Filling Station Opens In Brighton With Modern Features
The Collina Oil Co. completed a new stucco filling station on Main Street Brighton and will open Saturday with Robert Griffith in charge. The station offers a ladies room free air and water, plus up to date pumping equipment. Local daily life notes include school opening September 1 and various residents visiting Des Moines and Iowa City for events, teaching posts, and medical visits.
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Brighton
Iowa
Misa Mary Wikoff
Burlington
Howard Johnson
Collina Oil Co
Main Street
Robert Griffith
Tracya and Briers
Des Moines
Masa Ruth Young
Washington
N. A
Mary Edwards
Ivar Nord
Alta
Chas. Arnold
Ingram
Ben Sinn
Harry
Eugene
Ainsworth community notices and events
Ainsworth residents attend church events and reunions. many travelers visit relatives in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Local youth pursue education and work, including Miss Oma Strain teaching in Van Cleve and John Wooley developing a soy bean thresher prototype at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Ruth McElroy
Verle McElroy
Iowa City
Ruth
United Presbyterian Church
Margaret Davidson
W. C. Porter
Ainsworth
Yesteray
W. H. McCall
Hamil
Harley Rhea
Roy Whiteman
F. I. Anwyl
R. BE. Rhea
R. EE. Rhea
Columbus Junction
J. H. Rhea
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. A. Hamil
Allerton
Iowa
Burlington
New London
Crawfordsville
Washington
Oma Strain
van Cleve
J. F. Buxbaum
Ames
John Wooley
Grant Edwards
Scyle Edwards
Doris
Cleo Fletcher
Wade Doty
William Davidson
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Henderson
Mary Ethel White
Conrad reunion drew large crowd at Olds Iowa
The eleventh annual Conrad reunion took place in Olds Iowa on August 28 with 373 registered attendees. Speakers included John Conrad Joe Leichty Amos Conrad and F J Conrad. Aaron Leichty was elected president and Verda Rich secretary for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Conrad
Olds
Iowa
John Conrad
Joe Leichty
Amos Conrad
F. J. Conrad
Aaron Leichty
Verda Rich
Orville
Ohio
Woodburn
Oregon
Cedar Rapids
Clara Alleback
Frederick
Iowa City
John Swartzendruber
Pulaski
Victor Swartzendruber
Chariton
E. E. Eicher
Frances
la Verne
P. R. Schantz
Joe Widmer
Bennie
Mt. Pleasant
Teachers Return to Schools in Crawfordsville Area
Irene Holmes travels to Tipton Iowa to teach for the coming year. Eva Gormley leaves Chicago to teach in Tipton. Mina McCleary goes to Keota to begin duties as a teacher. Jeannette Wooley resumes teaching at Lincoln school in Washington. Eula Martin returns home near Dublin to attend school in Crawfordsville.
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Rev. Davis
Clegget Spessard
R. E
Ida Shank
Marshie
Haggerstown
Dr. Spessard
Bently Thompson
Lee Norris
Harold Nichola
Muscatine
M. W. McConnell
Salisbury
N. C
Frank Chihak
Lucille White
Cedar Rapids
James Fitzgerald
Carson
Iowa
A. E. Wheeler
S. T. Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Spessards
Maryland
Mr. Robertson
Crawfordsville
Irene Holmes
Tipton
Eva Gormley
Chicago
Mina McCleary
Keota
Jeannette Wooley
Lincoln School
Washington
Eula Martin
Dublin
Unknown Schoolgirl Becomes Leading Flapper in Film
Hollywood studios draw over 200000 job seekers a year yet Clara Bow, a 17 year old schoolgirl, is chosen to play Janet Ogie Thorpe in Frank Lloyds Black Oxen. Lloyd cites personality as the key asset and says flappers are born not made. A simpleWant-ad lands the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood Studios
Frank Lloyd
Corinne Griffith
Conway Tearle
Fox Theatre
Clara Bow
Janet Ogiethorpe
Mr. Liegd
Filmdom
Sordid Daydreams and Small Town Gossip In News Row
Fragmented notes mix sensational rumor and social squabbles from a midwestern town. Items mention a shooting threat, divorce rumors, crime anecdotes, and travels of local residents including Miss Klein and the Vanderhams, with a roster of names and places in brief, dated jottings.
