Wayland Area News Highlights Local Visits and Duties
Community notes from Stringtown and nearby areas recount visits by Verna Graber and family, John Widmer's family, and others to Elmher and Freyenberger homes. Rev. Rosenberger, Bluffton College student, will lead local Mennonite churches for three months after spoke at Eicher church.
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Stringtown
Verna Graber
John Widmer
Joe Widmer
J. J. Rich
Walter Jarred
Noah Witmer
Mt. Pleasant
Menno Freyenberger
Ed Miller
Elmher
Ethan Brooks
FE. H. Cummings
Wayland
Mrs. Springer
Illinois
Dorothy Ralston Heads West For Summer Visit
West Chester notes Dorothy Ralston left Friday night for western Kansas to spend the summer with friends and relatives. Three Children’s Day programs were held Sunday at M F E church New Haven church and the Baptist church. A card from Boyer and Robertson reports a grand trip to Frisco. Glen Martin delivered hogs. a cow yielding eight gallons of milk was noted. Dora Gray's health is improving slowly. Some say rain is needed others disagree, reflecting the era’s weather debates.
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West Chester
Dorothy Ralston
Kansas
M. FE
New Haven
Baptist Church
Boyer and Robertson
Frisco
Glen Martin
Wellman Notes and Local Visits Nearby
The Wellman community reports Miss Maxine Snavelywill spend six weeks in Des Moines for vocal study. E C Hambright visited Cedar Rapids on business and to see his brother Walter. Eddie Jones of Cedar Rapids spent a week here. Miss Dorothy Wheli leaves for Siebert Colorado to stay with grandparents. Ralph Shoulty and Sheriff Dennison of Washington stopped for property and business. Several residents attend graduation in Iowa City and visits to Vinton and Sigourney are noted.
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Wellman
Maxine Snavely
Des Moines
Maxine
E. C. Hambright
Cedar Rapids
Walter Hambright
Eddie Jones
Mia Jones
Margarete
John Manney
Dorothy Wheli
Siebert
Colorado
Guss Klockenteger
Dorothy
Ralph Shoulty
Sheriff Dennison
Washington
Ralph
C. G. Gardner
W. E. Baker
Iowa City
Elien O’flerhty
Iowa’ City
Tom O'Flerhty
John Kloekenteger
Vinton
Percy
Edith
Ella Weller
Eardley Bell, Jr
Ed Ham- Wright
Sigourney
Eardley
Edad
Wm. Etter
Sigourney Review
Frank Wilson
Cedar Rapids visitors and local misc town notes
Mr and Mrs L V Cresswell of Cedar Rapids visit John Oldaker and W T Hamilton in town. they plan to return Saturday. Mrs June Williams spends Friday in Iowa City with friends. Chas Shachner views Chicago as too big. Wellman to oil streets for dust control amid worst dust day of year. Miss Susian Jane McArter and niece Effie May Brown visit relatives. L C Miller from Strawberry Point comes to help, Grandma Nichols visits A J Leighton's family. Local fishermen report three to four pounders in English River near the dam. Missing townsfolk are presumed fishing.
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Wellman
Miss Susian
Jane McArter
Effie May Brown
McArter
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Miss Brown
Barker Brown
Perry
L. C. Miller
Strawberry Point
Grandma Nichols
Chicago
A. J
Mrs. Greig
South Dakota
Doctor Isaac Leighton
English River
Rural Route No 3 Notices and Visits June
Mr W H Canier and family of Boone and Mr O S Canier of California stayed with Ezra B L and Walter Smith early in the week. Gerald Teets and wife left for Valpariso Ind. best wishes follow them to their new home. Mary Scott visited Sword family in Iowa City. E S Bishop Fred Dink Mouser and Allen Freckling rode with KE S to the Tudor cattle show in the Iowa City pavilion. Reeves couple with Rittenhouse visited Olive at an uncle’s home.
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Washington, R. No
W. H. Canier
Boone
O. S. Canier
California
Ezra
B. L
Walter Smith
Gerald Teets
Valpariso
Ind
Mary Scott
Bee
The
Sword Home
Towa City
Bishop
Fred
Dink
Mouser
Allen Freckling
KE. S
Iowa City
T. C. Reeves
David Rittenhouse
Olive
Reeves
Dust relief and a funeral mark Crawfordsville notices
On Saturday and yesterday streets were oiled lowering dust for relief after several dusty days. Aaron and Wilbert Rose returned from Kirby, Pennsylvania due to their mother’s illness and death from paralysis. Mrs. Sarah Yeager’s funeral was held at 2 pm with Rev. A. B. Hightshoe and Rev. J. F. Barnett officiating. A quartet sang and pallbearers were named. Numerous relatives and friends from Silver City Council Bluffs Colorado Springs Waterloo Olds Russell Washington attended. L. E. Griffith and Merle Twinam returned from Cedar Falls.
