Fourth of July Basket Dinner Honored Visitors From Highmore
Fifty pounds of fish were served at a Fourth of July basket dinner at J. R. Wainright's home honoring Glenn Wainright his wife and two sons Waldo and Kenneth and John Beck of Highmore S D who had been visiting about two weeks. Ice cream and lemonade were served.
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Junction
J. R. Wainright
Glenn Wainright
Waldo
Kenneth
John Beck
Highmore
S. D
F. H. Wykert
George Wykert
Oakville
Lyle Kurtz
Muscatine
Herman Highnold
Rock Island
J. H. Wykert
Margaret
T. F. Hanft
Patty
Ronald Lantz
Henry Wykert
Russell Wykert
Jesse Brown
Louise
Marjory Reaney
Robert Reaney
Chicago
Ed Harmon
Washington
C. N. Edwards
Jake Hendrickson
Richland
Edwards
Julia Darrow
Hollywood
Auto
F. L. Darrow
Beverly Hills
Des Moines
Sumner Darrow
Arlington
Raymond Randolph
Silvis
Darrel Dear
Randolph
Arthur Woodruff
Claude
Clyde Robinson
Fred Robinson
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Mies Jack
Virginia
Betty
Kathryn
Leonard Edwards
M. H. Bowman
Katie
Kathlyn
Bowman
F. E. Prior
Shellbark
Orville Prior
Carthage
Eugene Lewis
West Hill
Coder
Minnesota
Elmer Barbee
Eldon
Davenport
Walter Kauffman
William Newnam
West Liberty
G. S. Newnam
Commercial
Frank Garrett
Conduct Rites for Lightning Victim John W Fowler
Funeral services for John W. Fowler killed in an electrical storm were held at Rochester M E church. Rev Otis Moore officiated. Interment followed at Rochester cemetery. Born December 6 1892 in York shire England he came to the United States in 1907 and settled in this county. Surviving are his parents wife two sons and three daughters.
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Tipton
John W. Fowler
Rochester M. E
Otis Moore
Rochester
Mr. Fowler
Yorkshire
England
Thomas W. Fowler
Moscow
Former Grandview Music Instructor Wed
Former Grandview music instructor was recently wed as the latters sister Mrs Dan Snyder Thursday. The twelfth chapter of Hebrews will be the topic for Wednesday nights Bible study. The church official board will hold their regular meeting Thursday night. Miss Delores Pfeiffer of Muscatine came Friday for a visit with her grandmother Mrs Carrie Pfeiffer.
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Dan Snyder
Roy Johnson
Redland
Calif
Charles Robinson
Muscatine
Delores Pfeiffer
Carrie Pfeiffer
Harry Stineman
Guy Hardman
Walter Sheilabarger
J. D. McGill
Harry Young
Fred Weir
Jean
Frank Archibald
Monmouth
Illinois
Addie Creswell
Christina Saunders
Carrie Hurry
Wapello
I. F. Gipple
Ralph Cross
Bonnie Buster
Ernest Downs
Maxine
Lehman
Elmer Carter
Phyllis
Kenneth
Oakville
Ernest Baskett
Keokuk
Leonard Woodruff
Burlington
D. L. Woodruff
Local Social Notes From Buffalo Prairie Area
Buffalo Prairie residents Mr and Mrs Virgil Tolle of Aledo visited the Charles Boruff home Sunday. Miss Anna Lutz of Chicago visits her brother George Lutz. Mr and Mrs Fred Rexinger welcomed a daughter born Saturday. Maynard Perry and sister Wreather of Rock Island spent Saturday night with C S Kistler. E Neuswander family spent weekend at Ova McConnaha. Ladies Aid and Missionary society plan an ice cream social on Tuesday evening on the Boruff lawn.
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Buffalo Prairie
Virgil Tolle
Aledo
Charles Boruff
Anna Lutz
Chicago
George Lutz
Fred Rexinger
Maynard Perry
Wreather
Rock Island
C. S. Kistler
E. Neuswander
Ova McConnaha
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society
Word Puzzle Clues From A Historic Newspaper Page
A scrambled clue list from an old science and language puzzle haunting a 435 year state of being. Entries include terms for number twelve cloud deity shelter and capuchin-monkey with definitions and cross references.
