Brighton social notes from June gathering scene
Brighton June 5 report lists C. PD. Mann family Mrs Fred Williams Willard Mann and Ruth Huppert visiting from Chicago at Peter Bucker home near Fairfield for Peter Williams of Santa Anna California. Krony Krew met Mrs Verle Koch southeast of town. Mr and Mrs John Richardson of San Quentin California left after visiting EK S Rudolph. Mrs H H Phillips and children Russell and Marlys of Ft Dodge visited her mother H W Helmick and went to LeRoy for relatives with Chas accompanying.
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Brighton
C. PD
Residents and visitors gather across Iowa towns in late spring notes
A string of short visits and travels is recorded from Oskaloosa to Fairfield and Des Moines. Helmick and relatives travel en route to Illinois while Mrs Mary Peasley and others visit Dwight Parks family. University of Iowa law graduates Day and Hesseltine are celebrated with family attendance as Ted Horton returns to Des Moines.
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Velma Raines
Abingdon
Dr. Carter
Myra Peasley
Fairfield
Julia Parks
Billy Hoover
New Sharon
BE. L. Edmondson
Fred Williams
Ida Edmondson
Columbus Junction
Iowa University
Law School
Robert Day
Clifford Hesseltine
Wilbur Day
Merle Hesseltine
Bennett family returns to Brighton for summer
The C. E B. Bennett family, longtime Burlington residents, have returned to Brighton for the summer. The Carl Hamann family left Sunday for Persia after a visit with C. D. Mann. Mr and Mrs Wade Bennett welcome a daughter born Wednesday May 29.
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C. E B. Bennett
Burlington
Brighton
Carl Hamann
Persia
C. D. Mann
Wade Bennett
Stringtown Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Mrs J J Rich records a flurry of visits and casual gatherings around Stringtown. Families such as Brooks Graber Freyenberger Schantz and Widmer are noted hosting and visiting relatives and friends from Chicago Des Moines Gordon Keota and Chillieathe. A family picnic at Wayland Park honors Mr and Mrs HMdnar Hutt.
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J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Donald Brooks
ChicAgo
Ethan Brooks
J.C. Graber
Milton Neles
Arthur Davison
Betty Marie
Emerson Withings
Norma Widmer
Frank Neel
Elmer Freyenberger
Ezra Freyenberger
Willus Alliman
Viola Schantz
Wm. Oswalt
Nebraska
Wilbur Schantz
P. R. Schantz
Viola
Lucile Reese
Evelyn Peck
Myrtle Freyenberger
Edd Rinner
Marjorie
Wayland Park
Hmdnar Hutt
Gordon
Ned Madge Brooks
Chillieathe
One-Eyed Rooster Blinky Beats City Champ in Mock Fight
Humming Bird Stevenson of Columbia Tennessee describes Blinky the one-eyed rooster as a lifelike portrait with a glass eye. He recalls Blinky’s grit and a staged bout against the city champion Allen round-head, where odds were laid at five to one.
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Humming Bird Stevenson
Columbia, Tenn
Blinky
Columbia
Allen
Redwood Honor Named For Mendoza by Cabrillo in 1542
Mendocino County California area of vast ancient redwood forests traces its name to Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who in 1542 named the region for Don Antonio de Mendoza the first viceroy of New Spain appointed in 1535.
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Mendocino County
California
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Don Antonio de Mendoza
New Spain
Mexico
Boy Struck By Truck Injured Near Webster City
Raymond Allen Duncombe 12, son of Mrs Helen Duncombe, was fatally injured? No. The boy was injured when struck by a Selby Poultry Co truck on Highway 20, half a mile west of Webster City. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken right leg.
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Webster City
Raymond Allen
Helen Allen Duncombe
Here
Wester City
John Hammon
Selby Poultry Co
Raymon
Des Moines GOP Governor Primary Leads With 18 028 Votes
Unofficial AP returns show Governor Wilson leading the republican gubernatorial race by 18 028 votes. Democrat nominee John K Valentine holds a 19 388 margin as totals place Wilson around 49 percent, with Breen aiding Valentines share.
