Local residents enjoy weekend travel and office gatherings
Wayne Hargrave bought a motorcycle and joined riders on a weekend trip. Miss Viola Boat spent time in Madrid Iowa and Harmony Minnesota near Niagara Cave. Miss Rose Oli vacationed with Mr and Mrs Leo Linder in Washington Missouri. Isabel Thomas visited Des Moines. A burger fry at Ward Badger's Camp drew a group of office girls. Rolscreen orders arrived from Washington DC and Johannesburg totaling 764 screens. Several staff and visitors stopped at the plant, including Bert Vanderby, Reggie Dunham, and the Meski men. Earl Walker resigns, bidding farewell with thanks and best wishes to Pella.
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Wayne Hargrave
Wayne Marke Smith
Madison
Wisconsin
Dells
Harmony
Minnesota
Niagara Cave
Viola Boat
Madrid
Iown
Henrietta Vanden Oever
Edward Vanden Oever
Miss Butler
Ames
Towa Lakes
Bert Boat
Bont
Waterloo
Iowa
Pella
Rose Oli
Leo Linder
Washington
Missouri
Isabel Thomas
Des Moine
Ward Badger's
Joan Kuyper
Des Moines
Bureaung
D. C
Floyd Koontz
Roben
Knap, Limited
Johannesburg
South Africa
Casement Department
Repres
Barranquilla
Colombia
America
Gustava Cos G
Riverside
Fargo
North Dakota
Erngineering
Jasper County
Newton
Christian School
Kalama
Michigan
Wilton Junction
A. & P. Tea Company
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Wa. J. Henderson
L. W. Ramsey Company
Davenport
Bert Vanderby
Hammond
Indiana
Montana
Reggie Dunham
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Brainerd
New Paving On No. 14 Will Be Open Soon
Five miles of new Hi way 14 concrete paving north of Horizon are near completion and expected to open to traffic within days. Last cement pour completed yesterday, with remaining small tasks and finish work to follow, weather permitting and traffic flow anticipated to begin soon.
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Hiway 14
Horizon
Wil
Faovile Journal
Birthday notices and visitors at the Home for the Aged
The Home for the Aged reports birthdays for Miss Kate Den Adel and P De Heus. Visitors and guests stop by including Mr and Mrs Dirk On July 27 and numerous locals from Prairie City Eddyville Leighton Des Moines and Oskaloosa. An upcoming outdoor sale by the Ladies of the Home is set for August 9 at about 2 00 pm inviting all.
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Jacob de Koning
Washington
Town
Rey
Spalink
Neon
Dirk
Kate den Adel
P. de Heus
de Heus
Marion Steenhoek
Prairie City
Charley Vos
Mer
Bors Marion Aathers
Otley
G. Bosma
Martha van Zante
Newton
Andrew Howland
John Sterk
Eddyville
E. Jansen
Kellogg
Aol de Vries
Home For the
Gerrit van Gorp
Paul van Kooten
Oskaloosa
M. van Gorp
Montezuma Votes to Buy Light Plant
Montezuma residents voted 562 to 201 to buy the Fairbanks Morse light plant for up to 1000, with 966 ballots cast. The vote follows a Supreme Court order amid a dispute over a franchise renewal and prior contracts. Officials would not say next steps as action by Iowa Power & Light remains unsettled.
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Montezuma
Fairbanks Mor Company
Supreme Court
Iowa Power & Light Company
Elmer Hicks
High Court
Fairbanks Morse Company
City and Power Company
Power Company
Late summer vegetables good for fall storage
Iowa State College extension horticulturist W I Collins advises planting late July to early September for fall crops. Varieties include late beets, turnips, radishes, beans, kohlrabi, spinach, endive and lettuce, maturing 45 to 80 days. Soil moisture and fresh seedbeds are key for success.
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W. I H. Collins
Iowa State
Collins
Cetral
Towa
How To Make Good Iced Tea By Katharine Fisher
Katharine Fisher shares methods for brewing clear iced tea using cold water and hot water techniques. It covers precise measurements, brewing times, chilling, straining, and serving tips, plus notes on caffeine and tannic acid and the effect of ice on dilution. The piece compares a cold-water method with rapid hot-brew methods and offers care tips for serving.
