Wyman and Maple Grove Race Day Ball Games and Des Moines Fair Notes
In Wyman Aug 27 crowds watched Wy man Seconds beat Olds 7 to 4 and Riverside lose 4 to 0 to Wy man Independents. Local calls on Ferrell ivy poisoning paused school start. Maple Grove reports Des Moines fair rides, grievances of the 88th Division veterans, and fair pricing and comforts observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman Wyman
Wyman
Olds
Riverside
T. W. Trotter
Ainsworth
Marie Jacoby
Des Moines
Muscatine
Washington
Ferrell
T. A. Ferrell
Union City
Tenn
Glover B. Ferrell
John Belville
Marston
Independents
Brighton
Maple Grove
Geo. Scott
Harris
France
Scott
Fair Grounds
Missouri
Des Moines Fair
Southdowns
Cotswolds
Hogbarn
Community Visitors Travel and Attend Local Events
Crawfordsville residents Dr and Mrs N J Lease and Lat ter Grace visited Mediapolis yesterday afternoon. Mrs Clara Sweet and Mrs Mary King attended the County Home picnic in Washington. Maxwell and Rhea families and others attended the Maxwell reunion at the Rob Johnson home near Columbus City. Wooley and Buxbaum visited Washington. John Smylie and family visited Murray Smylie in Washington. Dr Gilbert of Mt Pleasant was in town yesterday evening.
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Crawfordsville
Sept
N. J. Lease
Grace
Mediapolis
Clara Sweet
Mary King
Washington
F. J. Maxwell
Alice
Clint Rhea
Lyle Maxwell
Mary J. Maxwell
John Hanna
Lee Hanna
Maxwell
Rob Johnson
Columbus City
W. K. Wooley
J. F. Buxbaum
John Smylie
Murray Smylie
Gilbert
Mt. Pleasant
Se rious lesson on caution after joy riding incident
Local column recalls a near tragedy urging careful driving on a dangerous turn. It notes community visits, travel between Rubio Keota Eldon Sigourney and Ottumwa, school starts with Clapper and Primmer as teachers, and various residents’ activities from squirrel hunting to threshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clapper
Pfrimmer
Oliver Lepper
Oliver Leppert
Ottumwa
Limited
Oliver
Rubio
watercolor scene of Mrs Horning’s home and Wellman river view
A community notes a watercolor of Mrs Horning’s girlhood home now occupied by G Hell, praised for its color and detail. Several locals visit to view the painting and a Wellman river scene with willows rocks and hillside. Grace Hill Sunday school plans a picnic in Brinning pasture as summer activities continue. Congratulatory wishes go to Rev and Mrs Klein on their Minnesota honeymoon return.
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Ubio Rabio
Valentine Fleig
Alfred Steinbeck
Kenneth
Fleigs
Ralph Augustine
Glenn Singleton
Augustine
Roy Bogue
Oskaloosa
Friends Yearly Meeting
Wisconsin
Snider
Hazel Mae Kracaw
Wm. Salterburg
J. A. Luithly
Harry Kracaw
Hazel
Washington
Jo Kerrigan
Davenport
George Bennett
Minnesota
Jade Dickinson
Otis Bennett
Rubio
Burlington Hawkeye
Frank Gabbys
Andrew Ramsey
van Gabby
Ireland
Monticello
Fair Sunday
Lester Hannan
Keota
Eldon
Sigourney
T. R. Benn
Rutledge
Wellston
W. P. Moore
Springville
Iowa
C. H. Brinning
A. Brinning
Valley
Geo. Heil
Wallace Darnell
Wayland
Burlington
J. McNeese
Royal Robertson
Edna Moore
C. P. Graham
Des Moines
Wellman
Adam Horning
Mr. Graham
Grace Hill
W. H. Brinning
Fred Seitel
Muscatine
Charley Harvey
R. E. Brinning
C. W. Klein
Burch Granted Divorce in Kansas Court
Mrs. Allis Gale Burch obtained a divorce from Arthur C. Burch in Lawrence district court on grounds of gross neglect and long abandonment. She regains her maiden name Alice Gale Quayle and keeps custody of their four year old son Courtland Burch. The case linked to the murder of J. Belton Kennedy of Los Angeles with Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Nearly Billion Spent For Amusement in Country Last Year
Washington D C September 1 Amusement loving America spent nearly a billion dollars during fiscal year 1921 for theatrical entertainment The 10 percent tax on theaters and amusement totals 89 725 905 Blair says Total tax collections for the year 4 595 000 765 down from 5 407 690 251 Income and profits taxes yielded 2 225 790 663 seventy percent of total revenue Prohibition act collections amounted to 2 150 803 with penalties and fines estimated at near 2 500 000 by the justice department
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
America
Internal Revenue
Blair
Department of Justice
Insect Causes Death of Red Oak Girl
Miss Audrey Hite age 12 daughter of Elisha Hite of Red Oak Iowa died from a poisonous infection following an insect bite on the lip. She was bitten a week ago and two days later lip pain began. Friday she grew alarmingly ill and died after severe suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Iowa
Audrey Hite
Elisha Hite
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Homestead
Des Moines Fair Corporation
State Fair
Machinery Hall
Henry
S. W
Ford
F. R. Feltz
Nebraska
Firmin
Excelsior Springs
Francis Feltz
Edna Ryans
School of Business
East Illinois Street
Chicago
Illinois
Jacob Rudolph
Charlie
Clarence Hyzer
Dale Leppert
Henry Blatter
Hruce Derby
Burch
McElhinney Drug CO
Ucts
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