Northwest County notes on weather and visits
Community column records farming work and garden progress after good rains. Oren Phillips and wife visit Far ragut, Mrs Harold Beemer travels to Omaha with Davis guests. Nebraska trip for Nichols and Hicks family links. A newborn born to Donald and wife. Tolly Mixer Club met April 18 with 13 members. quilting and fruit dessert noted. May meeting planned with Gladys Johnson. Community meeting canceled due to rain. Hicks visit Geo Weaver after Ward Roberts funeral in Bedford with interment at New Market cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Philps
Farragut
H. B. Hicks
Harold Beemer
Omaha
Victor Davis
Lew Nichols
Indianola
Alva Hicks
Donald Marsh
Tolly “Mixer Club
Esther Johnson
Frank Oxley
Miss Huntington
Gladys Johnson
Guy Hicks
Geo. Weaver
Ward Roberts
Bedford
New Market
Mildred Fenemore Returns Home From Beauty Sophie?
Mildred Fenemore operator of the beauty sophere has returned to her home at Allerton, according to local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Fenemore
Allerton
Too Bad Mrs Jones Nose Transplant Comment
A reader notes a humorous or critical remark about a new maid and a facial surgery. Mrs Jones jokes that the rib transplant to the nose will make it ticklish and unable to wear glasses, provoking Mr and Mrs Smith’s amused reaction in a social note.
Does Not Approve Dad At Early Morning Routine
A brief exchange recalls a boy noting the five o'clock wake up and his father’s sharpened disapproval. The family vignette hints at differing attitudes toward early rising in youth and adulthood.
Old Method to Test Gold
The article explains the ancient karat testing method using the karat scale and nitric acid. It notes pure gold is 24 karat and explains how 18 karat gold contains 18 of 24 parts gold, with alloy making up the rest, while nitric acid dissolves alloy but not gold, illustrating why old methods endure.
Enamel Romane Product Ingredients Worldwide
The article notes that the enamel surface for plumbing fixtures is formed from about twenty elements sourced globally. Tin oxide from Malay plates, kryptoth from Greenland, and barium carbonate from Germany are cited among the materials used to create the glossure finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Germany
Freedom of Religion statue for 1939 World’s Fair
New York World’s Fair 1939 dedication centers on a chaste female figure rising toward the heavens. The sculpture stands in the Four Freedoms group on the Central Mall, symbolizing freedom of religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Mall
Kansas Red Wheat Came From Two Gallon Hoard
In 1874 Mennonites left Caslow Crimea with two gallons of hard red wheat known as Turkey Red. Near Phillsboro Kansas the grain thrived, transforming local farming and milling. by 1885 seed was distributed from Russia, and trials by Kansas State College bred improved forms. Western lands expanded to host the new wheat, making the Southwest the nation’s tired basket by World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caslow
Crimea
Kansas
Kansas City Times
America
Phillsboro
Kan
High Plains
Russia
Kansas State College Agricultural Department
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Southwest
Spring housecleaning and safe window washing
Advice urges using a sturdy step ladder for window cleaning to avoid falls and recommends outdoor handling for naptha and gasoline. Warns of explosions from indoor use in poorly ventilated rooms and stresses outdoor dry cleaning to prevent injuries and deaths.
Family visit ends with Drake student and guest returning home
Rev and Mrs Bissinger drove to Lenox on Saturday to meet their son Lester a Drake University student. He went back to Des Moines on Sunday with Blaine Stogdill who was visiting with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bissinger
Lenox
Lester
Drake University
Des Moines
Blaine Stogdill
Parente
Dinner guests at Wilmarths home in Corning
Mrs G H Madden along with Helen and Howard and Kenneth Myers attended a dinner party hosted by Mrs and Mrs Ralph Wilmarth at their Corning home Sunday evening.
Pershin Baby Born in Iowa City Hospital
Mr and Mrs Lee Pershin welcome a baby daughter born Friday afternoon at the hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Pershin
Iowa City
Life and Travels of David Livingstone Enduring Explorer
Biography of David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer born in 1817 in Lanarkshire. He worked in a cotton factory, sailed to Port Natal in 1840, and promoted by the London Missionary Society. He mapped Lake Ngami, crossed Africa from the Zambezi to Loanda, and published Missionary Travels in 1857. He sought the Nile sources, was found by Henry Morton Stanley at Ujiji, died in 1873 near the Zambezi, and was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Livingstone
Lanarkshire
Port Natal
South Africa
London Missionary Society
Robert Moffat
Lake Ngami
Bechuanaland
Zambezi River
Loanda
England
Livingstone
Africa
Nile
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Henry M. Stanley
Ujiji
Lake Tanganyika
Dr. Livingstone
Zambezi
Bangweola
Rhodesia
Westminster Abbey
Pearl Valuation by a Pearl Specialist
A pearl expert explains that true pearls are either alive or dead at birth, with still born pearls appearing dull and unrecoverable. He notes that initial oyster layers often look unappealing and that skilled jewelers assess beneath the surface to choose layers for greatest value, removing outer layers without harming richer inner ones.
