Westfield Weekend Notes and Local Activities
Miss Shirley and Carrol Lilly visited near Remsen while Daryl Connolly of Sioux City stayed with relatives. A fine cherry crop was marketed by the Van Vieck family. Miss Maude Michael returned to Munele Ind. for a brother’s illness. Activities include St Catharine Guild meetings, church services, and several social visits. Westfield suffers an eleven inning 3 to 2 loss to Stevens and schedules games at Riversioux Park. Local health and travel updates include George Hoffman’s Des Moines medical exam and Catherine Seyler vacationing at home. Poison bran meeting planned to protect crops from grasshoppers.
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Shirley
Carrol Lilly
Remsen
Daryl Connolly
Sioux City
D. F. Connolly
van Vieck
Maude Michael
Earl Michael
Munele
Ind
Florence Beaubien
St. Catharine’'s Guild
Community
Iall
Tracy
Mary Tracy
M. O. Nelson
Nelson
Stevens
S. C
Westfield
Elk Point
Riversioux Park
Riversioux
Jefferson
George Hoffman
Des Moines
Hoffman
Catherine Seyler
J. C. Penney
O. W. Green
F. Waterbury
Hinton
Perry McCorkell
Clarence Hummel
Congregational Church
Dorothy Martin
Margery Butler
Martin
Wilbur Harrington
Edmund Spaulding
Newhall
Marshalltown
Indianola
Catherine Beaubien
Bonnie Thornton
Sylvester Conway
Akron
Gertrude Seyler
Bert Leinert
Ladies’ Aid
B. H. Spaulding, Jr
John Agnes
S. J
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Agnes
St. Mary's College
Kansas City
Wm. Connolly
Hir Point
L. V. Gant
Community Hall
Union Creek News highlights July services and visitors
Union Creek church sets Sunday services on July 3 with an 11 o'clock morning sermon by a Salem SD pastor and 10 o'clock Sunday school. Luther League convenes at Alcester July 1 to 3. A stream of visitors includes Gust Jonson and family from Chicago staying two weeks with the Wibergs, and Mr. and Mrs. Adamson welcomed a baby boy June 26. Several social visits and gatherings are noted, ending with the advisory that advertising in the hometown paper best informs readers of items for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Creek
Salem
Alcester
Gust. Jonson
George Adamson
Hannah Sellberg
Mary Larson
Hawarden
H. R. Anderson
Norman
Donald Olson
Mabel Anderson
Lois
Jernice Anderson
John Hultgren
Dennis
Imogene
Stewart Harker
Elmer Hultgren
Robert Johnson
Big Springs
Martin Johnson
Gust. Johnson
Chicago
Local social notes from Akron and surrounding towns
OHATSWORTH CHATS about HARRY SMITH and wife and son JAMES from Akron visiting on Sunday. Several Akron visitors, including Mrs Mary Brownmiller, and Dorothy Harris visiting relatives. Trips to Hawarden and Sterling Nebraska, plus visits from Sioux City and Tennsylvania families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohatsworth
Harry Smith
James
Akron
Mary Brownmiller
John Hartman
Dorothy Harris
Marie Degan
Bill Kelley
Iowa
Chicago
Margaret Scheffen
Hawarden
Audie Degan
Revenue Act of 1932 Impacts Banks and Postage Rates
The Revenue Act of 1932, signed by President Hoover, hikes taxes on bank checks, postage, telegraphs, oil pipelines, and various excises. Effective June 21 or July 6, it broadens consumer costs including 2 cents per bank check and 3 to 10 percent rates on tickets, safety boxes, and entertainments, aiming to erase the treasury deficit of two billion dollars.
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Seventy-second Congress
Hoover
United States Treasury
United States
Congress
Canada
Nfe
Federal Excise Tax Proposals Hit Beer Syrup Cars and More
The outline details broad excise hikes including 12 percent plus prices on fuel and fountain syrups, 4 cent a pound carbonated gas tax, 1h cent per gallon brewers wort, 38 cent per pound Mark syrup, 20 cent per gallon grape concentrates, and varied taxes on autos, radios, cameras, matches, firearms, jewelry, furs, and household goods. Income, inheritance, and gift taxes rise with new brackets and exemptions, while stamp taxes cover stocks bonds and conveyances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wort
Towa
Tax Schedule Outlines New Bond and Stock Duties
New issues of bonds and capital stocks incur a 10 cent tax per 100 dollars par value. Transfers of stock taxed 4 cents per share, 6 cents if sale price exceeds 20 dollars. Tax also on stock loans. Conveyances taxed 50 cents per deed from 100 to 500 dollars and 50 cents per additional 500. Produce deliveries taxed 6 cents. Oil tax 0.5 cent per gallon, coal 20 dollars per ton, and 4 indicated for imports.
Copper Price and Lumber Charge Mentioned
The notice notes copper priced in cents per pound and lumber charged at $3 for each thousand feet, indicating a pricing schedule or tariff terms likely from a trade or shipping ledger.
Plymouth Winter Corn and Grain Show Seeks Exhibits
Farmers planning to show grain and grass sheaves at the Plymouth County Winter Corn and Grain show in January 1938 are urged to harvest now. For the first time, sheaf entries are invited with various grains and grasses listed, requiring a three inch diameter at the center band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
C. H. Thompson
Grinding Service For Farmers In Akron Area
A. W. Lundberg announces purchase of a new large hammermill grinder for custom grinding and requests farmers to place orders. Contact Akron residence phone numbers 128 and 309 for details and service availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Lundberg
Akron
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the Register-Tribune
Ray A. Smith
OWA Press
Union Creek News
Henry Burnight
Bernadine Rounds
Dave Skogman
Plorence
Edith Bennett
D. KK. Bennett
Kensington Club
Lavere Green
Craig
Senate
Klayer Bros
V. E. Rossow
L. E
Savings Bank
Akron Savings Bank
Swift
Kellogg’s
Lipton
THE
G.M. Comipany
Akron Live Merchants
Alfred Felly
R. J. Casey
Chicago News
Madison
Wisconsin
Casey
Robert J. Casey
Chicago Daily News
University of Wisconsin
Felly
University Avenue
Mr. Felly
A.A.A
Indianapolis Speedway
Standard Oil Company
Atlas Tift
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