Five Year Old Lisbon Girl Becomes Veteran Bottle Collector
Eleanor Graver a five year old from Lisbon has collected over 500 glass bottles in three years. She polishes bottles in a cabinet built by her grandfather and aims to represent every state with bottles from Germany Mexico and other regions. Friends and Cedar Rapids stores assist by sending unique bottles to the collection valued by her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
ISBON
Iowa
Eleanor Graver
Eleanor
Kenneth E Graver
Graver
Local ladies host hobby display at open house
Mrs Fred McShane and three other hosts entertained sixty five guests Thursday with an open house hobby show. Exhibits included salt and pepper shakers jugs and figurines plus dogs horses and scrapbooks from many residents. Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid moves meeting to church Tuesday afternoon to avoid Farm Bureau day at All Town fair with officer elections planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McShane
Jesse Scott
Maude Secrist
Irvin L. Ford
Harry J. Murphey
Jane Scott
Maude Seecrist
Lizzie Bigger
Virginia Munier
Margaret Murrin
D. B. Storck
Lila Ives
Helen Sperring
Lota McShane
Andrew P. Munson
George Munier
Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid Society
Farm Bureau
Will Coffey
John Kim
Norman Falcon
J. B. Clyde
Birthday birthday party and local notices in Marion
Mr and Mrs Fred J Lang hosted a Friday dinner honoring Walter H Applegate on his eightieth birthday. Guests included Mrs Applegate Mrs La Verna Crew Miss Mary Buzza and James Lang. The piece also lists local visits musical events and church notices in Marion Iowa with several out of town connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J Lang
Walter H. Applegate
Applegate
la Verna Crew
Mary Buzza
James Lang
Arthur E. Crew
E. V. Cafe
Community Nursing Meeting At Marion Public Library
The Linn County nursing service of Marion and Bertram townships will host a meeting Tuesday at 2 p.m in the Marion public library auditorium. Miss Josephine Bunn of the bureau of dental hygiene Town City will present sides and a lecture. The event is open to the public and urged for mothers of preschool children. Miss Madeline Healy, county nurse, will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Nursing Service
Marion and
Bertram Townships
Marion Public Library
Josephine Bunn
Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Town City
Madeline Healy
Marion concert by Howard Ellison bands toPerform
Howard Ellison of Marion directs about 150 musicians in a concert this afternoon at 2 at the Marion Legion pool featuring bands from Center Point Palo Newhall and Norway. Also listed are an auction sale of household furnishings at 93 Twelfth Street and multiple social notices from local clubs and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ellison
Marion
Center Point
Palo
Newhall
Norway
Marion Legion Pool
Twelfth Street
Clara Wilson
Iowa News in Brief: roads and bridges in Buchanan County
Independent s P Lechner of Ames, ex state highway engineer, negotiates right of way for two Buchanan county farm to market roads from Winthrop Buffalo creek road to Kiene and Brandon to La Porte City. A Buffalo creek bridge east of Hazleton approved. bids next bridge setting. Xavier high school and Dyersville public school to start fall term Sept 3. Roy J Postel of Winthrop dies after long illness born Nov 25 1890 near Gatesville. He left a widow Nellie Short and three daughters Marion Margaret and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
C P. Lechner
Ames
State Highway Commission
Buchanan County
Winthrop
Buffalo Creek
Kiene
Brandon
la Porte City
Hazleton
Aurora- Hazleton
Amel Menzel
Buffalo Township
Bureau of Public Roads
Dyersville
Xavier High School
Roy J. Postel
Gatesville
Nellie Short
Fannie Postel
Marion
Margaret
Obituary notices from Iowa towns update families and burial details
Mrs Milton Dunlap and family from Winthrop listed with five sisters and five brothers in a multi parish obituary. Funeral services set for Monday at St Patrick in a described liturgy. Burial in St Patrick cemetery. Burial also noted for Mrs William E Beddow at age 73 with death in Manistee Michigan. long-time resident and survivor list includes daughters Bernice Opal Rueggemeier and son Wayne, all linked to Guttenberg Waukon Chicago and Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Dunlap
Milo
Richard
Harold
Winthrop
Albert Petersen
Independence
Wayne Cottrell
Epworth
Charles Celick
Hay Springs
Ned
A. D. James
Cary] Smith
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Jim
George
Waterloo
John
Clyde
Lusk
Wye
St. Patrick's Church
Dennis O'Leary
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Waukon
William E. Beddow
Manistee
Midh
Ella Creglow
M. A Creglow
Elkport
Osterdock
Guttenberg
Chicago
Bernice
Opal Rueggemeier
Wayne
Freeport, Ill
Rebekah Lodge Chartered in Springville No 99 under Iowa guide
Springville hosts the institution of Springville Rebekah lodge No 99 under Ethel B. Miller of the Rebekah Assembly of Iowa. Charter granted to 25 members with H. W. Hardy of Hampton assisting. eight candidates received the Rebekah degree by Hill City Rebekah Lodge staff led by Maude Siver. Officers were elected including Noble Grand Defoy Lun-.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Ethel B. Miller
Rebekah Assembly of Iowa
Rebekah Lodge
Toof, Hall
H. W. Hardy
Hampton
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Rebekah
Hill City
Mount Vernon
Maude Siver
Noble Grand
Defoy Lun
District office installation tops Iowa gathering
Two hundred persons attended as Edith Tomas and Thames Begley led officers including Evelyn Miller as Warden Mildred Brown as conductor Bessie Cudek as chaplain Florence Cooper as musician and Alta McGrew in multiple posts with Celia Moore Laura Horsky district deputy president assisted by Lucille Filipy deputy marshal. Guests came from Keokuk Hampton Cedar Falls Iowa City Marshalltown Fairfield Dubuque Clinton Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids.
