Local Boy Earns Radio Amateur License W9JLY
Jimmie Ricklefs receives a temporary amateur radio license after a three month wait and plans to boost power. His station W9JLY can receive signals from as far as Australia and Hartford and he notes the American Radio Relay League helps with free message relays among about 20,000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timbuctoo
Afghanistan
New Zealand
Jimmie Ricklefs
Jim
Federal Examiner
Chicago
Hartford
Connecticut
Australia
WSJLY
Amos 'N' Andy
Rudy Wal- Jee
Detroit
American Radio Relay League
Lovell's Laboring Lassies Meet Last Thursday
The Lovell's Laboring Lassies 4-H group held a bi monthly meeting at Dorothy Barlow's home on July 7. Members shared room experiences, Margaret Behrends reported on the state 4-H convention at Ames June 27 to 29, and demonstrations on floor and wood finishes and dresser scarfs were given. Clare Adams and Luella Balsiger were named as the demonstrating team for the Jones County Fair, with Richland's Rustic Rustlers affiliating due to their leader's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
Dorothy Barlow
Margaret Behrends
Ames
Clare Adams
Mildred Deischer
Richland
Rustic Rustlers
Wil! Balsiger
Luella Balsiger
Lucile Yossi
Richland Township
Prohibition repeal faces long odds across states says editor
The article argues that 36 states must consent to repeal or constitutional change, a difficult hurdle no matter who wins the presidency next November. It also mockingly notes a phrase about kissing and germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Church Services in Prairieburg and Nearby Parishes
A forecast of Sunday July 17 religious services across Prairieburg and surrounding churches. Listings include Prairieburg Protestant, St Matthew's Lutheran, St Joseph's Catholic, Methodist Episcopal, Wayne Zion Lutheran, Sacred Heart, Reformed, Castle Grove Lutheran, Presbyterian, St John’s Lutheran, and St. Trinity notices with times, special events, and invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Wayne Zion Lutheran
J. Willis
Luther League
Church Lawn
Armin H. Tendick
Woman's Missionary Society
Castle Grove Lutheran
G. Wolf
Anamosa League
Marion Balster
Robert Rickels
Deeds Filed for Record in Jones County Week Ending June 25
Deeds recorded include Louie Guhl and wife to Dora Guhl for 160 acres in section 11 83 3 with a consideration of $1.00. Iowa Railway and Light Co to Iowa Electric Light and Power Co covering real estate dams street railway and utility systems for $1.00. H L Nehis and wife to H L Nehis Investment Co for 1.0 acre parcel. Perry L Russell and wife to R B Russell covering portions of sections 24 25 83 4 totaling 130 acres for $1.00. Peter Lengenhager to Adolf Steuri for 67 acres in 1-86-4. William Netcott and wife to Minnie A Benadom for Lot 26 Railroad Add Monticello subject to a $1750 mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Louie Guhl
Dora Guhl
Wiene
Iowa Railway and Light Co
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
H. L. Nehis
H. L
William Netcott
Minnie A. Benadom
Monticello
Kittenball Race Tightens as Eskimos Lead Pack
The Creamery, Eskimos, and Railroaders posted wins as 24 or more runs appeared in several games. Creamery defeated Railroaders 26-6 while East Side Tigers fell 24-6 to Eskimos. A 14-13 Creamery win over Oilers and a 16-16 nine inning draw between Shomont Dairy and Eskimos highlighted the week with Friday’s looming Creamery vs Eskimos clash for first place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creamery Ten
Railroaders
Art Adix
East Side
Tigers
Oilers
Creamery
Eskimo
Brickyard
Brickyards
Milwaukee
George Barnts
Shomont Dairy
The
Eskimo Club
Polar Outfit
Eskimos
Push Perennial Weed Fight With Late Summer Root Cultivation
Extension plant pathologist R H Porter of Iowa State College urges continued late summer cultivation to exhaust food reserves stored in weed roots. Persistent two season tillage, followed by spring plowing and surface cultivation, weakens weeds such as creeping Jenny, leafy spurge, canada thistle, quack grass, and others before sowing alfalfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Porter
Iowa State College
J W Long Likely Not Nominated for Auditor
It is reasonably safe to predict that J W Long will not be nominated to succeed himself as auditor. He would be a millstone around the ticket and has forfeited any claims with the Republican party and the people of Iowa for further political preferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
J. W. Long
Republican Party
Iowa
Bookworm Notes on Boys and Girls Favorite Reads
A list of read aloud and instructional titles for Story Book Trail Club members. The selections span biographies like Lincoln and Roosevelt, children’s classics, and national heritage works from publishers and authors including Kipling, Alcott, Scott and Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarbell
Lincoln
Paine
Mark Twain
Meadowcroft
Edison
West
Nicolay
Hill
Washington
Hagedorn
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
Sweetser
White House
Moses
Louisa M. Alcott
Kirkland
Moore
Parkman
Parry
Betsy Ross
Abraham Lincoln
Brooks
Bassett
Columbus
Aldrich
Alcott
Aller
Judith Lankaster
Brown
Polly
Baker—Sherster
The
Wolves
Curtis
Lookout Mountain
Hinkle—Bugle
Hunt
Kneeland
Inger Johanne
Faris
Minton—Book of London
Batley
Driggs
Williamson
John and Betty
Kipling
de la Mare
Field
Hitty
Stevenson
Hale—Peterkin Papers
Longfellow—Hiawatha
Mabie
Irving
Rip van Winkle
Canning Vegetables By Hot Pack And Pressure Methods
Miss Ruth Cessna from the Town State college extension service outlines safe canning practices for small batches. She advises selecting sound firm produce, sanitizing jars, using salt, and processing in hot water baths or pressure cookers with precise times to prevent spoilage. Vegetables should be cooled promptly and kept cold before processing if not canned immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cessna
Town State College Extension Service
Cessna
Tough Family Quip Signals Odd Upbringing
A humorous exchange contrasts rough home grooming habits with a boy boasting his father uses a nail axe and tooth file while another claims a blow torch for shaving. The dialog evokes rough frontier manners and competitive pride.
