Legion convention attracts solid Brighton turnout
BRIGHTON NOV 18 The Legion convention drew 22 registrants despite poor weather. A football game was canceled in the afternoon and a basketball game filled the slot. Children led a parade and a banquet pleased attendees. Speakers included Berry F Holden Dr Laird and Frank Miles. The grade schools plan a Thanksgiving program at the high school on Nov 23 featuring songs, plays and drills.
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Brighton
Legion
Berry F. Holden
Albia
Dr. Laird
Davenport
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire Magazine
Auditoriuum
Jack Hodson
Margaret Jean Rudolph
Kathryn Bennett
Lorene Willhouse
P. FE. O
Ada Tracy
Mary Close
Clairsville
Ohio
Ida Berry
Merle Thompson
Warren
Dick Cain
Crawfordsville
W. W. Williams
Ottumwa
S. M. Grove
Arrest Quartet for Passing Bogus Bills
Four men were held by federal authorities for distributing bogus currency from Des Moines to towns between Indianapolis and St. Joseph. Manual Black confessed to raising $1 bills to create $10 bills and pass them, with Lloyd Shepard John Maiden and William Presley arrested in Sterling, Illinois.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Manual Black
Lloyd Shepard
John Maiden
William Presley
Indianapolis
St. Joseph
Shepard
Maiden
Presley
Sterling
Cardinal Bonzano Operated On In Rome
Cardinal Bonzano, former papal delegate to Washington and papal legate at the Chicago Eucharistic congress, underwent a successful two and a half hour operation today for a stomach tumor. Surgeons and physicians agreed the delicate procedure was needed to prevent interference with food passage.
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Rome
Cardinal Bonzano
Washington
Chicago
Maytag to Air Radio Programs From Chicago Station
The Maytag Company of Newton Iowa plans a nightly 9 to 9 30 program on WHT Chicago except Saturdays and Sundays featuring musical entertainment and amusing acts. The first show aired Tuesday November 15 and was well received across the Middle West. An additional 1 PM educational talk will be broadcast weekday afternoons. WHT operates on 416 meters.
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Maytage Company
Newton
Iowa
Maytag
WHT
Wrigley Building
Chicago
Maytag Company
Middle West
Plan to ease school time for girls and boys in New York
Officials launched an investigation into how children spend their school time in New York. The plan aims to help girls and boys avoid overwork and over play by identifying better routines and activities.
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New York
Furnace installed at Valley church. Christmas program planned
The new church furnace purchased through Fred Keisel of Grinnell arrived Tuesday and was installed by N W Callister of Richland. A Christmas program for the Sunday school was organized by a committee including Mrs Fern Hartnell and others. Multiple local residents spent weekends visiting relatives, attending meetings, and participating in community events.
Keokuk County Sets Delegates for National GOP Convention
In Keokuk County Iowa Bob Shaw aims to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He is described as a prominent Republican, a capable district representative, and seeks two delegates for the sixth district. The piece notes Iowa’s likely support for London and Shaw’s candidacy aligns with that stance.
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Bob Shaw
Iowa
London
Louisa Farm Bureau Names Officers in Louisa County
In Columbus Junction on November 19, township farm bureau officers were elected. Listings include Columbus City with E. F. Prior as president and William Duncan as VP, Concord with Lawrence Vistle as president, Grandview with Scott Lieberknecht as president, Jefferson with Dean Parsons as president, Marshall with C. B. Prother, and others across Morning Sun Oakland Port Louisa and Union townships led by presidents and vice presidents and ending with Union's Milo Walton as VP and Phil Reutinger as secretary-treasurer.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Columbus City
R E. F. Prior
William Duncan
J. D. Helmick
Concord
Lawrence Vstle
Earl Wilson
J. H. McCormane
Grandviaw
Scott Lieberknecht
W. B. Huff
Scott Lieerknecht
Jefferson Township
Dean Parsons
Frank Hook
Joe Klayes
Marshall Township
C. BR. Proteher
Jay KF. Sellers
Glenn GC. Nichols
Morning Sun
T. Ss. Crawford
Ralph Wilson
E. H. Hensleigh
Oakland Township
HH. O. Meredith
Oscar Brehme
J. F. Warntaff
Seretary
Port Louisa
M Creswell
Walter Mortis
R. B. Moody
Phil Reutinger
Union Township
Milo Walton
Community Visits and Local Sales Reported
Washington area residents visited familiar homes over the weekend including talks at the J. E. Linder and Frank Kephart households. Hog shipments were made from Havre, and A R Smith attended the Mike and Henry Trier cow sale at Keota on November 14.
