Farmers petition to restore two daily trains on Rock Island line
The Farm Bureau of Griswold county circulates a petition among farmers and business people in the Griswold rail territory asking the Rock Island railroad to restore two daily trains. They emphasize rail service supports local prosperity and note truck and auto competition threatens branch-line earnings. Abbott Rayne and Sankey attended a meeting where officials discussed the petition.
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Atlantic
Rock Inland Railroad
Farm Bureau
Griswold
Rock Island Road
Lewis and Griswold
Rock Island
Topeka
Rock Island Railroad
Abbott, Rayne and Sankey
Stolen Radio Set Alarm Grinwald Farmers Rural Theft
In Griswold Iowa a farmer found his three-tube radio receiver and speaker missing after returning from a Lyman band concert. Authorities have not yet located the thief, but the owner intends to trace the culprit. Also notes include local ads and a May bounty payout of 12,929.23 for pheasants and eggs to Butler and Winnebago residents.
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Griswold, Is
Griswold
Lyman
McCormick
State Fish and Game Department
Butler
Winnebago
Housewives urged to buy eggs for winter savings
Cass county residents are advised to buy and preserve eggs now, a practice the Blue Valley Creamery Institute says can save about five dollars per family by using two four gallon stone cracks to store twenty dozen eggs in water glass solution. The method, requiring cleaning, scalding, sealing with waxed paper, and storing in a dry place, preserves eggs for six to ten months with acceptable flavor and nutrition.
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Cass County
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Audubon board turns roads to engineer
Ira Audubon July 15 The board of supervisors shifts control of the county primary and county road system to the county engineer s office following the state highway commission suggestion The change aligns with the new Iowa primary road law set to take effect November 30 and centralizes maintenance under the highway commission through the county engineer.
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Audubon
Ira
Audubon County
Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Highway Commission
Wiota Rebekahs Install Officers
Wiota Rebekah Lodge No 514 installed officers at a regular meeting. Names include Isabelle McDermott as N G Blanch Shelmsker V G Bertha Carson treasurer Cora Daughenbaugh warden Agnes Huff conductor Genie Henderson chaplain Alma Jordan N G Emma Morgan V G Sadie Brewer L S V G Pearl Wood C G Alice Robinson L G Ella Lybarger pianist Floy Taylor instructor Martha Ward installed by Pearl Wood junior past grand
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Wiota
Wiota Revekah Lodge
N. G
Isabelle McDermott
V. G
Blanch Shelmsker
Bertha Carson
Cora Daughenbaugh
Agnes Huff
Genie Henderson
Mary Shellmaker
Alma Jordan
L. S
Emma Morgan
Sadie Brewer
Pearl Wood
C. G
Alice Robinson
L G
Ella Lybarger
Floy Taylor
Martha Ward
Notice to Water Users Urges Conservation During Dry Season
Notice to water users from Mayor Homer Kirkham urges conservation as water supply runs short. Officials pledge effort but call on residents to cooperate to avoid a water famine. E W Noah of Corning was a business caller Monday. Amos W Shipman and family travel to Mt Vernon SD to visit relatives before visiting Bert Hines in Gregory.
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E. W. Noah of
Corning
Amos W. Shipman
Mt. Vernon
South Dakota
Joe Rickel
Bert Hines
Gregory
Billy Angelo's Show Arrives in Anita This Season
Billy Angelo and his comedians plan a tent show in Anita at Concert Park north of the band shell. Owners will share ticket sales with the park commissioners to fund a piano for the band shell. Angelo announced plans after meeting Anita park officials on Tuesday.
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Billy Angelo
Billy
Anita
Angelo
Park Commissioners
Concert Park
Angela
Tribune
Office Closure Notice for July 15 to July 27
The office will be closed from July 15 to July 27 while the staff is out of town. Regular operations resume on July 28 with the same contact channels available upon reopening.
Dr P T Williams Silk Hone Ad Mention
A fragmented ad snippet mentions Dr P T Williams and a silk hone promotion with LaFrance offering more service, though the legible text is incomplete and unclear on context or full claims.
