Christmas reunion ends old farrier feud with Sylvia Palmer
Dave Holden, a homesteader, heartbreaks over Sylvia Palmer after a broken engagement. Jack Fulton, the school principal, arrives from Hunter during Christmas with a plan: Dave must return to Sylvia or lose the farm as Fulton vows to marry elsewhere. Dave accepts, racing to fetch Sylvia for a Christmas reconciliation and a hopeful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jave Holden
Sylvia Palmer
Dave
Sylvia
Dave Holder
Dave Holden
Jack Fulton
Fulton
Flo
Palmer
Hunter
Davey
Western Newspaper Union
Books for Christmas Amid a Mechanistic Era
References to the present as eight years into a severely mechanistic era appear in the piece, yet books of adventure and fairy tales remain welcome to the Christmas tree. The tone is nostalgic, noting enduring appeal of storytelling for holiday readers.
Letters To Santa Claus From Oxford Iowa Children
A collection of handwritten letters from Oxford Iowa children requesting gifts such as a mama doll a book of Cinderella dominoes candy nuts and oranges a train a car a mouth organ and a sled. Several youths include ages grade levels and personal notes to Santa. Also includes a formal Johnson County Iowa Board of Supervisors meeting record and financial notices from November 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Eileen
Leland
Evelyn Leimer
Christ's Mass contraction origins in Christmas term
The note explains that Christmas derives from the contraction Christ's Mass, highlighting the religious roots of the holiday name and its evolution in usage. It clarifies the historical shorthand and how the term became a common secular designation for the holiday.
Hunting and fishing license ads at Leader office
Buy your hunting and fishing license at the Leader office. The notice urges readers to obtain licenses directly from the newspaper office. It emphasizes quick service and local availability for sporting permit purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader Office
Federal Land Bank of
Omaha
Johnson County
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors November 6 1980
The board met in regular November session with adjourned business carried over from earlier dates. Various lowed and miscellaneous items were addressed and scheduled meetings noted for November 10 1980 at 9 A M and 1 30 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Towa
Ed, Sulek
Charles L. Berry
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Robert Stead
Santa Claus
Oxford
Iowa
Francis Leeney
Oxford, Towa
Naomi Hoskinson
Oxford, Iowa
Your Friend, Rose Mary Leoney
Francis
Dorothy Kelley
North Pole
Berthy Kadera
Walter J. Barrow
Don McComas
John M. Kadlee
F. B. Olson
George Maresh
W Lacina
J. W. Carey
R. P. Jones
Dan J Peters
Board of Supervisors
General Fund
General County Fund
J. M Carey
Geo
G. Ran
Mary Josephine Kaspar
Irene B. Hildebrand
G. W. Stewart
Penn Township
F. W. Stable
W. M. McKay
Ota Loud
Chas
L. Berry
Sam A. Hunter
Des Moines
Ann M
Jones
ED Sulek
J. Braverman
Washington
J. B. Cash
S. Clinton
Iowa City
THE
Brethers
R. M. Klenk, W. M
Agnes Parvin
Ruth Linkhart, W. M
East
College St
Miller Bros
Business Directory
M. E. Baker
Mast College
G. H. Scanlon
Dey
J. M. Otto
Lola Clark Mighell, M. D
Mite
Johnson County Savings
A. T. Watson
Oxford State Bank
Hands & Son
Jewelers & Optometrists
Towa City, Iow
Frank F. Messer
Johnson County Bank Building
Shulman
Security Abstract CO
L. C. W. Clearman
Carl S. Kringel
Sec
A. E
Maine
J. R. Baschnagel & Son
J. C. Bank
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