Movement of Feeder Cattle Into Iowa Since May 1 Declines
Dry pastures and corn prospects cut Iowa stocker and feeder cattle movement 26 percent since May 1, with Iowa share of Corn Belt purchases down from 26.5 to 18.6 percent. Despite reduced feeder activity, cattle on feed in Iowa Aug 1 rose 8 percent from 1929. Early shipments were heavier this year with 158 percent of 1929 in four months.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Julius H. Peters
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Corn Belt
Pleasant Prairie Players Present Play at Sweetland
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Sunday school group staged a one act play titled Too Much Romance at Sweetland Methodist Episcopal church as part of a joint program with the Sweetland Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Performers included Ina Paul Alma Kretschmar Kathryn Jenkins Alice Jenkins Florence Dose Evelyn Schroder Bernice Drumm and Raymond Stigers. Mrs. G R Cole and son Richard and Mrs Adam Paul attended Mrs Leona Weigand's funeral in Muscatine. Mildred Bernick of Fulton Township Royal Workers club took second in the county health contest in Muscatine.
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Pleasant Prairie
G. R. Cole
Richard
Adam Paul
Leona Weigand
Muscatine
Mildred Bernick
Fulton Township
Nichols News and Social Gossip Roundup
Mrs. Ira Pike and daughters Betty and Loretta visited relatives in Waterloo. B. H. Black and others spent Friday in Muscatine. Miss Caryl Wilkes from Chicago visited Miss Mabel Kirkpatrick. The Hummel and Hebner families attended a West Branch home coming. E W Adams visited Lone Tree. Henry Sutton also visited Lone Tree. H N Ryan returned from a trip to Oklahoma and Kansas. Mrs. Cecil Cover and son Bobby were mentioned in local notes.
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West Branch
E. W. Adams
Pay
Henry Sutton
H.N. Ryan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Cecil Cover
Bobby
Golf Luncheon Brings 64 Women To West Liberty Links
West Liberty Ia August 9 despite heat 64 women attended a golf luncheon at the links hosted by the West Liberty Golf club for Tipton club members. Low score honors went to Tipton’s Mrs Paul Lambach 80 and West Liberty’s Mrs Dale Hazlett 82 with prizes awarded for bridges and putting.
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West Liberty
Links
West Liberty Golf Club
Tipton Club
Tipton
A. P. Hobstetter
Walter Ruther
W. F. Robinson
W. D. Freeman
J. H. Nie
Sherman Yates
Lee Maxon
E. E. Meyer
T. R. Perkins
Paul Lamback
Forrest Spear
C. S. Miller
W. H. Jenks
Lloyd Aker
Emily Boland
Orange City
Margaret Polders
Ned Knowles
Pasadena
Calif
L. A. Royal
Paul Lambach
Dale Hazlett
W. L. Watters
W. S. Robbins
S. W. Koster
Charlotte Swain
Eichenauer
Yates
West Liberty Club
Dreuth damages corn crop as heat grows fierce
Bay Island Illinois reports drought harming corn with early planted fields firing while late plantings hold up. Pastures short and gardens drying. Brown suffers leg injuries after truck incident while threshing. Several locals plan three week Missouri Arkansas trip and attend a Muscatine funeral.
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New Boston
Ill
Frank Brown
Milo Linder
Brown
Elmer Terrill
Clarence
Harold
Floyd Coulter
Walter Spitzsnogle
Missouri
Arkansas
Darrel Wiegand
Muscatine
Preston Peters
Ernest
Edwin Peters
St. Joseph
Alma Thomas
Davenport
Merle Thomas
Secret Wapello Wedding Revealed After July 22 Ceremony
A secret wedding in Cambridge Illinois July 22 ties Edith Noble to Joseph H. Stone. The couple, now Mrs. Stone and Mr. Stone, reside in the bride’s cottage near Wapello. Additional notes include local club meetings engagements and upcoming reunions in Wapello and Davenport.
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Edith Noble
Joseph H. Stone
Wapello
Ilinois
First Birthday Celebrated At Moscow Home
The first birthday of Caroline Deloris Morrow was celebrated at a dinner hosted by her mother in Moscow Iowa on Thursday. Guests included Mrs J B Hannahs Mrs Glen Washburn and Elizabeth Marolf. The article lists several local residents visiting relatives and attending events with family travel notes.
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Moscow
Caroline Deloris Morrow
J. B. Hannahs
Glen Washburn
Elizabeth Marolf
Eva Marolf
Family Reunion Honors Visitor
A Sunday family reunion and picnic on the Cedar River banks in Moscow Iowa honored Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson of Chicago who were visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wiese. Attendees included the Wises two sons George and Merle Erichs and several children. The Robertsons have returned to Chicago.
