Auction Sale Highlighted Of Grand Saratoga Hotel In Time's View
An article notes the sale at auction of a famed Saratoga Springs hotel built in 1875 at about 1 million dollars. It recalls 917 rooms filled with 1870s furnishings and past seasonal reopenings during the racing era, with memories of celebrities, police escorts, and a possible demolition followed by debate on future grand hotels.
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Time Magazine
United State
Saratoga Springs
New York
Time
U.S
John Black
Young America social notes and local visits
Mrs. Norton of Stockport reads the Journal and enjoys Young America news. Pringles of Davenport visit family in Frank Pringle’s. Rural Women’s club met at Shields and Hunter homes. Bell family dined with the Petsels in Lone Tree and rode with Leo Petsel. Lloyd Humston group visited Wayland. George Dempsey guest in Davenport visit. Watermelon treats noted. Mary Jane Rhodebeck enters high school. Mrs. Lloyd Miller attends A and P Managers meeting in Ottumwa.
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Lloyd Humston
Young America
Wm. Norton
Stockport
Young America News
Nortons
Cloyce Pringle
Davenport
Frank Pringle
Mary Shields
Alice Hunter
Wm. Bell
R. D. Petsel
Lone Tree
Withno
Leo Petsel
Lois
Darlene
Lloyd Miller
Lloyd Alliman
Wayland
Will Marie
George Dempsey
M. M. Schell
Washington
Clifford Hunter
Cornell
Bung America
Wm. Marie, Jr
Mary Jane Rhodebeck
A. & P. Managers
Ottumwa
Ken Kel
Claude Rhodebecks
Ivan Brown
Carl Phillips
Norma Jean Rhodebeck
Fairfield
E. G. Andrews
Waterloo
Anna O'Loughlin
Cedar Falls
Helen Schwartz
Alice Reynolds
James T. Olinger
Jim
Ted Simons
Lloyd Hameton
Ainsworth
Allen Atkinson
Cedar Rapids
Free for All and Kitten Pair Highlight Belmont Park Scene
Two inseparable racing duo meet at Belmont Park as Free for All, a prize winning two year old, is helped by his tiny kitten companion Free for All II in a daily cleanup routine. The turf king showcases a loyal bond amid NY turf scene.
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Belmont Park
N. Y
Memorial Service and Social Time Mentioned in Des Moines
Des Moines references include the James T. Olinger memorial service at Ainsworth attended by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Simons and family and Mrs. Lloyd Miller. Other items note Lorene Booth staying overnight with Darlene Huniston.
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Des Moines
Ted Simons
Lloyd Miller
James T. Olinger
Ainsworth
Lorene Booth
Darlene Huniston
Community Notes Mixed Social News From Keota Area
Local residents report gatherings and visits across Keota and nearby towns. Families like the Rhodebecks, Pringles, Jarrards, and Olinger share dinners and trips to Iowa City and Cedar Falls. News includes a memorial for Lt. James T. Olinger and several weekend family visits and birthdays.
North Oregon society notes September updates
Mrs C A Thompson reports visits and illness, with Wayne Cline sick in bed with walta fever. Sympathy sent to Mrs Robert Henderson on her mother’s death. Bill Trotter in Jefferson Barracks, others visiting families, camp and town gossip, and a funeral mention for Mrs L B Donaldson. Multiple local residents travel, host, and hostesses appear in weekly notes.
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C. A. Thompson
North
Oregon
Axel Anderson
Lawrence Genkinger
Wayne Cline
Robert Henderson
L. BK. Desaldson
Bill Trotter
Frank Henderson
Bill
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Ross Black
Genkinger Farm
Black
Stet Kenneth McConnell
Camp Bowie
Texas
Wright McConnell
Ed Lambert
Orie O'Connor
Lafe Klopfenstein
Anne Mourer
Rubio
Clarence Booth
L. B. Donaldson
Otto Zwicki
Fairview Club
Wellman Park
Milt White
Crawfordsville
W. Douglas Leonard
Somerville
New Jersey
Curtis Long
Washington
Thompson
Charles Deem
Social notes from Burlington gatherings and church visits
Family and friend visits fill a Burlington Sunday with the Wright McConnell home hosting dinner and supper. Seminarian Robert Sharp preached in Albia and planned future sermons in Reinbeck after visiting Kenneth McConnell. The A. Thompson home saw a large family meal with Reed, Miller, Leon ard, Booth, and Reed family guests. A. L. club met for cooperative supper and pinochle with Loren Hazen and John Thompson. Doris Elaine noted for Ensign Ellis J. Finke of Kingsville Texas and Pfe Lowe marked by a war bond gift on his son Danny’s birthday as Lowe recovers from throat illness.
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Burlington
Wright McConnell
Loren Hazen
John Thompson
Lafe Klopfenstein
Doris Elaine
Ellis J. Finke
Kingsville
Texas
Robert Darbyshire Honored At Prairie Flower Dinner
Prairie Flower notes honor for Robert Darbyshire as he enters service at a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clayde Knupp. The gathering includes Don and Ethel Darbyshire, Wayne Knupp, and others, with various local residents visiting or hosting relatives. The column also mentions a corporal’s sea assignment and community social events around Wellman and Des Moines areas.