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Crawfordsville
Aaron
Wilbert Rose
Kirby
Sarah Yeager
Luther Gormiy
A. B. Hightshoe
Ottumwa
J. F. Barnett
J. C. Huston
Donald Mitchell
Frank McCoy
J A. Moorehead
Delbert Maxwell
Harley Rhea
Frank Gault
Lawrence Cherryholmes
Claude McCoy
Lee Shaffer
Robert Moore
Silver City
Iowa
Mary Wilkins
Albert Wilkins
Council Bluffs
C. Worris
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clarke Gormly
Waterloo
Robert Long
Doris
Cary Long
Olds
Rickey
Russell
J. P. Jones
T. J Harvey
A. E. Ross
Jessie Long
Howard Crozier
Aileen
Mary Moore
Washington
L. E. Griffith
Merle Twinam
Cedar Falls
Nature Faking Jumps Across Seasons From Tiger
The piece argues that nature cannot transition directly between seasons, noting an implied sequence through spring, summer, and fall. It emphasizes a cyclical, natural order tied to the tiger as a symbolic reference point.
Parrot Escapes in Odd Household Scramble
In a quirky domestic scene Mrs Wisely orders her husband to move the parrot as a belt buckle mishap. The couple reacts swiftly after a collar batten goes missing, prompting a hurried room change and a flurry of activity.
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Mrs. Wisely
Orraid
Lizzie
Mr. Wisely
Wild Horse Lifespan Compared In Wild And Domestic States
A wild horse typically lives 35 to 40 years while a domestic horse tends to reach about 25 years. The comparison highlights how voluntary living conditions affect longevity in equines.
Australian entry ban on Anglican minister lectures
Federal authorities barred Orwont, Anglican minister to Syrians in Chicago, from landing in Australia. He planned to lecture on the sufferings of the scene and argue that Indians with disabilities in the Australian commonwealth could not legally be domiciled, challenging the status of Indians in Mesopotamia.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Orwont
Chienage
Fm Austratia
Wee
Sgene
Australian Commonwealth
Bill Bateman's Escape Ends in Tragedy and Capture
In a western tale a lifer named Bill Bateman engineers a breakout during a traffic with a Limited passenger train. He sees a child on the tracks and hesitates to save the kid, delaying the pursuit. The posse arrives too late to stop the train and Bateman is found dead as the sheriff and team confront the scene.
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Pike
Rem
Bill Batewan
Death
Urote
BI Bateman
Bill
Bill Bateman
Bil
Fiv
Penitentiary
Unspoken Wisdom and the Interview Dilemma
A fragmentary exchange shows Senator Sorghum resisting interview questions about a momentous object saying thoughts have troubled him. The dialogue hints at past generosity in sharing conclusions with the public and notes that what a man does not say avoids trouble.
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Tve
Senator Sorghum
Locomotive Boiler Explodes. Two Die Near Dupo Missouri
Two men, William Brooks and Farley Farley, were killed when a Missouri Pacific locomotive boiler exploded two and a half miles south of here. The blast derailed the train and blew a large hole in the roadbed, suspending traffic.
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Prairie
Roeeder
Jone
Missouri Pacific
Here
William Brooks
Farley
Dupo TH
Coyote Sighted During Real Estate Showing in England
A real estate agent drove a prospective buyer and his wife through the west of England estate. The agent, a young man, attempted American mannerisms as he described parks, meadows, and woods. He then gazed at the sun and exclaimed with polished bravado, There a sun! Can you beat it!
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England
Humorous Parish Register Names Spark Lighthearted Debate
Somerset house register entries from Clandon England reveal humorous Christian given names such as Mineral Wailers Prosty Winter Alfred Lives Weeks Happy Jicgzing Haystack Brown Anoo Domini Davies Jolly Denih and Ac apias ulling. The playful list highlights how some parents resist conventional naming norms, drawing local curiosity.
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Nole
Somerset House
Clandon
England
Alfred
Anoo Domini Davies
Denih
Ulling
Population decline on the Marquess islands linked to clothing
The aged report notes the Marquess islands population fell from 30 000 thirty years ago to 200 today. It claims decline began when missionaries taught natives to wear clothes and mentions a sudden outbreak of tuberculosis as an introduced disease.
