Local Correspondents Report Family Visits and Community Events
Grace Hill October reports show Paul Harvey family visiting Burlington and West Liberty, while Muscatine guests visit Wee Engel home. The area hosts showers, birthday clubs, and travel to Rubio for a household sale. A new grandson arrives near West Chester and a daughter born to Wellston residents.
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Grace Hill
Paul Harvey
Burlington
Maud Smith
Edith Swain
Luke
Muscatine
Wee Engel
M RR
Porter
Iowa City
West Liberty
W. B. Jayne
Tiloah Farrier
Ralph Frazey
Wellston
A. Strohim
Julian
Monument
Kanea
Miss Alyce
Chicago
James McNees
Lloyd Haycoe
Rubio
Vivian Lemiey
Local News Roundup From Titus and Surrounding Areas
Titus residents share weekend visits with neighbors and relatives. Families attend gatherings at the Schatter and Sheets homes near Wayland and Delta. Cattle shipped from Washington via Farmers Union. Clara Hays improves in Oxkaloona hospital and is expected home soon. Farmers begin husking corn as Elmer Horning tiling. John Griffith leases his farm to Mr. Miller Grace Hill area. Alvie Nebergall returns to farm life. Neighboring calls and chores noted through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titus
Lester Reenblossom
James
Vivian Lemley
J. D. Schatter
Wayland
James Combs
Walter Sheets
Claude Davis
Washington
Farmers’ Union
Eleanor
Bill Augustine
Glen Anderson
Clara Hays
Oxkaloona
Elmer Horning
Andy
Martin
Lou Augustine
S. D
H. T. Carrie
Owka
Michael Augustine
Delta
John Griffith
Miller
Grace Hill
Alvie Nebergall
Loutine
Eaarmeeinene Ealien
Brighton News Briefs Highlight Funeral and Local Shoots
Funeral attendees for Miss Klass in Brighton include Cal Cooper and Dr and Mrs Mann among others. Little Humphrey, burned in Nebraska, buried locally. he grew up in Pleasant Hill. Will Hyde sells Brighton grocery to T L Barnes and L S Barnes, planning expansion and stock sale. Lucile Mann, daughter of Chris Mann, is struck but not seriously hurt by a car driven by Esther Savage. Hugh Henry opens a Watkins store. lyceum second program tonight by Helen Waggoner at the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Little Humphrey
Lincoln
Nebr
Mr. Humrey
Pleasant N
Iowa
Will Hyde
T. L. Barnes
Letts
Little Mann
Miss Savage
Hugh Henry
Watkins
Terry
Lyceum
Helen Waggoner
New Haven Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
New Haven reports show Ernest Strum and family visiting the Curtis home on Sunday. Mrs. Frank Smith assists her daughter Mrs. Walter Sheets this week. Roy Wells and Curt Snyder with Marion Smith visited the Statler home. Chas McKinstry’s father Mr. Plowman visiting. J Statler and John McKinstry shipped cattle Sunday.
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New Haven
Ernest Strum
Curtis
Frank Smith
Walter Sheets
Roy Wells
West Chester
Curtis Snyder
Marion Smith
Merle Statler
Chas. McKinstry
Mr. Plowman
J. Statler
John McKinstry
Arvid Swanson
Young guests enjoy at home Saturday party
A lively evening at a local home featured party games and refreshments of fruit salad and cake. Mr and Mrs Marion Smith and Mr and Mrs Bert Smith with their son spent Thursday in Ottumwa.
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Marion Smith
Bert Smit and
Ottumwa
Ainsworth News Briefs Highlight Travel and Local Events
Mre Sarah Marr and Miss Mary Athearn traveled to Long Beach California after an earlier missed connection. train staff held the train for them. Rev. Niddinite returned from Lonian Center after evangelistic meetings. Rev Frank Gordon's lecture drew a large crowd. Local visitors include Dr and Mrs Lindsey and son from Melcher and Mrs Levin of Allerton. Miss Haines, county nurse, is in town for school child examinations. The Queen Eathers were entertained at Miss Alice Peters' home. The boys basketball team plays West Chester at Crawfordsville Friday, officiated by a disinterested referee.
Women to Learn Voting Here at Saturday Meeting
Crawfordsville hosts a community meeting for ladies this Saturday at 2:20 PM in the schoolhouse. County recorder Mrs. Belle Rice will explain the voting process. Also noted are visits from local residents, church mission activities, a boys high school basketball game, and a Halloween party for eighth graders with jack o lanterns and games.