Funeral Services Held for T. H. Bowlby in Rock Island
Funeral services for T. H. Bowlby Rock Island manager of the McCabe estate who died from injuries in a motorboat accident at Montpelier were conducted Saturday at Broadway Presbyterian Church. Attending open air dance in Blue Grass were numerous local residents including the Nugents Bancks Rinnert Buennig Ellsworth and others. Pine Mill district school board held its July 1 meeting to settle old bills electing Fred Baer secretary and Henry Kemper treasurer. Local residents from Rockford Davenport Milan Holliday and Muscatine were noted for visits and gatherings with Montpelier families.
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Carl Bancks
Fred Rinnert, Jr
Fredrick Buennig
Cris Ellsworth
Marie Buennig
Edna Marian Rinnert
Marienne Clara Sheetz
Donald Dipple
Boyd Schroeder
Del
Pine Mill District School Board
Pine Mill School
Fred Baer
Henry Kemper
Floyd Whiting
Faye Eis
Rockford, IL
George Umphress
Davenport
Ted Ee Ee Cee
Fred Umphress
Montpelier
Millie Wilson
Milan
James Bloom
Roy Pulse
Lina Mae
Holliday Sn
S. J. Pulse
Gus Allchin
Danz
Muscatine
Marriage Licenses Decline From 1932 to 1988 in Louisa County
Nineteen marriage licenses issued in Louisa county during the first six months of 1988, down from ten in the same period of 1932. Largest counts occur in May and June with four and five licenses respectively. Other notes mention local injuries, visits from relatives, and residents attending events over the holiday.
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Journal News Service
Wapello
Louisa County
Se Ee Ed Pontzius
Cass Taylor
A. M. Taylor
California
F. M McNeil
Winston Alderson
Eva Fitzsimmons
Waterloo
Lloyd Patterson
Marian Bates
St. Paul
Theodore Guthrie
Syracuse
Neb
J. M. Guthrie
Jimmy Rogers
Glen Mills
Ivan Glen
Mills
Ag Tiegee
Carl Schwob
Springfield
Ill
Theodore Schwob
Final bank reports set for Cedar county receiverships
Final reports on Cedar county bank receiverships will be presented soon. Farmers and Merchants Savings bank Tipton drops July 14, Helmer and Gortner State bank Mechakcs ville July 18, Lowden Savings bank Lowden July 19. After approval, receiverships transfer to D. W. Bates, appointed state superintendent of banking on July 1.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of
Helmer and Gortner State Bank of
State Superintendent of Banking
Miss Flor ence Klotz to attend national education convention
At Columbus Junction Miss Florence Klotz left Sunday for Chicago as a delegate to the National Education association convention to be held the first week in July. She represents Casper Wyoming's Class Room Teachers' association and will reside at the Stevens hotel with more than 3,500 delegates. She will also visit the world's fair and stay with her sister Mrs. L. E. Shahan.
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Columbus Junction
Florence Klotz
Chicago
National Education Association
Community notices of visits and local travel patterns in Moscow Iowa
Residents report guests and family visits across cities including Bloomington Indiana Sheboygan Wisconsin Davenport Davenport Wilton Muscatine and Rock Island. Community members travel for family time business and church events while farmers report rye and wheat cutting and corn reports amid poor small grain yields.
Collier family guests from Rochester visit Iowa relatives
Wilton Wilton Paul Collier and his children Stanley and Gretchen of Rochester New York were guests of Mr and Mrs Mark Collier Sunday. Stanley and Gretchen stayed longer. Mrs Charles Hahn son Benjamin and Mr and Mrs Donald Ayres returned home to LeMars after visiting since last Thursday at Rev and Mrs P Hahn with Miss Grace Hahn. Mr and Mrs Mark Collier Burton and Muriel left for Spencer Iowa to visit Mrs Collier's parents and attend a family reunion for the Fourth. Miss Elizabeth Martin visiting Parson's College Fairfield attended the Fourth with Mr and Mrs Ray Dunsmore of Rock Island at Miss Kate Creitz's home.
