Nothing Left To Mark Site Of Former Town
ROUND GROVE The Bethel United Brethren church which stood near the Highland Union boundary in Louisa county served as a small early community hub. A 940s era church, store, and homes formed around Bethel with families like the Snyders and Garver shaping commerce and mail delivery before fading by 1911 and being torn down in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skubal
Round Grove
Herrisburge
Highland Township
Union Township
Louisa County
Bethel
Bethel Ehures
United Brethren
Minnie Swailes
Gladwin
Swailes
Mabie Hendrickson
Walter Owen
Melvin
Walter Marling
Ben Swailes
Garver
Carl Steele
Steeles
William Plank
Iowa City
Mark L. Snyder
Grace Riese
Snyder
Chamberlin
S. D
Columbus Junction
Howard Stewart
Ainsworth
Mrs. OConnor Hosts Bridge Club Gathering
A Tuesday bridge club meeting at Ainsworth had seven members present. The hostess, Mrs. OConnor, served a one course luncheon with help from Mrs. Clifford Thompson. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs. Lee Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Thompson
Lee Norris
Ainsworth
American Legion Auxiliary
R. E. McFarland
Dlaine Hawkins
Paul Hazelett
Hazelett
Lee Hunt
Des Moines
Ainsworth locals note family moves and visits across states
The column records residents moving to and from Ainsworth and surrounding areas. It lists families like Jenkins Frame Frane and Stewart visiting relatives in Iowa Illinois and Michigan, with trips to Wisconsin California and Utah.
Paula Woman With Secret
Loretta Young stars as Paula a young wife who cannot bear children and conceals a hit-and-run incident involving a child. A rancher rushes the boy to a hospital and Paula flees with help from her doctor and friend as she faces possible ruin of her husband’s career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davey
Paula
Kent Smith
Alexander Knox
Tommy Rettig
Tommy
Mary Martin
Jean Louis
Columbia
Miss Young
James Poe
William Sackhein
Buddy Adler
Rudolph Mate
Columbian Pictures
Loretta Yours
Pauli
State Theatre
Acci
Dent
Beardsley and Loveless Hit Campaign Trail Across Iowa
Gov. William Beardsley prepares a statewide campaign circuit with his team after Labor Day visiting Des Moines Guthrie Center Marcus Perry and Fort Madison fairs and rodeos. Opponent Herschel Loveless tours 32 county and district fairs delivering political talks or non partisan urging turnout from Ottumwa headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press
DES Moines
IDWA
Iowa
William Beardsley
Denison
Allen Whitfield
W.S. Rape
GOP
Beardsley
Guthrie Center
Loveless
Ottumwa
Iowa Officials Discuss Grifenhagen Studies at Budget Hearing
The Griffenhagen firm was hired for 31 000 to study management in the tax commission and several state departments. State Sen. Colburn urged action on the reports while Tax Commissioner Johnson said personal income tax cases remain closed to public scrutiny under current law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffenhagen
Chicago
Tax Commission
Department of Public Instruction
Liquor Control Commission
Conservation Department
Jay Colburn
Harlan
The
Budget Committee
George O'Malley
Des Moines
Judges in Red China Purged Amid Justice Allegations
In Shanghai the Liberation Daily reports editors and readers accuse Communist judges of losing ideological standards and favoring old legal methods. The chief Shanghai judge Han Shu-tzu pleaded guilty to a thought reform purge and acknowledged ongoing party discipline of the judiciary. The piece highlights alleged miscarriages of justice and notes no mention of similar flaws in vast wartime trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Red China
Liberation Daily Party
Shanghai
Han Shu-tzu
Liberation Daily
Han
Red
United States
Taiwan
Proposals Sought for Washington Public Library Addition
Sealed proposals will be received by Mary Berry secretary of the Board of Library Trustees for a second addition to the Washington Public Library building in Washington Iowa. Bids may be opened and read publicly at 2 oclock on the 25th day of September 1952. Copies of plans specifications and contract forms available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Library Trustees
East Main Street
Hhe Lowdon
City
Washington
Iowa
Board of Library Trustees of
City of Washington
Mary Berry
Washington Kre
Lowa
Oelock Als
Cattle buying trip mingled with fishing gear and golf clubs sparks curiosity
Notes from a family business recount a two week staff shortage after a guard call, with Don and Manny off on a cattle buying trip to the south and west. The diary comments on prices for mill feeds, linseed and bean beans, hog feeds, and a weather outlook amid expectations of higher corn production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Manny
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Mr. Snyder
Irs
Steele
Marting
Inciden
Ralph Boyd
Ogo
Bethel Cemetery
Austin Hendrickson
Grim
Yuneev
Luckey
Pigman
House
Stout
Hobkiday
Means
George Harmon
Lester Orr
Been Blossom Feed & Grain
Mrs. O’connor
Eclipse
Heck Gesling, Mer
Kermit Jenkins
Mrs. Jenkins
Mieur
Edgar Farm
Crawfords Ville
Harlin Frame
Dale Frames
Wichita
Kan
Bmmett Pranie
Clarence Richards
Mer
Dave Peterson
Waterloo
Jim Kekersly
Bill
Max White i
Tiday
Connecticut
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harold Wortmans
Larry Trotter
Trotter
G. F. Trotter
Charles Jenkins
Quentin
Interlochen
Mich
Rosemary
Jenkins
Jim Arrowsmith
Mackinac Island
State University of Iowa
Stewart
Boverette Long
Wil
California
Ventura
Stewarts
Bill Bailey
Long's
Los Angeles
Harry Long
Jimmy Quinn Jr
Minnesota
Carl A. Heise
Missouri Valley
J. Quinn Sr
James Quinn Sr
Robert
John
Dick Farrell
Indiana
Dick Beenblossom
Tucson
Ariz
Glen Miller's
Harry Spinker
Connie
Dundeslil
Dorothy
Cedar Falls
Mires
Marvin Fowler
Berkeley Calif
Wolfe
McConnell
Wolfe's
Kenwood Park
Cedar Rapid
Charles Deems
Burlington
Hugh Hazelett
Moravia
Wayne Orndufl
Batavia
Kenneth Orsduft
Mro
Everette Meeks
Missouri
Ozark Country
St. Louis
Hannibal
Mark Twain
Dick and Louis Meeks
Orville Meeks
Max
FREE
Max M. White
Loretta Young As
Crepail
By Robert Hogan
Ask
State Bank
Mopter F.d.1.c
Toledo
Sister Kenny
West Point
Auxiliary
Legion
Marcus
Fort Madison
William S. Nicholas
William Nicholases
Mason City
China
Rovac
U.S. Pat
Sands’ Store
Ainsworth Meat & Locker
Jons Elder
Shannon & Co
A. BE. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Aoward Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Presa
Audit Bureau of Circulations
IUB
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