June Notes From Ainsworth Area Observes Weather and Community Life
In Ainsworth Route 2 on June 1 residents report heavy rain damaging crops with hail harming oats and wheat. Farmers struggle to plow amid weeds as gardens and fruit suffer while locals visit relatives and attend social events, noting Wellman park’s beauty and new summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Ed Lins
C. H. Beenblossom
Missouri
Verna
Wilma Palmer
C. H. Work
Chas Deema
John Sullivan
Donald Smith
Chas Palmer
W. A. Matson
Will Paul
Edna Witting
W. C. Richards
Brighton social notes from June listings around town
Mrs Win Norton visits relatives in Darlington Wisconsin Mary Helmick from Fairfield visits Brighton Clarence Locke of New London with grandmother Mrs Wakeman of Salina Calters and Fran cis visit from Lincoln Neb Miss Ruth Young of Washington visits sister Helen Buck Dr H L Gordon from Oskaloosa visits Brighton Rev Pool will fill Methodist pulpit Sunday Milford Williams and family visit Burlington B H Faris and son Floyd return from Des Moines Frank Frazey heads to Chicago then Tomiette Alabama Elizabeth Harris from Richland visits Rudolph family
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Brighton
Win Norton
Darlington
Wis
Mary Helmick
Fairfield
Clarence Locke
New London
Wakeman
Salina
Brighton Calera
Brice Pringle
G. H. Francis
Lincoln
Neb
Ruth Young
Washington
Helen Buck
H. L. Gordon
Oskaloosa
Lon Funston
Long Beach
Calif
Kenseth Donovan
Eli Hinman
L. BE
H. W. Helmick
Bushnell
Ala
Elizabeth Harris
Richland
Rudolph
Wellman and District Happenings This Summer
Washington will host lively Fourth of July music with the Wellman band. Local groups Odd Fellows and Rebekahs plan a June 27 picnic at Wellman park for families, emphasizing care for orphans and elders. Residents reported travel to events, road conditions, and a mix of local patrols and visits, including Ed Wellman and Eardley Bell Jr. headed to Washington on Monday.
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Wellman
Washington
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Wellman Park
Rebekah
Kate Fritson
Winnie Palmer
Ford
California
George Struble
Riverside
Fred Skola
Kalona
Mason City
State Bankers
Carrol Durian
Muscatine
Eddie Jones
Cedar Rapids
Margaret
Dorothy Durian
Frank Mellicker
Marie
Gretchen
Iowa City
Mellicker
New York
Farm work slow due to wet weather in Dublin and area
Dublin notes slow farm work because of heavy rain. Claire Gray sold hogs in West Chester earlier in the week. Zeno Tinnes and families attended the West Chester Baptist church children's day program, as did the Wolf family. Rubean Corpening of Welston visited James Corpening’s home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wolfe
Ainsworth
Nick Tinnes Sr
Harper
Zono
Nick Tinnes Jr
H. Trier
Keota
Roscoe Robertson
James Martin
Wm. C. Robinsons
Howard Mangold
James Corpening
Grace Hill
Will Hotles
Dublin
Claire Gray
West Chester
Zeno
Pat Harrison of Mississippi Named Temporary Chairman
The six year Senate veteran Byron Patton Harrison, a Mississippi Democrat from Gulfport, is chosen as temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention. Born 1841 near Crystal Springs, he endured Civil War family reverses, studied at LSU, and rose from district attorney to congressman in 1910 and senator in 1918. He supports President Wilson, defends his policies, and remains a golf loving, moviegoing family man with three children.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Pat Harrison
Byron Patton Harrison
Mississippi
Pat
Virginia Etock
United States
Willian Henry
Benjamin Harrison
Old Dominion
Crystal Springs
Robert Harrison
Harrison
Louisiana State University
Walter
Congress
Vandaman
Noel
Vardaman
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Senator Harrison
Gulfport
Hawati Seeks To Preserve Birds Of Outlying Islands
In Honolulu on May 22 officials discussed petitioning the federal government to place all outlying Hawaiian islands under territory control. Governor Farrington and Dr. Gregory discussed action with federal Bird Warden Wilder. Scientists have explored the islands uncovering data on ancient civilization and the aim is to protect bird and plant life by territorial jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Wallace R Farrington
Herbert BE. Gregory
Bishop Museum
Gerrit P. Wilder
Farrington
Writers Quit Without Notice When Trust Acquires Paper
Lisbon June 1 The entire editorial staff of the Diario de Nori cias Portugal’s oldest newspaper resigned after discovering the Flour Mills Company had secretly gained control. The editor was named minister to London and a Flour Mills official installed himself in the director’s room issuing orders that all copy pass through him. The staff joined another publication in a campaign against the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Diario de Noricias
Portugal
Flour Mills Company
Bread Trust
London
Trust
Jelly Fish Flood Feeds North Sea Woes Hit Haddock
European ichthyologists report sharp declines in haddock and herring in the North Sea. Large jelly fish influx from Atlantic currents in 1920, aided by warm water, consumed prey, starving herring and reducing haddock numbers reliant on herring eggs. Conferences address remedies for the fishery crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerhaven
North Sea
Hagland
Holland
Germany
Herrae
Sacred White Cedar Reserved for Temples in Japan
The Imperial family controls white cedar supply and reserves all logs eighteen inches and larger for temple building. A Japanese buyer paid $1,190 in gold in America for a premium beam of white cedar eighteen inches square and twenty feet long with perfect diagonal grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
America
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Kabaker
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Ed Hambright
Mr. Stark
Rock Island
Park Committee
C. C. Gardner
Excelsior Springs
Gardner
Jack Kelley
Sam Huntshberger
van Nepps
Huntsberger
Eardley Bell, Jr
Frank Snavely
Harris McGugin
Bruce Gardner
John Manney
Burlington
Jim
Flora Wells
Flora
Clem Eden
Wilma Francis
Kathleen
Marcia Coffy
Helen Schroeder
Wilson Ashby
Ames
Hawati
Bering Island
Normandy
H. J. Ward & Co
Garet
Rian
Barclay’s
Trade Week
Sunkist
Dozien
van Camp Brand
Gansert Chocolate
Imperial Valley
Barclay’s Pee House
Monarch’s
Prince Albert
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Kellogg
Brown Beauty
Royal Baking Powder
Lewis Lye
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