Booster Club trip leaves Wellman towns in warm thanks
The Wellman Booster Club tour with the 60 piece Community band finished on schedule to general praise. Residents thank Washington officials for hospitality at the Congress Hotel and the Commercial Club Rooms. The notes praise band director Prof. Mat Starck and the boys, and report social visits, illness updates, and local business changes across Wellman and nearby areas.
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Wellman
Washington
Congress Hotel
Congress
Wellman Community Club
West Chester notes boost for town and events
Sunday visits from relatives and friends fill West Chester as residents discuss local pride and business activity. A band from Wellman performed, churches hosted services, and social gatherings at Bruce Moore’s lawn tied the community together amid hog cholera losses and reflections on oil fortunes.
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West Chester
Charlie Hennon
Charlie Harley
H. P. Hennon
Emma Cherry
Barbara
Salt Lake City
F. A. Sherbeck Grove
Wellman
Geo Breitenbach
John Applegate
Charlie Brown
Will Spera
Abe Martin
G. B. Martin
Kepple
Oskaloosa
William Rockefeller
John D
Caffey
Reverend Wood progresses after live wire burn
The Rev Wood, badly burned by a live wire, is making splendid recovery progress. The Kalona community expresses sympathy to the Orin Bell family over the death of their four year old daughter Juanita Mildred who died after acute appendicitis following an illness and surgery.
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Kalona
Wood
Orin Bell
Juanita Mildred
Local Notes From Crawfordsville District
Miss Genevieve Mincks returned home to Ottumwa after a week with Miss Hazel Anwyl. Bruce McCleary visited from Waterloo for the Sabbath with his parents J B McCleary. Washington visitors included Mr and Mrs M D Work and Mr and Mrs Enslin, and L A Jones and children at the Manners home. Mrs Lloyd Kennedy of Carthage visited her parents Mr and Mrs C H Fishburn, who is troubled by gall stones. The W K Wooley and A T Brown and Sam Rickey families visited. Huston families enjoyed a picnic at Burlington in Crapo park.
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Crawfordsville
Genevieve Mincks
Hazel Anwyl
Ottumwa
Bruce McCleary
Waterloo
McCleary
M. D. Work
Enslin
Wahington
Lee Lease
L. A. Jones
Washington
Manners
Lloyd Kennedy
Carthage
C. H. Fishburn
Fishburn
A. T. Brown
Sam Rickey
W. K
Petting Party Causes Automobile Crash in Ft. Madison
Three Ft. Madison men Preston F. Roberts E S Gott and Paul B Doyle were riding down a hill when they spotted a lights-out parked car on Denmark road. Roberts steering failed the car overturned after swerving onto a bank. All three escaped injuries though shaken as two windshields saved them from harm. The Petters fled the scene fearing publicity.
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FT. Madison
Preston FE. Roberts
E. S. Gott
Paul
Doyle
Denmark Road
Roberts
Perfection Tire Company
No Huge Incomes Drawn By Iowans
Dubuque June 26 One Iowa resident in 1920 earned between 200000 and 250000 and another between 150000 and 200000 while six people earned over 100000 but under 150000. Total Iowa returns 183398 with income 631560759 and tax 18776900.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Treasury Department
United States Treasury
S. U. S. Botanist Trains Plants to Do Unusual Tricks
Iowa City June 26 Plants shown to have learning ability says Prof Clifford Fay head of Iowa State University botany. In a lecture he demonstrated an oxalis plant opening leaves at night and closing them by day while a mimosa refused to learn. He also displayed a sunflower seedling that could not tell its side and oats sprouts that could add and subtract.
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Iowa City
Clifford Fay
State University of Iowa
Unclear Request About Response and Timing
The fragment notes that twelve was a response obtained while otherwise there was no response. The piece hints at a communication issue or data collection gap without specifying persons, places, or events.
Dressmakers Praise Testimony On Gown Demand In London
A London court heard testimony claiming a woman aiming to move in exclusive society should own 90 to 40 new gowns annually, with an average cost of 200 pounds each. The remarks reflect pressures on social wardrobes and expenditures among English elites.
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London
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Eardley Bell Jr
J. G Wherle Fay Goodwin
F. C. Schroder
Love City
S and M
Jefferson Hotel
J. W. Spratt
Holbrook
Charley Harvey
Ira Wells
U. S Hospital
Hugh Great
Des Moines
Hugh Jr
Mr. Great
Mr. Godfrey
C. C. Gardner
Emmitt White
Lone Tree
J. H. Klockenteger
L. C. Capeton
Adley Yoder
Cedar Rapids
Towa
R. C
Mat Starck
Francis Palmer
Dr. H. Horner
Akron
Colorado
Doctor Horner
Marner
Palmer Iav
Pete Chapman
Dorothy Durran
Margarete Jones
Chicago
Margarete
A.c. Jones
Christian Church
Pike
Wellman Band Boys
Velma Sleichter
Archie Kepley
Wapello
C. B. McBride
Sussell McLaughlin
Mae
Ernest Salladay
Salem
Oregon
Dewitt Beck
West Liberty
Vernon
Vera Joy
Grinnell
Dr. Maiden
Council Bluffs
B. F. Allen
Petting Party
Washington County
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway
Puget Sound
United States
Farr
Atlantic Monthly
Buddy
Legion
American Legion
Leon Beatty Post
Washington, Iowa
C. B. Kerr
Crail
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