Local News Roundup From Washington Area
Mr and Mrs Paul McKee of Oklahoma City visit sister Mrs H M Eicher while Mrs A E Atchison recovers from a sprained ankle. Rev and Mrs Copeland and Miss Leone Crayton return from St Louis Missouri. Tulips bloom beautifully at several homes and George Leebs shows improvement after Malta fever. Moore's Bootery advertises Florsheim shoes at 875 before price rise. Local residents visit and college seniors receive scholastic honors for maintaining a B average. Suburban home at 1302 East Washington advertised by Breitenbach Dayton. Max Duncan undergoes appendectomy Felix Dougall admitted for X rays and Mrs Charles Norton noted for observation.
Local notices and arrivals at East Main street households
Mrs C W Stewart and Miss Eva Denny return to East Main after winter at Geo Clapper home. Mrs W A Wilson to arrive home from Long Beach this week. May 15 is last day to list names and addresses for the tele phone directory. Fortnightly club May banquet set for Mon 6:30 pm at M E church. Fresh eggs 16c per dozen. London Literary Center notes praise for Great Britain’s writers and their houses. Fortnightly club May banquet Mon 6:30 p.m. in M. E. church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wilson
Long Beach
Nuthatch Described as Slate-Colored Snoopy Bird
A slate-colored nuthatch climbs trunks head downward to forage in bark crevices. It also scans branches and moves around topside and underside with surprising agility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuthatch
Reopened Taylor Case Draws Grand Jury Attention
Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor's 15 year old death is revisited as a Los Angeles County grand jury reopens the case after hints from Margaret Fillmore, the estranged daughter of Charlotte Shelby, mother of Mary Miles Minter. Shelby appears to testify before the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Desmond Taylor
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Margaret Fillmore
Charlotte Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Taylor
New Yorker Visits Iowa Farm Life Observations
A Prairie Flower column notes visits by Washington residents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Benson and relatives to the Mar tha Thrasher and E. L. Smith homes for Mothers Day. Attendees travel by car through Cedar township and nearby areas. social calls include baccalaureate attendance, choir singing, and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Dave Benson
Washington
Martha Thrasher
Roland Benson
Newton Benson
Elmer Cornick
Cloyd Cornick
Mt. Union
E. L. Smith
Frederic Smith
Iowa City
Jack Ryan
New York
Cedar Township
Ryan
Robert Roberts
Crawfordsville
Lester Jones
Esther Smith
Marjorie Strong
Everette Finke
Cloyde Knupp
Washington H. 38
Elsie Finke
Ottumwa
Wayne and
Richard
Leoa Knupp
Glenn Knapp
Frank Bartholomew
Peterson
California
Fire in wall at Gosnell home near Kalona
Kalona May 13 The Kalona fire department was called to the country home of Meralin Gosnell eight miles northwest of Kalona where a blaze in a wall near the kitchen stove was extinguished after the truck arrived. Damages likely 50 to 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lahey
Kalona
Mearlin Gosnell
Abot
Katona
Tea leaf size and quality confusion clarified
Orange Pekoe is a term often linked to tea quality but actually denotes a leaf size. The quality of leaves of this size varies with climate and altitude of cultivation, meaning size alone does not guarantee good or bad tea.
First Non Muslim Crosses Great Desert in Arabia
In 1930 31 a non Muslim expedition crossed the great southern desert of Arabia covering about 300000 square miles marking a historic travel milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Desert
Arabia
Miss Lemmon Receives Student Assistant Appointment
Miss Mary Juliet Lemmon, daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Lemmon, has been appointed student assistant in the Congressional library in Washington D C. She will begin after finishing her senior year at the University of Iowa. Mrs Helle Dougherty and her daughter Mrs Maude Twit-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Juliet Lemmon
J. E. Lemmon
cCongressional Library
Washington, D. C
University of Iowa
Helle Dougherty
Maude Twit
Ty Visiting Here From Des Moines Returns
Ty who is visiting here returned last evening from Des Moines after spending one day and night there. Mrs Edwin Nelson of Chicago is spending the week in the parental J J Minick home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stumpf
Dale W. Southwick
California
Orpha Yoder
Goshen
Ind
S. D. Yoder
Edward Miller
Yort Des Moines
Finard
Army
Des Voines
Edwin Nelson
Chicago
J. J. Minick Howe
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Paul McKee
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mr. McKee
H. M. Eicher
A. E. Atchison
C. H. Copeland
Minneapolis, Minn
Miss Leone Crayton
St. Louis
Mrs. Copeland
H. R. Crayton
George Leebs
Malta
Florsheim
Moore
Will Long. Crawfordaville
Ralph Bozeman
Nicola
East Main Street
Fruth Widmer
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
W. P. Wells
East
Washington Street
Breitenbach & Dayton
Max Duncan
Cotter
Felix Dougall
X-rey
Charles Norton
Dees
Bb. F
Macon
Iowa
Frank Cramer
Chillicothe
Max Marble
Milwaukee
Wis
Mrs. Cramer
Mrs. Marble
Francis Haney
Ferdinand H. Bickel
St. Paul
M. E. Church
Reister
London
Old Literary Center
Great Britain
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Coleridge
Defoe
Dickens
Dryden
Gibbon
Goldsmith
Johnson
Keats
Lovelace
Marlowe
Milton
Raleigh
Shelley
Sheridan
Thackeray
England
Ce Vipane
Aoe Gia
B.P S
Dupont Plat
Parke Davis
Luckies Chesterfields
Camels
Pioneer Drug Store
Sherman Bros
Stanly M. Zager
Mrs
Martha G. Thrasher
Carl E. Jarrard
Milford Anderson
Harley Davidson
Karen Jean
Doris Young
Nathaniel
John Young
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
Troy Formash
Forimash
Carl Jarrard
C. E. Strong
W. Vy. Durst
Clayde Knapp
Orley Page
Henry Fredrickson
Fadwardsville
International Illustrated News Radio
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Norfolk
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Rosendahl
Commerce Department
Charles E. Rosendahl
Kalona Pire
GOS
Nell Fparm
J. A. Hunsaker
North
Iowa Ave
Spain
Libby
Asparagus 3
Allporntia
Ibe
Doe
Tbs
Idaho
Lo Ibs
Jersey
T. Bag
Rayon
Dr. Phillips
Florida
Waashington
West Side Square
Mokaire
Simmer
Rod Sez
Arnold's Barber
Elsworth Whisler de
Geo. Whisler
Oakley Ave
Hammond, Ind
Sve
Wolf, Price
Dream Girl
SILK
Per Sa
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