Merrimac Social News Reflects Visits and Illnesses
Mrs. Dess Van Winkle visited Mrs. Will Brannon and others Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crile and daughter joined by Mrs. Carl Amrine called at Bar Smith home. Several neighbors seen for visits and errands while Measles hinder household plans. Junior Kientz Leela Zihlman and Lois Eshelman recovered.
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Merrimac
Dess van Winkle
Will Brannon
Kenneth Crile
Carl Amrine
Bar Smith
Joe Grabers
Waldo van Winkle
Alvin Beale
Steve Shelangoski
Henry Hinkle
Lester Kientz
Elmer Reschler
Will Brannons
Harold
Donald
Mary Amrine
Owen Blick
Delmer Crile
Sharon
Junior Kientz
Leela Zihlman
Lois Eshelman
Hendersons Honored At Keota Family Party
In Keota on Sunday Mr and Mrs Henry Henderson were feted by relatives marking their 59th wedding anniversary dated March 31 1882. A noon dinner featured a wedding cake, bouquets, and gifts from local families and friends as photographs were taken and memories shared of the couple’s long life together in the community.
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East 76
Henry Henderson
Keota
Presbyterian
Williams
Washington
Stanleigh Henderson
Fera
Isa Mitchell
Keokuk
Henderson
Sam Henderson
May Hogan
Iowa City
Market snapshot from Chicago with mixed livestock results
Chicago market summary reports hog prices up to 200 higher withiders at 7.90 to 8.15 for 240 to 270 lb and 7.70 to 8.00 for 270 to 330 lb. Sows 6.85 to 7.15. Sheep see 5,000 head with fat lambs weak and red western lambs down to 19.85. Cattle 9,000 with steers 9.50 to 12.50 and prime Nebraska heifers 13.25. feeders 10.00 to 11.50. Tomorrow's receipts projected: cattle 5,000 hogs 12,000 sheep 9,000.
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Chicago
U.P
Nebraska
Chicago Grain Table Apr 2 Open High Low Close
Open high and low wheat corn oats and soybeans shown for May July September contracts. Prices list futures values across wheat corn oats and soybeans with figures such as wheat May 89% to 92% and soybeans May 1.08% to 1.12%.
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Chicago
Chicago Gash Corn Prices And Soybean Quotes
Chicago cash grain prices show corn ranges from 61% to 69% with various yellows and whites, oats compressed around 38% to 40, and soybeans trading between 1.07 and 1.11 dollars per bushel. Market notes list multiple graded lots and corresponding price bands for different corn colors, oats forms, and soybean lots.
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Chicago
Chicago Eggs and Poultry Market Report
Chicago market report shows eggs firm with receipts 23,114 cases and quality breakdowns from firsts to dirties and checks. Poultry steady to firm with receipts of 16 trucks and pricing signals for small hens heavy hens springs and breilers.
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Chicago
Breilers
Presbyterians Reelect Officers At Church Meeting
In Columbus Junction on April 2 the Presbyterian church held its annual congregational meeting after a pot luck supper. Officers reelected include Dr. B E W McWilliams and Dr. Davis as elders Effie Kelly as trustee and treasurer Nevada Acheson financial secretary G N Duncan benevolence secretary Genevieve Fedderson music supervisor and pianists Effie Kelly and B R Mitchell. Duncan named every member canvas director with Arian Lowe John Coon and Donald Howell as assistants. All reports showed bills paid and funds on hand. The United Presbyterian church will hold its annual meeting Friday evening after a potluck supper with officers to be elected.
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iBy
Martha
Butler
Columbus Junction
The
Presbyterian Church
BE. W. McWilliams
Davis
Effie Kelly
Nevada Acheson
G. N. Duncan
Genevieve Fedderson
B. R. Mitchell
Arian Lowe
John Coon
Donald Howell
United Presbyterians
United Presbyterian Church
Midway and Community Sales Set Weekly Dates
Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction hosts weekly sales every Wednesday while City Feed Yard runs a Community Sale each Friday. An estate sale for Mrs Ola Brumback in West Chester will begin April 5 at 2 00 p m offering household goods.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Ola Brumback
West Chester
Iowa
Four Die in Coal Strike Violence in Harlan County
In Harlan Kentucky four men were shot dead and at least five wounded amid clashes between United Mine Workers and non union miners near Crummies mine during a renewed work stoppage in the coal region. Dr. John Steelman optimistic a settlement may be near as federal mediators seek to end the nationwide strike idling over 400,000 miners.
