Homecoming Visit and Local Notices
Crawfordsville notes show Merles Twinam and Velma Twinam attending the Home Coming game in Iowa City. Local visitors include Leland Maxwell on vacation from Soldier, Miss Prudence Johns from Yarmouth, and Mrs. Margaret Hull with daughter returning from Tilings. Missionary society of United Presbyterian held annual Thank Offering service led by Mary Manners and Grace Hesseltine with Grace delivering an inspiring talk on Mountaineers work in Kentucky. Mrs. Porter reported on missionary children in Mountaineers and medical work. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Twinam and kids visiting relatives have traveled to Hills to see Dessie Green. Ethel Edgar, Cedar Falls student, weekend visit home. C. M. Strain and Oma Strain visiting Iowa City. Mrs. Lee Lease visited M. D. Work in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Merles Twinam
Velma Twinam
Iowa City
Leland Maxwell
Soldier, la
Prudence Johns
Yarmouth
The
Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Mary Manners
Grace Hesseltine
Frenchburg
Kentucky
Grace
Porter
Sunday School Class Receives $115 Donation
The men’s class of the Presbyterian Sunday school in Columbus Junction received a gift of $115. The donation supports local church programs and youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Presbyterian Sunday School
Feminine Bluebeard Escapes Indiana Prison
Clara Carl, called the feminine Bluebeard, fled from Indiana women's prison after plotting a long deception. The once charming killer allegedly poisoned two husbands and a father in law to gain small fortunes. Exhumations confirmed arsenic linked to the men’s deaths and a 1922 second degree murder conviction followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Carl
Womanless Weddine night interferes with attendance and local events
A busy schedule in the Concord neighborhood includes a one o'clock luncheon hosted by Mrs H Turkington for sixteen friends. The article lists church services, school games at Wee Liberty, homecomings in Conesville, and plans for the Older Boys and Girls conference in Grandview with elected officers. It notes a robbery at Briehoon Lumber Company and a patient undergoing an appendectomy at Washington hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee Liberty
Duncan
Iowa City
Junction School
Conesville
Martha Smylie
Parsons College
Evangelical Church
Grandview
Vernon Weiderecht
Wapello
Robert Wilson
Morning Sun
Katherine Arithood
Clyde Arthood
Aildred Thompson
Lila Kemp
Francis Buster
Herrice Krahl
Katherine Arthood
Warren Martin
Social notes from Brighton Prihton area visits
Clarence Shaffer and wife from Cedar Rapids visited relatives in town this week. Florence Kasowsky arrives from Denver to visit her parents and sister in Detroit and Chicago area. Mrs. Fred Vanefus returns from Vinton with her aunt Mrs. Vernon Coffman and family. Mrs. Ellen Prizer goes to Ontario California to stay a year with Moyle Prizer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bristow visit Marshalltown with daughter Mrs. Newton Bennett. Mrs. Lillian Davisson travels to Birmingham for her grandmother's death. Several people listed among community illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence, Kasowsky
Denver
Adam Kasowsky
Teresa
Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Fred Vanefus
Vinton
Aften
Vernon Coffman
Coffman
Ellen Prizer
Ontario
California
Moyle
Frank Bristow
Newton Bennett
Marshalltown
Lillian Davisson
Birmingham
Henry Lechner
Roman Borkoski
Frank Swisher
Poverty party hosted by Crawfordsville farm bureau ladies
The farm bureau ladies west of Crawfordsville plan a poverty party this evening at the A Hanus residence, inviting families to bring sandwiches and pumpkin pie. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Shrader attended the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shrader of Washington. Frank Tassor and son Jene with Mrs. John Jones shopped in Washington Thursday afternoon. Mary Jones was added to the sick list Thursday morning. Mrs. Loren Horton visited Friday at the Shrader home. Hayden Williams spent the weekend with his parents and his mother, Mrs. John Jones, drove him back to Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
First Congressional District
Mt. Pleasant
Ray Hoyt
Sigourney
Gilbert
Hoyt
Charlie Schafer
Blanchard
Wie
Dale
Katheryn Frazey
Navel Robison
Pearl Knerr
Leona Davison
Zora Bristow
Mises Beggs
Darby Loveland
Bishop
Carter
Mire Christiansen
Frazey