Benton F B Sports Festival set for Aug 17 at Vinton
A Benton county 4 H girls softball elimination tourney is set for Aug 12 at Van Horne to pick teams for the county festival in Vinton on Aug 17. Officials include George Franzenburg Merl Bruch and Harry Weichman with Mrs Cyril Boddicker aiding women’s events. Music by county women’s chorus and Junior Farm Bureau quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
van Horne
George Franzenburg
Merl Bruch Harry Weichman
Cyril Boddicker
Junior Farm Bureau
Mildred Vileta
Phosphate Use With Alfalfa Seedings Advised in Iowa
Iowa State agronomist Bruce Kilpatrick urges farmers sowing alfalfa this month on lime sweetened land to spread 200 to 300 pounds per acre of superphosphate. He notes phosphate with limestone improves stands and boosts long term yields, citing TVA demonstrations where fertilized plots yielded 25 percent more than limed only fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Bruce Kilpatrick
Iowa State College Agronomist
Kilpatrick
TVA
Iowa
Threshing 75 Percent Complete in Buchanan County
Independence report shows at least 75 percent of grain threshed in Buchanan County. Homer Soules, county AAA chairman, notes oats of excellent quality and yields up to 75 bushels per acre. Some grain damaged in shocks from heavy rains. new seedings and pastures in excellent condition. corn remains in extra fine shape, matching last year’s bumper crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County
Homer Soules
Triple A
Two Pounds Coffee Sells for 44.50 at 4-H Sale
At a Decorah community auction for the 4-H club community building fund two pounds of coffee brought 44.50. H. Barlow of Calmar resold it at 1, then G. T. Pearson of Decorah topped bids at 5 and resold. The sale raised over 300.
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Gazette
Decorah
H. ©. Barlow
Calmar Farmer
G. T. Pearson
Old Oaken Bucket Well Near Anamosa
Anamosa area residents still draw water from a 25 foot dug well near Fairview run by Mr and Mrs Fred Raymond the well has stood without mortar since its early days and has only run dry once in over 60 years The six maple trees shading the well and house recall the Raymond family history and the well is fondly called the relic of Iowa’s first days and the community’s sole water source of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Samuel Woodworth
Fred Raymond
Fairview
Raymond
Jones County
Iowa
Celebrate 25th Year Of Hanover Pastorate
WAUKON The parish and deanery honor the Rev P Reynolds on the 25th anniversary of his pastorate at St Marys Hanover. He was the first resident pastor succeeding the late Rev Me Campbell who died after one Sunday. Reynolds came to the United States in 1901 and served at Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids and St Patricks Dubuque and was pastor at Fairfax. He helped establish churches at Fairfax and Watkins and also served at Waukon and Strawberry Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
P. Reynolds
St. Mary's Church
Hanover
Reynolds
Me Campbell
St. Patrick's College
Carlow
Ireland
United States
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Rapids
St Patrick's Church
Dubuque
St. Patrick's
Fairfax
Watkins
Strawberry Point
Canadian Oats Yield Heavily Near Edgewood Farms
North west of Edgewood threshing began last week with Canadian oats showing strong yields. At Elmer Scott’s 2% acre plot 164 bushels were harvested. Ralph Behrens averaged 82 bushels per acre on 53.5 acres and reported 70 bushels per acre for Lincoln oats and 56 for Gopher oats on a two acre plot. Carl Kramer’s 9 acre field yielded 700 bushels of Canadian oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Elmer Scott
Ralph Behrens
Behrens
Carl Kramer
Thriving crops noted in Traer area harvest report
Threshing is nearly complete with oats of excellent quality and soybeans well along. More flax is grown and good yields are reported across wheat. QO Owens of Traer, owning land in southwest Tama county, harvested seven acres of wheat at 50 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
QO. O. Owens
Tama County
Timothy threshing closes as oat yields rise in Mechancisville
In Mechanivsville the threshing season nears completion with remaining jobs on timothy. Oats yielded 50 to 80 bushels per acre and tested about 35 pounds per bushel. Several farmers sown Canadian Vanguard oats achieved 70 to 80 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Timothy