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Moscow
Cedar River
James Robertson
Chicago
Herman Wiese
George
Merle
Ed Erich
Vera
Verda
Esther
Carl
Elsie
Will van Gent
Ed Marolf
Roy Lincoln
Robertson
Wilton Church Labor Day fete set with meals, games
Wilton Iowa August celebration by St Marys church plans two meals a chicken dinner 11 to 2 pm and chicken supper 5 to 8 pm Attendance last year reached 1600 with expected growth. Activities include afternoon games races for children prizes live band dancing outdoors Chevrolet sedan prize improvements cost 11.00 at church grounds and rectory.
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Wilton
St. Mary's Church
Jimmy Hicks
Danceland Orchestra
St. Mary’s Church
Putt Mossman to Demonstrate Tricks at Iowa State Fair
Iowa horseshoe champion Putt Mossman will perform daily demonstrations at the Iowa State Fair August 20 to 29. He will pitch double ringers blindfolded and ringers through his sister’s arms, light matches with a horseshoe from 40 feet, and also showcase motorcycle stunts before the grandstand each afternoon. The fair will feature gospel singing with three Sunday services at 9, 3, and evening hours.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Putt Mossman
Mosman
Lone Tree Legion Hosts Two Day Homecoming Event
Rain dampened attendance on opening day of the John L. Mumm post No 457 American Legion homecoming in Lone Tree Virginia. About 6000 attended Thursday events featuring bands talks by Judge Harold D. Evans Attorney F B Olsen and Congressman F D Letts plus vaudeville acts and a boxing show at the Grand Opera House drawing near 400 fans.
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Lone Tree
John L. Mumm
American Legion
Muscatine
Harold D. Evans
Iowa City
The
F. B. Olsen
F. D. Letts
Davenport
Rotary Band
Lone Star Cowboy Band
West Commercial Street
Ray Billick
Everett Lutterill
Charles A. Hacke
John D. Musser
Charles Phillips
Gail Toland
L. Fox
Gertrude Eden
Vivian Toland
Ruth Crawford
Ford
Everett Neal
Dana Musser
Bud Green
Lew Moore
Waterloo
Green
Jimmy Stratton
Conesville
Joey Ward
Swede Johnson
Johnny Keeler
Aus
Vedik
Kid Rose
L. G. Kilbourne
Visitors Attend Costume Party at Letts Home
Mrs. Kenneth Doliman hosted a Letts Iowa gathering with friends, classmates, and teachers of Olive Armen trout Van De Linder and Dorothy Griffin Angel. Guests wore schoolgirl outfits and played games. attendees included Leona Griffin and Mabel Lee among others. New arrivals and local moves are noted, including Dennis Wagner visiting from McIntosh and local families hosting relatives.
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Ivy Paullins
Leona Griffin
Letts
Mabel Lee
Muscatine
Keota Porch Party Hosts Texas, Kansas Relations
Mrs J N Ramsey entertained a porch party in Keota Iowa to meet her sister Mrs Luella Smith of Robstown Texas and aunt Mrs Hattie Morrell of Peabody Kansas who are visiting relatives and old friends. Also present were Mesdames Marr Hulse Thomson Hockstadtler Newton Kreger and Sloat along with Howard Fitzgerald of Elkhorn and his mother Mrs L W Fitzgerald and Mr and Mrs M J Fitzgerald.
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William Wagner
McIntosh
N. M
Letts
H. H. Westbrook
Wagner
Washington Sun
William Hidlebaugh
Leah Pallett
Wapello
Buriel Pallett
Harve Brown
Grandview
Alex Hidlebaugh
Dave Griffith
Wanda Jean
la von
Des Moines
Roy Griffith
Fred Fry
Marguerite
Aldean
Harry Crull
Olkamulgee
Okla
Guy Johnson
Syprit
Keota
J. N. Ramsey
Luella Smith
Robstown
Tex
Hattie Morrell
Peabody, Kas
Mesdames Marr, Hulse
Thomson, Hockstadtler
Newton, Kreger
Sloat
Howard Fitzgerald
Elkhorn
L. W. Fitzgerald
M. J. Fitzgerald
Dances Close The Evening At Two City Opera Houses
The night concluded with two dances: one at Fisher's Opera House featuring the Swisher band and another at the Grand Opera House after the boxing match with music by the Mike Jehle orchestra.
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Fisher's Opera House
Swisher
Grand Opera House
Mike Jehle
Sharon Farmer Dies Suddenly At 60 In Morning Sun
Hugh Henderson 60 a Sharon area farmer died at 8 30 Friday morning after attending a band concert with his family Thursday evening. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 30 at Sharon church. He leaves widow and daughter Marie a teacher in Plainfield New Jersey with three sisters and a brother surviving.
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Morning Sun
Hugh Henderson
Sharon
Sharon Church
James
Mary Jane Houston Henderson
Margaret Marshall
Marie
Plainfield
N. J
Henderson
Louise Flagge
Burlington
Ada Houaton
Susie Henderson
8. O. Carson
Wapello
Mary Flint
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