Neighborhood News from Wellston and Surrounds
Notes from Wellston Iowa June 30 recount visits by John McClelland and family from California, a barn fire at Andy Brinning near Valley, births at W H Brinning, social calls, funerals, and church services. Guests include Miss Anna Scott of Washington and Miss Lucille White of Cedar Rapids. Community plans for the Fourth at Washington and local entertainment details. Reverends Rex and Lorimer preach, and several families are noted for trips, harvest work, and housekeeper changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
John McClelland
California
J. W. McClelland
Andy Brinning
Near Valley
Merrel Dunbar
Oliver Dunbar
W. H. Brinning
Dwight Lemley
Timothy
Rex
M. BE
Charles Stearns
Wm. Trotteg
W. R. Crawford
Martin Stewart
Wm. Anderson
Frank Chihak
A. F E. Sands
David Thompson
Anna Scott
Washington
McKenzie
Lucille White
Cedar Rapids
Wilma Miller
Rural Route Roundup Near Kinross and Clay
Rural Route No. 5 notes June activities and social visits. McCalebs at Max Waterhouse home near Clay. families join dances, harvest work in progress with hay, wheat cutting underway. Several residents attend barn dances, visits to relatives, gooseberries picked, and fishing outings noted. Loss of a large barn belonging to Andy Brinning reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. McCaleb
Max Waterhouse
Clay
Geo. Riegard
Lee Langford
Will Palmer
Clarence Work
C. C. Hotle
A. R. Conrad
W. H. Hotle
Glen Davis
M. B. Jones Earl Burroughs
J. B Rank
Geo. Evans
A . Robertson
Geo. Klett
Andy Brinning
Verna
Wilma Palmer
Haskins
Hazel
Bessie Conrad
Phoebe Banks
Floyd
Chas, Meyer
Bert Smith
J. L. Banks
Washington
Arthur Conrad
Crawfordsville Visitors and Home Return Updates
Crawfordsville June 39 Mrs J S McCleary and daughter Mina with Evelyn Keneg able visited yesterday. Miss Stella and Miss Mary Barnett returned home from Escalon California where they taught the past year. Mrs Hower Bill and child visited Mr and Mrs C H Fishburn as Mr Fishburn rests more easily lately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
J. S. McCleary
Miss Mina
Evelyn Kenegable
Washington
Stella
Mary Barnett
Escalon
California
Hower Bill
Little Son
Sheffield
C. H. Fishburn
Fishburn
Harding Family Visits Kin as Edward Freeland Funeral Held
Mr and Mrs James Harding and their grandson James Boyd visit James Harding's father Joseph Harding and sister Mrs Maud Bronson. Funeral services for the late Edward Freeland were held on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth Ainsworth
James Harding
James Boyd
Mr. Harding
Joseph Harding
Maud Bronson
Edward Freeland
Brighton Route One Social Notes
Miss Gertrude Reed visits friends at Deep River. Robert Scott and family near Wayland spend Sunday at the R. Borkoski home. Arch Jones and Mrs Canadian visitors at Lloyd Jones home. Rev and Mrs Klein of Washington visit Mrs Klein's mother Mrs Martha Mayer. Carleton Jones near Batavia spend Sunday at Mrs Sadie Savage home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Gertrude Reed
Deep River
Robert Scott
Wayland
Borkoski
Arch Jones
Canada
Lloyd Jones
CC. W. Klein
Washington
Donald Fleming Breaks Leg Playing
Donald Fleming broke a bone in his right leg last Tuesday while playing. Community notes list various social visits including Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hexworth and daughter Evelyn, Mrs. Bessie Hexer, and others visiting or entertaining in Lexington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Donald Fleming
J. B. Hexworth
Evelyn
Bessie Hexer
Warren Matthess
W. H. Anderson
Ethel
Columbus Junction
Chas. Olds
C. F. Timmins
Roy
Win Eyestone
Washington
Tommy Harvey
Ott Patterson
Wellman
Mela Shalla
Riverside
Will Flynn
Visitor Blanche Hall Visits Crawfordsville Grandmother
Miss Blanche Hall from Williamsburg Kansas visits her grandmother Mrs. J T Fletcher in Crawfordsville. Mrs A A McFadden and children of Des Moines are here for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Blanche Hall
Williamsburg
Kansas
J. T. Fletcher
A. A. McFadden
Children of
Des Moines
President Bryan Warns Against Strike at Railway Firm
H E Byram president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a notice to all employees urging them to remain at work. He cites compliance with the United States Railroad Labor Board and warns a strike would harm both workers and the company as crops revive and service must continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railroad Labor Board
United States Raiilroad Labor Board
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
The
Republic
France to Pay U S Debt and Seek Time on Indemnities
Paris reports Premier Potier and financier Parmentier discuss U S debt funding. France will announce willingness to pay but not a start date. Payment timing hinges on Allied pressure and Germany’s indemnity obligations.
