LeGrand Local News and Garden Club Notes
W C T A will meet on Tuesday July 8 with Miss Cora Hoover. Grinnell visitors, Mrs E L York and family, stayed with L C Knudson on Quaker Lane. LeGrand Garden Club met Monday noting a small attendance due to heat and a deceased program chair. Members suggested timely plantings for a food basket and viewed a southern Iowa show place tour. A dwarf Chinese cherry sprig shown by the Knudsons drew attendees to taste its delicacy. The club's next meeting will be at the home of Mr and Mrs Louis Mertka in Quarry.
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LeGrand Garden Club
Hart Simms
John Rylander
Rylander
State Garden Club
Iowa
Knudson Place
Louis Mertka
Quarry
Cc. D. Harvey
S. M. Mann
National City
Calif
G. C. Ogier
New York City
Chicago
Mann
Minnie Summers
James Manufacturing Company
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
Glen
Evangeline and the Swing That Broke
In twilight I spoke of future happiness with Evangeline The swing creaked under her two hundred pounds and the rope failed I kept talking of affection built to endure yet the memory fades as I have walked with a crutch since the incident The swing no longer works where it once stood Weak Mason
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Evangeline
Butcher a Hampshire Porker Found on Quarry Creek Farm
Butcher Hobbe Dougherty, farming the Condon place south of Quarry, found a freshly killed Hampshire hog carcass in the meadow by the creek after guiding escaped cattle back to pasture. Only the hams were taken, the skin lifted for carving, leaving the rest of the carcass abandoned. No owner has claimed the hog yet.
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Hampshire
Will Dougherty
Condon
Quarry
Dougherty
LeGrand Wins Grand Prize at Marshalltown Softball Tourney
LeGrand captured the $35 grand purse by winning four straight games at the Pep Day softball tournament in Marshalltown on Wednesday. Sixteen teams competed. LeGrand defeated Albion 2 2 to 2 0, Union 21 to 2 0, Melbourne 8 to 6, and Tracr 2 2 to 2 2, for a final score of 46 to 9.
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LeGrand
Marshalltown
Albion
Union
Melbourne
Tracr
Subscription pressures at the Reporter office
Money worries grip the Reporter as arrears mount and unpaid periods extend. The note seeks overdue payments to keep the paper solvent, asking readers to settle dues or risk continued hardship. Also mentions Mrs. Blanch Emley acting as housekeeper at the Harrison home during Ruth Stephenson’s illness in Montour.
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Blanch Emley
J. L. Harrison
Ruth Stephenson
Montour
Iowa Women Plan State Exposition at the Fair
Des Moines reports Iowa women will stage a large state exposition during the eight days of the Iowa State Fair from August 24 to 31. Sponsored by broad women’s organizations, the event spans two buildings and features cooking and canning, farm women’s projects, health contests, flower shows, parent-teacher conferences, drama, nutrition, sewing, china painting, music, and more. Mrs. H. W. Spaulding of Ames chairs the planning committee with representatives from participating groups.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women’s Department of the
Town Farm Bureau
Iowa Parent-Teacher Association
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Iowa Garden Clubs
H. W. Spaulding
Ames
LeGrand Y. P. B. Meeting Held At Rosaline Haynes Home
The June gathering of the LeGrand Y. P. B. opened at Rosaline Haynes residence with president led business, a brief program by Mrs. Pemberton and devotional, followed by refreshments. The next day brought extreme heat, 102 in the shade, a hot southwest wind, scorching corn, and parched ground signaling a menacing dry spell.
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LeGrand Y. P.B
Rosaline Haynes
Mattie Pemberton
Y.P.B
Pemberton
Memorial marble Kasson scene inspires spiritual vision
A Utica New York Kasson Memorial marble memorial honors Mr Kasson s wife. The statue shows a woman rising from a grave toward the stars with a serene gaze as if blessed by God s countenance. The article contrasts sin as weights dragging souls down from flight.
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Utica
N.Y
Kasson
Church Meeting Rescheduled To July 11 At 7 30 P m
The Christian Church announces a change from July 4 to Wednesday evening July 11 at 7 30 for its regular business meeting. Church services follow the usual schedule with 10 a m Sunday School and the worship service.
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Christian Endeavor
Blunders blamed for major share of 1933 auto accidents
A casualty study on 1933 US crashes found eight common driver errors. Drove too fast for conditions, failed to slow at intersections, kept left of right, attempted passes with poor view, ignored pedestrians, passed on the right, ignored traffic controls and parked at dangerous spots. Following these rules could cut deaths and injuries dramatically.
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United States
Problem for Motorists and the Cross Joke
The item presents a riddle from Safe Driver about a motorist near a crossing. The punchline notes the motorist did get across with a grim twist, saying his widow had a cross erected over his grave funded by his life insurance.
California Editor in Iowa Reports on Conditions
An Iowa writer compares conditions in California and Iowa noting differing circumstances, farm relief funds, drought and rain impacts, and the beefing up of green crops. He observes money flows from federal programs, concerns about market margins, and the broad national pattern of stagnation in wealth circulation.
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California
Iowa
Buena Vista County
CWA
PIA
Sioux City
Central States
Fort Dodge
Temple City
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