Unusual Foster Pig Calf Bond Edges into Orchard
Carroll Parrish on the Imogene mail route reports a Belted Hampshire litter of 12 pigs suckled by a cow calf. The sow fed the calf alongside her natural litter causing daily transfers of nourishment. Parrish separated the sow and pigs into an orchard as the calf continued to feed from other pigs.
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Carroll Parrish
Joe Parrish
Hampshire
Carrol
Joe
Shenandoah Gazette
Spinach Pack Progress and Prospects at Otoee Plant
The 1937 spinach pack at the Otoee Food Products plant finished last Thursday with 11,000 cases packed. Early peas yield one to two tons per acre, with a week expected to complete the run, hulled in ten days. Acreage likely to rise next year, packed in Hamburg instead of Nebraska City. corn prospects are good and expected to start mid August with normal weather.
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Otoee Food Products
Hamburg
Nebraska City
1937 Burial Marks Milestone At Strawberry Point Cemetery
Ray Shriver the sexton reports the 1937 1 937th burial at Strawberry Point cemetery making the event unique for this year. This moment will not recur unless another burial occurs in 1937.
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Strawberry Point
Ray Shriver
Sexton
Clayton County Press-Journal
Hold Joe Howe as man chased from crib
Joe Howe, a colored race horse owner, denied absence from his home yet county officers found his car and coat near the Strong farm. Wet shoes and overalls wrapped in a blanket and other clues pointed to a possible break in at the corn crib. Howe was jailed as investigators, led by Sheriff Crawford, pursued the case awaiting formal charge.
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Joe Howe
G. Strong
Strong Farm
Crawford
Howe
Willis Glassnow
Clarinda
History Repeats Itself in an Old Sayings
In Diagonal last week Leonard Fogle of Anamosa with family moved lumber from the old cream room near the Reporter office to his farm and used it to build a granary, echoing a fifty year old Goshen relocation. The move recalls the town’s past when lumber from the Goshen post office helped build a storehouse and cream room near the Dolecheck site.
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Diagonal
Goshen
D. D. Dolecheck
Leanard Fogle
Anamosa
Arthur Woods Place
Goshen Farm Site Tied to Mr Fogi in Ds Goshen
Diagonal Reporter notes Goshen sits on the farm once owned by Mr Fogi linking the locality to the Domai team. The report places Goshen within the Ds Goshen area and mentions a 228 reference.
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Goshen
Mr. Fogi
Domai
Ones 228
Ds Goshen
Balloon launches draw crowd to Diagonal fields
Spectators watched balloon demonstrations as youths released hydrogen balloons made with zinc and mitratic acid. A postcard from Lawrence W. Myers noted a balloon found on his corn held about 10:30 the next morning, having traveled roughly twenty miles from Diagonal to his farm 31 miles south of Afton.
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Deys
Bors
Lawrence W. Myers
Atton
Diagonal
Myers
Afton
Earth
Miss Phyllis Canon Completes Nurse Training Honor
Mr and Mrs Leon J Canon learned their daughter Miss Phyllis Canon has passed probation and earned the nurse’s cap at General hospital in Kansas City. She began the training late January after graduating Maryville high school in 1936. Canon's father is a former Bedford resident, son of Mrs L C Widner.
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Leon J. Canon
Phyllis Canon
General Hospital
Kansas City
Miss Canon
Maryville High School
Canon
Bedford
L. C. Widner
Maryville
Young Men Take Flight Miss Grant City In Error
Joe Lawrence and Eldon Temple, pilot and passenger from Stanberry area, flew toward Grant City. Ill effects from air sickness caused them to miss the town and land in a Des Moines nearby field. The plane bogged in a damp corn field upon return, no passengers boarded.
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Atrick
Joe Lawrence
St. Joseph
Stanberry
Lawrence
Grant City
Eldon Temple
Temple
Des Moines
Baby Burns Mouth with Electric Cord
Ten month old Shirley Marie Woods daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Woods suffered burns after placing an extension cord end in her mouth Wednesday morning. The current was off as her father replaced a fuse in another part of the house. Hospital authorities report she is doing well. Maryville Forum.
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Shirley Marie Woods
Ed Woods
Mr. Woods
Maryville Forum
Doctor Bull at the Rialto Will Rogers Theatre
The Rialto presents Doctor Bull on June 25 and 26 starring Will Rogers as a friendly New England town doctor. Based on James Gould Cozzens The Last Adam, the film follows his courting of Vera Allen and clashes with Dr Ralph Morgan as an epidemic threat tests town politics and Will’s influence. Roach Hudson Marian Nixon and Morgan co star with Devine in the assembled cast.
