Local social highlights from Cotter and area visits
Local residents hosted and visited with relatives from Keota Fairfield and Fairfield and Newton. Notable gatherings included a church dinner at the Presbyterian church in Cotter and a casino hall bingo and board party in Richmond. A funeral in Fairfield drew relatives from Newton Morison Hib Keota and Ainsworth among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Antonoff
Paul Horak
Cotter
The
Presbyterian Church
Casino Hall
Richmond
A. A. Beanblossom
Boot
Newton
Maude Marshall
Morrison, Hib
William Looney
Laurence Lawson
Tweedy
Fairfield
Frank Klein
John Edward
Robert Montgomery
John Stewart
Keota
Cy Trotter
Dorothy
Ainsworth
President Harding Hit By Atlantic Storm Injures 74
The United States liner President Harding sent word that 74 passengers and crew members were injured in an Atlantic storm. One sailor is missing and feared lost overboard amid high winds and heavy seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
President Harding
No Husking Contest in Washington County This Year
Farm Bureau officials stated at the office this morning that there will be no corn husking contest in Washington county this year due to lack of interest among potential competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Washington County
Cotton Blossom Sinners to Perform at Trinity Lutheran Church
The Cotton Blossom Sinners from the Piney Woods school in Musclesippi will give a concert at Trinity Lutheran Church in Washington this evening at 7 30. The group has been appearing in the area recently and is said to provide a fine program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Woods
Musclesippi
West Chester
Trinity Lutheran Church
Washington
Burlington Abandons Iowa Line Branch
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Burlington railway to abandon 14.59 miles of its Birmingham to Batavia Iowa branch line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Burlington Railway
Birmingham
Batavia
Iowa
Senators Accept Changes in Neutrality Bill
Thirteen Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed in principle a modified neutrality formula. The plan would allow merchant ships to trade with belligerents in designated Pacific and South Atlantic zones but prohibit arms, ammunition, or war materiel in cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
South Atlantic
Pick Up Survivors After Yorkshire Rescue
The Independence Hall reported by radio that 225 survivors were rescued from the SS Yorkshire which was in the India to Liverpool trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibralter
Indepence Hall
Radio Today
Yorkshire
India
Liverpool
Mrs Will McBride Returns to Havre from Logan Home
Mrs Will McBride returns home to Havre from a stay at the Logan home in Washington. A community meeting is planned at the Havre schoolhouse on Mon Oct 23. Edith Widmer is visiting the Westen home, and visits continue for local residents including the Jugenheimers and Gard family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McBride
Havre
Logan
Lewis Hering
Will MeBride
Washington
Fred Eisle
Lee
John Hikuenstein
Crawfordsaville
Sam Wittmer
Willis
Kalona
Walter Westen
Joyce Elaine Widmer
Westen
Oscar Jugenheimer
Elmer Mason
8S. E. Sage
Marion Heeves
Oscar Gard
Community visitors and family gatherings noted in Sunday activities
Sunday gatherings across households include Mr. and Mrs. Howard McBride visiting Mrs. McBride's mother, Wilma Hauenstein staying with relatives, the Sam Wittmer family visiting Elmer Graber to meet a new girl, and numerous calls and dinners among local families in Winfield Ames and Hedrick area. Various neighbors visited ill Peau Widmer and shared Sunday meals and local errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Howard McBride
Wil McBride
Wilma Hauenstein
Fred Eisele
Lee
Sam Wittmer
Elmer Graber
Peau Widmer
Sam Witting
Ode Ferguson
Ray Renshaw
Winfield
Telford
Wilmer Lauderman
Martin Telford
Ainsworth
Eallers
Lauderman
Chester Spanglex
John Baer
Washington
Lunning
Harold Wilsons
Evert Westen
Gids
