News from Journal Correspondents
NIRA Mrs Otto Rennison underwent appendicitis surgery Tuesday night. She remains serious but stable after operation by a doctor and Iowa City specialist. The week’s notes include visits, farm moves, and a telephone meeting at Grand View schoolhouse.
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Otto Rennison
Iowa City
Veldy
Zelma Herrepen
Lee Davisson
Wm. Curl
Aid Society
Thelma Wickerman
Wellman
Jay White
Bert Tanzy
al le
Will
Fred Shhroeder
Stapleton Farm
John Klockenfeger
Grandview School House
Will Eckerman
Rich Moore
Women organize Wellston neighborhood club W of W C
The Wellston women form the W of W C club and plan a meeting at Mrs. C. H. Brinning's on March 17. Local notes include Jim McNiesse sawing wood for M. B. Jones, a threshers meeting at White Oak school on March 9, and anniversaries and visits surrounding March 7 to 15 events.
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Wellston Wellston
Wellston
W. C
C. H. Brinning
Jim McNiesse
M. B. Jones
White Oak
H. D. Luers
Rural Route News Highlights Movements and Local Plans
Karl Smith attended the Threshermen's Association in Des Moines on Monday. John Green moved to the Stewart farm recently vacated by L. C. Morrow. Union School plans a box social and old fashioned spelling bee Thursday. Thomas Stump is improved and resting at the county hospital. J. E. McGlone plans a trip to Kentucky. his father is in poor health. John Mooney family moved to Washington. Bert Tanzy moved to the Le Fever farm. Fred Stewart will ship hogs late this week.
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Karl Smith
Des Moines
Threshermen’s Association
John Green
Stewart Farm
L. C. Morrow
Union School
Thomas Stump
Schulty
J. E. McGlone
Kentucky
John Mooney
Washington
Bert Tanzy
Mr. Mooney
Fred Stewart
Longtime Iowa Resident Claims Century Plus Ties
VINTON March 9 A state paper note highlights A B Dowell as the oldest Iowan, claiming 85 years in Iowa if he survives to next month’s date. Dowell born August 10, 1833, arrived April 11, 1836, with a life spanning early state days including Chariton cobbler shop work and Mississippi river travels.
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Vinton
Iowa
William Morford
Bloomington
Muscatine
Morford
A. B. Dowell
Mr. Dowell
Jacob E. Dowell
North Carolina
Priscilla Pace-Dowell
Clay County
Buffalo
Mississippi River
Marion County
Chariton
Longtime Iowa Auctioneer Dowell Passes Eighty Eight
The obituary recalls Mr. Dowell born in the era of early settlement who worked in new towns and built services from Newbern to Cane County. He helped lay the first well in Lewis and the first brick for the capitol in Lincoln. He later moved to Council Bluffs and Omaha, drove a team for James Packard, then returned to Iowa to teach and auction, retiring after more than forty years in Vinton. A staunch Republican and Hard ing supporter, he remains active at eighty eight and challenges others on length of residence.
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Newbern
Marion County
Cane County
Lewis
Dowell
Council Bluffs
Omaha
James Packard
Capitol
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa
Vinton
Des Moines
D. EB. Lyons
Vermont
Harding
Sleeping Sickness Seen as Serious Menace on East Coast
New York health officials report sleeping sickness or encephalitis lethargica as unusually prevalent in early 1921 with 218 cases in seven weeks and a 25 percent fatality in New York City. Health leaders cite noncontagious patterns, crowded housing, and origins traced to Europe, noting variable duration and potential recovery after months.
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New York
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Massachusetts
Copeland
Lower East Side
Simon Flexner
Vienna
Austria
England
France
America
Safety First Fumigant Promoted for Germ Kill
An advertisement endorses Forma Germkill formaldehyde fumigators for safe economical and efficient disease germ elimination. Sold by Sherman Bros with emphasis on safety and effectiveness.
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Sherman Bros
Iowa Legislature Convenes With Heavy Calendar of Bills
Des Moines March 11. Iowa Senate holds 23 bills on its calendar and the House 33 with six measures to be reported by the House judiciary committee. The list includes tax and inheritance measures, changes to insurance and probate laws, road and drainage issues, judiciary salary tweaks, and proposals on constitutional revision and labor rules.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Weaver
Buser
Senat
Scott
Marshall
Smith
Anderson
Senate Committee On
McIntosh
Board of Parole
Pitt
Darting
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Senator Greenell
Supreme Court
Young
Greenell
Senator Banta
Sumner
Buchanan County
Horchem
Schaffer
Meredith
Buffington
Representative Story
Industrial Court of Iowa
Kime
Calhoun
Rankin
Committee On Agriculture
Scott of
Gilbert
Parsons
Peters
Criswell
Sampson
MccCullough
Blake
Andérson
Truax
Senator Buser
Knickbocker
Frailey
Nervigs
Santees
Dunkerton
Becker
Elkader
Rumiley
Paying for the Home with Mayr’s Remedy Ad
A personal testimonial claims Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy cured stomach trouble after years of doctor visits and gas. The ad asserts the product clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. One dose purportedly convinces with a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists advertise nationwide.
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Mayr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Broadway Bubble thrills with twin sisters on screen
Corinne Griffith stars in The Broadway Bubble at Graham theater on Saturday playing Adrienne Landreth and Drina Lynn two contrasting twins. The plot centers on mistaken identity as the sisters’ lives entwine in New York with lavish wardrobes and dramatic complications.
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Corinne Griffith
Graham Theatre
Adrienne Landreth
Drina Lynn
Drina
New York
Film adapts The Star Rover tale of a tortured physician
A film adaptation of Jack London’s The Star Rover follows a physician tortured in prisons as he journeys through unseen realms to solve a perplexing murder, aiming to clear his name and reveal hidden truths.
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Jack London
Feature Attraction at Fox Saturday Stars Shurtleff Film
A Metro released C. E. Shurtleff production directed by Edward Sloman presents a young physician wrongly accused of murder. His soul roams the stars in reincarnations as his fiancée uses his subconscious to reveal the night’s events. Critics call it exceptional.
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C. E. Shurtleff, Inc
Metro
Albert Shelby LeVine
Edward Sloman
Amateur Farmers Error in Stereoscopic Field Trials
A garbled OCR fragment describes amateur farmers misreading times and forming patterns with pictures and rocks. The text references Wis giaee, a frond note, and aSaturday-like setting, but key names and dates are unreadable.
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