Local residents visit and travel notices galore
OCALS Mr and Mrs Henry Holub and son visit Henry Chaloupka home Sunday. Glenn McLaughlin Anamosa attorney visited Monticello Saturday. Arthur Dickson Des Moines stays with Liddy family. Ray Echternacht family visit Des Moines. Rachel Littlefield Hopkinton visited Gearhart home. Josephine Welton Independence visits Chaloupka home. Roy Porter Hopkinton shopped in Monticello. Ray Bywater family Iowa City guests at McNeill home. Clemma Wenger Marshaltown weekend with parents. Jean Hogan weekend with sister at Iowa City. Gilbert Skelding Cuba City Wis visited mother Lang. Eugene Chaloupka Independence weekend with parents. Paul Klaus Manchester visits Podaski home. Bernice Havlichek student nurse spent weekend at Cedar Rapids. Miriam Lovell Locher McNeill Thomas Iowa City students weekend homes. Wade Long weekend at Melvin Sands New Lisbon. Mrs John Hay Coe College student visited mother after exams. Anna Valanta leaves for California to Glendale visit. Cass ill at McDonald hospital home back Wednesday.
Fort Des Moines Schreiner group meets February 5
The Schreiner chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting Monday evening February 5. A social hour and dancing will follow. All members are welcome.
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Schreiner Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Order
Slow Motion Fighters Called Chameleons
Collier's describes slow motion fighters as Chameleons with battles lasting minutes or hours between thrusts and parries. Combatants’ skin darkens to black with rage as signs of ongoing conflict are observed in this unusual encounter.
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Collier's
Snowhouse Shelter Children Build Snow Home
Eleven year old Harry Reade and his eight year old brother Bob built a snow house from a pile of snow scooped from the Cities Service Station driveway. They lit it with a makeshift electric light inside, though their parents planned otherwise.
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Harry Reade
Leslie Reads
Bob
Cities
Harry
Express
Record Books Aid Homemakers In The Home
Mrs. Vern Dau Schmidt in Tama county explains how 11 years of household and farm records guide decisions on income and living costs. She notes rising food bills, tracks monthly expenditures, and plans 1940 budgets with new receipts, estimations, and family allowances.
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Vern Dau Schmidts
Dinsdale
Tama County
Dau Schmidt
Dau- Schmidt
Iowa State College Extension Service
Esther
Glenn
Hidden wall package box and laundry chute improve home efficiency
A wall mounted package receiver with self locking exterior door and ventilation adds comfort and convenience. A vertical laundry chute allows soiled clothes to drop from second floor to basement laundry, improving home efficiency.
Watch Crystal Strength Test Under 50 Pound Weight
An ordinary watch crystal is estimated to crack under a 50 pound weight. The test indicates the fragility of common watch components and the need for durable materials in timepieces.
Probating Wills Protects Wishes and Heirs Rights
The article explains probate is required for any will. It protects the deceased's wishes and heirs rights and ensures government taxes are paid.
Auctioneer Not Required to Take Highest Bid Says Court
In a Minnesota case a house sold to the first bidder for 675 after a rival offered 680. The auctioneer refused the higher bid as trifling. The second bidder sued but failed, since no contract exists until the offer is accepted by the auctioneer.
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Collier's
Minnesota
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Henry Holub and Son
Henry Chaloupka
Monte Jewelry
Adv
Glenn McLaughlin
Anamosa
Monticello
Arthur D. Dickson
Des Moines
J. A. Liddy
Ray Echternacht
Jean
Rachel Littlefield
Hopkinton
Agnes Gearhart
Josephine Welton
Independence
Mrs. Henry Chaloupka
Roy V. Porter
Ray Bywater
Willis
Iowa City
A. J. H. McNeill
Clemma Wenger
Marshalltown
Mrs
Ed Wenger
Jean Hogan
Kathleen
University of Iowa At
Gilbert Skelding
Cuba City
Wis
Joe Lang
Eugene Chaloupka
Paul Klaus
Manchester
Klaus
Frank Podhaski
Bernice Havlichek
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Frank Havlichek
Miriam Lovell
Lillian Locher
Jo McNeill
Betty Thomas
Mrs. Wade Long
Melvin Sands
New Lisbon
Wrs
John Hay
Coe College
Augusta Farley
Coe
Anna Valanta
California
M. H. Teeter
Glendale
Bernard Cass
McDonald Hospital
Fort Madison
The
Cecile Oliphant
CCC
Oliphant
Fort Des Moines
Bess Dickey
Leslie Talbot
Town City
Keith Dickey
Madges
Dale Smith
Galesburg
Harry Starks
Walter Muller
William Podhaski
Dicky Schneider
Willis Brink
Iis
Mrs. Brink
Minneapolis
Cecil Hosford
Paul EE. Bellamy
Rapid City
S. D
Eldon Coffman
Marion
Hey
Florida
Bellamy
Lucy Doran
Jefferson Wis
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Jefferson
Soviet Russia
Ivan Soloshenko
Far Eastern
Red Army
Campo Marzio
Rome
Vespasiano
Burns Lodge No. 173
A. F
A. M
Sand Spring Creamery
Sand Spring
Fred Kammiller
Dubuque
New Idea
Wyandotte
Agrico
Allis-Chalmers Blackman
Board OF Directors
Doc Lawson
Rhythm
Chester A. Condit
Iowa
General Insurance Agency
Louise Campbell
W. Henry
James, Lucille, Russell Gleason
the Higgens Family
New Garbo
Melvyn Douglass
Ninotcher
Three Stooges
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
the Blockheads
Gene Autry
Smiley
Wisconsin
Igc
AVA
Lowa
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