Farm Buildings and Grain Burn on Large Iowa Farm
Fire destroyed several farm buildings and about a hundred bushels of grain on Herbert Chittenden’s 1000 acre Burlington area farm near Port Louisa. Wapello firemen battled the flames from 2 to 5 p.m. tenants Ray Rhodes work on the property. Local residents and club activities noted in nearby reports.
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Columbus Junction
Mar
Herbert Chittenden
Burlington
Port Louisa
Ray Rhodes
Louisa County
Wapello
Louder Gage
Letts
Blanch Masonholder
Lee Ogier
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
H. L. McRoberts
S. J. Lewis
Business Men's Cliub
Early Institution for Women in Boston Refuge
A nineteenth century reference notes a Boston institution for women known as the Penitent Female's Refuge. The item appears in the Want Ads section.
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Early Institution For Women
Boston
The
Penitent Female’s Refuge
Weekend visit from Gerald Rhea in Crawfordsville
Gerald Rhea of Moline Illinois visited weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs J C Rhea in Crawfordsville. Local residents attended funerals and hospital visits including Mrs Ken neth Cherryholmes at Mercy hospital. Mrs Frank Rittler of Libertyville Illinois died suddenly. Several families from the area traveled to Winfield and Burlington for services and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Mar
Gerald Rhea
Moline
J. C. Rhea
Earl Morison
Donald
H. PD. Cherryholmes
8. C. Fletcher
Iowa City
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Mercy Hospital
Henry Mast
Frank Rittler
Libertyville
Floyd Rittler
Mast
Paul Mast
Olds
Joe Witting
Wayland
Rittler
E. L. Clark
Lyle Lowe
Phyllis
Fred Anwyll
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Burlington
Ralph Beauchamp
Martin Meeker
Winfield
Wallace Tibbs
Gertie Clark
Harlan
Wm. Edgar
Harry Pasehall
Morgan Williams
Henry Menefee
Bert Hesseltine
Ernest Beauchamp
Stringtown Social Notes and Local Elections
Stringtown reports include Donald Rinner Ames on a week of vacation and Delight Rinner Letts visiting home. Noah Widmer and Emery Leichty elected Stringtown school directors. Locals buy, visit, or work for neighbors. a Bern monument recalls the 1874 founding of the International Postal Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. J
Carl Molander
Raymond Tucker
P. L. Nickolaus
Willard Roth
Stringtown
Deane
Oregon
Lester Alliman
Erwin
Laverne
Verena Graber
Elmer Freyenber-ker
Lee Walker
Olds
Johnie White
Rex Swan
Herbert
Edna Widmer
P. W. Widmer
Noah Widmer
Postal Union
Bern
Switzerland
International Postal Union
Wellman social notes large weekend gathering headlines
Wellman reports a busy weekend with relatives and friends visiting from Oxford Hills and Washington. Guests included Cor dell Greiner, Margaret Bell, Bill Tracy, Tom Leham, J C Miasel’s family, the Millice and Schulty households, and Evelyn Gingerich visiting in Santa Rosa and Salt Lake City. A baby girl named Sheriol Lee arrived to Bud and Harold Gardner, and Dorthy Denison spent time with Ada Denison in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson
Wellman
Cordell Greiner
Margaret Bell
Bill Tracy
Tom Leham
Albert Greiner
Milo Miller
J. C. Miasel
Oxford
Henry Millice
Bertha
Towa City
Chase Millice
Chase Millice Were Sunday Visitors In the Home of Mrs. Millice
Hills
Harold Sehulty
Keith Wilson
Iowa City
Jim
Amanda Schulty
Adam Denison
Wellman High School
Harper
Lee Moffitt
Shirley Marlene
John Mangold, Jr
Dorthy Denison
Washington
A. C. Gingerich
Santa Rosa
Cal
Eve
Lyn
Salt Lake City
Evelyn
Martha Foster
Arthur Wright
Bud Nickell
Harold Gardner
Sheriol Lee
Ada Denison
Nellie Eckhardt
Grape Juice Secretary nickname linked to William Jennings Bryan
The term Grape Juice Secretary was applied to William Jennings Bryan when he served as secretary of state. He refused to drink alcohol even at official banquets, substituting grape juice for toasts and celebrations.
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Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
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Martha Butler
Paul Smith
B. O. Roundy
L. S. Myers
John Heyna
Des Moines
Alene Cooper
Wyman
Elizabeth Heinsen
Old Clifton
Jean Robertson
University of Iowa
Gamma Phil Beta
Carr's Market
Carr
S. W
Richelieu Ked ’ Noodles
Ibs
Amita Figs
Hormel
Plymouth Rock
Camay
Orange Libby's
Richelieu
Johnson
Morton
KRAFT
Clicout Club
Campbell’'S Soup
Baby Stuart Catsup
NBO
Baby Stuart
Lucille Ball
Janet Gaynor
Moline, Ill
Mary Manners
Newfoundland
Ranger
North Atlantic Ocean
St. John’s
Loren Dickinson
Michigan
Miss Tenman
A. L. Say
Dickinson
Frank Fitzgerald
Crone’s
North Side Square
Jack Spratt
Hershey
Idaho
Haddock
Jack Sprat
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