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Crawfordsville
Belle Rice
Frank
Harley Cherryholmes
Washington
John Anwy
Hazel
Ladies Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Leslie Maxwell
John Lease
Liste Maxwell
Frank Maxwell
Alfred Nash
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Pearl McNeill
Ainsworth and
West Chester
Ainsworth
My Honolulu Girl to Open at Graham Theatre Thursday
The stage attraction My Honolulu Girl comes to Graham Theatre on Thursday Oct 28 featuring a company of thirty five artists. Scenic vistas include the Royal Hotel Honolulu painted by Charlies Gordon Ford and a beach scene of Hilo with a Volcano by Chatsworth Taylor. The show weaves a light plot with striking song numbers performed by a beautiful chorus.
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Honolulu
Graham Theatre
Rembrandt
Cormot
Storage Batteries and Their Hidden Quality
Mr Mannhardt of Prest-O-Lite Service Station warns that appearance misleads in storage batteries. He notes exterior labels hide performance, which hinges on plate quality and separator porosity set in the factory. Ask for the battery’s record as a dependable starter, steady light, and long lasting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harum
Mannhardt
Prest-O-Lite
Old Lady 31 on Screen At Fox Theatre With Emma Dunn
Rachel Crothers comedy Old Lady 31 features Emma Dunn as Angie Rose in Metro’s film adaptation. Fox Theatre runs the picture for two days next Tuesday, promising widespread appeal to all audiences.
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Rachel Crother
Fox Theatre
Rachel Crothers
Emma Dunn
Lee Kugel
New York
Metropolis
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Metro
Drares
Angie” Rose
Angie
Miss Dunn
Pig in the Bed Tale From Northumberland
A London Express note via Use the Want Ads explains a traveler’s tale that in Northumberland people once slept with a pig in the bed for warmth. The piece uses antiquated terms about auctions and rural speech to illustrate regional meanings.
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Northumberland
London Express
Democratic ticket ad names multiple candidates in 1920s style
A multipart political advertisement lists the Democratic ticket and local offices with candidates from Ohio to Iowa. It details President James M. Cox, Vice President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and numerous state and county races including governor and state supreme court judges, plus district and hospital board seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
United States
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
Appanoose County
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Polk County
Charles E. Cameron
Alta
Buena Vista County
Ruth V. Sumner
Adel
Dallas County
John R. Rude
Marshalltown
Marshall County
J. F B. Craven
Kellogg
Jasper County
C. F. Walters
Toledo
Tama County
Supreme Court
George Bt. Lynch
Adair
Adair County
John W. Anderson
Onawa
Monona County
Hubert Utterback
Seneca Cornell
Ottumwa
Wapello County
Congress
E. W. McManus
Keokuk
Lee County
W. M. Sutherland
Washington
N. E
Franklin Township
M. C. DeLong
R. H. McCarty
Vera Knupp Shoemaker
Board of Supervisors
Ed Kos
Jackson Township
Cedar Falls Sets Oct 30 Homecoming at Teachers College
Cedar Falls plans the first homecoming for graduates former students and friends at the Iowa State Teachers College on Oct 30. The Tutor Parsons college football game will headline a day of events including a noon banquet band concerts parades speeches and multiple activities expected to attract hundreds from across the state and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Tutor-Parsons
Teachers College
Bigamist Begins a Five Year Term
William Standlee alias Claude Edwards pled guilty to bigamy in District court in Mt. Pleasant. Judge Hale sentenced him to five years at Fort Madison. He has a wife and child in Mena Arkansas and married Eliza Glore while visiting Mt. Pleasant. He began serving the sentence at Fort Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Pleasant
William Standlee
Claude Edwards
Eliza Glore
Hale
Fort Madison
Mena Ark
Standlee
Mies Glore
Parson Blank Attends Prayer Meeting First Time
A brief humorous note from the Boston Transcript via Want Ads describes Parson Blank taking his lithle gon to a prayer meeting. During the service a deacon’s loud Amen draws Willie’s remark, and he comforts his father by saying, You pray just as long as you want to.
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Parson
Blank
Willie
Papa
Doston Transcript
When to a won old a famous tragedienna wrote
The Boston Transcript quotes a famed tragedienna on timing. It notes that the concerted never and the unm happy too soon, while the wise act at the right moment. The saying reflects a view on patience and prudent action.
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Boston Transcript
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