Four-H Displays At Iowa State Fair Highlight Home Arts
All Iowa counties will send demonstration teams and exhibits for the state Four-H club show. Fifteen counties will demonstrate whole cereal bread, 13 for canning, 29 for clothing, and 43 for home furnishings. Two girls rooms will be furnished to showcase home decorating. State fair officials expect the event to be the largest Four-H show in the United States. Polk County Four-H day is August 26 with a series of activities and a party on August 30.
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Josephine Arnquist Bakke
Iowa
United States
Four-H
Chicago
Bakke
Polk County
Eva Stacey
Ameg
George Balthus
William McPherson
Edith Barker
Florence Forbes
Lulu Tregoning
Helen Swinney
Iowa State College
Emma Mcllrath
NRA Agreements at Aledo Signed by 30
The national recovery act agreements have been signed by 30 business and professional men of Aledo. W. G. Block, the Aledo postmaster, announced the signing and said others are expected to sign.
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Aledo
W. G. Block
West Liberty People Prominent Guests and Legion Plans
West Liberty residents host relatives and visitors from Sterling Illinois and Cedar Rapids Iowa. The American Legion to meet Wednesday at 2 p m at the hall with plans for entertaining ex service men children. Many residents travel for visits to Port Byron Stone City Hammond and Chicago while others attend the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago and plan Wisconsin cottage getaways.
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C. E. Rhodes
Dana Carroll
Sterling, Ill
W. B. Stevens
L. E. Lewis
L. F. Woodruff
Cedar Rapids
Clear Lake
Margaret Hise
Port Byron
Ill
F. I. Lyford
Scott McMahon
Marjorie
Ruth Ann
Chicago
Elizabeth Cope
Wynona
Frank Lawton
Lawton
Mildred
Cope
Oskaloosa
H. H. Bollman
James Coyne
Kansas City
Wisconsin
C. P. ‘Gibson
Bollman
Patricia Ann Sullivan
Frank Moylan
E. J. Sullivan
Mary Sloan
Pat Sullivan
K. C. Smith
Hattie Mae
Ethel Oxley
Former Winfield Man Is Summoned
Wapello reported Wiley received a telegram of the death of his brother Hugh Wiley in Santa Anna California from a heart attack. Hugh was born in Winfield on August 21 1877 and was owner of several orange groves in California. Surviving are his wife formerly Maude Crawford of Winfield sister Mrs Dave Osborne of Santa Anna brothers Guy Wiley of Wapello Fred and Ralph Wiley of Winfield and a daughter who died in infancy. No funeral arrangements were given.
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Wapello
Guy Wiley
Hugh Wiley
Santa Anna
Calif
Alex Wiley
Winfield
California
Maude Crawford
Dave Osborne
Picnic marks Cedar Valley families annual gathering in Muscatine
Members of the Lindle Cornell Geertz and Pass families met at Weed park in Muscatine for a Sunday picnic. A noon dinner was served and the group planned to meet annually on the first Sunday in August. Attendees hailed from Cedar Valley West Liberty and High Prairie. Ed Ehrich Vera Ehrich and Orville Lane attended the Chicago World’s Fair.
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Cedar Valley
Lindle
Cornell
Geertz
Passmore
Weed Park
Muscatine
Clarence Lindle
Earl Lindle
Fred Passmore
Chet Passmore
Pierrie Lehman
Louie Geertz
Vern Jarvis
Vaughn Sanders
West Liberty
Merrill Howe
Archie Braun
High Prairie
Ed Ehrich
Vera
Orville Lane
Chicago
Births and visits highlight Kalona community notes
Kalona residents share family news with a birth announced for a son on Saturday. Local and visiting residents include Mrs. Julia Grecian undergoing treatments in Iowa City and Edith Maxwell returning from the Iowa Baptist assembly at Iowa Falls. Lon Adams and Ily from Lone Tree visited relatives here, while George Allen family attended a Godlove reunion in Haskins. E H Reif and Logan returned from Chicago after attending the World's Fair. Erma Gingerich visits relatives in Iowa City and Doris Levy hosts friends from Moline. Kalona Baptist members held their annual picnic at Iowa City park after Sunday services.
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Kalona
Ray Niffenegger
Julia Grecian
Iowa City
Edith Maxwell
Iowa Baptist Assembly
Iowa Falls
Lon Adams and
Ily
Lone Tree
George Allen
Godlove
Haskins
E. H. Reif
Logan
Chicago
Erma Gingerich
Doris Levy
Moline
Local residents host guests across Columbus Junction area
A flurry of weekend visits and social gatherings are reported from Columbus Junction and surrounding townships. Residents entertained relatives and friends from Muscatine Washington Cedar Rapids West Chester and Columbus City. Open air services were held at the park by Rev. E Jasmann with plans for a second outdoor service if weather allows.
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Donald Buser
Ralph Romann
Muscatine
Jack Secrist
Chicago
G. W. Metheney
Patsy Ann Reid
Cedar Rapids
Metheney
Vere Walker
Ruth
Jessie Vera
Henry Wehmeyer
Dan Wehmeyer
Columbus Junction
E. Jasmann
Park
Ethan Blieu
Columbus City
G. M. Buser
Charles
Ivan Buser
Merle
Lyle Blieu
Lloyd Cecil
Norman Hankins
Clement Cecil
Hankins
Farm Bureau
Gordon
Kenneth Watson
West Chester
Ralph Crawford
Austin Bebb
Robert
Tracy Miller
Stanford Miller
J. K. McKee
James McKee
W. R. Murphy
Glen
Dale Kennedy
Eliza Woodmen to Offer Show in Eliza Hall
Members of the Eliza camp No. 2191 Modern Woodmen of America announce a free show and dance at Eliza hall on Saturday night. The program features natural color footage of the Woodmen sanitarium at Woodmen Colo and reels about the organization’s activities. E Boultinghouse will discuss a campaign for a class adoption in Mercer and lower Rock Island counties on Tuesday evening Aug 29. A dance completes the program. admission is free.
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Aledo
Eliza Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Eliza Hall
Woodmen’s
Woodmen, Colo
E. Boultinghouse
Mercer
Lower Rock Island County
E. C. Kauffman
Ora Lambert
Ora Thirtyacre
Gus Carlson
Perry Whitney
W C T U Como to Be Held at Keota
Keota hosts a W C T U county convention at the Baptist church with Mrs Lida Hiatt of Richland presiding. Sessions begin at 9 a m with routine business and a noon covered dish luncheon. Key speakers include Rev J H Krenmyre Sigourney Mrs Ada Hagler and Rev L L Chamness. Public meetings. John R Hamilton named United States commissioner in Des Moines division.
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Keota
Keokuk County
Baptist Church
Lida Hiatt
Richland
J. H. Krenmyre
Sigourney
Ada Hagler
John R. Hamilton
Des Moines
Crief
Iowa
Mending shop opens near office as socks go to work
A lighthearted note from Hamburg describes several cheerful women opening a mending shop near the narrator's office. The speaker plans to entrust all his socks to them. His wife jokes about neglecting his socks and offers to handle the darning herself.
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Hamburg
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