Death of Harry Brown Is Reported In Keota
Keota reports the death of Harry Brown son of Mr and Mrs Joen Brown after a long illness. He left a daughter Stella aged eleven and funeral services were held under Rev R C Lemon. The same issue notes Coffman family reunion near Keota with about eighty descendants, a Keota school carnival planned for October 22 and a football win for Keota over Kalona 18 to 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Keota
Keota
Harry Brown
Joen Brown
Harry
Stella
Iowa City
Bert
R. C. Lemon
Coffman
Don Davis
Washington County
Iowa
David
Barbara Coffman
Virginia
B. F. Coffman
Lizzie Borden
Barbara
Leland Florey
Wayne Niswander
Black
Mike Streit
Kalona
W. C. Moser
Crawfordsville social notes from Oct 10 includes visits and travel
Miss Mabel Crooks spent the weekend at home from Monmouth College. Mr. and Mrs. R R McKee left for several weeks in Excelsior Springs Missouri. BP Davidson Mrs Sprague and Mrs Moor head visited in Iowa City Saturday. Mrs Margaret Manners of Ocean Park California left Saturday for Denver to visit her son Ralph Manners.
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Crawfordsville
Mabel Crooks
Monmouth College
R. R. McKee
Excelsior Springs
BP. J. Davidson
C. A. Sprague
Clarence Moorhead
Iowa City
Margaret Manners
Ocean Park
California
Denver
Colorado
Ralph Manners
Ainsworth Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Sylvia Moffsinger, formerly at Ainsworth High, now teaching in Muscatine, visited the J. A. Marsh home. Mr. A B Moore improves after neck tumor surgery at the county hospital. Miss Margaret Haven spent the weekend in Columbus Junction. The Warren Woodside family and two sisters toured Burlington and Crappo park to mark fifty years since the Woodside children left home. Mrs Rowena Simmons and son Max visited Dr Spessard's home on route to Trenton Mo after Chicago relatives visit.
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Ainsworth Ainsworth
Sylvia Moffsinger
Muscatine
J. A. Marsh
A. B. Moore
Margaret Haven
Columbus Junction
Warren Woodside
Clara Orris
Alice Orris
Burlington
Crappo Park
Woodside
Rowena Simmons
Max
Dr. Spessard
Trenton
Chicago
Legion Convention Expected for 150000 Attendees
Kansas City October 10 present indications show attendance will exceed 150000 with 3000 visitors per state and 1000 to 5000 from large cities. A Yankee division banquet and 500 plated meals are planned while Kansas City members wear arm bands to aid visitors during the event.
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Kansas City
Legion
Yankee Club
Americans Urged to Aid Europe Economy and Peace
A Chamber of Commerce committee report from Washington urges active U S participation in Europe’s economic stabilization and rehabilitation. It calls for a solid allied front on reparations, an international business commission to assist reparations, and for the U S to keep troops on the Rhine until peace is secured. The group notes world trade is at less than half prewar levels and consumer demand is far below normal.
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Washington
Europe
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Chicaxoans
Joseph H. Defrees
Chamber
H. Strawr
Montgomery Ward and Company
Robert P. Lamont
American Steel Foundries Company
Iiteiness
Germany
Rhine
Laziness Theme Echoed by Uncle Eben Advice
An early 20th century voice mocks idleness with a proverb about excuses. Uncle Eben asserts that the lazier a person is, the more they must search for justification to avoid work. The line reads as a sermon against slothfulness.
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Eben
German reparations crisis threats to peace loom
The text argues that peace remains unsettled three years after the armistice as Germany must meet reparations payments. It warns that opposition victory could trigger a crisis endangering peace and calls for a strong central government to prevent Germany from evading obligations and to protect neighboring nations.
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Germany
France
Bonds Fund Public Works Spur Unemployment Relief Across Iowa
Polk County sold 310000 in funding bonds at 5 percent to finance general and bridge projects. Council Bluffs issued 200000 in twenty year waterworks bonds at 5.5 percent with a 1900 premium, while Davenport moved forward on a 475000 bond program to support city improvements and relief efforts.
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Des Moines
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Polk County
Chicago
Kansas City
State Savings Bank
Difficulty in Writing About Women Reveals Selection
A witty exchange shows a fashionable philosopher acknowledging the challenge of writing about women. The woman pursues mischief while the philosopher notes the difficulty lies in selection rather than judgment.
Public Opinion Shapes Bankers Convention Themes
At the American Bankers Association forty seventh annual gathering in Los Angeles public opinion dominates the program. Speakers like William Sproule of Southern Pacific and Dr Henry Suzzalo of the University of Washington discussed restoring railroads and economic intelligence through public opinion. The economic policy commission led by Paul M Warburg reported signs of recovery and urged restraint on legislative cures, cautioning against broad federal reserve changes and favoring a gradual railroad debt refunding over time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Money Men of
America
American Bankers’ Association
William Sproule
Southern Pacific Company
Henry C. Suzzalo
University of Washington
Association Convention
Economic Policy Commission
Paul M. Warburg
New York
Harding
Commission
Notice of Will Hearing for J A McCoy Deceased
Iowa Washington County district court 1921 notice fixed for hearing proof of last will and testament of J A McCoy deceased. Will filed opened read October 20 1921 with hearing date set and Glasgow district court clerk date September 26 1921.
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Washington County
District Court
J. A. McCoy
J. D. Glasgow
The Water Spider’s Hidden Subaquatic Nest
A water spider builds a silk nest among pond weeds and fills it with air to live and hatch eggs. Each autumn it seals itself inside another nest and hibernates until spring.
Eleven Iowa counties advertise bids for road work
Eleven counties in Iowa report highway improvement programs inviting bids. Plymouth plans grading and drainage on 13.21 miles with 174 281 cubic yards excavated and 30 culverts plus two 1 beam bridges. Other counties seek graveling, fencing, and bridge work on various primary roads.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Plymouth County
Woodbury
Hinton
LeMara
Siouwk
Hremer County
Waverly
Horton
Monroe County
Garner
Britt
Hanécock
Green County
Buchanan County
Jesup
Winthrop
Dubuque
Cascade
Dubuque County
Hamilton County
Webster City
Jewell
Osceola County
Dallas Center
Dallas County
Ida County
Working Like Beavers in Summer Exchange Say
The Baltimore Sun notes an exchange describing Treavers who do not work for three months each summer and compares this to the effort of college professors who work like beavers.
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Baltimore Sun
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Ical
Mary Manners
Milton
Margaret
Marian Davidson
B. G. Davis
Rose
Lanone
R. C. McCleary
F. W. Fletcher
M. Strain
John Wooley
Columbia
Missouri
Wooley
Verle Maxwell
County Hospital
B. W. Harrison
Dorothy
Morris
Miriam
Winfield
A. W. Yard
Ward Ray Elis
Armory
Siunt
J. A. Harwood & Son “the Shoers
South Side Square
Bankers National
Trust Company
National Bank Division
State Bank Division
R. Crissinger
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve System
Wilson-Karel Lumber Co
Washington, Iowa
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