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Neil Anwyl
Bellevue Hospital
Alex Randolph
Columbus City
John Crossley
Whiting
Marsh
Joe Harris
W. T. Osborne
St. Louis
H. P. Osborne
George Clark
Geneseo
Ill
Warren
George Raynor
Lone Tree
Ralph Bailey
Great Falls
Mont
Bailey
May
Iowa City
W. J. Rice
Moscow
George Hurt
Vern Miller
City
Allen Miller
Iowa
George Cromer
New Boston
Isabella Smith
F. H. Maxson
West Liberty
Grandma Camp
Anna Yarbrough
Harold Duncan
Ellen May
Davenport
Palmer
Earl Wood
Mearl
Muscatine
George Marolf
Wilton
Charles McCoy
Ray Carter
Elizabeth Marolf
Herb Walters
Tipton
Charles Lincoln
George Weiss
Near West Liberty
John Marolf
Harold Hinkhouse
Martin Jensen
Alvin Roberts
Charles Long
Preston Dickey
Willie Stoneburner
Fred Miller
Roy Miller
Henry Smith
Wilbert Stewart
Herman Wiese
Leonard Desmond
Pennsylvania
California
Iry Keller
Pete DeMean
Rochester
Paul Collier
Stanley
Gretchen
N. Y
George Collier
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Mark Collier
Charles Hahn
Benjamin
Donald Ayres
LeMars
P. Hahn
Grace Hahn
Burton
Muriel
Spencer, Ia
Rock Island
Kate Creitz
Net Loss Shown on Mercer Farms
Mercer county farm summaries by the University of Illinois show an average net loss of 481 per farm across 44 farms for 1932. Despite losses the overall condition improved from 1931, with cash income and costs down about 4 percent since 1929.
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Aledo
Mercer County
University of Illinois
Mercer
Leslie Wright
University
Kalona Golf Tournaments and Local Social Visits
Golf teams captained by Dr. Gingerich faced a J R Schwartzen druker led squad in Kalona on July 4 with women led by Mrs E H Reif and Mrs E Teet. Fireworks capped the evening display after Red Yoder’s Kalona team lost 10 to 2 to Kelley Cleaners of Iowa City. Local visits included Mr and Mrs E H Reif at the Osborn home in Coralville, Helen Osborn visiting, Miss Margaret Sakulin in Iowa City, Miss Dorothy Pratt from Washington visiting Tom Lahey, and Mr and Mrs Daniel Boone from Grace Hill with Ben Boone.
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Kalona
Osborn
Coralville
Helen Osborn
Margaret Sakulin
Iowa City
John A. Sakulin
Dorothy Pratt
Washington
Tom Lahey
Daniel Boone
Grace Hill
Ben Boone
Lloyd Yoderan
Letts Community Social News Highlights Many Visits
A flurry of visits and gatherings crosses Letts and neighboring towns. Wayne Heitmeier and wife returned from a wedding trip to Ottumwa, others travel to Chicago, Fairport, Muscatine and West Liberty. Families gather for Sunday picnics at Weed Park and birthday celebrations at the Gipple and Hildebrand households.
Home Bureau Plans and Visits in Mercer County
Ruth Crawford Freeman of the University of Illinois will visit Mercer county homes next Tuesday to review 1982 household account books prepared by Home Bureau members. The Hamlet unit meets Thursday at the Hamlet Community Hall with a July program on cooling strategies and crafts. The Home Bureau executive board gathers Wednesday July 5 at the courthouse for routine business.
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Aledo
Ruth Crawford Freeman
University of Illinois
Mercer County
Mercer County Home Bureau
The
State University
Freeman
Hamlet
Lily Marsh
Elien Lindstrom
Home Bureau
Court House
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Mercer Farms
Wayne Heitmeier
Ottumwa
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David Luke
August Briegel
Harold Lesaman
W. B. Spears
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South St. Paul
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L. G. Coder
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Lewiston
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Marian Gipple
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Will Hunter
Cranston
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M. A. Shellabarger
E. S. Rabe
George Bailey
Harry Shearer
Bert Lowe
Letts
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Denver
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L. M. Hildebrand
J. M. Hildebrand
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