Palomino Club Holds April Meeting at Beemer Home
The Palomino club held its April meeting at Mrs. Homer Beemer's home with Mrs. Vernon Gild and Mrs. Ora Cree in charge of the program. Lunch was served by the hostess during the social hour. Mrs. Fred Dunkin will host the club on May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palomino Club
Homer Beemer
Vernon Gild
Ora Cree
Fred Dunkin
Antioch School Pupils Give Teacher Surprise Shower
On the last day of the eight month of the school year patrons at Antioch school held a picnic. Teacher Misa Doris Leighton, who recently announced her marriage, was presented with a postnuptial shower by pupils and their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch School
Misa Doris Leighton
U T D Club Meets at Beckett Home for Bingo
The U T D club met Thursday at Mrs. Geo Beckett's home with ten members and two visitors, Mrs Grace Keasling of Waterloo and Mrs Bob Anderson. After business, bingo was played. high prizes went to Mesdames Mildred Moore and Merle Hess, consolation prizes to Mesdames Alice Moore and Leona Smalley. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. T. D. Club
Geo. Beckett
Grace Keasling
Waterloo
Bob Anderson
Mildred Moore
Merle Hess
Alice Moore
Leona Smalley
Mas ley families visit Maude Grayson home
Clyde Walker and wife and Andy Walker and wife of Mas ley were Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Maude Grayson. Others visiting included Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Price, Mrs. Emma Farnham, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Utter, Wayne Utter, Mrs. Pauline Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Huss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Walker
Andy Walker
Masley
Maude Grayson
P. A. Price
Emma Farnham
Tom Utter
Wayne Utter
Pauline Keith
Chauncey Moore
Lewis Huss
James R Locke Attorney At Law Bedford Iowa
James R Locke operates from Farmers and Merchants Bank Building in Bedford Iowa offering general law practice in state and federal courts Special emphasis on estate settlements and probate matters with attentive service and local familiarity.
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Humber Brown
Beawity
Towae
Mickie
Oak Hill
Mayme Gold
Carrie Young
Mabel Shafar
Helen Mae Young
Sonny Gold
Bernita Akers
Myrtle Corbin
Mary Caskey
Glendora Dunkin
Virginie Taylor
BE. E. Garrett
Fontenelle
E. J. Ewing
Larned
Lawrence Kirby
Sharpsburg
Antioch
Louie Cartwright
Doris Leighton
E. E. Garrett
Fontanelle
EH. J. Garrett
Lerned
Leeter Corbin
Marie Kingery
Francis Johnson
Fairview
Ralph McPherren
Gene Sullivan
Ralph McPherrons
Chea. Perdew
Gravity
Fred Shafar
Familiv
Lester Corbina
Dale Foster
Cromwell
Mina Allen
S. S
Billy and
Carolyn Young
Dolores Bates
Evetta Shafar
Richard and
Norman Morgan
Norma Jean Kiergery
Martha Casky
Mary Jane Weat
Allen
Helen Mae
Fred Blue
Villisca
Lester Corbin
Floyd Lewis
Mildred Barkee
Frances Young
Margaret Salter
Merolyne
Geraldyne Shafar
Barbara
Mary Lou Corbin
Earle Parks
O. C. West
Guy Barton
W. Berton
Lewis Barker
Mildred
James Prather
Viola Watts
James R. Locke
Magaz
Aien
Mecalls
Doys
McCall’s
Magavn
Woman’s World
Good Stories
Farm Journal
Ohome
Ohousehold Magazine
Oleghorn World
Omother
Orhode Island
CfAmerican
McCall's Magazine
Ochristian Herald
Cparents
O Pathfinder
Silver Screen
CiHousehold
Mayaz
Homes & Garder Cirome Arts Needlecraft
American Poultry Journal
Breeder's Gazette
Blade & Ledger
Country Home
Capper
Home Arts
Ohousehold
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Pathfinder
Wkly
Poultry Tribune
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Post Office
R.F.D
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