Local News Notes On Visits And Notices In Town
Local items report Edna Tobin visiting Harriett Boyer from Cotter and June 21st Journal bids for 10 cents. Water rent penalties warning. Fred Cuthamp and wife from Morning Sun on Washington business. Wanted twenty sewer workers for button company. Lelia Rhodes traveling to Ainsworth for the weekend. Mrs M D Bickford and son George to Davenport for the day. Mrs T J Dempsey and daughter Lucey to Davenport for a hospital visit. Mrs John Christofer and children to Iowa City for son’s hospital exam. Charles G Wilson and son Robert visiting Charles H Wilson at Frank Wilson home in town. Lyon’s cookies. County Rebekah picnic rescheduled to Sunset Park September 16. Harvey couple returned from Dutch RocK township picnic due to weather. Frank Webb and Los Angeles visit, to Fairfield then return next Thursday. George D Bickford back from California trip. advance agent for Frisco syncopaters visiting. Burlington railway agent J C McKay seeks Harold McNay’s contact at station.
Local residents travel and seek opportunities around 1920s outfits
Mrs Evans escorts her granddaughters home to Wyman and plans a visit. Dr and Mrs Stewart depart for Chicago by car while other families plan moves to San Francisco. Mrs Belle Rice notes her nephew Julia Hathaway’s consular posting in Wellington. Mrs Lola Wells Hughes and Elmer head to New York for study and teaching. Hartman family returns from California after three months travel including Santa Anna and Long Beach Iowa picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Rice
Ventura
Calif
Julia Hathaway
United States
Wellington
New Zealand
Lewis P. Hathaway
Lola Wells Hughes
Elmer
New York City
Hughes
Illinois Normal School
Macomb
Columbia University
Social Motive
New York
Gardner Car Agency Opens Local Exhibition
C L McKenzie of this city takes the Gardner four door light car agency. The Gardner is built in St Louis with state headquarters in Des Moines. McKenzie will push the car locally and expects to announce more details in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. McKenzie
St. Louis
McKenzie
Des Moines
Rotary District Convention in Mason City Plan
Rotarians from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota gather at Hotel Hanford and Mason City High School for the district convention Sept 9 to 12. District Governor Paul Rankin of Dubuque presides with Carl Weeks Des Moines addressing and Luther Brewer Cedar Rapids speaking on district extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Rotary
Hanford
Towa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Paul Rankin
Dubuque
Carl Weeks
Des Moines
Rotarians
Luther A. Brewer
Cedar Rapids
Alexander McFerran
Mount Pleasant
Department of
Mason City Rotary Club
Harry B. Kelley
Be systematic motto for a young man to adopt
A quotation extols a systematic approach as essential in living, study, and business. It attributes the view to Sir H. Woodman Burbidge, stressing orderly methods as a guiding motto for youth. The text presents a concise endorsement of disciplined conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir H. Woodman Burbidge
Society Notes Highlight Local Socials and Weddings
Miss Marie Martin entertained Rothschild store staff with dinner. U S club gathered at Mrs. Henry Minick’s home amid spring flowers. Baptist choir held a farewell dinner for Mrs. Ruth Lemley at the church dining room. Dutch Creek folks enjoyed a rainy picnic at Sunset park with plans for a later event. Journal girl group hosted Mrs Bartholomew at the Elder home before their Minneapolis trip. Stand ard Bearers held a woods outing and elected officers. Washington school teachers reception featured speeches and a chorus. W E C women met for social and officer elections at Mrs Mary Hotle’s home. West Chester school teachers’ welcome program and dinner followed by fellowship. First United Presbyterian choir hosted a dinner for newlyweds Mr. and Mrs Howard McCall confirming the ongoing wedding dinners tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Miss Conner
Miss Anderson
Daryl Dayton
Maurice Green
Eye Irma Martin
Florence Gardner
First United Pesbyterian Church
First Church
Howard McCall
Carolyn Hamilton
McCall
Mildred McLaughlin
O. F. Boller
Helen Harvey
First Church choir hosts four group circus themed party
Miss Clarice Meek chaired the table committee with Mrs. M C De Long decorating. Miss Louise Livingston led the entertainment committee as guests formed four groups to perform circus stunts before rain ended the evening. McCrory Marion George and Howard McCall wowed with a tight rope walk thrilling the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarice Meek
M. C. de- Long
Louise Livingston
Tev. McCrory
Marion George
Howard McCall
Gollmer Bros
Iowa Won’t Ration Fuel Says Governor Kendall
Des Moines Sept 9 Governor Kendall announced Iowa will not adopt wartime fuel rationing along with other Northwestern states. He opposed coal rationing and profiteering, noting $12 a ton coal at docks and signaling state investigation to curb excess profits. Assistant Attorney General John Fletcher said coal mining costs have not doubled since $3 a ton era, but excess profits could exceed $58,000 or $116,000 depending on price and output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Kendall
St. Paul
Department of Justices
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Farmers vow action against city fruit raiders
Black Hawk county farmers plan to curb city motorists who raid orchards. August Mathews of Mount Vernon says fruit is being taken and may be locked up to protect crops. Farmers consider forming a group to pursue and prosecute offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
August Mathews
Mount Vernon Township
Old Man Gloom Buried by City Merchants Pageant
Iowa Falls merchants plan a unique event next Wednesday evening to bury Old Man Gloom and unveil Miss Prosperity. The Iowa Falls Military Band leads a street pageant with lights on storefronts, a fashion show at Washington avenue and Stevens street, and window displays being unveiled in the business district.
