Mercer County Receives Wheat Allocation and Compensation Plan
Mercer County is allotted 56 074 bushels of wheat as a national home consumption share. The figure equals about 54 percent of the five year county average of 103 840 bushels. Ancillary payments may total around 15 700 dollars with an estimated 28 cent per bushel rate and two thirds paid this fall.
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Aledo
Mercer County
J. E. Harris
R. R. Huddleson
College of Agriculture
University of
Harris
Louisa county bids for coal rejected. reading set Aug 1
Louisa supervisors rejected a bid for 200 tons of coal for the courthouse jail and county farm and will readvertise. Bids will be opened at the next meeting on August 1. Sheriff Oakes and former Des Moines county sheriff Murray continue the Martin Wolz murder inquiry. July issued eight marriage licenses in Louisa county versus five in June. Funeral services for Dr. C A Hoag will be held Wednesday at the South Wapello home with Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias in charge. burial in Nevada, Iowa. Various local residents, including Miss Lucille Vandevort and Max Stone, are noted visiting or traveling.
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Wapello
Louisa County
George Oakes
Delbert Murray
Des Moines
Martin Wolz
Toolesboro
C. A. Hoag
W. C. Herrick
South Wapello
Odd Fellows Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Nevada
Lucille Vandevort
Fairfield
Arthur Vandevort
Jennie Joy
Preston Davis
Montrose
C. E. Thirtyacre
University Hospital
Iowa City
Max Stone
Truro
George Stone
Dean Patrick
Community notes and visits in Grandview area
Mrs Grace Locke visited at her parents home near Letts while Bert Dulgar and others traveled to see relatives. Sunday school committees to be named at Thursday meeting. Dean Buster preached at the community church in pastor O G Lewis absence. Several residents and visitors from Springfield Columbus Rockford attended events. A King’s Daughters ice cream supper planned in the park Friday night. Weather brought a brief storm with limbs blown down and crops in need of moisture.
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Grace Locke
Ed Dodder
Letts
Bert Dulgar
Columbus Junction
Will Dickerson
Dean Buster
O. G. Lewis
Celia Walker
Springfield
Wapello
Bessie Knight
Dan Daniels
Rockford
Ill
Fay Jackson
George Cocklin
Griswold
Erma Becky
Conesville
C. A. Arnhood
Fay
John Dill
Walter Hammer
Eva Wibber
Marian
Harley Rowe
Bettendorf
Arthur Miller
Flora
King’s Daughters
Otis Green
Cecil Weile
Vinnie Cross
Ellen Berk
Lucile Gipple
Faith McGill
Fred Shew
Orlan Shew
The Lady in the Picture Crossword Challenge
A vintage crossword puzzle clue set asks for the first name and last name of the lady in the picture. It includes multiple horizontal and vertical hints to identify persons, languages, and objects, with references to deities, fabrics, minerals, and plants guiding deduction. The puzzle notes an older timer and asks for nationality of the lady in question.
Quaker Women Prepare for Iowa Yearly Meeting at West Branch
West Branch area Friends plan the Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends in October. Sessions will be at Hickory Grove meeting house near Scattergood for one week with a large public worship in town on Sunday. Women have milled 80 quarts of apple sauce and equal apple butter at the boarding school, donating most fruit for meals at Scattergood. sloping housing provided in local Friends’ homes.
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Hickory Grove
Scattergood
West Branch
Death notices and social news from Columbus Junction area
Columbus Junction records the death of J. K. Johnston age 77 in Tulsa Oklahoma after visiting Colorado Springs and Tulsa with family. Survived by four children and a London based osteopath daughter. funeral held in McConnellsburg. The column also notes travels, visits, club events, and local business changes including Fred Hetherington opening a leather shop and other family visits around Chicago, Davenport, and Tipton.
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Columbus Junction
T. E. Johnston
Columbus City
J. K. Johnston
McConnellsburg
Paul
Tulsa
Okla
Mr. Johnston
Colorado Springs
Pennsylvania
London
Joe Johnston
Evelyn
Ted Duncan
Chicago
Century of Progress
Priscilla Club
Methodist
Russell Adams
Adams
Ernest Beauchamp
Crawfordsville
Herman Zimmerman
Ruby
Billie
Charlene
Solon
Jack Tarpy
Marjorie
Wapello
Lloyd Tipton
Milwaukee
Wis
Fred Hetherington
Tipton
G. C. Neiswanger
Oskaloosa
Howard Green
Wapelo
Isaac Green
Washington
J. T. Leonhard
Louise Leonhard
Davenport
Orville Sparrow
Doris
Russell Gravatt
Jay Sellers
Cairo
George Sellers
William Wasson
Letts Ramblers to Play Grandview in Wapello Friday
Local notes recount visits and gatherings across Letts and Muscatine Iowa. Multiple families from Joliet and Muscatine travel, host dinners, and attend picnics and church meetings around Letts with exchanges of health news and travel, including a burial visit to Hamilton and a Mormon monument sighting in Nauvoo.
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Letts
Letts Ramblers
Grandview
Wapello
Lawrence Herrick
Clinton Coder
Marian
Mildred McCleary
Agnes Sharp
Edward Carlock
Joliet
Roy McCleary
Anna Weaver
McClearys
George Ross
Nora Armentrout
Lucretia Turkington
Olive
Letts Residents Planned Move to Trinity Reformed Church Parsonage
Howard Houseal of Wapello and H C Meeker with Clyde Housee visited Iowa City on Monday as plans indicated a Tuesday relocation to the Trinity Reformed church parsonage.
Easy Exercise Punchline in Tit-Bits
A father jokes that his son’s doctor ordered exercise and the boy now “jumps at conclusions and runs up bills” as the humorous answer. The quip appeared in Tit-Bits, reflecting a light humorous take on parental advice and adolescent behavior.
Local Social News From Concord and Morning Sun
Concord and Columbus Junction residents report visits and gatherings with families and friends. Miss Mina Morris and Miss Shellabarger attended the Century of Progress in Chicago. The Foster and Carey families hosted gatherings at Morning Sun. Margery Johnston stays with Evelyn Shellabarger while Mrs Buckett hosts the I C C club. Continued notes show more Sunday guests and family visits in the area.
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Columbus Junction
Mina Morris
C. B. Shellabarger
Misa Edna
Miss Shellabarger
Miss Morris
Chicago
Century of Progress
Fay Foster
Betty Jo
A. J. Foster
O. Carey
Sidney Swanson
Morning Sun
Margery Johnston
Evelyn Shellabarger
A. E. Buckett
I. C. C. Club
L. M. Dallmeyer
Henry Tisor
Muscatine
Rudolph Schlichting
Ruth
Sat
Groundhog Bounty Records Hit High in July
County Clerk Frank A. Gibson issued warrants for bounties on 5158 groundhog scalps in July the highest monthly total since payments resumed. Warrants totaled 775.95 dollars. Carl Johnson of Rivoli township submitted 136 scalps in a single day, the largest warrant issued.
Century of Progress Attendance Cited for Chicago Visit
A fragment notes plans for Chicago residents to attend the Century of Progress on a Saturday evening, signaling a civic or promotional event linked to the fair.
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Chicago
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