Valley News Notes and Social Roundup
Valley reports a weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. John Hahn to the G W Mack home. Local residents attended a well received Children's Day program despite rain. Community members visited friends, helped with chores, and shared outings including cherry and strawberry canning and a tent show at Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal
W. J. Pfeifer
Francia Feltz
Fon
Donavon Wallace
Chas, Miller
Wellman
Walter Meyer
Eft Brietenbach
Rubio
Northwest highway trip highlights desert and wind
A June 25 reminiscence details a 1200 mile paved route from San Diego to Portland via the Columbia River Highway to Arlington and Pendleton. The writer notes vast Oregon wasteland, windy days, fruit storage caves in Idaho, Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls, and tourist facilities along the way with reflections on local hospitality and rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Grove
San Diego
Cal
Portland
Columbia River
Arlington
Oregon
Columbia River Highway
Dalles
Maryville
Evenine
Tourtata Park
Iowa
Lowa
Pendleton
Umatilla
Homestead Farm
Legrande
Idaho
Ontario
California
Twin Falls
Boise
Snake River
Divine Hand
Dreath
Alvin C. Hasty
Keota Bible School to Open with Local Leaders Named
Keota prepares a summer vacation Bible School starting June 30 for three weeks five days each period. Rev. J T Hawk chairs the executive committee with Rev W A Purdy and others on the roster. Miss Nell Vollmer of Sigourney will supervise. Instructors listed and church groups plan reception for new pastor Rev Purdy. Local officials note recent visits and De Molay officer elections.
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Keota
J. T. Hawk
W. A. Purdy
T. E. Dunn
F. O. Pershing
A. A. Clendenning
E. C. Cady
G. C. Conrad
C. F. Hoffman
First Baptist Church
Mark Allen
Kalona
Lou Allender
Ottumwa
de Molay
Lester Smith
M. C
Doyle Palmer
Harold Holmes
J. C
Dwight Mound
Harold Delimerly
Weathered chat and forecasts from West Chester column
The note lists local happenings and opinions from West Chester with remarks on rain, farm prices, land loans from a Kansas City bank, illness news, political commentary on Bryan, and scattered anecdotes. It mentions a 1492 Columbus reference and a playful forecast about a Democratic nomination timing.
Summer social notes and visits around Haskins Haskins
June 27 notes report Misses Vivian and Hazel Booth returning from Fairfield for summer. Will McCreedy and family from Riverside visited J R McCreedy’s. D MacCreedy and baby of Iowa City joined Harley Stafford in Muncatine. Hazel Booth went to Fairfield for a recital and music lesson. Gene Annas is painting the Ellipse house. W E Club hosted husbands and guests at Lee Ebner home with lawn games and refreshments until storms. Women’s Missionary Society heard Miss Margaret Cowden speak on Peru furlough with 18 present and refreshments afterward. Bill Lucky shipped stock from Haskins.
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D. MacCreedy
Iowa City
Harley Stafford
Muncatine
John Stafford
Ilazel Booth
Fairfield
Gene Annas
Ekelipse
W. Society
Lee Ebner
Eva Ebner
Lee Farrington
Nettie Beatty
Women's Missionary Society
Margaret Cowden
Perera
Miss Cowden
Bill Lucky
Community Notes From Crawfordsville June 21
Mic Veda Twinam returns from Chicago to spend the summer while Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kennedy with children come back to Media Illinois after illness and death in the family. Mrs C M Strain hosts a birthday party with the London and Sabbath School class at the Methodist church. The United Presbyterian Women planned a meeting but rain moved it to the church. Devotions led by Mrs Lois Rhea. Serving committee listed names. Oil work begins on streets with one coating done and plans for a second coat and sand topping today.
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West Chester
Bolley
Mt. Pleasant
John Coakley
Kansas City
Bankers Mortgage Company
J. D. Dayton
Daryl
Ottumwa
Boyer
Theresa
Bryan
Crawfordsville
Mic
Veda Twinam
Chicago
Lloyd Kennedy
Media
Ill
Fishburn
CM. Strain
London
Methodist Church
Women's Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Clyde Maxwell
Lois Rhea
Clyde ,Maxwell
Delbert Maxwell
Hattie Cherryhol Me
W. W .Twinam
Lil Maxwell
James Kelsey
Mina McCleary
Hoover Forecasts Victory for Coolidge and Dawes in November
In Chicago Herbert Hoover signals confidence in a Coolidge Dawes ticket and notes the St Lawrence waterway as an inevitable project. He plans to visit California next month and says Democrats in New York are of little concern as he focuses on departmental duties and the impending campaign.
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Hoover
Coolidge
Dawes
Chicago
Mllnois
Herbert Hoover
White House
President Coolidge
Gen. Dawes
Secretary of Commerce
California
Drake
Hiram Johnson
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Cleveland
Republican National
St. Lawrence Waterway
Canada
St. Lawrence Commission
Great Lakes Territory
Mr. Hoover
Pipe and beer for breakfast marks 102nd birthday in Berlin
Berlin June 9. Herr Bruno Berendt, who left life in the country about eighty years ago, celebrated his 102nd birthday in Berlin. He believes city life contributes to longevity and notes he owns hundreds of acres of farms. Berendt drinks beer at breakfast and began smoking a pipe before moving to the city.
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Aerliner
Berlin
Bruno Berendt
Germany
Herr Berendt
Du buque chosen for Iowa American Legion Auxiliary convention
Dubuque was chosen for next year’s state convention of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. A. H. Hoff man of Des Moines was elected president after Mrs. C. H. McNider of Mason City withdrew. Officers include Tipton’s C. S. McClung as vice president and Gwendolyn W. Mac Dowell as secretary.
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Mason City
Dubuque
American Legion Auxiliary
A. H. Hoffman
Des Moines
May Bolt
George Bender
Bellevue
C. H. McNider
C. S. McClung
Tipton
Gwendolyn W. MacDowell
F. H
House
Coolidge
Senate
E. D
Triple Tongued Umpires Rule European Football
Amateur football rebounds in central Europe with high attendance and cross-border contests. Polyglot referees are in demand as Anglo American and German teams play and a British army touring team is planned for central Europe.
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Berlin
Europe
The
Rhine
Central
Merchant Ad Observation Noted in Journal Message
A brief note records a passerby stating they saw the merchant's advertisement in the Journal. The remark highlights reader engagement with local classifieds and ad circulation.
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Alwaye
Ninth through eleventh place finishers listed
Grubb from Panora placed ninth followed by Misa Marie Miller and Britt in a close contest. Martha McGowan of Ocheydan finished eleventh as the results highlight local competitors in the event.
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Grubb
Panora
Misa Marie Miller
Britt
Martha McGowan
Ocheydan
Progressive ticket ploy for vice president to win White House
The article outlines a proposed Democratic strategy to place a La Follette aligned vice president on the ticket to swing the 1925 race. It discusses a potential coalition, the House deadlock, and possible candidates like Huston Thompson. It notes La Follette supporters seek a path to the presidency via a vice presidential nomination.
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Ashington
D. C
la Youve
White House
Repubicans
House
la Follette
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Senate
Hus
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Thompson
la Folletta
Colorado
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al Smith
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Sea Gate
L. 1
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Mr. Knight
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McFarlane
Columbus
Spain
Italy
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Hazel Booth
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Ran
Harry B. Huntner
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Des Moines Sunday Register
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