Riverside News Roundup Returns and Relatives Gatherings
Riverside notes report Mrs Bruce Robinson and children visiting Washington relatives and family members from nearby towns. Several births and engagements appear, including a ten pound boy for Leo C Kron and a twelve pound boy for Carl Schaad. The column lists visits, travels, and social events across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Bruce Robinson
Joseph Reiner
Washington
Arnold Podzimek
Chicago
Joseph Rajtora
St. Mary's Church
Leo C. Kron
Rebecca Younkin
Iowa City
J. L. Meeks
Clair Swift
Tipton
Frank Swift
Walter Sanders
Summerset
Jesse Sanders
Richard Collier
Grinnell
John Wingler
Wisconsin
Joseph Wingler
Zelma Reha
Marian Mareck
John Schleichter
Humboldt
Albert Dann
Frank Safourek
Frances Safourek
Kansas City
Joseph Cummings
Lodge
Agnes Reha
Corps
Cleo
Diagonal
E. W. Forest
Henry Kephart
Cedar Rapids
Frank Lafourek
Arthur Rajtora
Carl Schaad
Smilda Deutsch
Lucile Schnoebelen
Wadle
Mabel
Melzer
Leader Printing Co
Joseph Krejci
Davenport
Philomena Krejci
Day ton Grove Sew and So Club Meeting Report
Dayton Grove residents report the Sew and So club meeting at the home of Mrs. Ola Knotts on Thursday morning. Members discussed regular club duties and upcoming neighborhood sewing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Sew
Ola Knotts
Local residents engage in visits and moves around Brighton
Mrs J B Dey and Mrs Will Knerr visited the Limp Donovan home in Fairfield. The C G Picken family set for Abington Indiana with Georgia and Alverta Carter. Miss Naomi Fletcher returns fromMarshalltown and will work in Milwaukee. Others visited Centerville Des Moines Minneapolis and Washington while jobs and moves are announced.
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C. Owen
Mt. Pleasant
B. C. Owen
George Hyalimton
Shadron
Meb
Williard Leet
Walter Lee
Fairfield
Howard Mangold
Warren Weller
Will Embree
Des Moines
John Heaton
Washington
Merc
Edit Miller
Wessington Springs
S. C
C. C. Owen
Mead Sigmund
Boone
Lecter
Brighton
J. B. Dey
Will Knerr
Limp Donovan
Fairfied
C. G. Picken
Ford
Abington
Inl
Georgia
Alverta Carter
Noami Fletcher
Marsalltown
Anna Jay
Miss Fletcher
John Leeper
Centerville
Glen Cooper
Fayette
M. A. Williams
Wisconsin
Orville Farmer
The
Christian Sunday School
Baxter Ingham's Grove
Prof. Shoewe
Elizabeth McGuire
Lawrence
Kan
Shoewe
Lucy Swisher
Asa Jones
Mrs Caroline Johnson Leaves Crawfordsville for Ottumwa
Crawfordsville Sept 4 Mrs Caroline Johnson and daughter Mildred have departed for Ottumwa where Mildred will teach this year. Miss Lewis Latin teacher will arrive Monday. Social Hour club held Riley day with readings and incidents about James Whitcomb Riley. Officers elected for the coming year include Pres Anna Lease and Vice Pres Mary Graham.
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Crawfordsville
Caroline Johnson
Mildred
T. E. Maxwell
Ottumwa
Irene de Long
Maxwell
Washington
Lewis
Joseph Jones
J. T. King
Margaret Stull
Louise
Yarmouth
Stullet
Michigan
Scott Holmes
Mt. Vernon
R. C. Holmes
Lillian
Irene Holmes
Mt. Pleasant
Pearl McNeill
Florence Maxwell
McNeill
Fred Shaffer
Ernest Clark
Tre
Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Pres
Anna Lease
Mary Graham
Helen Bullers
L. EE. Griffith
County Picnic in Sunset Park Next Wednesday
The Farmers Union of Washington county plans a picnic at Sunset park next Wednesday the 8th. Three national officers will speak at the event and baskets should be well filled. All invited.
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Farmers Union of
Washington County
Sunset Park
French Inventor Develops Methods to Boost Sound Intensity
A French inventor claims to have devised techniques to enlarge records thereby increasing sound intensity and fidelity. The innovation suggests new approaches to audio reproduction and potential improvements for phonographs and related devices.
Iowa Ranks Third in Highway Mileage Among States
The travel and transport bureau of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company reports Iowa has the third highest total highway mileage after Texas and Kansas, with rail and road figures showing rail lines exceed by a ratio of ten to one. The study notes state by state mileages and argues for balanced transport planning to avoid uneconomical overdevelopment of either system.
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United States
Travel and Transport Bureau
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
South Dakota
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Goodrich
Demand for Ocean Liners Grows Amid Ship Shortage
American ports report a surge in demand for ocean liners as war losses and wartime rebuilds shrink available tonnage. Third class remains heavily booked, with travel costs to Europe rising and limited departures. new lines and alliances aim to restore passenger service, including routes to Hamburg, South America, Danzig, and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sept
America
Steamship Men's Association
American
trans-Atlantic
Lloyd
Olympic
United States
Hoboken
United States Shipping Board
International Mercantile Marine Company
Hamburg
American Ship and Commerce Corporation
Hamburg-American Line
United States Mail Steamship Company
George Washington
Mount Vernon
President Grant
South America
The
Shipping Board
Danzig
France
Italy
State Department
Internal Revenue Collector
Tragic Railroad Worker Dies After Fall Near Chestnut
Henry Shouse 27 of Arch Street died at 11:40 p m Sunday after falling from a Santa Fe work train near the de pot at Chestnut Street. He slipped under cars while attempting to jump to the depot, leaving his body mangled with the left leg and a right toe nearly severed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Henry Shouse
Arch Street
Santa Fe
Chestnut Street
Shouse
Santa Fe Railroad
Daylight taxi holdup leads to two arrests on South Howard
In Sioux City a daylight taxi holdup on South Howard street ended with the arrest of M. Sidlar a 22 year old taxi driver of 1412 Leech street and Jim Smith a 35 year old taxi driver of 915 Seventh street. They were identified by Charles Redman a farm hand from Big Springs Nebraska as the men who beat him unconscious and stole 135 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
South Howard Street
M. Sidlar
Leech Street
Jim Smith
Seventh Street
Charles Redman
Big Springs
Neb
Iowa's 111-Year-Old Woman Declines Vote
Waterloo dispatch reports Olive Spoors, aged 111, refuses voting rights saying she is too old to think about suffrage. She values food, shelter, health, and visits with her daughters over political participation, noting she would turn 112 in January. Her husband Isaac Speors is 33 years younger, and her eldest son Frank Sherwood would be 90 if living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Olive Spoors
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