Southern Town Band To California
The Towa Band of 800 players departs Sunday for the Pacific Coast. Comprised of musicians from thirty four southern Town counties with Frank Wilkins as leader, they will perform at the Iowa Picnic in California and travel on special trains living on the cars. They plan to return August 18 after stops in San Diego Phoenix Boulder Dam and other venues. The group, organized in Ottumwa by Marc Williams in 1933 with 500 members, is billed as the largest band organization.
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Towa
Pacific Coast
Taylor County
Frank Wilkins
Denver
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Cataline Islands
Iowa
California
San Diego
Phoenix
Boulder Dam
Marc Williams
Ottumwa
Williams
Idle-a-Whyle Club Meetings and Weather Damper
The Idle-a-Whyle club met at Mary Barchus home on July 5 with 13 members and visitors for a mixed program by Mrs Barchus and Frances Parker. Ice cream cake and refreshments followed a windy muddy journey home after a rain storm. On July 19 Elva Akers hosted a six months meeting with 12 members and visitors, Lewie Price as helper, music and contests, a hot 109 degree afternoon, and a cool banana split lunch.
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Idle-a-Whyle Club
Mary Barchus
Lewie Price
Mrs Marion Wright Returns Home After Visit
Mrs Marion Wright of Glenwood, who has been visiting here with her parents Mr and Mrs Ilo Wilson, returned to her home yesterday.
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Marion Wright
Glenwood
Ilo Wilson
Who Is Paying The AAA Hog Processing Tax
Dr. Geoffrey Shepherd of Iowa State College reports five conclusions on who bears the hog processing tax. He finds the packer’s margin widens, the consumer pays nothing, the farmer gains via subsidy, and a smaller pig crop boosts farmer income as packers gain from reduced volume. A 10 percent crop cut raises pork price per hundred pounds by 20 percent.
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AAA
Geoffrey Shepherd
Agricultural Economics Department
Towa State College
Dr. Shepherd
Shepherd
Royal Neighbors Invited to Maud Browns Home
The Royal Neighbors are invited to Maud Browns home in Gravity on August 7. A good crowd attended a month ago. Jeta is urged to work harder to attract more attendees this time. Oracle, Mable Keith.
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Maud Brown
Gravity
Jeta
Oracle
Mable Keith
Fire destroys house on Moore farm near Gravity
Fire on the John D. Moore farm two miles south of Gravity destroyed the house occupied by Leslie Roush and family. Quick alarms from Earl Richardson and others failed to save belongings as flames fed on a dry structure. Rumors of theft and strangers at the scene surfaced, with no insurance on contents and questions whether the home would be rebuilt.
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John D. Moore
Leslie Roush
Earl Richardson
John Stephens
Roush
Counties to get relief groups for drought farmers
Twenty three southern Iowa counties are named for government aid in the growth area. State Director R K Bliss recommends establishing an organization in each county to aid farmers who cannot shelter livestock due to feed shortages caused by the prolonged drought.
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Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Grace Patch opens Women’s Toggery on Main Street
Mrs Grace Patch opens a Women’s Toggery Shop on the west side of Main Street in the room adjoining the jewelry store. The shop features ready to wear silk and wash dresses, millinery, and related items and invites patrons to call anytime.
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Grace Patch
Main Street
Gravity Wins Over Nodaway In 18 to 3 Ball Game
Gravity defeated Nodaway 18 to 3 on Sunday afternoon. Ramon Reynolds pitched in place of the regulars, struck out 11 and collected 8 hits. Wallace served as catcher as Gravity’s offense and defense clicked despite a small crowd.
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Osborne
Ramon Reynolds
Gravity
Wallace
Reynolds
Donkey ball game trial ends with waning interest
Creston and Corning tried donkey ball. after a half hour interest fades and the game loses appeal. The piece predicts it will soon be forgotten, likening it to miniature golf that faded years ago.
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Creston
Corning
Mrs failing Dies at 84 in North Dallas Community
Mrs failing died Sunday night at her son Frank's home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the M E church in Guss with interment in Guss cemetery. A North Dallas pioneer, she left many loyal friends after a long life. She was 84.
