Wise and Otherwise Funny Reflections From A Mild New Year
A miscellany of quips and anecdotes from Missouri and beyond. It notes delays in a bank robber’s execution due to tax accounts, quotes Yale president Angell on ambitious youth, census projections for 1980, and humorous bits about hair, skating, beauty parlors, and New Year resolutions. It ends with a Grandma and Jenny exchange about Eve and criticism.
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Missouri
Angell
Yale
Peru
Grandma
Jenny
Brother
Eve
Leftovers Turned Into Dishes From Frugal Cookery
A nutrition writer cites Riskin on cookery as economy and science. Recipes utilize leftover meats and vegetables to make Chicken Tetrazinni, Baked Eggs in Nests, and Baked Cranberry Pudding, highlighting nutritious, economical dishes with steps and ingredients.
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Riskin
Wintering Farm Horses Thrifty Winter Feeding Guide
The farm horse should be wintered economically yet kept thrifty. Avoid weight loss before spring work and feed heavily. Use roughage with nutritious supplements to maintain condition. Except brood mares or growing stock, base ration on coarser hays straw or corn fodder. Cornstalk fields and un-grazed pastures can supply most winter feed. Plenty of clean water boosts roughage use.
Horse Radish Proves Valuable Crop Near West Liberty
Near West Liberty in Muscatine county F C Robinson harvested horseradish from three and a half acres for the Heinz plant at Muscatine under contract. Ten tons eight hundred pounds were gathered with an expected additional ton in gleaning. At sixty dollars per ton the crop brought in. Plant costs ran about one hundred dollars. Cultivation required similar effort to corn and harvesting mainly involved plowing up rows.
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West Liberty
Muscatine County
F.C. Robinson
Heinz
Muscatine
Cheery Valley Weekend Social Notes Include Visits and Birth
Local residents from Cheery Valley and nearby towns spent weekends visiting relatives. Ben Dennler became a father of a boy born December 24, with families including Baumgartner Meyer and Guernsey Smith dining together on Christmas at Celia Meyer’s Elgin home. Multiple gatherings and visits occur among the Dennler, Hanson, Christen, Gehring, Frieden, Lerch and Schupbach families around Elkader Oak Grove and nearby communities.
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Will Chase
Volga City
Fred Schlupp
Martin Hanson
Paul Bousard
Merril
Ruth
Eltkader
Guernsey Smith
Celia Meyer
Elgin
Bertha Hofer
Evanston
Minois
Floy Jennings
la Grange
Thos
John Frieedrich
Jake Gehring Jr
Ariel
Jacob Gehring
Alice
Edna Hanson
Ellen Hanson
Freddie Reitz
George Christen
Bert Thoman
Walter Dennler
Oak
Ben Hofer ‘Home
George Leuchtenmacher
Edwards Valle
Agoon
Pontville
Mabel Dennler
Sam Dennler
Fred Yost
Fred ‘Schlupp
Elva
Mae Lerch
Frank Christen
Chris Dennier
Oak Grove
Herman Schupbach
Arthur Friederich
Amma. Schupbach
John R. Schmid
Eva Mae Frieden
Ethel Maa ‘Thurman
Mia
Sam Dennter
Bank assets shrink as notes sell for 0 to 61 dollars
W T Ruff, in charge of the defunct Appelton Missouri Bank, offered unpaid notes totaling 46598 dollars for public sale. Best bid was 61 dollars. Ruff first sold in lots then offered whole lot. A Perryville man made the top bid for the entire amount. Next Monday raff will auction land near Pocahontas Arkansas, previously sold last spring but court deemed price too low.
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W. T. Ruff
Appelton, Mo
Perryville
Raff
Pocahontas, Ark
Cape County
Investment maxim in a Knoxville Journal quote
A Knoxville Journal excerpt discusses market behavior and investment attitudes. It cites caution against pessimism and implies pricing at progerit levels. The piece reflects on market operators and the rule of a cautious approach to finance.
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Towa
Faraols
Tate
Knoxville Journal
Davidsones Visit Reveals Guests at Shaifer Home
Mr and Mrs W W Davidson and family and Ruth and Zanita Robbins of Rikader attended a gathering at the J D Shaifer home Sunday.
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W. W. Davidson
Ruth
Zanita Robbins
Rikader
J.D. Shaifer
Two Banks Merge Creating New Regional Lender
The First Trust and Savings Bank merged with the First National Bank of Sumner on Saturday December 28. Customers were served from the First National location on Monday morning December 30.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
First National Bank of
Sumner
First National
Kohls Keiser family guest at Lauer home dinner
Mr and Mrs William Kohls Sr and son Elmer along with Mr and Mrs Hans Keiser were dinner guests in the home of Rev Ph Lauer on Sunday.
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William Kohls Sr
Elmer
Hans Keiser
Ph. Lauer
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Miss Aubyn Chinn Nutrition
National Dairy Council
Cheery Valley
Jake Christen
Martin Hanson Vis
Evans
Pioneer Service
Iowa City
Iowa
Berg
Jan
Fred R. Berg
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