Martin Westens
Hedrick
Albert
Helen Johnson
Walter Westen
Albert Zieglowsky
Harry McConnell
Harold
Richard Lewis
Grover Walton
Bonnett Family to Leave Brighton and Local Notes
C as Bonnett family plans move to Burlington this week. Mrs Fred Wanerus and Mrs Harry Smith travel to Birmingham for illness of their mother Mrs Frank Stine. On Sunday Fred Wanerus, Mrs Ross Day and Larry, Mrs Grace Coffman and children visit Birmingham to see Mrs Stine. Mrs Ray Conrad of Cresco returns with her mother Mrs A H McCarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Chas, Bonnett
Burlington
Fred Wanerus
Harry Smith
Birmingham
Frank Stine
Ross Day
Larry
Grace Coffman
Patty
Winifred
Betty Smit
Stine
Ray Conrad
Cresco
A. H. McCarty
Trunk horror as salesman found beaten and stabbed in Queens
Harry Me Gill, a traveling salesman, was discovered dead in a trunk at the rear of a Long Island City home. Police questioned Frank Hume, son of the woman who lived there, amid investigation into the brutal attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry MeGill
Long Island City
N. Y
Frank Hume
Wie Houae
Local Social News From Osage and Nearby Towns
Sunday visits clustered around the Day and Bekel families with extended relatives from Wayland Keokuk and Fairfield. Mrs Bekel aged 86 native of Germany died at the Germanville Lutheran church area and was survived by husband two daughters and two sons. Earnie Zickefoose travels to Savannah Missouri for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Lester Willeys
B. V. Gartry
Victor Stacy
Wayland
Robt. Laughrige
Robby Joe
Keokuk
Joe Day Home
T. Clyde Coffin
Alfred McCracken
Edna Crile
Oskaloosa
Alvin Knerr
J. E Luckenbil
Lorne McNeese
Jake Koch
Harold Robb
Mt. Pleasant
Earnie Zickefoose
Savannah
Chineh Bug Increase Must Be Controlled
Des Moines reports the chineh bug population has expanded northward prompting State Entomologist Carl J. Drake to seek federal aid for next season. Midwestern entomologists plan a meeting in Omaha to coordinate control efforts for the coming year. He advises against burning cornstalks or fence rows this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carl J. Drake
Drake
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
Middlewest
Omaha
Neb
Cattle Judging Team Heads to National Show
Iowa's champion 4-H dairy cattle judging team from Clayton county leaves for San Francisco to compete in the National Dairy show contest. Members Georgiana Tieden Eugene Meyer Dean Skogman and Dave Tieden travel with coach Grover Hahn county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader Iowa
Clayton County
San Francisco
Cal
Georgiana Tieden
Eugene Meyer
Dean Skogman
Dave Tieden
Grover Hahn
Doran Sees No Action on Iowa City Bank
Senator L H Doran chair of the Iowa legislative interim committee says the group will likely not reopen the settlement of a receivership account for Johnson County Savings Bank in Iowa City. The panel began probing a claimed $12 000 compromise for $3 000 from 1935. The attorney general’s office filed suit in Johnson county district court seeking an accounting in the settlement of Ben Summer, former examiner in charge of the receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROONE
L. H. Doran
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City
Attorney General's Office
Johnson County District Court
D. W. Bates
Wate
Farmers Test Out Various Corn Pickers
About 3,000 onlookers watched a field demo at the Kenneth Picht farm where five farmers piloted tractor drawn pickers. The herd estimated yield was 103 bushels per acre and the test showed harvest rates around 1% of two acres per hour with picking and shelling demonstrated in one operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owa Falls
Kenneth Picht
Farmer Displays Alfalfa Field Yielding 90 Tons
Mount Ayr farmer Downie of Mount Ayr shows a stalk of alfalfa and explains to his daughter, son-in-law Ray Stewart of Peepeekee Hawaii, and granddaughter Jacque Beaman how the field was judged the best in Ringgold county. He applied limestone, manure and phosphate before seeding. the 14.6 acre field yielded 90 tons this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ayre