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Ed Simmering
John Simmering, Sr
Charles Andeson
J. E. Linder
Frank Sickles
Washington
Frank Kephart
Kephart
Howard Linder
Roy Kephart
Warry Bishop
Havre
A. R. Smith
Mike and
Henry Trier
Keota
No Dinner Sunday at Baptist Church
Members of the Baptist Young People’s Union were told not to attend Sunday evening services unless for a Thanksgiving dinner. A misprint in yesterday’s Journal caused the confusion. The corrected notice states a 6 15 gathering for young people followed by a special service and evening worship at 7 with the Sermon on A Publican and his Thanksgiving dinner.
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Baptist Young People’s Union
A. A. Vinz
B. Y. Plu
British aviators safe in Poland after forced landing
Captain R. H. McIntosh and Bert Winkler landed on a country road near Magzana after a non stop flight toward India ended abruptly in Poland. The aircraft struck two farmers, severely injuring one and breaking the other’s leg, while the pilots escaped injury and the plane was damaged.
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Warsaw
R. H. McIntosh
Bert Winkler
India
Lembere
McIntosh
Winkler
Magzana
Lemberg
Lose Fight Against Labor Organizations in Chicago Case
Chicago case report from November 19 notes Coon county’s first setback in a bid to curb labor organizers. Harry Lefty Lewis was acquitted in the murder of junk dealer Max Braverman amid accusations he led a unionizing effort. State’s attorney Robert E. Crowe pressed for a death verdict to spur future convictions in alleged terrorist murder cases. Police also fatally wounded John P. McLaughlin, dental mechanic union official, during an incident tied to threats against non union workers.
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Chicago
Coon County
Harry “Lefty” Lewis
Max Braverman
Lewis
Braverman
Robert E. Crowe
John P. McLaughlin
Dental Mechanic’s Union
McLaughlin
John Komosa
District Attorney Kensler Returns to Omaha Desk
United States district attorney J. C. Kensler resumes work in Omaha after a five day absence. He declined to explain the absence, with reports from Washington linking him to prohibition chiefs discussing the Nebraska Iowa South Dakota situation and Senator Norris of Nebraska pressing for the resignation of Glenn A. Brunson, Sioux City chief of prohibition forces.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
J.C. Kensler
Prohibition
Kensler
Washington
Nebraska-lowa
South Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
Glenn A. Brunson
Sioux City
Radio station WSUT risks Canada goodwill over wavelength use
The Federal Radio Commission warned the University of Iowa WSUT that continuing to operate on 6380 kilocycles shared with Canadian stations could seriously endanger Canada’s goodwill. The notice, sent to Prof. E. H. Lauer, chair of the university radio control board, reports protest over a 7 PM broadcasting order.
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Towa .City
Canada
WSUT
University of Iowa
Federal Radio Commission
Er. H. Lauer
University Radio Control Board
Junior High School Choir Plans Post Holiday Operetta
Sixty seventh and eighth graders at the junior high, selected after voice tests by Miss Norma Reaney, will form a school music club under Washington schools supervision. The choir aims to present an operetta later this year, with rehearsals to begin after Christmas vacation and further plans to be announced. The roster lists club members and staff.
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Moe Cud
Norma Reaney
Washington
Charind Miss Reaney
First Snow of the Winter Appears Briefly
A thin skirt of snow covered the ground this morning and occasional flurries occurred in the afternoon but produced no measurable snowfall. The day remained raw with ongoing threats of more snow.
Trap Muskrats Fined For Out Of Season
Pleading guilty to trapping muskrats before November 15, Lew Tull and two sons were fined 19 each after admitting to trapping 44 muskrats in the justice of the peace court here yesterday.
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Towa City
Lew Tull
Two Sone
Thanksgiving Auction and Dinner Hosted by Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid of the Christian Church announces a fall day next Tuesday with a chicken dinner served from 11 o'clock to 1. An afternoon auction offers pigs, grain, flour, live and dressed chickens, and other eatables donated by most town merchants. Each item will be labeled with the donor’s name as an advertisement. A large crowd is expected for both the dinner and the sale starting at 1 o'clock. Come and welcome.
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Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Book Reviews at LibraryHighlighting religious belief
Book reviews at the Library this week featured Mrs. Will Cook praising Why I Believe in Religion by Charles R. Brown Dean of Divinity Yale. The lectures from Washington Foundation in Columbus Ohio cover six broad planks of faith and emphasize belief in God Christ atonement prayer Bible future life and more.
