Quiet election seals in Richland and local notes
The report notes 660 votes cast with over 500 straight Republican tickets. Mrs Earl Ackerman and Ruth visited home after months in the west. Five weeks old babe of Mrs Everett Givens buried near Valley. Esther Gump hosted Sunday school class. Jant Hadley to host next meeting. Fred Smith family visited Fairfield. Franco Bridger injured. many residents attended a Shrine meeting in Ottumwa.
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Morni Mises
Esther Gump
Jant Hadley
Fred Smith
Fairfield
Franco Bridger
Ottumwa
Braden News Brief Highlights Local Social and Travel
Orlin Witting was on the sick list this week. Herman Twinam visited Des Moines on business. School children enjoy a vacation due to a Teachers Institute in Des Moines. The Braden club met at Mrs Mell with fifteen members present and was entertained by the social committee after a brief business session. Dainty refreshments followed.
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Braden
Orlin Witting
Herman Twinam
St. Louis
Teachers’ Institute
Des Moines
Braden Club
Mell
Local Notes from Ainsworth and Nearby
Ada Kidd of Colorado Springs visits Marshall Edmondson home. Mrs. N J Walker visits sister Mrs. Logan in Washing. Mabel Fullerton and daughters travel from Columbus Junction to Stephen Ross home. S S Wilcox visits Columbus Junction and returns with sister Mrs Shearer. Ted Stone visits Muscatine. Alice Pearson becomes bank clerk in place of Miss Iseminger. Mrs S McFarland returns from Washington. Rev C E B Riddington visits Washington.
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Iseminger
S. McFarland
Washington
Rev. C. EB. Riddington
Local Notes and Social News From Crawfordsville
Miss Vera Yeager returned from Hitemana to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs George Yeager. The community mourns the death of Mrs Olive Cunningham McKiroy in California. W K Wooley spent the day in Washington with brother C A Wooley at the county hospital. Paul and Gladys Courtney and Miss Lizzie Wooley visited Washington to see Mrs Frank Courtney and C A Wooley at the county hospital. The engagement of Charles W McCleary of Adel Iowa to Miss Grace Ker of Des Moines was announced at the Keister home.
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Crawfordsville
Vera Yeager
Hitemanla
George Yeager
Olive Cunningham MecKiroy
California
W. K. Wooley
Washington
C. A. Wooley
Paul
Gladys Courtney
Lizzie Wooley
Frank Courtney
Charles W. McCleary
Adel
Iowa
Grace Ker
Des Moines
Miss Clara Hays Homeward After Illness Improve
Nov. 4 in Titus Clara Hays returns from Oskaloosa in improved health. Shriners attend Mystic Shrine meeting in Ottumwa on October 2. Vivian Lemsey heads to St. Louis for several weeks. Ora Huggins husks corn for Claude Davis. J W Combs hosts a large Halloween party with stunts and refreshments. Farmers report butchering after the cold snap. No Franklin Center school this week due to election. teacher Peters away late in the week.
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Titus Titus
Clara Hays
Oskaloosa
Mystic Shrine
Ottumwa
Vivian Lemsey
St. Louis
Ora Huggins
Claude Davis
J. W. Combs
Franklin Center
Local notes from Brighton community chest and visits
Brighton notes report Ralph Tracy and family traveling to Keota on Thursday. Freida Emery, eleven, ill with appendicitis and to undergo surgery after fever subsides at Washington hospital. Ben Weldners moved to a new home in Washington. Mrs G W Mekhay and sons Billy and Ponata visit Chicago then Camp Benning, Ga. Mrs W S Gardner attends Woman's Home Missionary conference at Ottumwa. Measles affect several families including Del Kyle Floyd Robinson and Edgar Johnson. Lillian McFarland leaves for a visit to the Carden home in Winfield.
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Brighton
Ralph Tracy
H. F. Tracy
Hod Brier
Keot
Freida Emery
Rob Emery
Washington Hospital
Ben Weldners
Washington
G. W. Mekhay
Billy
Ponata
Chicago
Carl Thomas
Camp R Benning
Capt
McKay
Gardner
Woman's Home Missionary Convention
Ottumway
del Kyle
Floyd Robinson
Eadgar Johnson
Lillian McFarland
Carden
Winfield
Aansworth Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Events
Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m an old folks service with a special sermon for the elderly Invited attendance Epworth League at 6 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m due to rain last Sunday the pastor will continue the Seventh Commandment next Sunday if possible Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p m Choir practice Wednesday at 8 p m Rally program attendance was good despite rain Mr R J Reney of the community attended
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Epworth League
Rayer
R. J. Reney
Hallowe'en Social Tracks Gilad Hand Class
Columbus Junction reports strong turnout for Sunday school talk on its meaning and duty. The Gilad Hand class at the M E church hosted a lively Hallowe'en social with costumes disguises races and jokes as members teased each other and shared refreshments before planning next month’s meeting.
Women to Request Legislation Which They Think Needed
Des Moines reports political focus in the upcoming Iowa legislature centers on code revision and new laws. Newly enfranchised women voters are expected to seek measures on working hours and child welfare, with automobile registration and road law revisions likely.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thirty Eighth General Assembly
Harding
Code Commission
House
Senate
Unlucky Number 18 and Thirteenth Day Superstitions
A column notes 18 as an unpopular number and recounts superstitions about the thirteenth day and month. It cites beliefs that a person born on the thirteenth is unlucky, and that starting ventures or journeys on that date is warned against.