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Institute
Seed sowing in moist soil with shallow furrows
The passage describes sowing seeds in loamy or sandy soil by making shallow furrows, watering first if the furrows are not large, placing seeds, and covering them lightly. It emphasizes moist soil and minimal covering.
Obituary Fragment Reads At Funeral In Dallas
An incomplete obituary written by Mrs Albert Sargent of Dallas asks that it be read at her funeral. The fragmentary text indicates the author requested the tribute accompany her service.
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Albert Sargent
Dallas
Soil Conservationist J A Benson Transferred
J A Benson, longtime soil conservationist directing work in Ion county, is transferred to Lucas county to assist in soil conservation education and to help establish the new district. Lyle Mitchell also transferred from the county to new duties.
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J. A. Benson
Mion County
Lucas County
Lyle Mitchell
Soil conservation leader Benson reassigned to Lae cas county
McGrear Iowa conservation project in Clayton county shifts to Rnosville office. Clay Barnett will stay with the program. Benson previously trained at Iowa State College and Bethany Missouri, then Lamont, joined the Marion County district effort, gaining farmer and business support for the English Creek Watershed. He will report to Lae cas County Monday.
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McGrear
Iowa
Clayton County
Rnosville
Clay Barnett
McGrewor
Iowa State College
Bethany
Missouri
Lamont
McGregor
Benson
Farm Bureau
AAA
Farm Security Administration
Marion County
English Creek
Laecas County
Mitchell
Tractor accident injures S De Vries near Sharon
S De Vries was crushed when a tractor toppled onto him about seven o clock morning on July nineteenth three miles northwest of Sharon. He crawled free, was rushed to Mahaska hospital with chest injuries including crushed chest, broken ribs, and a broken collar bone. His condition remained serious with possible pneumonia.
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Sharon
Mahaska Hospital
de Verex
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing for Pella ISD Meeting
The Board of Directors of Pella Independent School District in Marion County Iowa will meet on August 12 at 8 00 p m at Pella High School. Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures at that time.
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Pella Independent School
Lake Prairie Township
Marion County
Towa
Pella High School
Thrill Days At Iowa State Fair Announced
Officials announced thrill days at the Iowa State Fair on August 24 and 28 featuring more than a dozen top daredevils and stunt artists. Headliner Jimmie Lynch returns from the New York world’s fair with new thrill acts. Other stunts include a car fire jump, a slide from a speeding car into flames, and an aerial crash with a sedan at 60 mph into parked cars.
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Towa
Jimmie Lynch
Lynch
Ming
Dynamite Stunt Driver Performs Record Car Feats
A daredevil female driver known as Birdie Draper executes a chain of dangerous stunts including driving through 40 sticks of exploding dynamite and a triple crash roll at 60 mph with the sedan turning end over end while she remains at the wheel. The act features a suicide leap aiming to set a new world auto broad jump record along with numerous other perilous stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Draper
Daredevil
Vance Elliott's First Case A Big Assignment
On Friday July 12, Mr and Mrs George Laird of Prairie City became the parents of triplets two boys and one girl one boy died at birth. The two survivors are in an incubator after premature births. Dr Vance Elliott recently completed an internship in New Orleans and this was his first case in a new hospital and practice.
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Orge Laird
Prairie City
Vance Elliott
New Orleans
Jasper Co
Jones County Fairgrounds Adds $2500 Racing Stables
The Jones county fair grounds unveil newly built racing stables valued at 2500 dollars, expanding facilities for local horses. Local officials say the addition will support regional racing events and provide improved housing for competing animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Centenarian Jonas Hoffhines Day in Leon
Leon observes Jonas Hoffhines Day as he celebrates his 100th birthday. Local officials and residents attended the event honoring the centenarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Hoffhines
Leon
Mr. Hoffhines
Open Season on Squirrels Much Later This Year
Marion and Warren counties game warden W O Shaffer reports a new State Conservation Commission ruling lengths the open season for squirrels from September 15 to November 15, inclusive. He warns strict enforcement and urges late hunting starts. The article also notes ongoing fish and crayfish sampling for the State Fair exhibit and quail refuge activity at English Creek Watershed southwest of Knoxville with pheasants present and farmers protecting them.
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W. O. Shaffer
Marion
Warren
State Conservation Commission
Conservation Service
Iowa
Shaffer
English Creek
Knoxville
Wardenhaffer
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