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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1936

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Monday's Estimates for Chicago Livestock Receipts

Unofficial Monday receipts in Chicago listed hogs 12 000 cattle 22 000 sheep 11 000 and hogs for all next week 48 000.

Chicago

Chicago Hog Prices Steady as Market Quiet on Saturday

Chicago and national livestock markets showed quiet Saturday trade with most receipts billed to packers. Top hog price reached 11.60, near a 12.05 intricated high earlier in the week, while lighter hogs and cattle futures fluctuated. Cattle trends included grain fed yearlings gaining 25 to 40 cents, and prime steers peaking near 10.25. Fat lambs ended steady to down 25 cents. natives topped at 10.00.

Chicago

Hogs and Sheep Receipts Mixed. Market Steady to Slightly Lower

Chicago hog receipts total 2,000 with 1,500 direct. top price $11.60. Weights above 200 pounds mostly steady. lighter hogs and sows vary. Sheep receipts 4,000 direct. fat lambs steady to 25 cents lower. late packer top $9.75. most natives $9.00 to $9.50 and feeders $8.25 to $8.50. No representative sales available.

Chicago U. S. Dept. Agriculture Washington Range Montana Ranch

Sioux City Livestock Market Report Blasts Prices

AP reports from Sioux City show cattle receipts at 1,100 with feeders and steers up to 9.25 hundredweight and beef cattle mixed. hogs 300 head steady with butcher weights 9.75 to 10.50. sheep receipts 2,000 with lambs 9.15 top and native feeders 6.25 to 7.00 as market trends hold steady or higher in parts of the week.

Siouxx City Livestock Sioux City S. Dept. Agrieculture Seturdey Texas

Livestock prices slide and rise at St Paul sale

U S Department of Agriculture cattle hog and sheep receipts at St Paul South St Paul show grain fed steers and yearlings mostly up to 1.54 1.75 higher while grass cattle and some hogs move mixed. Feeder and stocker classes steady to higher, vealers and milk fed calves firm to higher, sheep slaughter lambs broadly down about 50 cents with Washington and native grades quoted.

ST. Paul South ST. Paul U. S. Dept. Agriculture Washington Lambs Washington

Omaha Cattle Receipts Steady to Mixed Gains Reported

Omaha and surrounding markets show cattle receipts of 500 calves, with fed steers and yearlings up to 25 cents higher amid varied demand. Good to choice fed heifers rise, while stockers and feeders lag. cows and bulls soften, with several loads and weights cited at 7.50 to 9.30 per hundredweight across classes.

Omaha U. Dept. Agriculture

Market Report for Cattle Sheep and Hogs at Trade In Slow Day

Receipts include cattle with steady top in the $6.50 range for stockers and feeders and yearling steers to $6.75. Sheep receipts 1200 with lambs 6.00 to 9.00, feeders strong to 10c higher and ewes 2.00 to 3.00. Hogs receipts 700 with barrows and gilts steady, sows mostly higher to 9.60, butcher weights 140 to 180 lb about 10.25, Friday comparisons show varied shifts by weight class.

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Des Moines Hog Receipts and Prices Across Iowa Minnesota

Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 9 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Saturday totaled 9,400, down from 11,900 last week and 8,200 a year ago. Prices ranged from light 140-160 lb hogs at 8.65 to 9.85, up to heavy 250-290 lb at 10.40 to 11.15 and 350-425 lb at 8.60 to 9.26, with pigs and sows listed separately and stems noted.

Des Moines U. S. Dept. Agriculture Iowa Minnesota Waterloo Ottumwa Packers ASON Good Lights Good Butchers

Hogs steady mixed in Iowa markets returns

Hog prices in Waterloo steady while Ottumwa and Ason City report gains of 5 to 10 cents across weight classes. Prices vary by weight with values ranging from about 7.85 to 11.10 dollars per hundredweight. Packers quote lower ranges for heavier loads and lighter stock holds stronger figures in recent trading.

Austin Hog Market Update From Austin Minnesota

Hog quotes show wry steady prices across weight classes from 180 to 350 pounds. Prices range from about 9.70 to 11.00 per hundredweight with packing sow values noted around 8.30 to 9.30, reflecting steady demand.

Austin

Local hog prices edge higher in local market

Hogs continue slightly higher on the local market with all grades up 5 cents on Saturday pushing the top price to 11.15 dollars. Corn weakens slipping 2 cents while other local markets hold steady.