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New York
John Steelman
Management and
Harlan
Harlan” County
Crummies
Here
United Mine Workers
CIO
UMWA
Appalachian
Gray News Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits
Gray April 1 column notes many local families hosting and visiting over the weekend. Frank Snider and family marked Bobby Snider’s first birthday with relatives including Aunt Josse Puckette. Additional guests included the Rotzinger and Longer families, Forest Walker and Jimmy, Fred Bleese, the Ted Givens and Harold Andersen clans, J D Deal and Martin Tedford families, Bert Spangler, and Arthur Carlson groups at Mt Union.
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William CC
Gray
Frank Snider
Bol Sorrels
Little Bobby
Josse Puckette
Carl Rotzinger
Jesse Nicola
William Longer
Charles Jeffreys
Forest Walker
Jimmy
Fred Bleeses
Ted Givens
Harold Andersen
J. D. Deal
Martin Tedford
Bert Spangler
Arthur Carlsons
Mt. Union
United Presbyterians Elect Officers in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on a Saturday afternoon the United Presbyterians held their annual congregational meeting at the church. Rev. McCracken led devotions, Frank Gault presided, and secretary Mrs. Frank Gault read the minutes. Officers elected included chairman Frank Gault and vice chairman J. C. Mitchell with a named secretary remaining.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
United Presbyterians
McCracken
Frank Gault
J. C. Mitchell
Sabbath School Officers and Missionary Society Reports
The article lists church leaders including treasurer Margaret Davidson and superintendent roles for Sabbath school and missionary groups. It notes reports by the treasurer and denominational society leaders, plus a pastor’s report. It also records visits by families and members, including return from Mitchellville and attendance at a funeral in Burlington.
Ainsworth Pupils Stage The Haunted Tea Room Play
The eighth grade in Ainsworth will perform The Haunted Tea Room on Friday April 11. Cast includes Linda Berry Julia Koehler Lottie Berry Beverly Butterworth Dan Smith Gerard Meddelsen Horace Witherspoon Willy Stewart Claire Landon Josephine Boggs Snoopy Crane Ruth Telford Tracy Norris Jess Jones Robert McFarland and more. A negro sketch by Warren Marston and Max White Jr and a first grade style show accompany the play. The Willowmere Tea Room ghost story unfolds as storm traps the group at the inn with the clever solution by the end. Miss Sebert music instructor is invited to sing at Constitutional Hall in Washington DC on April 16.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Linda Berry
Julia Mae Koehler
Lottie Berry
Beverly Butterworth
Dan Smith
Gerard Megdelsen
Horace Witherspoon
Willy Ray Stewart
Claire Landon
Ruth Telford
Josephine Boggs
Lois Pearson
Snoopy Crane
Max Owen
Gerald Fenwick
Tracy Norris
Jess Jones
Robert McFarland
Warren Marston
Max White, Jr
Willowmere
Villian
Miss Seberts
Constitutional Hall
Washington, D. C
National Continental Congress
Local Visitors and Family News Reported
Mr and Mrs Wilson Welliver and Mr and Mrs Cloyce Snider traveled to Oskaloosa Sunday to visit the Wellivers daughter Maxine and her husband. Corwin Evans of Silvis spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs E G Evans.
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Grant Edwards
Floyd
Ralph Scheussler
Mitchellville
Iowa
Wilson Welhlliver
Cloyce Snider
Oskaloosa
Welliver
Maxine
Corwin Evans
Silvis
E. G. Evans
Candy production in the United States tops two billion pounds
United States candy production exceeds 2,000,000,000 pounds annually with a value over 300 million dollars. The per capita consumption runs near 16 pounds per person. Illinois New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are the major producing states.
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United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Fiasco Origin in Venetian Glass Making
The article explains how a small flaw transformed envisioned Venetian glass into a common bottle. The rejected pieces, meant to be art, became the etymological root of the term fiasco meaning failure. The tale links craft defect to a coined expression.
No Oil Oil Not Available in Rockefeller Center Garage
A brief notice states that oil cannot be purchased in the Rockefeller Center garage in New York City. It notes a restricted supply path and directs visitors to alternative service areas nearby.
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Rockefeller Center
New York
Community Sale Offering Stock and Supplies
A community sale lists stock including milk cows, fat heifers, 20 stock steers and light heifers, hogs with sows and boars, 25 ewes with lambs, good lambs, and a few cheap horses. Also offered are clover seed, a four wheel trailer, 100 line posts, and varied furniture including a roller top desk. Whitaker & Son, managers.
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Sheebp
Whittaker & Son
MGRS
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Everette Green
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L. M. Stalder
K. J. Sehmidtt
Charles Ingram
Cedar Rapids
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Hattery
Iowa Highway Patrol
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Nevada
Story
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Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa Daily Press
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Ola Brumbach
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Darling
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