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Will Rogers
Doctor Bull
Rialto Theatre
James Gould Cozzens
Adam
Will
New England
Vera Allen
vThe Tn
Roé¢ Hudson
Marian Nixon
Morgan
Andy Devine
Feye Luke
Charlotte Henry
Twomac Bock
Margaret Irving
Karloff
Faust
Mephistopheles
Charlie Chan
Chan
Astaire Rogers Shine in Shall We Dance at Rialto
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers lead in Shall We Dance at the Rialto with June 27 28 29 shows. The pair dazzles as top stars in Paris and New York settings with eight dance numbers including a roller skate routine and a solo aboard a liner. Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore reprise comic roles with new co stars Jerome Cowan and William Brisbane.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Roy
Paris
New York
Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Edward Everett Horton
Eric Blore
Astaire-Rogers
Kxetti Gallian
Jerome Cowan
William Brisbane
Longfellow and Stephens Families News
A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Longfellow on June 21 and a boy born to Mr and Mrs John Stephens on June 11 mark births in two families. Lawyers Flick Canfield Jaqua Jackson and Wisdom will attend the state bar meeting in Council Bluffs. Mrs C E Paul and infant Robert narrowly escaped injuries when a carbon light bulb exploded while she held the baby.
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Joseph Longfellow
John Stephens
Stephens
B. J. Flick
W. M. Canfield
H. P. Jaqua
W. M. Jackson
Frank Wisdom
Council Bluffs
State Bar Association
Barber Clay Trumbo Sells Half Interest to Toby Carson
Ten years ago this week in the town Clay Trumbo sold a half interest in his barber shop to Toby Carson who has worked there four years. Also noted a new baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Morton Hollane of Blockton and Hal Anderson released from a neck cast after a month. R W Thompson of Bedford Auto announced plans for a new garage at Main and Madison, near Rexal drug. Mrs J Lovell attended Col Lindbergh homecoming in St Louis.
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Clay Trumbo
Toby Carson
Carson
Hal Anderson
R. W. Thompson
Bedford Auto Company
Main and
Madison
Rexal Drug Store
Farm Finance Debates Shape Land Bank and WPA Policy
Washington lawmakers debate continuing 34 percent land bank loan rates while reducing commission loans to four percent. Officials warn higher rates strain farmers after droughts, even as farm income trends improve. The relief bill and WPA administrative costs dominate Senate discussion as states consolidate offices to trim expenses.
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Washington
American Farmers In That the Federal Treasury
Land Bank
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Social club gatherings and bridge scores noted in Sheridan
Tae Sew and So club ladies and husbands were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs Basil Churchill. Delta Deck club held three tables of bridge with Mrs Luther Cook hosting. Prizes went to Mrs Paul Sanders high, Mrs Holland second, and Mrs Horace Jones traveling. Christian Ladies Aid met at Mrs Port Rickabaughs country home. Miss Virginia Darling won costume first with Mrs Monta Gabbert second. thirty three attended. refreshments by hostesses and Mrs Gabbert.
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Basil Churchill
Luther Cook
Delta Deck Club
Paul Sanders
Holland
Horace Jones
Parnell
Christian Ladies Aid Society
Port Rickabaugh
Virginia Darling
Monta Gabbert
Mics
Gabber
Promote Use of Eggs in Markets and Recipes
Letter from Frank Priebe urges increased egg use and quicker cooling for freshness. Highlights egg promotion by the Institute of American Poultry Industries and a food chain store campaign to advertise eggs. Advises writers and producers to market more eggs, especially in hot weather, and to supply fresh eggs through rapid cooling.
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Institute of American Poultry Industries
Frank Priebe
M E Ladies Aid and Church Classes Hold Socials and Meetings
The M E Ladies Aid held a cake social at Mrs Mae Watsons with fourteen present Opal Churchill found a silver piece at the serving The Truebuilders Sunday school class reorganized under Mrs Mary Churchill with Mrs Dall Churchill as chair and officers elected Next meeting set for July 6 at Mrs Cora Caudles with ice cream and wafers The young married ladies Sunday school class re organized with Mrs Ray Carpenter Next meeting July 20 with Mrs Basil Churchill Numerous visits and travels described including Miss Etta Belle Chapmans revival in Des Moines and gatherings at the Dall Churchill home Fathers Day observed at the M E Church and several relatives visiting in Sherman and nearby towns
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M. E. Ladies Aid Society
Truebuilders
M. E. Church
Mary Churchill
Ray Carpenter
Basil Churchill
Paul Caudle
Gaynor City
Cora Caudle
Lena McClelland
Kansas City
R. O. Smith
Des Moines
Dall Churchill
Parnell
John Hahn
Little Son
Harry Young
Winfield
Iowa
Newton Long
Ravenwood
G. W. Freemyer
Sheridan
Summer begins with heat waves and a new lake beach
The piece notes June’s official start of summer with heat waves. It describes the Lake of Three Fires beach opening, its un supervision, and the need for self protection. It urges swim safety, warns against distant swimming, and promotes the buddy system and broad public awareness.
Train schedule fragment with mixed train details
The text lists locomotive and car service notes for passenger and freight numbers. It references No 30 passenger and No 85 freight with mixed train handling. Mentions Bedford departures at am and pm times, plus express notes and mail handling caveats.
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