Old Settlers Picnic at River Junction Featured Dinner and Music
Dinner marked the Old Settlers picnic at River Junction with noon meal and an afternoon piano act by Mr. Daherea and a violin presentation. The Rev Harry Ehlers and family move to Williamsburg and he will study religion history at the State University of Iowa. Mrs Paul Pappas and Chicago visitors stay with relatives in town.
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River Junction
Daherea’ Sreeds
Presen
Harry Ehlers
Mary
Elizabeth
Williamsburg
Mr. Ehlers
State University of Iowa
Paul Pappas
Chicago
Harry Cline
T. J. McCormick
Davenport
Mike Jehle
Yaro Lasek
Willis Musser
Jerry
Connie
Schnectady
Pilgrimage Tax Fueled Prewar Saudi Revenue
Saudi Arabia relied on the pilgrimage tax as a chief revenue source before oil industry growth after World War II. The tax applied to pilgrims traveling to Mecca and Medina, funding early state finances.
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Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Medina
Making Friends by Respecting Parents
Teenagers who run down their parents lose appeal, while speaking kindly boosts their image. Respecting parents makes teens look better and earns favor in social circles.
Picnic Announced For Cone WSCS In Conesville
The WSCS of the Conesville Methodist church will hold a picnic at 12 noon at Weed Park in Muscatine on Wednesday August 10 replacing the regular monthly meeting. Local families and visitors include the Coffin and Everett clans from Detroit Cedar Rapids Tulsa Muscatine and Illinois.
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Conesville
WSCS
Robert Coffin
Detroit
Fred Coffin
John Coffin
Miss Munson
Betty Fullerton
Joy
Freddie Everett
Fort Smith
Ark
Irvin F. Everett
Billy
Mike Everett
Cedar Rapids
Lennox Buser
Leslie Everett
Janet
Larry
Jimmy
Charles
John Gartzke
Becky
Warren Buser
William Everett
Owen Maxwell
Irvin Everett
R. A. Geiger
Tulsa
Okla
Paul Hearn
Greenville
S. C
Inlaws
Fay Kemp
Max Kemp
Merle Finley
Walter
Bar
Fellowship Social Highlights Downey Capiti Church
Downey Capital church hosted a fellowship social on Wednesday evening with no slides shown. Local visitors included Elmer Lachey of Scarsboro and Perry McClenathin of Deep River who visited Lyle Truman before leaving for a Tri-State Grange conference in Brookings, MD.
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Downey
Fellowship
Downey Captit
Elmer Lachey
Scarsboro
Perry McClenathin
Deep River
Lyle Truman
Brookings
M. D
Mary Ann Olsen
Fonda
Mary Sue Harrington
Cites
Dorothy
Wilma Harrington
Fred Lewis
Raymond Calta
Oliver Frei
Judy
Barbara Ann
Henry Bennison
Allen
Pieces
Davenport Suny
Jerry Lutz Given Award in Church Contest
Ceremony in Conesville honors Jerry Lutz for an eternal stewardship project within a 15 to 1 year group at the Reformed church. Nearby family and friends, including Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson and others, share in the announcement and visitations.
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Jerry Lutz
Conesville
Reformed Church
William Peterson
Billy
Shoemaker
Dwayne
David Blinkinsop
Belle Plaine
Bebb
Freeman Estle
Donald
Hotz
Weed Park
Edwin Yedlik
Gay
Mary
Joe
Charles
Wilton
Mary Yedlik
Lioyd Petzel
Oskaloosa
Clarence Forbes
Alvin Westlake
Riverside
Fern
Merle
Ray Westlake
Elsie Babbitt
Wanda
The American moose a giant among deer
The moose stands six to seven feet tall at the shoulders and can weigh over 1000 pounds. This animal is described as the largest member of the deer family in the text.
Hide Weight of a 100-Pound Steer Around Seventy Pounds
The hide of a steer weighing 100 pounds runs about seventy pounds, roughly seven percent of the animal’s live weight.
Deeds Recorded In West Liberty Transfer
Deeds record transfers from Leule Lewis and Marie Shmen and Dolly M. Hites to Wendell Thomas II for lot and block 2 in J. Swart to Wendell Thomas II within Book 2 A. Miller’s addition to West Liberty.
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Leule Lewis
Marie Shmen
Dolly M. Hites
Lot
J. Swart
Wendell Thomas
J and A. Miller
West Liberty
First cows in the United States arrived with the Pilgrims
Readable text notes cows were among the first brought to the United States by Pilgrims in early colonial times. The fragment hints at livestock introduction during settlement but provides limited detail on date or location.
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United States
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Sandra
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Columbus Junction
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Richard Baker
Iowa City
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