Calf and Sheep Market Prices Snapshot

Market notes show calf prices good to choice for 1409 to 190 pounds. Sheep and lambs listed with 7.00 to 8.75 ranges by weight and quality. Steers and yearlings priced from 6.00 to 8.50, with cows and bulls also given ranges for dry lots, grass, and canners.

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Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices List

Grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley and beans with No 2 yellow soybeans and hay straw. Poultry prices for hens cocks springs and eggs. Wholesale fruits vegetables oranges lemons potatoes bananas lettuce celery cabbage watermelons peaches pears and cured hides with varied weights and quality notes. Includes horse hides pony and glue hides and pony prices.

Bond Market Recovers Some Ground After Friday Decline

New York AP reports irregular trading lift the bond market Saturday as buyers awaited a recession cue. Rails rose with gains of 1 to 2 points on firms like Youngstown Sheet and Tube Studebaker and Allis Chalmers. Industrials and corps showed mixed moves while U S government debt stayed quiet.

NEW York Bond Review NEW York(ap Youngstown Sheet and Tube Studebaker Allis Chalmers Erie Ilinois Central International Hydro-Electric Baltimore and Ohio Alleghany Corp Southern Pacific Frisco Nickel Plate Chesapeake Corp International Paper American and Western Union National U. S Treasury

U S Bonds Close Mixed On Treasury Notes

U S government bonds closed with Treasury 414s at 52, Treasury 45 44-54 at 113.31, and Treasury 3 une at 108.80 as market rates showed modest movement. Ongoing demand for short and intermediate notes influenced the day’s trading, with traders noting yields near recent levels amid a cautious tone in the market.

U. S. Bonds New York U. S Treasury Ste Une

Firm tone shown in Liverpool aids wheat quotations

Winnipeg and Liverpool wheat markets held firm causing moderate buying across all wheat futures on the Chicago board. Wheat closed down 3 cents to up 1 ½ cents, with Sept at $1.127 ½. Corn eased, oats rose modestly, trading light as rains retarded harvests in parts of Argentina and Canada. Lard also firmed as traders balanced positions before week end.

Chicago Winnipeg Liverpool Chicago Board of Trade Dominion Spring Wheat Territory America

Winnipeg Market Wheat Prices Reported by Cedar Rapids Bank

Chicago quotations appear from a A Brothers & Co listing Wheat futures with May contracts showing high and low figures and closing values. R Mowrey manages the Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank building and markets coverage for Winnipeg.

Chicago Aa Brothers & Co R. Mowrey Cedar Rapids Natonal Bank Winnipeg J. E. Bennett & Co W. H. Jump Merchants National Bank

Cash grain prices shown from Chicago market report

AP market notes list cash Wheat prices for No 2 red through No 5 yellow and white grades with prices around 1.14 to 1.31 a bushel, oats prices for various white grades, rye no sales, barley feed around 0.70 to 0.95, timothy and clover seed per cwt or cwt equivalents, reflecting a snapshot of commodity values.

ICKGO Timothy P

Flour Market Prices in Minneapolis Area

AP dispatch reports flour carload prices per barrel in 98 pound sacks with several patent variants and shipments data. Family patent sacks are 10 cents lower at 7.75 to 7.95, standard patents unchanged at 6.85 to 7.05, pure bran 26.00 to 26.50, and standard middlings 33.00 to 33.50, with shipments listed as 24.196.

Minneapolis

Foreign exchange rates in New York steady in cents

Foreign exchange rates listed for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany and other nations with various categories for travel and registered rates. Includes Tokyo Shanghai Hongkong and North American cross rates and mentions nominal values in New York.

Foreign Exchange, New York Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentine Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal New York

Wool Market in Boston Shows Stronger Prices

In Boston last week the wool market saw fair business and firmer prices on many grades. Fine territory wool firm, medium territory more active with combing % blood up. Ohio fleeces held steady to firmer at 35 to 36 cents grease for fine delaine and staples blood, 38 to 39 cents for combing % bloods, and 37 to 38 cents for % blood.

