Local Society Notes from The Triangle Area
Rev. Jacobsmeier of River side led St James connections for years. Miss Emma Klippel of Britt Iowa arrives to visit sister Miss Alice Klippel after attending the State Sunday school convention in Burlington. Miss Mary Ellen Lytle ill at her parents home on West Main Street. Mrs R J Tanner visiting relatives in Warsaw Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Klippel
Britt, In
Alice Klippel
Klippel
Burlington
Mary Ellen Lytle
Mrs
Merle Lytle
West Main St
John McDonald
Waukee
Iowa
Hawthorne
East Main Street
McDonald
Mrs. Hawthorne
Charles King
Buffalo
Washington
Ed Bambrick
Lucy Benz
Alice Smith
Muscatine
Fairfield
Harold Perry
Kansas City
A. A. Beenblossom
Bob Jacobs
Oakdale
Ilinois
McCall Bros
Illinois
Washington News Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Miss Ellen Morrison returns from Grinnell College for a weekend visit with three weeks of school left before summer recess. Mrs. Carrie Townsend of Buffalo New York visits the Wilson home and recalls George Townsend who worked at the Williams/Wilson shoe store over forty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Morrison
Grinnell College
Ellen
Carrie FE. Townsend
Bufalo
N. Y
Frank L. Wilson
Ruth George
Fairfield
Washington
Local society notes and regional news items from Washington Iowa
Washington area notes report visits from Clarence Latta and Mrs J H Peet and various relatives. Students Edith Latta and Harold Latta are mentioned with health updates. Travel, housing, and teaching news include Capitola Brindley returning home and Claire Dewey’s mother improving in Pasadena. Local clerical and civic items list baptist periodical notices and small town events with regional mentions in Chariton Sioux City Des Moines and Des Moines.
Grand Ironer Advertises In Front Window Appeal
The advertisement teases the electric iron demonstration tonight attracting women shoppers with clothes to iron. The ad notes hogs bringing up to 1205 dollars and mentions weather: overcast tonight with possible Sunday showers.
Sluggers Lead Both Leagues As Batting Rises
In a late season surge, Brooklyn’s Jack Fournier tops the National League with a .500 average, trailing Rogers Hornsby and others. Ty Cobb leads the American League at .526 after a string of five home runs in two days, with Earl Combs and Sam Me amid other top performers in 15 games or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Fournier
Brooklyn
Rogers Hornsby
Cardinals
Fournier
Frankie Frisch
Giants
Gabby” Hartnett
Cubs
Cliff Heathcote
Hancroft
Boston
Cuyler
Pitschurch
Roush
Cincinnati
Tyru Raymond Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Cobb
Earl Combs
Yankees
Sammy Hale
Athletics
George Sisler
St. Louis
Johnny Mossi
White Sox
Heisman
Railroads urged to enter motor bus and plane business
Des Moines may 9 a Des Moines railroad attorney warned that unless railways adopt motor bus and air travel they could shrink to transcontinental freight lines. He cited consolidation trends and growing short haul competition from motor buses and rising air passenger use as signs railroads must enter bus and air transport to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
Sioux City
Worry Insurance as Modern Benefaction and Its Reach
A reflective piece explains worry insurance as a practical modern device. It cites examples from dancers to pianists insuring limbs and fingers and discusses premiums, risk assessment, and the social value attributed to sharing burdens through insurance.
Citizens Plan 200th Birthday of George Washington
Washington May year 1932 looms as the two hundredth birth anniversary of George Washington. A federal commission led by President Coolidge will oversee the celebration to be held in the city he founded. The plan favors spiritual rather than material aims and seeks to inspire Washington’s followers in future struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Charles W. Blott
Harvard
United States
Commission
Senate
House
Fess
Ohio
Spencer
Missouri
Glass
Virginia
Bayard
Delaare
Hawley
Oregon
Tilson
Connecticut
Garner
Texas
Burns
Tennessee
Anthony Wayne Cook
Pennsylvania
Seneral
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary Sherman
Colorado
Federation of We 'S Clubs
Henry Ford
Michigan
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
American Legion
C. Bascom Slemp
A. Lawrence Lowell
Edgar 8. Piper
Portland
Ore
Frank A. Munsey
New York
John Hays Hammond
George
Chemistry progress noted at American Chemical Society meeting
Iowa City leader emeritus Johns Hopkins University Iowa City urged advancement in chemistry during a gathering of the American Chemical Society. In Marshalltown Irwin Goldberg forfeited to Des Moines Johnny Harris in the sixth round after dislocating a thumb. Sioux City Central High led Vermillion invitation track meet with 34 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Ira Benson
Johns Hopkins University
American Chemical Society
Marshalltown
Irwin Goldberg
New York
Johnny Harris
Des Moines
Sioux City
Crawfordsville Musical Groups Attend Washington Program
Miss Reaney and the high school girls chorus and orchestra traveled to Washington for a church program. H. F. E. Ross went to Wayland for the Senior class play The Charm School. Verle McElroy arrived from Iowa City for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
H. FE. Ross
Wayland
The
Charm School
Verle McElroy
Iowa City
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Desmond
Thas
Hocal News
Triangle
Jacobsmeier
Riverside
Rev. Jacobsmeier
St. James Lavish
R. J. Tanner
Warsaw
Owen McGovern
North Seventh Ave
Loftiss Woodwork Shop
John Shielis
Mary Misson
Kentucky
McElhinney Drug Co
Emily Brown
Keola
Lottie Dunlap
Kalona
Frank Marsh
Keota
Leslie Dunlap
Dunlap
W. ¢. Babcock
Cedar Rapids
Lyman
D. F. Macon
Robert Balderson
Brighton
Palderson
Coleman Cockers
Geo. W. Stewart
J. B. Clyde
Yarmouth
Bert Tracy
John Rittenhouse
James Nelson
Nelson
California
Chris Bauer
Ed Bell
Esther Hanley
Keith Dayton
Howard Harley
Mr. Harley
Clarence Latta
W. H. Latta
J. H. Peet
Anamosa
Washington Schools
Stanley Miller
East Main Stret
A. Otto
Mt. Vernon
Edith
Cornell College
Harold
Roy Schiebel
Winifred Ragan
Charles Ragan
J. T. Chadwick
W. G. Robertson
Ainsworth
Claire Dewey
Nora Dewey
Pasadena
Capitola Brindley
Winfield
Elizabeth Brindley
J. H. Huston
J. Martindale
Valparaiso
Indiana
Mr. Martindale
Ainsworth School
Elsie Evans
Andy Gardner
City
Baptist
BE. A. Anderson
Eagle Grove
Gardner
Baptist Church
Anderson
Kalona Church
Prairie Flower Church
Chariton
Group Ten
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Paul Reinking
Perry, Ia
National Bank
United States Marshals
W. R. Blake
Fayette County
Clermont Enterprise
Journal
Polar Ice Company
Pure Manufactured
Cardinal
Zack Wheat
Hornsby
Wheat
Louis Fonseca
Phillies
Jimmy Bottomley
Johnny Moran
Arizona
Florida
Encyclopaedia
George Washington
Addison Parker
Brookhart
Cummins
Washington Cleaners
Krissel Boys
Daniel
Walter
Columbia University
Dan
Mose
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