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Marquess Group
Todey
Blue Bird Fairy Tale Says Maeterlinck Seeks Happiness
The Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck calls his Blue Bird a simple fantasy for children of all ages. He says the bird represents happiness and is never caught, though some readers find hidden meanings in the tale.
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Maurice Maetersinck
Bey
Halls Catarrh Medicine Claim Advertisement
A vintage ad states Halls Catarrh Medicine relieves catarrh related deafness with an ointment and a tonite taken internally. It claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and restore normal conditions. Sold by druggists for over 40 years. F. J. Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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HALLS
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
New Japanese Premier Advocates Nonpartisan Government
Tokyo reports the cabinet under Admiral Noron Tomesaturo Rate has begun with a focus on economy and reform. Critics label the move nonpartisan while opposition voices warn of continued friction with the former administration.
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Tokyo
Takahashi
Anmiral Noron Tomesaturo Rate
Cost of living soars in Vienna with bread at 1000 crowns a loaf
Austria faces a dizzy pinnacle of prices as bread climbs to 1000 crowns per loaf and meat to 500 crowns per pound. Vienna wages and relentless money printing drive a mad race between rising living costs and wages, with prices in some cases 2000 times prewar levels.
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Berlin
Austria
Vienna
Peace time pay restored for military services
President Harding signed the Wadsworth McKenzie bill returning the navy army marine corps and coast guard to peace time pay standards. Effective July 1 the pay bill totals 14 154 000 for the four services and wartime rates are reduced to 21 dollars a month for privates. Officers’ pay ranges from 1.50 for new lieutenants to 80 010 for major generals.
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Washington
Harding
Wadsworth McKenzie
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Train Kills Two in Auto Crash Near Princeton Iowa
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train struck an automobile at a crossing south of Princeton Iowa. Marry Schultz of Davenport and his three year old child were killed. Mrs Schultz and three other passengers suffered injuries.
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Clinton
Schultz
Davenport
Atoa
Princeton
Chicago, Burlington & Quitery
Holte
Nurse Saves 2 People From Operation
A nurse reports saving two patients from surgery by using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach trouble. The remedy claimed to clear mucus in the intestinal tract and ease inflammation linked to many ailments including appendicitis. One dose is advertised with money refund at Lemon's Pharmacy and leading druggists.
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Mayr
Lemmon’s
Radio Traps Bootleggers in Prohibition Push
Washington reports bootlegger activity being tipped off by radio says Commissioner Haynes. Radio service assists enforcement and is used successfully in Michigan Colorado and Florida.
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Michigan
Colorado
Florida
Haynes
Washington
Eviction Ordered for 49 Brady Coal Families in Morgantown
Families of 49 union miners were ordered evicted from Brady Coal Co housing near Morgantown West Virginia after a hearing before Magistrate A Posten. The action followed a dispute between workers and the company.
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Morganstown
W. Va
Brady Coal Company
Here
Baptist church rites mark a lively Ainsworth service
At Almsworth Church Ainsworth three babies were consecrated in baptism while seventeen young people and three others joined the church. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered and a league service at 7 pm drew a well attended, enthusiastic crowd. Dr. G L Minear attended and preached on The Testing Times to a fine congregation.
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Ainsworth
Ainsworth M. E
G. L. Minear
War Paint Bloodroot Among Early Flowers Warned
The American Forestry Magazine notes bloodroot as one of the earliest flowers to bloom in spring. Named for its red sap, the plant's juice was once used by aboriginal tribes as war paint.
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American Forestry Magazine
Drawing a Big Crowd for Lecture on Cosmic Forces
Professor Letterkink notes a rare large audience, with JT never speaking to more than 40. The Local Editor quips that town interest in science is modest, and a compositor omitted the letter s in the lecture ad of Cosmic Forces.
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Letterkink
Ancient fans appear in artifacts across regions and eras
The article notes ancient fans in bas reliefs at the British Museum and in Persepolis plates and Thebes sculptures. It mentions a wooden fan handle found in a tomb dated 17 centuries before Christ and exhibited at Boulak near Cairo. Fans served as symbols in sacred emblems and royal imagery in India.
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British Museum
Persepolis
Thebes
Boulak
Cairo
India
Quite a Nest Egg
Everett Hale once opened a bank account with 45 cents. The amount was considered a tidy sum at the time.
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Everett Hale
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