Kensington club quilts and flag unveiling at M E church
The Kensington club held an all day quilting session at Mrs. BE Richards home with a noon pot luck dinner. A Sunday evening program at the M E church features music, a violin solo by Miss Dale, the history of the flag, and several addresses by local groups followed by a 10 minute sermon by Rev. J H Krenmyre. Community members are urged to attend.
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Kensington Club
BE. R. Richards
M. E
Miss Dale
Charles Rademaker
American Legion
Orville Thoma
Farmers Union Social Ends With Elevator Fire Alarm
The Farmers Union monthly social at the school auditorium ended when residents observed heavy smoke near the grain elevator late Tuesday. Fire alarms were pulled. however the smoke came from a bonfire below the railroad tracks, not a blaze, avoiding a potential disaster near the lumber yard.
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The
Farmers Union
Missouri Youth Walked 48 Miles to School Daily
Cape Girardeau Missouri October 8 1950s story reports Ivan Conley fifteen walked forty eight miles to Teachers College training school for two days causing concern. Authorities found he held part time work near the campus and had room and board arrangements. Instructors noted exhaustion and reported the matter to administrators. The daily trek took about ten hours and he said no one gave him rides.
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Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Ivan Conley
Teachers’ College Training School
Schol
Conley
Married For A Day Ends In Separation In Shanghai
K. Kra mer Coulton and his wife, after 34 years of courtship, separated on their wedding day in Shanghai. Both plan divorce suits. Coulton, a tea exporter, told a foreign paper he wed because he could no longer resist. Mrs. Coulton left for her aged mother, while he stayed at a club. he neither confirms nor denies the remark.
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New York
Shanghai
Coulton
Coultin
Pole explorers say blue eyes key to polar survival
In New Orleans Captain Walter Warthel and Captain Oscar Mrick argue that beyond grit and gear the most vital trait for surviving North and South Pole hardships is blue eyes. They claim eye color aids adaptation to extreme cold and glare.
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New Orleans
Walter Warthel
Oscar Mrick
New Orleans paints venture led by sea captains and explorers
A group of 65 men including former sea captains and Klondike explorers establish a paint manufacturing plant in New Orleans. The project blends adventure credentials with industrial aims, signaling a bold regional enterprise.
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New Orleans
Poultry Culling Demonstrations Planned for October
Columbus Junction notes an October series of farm bureau directed poultry culling demonstrations. Community events include church and society meetings, a high school football win over Morning Sun 6 to 0, and various visits among residents. Funeral services were held for Elmira Breneman, 90, resident since 1871, at Stephen funeral home.
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Columbus Junction
Farm Bureau
Elmira Breneman
Stephen Funeral Home
W. BE. Ruston
Presbyterian Church
H. S. May
Presbyterian Sunday School
Walter Simmons
Detroit
Dr. S. B. Paxton
J. M. Norris
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Parsonage
J. H. White
D. Db
Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Church
J. H. Wykert
J. W. Pence
Whatsoeevr Society
Henrietta Salmon
Miles Babb
Chicago
Columbus High School
Chautauqua Park
BE. E. James
Saratoga
Cal
E. S. Coulton
J. W. Garner
Newark
Ohio
Morning Sun
Keota awards gravel project on No. 77 to 1.86 miles
Keota welcomed a highway contract for graveling No. 77 from Keota south to No. 2 a 1.86 mile stretch to be completed this fall. The McDougal Construction Company of Sioux City will receive $4 142 for the work linking Keota’s paved main street to Richland and Fairfield, improving all weather access to Washington and Sigourney. Keota Woard Rc Meets KEOTA Oct 8- Ed Carris Corps No 221 of the W R C met to discuss winter relief and report year ending Aug 1 1928. The corps has 130 members in good standing, $158 for relief, $5.90 to Grand Army Relief Fund, $25 for flowers. A February dinner honored four G A R comrades. William Nelson J M Wilcox Mike Weyers I L Pulver. The latter died in June. About 150 attended the dinner and program.
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Keota
The
Highway Commission
No. 77
No. 2
Oes
Richland
Fairfield
Washington
Sigourney
McDougal Construction Company
Sioux City
Keota W. R. C
Ed Carris Corps
Grand Army Relief Fund
William Nelson
J. M. Wilcox
Mike Weyers
I. L. Pulver
Miss Carter to Cleveland for maternity hospital work
Keota student Lila Carter eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Clem Carter prepares to leave for Cleveland Ohio to perform floor duty in a maternity hospital during the winter following her graduation from Washington County.
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Miss Carter
Cleveland
Keota, Get
Lila Carter
Clem C. Carter
Keota
Ohio
Washington County
Iowa City Nurse Attains Registered Status After Training
A hospital school of nursing graduate at University Hospital Iowa City has passed the state examination and is now a registered nurse. She plans to pursue a post graduate surgical nursing course next summer.
Keota Student Casts Lead in Stevens College Shrew
Bernice Gislain daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph Gislain of Keota has been cast as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew the opening play of Stevens College season in Columbia Missouri She is enrolled as a freshman and studies pipe organ voice and dramatics The performance is set for October 22.
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Keota
Bernice Gislain
Adolph Gislain
Haseen
Petruchio
Stevens College
Columbia Missouri
Miss Gislain
New Bedford Textile Strike Ends After 25 Weeks
New Bedford Massachusetts workers vote to accept a 5 percent wage cut in a compromise offer ending a 25 week strike. About 27 000 workers will return to work today across 55 mills run by 26 corporations after the walkout began April 16.
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New Bedford
Mass
U.P
Leviation Sailor Plans Europe Flight to Berlin Show
Ence D Chamberlin boards the Leviation sailing for Europe. He intends to fly from Lands End England to Berlin to attend the aircraft show opening next Friday.
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Ence D. Chamberlin
Leviation
Europe
Lands End
England
Berlin
Intoxication Drops While Traffic Violations Rise in Iowa City
The police quarterly report to the city council shows drunkenness arrests at eighty this year versus 101 last year while traffic law violators total 804, up 285 from the prior period. The third quarter saw two automobile deaths.
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Iowa City
Cour
Russian aviator reconsiders sighting Italia crew
Chukhnovsky says he believed he saw three men on an ice floe but now doubts the sighting. He initially identified Captains Adalberto Mariano and Filippo Zappi with Finn Malmgren, then backtracked after flying to the rescue area with the Krassin.
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Moscow
U.P
Chukhnovsky
Adalberto Mariano
Filippo Zappi
Italia
Zappi
Mariano
Krassin
Finn Malmgren
Notice to Bond Buyers for School Refunding Bonds
The Board of Directors of the Washington County Iowa School District offers for sale at 1 30 PM October 9 1928 at 221 W Main St Washington Iowa one hundred twenty thousand dollars 120 000 school refunding bonds. Purchaser supplies bonds and attorney's opinion. R W Thompson Secretary Board of Directors OCT 1 and 8.
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Ashington
Washington
Iowa
W. Main Street
R. W. Thompson
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