Local Folks Attend Des Moines Old Settlers Encampment
A crowded list of locals visits Des Moines for the Old Settlers encampment with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Dr. and Mrs. Boice Mrs. Beenblossom Mrs. Miller Mrs. Keister Joe Reinhart J. M. Thompson Alex Brawner J B Dey and others. Several residents travel from Ames Columbus Junction and Santa Fe California to visit kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. J. Dawson
J. C. Boice
Abe Beenblossom
Edith Miller
A. N. Keister
Joe Reinhart
J. M. Thompson
Alex Brawner
J.B. Dey
Brighton
J. A. Peters
Abbington
J. C. F. Wead
John Rupp
Santa Fe
California
R. L. McGugin
James Embree
J. E. Harvey
Frank Fleming
Levi G. Myers
W. M. Lowash
J. A. Donaldson
Mt Pleasant and Cedar Falls News Briefs
Miss Martha Chalmers taught in Mt Pleasant public schools and visited Mt Pleasant yesterday. Mr and Mrs C O Davis spent the weekend in Cedar Falls with daughter Isabelle a freshman at Iowa State Teachers College. Babb returns from Argos Indiana where his daughter Miss Dorothy was ill and underwent an appendectomy now staying with Rev and Mrs A T M Hainer. Mr and Mrs B F Bostwick Jr visit Quincy Illinois with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Chalmers
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Chalmers
C. O. Davis
Cedar Falls
Isabelle
Iowa State Teachers College
O.—. Babb
Argos
Indiana
Misa Dorothy
Miss Babb
A. ™. Hainer
Mrs
B. F. Bostwick Jr
Quincy, Tl
Local Residents Make Short Travels and Neighborhood News
Kelen Breese visited sister Mrs P Murphy in Cotter yesterday. Florence Rohrer returned from Fairfield after a social visit. M Livings of Chicago left for Denver after a brief stay. Clarence Logan travels to Des Moines to visit friends. Mr and Mrs Carl Hedges and Ruth left for Oberlin Ohio for Ruth to attend school. Max Orr visited Co junction. S C Whittmer a business caller from Jambus Junction. Mr and Mrs Sam Munson of Wellman visited Maynard Brown. Robert Thompson and Dad Brindley drove to Ames to enroll in school. Dorothy Thompson joined them to Grinnell for schooling. P H Boydes on business visit. Raymond Buckley spent yesterday at home in Ainsworth. works at Ford garage. Mr and Mrs Lyman Johnson of Olds shopped here Saturday. Mrs Schylar Livingston visiting daughter Mrs H J Vorrhis in Kenosha Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Leslie Dunlap welcomed a daughter born at county hospital Saturday. Velvet Ice Cream Parlor moved to Second Ave and Fifth Street and will open soon. Mr and Mrs Will Long and Mr and Mrs William Sims with daughter Mary Jane and Mrs Ned Long of Coffeyville Kansas visiting Wise Long home.
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Will Long
William Sims
Mary Jane
Ned Long
Coffeyville, Kansas
Wise Long Home
Women's Club Chairman Announces Constitutional Referendum Support
Mrs. Max Mayer of the Citizenship Training committee of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs declares federation backing a constitutional amendment to allow women to serve as legislators. Also notes arrival of Skinner's Satin Pump a two eyelet spike heel dress shoe for women.
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Max Mayer
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Committees Draft Plans for Fall Festival Program
Committees for the fall festival are at work on preliminary plans and expect completion within two or three days. Manager Red ding of the Graham theater has offered use of his house both days until six o clock in the evening. The speakers committee aims to confirm whether Co. 8 W Brookhart can speak on opening day as planned.
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Redding
Graham Theater
Co. 8
Rain Returns with Over an Inch Perfectly Sat Night
After three days of damp weather, a heavy rain Saturday night brought 1.04 inches of precipitation by official measurements. Streams rose again and forecasters warned of more rain to come.
New Orleans Faces Approaching Storm As Residents Flee
As hurricane fear grows, hundreds evacuate New Orleans and Mississippi coast towns. Barometers fall and tides rise while ships seek safe harbors. officials warn of destruction comparable to the Florida outbreak.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi Coast
Mississippi
Louisiana
Pensacola
Florida
Burwood
Miami
First Flight Golfers Paired for Washington Country Club
The first flight of sixteen qualifiers for the Washington Country Club championship will be played as match play over eighteen holes. Pairings include Claude Tucker vs Will Harwood and Ed Wells vs A W Clow with others listed. Matches must be completed by Friday evening and entry for a second flight is open. The committee notes good course conditions with moved fairways and little standing water.
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Washington
Frank Carter
Fred Martin
Leslie Eicher
Secon
American sailors wounded on gunboat Pigeon near Hanyang
Three American sailors were wounded, none seriously, when the gunboat Pigeon was fired on Sunday morning while passing the city of Hanyang on the Yangtze river, according to Hankow telegrams.
