Conesville Town Hall Torn Down
Conesville’s historic Coffin store building, longtime town landmark, is being torn down after purchase by Mr. Coffin. Lumber from the hall will aid in constructing a new home for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Coffin. The Ramer family and N. A. lodge occupants have moved, and the hall rooms seek a new meeting place.
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Conesville
Coffin
Clarence Coffin
Chet Ramer
N. A. Lodge
Leon McKee
Roberta Gay
Redlands
Calif
Columbus Junction
Roberta
Owen
Gay
Charles Cecil
Hed- Tick
Rock Island
Abba Gay
Kenneth Gay
Ay Club
Conelake
James
Lance Stratton
Montpelier
Fred Stratton
James Cerney
Alene
Irene
Jacob Lemp
St. Louis
Cerney
Long Beach
California
Deeds Recorded for Pieper to Strong Trust Property
Frank J. Pieper and Mary Pieper transfer lots 8 and 9 in block 5 of South Park addition to Harold Strong and Lavina Strong. Trusts estate of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company to Muscatine County part of section 30-75-2W in Trustees estate.
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Frank J. Pieper
Mary Pieper
Harold Strong
Lavina Strong
South Park
Trustees Estate of
Chicago
Rock Island
Pacific Railway Company
Muscatine County
Essential to fluffy mashed potatoes: arm power
The passage stresses the key to creamy mashed potatoes is heavy arm work. It advises draining hot boiled potatoes, mashing until smooth, then adding lots of butter and scalded milk or cream, followed by thorough beating to achieve light texture.
Council Meeting Ends In Record 20 Minutes
City council members wrapped a regu lar meeting at City Hall in about 20 minutes. A special meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday night to follow.
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City Hall Council
College Group to Lead Services at Wapello on Sunday
Wapello Missouri Methodist church will have Sunday evening services led by visiting college students home for the summer with help from others. Miss Cecile Rukgaber directs a two scene religious drama Whom Jesus Loved. Cast includes Robert Kendrick as John and Alice Schmeiser as Salome with Mary, mother of Jesus, listed.
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Wapello
Methodist Church
Cecile Rukgaber
Jesus
John
Robert Kendrick
Salome
Alice Schmeiser
Mary
Mar
Trustees to Meet at Methodist Church Home
Special called meeting of the board of trustees in the Methodist church home set for Monday evening at 8. All members urged to attend. Includes notes on local social visits and regional residents.
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Ian Cover
Elizabehh
John
Josephine Cover
Elias
Fred Gerth
Board of
Methodist Church
Vail Thompson
Earl Cragg
Ft. Dodge
J. R. Fraser
George Foot
C. M. Donaldson
Junction Band Concert Amid Mixed Roads Access
The Junction municipal band directed by Vernon Brown played in the north block on Wednesday evening despite lighter crowds due to bad side roads. Community improvements include road paving materials on site near the Rock Island rail switch and other local remodeling projects.
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Clumbus Junction
Columbus Junction
Vernon Brown
Rock Island
Bollenbach & Gilkey
Bollen
John Wasson
H. Lee Huston
Wapello
Morning Sun
Winfield
Dixie Free Methodist Church
G. W. Bugg
J. H. Grim
R. J. McCleery
Chicago
Bryan Star
Fairfield
Grandview
Paul Scott and Son
J. Carson Duncan
Romance and Rainfall Mark Letts Area Notes
Mr and Mrs Max Robertson reside near Letts with Mrs Anna Stapp visiting from Cotter. Rainfall measured 2.98 inches in Columbus Junction from Saturday night to Wednesday morning weather disrupted kittenball plans and caused wire damage. Royal Indiana and Des Moines visitors spent time with Edwin Richards near Cotter while Laverne Alstott visited Davenport. A box elder tree blown onto telephone wires damaged lines during the Wednesday storm.
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Max Robertson
Letts
Anna Stapp
Earl McBride
Cotter
R. F. Smylie
Columbus Junction
John Jones
Royal
Jones
Humphrey Richards
Des Moines
Richards
Edwin Richards
Columbus’ Junction
Laverne Alstott
Joe Church
Henry Orr
Davenport
Farm Market Road Boost Under New Relief Program
Washington reports a farm to market road improvement campaign led by mid western congressmen under Rep Utterback of Iowa. H L Hopkins of the Works Progress Administration announced a substantial farm market road project will be carried out under the new works relief program.
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Washington
Rep. Utterback
Iowa
H. L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Brossarts Host Birthday Party and Family Reunion
At Fairport the Brossarts hosted an all day party for Bernice Brossart on her Sunday birthday with Alvin Reeves and Charles Ferry also noted. Guests included the Ferrys, Bleadorns, McGinnises, Koep pens, Altenbernds, Roy Reeves and others. A separate family reunion and shower for Bernice Stecker were held at the Bujewski home with relatives from Muscatine Davenport Tipton Pleasant Prairie Moscow and West Branch.
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Bernice Stecker
Carl Hearst
George Preston
Dan McGee
Glen
Albn Eaton
West Branch
P. W. McGee
Tipton
T. L. McGee
Leroy McGee
Davenport
Birthday party honors Alvin Reeves at Reeves home
The Reeves family hosted a birthday gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Reeves on Tuesday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Forrest Hand Miss Dorothy Reeves John Mohnson and the Reeves children Keith and Alvin. Audrey Bujewski visiting Ed and Hazel Bujewski attended earlier and then left for Wilton to visit relatives and friends.
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George Jarrard
Velda
Kenneth
Glenn
Raymond Lutz
Joan
Rosabelle
Glenn Nicholson
Harold
Alice Marie
James Lutz
Nicholson
Washington
C. W. Bangs
Robert
Miss Dorothy
Manchester
Bangs
Glenn Babbitt
Eland
Letts
Nounce
Audrey Bujewski
Ed Bujewski
Wilton
Tom Reeves
Keith
Stockton
John Mohnson
Dorothy Reeves
Forrest Hand
Alvin Reeves
Roy Reeves
Gall-fly Rho dites rosae Alters Rose Buds Into Nest
The female gall-fly inserts eggs into a rose leaf bud causing the bud to form a hair-like nest instead of a normal leaf. The nitid nest grows as the larvae develop inside.
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C. Coffin
George Finch
Wes Finch
Finchs
Lester Kemp
Lester William
Elaine Jarrard
Muscatine
Ralph Days
Freira Stratton
Henry Wehmeyer
West Liberty
Bounty
Catalina Island
Bligh
Mutiny On the Bounty
Circus
College Group
Via
del Monte
Black
Japan
San Mente
Erkraut
Libby
Armour
Northfield
Hershey
Johnston
iSc
Oxydol
Coffee
LE Tin
Oberhaus Bros
White House
Veal
Hamburg
New Calif
Ourees
Tan
Iced Tea
Butter-Nu and
Hill's Coffee
Tolger
Ohio
Kohrs
Kraft American Cheese
Dan Gallagher
Moundsville
W. Va
Thomas Gallagher
James Torbert
Eva Fitzsimmons
Cal Blanchard
Lloyd Patterson
Waterloo
Cecil Marshall
Bloomfield
N. W. Marshall
Junction Band
Florine McKinney
Barry Trivers
Science
Kellogg’s
American Medical Association Committee On Foods
Good Housekeeping Institute
Allbran
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Melkoggs All
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