Tuegsday
Eri. H. Farie
Brighton
Tate
Pfizer
Hinson
Mr. Clark
J.C Penney
Crawfordsviilf
Crawfordsville
A Hanusares
Jake Shrader
James A. Shrader
Washington
Frank Tassor
Jene
John Jones
Mary Jones
Loren Horton
Hayden Williams
Verdi Area Notes Rain Delays and Local Events
Joe Wright reports a lead trot corn at Verdi last week. Miss Larue McGill suffered a painful hand injury in a car door. Leland McGill faces hospital surgery. Mrs. Willard Stone recovers at home after an operation. Andrew Waggoner and daughter Viola shopped in Washington Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Buntenbach and others visited relatives and shared dinner near Verdi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Route 2
Joe Wright
Verdi
Larue McGill
Leland McGill
Willard Stone
Andrew Waggoner
Viola
Washington
William Buntenbach
West of Washington
Lawrence Smith
Clyde Tucker
Dance at Jim Tucker's East of Brighton Draws Attendees
Washington visitors joined residents for a Saturday night dance at Jim Tucker's east of Brighton with Mrs Myrtle Buntenbach and a companion reporting a fine time. Clif ford Shoemaker called on Mrs F R Borger and family near Havre while talking about apples and other fall produce. Vernon Tucker plans to start work for Mr Nelson Thompson at the town end on Monday October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jim Tucker
Brighton
Myrtle Buntenbach
Wee
Clifford Shoemaker
F. RR. Borger
Vernon Tucker
Nelson Thompson
Three Year Probation Marriage Authorized in Soviet Russia
Berlin reports the Soviet government authorizes three year probation marriages. Afterward couples may renew their bond if satisfactory, or separate without formalities. A registered probation ends with blue pencil cancellation if the union fails. Age limits note men at 18 and women at 16, with name options for spouses and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bernier Lokal Anzeige
Russia
Anzeiger
Italian banker Cas Tiglioni brings vast art collection to Amsterdam
The collection of Signor Camillo Castiglioni valued in the millions will tour Amsterdam from November 17 to 26. It features Correggio The Marriage of Saint Catharine, Tintoretto Portrait of a Venetian Notte, Rubens The Fall of Phaeton, and works by Van Dyck Titian and Franz Hals. Castiglioni, an Italian banker long based in Vienna, hosts the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Sienor Camillo Castiglioni
Correggio
St. Catharine
Tintoretto
Notte
Rubens
Phaeton
van Dyck
Titian
Franz Hals
Signor Castiglioni
Vienna
Clark urges adequate credit for farmers at Sandyville fair
Howard J. Clark, potential U S Senate candidate, urged in Sandyville la that farmers need credit backed by their products to hold harvests until market prices improve. He argued banks have ample money and that Federal Reserve support should be refined to provide orderly credit for agriculture and prevent forced sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandyville
Howard J. Clark
United States
Federal Reserve System
London Airdrome scheme aims at world’s finest terminal
Croydon September 26 A scheme to make the London terminal airdrome the finest commercial station in the world has begun. The project costs nearly a quarter of a million pounds and involves removing trees hedges and diverting a road to gain land. When complete the airexpresses will have two to three miles of clear takeoff space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon
London Terminal
Iowa Vigilantes Drill At Fort Des Moines For Bandit Firing Practice
Iowa Vigilantes from many counties gathered at Fort Des Moines to practice revolver shooting to improve aim against bandits. The exercise is organized by the state bankers association. Rifle practice is planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
State Bankers’ Association
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Margaret Hull
W. G. Robertson
Tllingis
Mr. Hull
Paul Mitchell
C. M. Strain
Miss Oma
Lee Lease
Mrs. M.D
Bluebeard
New Straitsville, C
Robert Gibson
Robert
Clara
Cleveland
Gibson
Huntsville
Frank Carl
Seneca
Kas
New Philadelphia
Alonzo Carl
Rhodies
Clara Carl
Sam Hehmer
St Paul
Frank Shaum
Mallie Heindel
Methodist
J. D. O'Dell
Ladies Aid Society
Spring Run
Bandie McCarty
Washington Hospital
Prighton
Clarence Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Wrigley’s
Wrigleys
Castiglion
America
London
Journal
Chamberlain
Ryou
Ncapeien
Stri Lope
Peter N. Jacobsen Cigar Company
Davenport
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