Corydon Area Social and Fair Update
Local brief notes list Corydon visitors and residents on Friday and Wednesday including O W Stevens A D McCulloch W Bo Love Curtis Farmer and Will Evans. Mention of Wilma Ratcliffe and Dorothy Love visiting. Iowa State Fair dates set for August 22 to 31 1917 with officials traveling to Chicago for planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Fair Association
Chicago
American Association of Pairs and Managers
Middle West
Iowa
Des Moines Register price note and rural market talk
Community column notes visits by Correll Richards Neal Hasbrouck and others. Commentary mocks high living costs and airship ambitions. Congress faces a tight session after March 4 with a jab at reform. Farmers urged to follow market reports, Des Moines Register still $4.00 annually with no price hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Neal
Baby
Des Moines
J. P. Gibson
Earl Gregg
Osceola
Gibson
A. M. Stiles
Congress
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Piano Bargain Offer Near Hemmeston Towa
Schmoler and Mueller Piano Co announces a piano contract default near Hemmeston Iowa. The company will transfer ownership to the first party able to pay the remaining balance, either in cash or five dollars per month, under terms offered by Omana Nebr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemmeston
Towa
Schmoler & Mueller Piano Co
Omana
Nebr
Protracted meetings and social notes from Jefferson
Jefferson notes report protracted meetings at Jefferson U P church starting December 17. John Fortune sawed wood Thursday. Milton Foreman has a new automobile. E E Elder and family visited Corydon Friday. John Sinclair delivered corn to Isaac McCandlass this week. Harold Sapp spent Thursday evening at the Wiley home. Mrs David Acheson not improving much. Mrs W P Moore and children called on Mrs Martha Sinclair Thursday. Daniel Sinclair attended teachers institute at Corydon Thursday and Friday. Mrs Hazel McKelvey visiting grandmother Mrs Ben Shipley. Herr Graham of Powell Wyoming visiting Everett Shipley and relatives. Maude Elder in Corydon for dental work while Lillian and Ufa attended teachers institute. Rev D J Mason of Washington Iowa expected to fill Associate Presbyterian pulpit next Sabbath. Blanche Cunningham entertained ladies Wednesday afternoon for Jennie Cherry visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
John Fortune
Big Springs
Milton Foreman
E. E. Elder
Corydon
John Sinclair
Isaac McCandlass
Harold Sapp
Wiley Home
David Acheson
W. P. Moore
Martha Sinclair
Jefferson U. P. Church
Daniel Sinclar
Teachers’ Institute
Maude Elder
Lillian
Ufa
D. J. Mason
Washington
Iowa
Associate Presbyterian
Blanche Cunningham
Jennie Cherry
Wayne County Cornhusking Champion Claims World Record
Des Moines Register reports Leon Alldredge, a wrestler and farmer, set a cornhusking record on November 29, 1912 by husking 22 bushels and 15 pounds in 7 hours 47 minutes, challenging others for matches and bets. Also cited are claims by Frank Kallans of Ainsworth for 100 bushels in 4 hours 35 minutes, Marvel Wright age 16 husking Ames, and Robert Fennel, 15, crowned Wayne County champion with 535 bushels on a prize acre as part of Iowa State College contest involving over 2,000 boys from forty-two counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Leon
Register
James H. Alldredge
Alldredge
Frank Kallans
Ainsworth
Ames
Robert Fennel
Allerton
Iowa
Wayne County
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Robert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Santa Claus
Blevins
C. L. Blevins
Scovel’s Grocery
Barker’s
O. W. Stevens
Corydon Buiness
A.D. McCulloch
W. Bo Love of
Cambria
Ray Eckerson
Teachers Institute
H. S&s. Stites
Centerville
Zuma Brattain
Sewal
C. Hutchinson
Curtis Farmer
Kahboka, Mo
M. L. Brittin
Fred Tipford
Son Willis
Martha Bosserman
Henry Joy
Will Evans
Bedford
Orr Campbell
C. C. Miller
A. C. Frederick
H. West
M. J. Evans
Chariton
M.S. Love
Dorothy
le Moines
J. L. Caldwell and
Wilma Ratcliffe
P. G. Ratcliffe
Mark Gibbs
Idaho
Montana
Humeston
R. H. Correll
I. O. Hasbrouck
J. J. and
Lester Hasbrouck
J. F. Ault
Harley Sires
Henry Rice
Hazel McKelvey
Ben Shipley
Herr Graham
Powell, Wyo
Everett Shipley
Matt Moser & CO
Brussels
Hutchinson
James Alldredge
Marvel Wright
Coulter
Phillip Maybaum
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