Washington County Sketches Wellman Rural Route 4
An observer describes Wellman Route 4 mail service arrangements with John Allen delivering journals to the Dave Benson corner near the Benson schoolhouse. The piece praises the route, notes local farms and families including the Bensons, Reeves, Turnipseed, Oldfield, Rickey, and Mela Shalla, and recalls Pilotsburg’s store history and postal shifts affecting the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Post Office Department
John Allen
Dave Benson
Benson
Louis Wahl
Wahl
Legacy Farms and Faith in Richmond Iowa Patch
The piece tours Pilotsburg area livelihoods detailing Fred Mouser and family on the old Mouser farm with descendants in South Dakota, Ashby and Birkey families nearby. It notes the Holy Trinity parish in Richmond under Rev F R Schaeffer, the 1862 school building later 1911 additions, and a 25 000 building worth hall with library and youth programs aimed at all denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Mapel
Cy Thumons
Pilotsburg
Mouser
Billy Kirkpatrick
Wellman
Washington
Fred Mouser
Thomas McComas
Adel
Iowa
Mousers
Richmond
Sam Hampshire
Samuel Nicola
Stranskys
Scotts
Vodickas
Stumpfs
Fred
Jacob Mouser
Ann Rogers
Newt Benson
John Bowman
Ira Bowman
English River
Ashby
Esther Ashby
W. J. Brown
Carl Anderson
Charley Shaffer
Nick Shaffer
A. J. Votruba
Iown
F. R. Schaeffer
Holy Trinity Parish
Westphalia
Germany
Farmington
Isss
Msgr Herr
Dubuque
Father Stahl
Hoppman
Ottumwa
Schachfer
Father Schaeffer
May Saturday Ends With Careful Dance Rules
A busy Saturday in May ends with strict dancing rules as parents must be present for the youngsters to dance and proper surroundings are insisted upon. The event concludes with the narrator noting it was only ten miles home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonte
Paul Whiteman
Dorothy Terriss
Conrad
Miller
Burlington
Wishart Chooses Harmony Focus For Assembly Committees
Dr. Charles Wishart the new United States Presbyterian moderator named committees to promote unity. He moved Rev. Hugh Walker to chair the bills and overtures group, with William Bryan heading home missions. Bryan plans to push evolution debates from the floor, as the assembly approves last year overtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Presbyterans
United States of America
General Assembly
J. Spencer Chapman
Philadelphia
Charles F. Wishart
William J. Bryan
Wishart
Hugh K. Walker
Los Angeles
Bryan
Walker
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Fosdick
Clarence MacArney
Assembly
R. S. Mudge
Des Moines
Lawsuits Loom After Wayland Crossing Crash
Administrators for Emery Miller and for the late Mrs. Johnny Conrad sue for 75 000 and 50 000 respectively while Etta Miller joins for 29 000. Attorneys McCoid and McCoid represent plaintiffs against Burlington railroad with a transfer request to federal court. The fatal collision near Wayland crossing near Washington prompts warnings that the crossing is dangerous and calls for safety action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Crossing
Washington
Johnny Conrad
Emery Miller
Carl Miller
Etta Miller
McCoid
W. S. Withrow
Burlington Railroad
Emory Miller
Wayland
Feels 20 Yrs Younger Since Taking Tanlac
Milwaukee man John W. Mooman praises Tanlac after claiming he feels twenty years younger. He describes prior digestion issues, poor appetite, low energy, sour stomach, and sleep troubles. Since using Tanlac he reports better digestion, appetite, stamina, and sleep. urges others to try Tanlac, sold by druggists with over 7 million bottles sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
John W. Mooman
33Rd St
Milwaukee
Wis
Adrienne Lachamp Seen as Model for Composite American Girl
Art critics Howard Chandler Christy Willie Pogany W. T. Benda and Tony Sarg back Adrienne Lachamp as an ideal composite American girl born in China with French Hungarian and British lineage. Lachamp argues America is built from blends of people culture and goods and Americans demand the best from all origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Chandler Chiristy
Willie Pogany
W. T. Benda
Tony Sarg
Christy
Adrienne Lachamp
China
Miss Lachamp
America
Sovrty Lucerne
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington County
Route 4
Aimail Chabel
Jenson
North Dakota
Dave’ Benson
George Fulton
West Chester
Fultons
Bessie Love
County Bhoapital
Billy Benson
Havre
Bensons
Dave
T. C. Reeves
al Reeves
Tom Reeves
Everet Teets
Tom
Babe Turnipseed
Jim Marsh
Joe Reiner
Gideon Bear
Rex Stumpf
Summit School
Rex
Ralph Oldfield
Ralph
Homer Turnipseed
Roye Schulty
Carl Oldfield
Charley Rickey
Simeon Work
Dee Work
Defuniak Springs
Florida
W. €. Anderson
Charley Schulty
Tennessee
Ode Ferguson
Ode
Middle Tennessee
Nashville
Livingstone
Tenn
Dave Durst
Reeves
Dave Rittenhouse
Betty Rickey Cain
Llingis
Ed Testroet
Melo Shalla
Melo
Warren Field
Hin
Ott Patterson
Christy Bear
Patterson
Mela Shalla
Enna Stransky
Riverside
Doc Byers
Pennsylvania
Lam
Chas. Votruba
Chas. Horesowsky
Frank Arthur
R. R
Wm. Carr
Albert Lantz
Charles Nejedly
John Birkey
John A. Birkey
Hoefert
Orin Birkey
Jack McKeone
Jack Schneider
Henry Te Bockhorst
Big Three
Marshall Neilan
Sonie
Orchestra
Dorothy Terris
Vorman
Leves
Lee
Little Queen
Oxford
A. Harwood & Son
the Shoers
South Side
Mooman
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