Boston U. S. Dept. Agricultures Ohio

Chicago Produce Markets Report Details Unsettled Live Poultry And Mixed Potato Prices

Chicago AP reports receipts and prices across butter eggs live poultry and potatoes. Butter and eggs listed with no session price changes. live poultry shows varied gains and declines across many classes including hens leghorns broilers and ducks. potato values mixed with several regional grade prices and shortages noted amid weak White Rose and slight drops in Bliss Triumphs and russets.

Chicago Plymouth White Rock Springs White Rock U. S California Washington Western Bliss Idaho U.S Maryland Cobblers

New York Produce and Egg Receipts Mixed

New York AP reports egg receipts 16 316 irregular with mixed colors whites browns and duck eggs unchanged. Returns for cheese and butter receipts 8 028 steady to firm cars unchanged. Cheek receipts 174 990 easier and live poultry steady as freight and express prices unchanged.

New York

Zeppelin Hindenburg Lands in Frankfurt End of Five Day Round Trip

The Hindenburg completed its five day round trip landing in Frankfurt from Lakehurst New Jersey on Saturday forenoon. The return flight lasted 43 hours 48 minutes reflecting the zeppelin's swift journey and its ongoing transatlantic schedule.

Hindenburg Frankfort-On-Main Ins Lakehurst N. J

Earthquake Reported in Southern California Friday Night

A slight brief quake was felt in several Southern California communities Friday night. Windows rattled and pictures moved but no damage was reported.

Los Angeles California

Hunt Defendants In Black Legion Cases

Detroit AP reports a roundup of twenty two Black Legion members in the Detroit area as authorities pursue extradition to Lima Ohio for Virgil Effinger. Indicted for criminal syndicalism, they face up to ten years in prison and fines up to five thousand dollars if convicted.

Detroit Black

Wall Street Stocks Quiet After War Talk Fades

New York traders steadied after a brisk sell-off with many weak issues recovering fractions. The close stayed firm as transfers topped 500000 shares and bonds steadied with equities. Over-night European news and a Lamont interview eased fears of a wider conflict.

New York Chrysler General Motors U. S. Steel Bethlehem Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Hiram Walker Schenley J. I. Case International Harvester Southern Pacific Santa Fe N. Y. Central Pennsylvania Crown Cork Allied Chemical Westinghouse General Electric Standard Oil of New Jersey American Smelting Kennecott Anaconda Western Union Consolidated Edison Mexican Telephone American Steel Foundries Studebaker Ellington Schild Thomas W. Lamont J. P. Morgan

Saturday Stock Quotations Featuring Adams Indus and Industry Listings

Published stock quotes show Adams Indus Rayon at 30 percent, Metates and other metals and chemical shares across multiple exchanges. Notable entries include Johns Manville, Kennecott, Allied Chem, Continental Oil, Motorola, and Nash Motors among many others, with varied percentages and prices.

Adams i Indus Rayon Allied Chem T and T Mills Johns Manville Allis Chalmers Kan City Pre Corp Kelvinator Kennecott Amn Car Foly Lambert Ceilie Lehigh Valley Amn Marshall Fid Amn Watks Mathieson Ark Nat Gas A Minn Moline Armour Com Monsanto Mont Ward Atchison SE Motor Wheel Atlantic Rfg Murray Corp Auburn Auto Nash Motors Natl Bellas Baldwin Loco Natl Biscuit Balto Ohio Bendix Beth Steel Natl Bow, L Slaw Knox Omar Bohn Alum North AM Borden Co Nor Am Avi Packard Mtrs Park Utah Ae Burroughs Hecla Pen & Ford Canada Dry Penna R R Can Pac Penney, J C Peoples Gas Caterpillar Pullman. Co Radio Corp Cities Service Radio Keith Rep Steel eBid Rlec Reyn Tob B Gredit Seaboare Sears Roebuck South Servel. Inc Conseer Sperry Corp Crown Cork St Joe Lead Crucible Steel Standard Brads Curtis Wright Standard Curtiss W .Ai 1855 Calif Derre — Co Ind McKesson Foster Wheeler Fox Film Freeport Tex Union Carbide Amn Ten Ee Union Pac Uni Eiscay United” Pruit Nas Imp Gen Motors Gillette Gimbel Bros Glidden Co Walworth Worth Pump Ge Motors Medic Chicago Amn Pub S Dexter Co Hshold Foe i Cord Corp Wa Poor

Cigar Boxes Make Miniature Houses in Cohoes

Edward Danaher a Cohoes bus driver builds tiny houses from cigar boxes completing five with a sixth underway. He furnishes interiors with orange crate furniture and uses a hammer plane screwdriver and small saw. He plans to light the final model with electric lights in his yard.