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Will Cook
Charles R. Brown
Divinity School
Yale University
Washington Foundation
First Congregational Church
Columbus
Ohio
Cook
Captain Giles Returns to Mills Field
Captain Frederick Giles, British wartime flying ace, returned to Mills Field San Francisco after a failed hop toward Honolulu due to dense fog. He dumped most of 390 gallons of gasoline, planned another takeoff when weather clears, and noted the Pacific leg would cover about 9500 miles if successful. Weather reports warned of heavy fog and unfavorable seas along the route.
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Giles
Mills Field
Honolulu
Pacific
Tonolulu
Australia
New Zealand
Sime
Iji Islands
Porecast
de Diane
Qilper
United States Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Wardin welcomes son John Tloyd in Oska Dale hospital area
Mr and Mrs Carl Wardin announce the birth of a son born Thursday evening weighing about eight pounds to be named John Tloyd Tegsie Frowart, a nurse at Oska Dale tuberculosis hospital, visits her ill mother for a few days. Miss Jennie Hannon travels from West Chester to spend the weekend with her brother Charles Hanng. Mrs Clarence Brinning, visiting Webster Iowa, three weeks, heads home tonight after a broken arm from an automobile accident two weeks earlier. both she and her Webster aunt were badly hurt.
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Carl Wardin
John Tloyd
Tegsie Frowart
Oskadale
Town
Jennie Hannon
West Chester
Charles Hanng
Clarence Brinning
Webster
Iowa
Brinning
Civil War Veteran Jas Porter Dies At Home Near Ainsworth
James Porter aged four years, veteran of the Civil War, died last night at his home two miles southeast of Ainsworth. Born in Pennsylvania, he had lived on the farm for 75 years. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 am at the residence, private. Rev. W B McCrory of the Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church will conduct. The casket will be open and friends may call at L A Jones funeral home Sunday afternoon or evening.
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James Porter
Ainsworth
Pennsylvania
W. Bb. McCrory
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Cantata Sunday at Methodist Church
Preparations are complete for Maun der's Song of Thanksgiving cantata by the Methodist church choir Sunday at four with added newcomers. Directed by H N Schuster the soloists include Mrs W Hedges Mrs P Miner Mrs C E Plumiv Mrs H B Knight Mrs G Williams Mrs H N Schuster Everett Griffith and W C Sledges.
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H. N. Schuster
W. & Hedges
P. Miner
C. E. Plumiv
H. B. Knight
G. Williams
Everett Griffith
W. C. Sledges
Leprosy Disease Reduces Death Toll
A medical note reports that disease in lepers leads to a death rate of only three percent, indicating a lower fatal impact than might be expected. The finding emphasizes survivability and potential implications for treatment and care.
Mine Union Officials Freed By Supreme Court Writ
Justice Truman S Stevans of the Town supreme court issued a writ of certiorari freeing J H Morris president of district 18 United Mine Workers of America and four other mine union officials from Appanoose county jail. They were sentenced to one day in jail and fined 50 dollars for contempt for alleged violations of an injunction against interfering with non union miners. They elected to serve jail terms in lieu of fines and will be released immediately. Transcript of all evidence was ordered to the Appanoose county district court by Feb 28.
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Lorris
Tom White
Colfax
Ira Greer
G. W. Hardy
Tom Mollett
Justice Stevens
J M Walker
Appanoose County
Supreme Court
Donaldson Funeral Services and Other Obituaries
Funeral services were held for John A. Donaldson at the United Proes by enure with pallbearers and a quartet providing music. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery. Anna L. Thompson’s funeral occurred at I. A. Jones funeral home with pallbearers named and burial at Flin Crove cemetery. Charles Brody Davidson’s services at L. A Jones funeral home featured a distinguished pallbearers group and Mason burial rites at Kim Grove. Also noting global health and naval food supply figures: three million lepers worldwide and sixty two tons of food necessary for U S Navy breakfasts.
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Charea
Wilard Well
van Saville
G. Mo Humble
Bev Willer
J. B Ream
Lawrence Wilean
P. Lt. Jordan
Milan Shields
W. P. Rawn
Ruzs
Chal Ford
Jarl Ream
Kim Grove
Washington Lodge Oe Masons
World wildlife facts or myths about animals
A collection of unusual animal facts states that over a million raccoons are killed annually for fur, an elephant can drink 12 to 15 wallons of water at a time, and the Cuban fairy hummingbird is the smallest bird at two and a quarter inches long.
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Cuba
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