His Excuse and a Mischievous Boy's Reply
A neighbor recalls Jack the most mischievous boy in the block and his mother's habit of excusing pranks. He tampered with a water faucet in the neighbor's yard and replied he was too young to know better when challenged.
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Jack
The New Gardener Returns to Martha in Lynnewood
Thomas Hicks, once wealthy and ambitious, returns incognito to Lynnewood Florida to reconnect with Martha Wells. Disguised as a farmhand he joins Abe Cary’s farm, overhears Martha with her daughter Jeane, and reveals a renewed romance after years apart.
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Thomas Hicks
Thomas Hicks Company
Lynnewood
Florida
Martha Wells
Ben Gwynne
Martha
Mr. Wells
Tom
Fate
Abe Cary
Ton
Tetrahedral Theory of Earth Formation
Hereward Carrington explains a tetrahedral model in Leslie's citing that southern oceans and water dominate, continents form triangular corners, land rises above sea level, and a map aligns with this theory showing land projected at the tetrahedral vertices as the earth cools and shrinks.
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Globe
Hereward Carrington
Leslie
Earth
Splendid Hill Climber Reflections On Aging
A veteran friend recalls how a fine hill climbing car awed him in youth. He admits he tires more easily now, needs extra power, yet still reaches the grade and stays confident he will keep going as long as possible.
Hiring the Cook. References Questioned in Witty Debate
In a humorous exchange a wife urges checking a cook’s references while the husband dismisses the idea, arguing they might not be satisfactory. The dialogue captures a playful domestic banter over hiring a cook.
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Houston Chronicle
New Party May Rise From Wreck of Election
Washington Nov 6 Democratic leaders opposed to Wilson and Cox plan a Nov 10 15 conference to consider a full party reorganization or a new party. Bryan seeks a new name like progressive democratic and may seek ties with nonpartisan league and former labor party.
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Washington
Wilson
Cox
Altho William Jennings Uryan
Bryan
Hohen
Nonpartisan League
Labor Party
Ierse
San Francisco
Old Bryan
America as an Old Land Seen Through New Cities
The narrator reflects that America feels mature and stable, with cities like New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia and Washington presenting permanence. English observers may find New York older in appearance than London and Boston seems aged in places like the Tower area.
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Temple
Abbey
Littl Tudor Row
Holborn
London
New York
Fifth Avenue
B. V. Lucas
America
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
City
Fleet Street
Strand
Piccadilly
Oxford Street
The
Tower
Spectacular Screen Version of The Hope at Fox Theatre
The Hope a Metro screen version of Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton melodrama comes to Fox Theatre for two days starting next Monday. It features grand scenes including an Italian street earthquake topple and a Khyber Pass clash. Star cast includes Jack Mulhall Marguerite de la Motte Ruth Stonehouse and Frank Elliott with Elliott playing Captain Hector Grant and Mulhall as Harold Earl of Ingestre.
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Afghanistan
Jack Mulhall
Frank Elliott
Marguerite de la Motte
Ruth Stonehouse
Mr. Mulhall
Harold
Earl of Ingestre
London
Mr. Elliott
Hector Grant
Counterfeit Bottled in Bond Whisky Stamps Warned
Washington bureau warns of widespread counterfeiting of bottled in bond whisky with false tax stamps. Commissioner Williams notes stamps do not guarantee safety as wood alcohol appears in some consignments. Raids seized brands described as prune juice water and sugar. Engraving firms and an organized gang are linked to the operation with ties to bootleggers and moonshiners. Federal agents pursue fraudulent stamps on adulterated foreign liquors.
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Bond
Internal Revenue
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Williams
Secret Service
Federal
Dairymen of Iowa Respond to New Opportunity
Waterloo's dairymen at the Iowa Buttermakers Association and Iowa Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association conventions discuss milk butter and calves. State dairy officials warn against promoter schemes while praising pure bred sires. Butter and milk contests award medals as Governor Harding addresses the banquet.
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Waterloo
Iowa Buttermaker'’s Association
Iowa Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association
W. B. Barney
Dee Moines
Iowa
Barney
Mr. Barney
Iowa Buttermakers Association
Iowa Creamery
H.C. Stendel
Northwood
Carl Hovland
Lake Mills
Chris. Russler
Fredricksburg
F. H. Harms
Tripoli
J. B. Frisbie
Forest City
Ben Frank
Luana
D. W. Mohler
New Hampton
W. L. Harding
FEW DRY SPOTS IN SCOTLAND DRY VOTERS LOSE GROUND
In Scotland the first prohibition election results show 146 areas wet 13 dry and 23 for limited prohibition. Glasgow incomplete returns suggest many saloons will close, while some districts vote to reduce licenses. Dry workers aided by Americans including Pus syfoot Johnson celebrated the results.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Pussyfoot"’ Johnson
Senate party split widens after western contests
New York dispatch reports the latest returns show fifty seven Republicans and thirty seven Democrats in the U S Senate. Ralph Cameron leads Marcus Smith in Arizona, Scott Ferris concedes to J H Harreld in Oklahoma, and Robert N Stanfield appears elected in Oregon over Chamberlain.
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Senate
New York
Oregon
Arizona
Oklahoma
United States
Ralph Cameron
Marcus Smith
Scott Ferris
J. H. Harreld
Robert N. Stanfield
Senator Chamberlain
Modern styles flayed by Dr Eliot in Boston talk
Dr Charles W Eliot former Harvard president tells Unitarian women that modern society deteriorates from too much freedom among youths. He cites dress and behavior of young women and contrasts past decency with present fashion and social conduct.
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Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
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