Cohoes N. Y Edward Danaher Danaher

City Briefs And Personals

Postmaster Frank B Baldwin and Robert A Munroe post office inspector attend the Iowa State Postmasters convention in Davenport. Ralph Levien Viola was arraigned before Justice U S Reed on concealing mortgaged property. case continued to Tuesday. L G Brumback 1321 Twenty first avenue SW fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication with 15 dollars suspended on payment of costs. Loren Goddard Thirty second street NE paid 10 dollars and costs on the same charge.

Frank B. Baldwin Robert A. Munroe Davenport Ralph Levien Viola Justice of the Peace U. S. Reed L. G. Brumback Twentyfirst Avenue Loren Goddard Thirty-second Street

Reckless driving fined for M. J. Fakinson in police court

M. J. Fakinson of 916 E avenue NW pled guilty to reckless driving and paid 25 dollars plus costs in a police court Saturday. M. J. Prochaska of 1700 Hamilton street SW paid one dollar and costs for parking in an alley. Ish Phillips of 1226 Tenth street SE agreed to a one dollar fine for double parking.

M. J. Fakinson E Avenue NW M. J. Prochaska Hamilton Street Ish Phillips Tenth Street

Local theft reports span several properties around town

George Thomas of Kubias Hardware reported a rear lot theft of a chest with tools valued at 20 dollars. R W Fahl of King’s Crown Plaster said a tire and rim were stolen from a Vernal street NW warehouse. Frank Kulish complained five gallons of gasoline were taken from his car the third time in a week. George Casper reported two men prowling the neighborhood at night over the past two weeks.

George Thomas Kubias Hardware Company Kubias R. W. Fahl King’s Crown Plaster Company Vernal Street NW Frank Kulish B Avenue NW George Casper Fourth Street

Court News Notice of Appeal in Petrovitsky Case

Appeal filed with state supreme court by John C. Petrovitsky to challenge Judge Ring ruling dismissing an injunction suit. Suit sought to stop clerks from accepting a tender of redemption for sheriff’s sale property and to bar transfer of the Petrovitsky company’s interest.

State Supreme Court H. C. Ring John C. Petrovitsky Petrovitsky Company Seattle

Local man sentenced for calf theft in Cedar Rapids case

Jack Holmes a 22 year old of Atlanta Ga was sentenced by Judge H C Ring to six months in county jail for larceny of a domestic animal. He allegedly took a calf owned by Boyd Kaylor near Cedar Rapids on August 5. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon arrested him after the call was received. The court allowed release on good behavior after three months served.

Jack Holmes Atlanta H. C. Ring Holmes Boyd Kaylor Cedar Rapids Larry Condon

Baker Fined for DWI in Cedar Rapids Court

Farrell Baker age 22 of Cedar Rapids was fined 300 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated by Judge H C Ring. The court suspended a 90 day county jail sentence if the fine is paid. Baker is barred from driving for three months. Arrest by county officials occurred June 27.

Farrell Baker Cedar Rapids H. C. Ring Baker

Becker Collision Suit Dismissed With Prejudice

Personal injury suits seeking 2500 dollars each against Carl F. Becker filed by Dorothy Colson and H F Colson on Oct 26 1934 were dismissed with prejudice by the plaintiffs in district court. The actions arose from a collision between cars driven by H F Colson and Becker at Eighth avenue and Tenth street SE on Oct 26 1933.

Carl F. Becker Dorothy Colson H. F. Colson Becker Eighth Avenue Tenth Street SE

Will of Mary Nagele Probated with Weigold heirs

The will of Mary Nagele who died March 3 was admitted to probate in district court on Friday. Her brothers Fred Weigold and Jacob Weigold along with several nieces and friends are named as beneficiaries. O. J. Elsenbast was appointed administrator with the will annexed. The will was dated July 3, 1929.

Mary Nagele Fred Weigold Jacob Weigold O. J. Elsenbast

Dorothy Hinton Seeks Divorce in District Court

Dorothy Hinton files for a divorce from Byron Hinton on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds in district court. She seeks custody of two infant children and title to household goods. Marriage occurred June 6, 1934.