Hearst Disease Charged With Wisconsin Death Toll in 1931
Report states Hearst disease was responsible for 6 025 deaths in Wisconsin in 1931, part of the state's total fatalities 30 202.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Plant An Orchard Garden Now For Fall Use And Canning
Garden guidance from C V Hol singer extension horticulturist urges planting by mid July for fall use and canning. Beans lettuce beets carrots and radishes suit July sowing with spacing and thinning tips. Some land sales and receivership deeds appear in the same item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Holsinger
Town State College
Dolan Family Plans Ocean Springs Trip After City Visit
Dr and Mrs H F Dolan and their children depart for Ocean Springs Mississippi for several weeks They will also visit Mrs Dolans sister Mrs A B Hunt in Ocean Springs and stops in Patterson Louisiana and New Orleans Anamosa golf team beat Maquoketa 12 to 9 with J Kehoe and Allan Turner posting 80s for low score Francis Whitcombe and his fathers aunt Miss Spooner arrived from Boston after a 1300 mile drive He earned a Harvard masters degree June 23 and will likely return east around August 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Dolan
Ocean Springs
Miss
A. B. Hunt
Francis
Harvard University
Miss Spooner
Boston
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending July 9
Transfers include J B Dominy to Margery M Dominy for two lots in Hill's Add West Cascade for $1.00. Bunce family to Lomeda C Bunce for two lots and part of a third in Soper & Boardman's East Anamosa. Mary G Strickel to L A Andrew receiver for First Iowa State Trust WD lot 21 and part of lot 22 with specified lot lines and street boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Keller
J. H. Fisher
L. A. Andrews
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
First Street
Elm Street
Monticello
Leo H. Oswald
John B. Oswald
Mary Oswald
Maquoketa River
John C. Gearhart
Clara Gearhart
Shaffer
Cascade
Jones County
M. J. Cass
L. A. Andrew
Oxford Junction Savings Bank
American Savings Bank & Trust Co
Davenport
J. B. Dominy
Margery M. Dominy Warr
Hill
West Cascade
Ernest Edward Bunce
Reginald Alton Bunce
Almeda May
Lomeda C. Bunce Warr
Webster St
Soper & Boardman’s
Anamosa
Mary G. Strickel
L. A
Wanted and For Sale Classified Fragments
A mixed set of classified notices lists items and rentals including cars for wash or grease at 7 cents, rental rooms and six room house in South Cedar Street, a 3 horsepower electric motor for $3, carpenter tools, single and housekeeping rooms, a Holstein bull trade inquiry, milking shorthorn bulls for sale, stove and cord wood with lumber, all from various Iowa towns and contact names such as Jack Studer Kath ryn Young Ray Hearn E A Wright Fred McLaughlin J. R. McNeilly Hopkinton Adolph Schoon and McNeill Bros with regional notes
Card of Thanks and Local Ads Drop in Radio Classes
Community notices express thanks for sympathy after a baby’s death. Local ads list poultry wanted heavy hens Leghorn hens and quail, vacuum cleaner for sale, steel locker library table oak chairs stapler and cartons, and a probate executrix seeking items. Names include Mr and Mia Brady B E Reed and Ervin E Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Joe Brady
Hoover Vacuum
B. E. Reed
Ervin E. Reed
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Darwin
Nile
Prairieburg
Samuel G. Gutensohn
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Stephen J. Kucvra
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
Presbyterian
Wm. J. Grossheim
Christian Endeavor
Jesus
St. John's
Paul T. Gut- Knecht
A. Miller
Victor
W. Schroeder
DeWitt
St. John’s
Trinity
Eskimos and Creamery
Shomont
Creamery Eyes
Eneed Atone
Vacenatennie Shomont
Lives of the
Jack Studer
South Cedar Street
Kathryn Young
Ray Hearn
Carpenter Tools
E. A. Wright
Fred McLaughlin
North Sycamore
J. R. McNeilly
Center Junction
T. B
Hopkinton
McNeill Bros
Raee
Adolph Schoon
Amber
Niles Theater
McCormick Deering
McCormick
R. HL
Balster Farm
Tabse
Beltaree Zimmerman
F. W. Minney
Scotch Grove
Bechtsen
Henry
Yeevense
Cedar Park
Cedar Rapids
Henry Eilis
Central Garage
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