Brighton Plans July Fifth Celebration Brightens Corn Weather Report
Correspondents note Mrs Balderson's return from Alhambra California to Brighton. A town celebration is set for Monday July 5. Belle Brinton returned from Grinnell after teaching there the past year. Guy Black graded Dutch Creek roads, a timely task. Mr and Mrs Er L Meyers of near Ainsworth visited the Lloyd Kracaw home. Officials say the weather favors a good corn crop this season.
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Brighton
Nm. CC. Balderson
Alhambra
Cal
Belle Brinton
Grinnell
Guy Black
Dutch Creek
Er. L. Meyers
Ainsworth
Lloyd Kracaw
Interchurch Plans Eight Summer Confabs Across Nation
The Interchurch World Movement will hold eight summer conferences to train 100,000 church leaders for a five year expansion. The first conference runs in Winter Park, Florida, through June 10, with others at Blue Ridge North Carolina, Silver Bay New York, Estes Park California, Asilomar California, Ocean Park Maine, Lake Geneva Wisconsin, and Seabeck Washington from late July to early August. The program expands previous missionary education efforts and includes county meetings and training posters.
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New York
Interchurch World Movement
Winter Park
Fla
Blue Ridge
N. C
Silver Bay
N. Y
Estes Park
Cal
Asilomar
Ocean Park
Lake Geneva
Wis
Seabeck
Waah
Missionary Education Movement
Interchurch Movement
Marion County Organizes Harding for President Club
Marion Ohio June 17. To build near unanimity for Senator Harding, county leaders form a Harding for President club with an executive committee of three democrats and four republicans. The Caledonia band, once with Harding in boyhood, will be reorganized into thirty players for the senator's homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Harding
Caledonia
Michigan woman plans stunt by leaping between planes
Miss Ethel Dare of Kalamazoo Michigan intends to earn a living this summer by jumping from the wing of one plane to another twenty or thirty feet below while the two fly about a thousand feet above the earth.
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Ethel Dare
Kalamazoo
Mich
Many Conventions On Iowa Calendar Next Two Months
Des Moines June 17 Iowa political calendar shows county conventions for Democrats and Republicans in July with four state conventions likely between mid July and mid August. Courts will nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor and auditor. The Republican live outlook centers on Des Moines for the regular convention and Cedar Rapids for the judicial, with dates not set. The anti Marsh forces likely to target the Democratic state committee and leadership in their bid to reshape Iowa delegation. Delegates to county conventions elected recently will choose representatives for both regular and judicial conventions, with governorship race influencing delegation balance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Bench
Republican Supreme Court
State Committee
Corinne Griffith Reports From Saugerties For Vita Film
Corinne Griffith acted as a correspondent in Saugerties New York during filming for The Garter Girl. She used her newspaper training to write descriptive copy and capture photos with her own camera. One photo featured a sled scene and a spill which she sent to Sunday editors in New York. The star later performs in The Garter Girl at the Graham Theatre on Friday and Saturday.
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Corinne Griffith
Saugerties
N. Y
Vitagraph
Wiese Griffith
Miss Griffith
New York
Graham Theatre
John Wanamaker Confesses Frugality From Early Work Days
Front page note recounts John Wanamaker, famed Philadelphia and New York merchant, as saying he saved his first five hundred dollars earned as an errand boy in a Philadelphia bookstore. Also reports a severe interurban collision in Cedar Rapids injuring Mr and Mrs Earl High and their infant, with details on injuries and hospital status.
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John Wanamaker
New York
Philadelphia
Cedar Rapids
Earl High
Twentythird Avenue West
Paul
Waterloo, Cedar Falls
St. Luke's Hospital
Grain Rotting in Iowa Elevators Highlights Car Shortage
Des Moines June 17 reports from State Bank Commissioner Vanderzee show car shortages are worsening across Iowa. Grain spoiling in elevators and on farms leaves farmers unable to meet obligations, tightening credit and hindering business. Rail lines along the Burlington appear to move more cars, while farmers fear discrimination toward terminal elevators. Bankers, grain dealers, railroad reps and railway officials plan a Wednesday meeting to seek solutions, with a possible committee to Washington.
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State Bank
Des Moines
M. V. Vanderzee
Burlington
Washington
Community Plan to Be Given Trial In Blackhawk County
Riverside style report from Waterloo details Eagle township in Blackhawk County breaking ground for a cooperative community complex. A store, building, and homes are planned near East Eagle with a 100-farmer shareholding co op aiming to offer wholesale goods, ice plant services, and low-cost essentials to residents without a railroad. The project emphasizes self contained social life and local amusements for youths and families.
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Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Eagle Township
East Eagle
Mount Carmel Church and School
Eagle Center
la Porte City
Towa
Iowa
Eogie
Massive Cedar Falls Garage Fire Destroys 33 Autos
Waterloo reports a blaze that wrecked Thompson & Collar garage in Cedar Falls late Sunday, valuing loss at about 110000 with insurance covering two thirds. The flames consumed the building and a large stock of accessories along with 33 automobiles. origin remains undetermined.
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Waterloo
Thompson & Collar
Cedar Falla
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Interchurch
Sen. Harding
DELCO
Paria
W. E. Cox
Wilbur W Marsh
J. T. Jones
Gerard
Peraps
San Francisco
Marsh
Saugerties, N.Y
Fox & Dewey
Cord Tires
Diamond
Lytle Brothers
Zephyr Fiour
Washington Elevator Co
R. A. Knuthe
Riverside
J. A. Lemley
L. B. Henry——Rubio
J. K. Duncan—Cotter
Otto F. Frey—Noble Marr
H. V. Frank—Valley
Elliott & Co
Winfield Farmers Elevat&r
Wayland Farmers Union
Elc.—W. Chester Farmers’ Co-Operative
Wellston
Havre Co-Operative Co
Havre
Pioneer Service
Mannhardt Bros
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