Adams County Petition Urges New Corning Court House
Citizens circulate petitions in Adams County to ask the board of supervisors to consider a bond election for a new Corning courthouse. Estimated cost 75 000 to 100 000 with 55 percent funded locally and 45 percent by the Federal government. The current 1893 courthouse costs 30 000 and is described as dangerous.
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Adams
Adams County
Board of Supervisors
Corning
Oaly
Red Oak Express
Molasses Cars Heated to Unload at Driftmier Mill
Unloading of molasses attracts attention as tank cars must be heated before flow begins. A Cuban-sourced car via Mobile, Alabama arrived this week for Driftmier mill. Road Mix Construction equipment spreads tar and heated syrup poured into a mixer for transport from the car.
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Cuba
Mobile
Ala
Driftmier Mill
Road Mix Construction Company
Tugwell's
Shenandoah Sentinel
Pella to Erect Full Size Dutch Windmill
The town of Pel la plans a genuine old time Dutch wind mill for tulip time. Standing 30 to 60 feet high, it will run on an electric motor to pump water through a stream under a nearby bridge. The junior chamber of commerce is raising funds in dollar contributions.
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Pella
Holland
Baby Falls 14 Feet Injures 6 Month Old Thurrell Pursell
Tiny Thurrell Pursell, six months old, suffered slight injuries after tumbling about 14 feet from an upstairs window. He rolled from an unhooked storm window onto shrubs and icy ground, with a minor head bump and bruises but no broken bones.
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Tiny Thurrell Pursell
Duane Pursell
Shenandoah Sentinel
Christmas Chorus Celebrates Christ Birth
A Christmas poem recalls the Nativity story with angels and shepherds. It praises Jesus born in Bethlehem and urges daily worship and trust in him as life unfolds. The verse emphasizes blessings from God and the hope of eternal life through faith.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Reunion at the Rialto and Ramona at Rialto Theater
The Rialto screens Reunion a drama about a country doctor summoning his 3000 former patients back to him with their fears and joys featuring Dionne Quints and stars such as Jean Hersholt Rochelle Hudson and Loretta Young Ramona follows with Loretta Young and Don Ameche in a Technicolor romance of high emotion and old California adventure with a large supporting cast.
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Rialto Theatre
Dionne Quints
Jean Hersholt
Rochelle Hudson
Helen Vinson
Slim Summerville
Robert Kent
John Qualen
Dorothy Peterson
Ramona
Helen Hart Jackson
Loretta Young
Don Ameche
Alessandro
Kent Taylor
Pauline Frederick
Jane Darwell
Katherine DeMille
John Carradine
Mesa Grande
California
The Longest Night at Rialto Theatre
A mystery romance comedy drama titled The Longest Night plays at the Rialto Theatre on Wednesday December 30. Robert Young and Florence Rice lead as the store owner’s son and a salesgirl with a large supporting cast including Ted Pealy Julie Haydon Catherine Doucet Janet Beecher Leslie Fenton Sidney Toler Paul Stanton Clin Howland and others in a rapid sequence of incidents set in a big department store locale.
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Rialto Theatre
Robert Young
Florence Rice
Ted Pealy
Julie Haydon
Catherine Doucet
Janet Beecher
Leslie Fenton
Sidney Toler
Paul Stanton
Clin Howland
Kitts McHugh
Samuel S. Hinds
Tommy Rupp
John Hyams
Minor Watson
Cemetery Tools Stolen Five Times
John Baldwin sexton of Rose Hill cemetery reports five break ins to his tool house since taking the post with thieves taking spades shovels axes and crow bars in the latest theft last week A coal covered pair of gloves found may point to a Wabash railroad coal source some tents belonged to the city and others to Mr Baldwin’s personal property.
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John Baldwin
Sexton
Rose Hill
Wabash Railroad
Collins to Build New Legion Hall in Story County
The Collins American Legion post plans a $1500 building on an advantageous lot donated by a local citizen. They will sell $10 shares of stock, due in ten years, to residents of Collins and nearby areas to raise funds. The hall will serve general recreation and Legion activities for the village.
