Weddings Bring Brighton Folks Together in September
Hazel Shepherd and J Don Hayes wed at the Methodist parsonage in Davenport on September 18, with a reception at home to follow after October 1 in Wayland. Marie Henderson and Roy Fleakson wed in Fairfield the same day and plan a Centerville home after a trip to Omaha. Community notes cover farm bureau events, concerts, visitors, and local residents' activities across Brighton Iowa and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Iowa
Hazel Shepherg
J. Donald Hayes
Davenport
Hugh Wright
Wayland
Des Moines
Hayes
Ed Shep
L. C. Fleak
Fairfield
Lawrnce
Bertha Henderson
L. E. White
Omaha
Centerville
Hurst and Jersen Department Store
Pleasant Valley Women’s Farm Bureau Club
Clara Phhaffer
Pack Plain
Washington
Mary Gowey
Anamosa
Willard Lindauer
P. BE. O
Pearl Frain
Zora Bristow
Poultry and fruit show entries span classes and awards
The excerpt lists class categories for best draft teams and horse or animal pulls, prize amounts, and entries for poultry including cockerels and pullets by breed. It also details fruit exhibit entries with labeled varieties and specimen counts along with exhibit rules and facilities.
Louisa Four-H girls plan disaster relief project
Miss Josephine Arnquist state leader of Girls Four-H clubs met Louisa county committee to set the 1929 project theme Anning by the Most Up to-date Methods and Courtesies of Everyday Life The county will raise 100 for Florida and Porto Rico relief efforts Contributions invited at Columbus Junction State Bank Various club activities and visits noted with local residents and educators plan rallies and tours including a picnic at Columbus Chautauqua Park and a Town State Teachers College event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Josephine Arnquist
Louisa County
Anning
Florida
Porto Rico
K. V. Smiley
Ines
Vincent M. Williams
Des Moines
H Girls
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Joe Littrell
Geneseo
Laurene Buffington
Cole
Jenny Boyd Shines At Woman's Club Open Meeting
Jenny Boyd surprises neighbors by accepting the open meeting invitation and arrives in elegant dress with a new hat and blouse. She delivers a standout speech led by Miss Newton, earning cheers, while Eva and Helen wrestle with social pressures and Jenny’s rising status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VA Thurber
Helen Carver
Woman's Club
Jenny Boyd
Liiva
Elen
Helen
Eva
Eva Wes
Jennie
Jenny
Miss Newton
West Street
Boyds
Miss Hill
Miss Ill
Nya
Meten
Mrs. Alverson
Allie Scott
Uwelen
Sam
Observances of a Burmese shahs wife and Malagasy dancers
A wife of a Burmese shah keeps strict rules such as resting every fifth day and daily water and flower rituals. omens arise if the water sinks or flowers droop. She avoids sleeping in her husband’s bed when he’s away. Madagascar history notes include women and girls dancing day and night while men are at war to grant strength, courage, and luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Madagascar
Flopsy and Mopsey Discuss an Enigmatic Stranger
In a late night chat aboard a ship returning last summer, Flopsy brags about an attractive man who charmed a companion with wit and dancing. Mopsey notes their familiarity, while Flopsy understates their knowledge and fears the man may not recognize her at a forthcoming McTavishes dinner dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flopsy
Mopsey
McTavishes
Boron Occurrence and Early Isolation History
The article notes boron occurs with other elements especially in volcanic regions and in minerals like borax and boracic acid. It is produced by heating boric oxide with powdered magnesium, with initial elemental isolation credited to Gay Lussac and Thenard in France and to Sir Humphrey Davy in England. Boron salts find use as a eutectic agent and in metallurgy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay-Lussac
Thenard
France
Sir Humphrey Davy
England
Washington Star
Earliest Watches Chronology From Nuremberg to Modern Times
The article traces watchmaking from its early roots in Nuremberg Bavaria at the start of the sixteenth century. It notes initial use of the hour hand only with the minute hand added in the later seventeenth century. It also mentions the flat round form appearing in the early seventeenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Pathfinder Magazine
Condensed milk remark stirs humor in tight New York apartment
A brief exchange reveals a cramped New York apartment where occupants joke about space and necessity, noting limited room and the gag about using condensed milk to cope with the scarcity.
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Brighton Rd
Helmick
N. A
Esther Woodford
Enterprise
Charlie Meek
Kirksville
Stella Koch
Riley Jerrel
Sam Jerrel
Paul Harvey
Titus
W. J. Taylor
Wm. Dawson
White Yard Lbr. Co
A. W. Clyde
United States
PRG
Roy Snyder
Extension
Iowa State College At
Ames
Rules
Washington County
H. Montgomery
J.crenney Co
Lytle’s Grocery
Farm Bureau
Turner
CORN
Old McNamara Bldg
South Side
H. EE. Nichols
McNamara Blvd
H. EB. Nichols
Lass
Guernsey
Jersey
Swine County
Mar
Poland
Chester
McNamara
Sweet
Dvnson H—Poultry
Amercan M. W
Woods Thermos Poultry Fountain
Rhode Island
Apples McNamara
H. BF. Nichols
Grimes
Ben Davis
Jonathan
N. W
Old McNamara
H. E. Nichols
Nass
Bae
Tee Ogeyoods
Orpington
Miss White
Keota
Dorothy White
J. W. White
Harth Woods
Wichita
Kansas
Allpress All Star Company
Lyceum
White
Allpress Company
Nebraska
Iowa State College
P. Kk. D. Sisterhood
Fastern Star
Martha Butler
Don Tillma
Kansas City
Tamlac
Tanlac
J. Walsh
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