Protecting poor children in Iowa welfare cases
Iowa Child Welfare commission reports gross neglect in pensioned family homes across the state. Cases include a heart‑sick mother with an ailing child denied medical care, an uncle with bootlegging ties caring for children, and crippled youths left without guidance or hospital access. Foregoing medical attention and familial support endangers health and future self‑sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Child Welfare Commission
Kendall
General Assembly
Childrens Hospital
H. V. Scarborough
State Sanitarium of Tuberculosis
Iowa Failing to Protect At Risk Children in Plight
A district report describes children aged under fifteen to eighteen kept from active cases after diagnosis. It cites a fourth grader found sleeping in a weed patch and eating from garbage piles for four days after his father went on a drinking spree. Families with many neglected children show no schooling or care. The commission voices concern that Iowa children face severe health and moral risks without adequate protection.
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Topsy
Iowa
Iowa Man Has Great War Record
Sioux City resident William Newhoff, a Civil War veteran in Gen. George Custer's brigade, fought in 56 battles and was never wounded. He is credited with slaying Confederate commander J. E. B. Stewart, joined federal forces in 1863 at Huntertown Virginia, and served with the Michigan Cavalry, Fifth Regiment, Company I, until April 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyrum Dempsey
Salt Lake City
Jack
Tommy Gibbons
Shelby
Mont
Hyrum
Lottie Dexter Blasingame
Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
William Newhoff
George FE. Custer
Mr. Newhoff
J. E. B. Stewart
Mr. Newhorn
Huntertown
Mr. New
Dakota, Va
Newhoff
Fifth Regiment
Michigan Cavalry
Commission Urges Stronger Child Protection in State
A statement urges the commission to push for major upgrades to state provisions safeguarding children. It emphasizes the urgent need for improved safeguards and oversight to protect minors effectively.
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A. J. Lyon Manual
Ajemapanetiayani
L. D.camp
Valda
Newnass
Isabel Bishop
Lucile Reynolds
Alverta Carter
Oceen Irwin
Zora Bristow
Henerietta Waldhinzen
Jack Dunbar
Dave McNewse
Cole
Mabel Dunbar
Mike Mhefflefiger
McNuse
Peggy Elaine
Charles Heacock
Gale
Dicky Reedy
Robert Delbert
Gladys Klye
Mina Bowen
Phyllis Fisher
Edna Mae Ernest
Ruth Lamansky
Evalyn Helmick
Betty Brier
Buddy Williams
Lorenee Hillhouse
Dale Hyde
Mildred Horner
Kate Ingham
Wood Hartley
Ethel
Raymond Brown
Harlan
Floyd Christ
Betty
Norman White
Donna
William Fuller
Renard Singleton
Richard Arnold
Margaret Jean Rudolph
Helen Tene
Howard Haerst Arnold
Smith Donovan
John Craft
Caroline
Edith Keeh
Otis Hoover
Fairfield
Frank Hoover
Florence Kasowsky
Denver
Adam Kasowsky
Floyd Robinson
Moline
Calla Garby
V. Nortman
Clifton Wortman
Iowa River
Misa Mildred Horton
Morning Sun
Vernon Coffman
Patricia Ann
Vinton
Tom Pierce
Frank Ingham
Maywood
Ill
Orba Johnson
Magdalene Mineart
Chillicothe
Business College
Roy Hinson
S. S
Hinson
Brinton
Edwards
Jimmie
Kansas City
Mrs
Addison Brinton
Ray Cox
Milburn Spessard
A. E. Sands
McKs Flapper
Jom Simsey
Bulgaria
Rug
Los Angeles
Detroit
Ile
Aenol
New York
Wall Street
Indiana
Scotland
Poston
California
Fdnna
Jessie Klein
Elizabeth Klein
Racine Broughan
New York City
Anna Scott
Lloyd Vanderham
Bobbie
Mrs. Vanderham
Mr. Vanderham
Morton
Mabel Morton
Miss Morton
Marguerite Wallace
Ruth Vincent
Iron Mountain
Michigan
Child Welfare Commission
Lemmon
Jewelry
David N. Schaffer
Nicola & Harmon
the Villenetum and Medical Science
Wilbur Needham
Main St
Evanston, HL
Burton
Standard Oil Company
The
Oil and Gas Journal
United States
Middle Western States
Standard Oil Building
Michigan Avenue
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