Local and Personal Notes From the Brighton Area
Local column reports T. E. Brown returning home from Brighton area relatives. Several notes on visitors, store clerks, and purchases at The Fair. Sigourney high school beat Keota high 18 to 0 in football Saturday. Observations include nursery offerings, plantings, travels of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover of Ypsilanti, Des Moines guests, and various trips to and from Brighton and Sigourney.
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Keota
Sigourney High School
Keota High School
Mrs. Hoover
Ypsilanti, Mich
Carl Roberts
J. H. Minner
Frances
Des Moines
G. T. Auld
Mrs. E. F. Brockway Dies Near Letts in Sudden Death
Washington reports the death of Mrs. E. F. Brockway of Letts occurring suddenly at the Brockway home Saturday evening. Former Letts resident, she and her family had lived in Highland township and Washington before returning to the Letts homestead. Survived by three children, Elizabeth Darrow, Allie Brockway, and James A. Brockway. Funeral set for 1 p.m. tomorrow at the home.
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E. F. Brockway
Letts
Brockway
Highland Township
Washington
Commercial Club
Brokway
Elizabeth Darrow
Allie Brockway
James A. Brockway
Fox Varney marriage in Brighton at First Baptist parsonage
Bruce D. Fox of Brighton married Miss Millie Varney eldest daughter of Mrs. Sarah Varney in a quiet Saturday ceremony at the First Baptist parsonage with Rev. D K Coon officiating. The groom is a decorator and painter and they will reside in Brighton. Friends extend best wishes.
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Bruce D. Fox
Brighton
Millie Varney
Sarah Varney
First Baptist Parsonage
D. K. Coon
Community club notices and church events listed
Notices include G A R Regular Post meeting at 7:30. D A R at Mrs Wilson's home Oct 1 at 2:30. W F Mission oyster supper at Plains church Tuesday. Royal Neighbors meeting at Woodman hall tomorrow. BB class plans a weiner hike Tuesday 6:15 at M E church with athletic club discussion. What I Can sewing meeting moved to tonight with Miss Bessie Jones. Election of officers and quilt blocks mentioned.
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C. J. Wilson
W. F. Missionary Society of the Plains Church
M. E
Misa Bessie Jones
New Haven
County Jail to Empty Tonight Despite Last Minute Stay
Sheriff McCarty plans to empty the county jail tonight as lone prisoner Chris Bevins whitewashes the interior after two months of confinement for selling mortgaged property. Bottleggers Tom Russell and Joe Clark were sent to Ottumwa to face federal court in Davenport as the jail ends its most crowded period this summer with seven inmates at one time.
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McCarty
Chris Bevins
Bevins
Tom Russell
Joe Clark
Ottumwa
Davenport
Ft. Madison
Anamosa
Ancient Ophel Potteries Unearth Early Tombs in Jerusalem
French scholars working on the Ophel slope near Temple Hill uncover several very ancient tombs. The pottery found within is said to date back to roughly 3000 B C, highlighting a remarkable early phase in the region's archaeological record.
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Ophel
Jerusalem
Temple Hill
Ophel of
Scripture
Canfield Sells His Two Picture Shows
J. O. Canfield sold his Wade moving picture theatres to L. R. Coldron and Mr. Marshall of Hampton Iowa for four thousand dollars and plans to move west possibly to California. Coldron will run the local business with Canfield’s former staff. Marshall remains in Hampton.
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Wade
Star
Canfield
California
Washington
BE. L. Coldron
Marshall
Hampton
Iowa
Coldron
Franklin County
Dubuque
Star and Lyric Theatres
Lyric
Dan
Public sale notices list multiple vendors and times
Det Chilcote defines a cow sale at Wash laste with price details. Carden Ingham advertise a furniture sale in Washington at 1:30 p m. Ed Huff runs a closing-out sale in Crawfordsville. J B Crooks Gray and others announce closing-out sales in Columbus Junction Havre and Crawfordsville with various stock and estate items.
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Luella Beal
Rothschild Dry Goods Store
Harvey Shannon
Rothstown, Texas
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John Putnam
F. M. Smith
George Long
Havre
Dougherty Bros
Charles Lovelett
Addie Carson
Ainsworth
The
Ben Auld
Mrs. G. T. Auld
Griswold
Iowe
Cc. F. Smick
Rock Island
Magdalena Zielinski
Mrs. Crozier Palmer
St. Paul, Texas
Isabell Kilgore
Ella Woodford
J. A. Webster
T. E. Steffens
John Kurtz
Lincoln
Lil
C. W. Neal
M. B. Welsh
H. H. Welsh
W. P. Ramsey
Panhandle
Texas
Mrs. Well
Iowa Falls
Cedar Rapids
Luella Shaw
Congress Hotel
L. H. McCally
Derby
Bushnell, Ill
the Lyric Tonight
C. EF. Flemming
Thomas
Tama
Vera Miller
Mary McKelvey
Wil McClean
Ed Huff
Kemp & Wagner
Lytle Bros
the Royal
Todd Stuart
Mountains
Ou & Coach
Jack
Evelyn
Daddy
Sirrah
EF. Brockway
KC Society
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
John Genkinger
J. H. Stewart
P. C
Woodman Hall
Releas
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Side
Coldren and
Hampton Take
J. O. Canfield
Moving Picture Theatre
Paris
India
America
Atchison & Finney
See Gas Co
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