Swift Company Founding Celebrated Fifty Years
A look at the rise of Swift and Company from 1855 when Gustavus F Swift began with $20 to a nationwide meat packing giant. The article notes Swift’s push for refrigeration, the shift in dairy and poultry practices, and Muscatine plant’s role in advancing standards and farmer partnerships.
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Swift and Company
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Cape Cod
G F. Swift
Chicago
United States
Muscatine
Swift
Cedar Valley Community Club Elects New Officers and Plans Picnic
Cedar Valley Community Club meets at Mrs. John Hendriks home with 70 plus attendees. New officers are Mrs. Guy Hildebrand president, Mrs. Ed Hendriks vice president, and Mrs. Robert Wigim secretary treasurer. Two new members join, Mrs. Glen James and Mrs. Albert Reynolds. A July 4 picnic is planned at West Liberty fair grounds with Mrs. Earl Lindle and Mrs. Harry Nauman coordinating. The program features a puppet show, Little Red Riding Hood, songs, piano solos, and Father’s Day notes.
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Cedar Valley
Cedar Valley Community Club
John Hendriks
Guy Hildebrand
Ed Hendriks
Robert Wigim
Glen James
Albert Reynolds
West Liberty Fair Grounds
Earl Lindle
Harry Nauman
Little Red Riding Hood
Virgil
Doris Askam
Alvin
Agnes Jarvis
Eddie Hildebrand
Loretta Tipton
Mae Staats
Hendriks
Dan Miller
Berdena Chesebro
Floyd McIntire
School Teacher Files for Wages in Rock Island Court
Reynolds high school instructor Miss Isador I Childs sues the school board seeking wages through May 27 under a contract clause after a March 22 discharge. The board served a 30 day termination notice, then a charge of incompetency. Childs earned 115 dollars a month and reported to duty after notice though another teacher filled her role.
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Buffalo Prairie
Miss Childs
Kane
Evalyn? Kane
Fayette Skinner
Rock Island
Floyd Lewis
Wellman
Mertha Schriver
Glenn DeBord
Arthur Gaunt
Charles Kistler
William
Merton Kistler
Joy
Rites Held for Frances McDermott Wilton Nurse
Funeral services for Frances McDermott a Wilton nurse who died Tuesday at Mercy hospital Davenport were conducted at Zion Lutheran church with Rev Wuerffel officiating A quartet sang One Sweetly Solemn Thought H L Walch played the organ Burial followed at Oakdale cemetery Pallbearers named include Robert Holtz Calvinia Wilson Herbert Bartellson Eric Bartelson Laurence Moeller and Alfred Erickson
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Wilton
Frances McDermott
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Zion Lutheran Church
Mr Wuerffel
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hilda Wiebel
Alvin Jipp
Elmer Moeller
Louis Hammerich
H. L. Walch
Oakdale
Robert Holtz
Calvinia Wilson
Herbert Bartellson
Eric Bartelson
Laurence Moeller
Alfred Erickson
Settlement Church to Note Anniversary
The Settlement Church will celebrate its 75th anniversary this Sunday. Organized in 1860 the first building rose in 1861 with land donated by Herman Rininsland for one dollar. The congregation bought a parsonage in Wilton in 1911 led by Rev. Philip Hahn. Early members came from a Grandview camp meeting including Lang, Brown, Valet, Pippert.
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Wilton
Settlement Evangelical Church
Herman Rininsland
Grandview
Lang, Brown
Valet
Pippert
Philip Hahn
Astor
Keota Attorney to Quit Board
Keota attorney B. J. Byrne resigns from the Keokuk county old age pension board after a year as chairman. The Rev and Mrs O B Rogers plan to attend Letts church homecoming. Rev C E Burdine of West Liberty to preach at Keota Federated church next Sunday. Mrs George Hamilton of Chadron Neb visits Keota. Mr and Mrs C L White of Roseburg Ore visit Mrs Whites parents. A Fosdick manages a new Cities Service gas station on East Broadway. Keota now has six service stations. Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythias hold memorial services next Sunday. Mrs Inez Martin returns from Glendale Calif after eight months with her son Lloyd.