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Collins
Legion
Story County
American Legson
Osceola Tribune
Eye Removed After Accident Near West Bend
Benton Carter, a farmer near West Bend, underwent surgery at a Fort Dodge hospital to remove his left eye after a whip cracked by a whip while driving cattle struck his eye. The eye became infected and the eye ball had to be removed.
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Whiplass Benton Carter
West Bend
Fort Dodge
Humboldt Republican
Priebe Sees Poultry Prices Set for Recovery Next Year
The letter notes poultry prices have fallen recently, hurting turkey and other fowl raisers. It urges careful management, predicts steady profits for prudent growers, and says those who started chicks early and sold well will profit again next year.
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Luis
Lucas County Miners Face Possible National Strike Next Spring
The United Mine Workers report soft coal operators plan to raise the work week from 35 to 40 hours after March 3 with no wage increase. Miners plan a 20 hour week or higher pay or both as they seek a new contract beyond May 62.
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Lucas County
United Mine Workers
Chariton Hereld- Patrint
It Pays to Advertise Despite Public Scrutiny
A Clarion Monitor note says the Post Office warned against publishing schemes of chance. Last week a crowd gathered on the public square and publicized who won the candy. Further details are available at the post office.
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P. O. Dept
Nis
Clarion Monitor
32 Years Ago In Bedford City News
The city council held an extraordinary meeting on December 19 to discuss securing a better water supply. A committee was appointed to investigate and report later. Various marriages and licenses were noted, including Miss Iva Branson and Will B. Berry, plus a depot opening and several local graduations and ceremonies referenced.
20 Years Ago This Week Birth Announcement
Bor to Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Knodle of Gravity, Tuesday, Dec. 19, a son.
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Bor
B. L. Knodle
Williams Campaign and Fonta Purcell to marry in Cres ton
William F Campaign son of Mr and Mrs Guy Campaign of Sharpsburg and Fonta Purcell of this city are to wed at the Baptist parsonage in Cres ton Friday Dec 24 by the Baptist church minister. Mr and Mrs Ralph Rounds of Conway welcome baby girl Jeane Olive born Friday Dec 17. this week to Raymond Symonds 23 of Kent and Lillian Jenkins 18 of Clearfield.
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William F. Campaign
Guy Campaign
Sharpsburg
Fonta Purcell
Baptist Parsonage
Creston
Baptist Church of
Ralph Rounds
Conway
Jeane Olive
Raymond Symonds
Kent
Lillian Jenkins
Clearfield
Jas. Walls
Ruth Bruner
Simon
Mary
Israel
Santa Claus
Burl Million
Albert, Kans
Dolly Boham
Cecil Reed
Lee Straight
Clarinda
Jake Kernen
Bedford
W. A. Bates
Ralph Hunter
Conway School Closes For Winter Break
Conway closes Thursday December 24 for over two weeks with reopening Monday January 4. Teachers spend vacation in Des Moines Davenport Centralia Creston Tingley String Town Gravity Bedford Clearfield Platteville and other nearby towns as listed. Sunday school program and Christmas events noted. local visits and family gatherings described.
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Convey
C. P. Thompson
Des Moines
Kenneth Mitchem
Davenport
Helen Austene
Centralia
Dorothy Heaton
Creston
Ike Kiburz
Tingley
Gladys Bush
Stringtown
C. R. Bishoff
Conway
Catherine Moore
Gravity
Train Schedule Snippet Mixed Train Handling Passengers
A fragment lists locomotive service at Bedford No 20 passenger No 8 freight No 85 freight at 11:00 AM No. 31 passenger at 6:18 PM. Mixed train handles passengers baggage and express but not U.S. mail.
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Bedford
What every woman wants to know about supper ideas
A light column offers meal planning tips and seasonal cooking notes. It covers varied simple dinners such as fried sausage with hominy and corn bread, plus humorous town anecdotes about potatoes and Christmas safety pins, and odd gadgets in dentistry.
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