Red Cross Relief Aids Distressed In 120 Disasters
The American Red Cross assisted six million families under unemployment and disaster relief. It distributed flour and clothing in all but six of the nation’s 3,098 counties and supported 120 disasters, with 96 inside the United States. Disaster toll included nearly a thousand deaths, 148340 homes damaged or destroyed, and 13275 injuries.
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American Red Cross
John Barto Payne
Payne
Red Cross
United States
School News Junior Notes
The junior notes describe algebra tests and plays Hamlet and Macbeth study, volleyball interest, geography map work, and several absences. Honor rolls list juniors and sophomores with names such as Dorothy Witt Fern Balzer Melvin Sumter Leetha Wiewel William Anderson Gerald Graff Imogene Keller Richard Kircher Merle Lierle Mildred Ditker Lilian Williams Bernice Blank.
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Dorothy Witt
Fern Balzer
Melvin Sumter
Leetha Wiewel
William Anderson
Gerald Graff
Imogene Keller
Richard Kircher
Merle Lierle
Mildred Ditker
Lillian Williams
Bernice Blank
Lutheran Notes and Jubilee Marks Church Activities
A Zion Lutheran youth meeting forms the basis for a Luther League to be organized next Sunday at 6 45 with a committee to draft the constitution. Jubilee events celebrate Martin Luther's birth with joint choir singings and a Jubilee Offering. Also noted are Luther League activities at St Peter's Lost Prairie a November meeting at the Linnemeyers home a 78th birthday gathering for Willis Busirk and a community sale with a new roof going on Maurice Robinson's residence.
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Young People of Zion
Luther League
Floyd Longlett
Leona Heberlein
Mildred Doole
Harold Hofmeister
Waldo Frey
Pastor Kunkle
Martin Luthor
Luther League of
Willis Busirk
M. L. Buskirk
Howard Meredith
Roy Buskirk
Inter-Community letters recall World War I deeds and local commerce
A reader reminisces about Inter-Community memories during World War I, noting the county's wartime role and the fate of local families and businesses. Questions arise about orphans adopted in France and the old Kramer Implement Co stock moves, with reflections on prior Quincey firms and German defeat beliefs.
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Bee
France
Kramer Implement Co
Quincey
Germany
Halloween on Main Street Highlights in Town
Report says sheriff dumped down slot machines on Maine Street Halloween night. A new bank opened near Hannibal and Main Street early Thursday morning. Town looked like a second hand store next morning. Folks wonder what Santa Claus will bring this year. Frank Graf notes cows were off last week with just 112 customers served in 370 gallons of cream. Residents worry about future celebrations and Route 105 status.
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Hallyeen
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America
Good Housekeeping
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Willis Ave
British Isles
Gerald Williams
Russell Heine
Vere Ferguson
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Vera Boyce
Lee Enlow
Donald Diker
La-Verne DeWitt
Georgia Elliott
Lucile Gramke
Leland Inman
Herbert Waters
Paul Beringer
Clara Gramke
Howard
Rose Welsh
Allen Easley
Florence Evelyn Pracht
Capitola Putz
Bobbie Graff
George Schmalshof
Ralph Roe
Bobby Ferguson
Lowell Hofmeister
Aldo Hofmeister
Keith Ferguson
Elmer Akers
Wilfred Grawe
Junior Enlow
Robbie Graff
Frank Hodges
Betty Lou Taylor
Richard Grawe
Quincy
Betty Jane McMahon
Maurice Robinson
Maine Street
By Bill Allen
Frank Graf
Ole Kows
Kusstimurz
Gale Uv Kreem
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