Classified Ads Snapshot From A Past Newspaper
Mixed list of ads including spring mattresses with coil springs in excellent condition, 2 piece living room suite for sale, sleeping rooms for working girls for rent, registered short horn bulls with serviceable age, modern sleeping room near center with gentleman preferred, McCormick grain binder, Hereford bull two years old for $250, trade offer for 3000 bushels of corn for a 1946 Ford, Plymouth Cereal Mills contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bell
Joe Luken
McCormick
Fred Brunken
Ford
Plymouth
Semi Annual Plymouth County Treasurer Report Highlights 1946
A. Langhout Plymouth County Iowa treasurer certifies the period December 1 1946 to May 31 1946 as the official semi annual accounts summary. Include funds totals and a sales of equipment note. The document references LeMars Iowa and includes a dealer advertisement for M M equipment touting the Energy Loader with high lift capacity and no cables or gears, plus a promotion for hydraulic pumps and parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Langhout
Plymouth County
Iowa
LeMars
J. A. Langhout
M-M
M M
New Guerney May bill discussed at park luncheon
Msgr. Smith addressed members on the Guerney May bill proposed to require all young men to serve up to one year in the armed forces or its equivalent after high school or at age 18. Training could be technical and supervised by civilian boards to ensure proper service and avoid branch misplacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Park Country Club
Msgr. Smith
American Legion
House of Representatives
Senate
Armed Services
Ireton Residents Clean Up After Monday Wind Storm
Ireton residents spent Tuesday morning clearing branches and removing fallen trees after a sudden wind storm Monday evening. No extensive damage was reported. Mr and Mrs Earl Farringer and sons returned home after visiting relatives in Freeport Peoria and other parts of Illinois. Mrs Mary Nanninga and grand-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireton
Earl Farringer
Freeport
Peoria
Ilinois
Mary Nanninga
Grand
Local Social notes and church festival report
Multiple short items note visitors and travels including Mr. and Mrs. VanDeHoef welcoming twins in Ireton and Marietta Wellinga joining, Melvin Siebels touring Yellowstone and Ames, and Roland Peters visiting Sioux Falls. Salvation Army drive wrapup announced with officers listed. Lutheran mission festival in Ireton drew a large crowd, noon dinner for 500, and speakers H W Krieger Meir and Paul Frederick. over 500 raised for various causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou
San Diego
Cal
Earl Wells
Mildred Vlothom
Washington, D. C
Salvation Army
Henry Poll
Robi. Fisher
Earl Miller
Lenora Reid
Frank Bowden
Harold VanDeHoef
Hawarden Hospital
van deHoef
Marietta Wellinga
Melvin Siebels
Yellowstone Park
West
Ames
Siebels
Roland Peters
Little Son
Sioux Falls
Ireton
Herbert Johnson
Minneapolis
Hilmer Youngren
American Reformed Church
Bert Schoyten
H. W. Krieger
H. Meir
Fulda
Minn
Paul Frederick
Onawa
Brewster
Jeanette Bauler Crowned Queen in Health Fete
Jeanette Ann Bauer, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike Bauler of Sioux City, was awarded a bronze trophy for a perfect health record by International Sound Film studios in Hollywood. The honor followed a screen test sent after a Sioux City baby contest and she was crowned queen in her division by Columbia lodge 138 Knights of Pythias of Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Ann Bauer
Mike Bauler
46Th Street
Sioux City
Kingsley
International Sound Film Studios
Hollywood
Cal
Jeanette
Columbia Lodge 138
Knights of Pythias of
Ludwig Funeral Held in Battle Creek for Mrs Ellen Ludwig
Relatives from Le Mars attended the funeral in Battle Creek for Mrs Ellen Ludwig 63 who died Saturday after a two year illness. Burial was in Mount Hope cemetery. She was born July 16 1882 in Ida county and married to Edward Ludwig January 9 1901. The couple lived in Correctionville area 17 years before returning to Battle Creek where they resided. Survivors include her widower Edward Ludwig six sons Ernie Eddie Martin Paul William and Henry and two daughters Clara and Esther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Battle Creek
Presbyterian
Ellen Ludwig
Mount Hope
Ludwig
Ida County
Edward Ludwig
Correctionville
Ernie
Eddie
Martin and
Paul
Sioux City
William and
Henry
Clara
Esther
Gun Safety Rule Emphasized for Hunters
A historical note urges hunters to never point a gun at a person within range and to keep the muzzle clear of obstructions. It warns that most firearm accidents arise from muzzle direction and defects or obstructions in the bore.
Shallow Water Feeder Swans And Their Traits
Swans in shallow waters feed with long necks as evidence of their habit. They are flightless during moulting season and their young can dive to depths when pursued by a predator.
Leading Industries in the South Share the Spotlight
For years cotton textile and tobacco dominated Southern factories, capital, and output. Now new industries share the throne once held by these two. the South broadens its manufacturing base while cotton and tobacco remain major, but not sole, mainstays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Farm Work Distribution Time Spent on Field and Other Tasks
One third of farm work hours go to field tasks while the remaining time covers livestock care fencing manure spread repainting buildings and repairing machinery.
Easter Gardening and Basic Foods Guide
Quality tools aid gardening with sharpened hoes and spades, noting a 10 inch file for sharpening. Spades require an edge. hoes do not. The Basic Seven Foods are green and yellow vegetables, citrus and tomatoes, potatoes and other produce, milk products, meat poultry fish or eggs, bread cereals and margarine with vitamin A.
Rotating Towels Extends Life and Prevents Wear
Home economists advise rotating towels after laundry. Place freshly washed towels at the bottom of the stack so recently washed items are used last. This prevents a few towels taking too many trips to the laundry while others sit idle.
Incomplete OCR Summary of Yangtze Scene
Fragmentary notes mention the Yangtze River basin and upper reaches explored by explorers. References include the great river, plateau land, sea, and gas national context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Great River
Laundry soap making tips from old text
Instructions describe drying and processing soap scraps into bars or chips. The wording references grinding or bri nding to produce flakes and chips, suggesting a method to reuse leftover soap pieces.
Willamette Valley agribusiness and timber growth notes
The report highlights Willamette Valley production in walnuts filberts hops linen weaving fruits and related products. It notes flood control expanding resources and a 10 000 new farming lumber and plywood mills. It references river towns with mills packing houses and packing plants and shipbuilders drawing war workers to river industries near Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Valley
Mette Valley
Ty River
Pott Industries
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Floyd Bartlett
Bernie
Margaret Jove
John Deere Binder
Albert Wiener
Merrill
A. J. Osweiler
Edwin Henrich
McGr. JE. Smith
Msgr
J. EB. Smith
The
Ures
Wasvne Gu
State
Rey
NT Honjastend
Anty Bond & Tne
Schoo
Maintenanece Bane
Altor
Disigiet Libray Lala
Unap
Dompstic Mere
Tay
Wit
Drahjage
Frank Pratt
Pratt’s
Grand Central Hotel
LeMars, Towa
Bower
Hs Nate
Setchell-Carlton
Pratt’s Electronic Shop
Central Ave
Jeanette Bauler
K. P. Health
Hatcher
Pillsbury's
Priton Deley, Mer
Plymouth County Hatchery
Call
Plymouth Co-op
Borchers Skelly
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