Ainsworth and Surrounding Notes Highlight Local Life
Local teachers from Batavia visit Spessard home while Mrs. Chambers returns from Columbus Junction. Community events include a Halloween social planned by Masonic and Eastern Star, a basket weaving lesson, church services and a county Red Cross dinner. Mentions cover school absences due to illness, weddings in Florida, new teachers, and progress on a modern eight sided corn crib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Wanda
Sgard
Verda Pumphrey
Batavia
Spessard
Laura Chambers
G. C. Wagner
Columbus Junction
Norbert Norris
E. R. Richards
Kensington Club
Welliver
Masonic
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Minnie Jackson
Washington County Hospital
Martha Sands
Helen Acheson
Parsons College
Fairfield
J. J. Fitzgerald
Toledo
Iowa City
Miss Forsythe
Albia
Miss Brown
Ladies Aid
M. BE. Ladies Aid
T. J. Easter
Beulah Hogg
W.s.coward
iWinter Haven
Florida
Washington
Vinz
Krenmyre
Carroll Bradshaw
Joan
W. N. Enyart
Agency
John Olinger
Friendship Church School
Emmet Frame
Ella Crawford
Ralph Kelsey
Home Earers
Lee Sands
County Red Cross
Methodist Church
Supt
E. H. House
United Presbyterian Church
Earth
L. M. Mahon
W. W. Moore
Cedar Rapids
L. R. Trezona
Robert Stephens
Monmouth
D. D. Stephens
Ted Herr
Riverside Notes on Local Visits and Family Updates
Riverside column recaps dinners at the Lave home with multiple local families, Homecoming visits in Iowa City, a broken arm for Kathleen Hotka but gradual recovery, and new car purchase by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Heck. Also mentions guests from Iowa City and social gatherings with the South Side Country club host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
R. 1
Stanley Heck
Wilbur Chaulupa
Charles
Melvin Havel Darlene
Will Wooldrab
Harry Malichky
Lillian Wooldrab
Howard Fishe
Charles Lave
Berty Cray
Iowa City
Emily Lorack
Joe Hotka
Arthur Lorack
John Horak
Kathleen Hotka
Far Craig
Towa City
Wesley Prehoda
South Side Country Club
Nna Fauchek
Chas. Lorack
Fall social and community notes from the Talleyrand region
Local residents attend hospital visits and family news. Bernard Becker improves in hospital as Genevieve Kiefer visits with Petie Tinnes fall plowing for Ross Sheets. Theresa Buch becomes Talleyrand store clerk and a box social is planned at the Talleyrand school house on October 29 led by Miss Gertrude Rettler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petie Tinnes
Ross Sheets
Genevieve Kiefer
Bernard Becker
Robert Sheetz
Richomd
Theresa Buch
Talleyrand
Gertrude Rettler
Talleyrand School
Peter Tinnes
Leo Vogel
John W. Greiver
Leroy Abraham
Bobby
Des Moines
WHI McKies
Walter Sheets
Carolina
Marshaltown
Ralph Sheets
Bill Keefer
Bill Vogel
Lawrence Walton
Ellis
Earl
Clifford
Ruth
Colin
Lillian Kiefer
Mike Tinnes
West Chester Journal notes and local happenings in county
West Chester correspondent reports on church events including a chicken pie supper and bazaar on November 5, visits from residents in nearby towns, a farm sale involving George Bartholomew, local injuries, guests from Washington and Omaha, and community observations such as cribbing corn and a new farm invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Harper
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Keota
R. C. Wells
Keith
George Bartholomew
Dodds
James Embree
Charles Barthlow
F. C. Schachner
Tom Deal
Central Park
Howard Augustine
Chicago
Hudson Nine Months Earnings at Hudson Motor Car
Hudson Motor Car reports nine month earnings of 13 443 165 dollars or 8 42 a share for 1929. The period shows an increase over 1928 nine month results of 1 105 218 dollars or 69 cents a share. Third quarter earnings were 2 821 853 dollars or 1 77 a share, slightly below 1928 Q3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Motor Car Company
Cold weather costly to motorists warn officials