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LaFrance
Lawis
July social notes and local visits in Anita area
H A Shannon and wife visited a Greene county daughter. Rainbow Beauty Shop offers relief from heat with haircuts. Mrs L D White returns from Omaha visit. Greater Anita Club held July meeting at Victorian Hotel with dinner at 6:50. Mrs A8 Walker and Mrs Ralph Forshay hosted a Bridge afternoon at Mrs Walker's home with a three course luncheon.
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Greater Anita Club
A. 8. Walker
Walker
Ralph Forshay
Sunlight Can Save or Sour Milk says Iowa Professor
Prof. Gilbert L. Hauser of the University of Iowa explains that sunlight can keep washed milk pails and separator bowls sweet by killing lactate forming organisms with ultraviolet rays. He notes a thin milk film inside a dry pail still becomes sour unless the interior is sun exposed, delaying the souring for several hours.
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Iowa City
Gilbert L. Hauser
University of Iowa
Houser
Ita
Farmers Protest any Raise in Freight Rates
Farmers oppose an 11 percent freight rate increase in Des Moines. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Charles Hearst vows to fight the move to the last ditch, saying farmers cannot absorb higher costs. He attacks railroad executives and warns of a real fight from Iowa farmers if rates rise. The article also notes local farm bureau activities and a Benton Center program with songs, recitations, and a lunch.
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Des Moines
Chas. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Hearst
Town Farm Bureau
Interstate -Commerce Commission
Woase
Iowa
Benton Farm Bureau
Benton Center
Benton Club
Freda Benbensee
Evelyn Metz
Marjorie Walker
Ethel Templeman
Lillian Metz
Getteva Jordan
Viola Linfor
Evelyn Freeman
Helen Scarlett
Gladys’ McConnell
Ida Miller
Evelyn Matz
Genevieve Jordan
Evalyn Freeman
Viola
Aged Wiota Lady Still Keeps Boarders at 88
Georgia Lahman of Wiota Iowa born in 1836 at Fort Dearborn reviewed as Chicago’s second white child. She is Aunt to Maj. Gen. Charles Lahman and has raised a large family and kept a home for 26 years while boarding Wiota teachers.
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Georgia Lahman
Chicago
la Alva
U.S
Wiota
Tiu
Chcago
Georgia _Lahman
Charles Lahaman
United States Signal Corps
Washington, D. C
Old Port Dearborn
Middle West
Lahman
Milneis
Registration of Cars This Year Surpasses Last Year
A county records 5223 cars registered by July 1 this year, up from 4370 on the same date last year, with monthly gains continuing. The list of new owners includes Anna Moon Pierson, Anita, Hansa Hansen, F A Reed, Wm C G Roberts, Earl Becker, B Hayworth, One A Clow, D B Miller, Bernard Stephens, Lloyd Harris, Earl Porger, Hugh Donnel, and F M Mehiander, among others, all purchasing various models.
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Anna Moon Pierson
Chrysler
Lake Bear
Anita
Essex
Hansa Hansen
Atlantic
Star
F. A. Reed
Viota
Ford
Wm. CG. Roberts
Cumberland
Anita Triumphs Over Ele Horn Team 6 to 4
Anita’s semi pro squad defeated the Ele horn team 6 to 4 last Sunday. Buddy pitched for the local club while Ken Kennedy caught. The Danas trailed until they scored three times in the seventh and again in the ninth. Swartz, playing with Anita, led with three of the six points.
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Anita
Elehorn
Buddy
Kennedy
Tha ‘Danas
Swartz
Patterns for sale and oil patterns cited with price
Fragmentary note mentions many new patterns and better quality oil eluting patterns. It lists a price of 43 cents per yard and references Lewis. Dim details about weight or quantity are unclear.
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Griswold and
Lewis Vicinity
Rainbow Beauty Shop
Everete
Kelloway Y
Council Bluffs
Dell Martin
Colfax
Town
Hom
Martin
Audubon Board
Wiota Rebekahs
Libby
Curtis
Cook
Gedney
Bermuda
the Briardale Grocery
A. R. Kohl
P. T. Williams
H. A. Shannon
Greene County
The
Mrs. L D. White
Omaha
Gretchen Budd
Lincoln Township
C. W. Hockenberry
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