Doon News Items and Local Family Visits
Doon reports a December birthday party for Phyllis Mae Stueven with afternoon games and cake. Shoppers from Rock Rapids and Iowa City visit Rock Valley area relatives, including Mr and Mrs John Howen and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Mae Stueven
Andrew Krogstad
Hagel
Rock Rapids
Palowing College
Sylvester
Buis
August Boss
Walter Shultz
Iowa City
Alice Johnson
Mia
Grace Schutter
Cedar Palls
Annie Bill Brower
Fella
John Howen
Gene
Baward Witt
Afilbank
S. Ph
Relat iv Hock Vailey
James Sudbahy
Rey
G. C. Liebson
Andrew Klavstad
Hook Valley
Edythe Visser
Sioux
City
Little Billy Questions The Lesson In Tea Time Tale
A mother asks her four year old son about a lesson and Billy replies that it was not so good. He explains he couldn’t get the task the teacher showed, revealing a child’s humorous misinterpretation and confusion. The page also includes a brief cartoon caption about a gentleman buying a cigar and a humorous exchange about rights and lies.
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Billy
Fryav Daney Sebinol
Willy
Unemployment Compensation Debate Reflected in Irregular Notes
In a fragmented historical note a speaker questions unemployment relief and work, noting opposition to relief and insisting work exists for all classes. The text blends incomplete phrases in a reflective, nonstandard style on social conditions.
Motorist and woman driver clash over right of way
A terse exchange captures a motorist and a woman driver arguing about who has priority on the road. The motorist says he yields when he knows which half of the road she wants, a quip reflecting tensions over driving courtesy.
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Hoston
Fall of Rats Old Lady-Oh Plunges Into Window Wig Dramatics
A distressed passenger pleads with the conductor to stop the train as she claims to have dangled her wig from the window. The conductor responds with a warning about a nearby switch just beyond the station.
After-dinner Remarks Spark Household Friction
Fragmented dialogue shows Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Tomkins reacting to a speaker’s unpredictable statements. The exchange hints at marital and domestic tensions over managing a cook and household duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasband
Poor Papal He My Dear Dialogue Fragment
Fragmentary dialogue appears to show an old conversation with garbled lines. The text hints at memory or speech issues and lacks clear news context or identifiable events, people, or places for a concrete summary.
Yuletide Greetings and Rock Valley Musings
A festive piece from Rock Valley echoes Christmas cheer and New Year plans. It laments local nuisance raids by mysterious culprits, nods to Santa’s gifts, and notes youngsters helping at home. It reflects resolutions, humor, and regional yuletide warmth.
Worth county ships record turtle shipments to Chicago market
In Worth county locals Bert Watson and Will Hicks trap and ship 640 pounds of mud turtles to Booth Fisheries in Chicago at three cents per pound. Several thousand pounds were reportedly sold during the war era, while a mass of turtles surfaced in Chicago streets prompting wildlife relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth County
Bert Watson
Will Hicks
Reinbeck
Black Hawk Creek
Booth Fisheries
Chicago
11Th
Michigan Avenue
Lake Michigan
A Plan to Bring Prosperity for Farmers and Nations
A garbled editoral style call to unity among farmers led by AW Legge and favin Beited. The plan promises self-help, centralized marketing, and nationwide farmer unions to control livestock and marketing, fund production, and rebuild infrastructure. It urges farmers to pressure senators and representatives to back the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AW Legge
Favin
Herve
Aryl
Thich
Towa
United States
Partners' Union Livestock Commission Co
Gohiy
Low
Ord
Voting Plan Sent To Editors Across Towns
A message urges every paper reader to clip and mail pages to town newspapers for weekly publication over two weeks. The list names G. D. Sebully, Jack Manning, J. B. Kriege, LeRoy Heiden, and others supporting a shared aim for public happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. d. Sebully
Jack Manning
J. B. Kriege
LeRoy Heiden
Tn Sheehy
H.W. Brosauily
Henry
Joby
Turkey Ranches At Fort Turkey Ranch Near Patterson
Turkeys are raised locally in Iowa with several growers supplying markets. Des Moines dealers previously depended on Missouri or Arkansas for stock, but Fort Turkey Ranch now provides all needs. A recent sale brought 600 choice birds from the Fort Turkey Ranch, while another year saw 400 turkeys raised locally with fencing and buildings described. Prices and profits noted as the industry scales up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poolivy
Missouri
Arkansas
Towa
Fort Turkey Ranche
Patterson
Prison Farm Potatoes Harvested Near Haig Iowa
State farm near Haig in Osceola and in Daxevala counties yielded 26 100 potatoes last season. The farm's stock and potato handling were overseen by manager Paul Serlay with 17 staffers aiding, the operation part of a state game preserve near Des Moines.
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Haig
Iowa
Genge Cosson
Aulubhan
Gate
Dallas Goanlies
Heemne
Inshe
Osceola County
Des Moines
Whisk Ig
Flis
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Greiner Bros
Seasons Greetings
Wm. Schouten
Mgr
Cities Service Oil CO
Bert van Maanen
Prop
Rock Valley Lumber Co
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Rock Valley
BEE
Halstead
DOON
Phyllis Wae
Rthday
Mr. Woul Ma
C.D. Pais
Jovet
God
Hstory
Indedam
Carntes
Christ
Santa
Jutter
Pigitt
China
Christus
Esas
Hye
Nirvelors of
Harriers
Ustiod
Lywayth Gourty
Merry Christmas
Wynia
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