Grasshopper Threat Diminished By Rains
Entomologist Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College reports heavy rains during the grasshopper hatching seasons of the last two years greatly reduced their numbers. A fungus disease aided the decline, and only pockets along the Missouri River remain as potential seed if a dry spell returns next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
INS
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Iowa
Missouri River
AAA Committeemen To Be At Monticello Aug 19
State AAA chairman O. D. Kline of Des Moines will meet with committeemen from Jones Linn Delaware Cedar Dubuque Johnson Clinton Scott and Jackson counties at Monticello on August 19. An afternoon tour will inspect soil conservation practices on local farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
AAA
O. D. Kline
Des Moines
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Cedar
Dubuque
Johnson
Clinton
Scott
Jackson
Injunction Vacated Clears REA Construction Path
REA construction resumes along a 415 mile Delaware county route near Oneida after the Delaware county district court injunction was dissolved following a Des Moines commerce commission hearing. The 42 mile franchise dispute with a private electric company was the contested segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Delaware County
Oneida
Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
George W. Wood
Delaware County District Court
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission
Des Moines
The
Maquoketa Valley
Mesquakie Powwow Opens Thursday for Visiting Tribes
The Mesquakie Indians near Tama host a multiday powwow Aug 15 to 18 with tribal dances including friendship and Buffalo Head. Notables like John Bear Jr and Chief White Wing perform. visitors from Shawnee Kickapoo Sac and Fox Sioux and others join. Scouts camp on site and crafts displays, with guides available.
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Tama
Sac and Fox
Pipe
Snake
John Bear
Jim Poweshick
White Wing
Wisconsin
Moline
Tll
H. W. Benedict
Dresed
State Conservation Commission
Boy and
Girl Scouts
Iowa
Scout Health and Safety Committee
Charlie Pushedtonequa
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Art Snider
Marion News
Prairie Chapel Aid
W. H. Applegate
Singapore
Robert Titus
Iowa City High School
Howard M. Titus
Interlochen
Mich
VJ. J. Keith
Madeline Island
Lake Superior
W. E. Murphy
Madison, Kan
A. E. Blinks
Mr. Blinks
H. A Ball
Dorothy Ann
Columbia, Mo
Raymond McCann
Eighth Avenue
Bing
Bob
Dorothy
G. J. Clemens
Free Methodist Church
Herbert Livingston
Marion Barnes
Harlingen
Tex
Bertha A. Barnes
Harold B. Phillips
St. Louis
E. A. Lagerquist
Herbert Gee
Milwaukee
Gees
Arthur W. Henke
Clear Lake
Frank Strales
Mr and
Myre
Robert Roach
Patricia
John Robert
Plainfield
Straley
Roacn
W McBride
Betty
Martelle
Mrs. McBride
Clayton Murfield
Doris Carolyn Murfield
McBride
Hutchinson
Owen's Drug Store
Betty Howell
Mason Ladd
University of Iowa
J. B Howell
Miss Howell
University
Hugh Gordon
Janet
Mr. Gordon
Lenox
St Louis
Sioux City
Helen Wescott
Thomas Park
Harold Emery
Rock Island
Emery
American Legion
Bid Em High Bridge Club
Howard Caldwell
Atilwaukee
Racheles
Nursing Service Meeting
Frank Fuller
Iowa City
Kate Blum
Lawrence Sturgeon
Deane
Edward
Missouri
Illinois
Sturgeon
Louise Edson
Springfield
Excelsior Agricultural and Literary Club
Harry B Hammond
Harry Jordan
Temple City
Calif
Betty Beranek
Burton Cray
Kearns
U. S
G. A. Patschke
Four C
Joe Murrin
Grove City
Coggan Lodge
Lawn Chapter No. 900
Order of de Molay
de Molay Mothers’ Circle
Jesse Soden
Martin's Creek
Emmet Albaugh
Elmer Barnhart
Hervey E. de Wees
John Milligan
Dry Creek A. and
L. Club
Robert Sloan
Arnold Carlberg
Sandra Leigh
Robert Mitchell
Memorial Hall
Janet Achterhof
Morrison, Til
George Lartz
Savanna
Prairie Chapel Church
Roy Houser
Marlon
Lartz
du Pont Company
Iowa News
Siver
Allen J. Siver
Near
Sivers
Greenfield Township
Top Row
Otis Siver
Allen Siver
John Siver
Middle Row
Glenn Siver
Velma
Janette
Arthur Siver
Bottom Row
Floyd
Thomas
la Verta
Anne Etta
Mrs
Benton F. B. Sports Festival
Mary Elgas
Tenth Street NW
Vanguard
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