Local residents travel and social visits listed
Maxine Welliver and Martha Hezelett of Ainsworth visited Harold Young and Mary Cotter. Mrs. Cotter returned home to Peck Island. Ole Merle Cammeron of Aledo visited Ke A. Applegate. Mrs. BE Norton of Sheffield returned home after visiting Amos Norton. Maude Watt and Clarice Wenzel left for Chicago to visit friends and attend a brother’s wedding. Clarice will stay with Mrs. W A Grismore and Marian Anderson, Hott with Mrs. W R Cubbins and Alma Brindley. Mrs. Harvey visited Carl Dunbar in West Chester then Keota to see Mrs. Eli Dayton. Mrs. Frank Schneider visited Verdits to see daughter Mrs. George Chalupa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Welliver
Martha Hezelett
Ainsworth
Harold Young
J. FE. Harvey
West Chester
Carl Dunbar
Keota
Eli Dayton
Republican caucuses and picnics across Crawford areas
Ruth Mundt attends a high school picnic in West Chester and visits the Howard Mundt and Lou McParland homes. A Crawford township Republican caucus meets at 7 o clock Saturday evening May 15 in Crawfordsville to complete the township ticket for the primary. Other items note visitors to Fairfield and Cedar Center and that Rev W L C Sampson earned a doctor of divinity from Geneva College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mundt
West Chester
Howard Mundt
Lou McParland
Crawford Township
Crawfordsville
Codar Center
Cedar Township
Cedar Center
W. L. C. Sampson
Pittsburgh
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Nis
Local notes highlight Cedar Falls track trip and community visits
The afternoon sees Sherd Wilson Guy Carlton and J A McKinstry head to Cedar Falls with high school track men while Rex McCarty returns from six weeks in the south with a poultry firm. Local social news covers visits and upcoming events at schools farms and stores across Washington Iowa and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherd Wilson
Guy Carlton
J. A. McKinstry
Cedar Falls
Rex McCarty
Philadelphia
South
Muscatine County Voters to Decide Road Bond Plan
Muscatine County residents will consider issuing 950000 dollars in bonds for road improvements. Plan includes paving 19.07 miles and graveling about 132 miles with a May 27 hearing set by the board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tte
Ascociated Presse
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
West Liberty
Scott County
Fort Dodge Street Cars To Resume Operation
Fort Dodge street cars, idle since November 14, 1925, will soon resume operating. The Citizens Railway Operating Company announces leases with Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern for private operation after two years of unprofitable operation.
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Avcociated Press
Fort Dodge. Ir
Fort Dodge
Citizens Railway Operating Company, Inc
Des Moines
Southern Road
South Side Furniture offers 10 percent off refrigerators
7612 Mrs. L. D. Holland arrived from St. Louis and will visit over the weekend with her Beal relatives. Jack Morrison from Monroe Louisiana will spend most of the summer with his grandfather W. W. Morrison. Alice Meek returns from a Europe trip visiting Detroit before coming home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Furniture Store
L. D. Holland
St. Louis
William Beal
Jack Morrison
Monroe
Louisiana
W. W. Morrison
Alice Meek
Europe
Detroit
Michigan
Matterhorn Slopes Shed Tons of Dirt in Thaw
On a thawing day in Switzerland the Matterhorn sheds hundreds of tons of soil clay and rocks from its face sliding down the mountainside. In extreme days tens of thousands of tons may descend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matterhorn
Switzerland
Western railroads seek general rate increases
Des Moines B M Richardson member of the state board of railroad commissioners is in Washington to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission on Western railroads rate hike. Neill Garrett Iowa assistant attorney general and Judge J H Henderson state commerce counsel will leave May 15 to argue Iowa positions. In the east Mrs Richardson will attend the National Electric Light association convention in Atlantic City the week of May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
B. M. Richardson
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill Garrett
J. H. Henderson
Iowa
Richardson
National Electric Light Association
Atlantic City
Chicago Skyline Rises with Dazzling Towering Growth
Chicago's loop sheds boxy, low profiles as height limits lift to reveal a new skyline. Wrigley Tower, Tribune Tower, Allerton, Jewelers Tower, Chicago Temple steeple and Morrison Tower redefine the cityscape with forty-six and forty-one plus stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ify
Treas
Chicago
Loop
Manhettan
New York
Michigan Avenue
Madison Square Tower
Wrigley
Chicago River
Tribune
Allerton Club
Near North Side
Wrigley Building
Jewelers
Wacker Drive
Water Street
Chicago Temple
Morrison Tower
Strauss Building
Endowment plan calls for twenty million dollars for science
A committee led by Herbert Hoover urges a National Research Endowment of 20 million dollars to fund pure science, with a 3 million dollar start. It would fund fellowships at American universities to attract talent away from applied industry work and build long term scientific leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pree
Washington
Herbert Hoover
National Academy of Sciences
Carnegie Rockefeller
Robert Millikan
Norman Bridge Laboratories
Mrs J B Coffey Seeks Soy Bean Seed in Washington
Mrs J B Coffey of West Chester is shopping in Washington this morning for Manchu Soy Bean seed priced at $1.75 a bushel with a phone listing R 32 24 7712 for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BE. Coffey
West Chester
Washington
Fragmentary Science Riddle Text Reflects Cosmic Theme
Readable segments discuss life on earth and human history alongside celestial wonders and elemental composition. The brief hints at life, civilization, stars, and their building blocks suggest a broader meditation rather than a concrete report.
Alex Miller Speaks at Journalism Day Program
Alex Miller visited Fairfield this morning to address Pare sons College’s Journalism Day program honoring media professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Miller
Fairfield
Paresons College
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Wiske
Tlello Goodby
Kox
the Plains
Buck Jones
van Bibber
Fox
Rainbow Riley
Mary Cotter
Peck Island
John Bailey
Ole
Merle Cammeron
Aledo
Til
Ke A. Applegate
BE. L. Norton
Sheffeld, Sinois
Amos Norton
White Yard Co
Frank Schneider
Verdits
George Chalupa
Caucus
Victor Records
South Side
M. L. Orris
Gilbert Gott
Fred Jones
RE. A. Orris
EB. L. Orris
Gladys Warren
Mildred Warren
Justin
Paio
Hans
the Wardrobe Cleaners
Swift
McCall
Carl Phillips
J. W. Phillips
Bailey
Jung
Vic Elhinney Drug Co
Misa Bush
Cotter
D. F. Macon
Linkle
Robert
Glover Ferrill
Robert Belville
Supt. Peet
John Belville
Dempsey & Breitenbach
Dale Duncan
Albia
Myers Brothers
Dale
Burlington
Jersey-Guernsey
T. B
Oscar George
Eula Martin
Will Twinam
Irene Fishburn
Claud McCoy
Eva Denny
Vincent Keesey
American Legion
Fred Koltman
Yarnouth
W. E
Frank B. Carter
Anita, Iowa
Mrs
Frank Carter
Lair
Frost
FT. Dodge
China
West
San Francisco
Galileo
Frankfurters
JDC
Kohr
Hor Halt
Veal
Thompson’s Sanitary Market
Sheet Crossett
Arnold
Washington Cleaners
Wisie Long
Owen McGovern
N. D. Anderson
Taxi Vor
Palmer Boy
Washington Dairy Phone
Perdock
Washington, Iowa
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