Dorothy Hinton Byron Hinton

Car disappearances near Ely reported to sheriff

Robert Mackey of Ely informed Sheriff James H. Smith that a 1928 Ford parked north of Ely vanished between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle is registered to Mrs. Robert Mackey.

Robert Mackey Ely James H. Smith

Deaths Samuel J Lentz 88 at daughter's home in Muscatine

Samuel J Lentz 88 died at his daughter's home in Muscatine Friday after a lingering illness. Born December 28, 1847 in Scio New York he moved to Muscatine at 17. He married Margaret Hoffer in 1871 she died years ago. Survived by two of nine children Mrs Laura Roberdee and Mrs E W Vetter four grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Muscatine Methodist Church burial Greenwood Cemetery Monahan chapel calls Sunday.

Samuel J. Lentz Laura Roberdee J Avenue Scio N. Y Muscatine Margaret Hoffer Cedar Rapids Roberdee E. W. Vetter Greenwood Cemetery Monahan

Rescue Story From Esty Mine In Mobery Missouri

Arnold Griffith state mine inspector led a rescue party that saved two men and recovered two bodies in the Esty mine collapse near Moberly. The tale details air testing, creek water, and the plight of McCann Sexton and Stoner as they fought damp and gas, with Sexton expressing relief upon seeing rescuers and coffee.

Arnold Griffith Esty Moberly Toalsom Wolf Herman A. W. McCann McCann Sexton Cameron Stoner Jesse Maddox John Maddox

Governor Olson in Minnesota Slipping After Illness

Governor Floyd B. Olson, ill with a stomach ailment, was reported worse after an apparent improvement. Physicians noted he weakened steadily though no immediate crisis was feared. Dr Mayo said Olson could take liquids by mouth after days of IV feeding, with the intestinal tube feeding abandoned due to severe pain.

Rochester Minn Floyd B. Olson M. J. Mayo Olson

Marion area church notices unify Sunday services

A compilation of Sunday school times and worship schedules for multiple churches in Marion. Baptist The Rev Loren Inman leads with sermon The Wages God Pays and the Wages the Devil Pays. Catholic mass at 7:30 and 9:30. Christian and Congregational notices adjust services and leaders. Seventh Day Church of God Sabbath school 10:30 a.m. and worship 11:30 a.m.

Loren Inman A. Lagerquist Earl Bailey Herbert O. Allen Pilgrim Highroaders C. O. Monroe Young People’s Missionary Society Cedar Ridge Church Center Point Mr. Price Methodist Episcopal Ralph Hall Collis R. F. Robson W. E. Fisher Oxford Club Epworth League Presbyterian Carl Wallace Methodist Church St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Carl E. Krog Lester Boettcher God Mary Lockwood Martin Wiedbusch Young People’s Club Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Carl Carver

Bates lists property reconveyance to Conway

D. W. Bates reconveys to W. A. Conway the deeds to lots 3, 6, 7 and portion of lot 1 and 5 in a specified subdivision with referencing deeds 11-83-8 and 7-17-36 for the amount of 550 dollars. The action appears as a deed reconveyance filed with American Trust and Savings Bank as the involved party.

D. W. Bates American Trust and Savings Bank W. A. Conway

Death of J W Sanborn roadmaster's clerk in Marion

J W Sanborn age 60 a roadmaster's clerk for the Milwaukee railroad in Iowa died Friday at University Hospital Iowa City after illness. Born Sept 8 1876 in Tama county he lived in Tama then Marion eight years. Survived by wife Susan Burns son Bryan daughter Matilda granddaughter Carolyn. burial in Tama Oak Hill. Funeral Monday 1 pm Free Methodist church.

J. W. Sanborn Iowa Milwaukee Railroad University Hospital Iowa City Sanborn Joseph William Sanborn James Day Eliza Sanborn Columbus Township Tama County Marion Susan Burns Londonderry Ireland Tama Bryan Matilda Joe Poweshiek Free Methodist Church Carolyn Matilda Sanborn Maurice Smith L. H. Smith Des Moines

Gerald Thomas Visits Mc Gregor Friday

Mr and Mrs Ray Bolton visited Mount Auburn on Thursday while Gerald Thomas spent Friday in Mc Gregor within the local social notes.