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Des Moines
Wilson
Associated Press
John K. Valentine
H. N. Gross
Irving H. Knudson
Valentine
Edward Breen
Prosecution Planned Over Anonymous Campaign Handbill
Des Moines report says H R Gross turned an anonymous handbill into the attorney general after the Monday primary. Jens Grothe notes circulation of an unsigned paper is illegal and will be prosecuted, though not scurrilous or libelous. The handbills recalled Gross’s activities among farmers years ago.
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Des Moines
H. R. Gross
Jens Grothe
Grothe
Gross
Man Killed by Train While Sitting on Rails
Night Marshal George Mills identified Ed Muen of Casey Iowa as the man killed when a westbound Rock Island Rocket struck him while he sat on the track near Anita. The engineer said he saw the man but could not stop in time. Survived by two brothers Denny and Mike Muen, who lived with him.
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Anita
George Mills
Ed Muen
Casey
Rock Island
Mills
Muen
Denny
Mike Muen
Des Moines Attorney Howard J Clark Dies, Estate Valued
Howard J Clark, 72, a prominent Des Moines attorney, died February 18. His estate inventory filed in district court shows a value of $265,502.09, with a large portion in illiquid assets and property.
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Howard Clark
Des Moines
Howard J Clark
Clark
Hoax Over Culloden feud Unearthed by Clarke
Charles Langton Clarke staged a hoax at the Toronto Mail and Empire by planting a clip quoting Strangeway about the MacLeans. The MacLeans and other clans denounced the claim sparking a bitter dispute that spread across Ontario papers before dying down. Clarke later confessed years later.
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Clarke
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Strangway
Culloden
Western Newspaper Union
Friendly Neighbors Elect New Officers at Mrs Anderson’s Home
The Friendly Neighbors club met yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Marry Anderson’s home where Mrs. Anderson was chosen president, Mrs. Steve Crawford vice president, Mrs. Earl Redlinger secretary treasurer, and Mrs. Oral Norman reporter. The session featured entertainment by Mrs. Crawford and two vocal numbers by children. Refreshments followed. Oral Norman will preside at the July meeting.
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Friendly Neighbors Club
Marry Anderson
White rat becomes local celebrity at busy San Diego intersection
A young lost pet white rat settles in a drainpipe at a busy San Diego crossroads. Local merchants in the vicinity feed him daily with peanuts and popcorn, which he accepts calmly from shoppers and passersby.
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San Diego
Calif
Des Moines Real Estate and Financial Holdings Totals
The records show total assets of 112 180 93 including 82 977 68 in Des Moines City Real Estate stock and 23 023 in Northwest Bancorporation stock. Real estate valued at 89 125 with 83 190 in Des Moines property.
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Des Moines
Northwest Bancorporation
Dr Tom Shrader Invents Ear Pump
Dr T B Shrader of Syracuse Nebraska manufactures the Shrader ear pump. He perfected the suction ear pump and holds the patent rights. He plans a Lincoln sales office and will devote most time there while temporarily leaving his Syracuse chiropractic practice.
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T. B. Shrader
Syracuse
Nebr
Shrader
Dr. Shrader
Washington
James Shrader
Sadee McAvoy
Lincoln
Thankful note of sympathy from local neighbors and friends
We express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for acts of sympathy kindness and flowers in our hour of sorrow. Gratitude for comforting words from Rev. Vernon Carter and for Masonic pallbearers from Wayland. Mrs. Es S Sellers, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mayhew and others express thanks.
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Vernon Carter
Wayland
Es. S. Sellers
Harley Mayhew
Liechtenstein Soldier Passes at 95 Ends Tiny Army Link
Andreas Klieber, the last surviving Liechtenstein soldier, has died at age 95. The principality is noted for having no formal army, relying on local defense arrangements and international treaties.
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Liechtenstein
Andreas Klieber
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