Cunningham sisters host Ames weekend visit
Mrs Ambrose Cunningham leaves tomorrow for Ames to spend the weekend with her daughters Miss Florence Cunningham and Miss Marjorie Cunningham, students in the college there. Mrs H M Shaver travels to Oskaloosa to visit her brother E G Wilson. Stephen Jeweler offers a second hand piano in stock, in good shape, for sale. A downtown businessman seeks the best service and suggests Old's and Escher Cafe for fast options.
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Ambrose Cunningham
Ames
Florence
Marjorie Cunningham
H. M. Shaver
Oskaloosa
E. G. Wilson
Stephen
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Small-Town News
Mrs Paul Gray visits Des Moines to see sisters Mrs David McCartney and Mrs C A Juber. Mrs Jack Logan returns from Brighton after visiting her parents. Mrs W L Dalton attends missionary convention in Sigourney. Latimer Davis and baby David have portraits made at Graves Studio. Wolf Floral Company accounts payable at McNamara's. R H Walker travels to Burlington for business. Jesse Shook and wife visit Washington for the day. Mrs Fordyce Creitg returns to Ft Collins after weeks with Gardner family near Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gray
Des Moines
David McCartney
C. A. Juber
Fordyce Creitg
Ft. Collins
Colo
W. F. Gardner
Ainsworth
May events and visits noted in Washington column
Mrs Dow Figgins and her daughter Miss Helen and guest Charles Guillemot of Des Moines visit relatives in Letts. Ex service men meet May 14 in Legion Hall in uniform for Sam A. McGuire funeral services. Local notices include car washing service by Mike Beasty and Ford cars for sale by Falk Motor Co. Various residents travel to Columbus Junction Keota and Washington for shopping visits. A lecture tour by Dr Wilson Adams Russell is planned for June third. The Methodists rent the Harry Montgomery home and the Bowers family will move. A flag presentation by the American Legion Auxiliary is scheduled at the courthouse. John Waymack had a successful operation at the county hospital.
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Dow Figgins
Miss Helen
Charles Guillemot
Des Moines
Letts
American Legionaires
Legion Hall
Sam A. McGuire
Rele
May breakfast set by Presbyterian ladies and local notices
The clipping records various local notices: Rev C W Klein returning from Burlington after a convention, May 19 set for Presbyterian ladies breakfast, George Breitenbach and Virginia visiting Allan Barnett in Burlington, Methodist senior choir basket picnic Friday at five, rehearsal and contact details, Ralph Coffman visiting his mother in Des Moines and heading to Winfield, Mr and Mrs Claire Dewey planning an eastward automobile trip, Washington Cleaners delivery offer, Miss Gertrude Shaner leaving for New London vacation, G M Wylie's portraits at Graves Studio and future home near Leslie Missouri.
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Ralph Coffman
Des Moines
Margarette Coffman
Winfield
Legion members urged to attend meeting at court house
American Legionaires and ex service men are asked to meet at the Legion Hall Friday at 7 30 pm to attend the meeting at the court house. Several residents including Mrs Wright and Mrs McFarland are noted as visiting relatives in nearby towns.
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American
Death of T. J. Nichol shocks Crawfordsville community
The sudden death of T. J. Nichol son is reported in Crawfordsville Tuesday night. Nichol was a respected local resident whose passing draws sympathy from friends. Mrs. Julia Marshall sister of Nichol from Garden Grove Iowa arrived after his death. Clarence Richards remains ill with pneumonia with a second recent episode noted and reported slightly better today. Frame hosted the 1921 class and faculty at their country home. Martin Pratt remains seriously ill at his sisters home. Mr and Mrs Ray Cox of Washington visited Wheeler family Tuesday evening.
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Ainsworth
T. J. Nicholson
Crawfordsville
Nichols
Julia Marshall
Mr. Nicholson
Garden Grove
Iowa
Clarence Richards
Clarence
Bebe
Frame
Martin Pratt
Ray Cox
Washington
Wheeler
Mail sack theft arrest at Cedar Rapids
William O. Smith a car inspector for the Milwaukee railroad was arrested by post office inspectors in Cedar Rapids on May 12 for slitting open a mail sack on a Milwaukee train. He confessed and was bound over to the grand jury. Smith said he had been opening pouches since February seeking registered mail.
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Cedar Rapids
William O. Smith
Milwaukee Railroad
Post Office
Grand
Smith
Fifty Fifth Masonic Anniversary for A M Sherwood
The Manchester lodge celebrated the fifty fifth Masonic anniversary of A M Sherwood. He is the oldest living settler of Manchester, having arrived in 1856 before the railroad, when only a few pioneers lived in the area.
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Manchester
lIa
A. M. Sherwood
Mr. Sherwood
Swiss scientist claims TB cure with universal serum
Henri Spahlinger, a Swiss scientist, told United Press he believes he has conquered tuberculosis with a serum designed to counter all thirty known toxins. He says seven years of experiments show no failures, with injections followed by vaccinations to prevent recurrence.
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Geneva
Henri Spahlinger
United Press Today
Spahlinger
Early Treatments for Disease From 1914 Trials
A nineteenth century tone note claims tieats treated since 1914 remain alive with no trace of the disease. The speaker says he chose advanced cases for experiments hoping early stages could be cured naturally.
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Tieats
Auto crash fatal claims two Birmingham youths
Esther Nelson 19 and John Stonebreaker 16 died in a Sunday afternoon car crash two miles south of Birmingham. Nelson died instantly while Stonebreaker died the following Monday from injuries. Both victims resided in Birmingham.
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Ottumwa
Esther Nelson
John Stonebreaker
Birmingham
Stonebreaker
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Delta
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American Legion Auxiliary
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Waymack
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W. J. Parrow
R. R. Keller
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H. F. Hites
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Rev
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George Breitenbach
Virginia
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Methodist
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Claire Dewey
Washington Cleaners
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