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Prairie Flower
Clayde Knupp
Robert Darbyshire
Don Darbyshire
Wayne Knupp
David
E. L. Smith
Cpl. E. B. Smith
Joe Shalla
Clifford Swick
Canton
Harold Swick
Brighton
Andy Hansen
Moline
Ed Shadla
Henry Witthoft
Iowa City
Leo Shelangoski
FE. L. Smith
Dale Elliott and Son
O. P. Seculty
Cedar Townshire
F. J. Finch
Clinton
Daugh
Community notices from Stringtown and Wayland
Stringtown and Wayland residents were guests and visitors at numerous family gatherings. J C Graber and family, Widmer, Graber, Rich, Hirshey, and Brooks households held dinners and picnics, and threshed clover seed, with several extended relatives attending events at Noah Widmer and Earl Bachman homes.
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Stringtown
Cora Widmer
Bertha Graber
Wayland
J. C. Graber
Simon
Jonathan Graber
Mia
Marvin Widmer
Peter Widmer
Jakie
Dennis Graber
Noah Widmers
Albert Graber
Elmer Graber
Ira Brooks
Ethan Brooks
Wayland Park
Widmers
Earl Bachman
J. J. Rich
Noah Widmer
Lester Krabill
Washington
Three Service Men Address Rotary Luncheon
Three servicemen spoke at the Rotary luncheon: Corporal Jack Longer paratrooper at Fort Benning Georgia Captain Fred Blick chaplain at Lincoln Nebraska and Major William McConnell Jr Army Air Corps recently overseas They discussed parachute training hospital work and combat postings Wade Gardner also attended Major McConnell recalled India and China service and warned of a long Pacific war The meeting closed with a special tomato awand presented by Dr Fred Miller Next meeting planned with Washingerem school teachers as guests
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Rotary
Jack Longer
Fort Benning
Georgia
Fred Blick
Lincoln
Nebraska
William McConnell, Jr
Army Air Corps
Wade Gardner
Longer
Blick
McConnell
India
China
Iowa
Japan
Pacific
Ralph Shannon
Fred Miller
Washinegrem
Social visit roundup from Riverside and Muscatine
Local residents from Riverside Lone Tree and Muscatine hosted and visited relatives this past week. Frank Soukup and family welcomed guests in Muscatine while Leo Schwalgert and family visited Mrs. John C. Danu tremont. Arthur Signall and Mrs. Anna Jordon also made visits to relatives in Iowa and Illinois. Frank Lafourek and Frank Vegey conducted business and travel in Chicago and Iowa City respectively.
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Willis Cupp
Moline
Illinois
Frank C. Vegey
Chicago
Frank Lafourek
Violet Kephart
Iowa City
Mrs. Gipple Dies Near Columbus Jct
Mrs. Thomas J. Gipple a longtime resident of the Columbus Junction area died at her home about 9 oclock last night five miles southwest of the town She was born in Pennsylvania June 15 1856 and married April 24 1884 They resided on the same farm most of their married life Surviving are her husband three sons Frank Taylor and Joe a daughter Mrs Louis Halli and several grandchildren along with great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are with J C Rie funeral home two grandsons in service.
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Columbus Junction
Thomas J. Gipple
Columbus Jameson
J. C. Rie
Eliabeth Auracher
Pennsylvania
Thoma J. Gipple
Sie
Spring Row
Millyard Baby Arrives in Omaha son on Sept 12
Riverside announces the birth of a son to May and Jack Millyard on Tuesday Sept 12 in Omaha Nebraska. The baby’s mother is Marguerite Quinn former Riverside resident and daughter of John B. and Mrs. Quinn. Betty Kiefer, a St Marys High School graduate class of 1944, has gone to Mercy Hospital Iowa City for cadet nurse training. Mr and Mrs Fred Schnoebelen and family of Cedar Rapids visited Miss Anna Schnoebelen in Riverside.
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Fred Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Anna
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Freddie Slack and His Orchestra
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National Editorial Association
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Zelma Ferguson
Ursula Mollenkopf
Jackson, Mich
Harry McCall
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P. L. Etter
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TOTEL
Robert and
Don Stutsman
State University of Iowa
Dr. Hess
Patsy
Wally
Nicolor
Ptarnell Anderson
ST. Mark
Anne Baxter
William Eythe
Michael O'Shea
John Carris
Keota
Marie
Homer Lemley
Weidlein
County Home
Florence Weston
Harley O'Loughlin
Akwood
Jack Cole
Bluf Barron
Les Gilmere’s
Shell Station
Yank Egg Hunt
France
Maury Saunders
Corinth
Miss
Albert Frank
Signal Corps Radiophoto
International
Robert Sharp
Pittsburg
Penn
Albia
Kenneth McConnell
Reinbeck
Iow
Martha Thrasher
St. Mihiel
Signal Corps
Major McConnell
Captain Blick
Corporal Longer
Riverside News
Benteco Super Market
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
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