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Iowa Falls
Washington Avenue
Stevens Street
Long Distance Bird Migration Records Noted by USDA
The U S Department of Agriculture tracks bird migrations by leg bands carrying a Biol Surv Wash D C inscription. A common tern traveled from Maine to Niger Delta, Africa, four years later, the current long range record. A Canadian blue winged teal banded north of Toronto reached Trinidad off Venezuela, about 3 000 miles by air.
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Hington
Sept
S. Department of Agriculture
Biol Surv
Wash
D.C
Washington Department
Maine
Niger River
Africa
Toronto
Trinidad
Venezeala
Be Gone Ten Thousand Years
The passage muses on a 10 000 year span and a bee retreating north after covering most of North America implying a final journey or long migration.
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North America
Phone 813 Opposite Opera House Call and Delivery Free
A local ad promotes a phone contact 813 for free call and delivery service opposite the opera house. The notice emphasizes free delivery and convenient access for residents seeking quick service.
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Opera
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the Cub Reporter
Doug Mairbanks
Dick Talmadge
Clara Kimball Young
Co-Operative Exchange
Iowa Ave
Washington, Iowa
D. C. Russell
A. D. Sanders
B. Lupton
Fiona Adrain
Harper
Dr. Adrain
Washington
Dr. Macon
Arch Ress Goffords. Wilson's
Ven
Edna Tobin
Cotter
Harriett Boyer
Journal
Fred Cuthamp
Morning Sun
American Pearl Button Co
Lelia Rhodes
Ainsworth
M. D. Bickford
George
Davenport
T. J. Dempsey
Miss Lucey
John Christofer
Iowa City
Charles G. Wilson
Son Robret
Chicago
Mr. Wilson
Charles H. Wilson
Frank Wilson
L Lyon’s
Rebekah
Sunset Park
J. B. Harvey
Dutch Roek Township
Frank Webb
Los Angeles
al McCall
Fairfield
George D. Bickford
Johnnie Wright Frisco Syncopaters
California
Mrs
J. C. McKay
The
Burington Railway
Harold McNay
McNay
Frank Snyder
McElhinney Drug Co
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Geo. W. Stewart
Tim
Samuel Evans
Carol
Mirian
Wyman
Geo
W. Stewart
C. W. Stewart
Frances
Ralph Smith
Stewart
T. S. Howard
Cleo
Emma
Mariam
William Birka
Birka
San Francisco
Kleese Hartman
Edna May
Santa Anna
Mr. Hartman
John
John Hartman
Big Long Beach
Washington County
Gardner” Agency
Marie Martin
Rothschild Store
U. S
Henry Minick
Iowa Avenue
Baptist Church
Ruth Lemley
Lemley
Dutch Creek Township
Journal Force
Frank Bartholomew
Vera Shoemaker
Minneapolis
Febe
Stutsman
Mildred Bowers
Mildred Woodburn
Dorothea Thompson
Jamita Rosenbeger
Evelyn Caldwell
Patsy Wilson
Europe
Mr. Harding
Mary Hotle
Effie Porter
Cecile
Emma Timmons
Minnie Jones
Ethel Hotle
Cora Eagle
Florence Conrad
John Shields & Sons
Dailey’s Taxi
Visione 44
N. Marion
Hanna Putnam
D. B. Macon
Washington Cleaners
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