Downie
Mount Ayr
Ray Stewart
Peepeekee
Hawaii
Jacque Beaman
Ringgold County
Zeck and Wolfe Families Visit at Home in Dubuque
Salem correspondent notes Zeck and Wolfe family visits to the Lester Pronga home in Dubuque with extended kin from Iowa City and Chicago. The column also mentions a 4 H club banquet, a new Kreet Building storage shed, praise for Mrs. Ed Kallous, and a flower exchange between neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeck
Wolfe
Dubuque
Dewey Weeks
Salem
George Zeck
Annabelle
Lester Pronga
Charles Wolfe
Esther
Pronga
John Shalla
Joe Spevacek
Chicago
Shalla
Hilma Larson
Charles Rocbsam
Iowa City
Duane Shalla
Larry
Ed Kallous
Dewey
Mrs. Kallous
Elmer Graber Welcomes 8½ Pound Daughter in Stringtown
Mrs Elmer Graber became the parent of an 8½ lb daughter born Thursday October 12. The article lists many local visitors and family gatherings in Stringtown including Lori Widmer and Krabill families with multiple Sunday dinners and play day at Somers school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Elmer Graber
Zieglowsky
Havre
J. T. Wenger
Washington
Wilbur Schantz
Jake
P. W. Widmer
Somers
L. H. Rinmer
Kenneth
Gottis
John Widmer
Glen
Joe Widmer
Emma Rinner
Stella Rinner
Emma Hebel
Mt. Vieasant
Arnold Lindeen
Oscar Olson
Olds
Clark Bauer
West Cheser
Edd Rinner
Frank Bradford
Vernus Bradford
Jimmie
Tomlison
J. C
Noah Widmer
Norma
J. W. Widmer
Lester Krabill
Schlatter Car Hit From Rear on School Grounds
A rear collision on Crawfordsville school grounds Sunday evening involved Max Schlatter and Dean Myers of Wayland. Both vehicles damaged with minor injuries to none present. Schlatter’s bumper and spare tire torn, Myers’s radiator damaged and a light knocked off. Four passengers were in Schlatter car and six in Myers’s car. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Coons recently moved from Buffalo to Waterloo for a Rath Packing Co. job, and Mrs Coons formerly Lois Hanna. Mr and Mrs Thomas Haydes of Chillicothe IL visited relatives nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Get
Max Schlatte
Dean Myers
Wayland
Care
Mr. Schlatter
Town
Myers
Schlatter
Tas Schlatter
Chillicothe, IL
Lumber Company Sues Ottumwa Bank for 3700 Dollars
The Wormhoudt Lumber Co. sues Union Bank & Trust Co. for 2700 alleging forged checks presented by L. W. Stearns. Beginning Nov 14 1938 to March 192s a series of checks payable to Wormhoudt Co. and L. W. Stearns passed through Stearns via Caroline D. Christie. Stearns now absent, the lumber firm acted as surety for a Washington home project.
Instalment Purchases Make Up Small Share Of 1937 Spending
A recent study finds that a typical American family bought 1000 dollars in merchandise in 1937 with 25 dollars on the installment plan and 875 dollars paid in cash. The report highlights budgeting choices and consumer finance patterns of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paige
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Claude Woods
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Mcfarlane
Cora Kirtner
D. W. Crawford
Herbert
Dora Kerr
Kansas City
Myer
L. C. Crawford
Wilda
Lucille Busby
Iowa State College
Harve Busby
A. B. Schmoeller
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Ee Walgreen System Drug Store
West Side Square
S. A. Dickerson
Chautauqua Association
Thornton & Ate
Trinity Lutheran
Beau
Digby
John Geste
Foreign Legion
Zinderneuf
Gary Cooper
Beau Geste
Ray Milland
Robert Preston
Susan Wayward
J. Carrel Nais
O'Conner
C. Bonnett
California
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Iowa City Bank
Carter
Julie
Graham's
Rach
Grahatms Department Stores
Ildren
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ROE/ AIR Footwear
Ethan Brooks
George
Rez Swan
Edd Cummings
Clara Hebel
Grece
Harry Drake
Betty
Washington Speng
J. Rich
John White
Jerry Lee
Lee Walker
Jacob Roth
Franklin
Eudora
Roberta
Kreider
Donald Ringer
L. H. Rinner
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