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Paris
Preimier Potieare
M. Parmentier
United States
France
Germany
Jockey killing shocks Reno race scene
Reno, June 30. Leon Wing, famed racing secretary and judge, was shot by jockey Archie Zeigler who then killed himself in a barn. Wing had arrived in Reno two weeks ago to officiate. Zeigler, previously suspended in Vancouver, BC, was denied permission to ride by Wing.
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Reno
Nev
Leon Wing
Archie Zeigler
Zeigler
Wing
West
San Francisco
Vancouver
B. C
Millions To His Children In Rockefeller Will
The will of William Rockefeller reveals the bulk of his estate to go to his four children Percy Rockefeller William G Rockefeller Geraldine Dodge and Emma McAlpin with no charitable bequests The estate value is described as over 10 000 dollars in probate papers filed in New York on June 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rockefeller
New York
William Rocckefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Percy
William G. Rockefeller
Geraldine Dodge
Emma McAlpin
Striking Vote Wins For Maintenance of Way Men
Detroit reports a 10 to 1 vote in favor of heading a national strike by the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Shop Laborers. No strike order will be issued yet as a conference with employees railroad executives and the railway labor board in Chicago is set for tomorrow afternoon according to President Frank Grable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways
FL Prank Grable
Railway Labor Board
Chieco
Grable
Japan To Protest Chinese Attack On Manchurian Consulate
Tokyo reports Japan will file a protest with Peking over Chinese bandits homing on the Japanese subconsulate at Chientao Manchuria near the Korean border. Dispatches from Seoul say three Japanese were killed at Chientao, with the hospital and 20 houses burned.
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Tokyo
Japan
Peking
Chientao
Manchurda
Seoul
Korea
Cidentao
Colorado Mines Attacked in Denver and Colorado Springs Incident
Colorado state rangers report two mine tipples burned one coal mine flooded two railway bridges burned in Boulder and Huerfano counties near Denver Governor Shoup en route to Denver for conference with the adjutant general to determine measures. Colonel Harmrock says 1500 rangers could be deployed to enforce order if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cole
Colorado
Boulder
Huerfano
Colorado State Rangers
Shoup
Colorado Springs
Adjutant General
Harmrock
Rangers
Captor of Canton Reported Killed amid Unrest
Dispatch from Manila cites a June report that Chen Chi Ung-ming the man behind Canton coup and Sun Yat-sen ally has been assassinated. The note, relayed via Shanghai sources, mentions loyalists of Sun Yat-sen and ongoing local Chinese faction disputes.
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Manila
Pll
Osage Lease Sale Realizes Record 10.89 Million
Pawhuska Okla June 20 More than ten million dollars flowed to Osage coffers from oil and mineral lease sales records. Exact total 10 887 490 with West Kle leases near the Burbank pool contributing 10 585 000 and 169 tracts on the entire west side selling for 302 050.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
Burbank Pool
Teutonic Trouble and a Genteel Reunion
A London Tit-Bits snippet reports a playful exchange about language quirks and social status. Mabel boasts Nellie is married and living in a flat, prompting Nellie to name her husband. The skit satirizes language and class with sharp humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nellie
Mabe
Two Men Quarrel Over One Perfectly Good Housekeeper
In Silver City on June 29 Robert McClure was arrested on a warrant by Justice C W Bays for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. The dispute arose over a popular housekeeper who left McClure for Joe Weaver. McClure posted bond. Weaver failed to appear, and costs were assessed to the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Robert McClure
Joe Weaver
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Bays
McClure
Weaver
War in the tub fuels playful submarine torpedoes
Dialogue notes a light domestic scene as Jim jokes about his wife buying cigars and his child’s bath time play turning into a toy submarine with torpedoes. The piece captures a casual London mood.
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Jim
London
School Teacher Recovers After Mayr Remedy Ad
Friends of Ellen praise her dramatic recovery after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy on aunt's advice. They note her stomach and liver troubles, loss of over 40 pounds, and steady improvement from the first dose, claiming a full recovery is near. An advertisement touts relief of catarrhal mucous and inflammation with one dose, money back at Lemmon's Pharmacy and leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Mayr
Lemmons Pharmacy
Advt
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N. J. Lease
Aelwyn Jones
Garden Grove
Robert
Lee Shaffer
United Presbyterian
Wm. Lorimer
Biggsville
J. F. Barnett
West Grove
Iowa
Crawfordsvilif
Bryan
H. E. Byram
Fort Weyne
U. S
Canton
Chen-Chiung-ming
CIL
Cord Tires
Fisk
Scott
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Mabel
Pnanclays Cash Grocery
Bevins Motor Co
Hupmobile
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