Iowa Parks Highlight Historic Forts and Trails
Fort Atkinson in Winneshie county and Fort Defiance in Emmet county are noted as historical state parks. Lewis and Clark State Park in Monona county, A. A. Call State Park in Kossuth county and several others preserve early American sites and old trails alongside scenic wildlife preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Board of Conservation
Fort Atkinson
Winneshie County
Decorah
West Union
New Hamipton
Emmet County
Highway 17
Fort Defiance
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Lewis-Clark
Missouri River
Lewis and Clark
Tarey Kensauana Park
van Buren County
Iowa Safety Drive Aims to Cut Auto Death Toll
A weekly safety article prepared by Dr. A R Lauer of Iowa State College for the American Legion State Highway Safety Council discusses reducing traffic fatalities in Iowa. It notes 654 killed in 1930 and 588 in 1931, with 1932 fatalities to be influenced by motorists' actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State College
The
American Legion
State Highway Safety Council
Night Club Lady Lola Carewe in Mayfair mystery
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt arrives at the Mayfair Club at New Year’s Eve summons about Lola Carewe known as the Night Club Lady widow of Gaylord Gifford. Lola fears for her life as a note threatens death before 3 am and is accompanied by attorney Vincent Rowland and detectives. Colt investigates Lola’s luxury home, her mother Mrs Carewe, her friend Christine Quires, and a photo of Basil linked to Paris. The case blends wealth, danger, and a hidden motive as Colt questions Lola about a past love and a mysterious spy-like threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher Colt
Mayfair Club
Merle Dougherty
Colt
Lola Carewe
Gaylord Gifford
Lola
Mayfair
Vincent Rowland
Christine
Chung
Christine Quires
New Lion’s Paw Club
Mrs. Carewe
Mr. Colt
America
Basil
Paris
Miss Carewe
Mrs Ezra Wittmer Correspondent in Wayland Note
Miss Eva Ballard who attended Minnesota State College the past year is spending her vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Ballard Rev Moses Brenneman of Al
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Eva Ballard
Minnesota State College
Charles Ballard
Moses Brenneman
Busy weekend of visits and travels around Noble area
Bany Oregon visitor arrives to see son Paul Brenneman and cousin Amasa Miller. Many Johnson and nearby county residents attend gatherings, picnics, and church events. Plans for Mennonite conference in Minnesota, college trips to Goshen Indiana, and family celebrations fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bany
Oregon
Paul Brenneman
Amasa Miller
Brenneman
Minnesota
Burlington
J. R. McKirahan
Allen Wenger
E. C. Allen
A. B. Magdefrau
Grace Swartzendruber
Town
Swartzendruber
Eli Swartzendruber
Johnson County
Helen
Marie Hess
Heston
Kansas
Rollin Erb
Goshen College
Goshen
Ind
Maynard Wyse
Esther
Lena Graber
Edith Hirschy
Virgil Plosser
Ida Fritz
Iowa City
P. P. Wenger
Edith Wenger
Dorothy Shively
McLellans
Washington
Albert Wagler
Alan Miller
Milo Miller
Paul Miller
Pekin
Eudora Roth
Anna Barr
Lydia Miller
Waterloo
D. O. Davison
C. L. Garrick
Ezra Wittmer
Frank Burke
Virgil Wittmer
John Garrick
Jesse Davison
Fairfield
Miller
Miss Ethel Edgar Visits Home Summer in Crawfordsville
Miss Edgar formerly taught in Phoenix Arizona returns home for the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs W J Edgar. She brings little Miss Alice Dubois to spend the season at the Edgar home. Local events include a Sunday visit by Dr and Mrs Hansdihl and Paul Schmitt from Keota to aid Mrs Work, plus the United Presbyterian women’s missionary society meeting with forty members attending and Tyne flower bouquets adorning the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ethel Edgar
Phoenix Arizona
W. J. Edgar
Alice Dubois
Edgar
Hansdihl
Paul Schmitt
Keota
Mar
Work
Fred Sipe
Fairfield
Lee Lease
Sioux City
Women's Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Talk on Power of Prayer Highlights Social Gathering
Miss Jeannette McCrory of Benha Egypt delivered an engaging talk on the power and effectiveness of prayer with concrete examples. Ice cream wafers and juice were served by committee chair Mrs Ernest Clark amid social time and a note of visitors Mrs Mildred Cannon Lemtey from Davenport. Forrest Davidson won a $150 University of Iowa law college scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette McCrory
Benha
Egypt
Ernest Clark
Mildred Cannon Lemtey
Davenport
J. C. Cannon
Forrest Davidson
University of Iowa
College of Law
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Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Henry Atkinson
Canhp Atkinson
Gape Johnson
Ozarks
Gape
Ely’s Ford
Pommel Park
Madison County
Wild Cat den Park
Muscatine County
Backbone Park
Delaware County
Eldora-Pineweely Bellevue
Delver Memorial
Waubonsie
Palisades-Kepler
Wapsipinicon
Larey-Keosauqua and
Ledges State Parks
Frederick Pfunder
Alure
Smin
Murper
Nick Clublady
Anthony, Abbot
Chapter
Lela
Covid-Friede, Inc
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Leonard Graber
Maxine
Donna
Evelyn
Grover Hill
Ohio
Graber
Noble
Bertha Graber
Earl Barr
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County Hospital
Jesse Elcher
Kalona
Lloyd Swartzendruber
Havre
David Wittmer
Daryl Wittmer
Dwight
Samuel Wittmer
Benjamin
Ammon Fel
Edith Bohn
Elna Bachman
Alma Bohn
Manson
Fred Klontenstein
Harold Graber
F. S. Miller
Jacob Graber
Wer
FS. Miller
Max Mildred
Glenn
Milford McCreedy
Glenn Klopfenstein
Mildred
Freddie
Fred. Klopfenstein
Dennis
Kermit
Mildred Miller
Ames
C. K. Shanty
Josephine Musser
Olds
Beckman
Joe Wittmer
Anne Gillman
Nellie Maners
Jurging & Son
Iowa Ave
Magnesia
Fto Pharmacal Company
American Tobacco
Luckies
U. K. America
N. B.C
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