Door Is Wide Open to Aliens on the Michigan-Ontario Border
Detroit July 6. A NEA Service analysis claims aliens can cross into the United States from Windsor and other Canadian points via 1000 daily ferry loads within minutes. An inspector’s quick checks and clothing cues reportedly determine admissibility, prompting calls for uniform visas, more inspectors, and Canadian cooperation.
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Michigan-Ontario
Roy J. Gibbons
NEA
Detroit
United States
America
Ellis Isand
Windsor
Ellis Island
Canada
Chicago
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Brighton
J. EB. Deal
Richland
Guy Black
Glenn Lit
Mear Dublin
Harriet Logan
Opal Wallace
Ove Pfeifer
Ralphauer
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Icle West
Myrtie Black
Gene Breitenbach
Grinnell
Braden
Herman Twinam
Claire
SUW
Henry Fredrickson
U. 1
A. L. Mickle
Robert
Leon Prondfit
Chariton
Toon
C. M. Maxwell
Henry Witting
Orlin
F. M. Smith
A. R. Smith
Donald Smith
Delbert Maxwell
Neville
Michigan
Ray Smith
Young America
Henry Edward Warner
City
Hammerstein
Morria Gest
P. L. Prentis
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