Green Vale notes informally mix with county happenings
The Green Vale district reports visitors from Belle Waterhouse Ira Waterhouse Willis Beatty and families Bert Smith hosts many calls Porter Hartman rents a 280 acre Merrinac farm. The GA R convention attendee Telea A Holmes and Rev Bradford plan church stewardship. New baby arrives at Neil Gammon home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Vale
Belle Waterhouse
Ira
Robert McCaleb
Willis Beatty
Washington
Bert Smith
Porter Hartman
Merrinac
Wallags Savage
Brighton
Pleasant Grove
Terry Gowey
Lloyd Gassoway
James Combs
Near Washington
John Combs
Long Beach
California
Florence Combs
Denver
Galo
Bert Smiths
Otto Walton
Arthur Forbes
Carry Hamilton
Telea A. Holmes
Milwaukee
Notable Residents See Visitors and Local News Event
Albert Paul and Oscar Moothart serve on the Washington jury this week. Had and Don Hubert return from Chicago with cattle and hogs. Ewart Young and family visit. Will Flynn and baby entertained at Howard Gardner's. Minnie Barrack and son visit Fleming reunion. Warren Matthess and family visit A L White. L W Matthess from Des Moines visits father. Perrin from Wellman does cement work for Clarence Timmins.
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Lexington
Albert Paul
Oscar Moothart
Washington
Had
Don Hubert
Chicago
Ewart Young
Will Flynn
Baby
Howard Gardner
Minnie Barrack
Kansas City
Fleming
Warren Matthess
C. H. Gather
A. L. White
Oskaloosa Fair Attended by Dayton Grove Residents
Dayton Grove residents report attendance at the Oskaloosa fair on Thursday. Willis Ferguson plans attend a PhD college. Mrs Dayton visits sister Mrs Bruce Moors. Mayers visit Wall Embree home. Orvis Beulah Lynn Ferguson visit George Ferguson. Chas Stewart fills his silo as farmers begin fall plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Harry Dusenberry
Billy
Vl Embree
Willis Ferguson
Pairfield
Dayton Visiet
Bruce Moors
Whl
Mayers
Wall
Keota Couples Wed Quietly in Ottumwa and Return
Harold Russell son of Mr and Mrs Charles W Stansell and Lucile Dupuis daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Dupuis of Sigourney Indiana secretly wed in Ottumwa on Saturday. They return to Keota where a Sunday dinner is hosted by relatives. The Keokuk County Sunday School Association plans a convention at Sigourney on Monday September 24 with Rev Walter Hutton as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Keota
Harold Russell
Charles W. Stansell
Lucile Dupuus
Fred Dupuis
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Keota
Pussell
Harrold
Keokuk County
Lou Allender
Kalona
Iowa City
Fef
C_ Gilbert
Bertha Hollingsworth
Washington
Gilbert
Miss Hollingsworth
Howard Stewart
Near West Chester
Amanda Johnsern
Agrelton
Rowena
Iowa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Notice
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to relieve catarrh by local application and an internal tonic. The advertisement notes run down conditions worsen catarrh and emphasizes constitutional influence on the disease. Sold by druggists. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HALL
BP J, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Iowa Leads in Low Farm Labor Waste Says Urick
Des Moines reports Iowa has the least waste labor on farms in the nation based on figures presented by Ethelbert Stewart of the U S Department of Labor at a Toronto conference. Stewart cited Illinois with one farm laborer per 45 acres and argued many states could reduce labor with machinery such as corn huskers, highlighting Iowa’s advantage in machinery per capita.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
A. L. Urick
International Association of Public Employment Services of
Toronto
Ethelbert Stewart
United States Department of Labor
Stewart
Illinois
Urick
Mr Urick
England Wants Cheap Coffins
The British market for American coffins and coffin lumber is shrinking as postwar Britons favor cheaper funeral goods. Alexander Dye, Commerce Department agent in London, reports that demand has dropped due to a shift away from expensive funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Commerce
Alexander Dye
London
Mr. Dye
Once Made Up Minds Mrs. Warren Chooses Shopping Over Daughter
Mrs. Warren proclaims she never changes a decision once made as she pushes a shopping spree to equip Margaret with new clothes. The mother cites thrift and status while Margaret frets over a satin dress as suitor Henry Naburnly lingers nearby.
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Marion Naborly
Margaret
Marion
Kenny
Warren
Henry
Nabonny
Marton
Hir
Alfred
Naborty
Mareeret
Naborius
Ilenry
Treavens
Flapper Fairy Tales Conversation Teaser
Georgette asks to go to the movies this afternoon while Ludwig assumes she will attend a polo match with Reggie Van Asterblit. She explains she dislikes polo because she knows nothing about the game, in a playful Chicago Amer style exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgette
Ludwig
Reggie van Asterblit
Chicago
Large Reductions in Freight Rates Not Very Probable
C H Markham president of the Minors Central rail road told a luncheon audience at the Interstate Fair program that large future cuts in freight rates are unlikely due to higher production costs. He warned against radical legislation and said farmers pay freight fairly. He urged crop diversification to offset possible losses as farm income rises.
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C. H. Markham
Minors Central Railroad
Mr. Markham
Kiwanis Club
Traffic Club
Chamber of Commerce
Inter- State Fair Association
Woodbury County Pure
Fred Association
Markham
Markhay
Farm Bureau Federation
Oklahoma Wheat Outlook From El Reno Visitor
A communication from W. C. Easley of El Reno Oklahoma reports wheat conditions in Oklahoma. Southwest yields high but prices low prompting farmers to feed wheat to hogs. A-1 hard winter wheat brings 77 cents per bushel during threshing and near 95 cents now, with production costs higher. Farmers owning land join a wheat growers association to bypass grain dealers and mills, planning to handle crops through their own officers. Milling centers in El Reno Oklahoma City Enid and state mills sell 48 pound sacks at 1.65 to 1.85 dollars to consumers. Easley notes migration from farms to towns around El Reno due to Rock Island lines and strong wages. land values range 60 to 2700 dollars per acre. He also comments on regional politics and the K K K with Gov Walton’s unpopularity and alleged lawless activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Easley
el Reno
Okla
Te-L Mayhew Homes
Southwest
Wheat Growers Association
Grain Dealeres and Millers Association
Board of Trade
Wheat Growing Association
Oklahoma City
Enid
Rock Island
R. Ro
Galveston
Easley
Walton
Message of resilience and universal reach to heaven
A reflective aphorism cites equality of distance to heaven from all points on earth. It urges action, endurance, and conquest regardless of circumstance, invoking Pred erie Amiel as the source.
The Casting Out of Jimmy Myers
An earnest, combative town newspaper recounts the rise and fall of Jimmy Myers a gifted but unlucky reporter. A cascade of misprints misadventures and mistaken headlines lead to public scorn and his ultimate dismissal, ending with a note on truth and accountability in small town journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hin
Jimmy
Red Martin
Bers
Busness
Tepe
Lillian Gilney
Hurley &O
James Mycow
Statesman
Frank Milligan
Old Milligan
Parson Milligan
Sum Set
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Loop
By Elfiredam, Whitney
Flapper Fairy Tales
Heaven
Prederie Amiel
Jimmy Myers
Missouri Valley
Golden Rage
United States
J. B. Morgan
Saul
John Luck
Kipling
Miss Larrabee
Kha
Society
Mic
Jinny
Antrobus
Jiminy
Extrall
Main Street
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