Rural Route Three News Highlights From Pleasant Plains
Correspondents report local events in Pleasant Plains and Prairie Flower areas. Mrs Jennie Smith hosts an all day W F M S meeting. Hary Anderson and Worth Noecker ship hogs. The Canier family visits Smiths. Canier is Ezra Smith’s brother. Sam McGuire’s pneumonia worsens in Gard Indiana hospital. Reverend E A Anderson misses Prairie Flower service due to rain. The Simpon children visit the John Green home.
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Jennie Smith
Pleasant Plains
Harry Anderson
Washington
Worth Noecker
Farmer's Union
Walter Canier
Pierce
Smith
Mr. Canier
Ezra Smith
Boone
Karl Smith
Keota
Ralph Scott
Evangeline
Scott
Prairie Flower
Joe Carson
Sam McGuire
Gard
Ind
E.A. Anderson
Leone
Ray
Stanley
Naomi
al Simpson
Everett
Ernest S
Earl Simpson
John Green
Local visitors and social visits mark New Haven notes
May 4 New Haven brief lists Mrs John McKinstry and sons from Oklahoma visiting Mrs Frank Smith. Walter Sheets and daughter Caroline from near Valley and others attended Rosalie Combs fifth birthday. Social calls include Effie Vansickle, Merle Stattler and Grace Stattler, Marion Smith, and visits by Addison Baker and Clarence Baker amid building work and local travel.
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New Haven
John McKinstry
J. O
Baby Elliott
Mary
Oklahoma
Frank Smith
Walter Sheets
Caroline
Near Valley
Smith
James Combs
Rosalie Combs
Ruth
Geo. Baker
Effie Vansickle
West Chester
Merle Stattler
Grace
Marion Smith
Washington
Addison Baker
Near West Chester
Clarence Baker
Davenport
Marion Wells
Pioneer matriarch Mary Brannen laid to rest at Mt Olivet
The funeral for Mrs Mary Brannen held at St Marys church was led by Rev Jacobes meier. Born Mary Dean she married Dennis Branner about 66 years ago and died at her son Georges home ten miles northwest of Riverside at age 80s. She leaves two sons and five daughters including George John Brannen of Johnson County and Debora h at home. Two sons Fred and Thomas preceded her in death.
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Fred Brannen
Thomas Brannen
George
John Brannen
Johnson County
Julig
Casper
Davenport
Mamie Rochford
Nora Gordon
Omaha
Nebr
Agnes McCutccheon
Washington
Deborah
Miss Ruth Foster Closes Highland Center School Year
The Highland Center School held a picnic and Labor Day program Friday with about 65 attendees. Children showcased a Japanese display sandbox and classroom crafts while older attendees socialized and students played games and conducted an afternoon program. Miss Foster completed a successful year with hopes for a standard school.
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Ruth Foster
Foster
True Picture of Drinking By A Poet Or Teacher
A quotation from Haweis urges a vivid portrayal of drunken excess. It calls for a poet or teacher to present a true image for readers, hoping to guide the age with a golden service by revealing pleasure’s draining toll on sensibility health and feeling.
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Haweis
Credit Crime Masterminds Exposed Across Cities
C. D. West of the National Association of Credit Men describes a gang network that targets creditors through bankruptcy frauds and staged fires. He cites cases in Paterson and New York City, where training cats to feed lamps and homemade devices trigger fires, illustrating the scale of organized commercial crime.
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Master Mind
C. D. West
Investigation and Prosecution Department
National Association of Credit Men
Mr. West
Births for April Reported to Clerk of Dist Court
Birth announcements listed by date and location for April and March. Entries name baby, father, and birthplace including Burris Burris Arline Francis Nathan Le Roy Ainsworth and others across Iowa townships such as Marion English River Lime Creek and Dutch Creek with dates between March 8 and April 25.
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Riverside
Curl
Francis Bloise
Wm. Irvin
Cedar
Davidson
Wilma
Virginia
Wilber
Franklin
Fish
Robert Neal
Robert
Washington
Gingerich
Lois Arleen
Omer
English R
Hotle
Luella Maxine
Will C
Dutch Creek
Johnson
Roy Herbert
Nicola
Maxine Mae
Charlie B
Marion Two
Snidery
Robert Henry
Henry
Kalona
Wood
Catherine
Eliphalet W
Brighton
Wenger
Mary
Dave
Marion
Franklyn Farnum Stars in The Struggle at Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre presents Franklyn Farnum in The Struggle a Western melodrama set on the plains and Rockies. A fast paced tale blends daredevil action romance and rugged frontier heroism for Saturday showings.
