Open Home Makers meeting and community events in Center Junction
The afternoon session at Center Junction school gym featured Mrs. T. E. Stanton as chair, singing by Mrs. Arthur Wilcox, and speakers including County Agent Carl Smith and Nora Workman the home furnishing specialist. Birthday party for Teddy McDonald and numerous church and school activities followed, with notes on upcoming communion services and local social gatherings.
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Oxford
Clay
Wyoming
Scotch Grove
Madison Townships
Center Junction School
T. E. Stanton
Arthur Wilcox
Otto Allen
Violet Wherry
Floyd Sinclair
Clausen
Elma Streeper
Elma Wilcox
Ina Jansem
Jamison
Bernard
Beverly Mead
Robert
Vera Mae Johnson
McDonald
John Carson
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Howard Leech
Norman Martens
Norman Johnson
Ray Bohler
Center Junction Presbyterian Church
Young People’s Society
Presbyterian Church
Dirks Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary Observed at Scotch Grove
Mr. and Mrs. Harm J. Dirks celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary with a church service at Trinity Lutheran in Scotch Grove attended by over 200 guests, organ music, and a dinner and card party at their home. The couple, active in community life, were honored with family and friends including two of their wedding guests from 25 years prior. The Dirks family includes sons Leroy and George, with extended relatives noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harm J. Dirks
Trinity Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
B. D. Heiken
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Center Junction
Myr
Dirks
Frank Husman
John Freese
John Rickels
Atkins
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau
Lutheran Church
Kate Norris
Friendly Circle
Scotch Grove Women’s Community Club
George
Leroy
Walter. Norris
Irene Norris Schrader
Cascade Area News Gathers Weddings and Local Moves
Local Cascade and Monticello residents attended Mrs S M Adamson’s funeral in Monticello. Miss Agnes Dandl visited family in Dubuque while Louis Dandl Jr moved to a new apartment. The McGreevy Orr wedding in Anamosa linked Cascade with Herbert Orr. a new county library substation will be at Koster restaurant. Rev M J Farrelly invested as St Martin’s pastor with a large clergy gathering.
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T. J. Lane
A. L. Morrison
Sara Jane Keaveny
Alex Beatty
P. J. Conlin
Ezra Martin
Cascade
G. E. Fall
Dubuque
S. M. Adamson
Monticello
Agnes Dandl
Mercy Hospital
Louis Dandl
Louis Dandl Jr
N. C. Cahalan
Dandl
Ray Lane
Mary McNally
West Cascade
G. P. Thomas
East Cascade High School
Manchester
McGreevy-Orr
St. Patrick's Church
Anamosa
Marie McGreevy
Herbert Orr
P. J. Behan
Buster Davenport
Donald Orr
Davenport
St. Martin's Church
Father Farrelly
St. Martin's Parish
Farrelly
Thomas J. Rooney
Ryan
St. Martin's
Vacation photography discipline and filter advice from John van Guilder
John van Guilder urges vacation photographers to plan each shot. He advises considering light conditions and composition, avoiding out of focus or overexposed images, and using color filters to improve skies, haze, and reflections. He recommends trial of several filters before shooting.
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Milady
John van Guilder
Sunday School Convention and church notices in Scotch Grove area
The report details district Sunday school activities across Ons low Center Junction Wyoming Ox ford and Scotch Grove with G Thompson leading singing and Rev Schmitt directing devotion. It lists programs featuring poems talks and music, election of officers, and a centennial communion linked to Foreign Missions. It notes related church events and local social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Thompson
Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Sunday School
8. W. Clark
Supt. A. Upland
A. Alyea
Beta Noah
Sunbeams
Charlotte Rickels
Busy Bees
Helen McCord
Armour Beavers
Peter Prahm
Harry Chase
Ethel Courtney
Scotch Grove
Wyoming Methodist Church
Onslow Presbyterian Church
8. G. Thompson
Center Junction Presbyterian Church
Center Junction Methodist Church
Wyoming ‘Presbyterian Church
May Himebaugh
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Our Country
Laurel
Lois Naylor
Raymond Naylor
Scotch Grove Sunbeam Mission Band
Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid
Social visits and anniversaries across Iowa towns