Juniors Win From Bedford In Local Baseball Tilt
The Gravity juniors defeated Bedford 10 to 7 on the local diamond Tuesday. Gravity tallied 8 hits and committed 3 errors while Bedford had 3 errors and 8 hits. Gravity pitchers were Keith and Ambrose with Beamer Rainforth and Ambrose as catchers. Bedford’s battery featured Evans and Quimby. The juniors plan several more games this season and a partial schedule is ready. Local businessmen donated funds for equipment, which the team gratefully acknowledges.
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Bedford
Gravity Boys
Gravity
Keith
Ambrose
Beamer
Rainforth
Evans
Quimby
Jurnors
Fourth Quarterly Conference at Free Methodist Church
The Fourth and last Quarterly Meeting of the year will convene August 3 at 8:00 p.m. at the Free Methodist church in Gravity. Rev Ballenger will lead, with services continuing over the Sabbath. A circuit business meeting is set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. Chas. Dickey is pastor.
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Free Methodist Church
Gravity
Ballenger
Pre-Nuptial Shower for Miss Orr at Linus Bailey Home
A pre-nuptial shower was held at the Linus Bailey home near New Market on Tuesday afternoon honoring Miss Jaanita Orr sister of Mrs Bailey. Her marriage to Mr Paul Burwell of this place is soon to occur. Fifteen local ladies attended and a nice assortment of gifts was received.
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Linus Bailey
New Market
Jaanita Orr
Bailey
Paul Burwell
Brown Couple Tour Through Midwest to Detroit and Youngstown
Robert Brown and his wife from Lincoln Nebraska visited J. S. Francis in town from Thursday to Friday. On return they traveled by car via Wisconsin Michigan and along Lake Michigan to Muskegon then east to Detroit and back through Lake Erie to Youngstown. They camped the entire trip of about a month noting widespread crop damage from drought.
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Robert Brown
Lincon
Nebraska
Bedell Family Visit in Stromsburg Nebraska
Arthur Bedell and his family of Stromsburg Nebraska visit the home of his parents Mr and Mrs A C Bedell and other relatives for a family gathering with extended kin in the area.
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Arthur Bedell
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Mrs
A. C. Bedell
Local Residents List Names and Towns
An OCR fragment lists numerous individuals followed by their towns including Bedford Conway Gravity New Market Blockton Corning Gravity Clearfield and others. The cache of names spans residents such as Ralph Burright Paul Cobb Thelma Dougherty Gail Eighmy Marie Hefley George Herriott Hazel Lovitt Oma Morgan Olive Little Audrey Pershin Ruth Putnem and L. G. Van Alstine among many others.
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OC. A. Allen
Bedford
Ralph Burright
Gravity
S. B. Bruner
Conway
Paul Cobb
C.T. Cochran
Sharpsburg
LA Coy
Chas. Culbertson
New Market
Lawrence Colin
A Corotner
Thelma Dougherty
N. Market
Gail Eighmy
Walter Fuelberth
C. C. Ginn
Hi. E. Gordon
C. A. Groves
Marie Hefley
George Herriott
Ralph Harmon
Hazel Lovitt
Vernon Lantz
Blockton
Olive Little
Oma Morgan
Toe Mathena
Blockton Martin
Edford
Frances Mohler
Herman O'Dell
Opal Osborn
Minnie Osborn
Audrey Pershin
Frank Potter
Ruth Putnem
Lloyd Straight
Corning
L. G. van Alstine
Clarinda
P. D. Wood
Clearfield
New Produce Station Opens in Chandler Building
A new Produce Station storefront opened in the Chandler building south of the Independent. It has taken over the business of Leon Ledgerwood who decided to quit the business. Further announcement appears elsewhere in this paper.
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Chandler
Leon Ledgerwood
Bushes of Corning Welcome Baby Boy Born Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Floyd Bush of Corning announce the birth of a baby boy Tuesday. Mrs Bush formerly Miss Ai ven Posten.
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Floyd Bush
Corning
Bush
Ai'ven Posten
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Gravity Oil Co
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EU Brady
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Tom Vix
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Will Rogers
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Supreme Court
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co
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Iowa Supreme Court
R. F. Mitchell
Fairbanks Moree Construction Co
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