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Great Plains
America
Shanhai
Villian
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Fox Theatre
Franklyn Parnum
Rockies
Farmer Injured by Manure Spreader Tooth
Byron Davis of this place suffered a severe facial injury when a manure spreader tooth penetrated his left jaw while he adjusted a malfunctioning reel. He was treated in Mimpton then sent to the Lutheran hospital. infection was minor and no serious complications are expected.
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Hansell
Byron Davis
Mimpton
Th Lutheran Hospital
Inet
Photoplays Feature Western Theme With Farnum Range Hero
The opening scenes unfold in the East before moving to the rugged West where Mr. Farnum displays his strong physique amid the vivid trappings of a range rider. The production highlights dramatic action and photoplay appeal.
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Farnum
Burly Intruder Attacks 14-Year-Old Margaret Nelson
A large man secreted in the Nelson home attacked Margaret Nelson in a second story room while her parents milled in the barn. He struck her unconscious, locked her in a closet, took three rings and $1.50, and fled when a neighbor shouted. Margaret, 14, later woke and identified the assailant as familiar from Audubon visits, sparking neighborhood excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brayton
Chris Nelson
Here
Margaret Nelson
Nelson
Speaker System Mocked as Indians Win Four Of Five
Detroit writer Harry Salzburger skewers Tris Speaker with a spoofed Cleveland lineup and training staff. He imagines a city directory on the field and a ballroom roster of players, while noting Speaker seeks a second trainer to fix right handed players.
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Tris Speaker
Indians
Tigers
Harry Salzburger
Detroit
Cleveland
Dunnfield
Tristam
Tris
Percy Smallwood
Ing
Speaker
Dunn Field
Inheritance Tax Law Could Boost Iowa Revenues
Iowa tax officials predict state collateral inheritance tax collections may approach one million dollars this year. April totals are expected near 100 thousand, with prior year figures at 620 thousand and 250 thousand. The new scheme for direct inheritance taxes under the Thirty-ninth assembly is being refined, alongside cigarette tax administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
F. J. Murphy
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Baseball Infield Shakeup With New Browns and Reds Players
Gleason joins Browns from Chattanooga while Oscar Grimes at first base draws praise from Manager Evers as a potential Frank Chance. Cincinnati Reds promote Sam Bohne at third and Fonseca at second from the Pacific Coast League and report strong early contributions.
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Gibson
Pittsburg
Timmy Tierney
Barnhart
Tierney
Philadelphia
Frank Brazil
Athletics
Frankie Parkinson
Phillies
Bill Donovan
Parkie
Brazil
St. Paul
Atlanta
Billy Gleason
St. Louis Browns
Gleason
Browns
Chattanooga
George Torporeer
St. Louis Cardinals
New York
Cincinnati Reds
Sam Bohne
Fonseca
Resin on Hawaiian tree sparks fear of fire
A traveler notes heavy resin in a large monkey pod tree in Hawaii and warns the sun could ignite the bark like a torch. Reports suggest the tree was tapped in the past similar to how sugar maples are tapped.
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Hawaiian
Hawaii
Ancient Hopscotch and Child Games Through Time
A brief note on traditional children's games noting hopscotch as at least 2,000 years old, with singing games of Norse origin and the game tineat reportedly played 4,000 years ago.
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Highland Center School
Chance For Golden Service
Anina
Andi
Paterson
N. J
Chester
Penn
Western Plains
Franklyn Farnum
The
Pax
Farmer
Stranger
Zephyr
R. L. Lytle
R. A. Knittle
J. A. Lemley
Brighton Farmers Co-op
Wellston
L. L. Elliott & Co
Winfield
Havre Co-op
Havre
William Beardsley
Haskins
Wm. Chapek
Richmonder
Crawfordsville
K. I. Chrissing
Wayland
Farmers’ Union Elev
W. Chester
Otto F. Frey
Noble
Washington Elevator Co., Dis‘ribu
Ors
Monite
In Hart Schaffner
Marx
Kiein Iling Kompany
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