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Associated Press
Peking
Hanyang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Iowa Flood Losses Mount Across State Rail Lines Damaged
Iowa farm and railroad interests assessed flood damage from overflows along the Big Sioux Floyd Racoon and Des Moines rivers. More than 50 000 acres of low lands flooded and bridges swept away while railroad tracks and transmission lines suffered widespread disruption. Estimated losses run up to 5 million dollars with affected areas including Sioux City Des Moines Marshalltown and Hawarden.
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Agenciated Press
Pes Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Des Moines
Big Sioux
Floyd
Merrill
Alton
Hawarden
Cherokee
Orange City
Hospers
Akron
Hinton
Marshalltown
Detour Impacts Rock Island Main Line Through Washington
Up to noon today ten passenger trains and one silk train were detoured from the Rock Island main line via Allerton to Des Moines due to ashouts on the Brooky Des Moines section. The single track through Washington was heavily overworked and traffic was tied up.
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Rock Island
Washington
Allerton
Des Moines
Brook_y
Church Wealth in United States Tally Reaches 35 Million
A recent estimate places church wealth in the United States at about 35 million dollars. The figure encompasses assets held by congregations and related religious bodies across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Local residents share travels visits and a birth
Mrs C A Speer leaves for Des Moines to work at the historical building and attend an old soldiers encampment. John Little and others attend community events while families welcome a newborn Calvin John at the county hospital. Various residents travel to Kenosha Crawfordsville Mt Pleasant and West Chester for visits work or to join family occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Speer
Des Moines
Local Notes Include Visits and Travel Across Iowa
A series of brief items lists business calls in Muscatine Ada Wickey's return from Sioux City and other travels across Muscatine Keota Oskaloosa and Crawfordsville. The notices mention threshing contracting services from Kalona and Wellman and a funeral in Minneapolis affecting W B Meyers family.
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Cohen
Kelly
George Sidney
Charles Murray
Vera Gordon
Sennett
Fox
Sara Hughes
Chicago
Oscar Hughes
Ed Wilson
Iowa City
Sherd Wilson
Nell Davis
Crawfordsville
F. PD. Carlson
Elsie Peterson
Davenport
F.C. Hildebrand
C. C. Owen
Clyde Davis
Ames
R. H. Malin
E. O. Newell
Columbus Junction
Luther Freeman
Bertha
Pomona, Calif
W. W. Bowers
John W. Stephens
Oroville
Calif
W. F. Lup- Yvert
May
Dave Lemmon
Woman's Relief Corps of
West Chester
Elmer Pugh
Dorothy
Richard
Williamsburg
Will Duncan
Pb. N. Anwyl
Sarah Pugh
W. L. Long
W. M. Simms
Wisie Long
Coffeyville
Kansas
Kelen Breese
P. Murphy
Cotter
Florence Rohrer
Fairfield
M. Livings
Denver
Colorado
Clarence Logan
Les Moines
Carl Hedges
Ruth
Oberlin, Ohio
Schoool
Max Orr
Co- S.C
Whittmer
Sam Munson of
Wellman
Maynard Brown
Robert Thompson
Dad Brindley
Dorothea Thompson
Grinnell
P. H. Boydes
Raymond Buckley
Ainsworth
Ford
Lyman Johnson
Olds
Schylar Livingston
H. J. Vorrhis
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Leslie Dunlap
County Hospital
Second Ave
Fifth Street
Women’s Club
A. E. Atchison Florsheims Arch-Preservers
Peterson
Wells Crail Sales Co
Rt . Co
Obie
McElhinney Drug Co
O. L
McDaniel
Beth
Louisi
Ana
Bess Conger
U and Tf
Sunset Park
Keota Park
Warren Mathews
Charlene
Nelson Thompson
Bertha Sundburg
Fort Dodge
Myra Ecerman
Hollywood
Manford Wilcox
Ainsworth, Mrs. Sundburg
Echerman
Collier’s
Ideal Bottling CO
Kd Ae
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
W. Long
Schuver Livingston
Kenosha, Wis
Bert Dilt
Keota
Mrs. Elmer
Waukegen
Krr
Ashby
Beatrice Wisen
J. L. Mayer
John Cook
Havre
Robert Shields
A.R. Miller
Burlington
Jane Kernel
Bushnell, Ill
Alvie Nethergal
John Little
Calvin John
White Yard
F. P. Randall
R. C. McCleery
Ruth Freshwaters
J. A. Freshwaters
The
West Cheater Savings Bank
Hugh Marshall
Muscatine
Ada Wickey
Irv Gallagher
H. L. Whittaker
Ray Pate
Maurice
Oskaloosa
L. A. Stewart
Ecr
Muriel Dunbar
Isaac Marr
eKota
Lola Winja
Owen Cnossen
J. A. Swartzendruber
Kalona
Lucille Jones
Emma Bennett
N. D. Anderson
Vail
John Shields & Sons
Wardrobe Cleaners
Hans
You
C. S. Lemmon
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