Community Visits and Local Revelations in Rural Route Four
Rural Route Four notes a flurry of visits among Simmering Kephart Gardner Arnold and related families. News covers gatherings at multiple homes, weekend guests from Rock Island Lincoln and Stanton, a local airplane sighting and brief air tour, plus a Dakota business trip and crop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simmering
Charlie Kephart
Ed Simmering
Howard Beenblossom
Rock Island
Illinois
Ed Line
Near Ainsworth
Roy Kephart
Phillip Gehlbach
Hilma
Lincoln, Jr
Florence
Elwyn
Oscar Gardner
Susan Gardner
Carl Schnieder
Walter Gardner
Pleasant Hill Social Does Des Moines Fair and Visits
Pleasant Hill residents attend the Des Moines fair this week. Silas Caldwell stay at Harrison Alliman home in Scelota Illinois. Ed Chalupa and Laby visit relatives near Richmond. Baker family note a new son born August 29. A. B. Carr travels to Kansas City on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kephart
Sam Baker
A. B. Carr
Kansas City
Carl Schneider
Walter Gardner
Visitors and residents gather at Crawfordsville eventful week
Crawfordsville reports Mr and Mrs William Henderson of Winterset Iowa visiting at the White home. J F Barnett departed for Octead Iowa for conference. Miss Ida Blumenshein returned to Rhodes after visiting Jeanette Wooley. Waldo Wells and others returned from Des Moines where they attended the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
William Henderson
Winterset
White
J. F. Barnett
Octead
Ida Blumenshein
Rhodes
Jeanette Wooley
Waldo Wells
R. C. Wells
Charles
Scott Welch
W. G. Huston
Des Moines
Local Notables Return and Move About Kalona
Miss Adah Allen finishes summer music study in Chicago and will teach in Sterling Nebraska starting next week. Kalona residents S R Fosdick family travel to New York Long Island and Washington DC for visits. Mrs B F Allen visits Council Bluffs and Mrs Dr Marden. Several locals attend Liberty fair and state fairs in Des Moines. Others head to Dexter Iowa Riverside and New York for visits and relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona Kal Kalona
Adah Allen
Chicago
Sterling
Neb
S. R. Fosdick
Freddie
New York
Long Island
Washington, D. C
B. F. Allen
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Dr. Marden
Kalona
Is R. Fry
Zaba Fry
G. Shaver
Robert
Chas
Carpenter
Elmer Morgan
Harold
Yah
Bessie Adams
Lake Okobjoi
Claude Adams
Dexter
James Howard
California
Howard
Lydia Gingerich
Lin Southwick
Riverside
Tower
Amos Leisther
Velma
Des Moines
Ernest Felske
Clyde
Howard Benn
Little Son
Washington
Oregon
US Exports Motor Vehicles Top 1929 Levels Abroad
Records show the United States shipped automobiles and parts valued at 222 million dollars in fiscal year 1929, nearly nine times prewar levels. Passenger car exports totaled 114,519 units worth 125.38 million, with the United Kingdom and Canada as top importers among many nations. American motorcycles, tires, and engines also saw strong overseas demand.
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Wagton
United States
Department of Commerce
United Kingdom
Canada
Cuba
Brazil
British India
British South Africa
Australia
Argentina
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Denmark
China
Uruguay
Peru
Mexico
Philippine Islands
Chile
France
Japan
Tinley Warns Legion Posts Against Politics At Iowa Fair
At the Iowa State fair Col. Mat Tinley warns American Legion posts to stay out of petty party politics. He stresses service-member unity and patriotic duties while other exhibits and livestock draw crowds despite threatening weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Mat Tinley
Cornell Bluffs
Legion
Cedar Rapids
Col. Tinley
Towa
Dan Nerquist
Springfield
Cox and Wilson debated corruption fund remarks
The piece suggests Mr. Cox should have met President Wilson before criticizing a republican corruption fund. It speculates that Woodrow Wilson might have advised him to stay within the league and respond with a wink if questioned about the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Wilson
Republican ‘Corruption Fund
Woodrow
Marshalltown Times
Republican
Sunday School Visit Ends With Lost Pennies
Mary describes her first Sunday school class in which she was taken to the church basement and had her pennies taken away, prompting her simple report to her mother about the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Ruling on Widows Pensions Issued by Judge Boies
Waterloo report notes a court order clarifies pensions for widows under a 1917 amendment changing eligibility from mothers of children under 14 to under 16. The ruling states prior grants occurred under an older statute and references Chapter 150 of the assembly’s laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
H. B. Boies
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Illumination of Irritation in Youths Companion Style
A cryptic poem from Youth's Companion uses alliterative phrasing to describe Ida and Irving in a satirical vignette. The piece portrays Ida as intrusive and irate while hinting at impulsive finances and injudicious schemes affecting Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Irving
Coal bins in Iowa towns report empty shortages spread
Des Moines reports nearly all small towns lack coal with 800 to 1,000 questionnaire replies showing no coal on hand in most towns. Sioux City and Davenport note coal in yards and limited shipments, while eastern cities rely on other fuels. Prices rise to 11.25 for soft coal and 20.25 for hard coal as car deliveries lag. Mrs Mundt and two children visit Centerville relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Transportation Committee
Sioux City
Iowa
Virginia
Davenport
Funeral of James Wilson Draws Large Attendees in Traer
The I P church hosted James Wilsons funeral on Saturday with five sons and a nephew as pallbearers. The service drew many local and distant friends including W Wilson and wife of Grundy Center, Flora Wilson of Washington DC, S P Smith and daughter Mrs Carpenter of Waterloo, and J W Wilson of the South Dakota agricultural college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
James Wilson
I. P
W. Wilson
Grundy Center
Flora Wilson
Washington, D. C
S. P. Smith
Carpenter
Waterloo
J. W. Wilson
South Dakota Agricultural Col
Local Names Mentioned in Court Documents
Des Moines figure Henry Wallace, Belle Plaine’s J. D. Blue, and Chicago’s John Averill and W. W. Wilson are listed in the readable court document fragment. The snippet notes their involvement without further context or outcome details.
Sal Tonik for All Farm Animals
Sal Tonik is a medicated condiment block system for farm animals. The product claims to self-treat by licking, providing salt minerals and worm control to prevent disease and keep stock healthy for profit. Curranter Veterinary Co. Sioux City Iowa markets the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paysi. Curranter Veterinary CO
Sioux City
Iowa
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Colorado
Pearl
Blanche Arnold
Stanton
J. N. Arnold
Wm. Arnold
Richmond
Dakotas
Pleasant Hill
Tinley
Board of Control
State College
Judge Boies
Centennial School
Lemley, Root and Littlefield
Paul Mundt
Centerville
Goodyear
Tucker & Eicher
North Marion Ave
Washington, IA
Ford
Chevrolet
Dart
Maxwell
Goodyear Tires
Ferdinand King
Sal-Tonik
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
W. F. Williver
Ilaskins, Iowa
Wellston
Wellston, Iowa
J. D. Bruns
Richland, Iowa
Titus Co-Operative Store
Titus, Iowa
L. B. Henry, Rubio, Lowa
Ainsworth, Iowa
E. W. Rose Co
Ceveland
Property Owners Federation, Inc
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