The American Automobile Association warns that freezing temperatures across the United States will cause millions in damage from cracked engines and burst lines. Proper cooling system service, cleaning with standard compounds, and tightening all parts can cut winter repair bills. the U.S. Bureau of Standards adds that anti freeze must prevent ice crystals and meet other quality tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automot| Association
United States
Pacific Coast
United States Bureau O Standards
Chevrolet Opens Apprentice Shop in Flint For Young Workers
Chevrolet Motor Company launches the Chevrolet Apprentice Shop in Flint Michigan to train 50 youths aged 16 to 19 in a factory oriented program. A nontraditional education uses overalls drafting boards and hand tools while paying salaries from day one, led by C F Barth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Michigan
Chevrolet Motor Company
C. F. Barth
Barth
Chevrolet
General Motors
Crawford Local Notes Mix Visits and Community Events
Marie G Johnson reports a string of social calls across Crawford with neighbors stopping by Lyman Johnson Mt Pleasant and Wayland. The Farmers Union met at Crawford school for an oyster stew with music readings and a start talk by O F Lundquist. A joint Hallowe en program is planned at Prospect school house Tuesday evening October 2 with Miss Wittmer Iris Miller and Ethel Carper as teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Farmer’s Union
Crawford School House
Charles Ingham
Ed Roth
Effie Wittmer
S. P. Goldsmith
O. F Lundquist
Miss Wittmer
Iris Miller
Crawford Shevel
Ethel Carper
Prospect Echoo
Ora Schlatter
Flint Youths Pick First Applicants for New Facility
The article notes a new program choosing initial candidates from Flint youths for a project described as 60 by 160 feet in size. It states that all first applicants will live at their own homes, indicating a home-based plan for the early phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Eight cylinder cars rise in Paris salon shows
The Paris international automobile salon highlights a surge in eight cylinder cars with 44 makes displayed this year, up from 27 last year and 10 in 1926. American eights total 18, more than doubling, while European makers show 26. Studebaker features the Dictator and Commander alongside the President eight, boosting its standing as a leading eight cylinder producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Studebaker Corporation
Eigh
Con Siental
Studebaker
Eight
Eastern Motorist Drives 1200 Miles in One Sitting
Lowell golfer Marshall W. Forrest drove 1200 miles nonstop from Lawrence Kansas to Lancaster Pennsylvania on a coast to coast round trip totaling 11 675 miles. The 1927 Pontiac six roadster carried him and Harry Buz with brief gasoline breaks as he completed the leg in 40 hours and reached Lancaster after starting at 8 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall W. Forrest
Lowell
Mass
Lawrence Kansas
Lancaster
Forrest
Kansas Town
Los Angeles
New York
Harry 8. Buz
Long Pontiac Tour Through North America Impresses Engineer
Forrest recounts a 400 pound camping load on a Pontiac six that traveled through 22 states and 4 Canadian provinces. The 250 mile wooded Grand Trunk railroad bed section between Jasper Park and Edmonton tested the car. Fuel use averaged 17.4 mpg and no service was needed during or after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Forrest
Grand
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J. D. Dayton
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Muscatine
Burlington
Colenso
Cedar
Joe Schlatter
Max Wayne
Betty Jean
Erie Wittmer
John Abrahamson
Olds
Lyman Johnson
Edgar Paynes
Hugh Connard
Joe Wittmer
Wayland
Richard Larsen
Hilbert Larsen
W'll Richards
Mt. Pleasant
Robert
Oakland
America
Pontiac
Oakland-Woating
Keifer’s
Washington, Iowa
Durst & Long
Wellman, Chas, Stuart, Wayland
Pol
The
Phaeton
Zee
Peliy Caer
Eline, Micn
Tucker & Eicher
J. A. Marsh
Pearson & Banks
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