Mrs Ray Bolton Mount Auburn

No services scheduled at Congregational church until September 13

No services will be held at the Congregational church before September 13. The note indicates a resumption date pending the church calendar, with parishioners urged to watch for updated schedules.

Congregational Church

Monticello Club to visit Marion Golf Club for match

The Monticello Country club will send a golf team here Sunday for a match at Marion Golf Club.

Monticello Country Club Marion Golf Club

Tama Woman Here As Brother Dies

Mrs. Maurice Smith of Tama is in the city called here by the serious illness and death of her brother, J. W. Sanborn.

Maurice Smith Tama J. W. Sanborn

McConaughy Family Reunion Planned at Wapsipinicon Park

Several Marion residents plan to attend the McConaughy family reunion at Wapsipinicon State Park in Anamosa on Sunday.

Marion McConaughy Wapsipinicon State Park Anamosa

De Molay Group Picnics At Palisades

Members of Linn chapter No 900 Order of De Molay picnicked Friday evening at the Palisades.

Linn Chapter No. 900 Order of de- Molay The Palisades

Mr and Mrs Carl D Ford Return From Visit

Mr and Mrs Carl D Ford have returned to their Storm Lake home after visiting his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs J E Homans since Monday.

Carl D. Ford Mr. Ford J. E. Homans Storm Lake

Knapps Retrieve Shay Brothers From Waterloo Visit

Mr and Mrs Claude Knapp drove to Waterloo on Friday to bring home Tom and Dick Shay who had been staying several days with friends there.

Claude Knapp Waterloo Tom and Dick Shay

Mrs Parker Leaves Brookyn Visit Ties to Stitzels

Mrs Herbert Parker of Brook lyn Illinois departed Saturday after visiting her brother and sister in law Dr and Mrs H G Stitzel this week and returning home.

Herbert Parker Brooklyn Ill H. G. Stitzel

Miss Harriet Cook Advances to Seventh and Eighth Grades

Miss Harriet Cook will reach the seventh and eighth grades in the Palo school this year.

Harriet Cook Palo

Ladies Aid Hosts Invite Southeast Lutheran Conference

Mrs Alvin Schley led the Ladies Aid at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Thursday with Mrs Theodore Pesch assisting. They invited the southeast conference of Lutheran churches to meet locally and planned a picnic at Alfred Rinder Knecht home Sunday at 6 30 p m serving seventeen members and seven guests plus refreshments.

Alvin Schley Ladies Aid Society St. Paul’s

Oregon Trail Repaired In Nebraska By WPA Effort

In Scottsbluff Nebraska WPA and two western counties restore a portion of the Oregon trail along the North Platte river. The road will be gravelled and added to the state highway system as a farm to market route serving the south bank communities. The Oregon trail was a dominant highway during the 1849 to 1860 California Gold Rush era.

Scottsbluff Neb Nebraska WPA North Platte River Highway Department

New Type Handbag Combines Sewing Kit And Requisites

At the Leipzig Fair a compact handbag showcases an integrated sewing kit and a dozen toilet requisites. The bag includes a cigarette case and lighter, manicure set, powder box and mirror, purse, notebook and pencil, perfume, lipstick, and a small sewing kit, reflecting rationalized arrivals in women’s accessories.

Leipzig

John F Molin to Mae and O C Mohn wf

Property transfer notice lists John F Molin to Mae and O C Mohn with west north east entries and a valuation of 1 dollar, dated July.

John F. Molin Mae O. C. Mohn Valcon

Golf Club Championship Round One Results And Round Two Progress

First round matches at Marion Golf Club completed with second round in progress and a Sunday evening deadline or default. Finals set for Labor Day. Key results include Koppenhaver 1 up over Smith and Van Fossen 6 and 5 over Mulvany in the championship flight, with multiple other flight and women’s matches noted.

Marion Golf Club W. G. Koppenhaver Harold Smith Walter van Fossen J. V. Mulvany Marvin Oxley W. H. Balster George Hutchison J. Lewis Papes Don Betty Mae Marchant Cliff Davis Gilbert Gordon Lumir Lowrence L. G. Swaney R. C. Booth Don Wolfe Kenneth Murdock J. J. Booth Jean Cash

Book Club Names Officers At Marion Golf Club

Mrs. D. Earl Miller was elected president of the Book club Friday at the Marion Golf club. Mrs. M. W. Courtney was elected vicepresident, Mrs. Josephine Whiteacre secretary, and Mrs. A. A. Hardin press correspondent. Mrs. H. N. Strader and Miss Bernice Toms named to program committee. Mrs. H. G. Stitzel and Mrs. A. A. Hardin on social committee. First meeting of the year set for last Tuesday of September at Mrs. H. G. Stitzel home with Strader in charge of program. Preceding, luncheon honored Mrs. O. L. Brown organizer, who has been in California. guest was Mrs. Herbert Parker of Brooklyn, Illinois.