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Keota
B. J. Byrne
Old Age Pension Board
Keokuk County
O. B. Rogers
Letts
C. E. Burdine
West Liberty
Wilton Church Group Hosts Card Party at Parish Hall
The St. Mary's Rosary society sponsored a Wednesday card party at the Wilton parish hall. High scores awarded in five hundred to Miss Marie Marticke and in euchre to Mrs. Joun, drawing community members for a social afternoon.
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Wilton
St. Mary’s Rosary Society
Marie Marticke
Euchre
Joun
Louisa County Church Services and Homecoming
The Letts Methodist and Letts United Brethren churches list services for Sunday with morning and evening worship, Sunday school, and special music. Homecoming day is set for June 16 with speakers from Keota and Mediapolis, plus a basket dinner after the morning service. Out of town guests and social events accompany the notice.
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Letts Methodist
W. S. Moore
Epworth League
Philathea
Methodist Church
O. B Rogers
Keota
Leits
Letts United Brethren
Harry Buss
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid Society
Colliers Attend College Program At Iowa State College
Wilton family group led by Mr and Mrs Mark Collier attended Iowa State College commencement in Ames where older Collier graduates received gold medals at a Great Hall banquet for 492 guests. The visitors sat on the platform and will be hosted by relatives Frances Warner and Ruth Ginger during their Ames stay.
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Wilton
Mark Collier
Ames
D. B. Collier
Tempe
Ariz
Iowa State College
Colliers
Great Hall
Frances Warner
Ruth Ginger
George Collier
Columbia
Birthday tribute to Wilton matriarch Anna Jewell at 93
Mrs Anna Jewell marked her 93rd birthday with a family dinner hosted by daughter Mrs S C Fulton at their home. Attendees included William Bryant and the Fulton family. she received many flowers, cards and gifts from friends and neighbors. The lifelong North Wales native, widow of Civil War veteran Aaron Jewell, is a charter member of the Woman's Relief Corps and enjoys needlework and reading.
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Wilton
Anna Jewell
S. C. Fulton
Jewell
William Bryant
Clarence Fulton
Richard
Fulton
Anna Knowles Jewell
North Wales
David Knowles
First Congregational Church
Aaron Jewell
Woman's Relief Corps
Joe Jones
Crawfordsville
Irene Thomas
Columbus Junction
Masonic Officials Attend Iowa Grand Lodge Convention
L. E. Arp junior warden of Wilton lodge No. 167 A F and A M and others attend a three day Iowa Grand lodge convention in Cedar Rapids this week. Purity chapter No. 365 Order of Eastern Star meets Monday at 8 in the Masonic temple. Mrs Ed J Maurer returned Thursday from Muscatine after an operation at Hershey hospital.
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Ter
L. E. Arp
Wilton Lodge
A. F
A. M
Iowa Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Purity
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ed. J. Maurer
Muscatine
Hershey Hospital
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Geneva Childs
Parker
Charles’ Parker
Baptist Mission Circle
Laura Fisk
David
Darwin
Elmo Marston
The
Public Health Service
Pemina
Spareries
Romann & Liebbe Co
Hershey Ave
Biloxi
Miss
Gulf of Mexico
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Mike Sennett Conner
Mississippi
Wilton Church Group
Louisa County Churches
Antonio Stradivari
Gottlieb Kaufman
Iowa City Park
L. R. Friederichsen
L. R. Wiese
McNary, Ariz
Charles Nelson
West
H. E. Einfeldt
I Is
California Fruits
del Monte
Vince Sardines
SAU. del
Armour’s
Northfield
Sam
Thompson
Oberhaus Bros
Mrs. Anna Jewell
Fred Allison
Edger J. Murphey
British Museum
Gizeh
Zoller
Oleo
VEAL
Hamburger
Morgan’s
Sunkist
Molly Darling
Iowa
Inlew
Ike
Calif
Avenue Cash Grocery
Iowa Avenue
Aug. Hoffman
East Ninth
GEO. Hofman
Lucas Waltman & West
Mulberry
ED. Weis
West Seventh St. John East
Cedar E. W. Berg
Clinton St. Chayer Grocery
Cypress
Guy Duncan
Park Ave
Roy Fisher
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