Local notices mix taxi ads and personal news in Iowa paper
A collage of local items lists taxi and shoe ads, housing for sale, licenses issued to Ernest Rudolph and Kate Harris, travel notices, visits to Indianapolis and Davenport, local auto and tire specials, school recitals, and family updates. It notes pecan groves sales, Firestone tire promos, and a home for sale on the Heights with fruit and a large barn.
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Green
Guy E. Manatt
Marion Ave
Bos
Local notes from Wanita and area include visits and events
Mr and Mrs James Burham of Wanita Neb and Nelson Burham of Stratén Neb return home after visit with L T Burham. Nelson Burham marked his 85th birthday. Various notices mention Miss Mildred Stewart organ recital and a Presbyterian church orchestra debut, safety boxes, grooming products, and Fordson tractor discussion at a Michigan fair with Ford’s reply on tractor value.
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James Burham
Wanita
Nebr
Nelson Burham
Stratén
L. T. Burham
Mildred Stewart
the Presbyterian Church
Mr. Ford
Men defeat women in Methodist Sabbath school contest
In Crawfordsville the four adult classes, men versus ladies, held a July August contest. Mrs J A Moorhead and Mrs George Yeager led the ladies while Rev J F Barnett and J A Moorhead led the men. the men won and the ladies served a chicken dinner at the church. About 40 to 45 people attended and enjoyed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Methodist Sabbath School
J. A. Moorhead
George Yeager
J. F. Barnett
Margaret Sommer
Peter Sommer
Eicher Church
C .A. Sprague
N. J. Lease
J. F. Buxbaum
Mary
Nellie Manners
County Sunday School Association
West Chester
Beattty
Not a Bad Description About an Oyster
A natural history lesson features a classroom moment as a student defines an oyster as a fish built like a nut, prompting curiosity about the creature's nature and classification. The exchange showcases playful inquiry in a teaching setting.
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Wallace Reid
Hawthorne OF
THE
U.S.A
Paramount Artcraft Picture
ST. John
Harry Carey
McCoy
Toile
de Nord
Bates
Golden Rod
Clark & Enslin
West Side Square
New York School
Music and Arts
New York City
Mr. Thomas
Washington
South Side Square
Scy
Barry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
Fox & Dewey
J. S. Skipton
Mra. Ni J. Wilson
Piperstone
Minn
D. J. Wilson
Ernest
Rudolph
Kate D. Harris
A. Overholt
Burlington Piano Tuner
Wyett Hel- Wick's
Black
Lorena Fleming
Frank Fleming
Indianapolis
Ind
E. P. Foss
Leslie BE. Switzer
Des Moines
L. T. Barham
Liberty Bell
Washington National Bank
Washington National
Will Dupuis
Ruth Lucille
Harry Dickerson
Davenport
Firestone
White Way
A. R. Miller
Bertha Hay
Presbyterian Church
Gene Breitenbach
Rubio
Crail’s
Howard McBride
Edith McBride
Hazel Richardson
Muscatine
Brighton
Otto Walton
A. M. Gordon of
Haskins
Sinclair
G. G. Ebner
Kansas City
R. J. Crawford
T. D. Cuddy
Hedrick
Will Cuddy
John H. Strickland
Beaver City
Amile Daub
John Tollanaar
Sigourney
Gust Bramer
F. T. Blank
Centerville
van Dyke Home
Lemmon’s
Adyt
Rose Lagille
S. H. Forman
Mary Walton
Rose Valley
Penn
Jother
Frisco’s Chinatown
Earl Williams
Chinatown
Larry Lemon
Fox & Dewey’s
Chambers Clothes Shop
the House of Nifty
Embalmers Funeral Directors
John Shields & Sons
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