D. Earl Miller Book Club Marion Golf Club M. W. Courtney Josephine Whiteacre A. A. Hardin H. N. Strader Bernice Toms H. G. Stitzel O. L. Brown California Herbert Parker Brooklyn Ill

Two Davenport visitors Grace Donovan and Barbara Price return home

Miss Grace Donovan and Miss Barbara Price who had visited with relatives of Miss Donovan in Davenport for two weeks returned home Friday.

Grace Donovan Barbara Price Miss Donovan Davenport

Phillips Cigar Store Advertisement Reveals Modern Pocket Pool Tables

Advertisement notes modern equipped pocket pool and billiard tables at Phillips cigar store. It advertises headquarters for cigars, cigarets, candy and soft drinks, highlighting a combined retail and recreation concept.

Phillips Cigar Store

Marion Expects Miss Nevah Prior Home Today

Word reached Marion friends that Nevah Prior, who spent the summer touring Europe, is expected to return home today.

Marion Nevah Prior Europe

Miller and Cooper visit Grundy Center to see Mrs Evans

Mr and Mrs D E Miller Friday took Mrs J A Cooper to Grundy Center where she will visit her daughter Mrs Thomas Evans

D. E. Miller J. A. Cooper Grundy Center Thomas Evans

Sonne couple returns home from Davenport visit

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sonne have completed a stay with Mrs. Adah Mann, the mother of Mrs. Sonne, and have returned to their Davenport home.

E. C. Sonne

Mrs Rose Speakman Visits Kaiser Family in Marion

Mrs Rose Speakman of Bakersfield California arrived in Marion Friday evening for a visit with her brothers Albert and George Kaiser and her sisters Mrs George Hutton and Mrs Frank Charles.

Rose Speakman Bakersfield Calif Marion Albert George Kaiser George Hutton Frank Charles

Endeavor division hosts General Aid in church parlors

The Endeavor division of the Ladies Aid society entertained the General Aid on Wednesday in the church parlors. Division leaders presented financial and activity reports. Plans for the Old Settlers' day dinner were completed. Refreshments were served to thirty five women.

Endeavor Ladies Aid Society General Aid Old Settlers

Decker Family Leaves Norman for Home After Iowa Visit

Mrs E W Decker and her son Clarence Decker of Hockwell City have departed after visiting Norman J Waffles. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Carl Gruis who is a sister of Mrs Waffle and attended summer school at the University of Iowa.

E. W. Decker Clarence Decker Hockwell City Norman J. Waffles Carl Gruis Gruis Waffle Mr. Gruis University of Iowa

Wallace Family Summer Trip Report From East Coast

Mr and Mrs James Wallace and their children Betty Emma Margaret Ann and Jimmie have returned from the east where they spent the summer Mr Wallace took special work at Harvard University while Mrs Wallace and Betty and Emma headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts Margaret Ann and Jimmy visited relatives on a farm near New Castle Pennsylvania

Mrs. James Wallace Betty Emma Margaret Ann Jimmie Mr. Wallace Harvard University Mrs. Wallace Cambridge Mass Jimmy New Castle Penn

Missionary and Aid Society Meeting at Quaas Home

The Presbyterian church society gathered at Mrs. Caroline Quaas’s home Thursday with Mrs. W. B. Sebern leading devotions. Talks on China and Missionary Personnel were given by Mrs. C. E. Blinks and Mrs. Mary Clements, while Mrs. Owen Fernow read a letter from missionary Mrs. Katherine Kearns White in Spanish Guiana, granddaughter of local Mrs. Valentine Kearns. Refreshments served to twenty six women.

Missionary and Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church Caroline Quaas W. B. Sebern C. E. Blinks China Mary Clements Owen Fernow Katherine Kearns White Spanish Guiana Valentine Kearns

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