Mrs Charlies Stevens and Mesdames Ray Chaplin and Fred Welter visited in Dubuque on Wednesday. The Coxes and Bertha Baxter called on business in Cedar Rapids while Joe Miller's family visited Hopkinton. Mr and Mrs Albany attended a golden wedding in Monticello. The Wilsons celebrated their 25th anniversary with about 150 guests, with visitors from Monticello Langworthy Hopkinton and Delhi. Funeral attendance included Calamus and Monticello. Local visits continued among the Batchelders Stevensons and Bohlkens as many towns offered greetings and memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Chaplin
Fred Welter
J. &. Batchelder
Louis Smith
Margaret Murray
Dubuque
E. H. Cox
Bertha Baxter
Cedar Rapids
Joe Miller
Minnie
Frank
Hopkinton
Charles Stevenson
John Albany
Jake Matthiessen
Monticello
Stanley Bright
J. R. Ramey
Onslow
Dave Wilson
Wilson
Langworthy
Delhi
Calamus
Elmer Timmer
Dyersville
Ann Clement
Clement
Maurice Sanford
Vernon Payne
E. H
Amber
J. L. Batchelder
Henry Eiben
Certified Hybrid Seed Urges Buyers to Seek Blue Tag Certification
Iowa experts warn farmers against uncertified seed claiming to be hybrid. A 7,000 acre effort by 200 growers produced seed that met field inspection requirements for certification. The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association publishes Know Your Hybrid Corn with grower names and facts on yield advantages and seed quality.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Joe I. Robinson
Ames
Iowa
Robinson
Book buying in Sioux Falls raises questions on literacy
A reader questions national Democrats on literary interest while noting 129287 dollars in books sold by the Democratic National Committee in the last three months.
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Sioux Falls
Democratic National Committee
Time Off In Minneapolis Journal Teases Roosevelt Future
The excerpt hints at a lighter moment in time when the newspaper staff imagines young John Roosevelt's future after the workday. It evokes a sense of anticipation and curiosity about a political lineage in the era.
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Minneapolis Journal
John Roosevelt
South America Expels Aliens in 1932 Policy Move
In 1932 South American authorities began expelling illegal entrants as part of immigration enforcement. The era saw global gold production valued at over 450 million dollars, reflecting wartime and economic shifts shaping policy.
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South America
Early parachute pioneer and Lady Liberty facts
The passage notes Sebastian Lenorm as an early parachute demonstrator in 1783 at Montpellier observatory, proving parachutes could aid in escapes from fire. It also states the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor weighs 225 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebastian Lenorm
Montpellier Observatory
New York Harbor
Tax Ostrich Myth Popped by Council Bluffs Nonpareil
The article mocks the idea that owning no real estate exempts one from income tax arguing the tax system applies broadly. Weather forecasters dispute common belief that the moon affects weather, stating no lunar influence on forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delusion Council
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I Peter Prokm
J. B. Seehusen
Luella
Helen Himebaugh
Miriam Courtney
Marcella Otten
Lottie Rickels
Jack Stingley
Dillon Mead
Chris Petersen
Harold Alyea
R. E. Beall
Harley Bulgren
Beall
Bulgren
John Martens
Norman
Westside
Mr. Martens
Ida Bowhr
John Petersen
Barton Power
Frank Himebaugh
J. F. Livingstone
Robert Serbousek
Elmer Schrader
E. R. Young
H. Nelson
Nelson
Walter Norris
Leroy Dirks
Soil Conservation Board
Beth Glick
J. A. McDonald
L. A. Downing
E. F. Kleineck
Kleineck
John Alexander
Springville
Ricks Rohwecher
M. Holst
Marvin
Gus Buscher
Lamont
Paul Smith
J. N. Smith
J. B. Hanken
Henry Johnson
Castle Grove
Joe Wintz
Independence
W. &. Pangburn
Muscatine
Mabel Hudson
Harold
Jean McNeilly
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Merlin Dreibelbis
L. A. Dreibelbis
Ellen McDonald
Iowa City
George McDonald
Catherine Thompson
Henry Hagen, Jr
Pete Paulsen
Sam Alexander
Olin
William Alexander
Jess Allen
Monmouth
John McNeilly
Will Smola
Central City
Will Hansen
Philip and
Henry Bailey
George Burch
Rudolph Seehusen
Beulah Holm
Maquoketa
0. M. Miller
Will Alexander
Waterloo
James 1
England
James VI
Scotland
Thomas J. Lane
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
L. J. Hughes
Aid
Sinclair Homes
W. B. Clark
Ruth
Alice
Clifton Abbott
Ben Warren
D. O. Sinclair
The
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Charles City
Mrs
Charlies Stevens
Danbury Review
Therm
Balster’s Appliance Store
Monticello, Iowa
Monticello Express
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