Days of Buggy Are Not Over in Rural Illinois
Salem reporters recount rural life with buggies still essential on stormy road days. Families Mer ritt Reiner and Ray Krotz show off a 2001 style buggy with carlike doors and original rubber tires. Local youngsters attend Prairie Flower Young Peoples meeting, with about 40 present, Rev. Strong leading Bible study and a social hour. Several dinners mark good weekend weather, guests from Dubuque Kalona and Decatur attend. Wanda Casper visits from Davenport before duty at St. Luke’s. others travel to Ewing Mo. A farmer buys a new tractor with lights and self starter but tests it in a shed on a rainy day.
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Salem
Olks
Billy Reiner
Norma Jean Krotz
Mérritt Reiner
Ray Kretz
Kretz
Prairie Flower Young Peoples
Ida Mae
Dorothy Darnell
C. K. Strong
Roy Krotz
Lester Pronga
Dubuque
George Zeck
Zeck
Charleg Wolfe
Esther
Decatur, Ill
Joe Te Bockhorst
Urban Te Bockhurst
Lamont Kelly
Mary Ellen
Kalona
Darrell Goodwin
Phyllis
Wellman
Mary Ann
Letitia
Wanda Casper
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Charles Casper
Wanda
Joe Knotek
Russell Lillard
Ewing
Russell
Glenn Miller
James Shalla
George Shalla
Blanche Shalla
Jeanne
Jesse
James
May Carlson
Marjore
Washington
Woman Levels Country Ruts
Westminster April 16 A humorous column by Mrs Merle Eckels recounts a harried woman driving through Westminster and Enterprise school districts seeking a smooth path amid deep ruts. She battles muddy roads, endures harsh comments, then returns home by the hard road.
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Merle Eckels
Westminster
West Minster
Enterprise
Mother
White Way Club
Will Munro
David
Springfield
L. C. Bakers
Washington Lodge Meets and Bus Schedule Notice
Washington Lodge No. 26 A W and A M regular meetings first Friday monthly Lee Holland W M A W Yard secretary. Bus schedules show eastbound routes from Washington to Chicago with departures at 8 12 p m 3 55 p m 12 02 a m and 10 23 a m note tickets to be purchased at the Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square or from AL CANTONS Agency for coast to coast travel
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Washington Lodge No
A. W
A. M
Lee Holland
W. M
A. W. Yard
Omaha
Chicago
Washington
Washington A
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
AL Cantons Ageng
Pleasant Hill Social Roundup and Visits
Pleasant Hill notes list guests and social visits across families including Esther Belle Anderson Maxine Lambert Belle Palmer Lee Hesseltine and Clyde Lambert. Easter program attendance Ninety participants and a post program talk by Rev Knotts are recorded along with multiple Sunday dinners and neighborly calls across local households in April.
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Pleasant Hill
Esther Belle Anderson
Maxine Lambert
Heck Girls
Belle Palmer
Lee Hesseltine
Earl Kephart
Bertha
John Shebeck
Mildred
Howard Baker
Lewis Baker
Ben Bruegge
Wilme
Kauffman
William Wasson
Clyde Lambert
Don Darbyshire
Bob
Will Miller
Lee Hesseltines
Keith Hanan
L. B. Hanan
Nashua
Roy Kephart
Knotts
Chester Spangler
Karen
Leslie Beenblossom
Jennie Lauderman
Wilmer Lauderman
Milton Coffin
George Erlenbush
Rock Island
John
Margaret Pratt
Will Caldwell
Glenn Pratt
Glenn Beenblossom
Jake Ernest
Derby Charm Queen Candidate At French Lick Week
Co ed contenders seek title during Kentucky Derby week activities at French Lick Springs Indiana. Jean Bernard, shown above, is a popular Indiana University student from Muncie with home ties there.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Jean Bernard
Indiana University
Miss Bernard
Muncie
Kansas City campus sweethearts reconcile with MU benches
President Frederick A. Middlebush states the campus is fully equipped with benches for two at the University of Missouri. He notes the only complaints are that electric lights are too near the benches, reflecting a lighthearted campus dispute resolved.
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Kansas City
University of Missouri
Frederick A. Middlebush
Meaning of abbreviations for maritime and academic titles
The note explains that A B stands for Bachelor of Arts and a b stands for able bodied seaman, clarifying two common post-nominal abbreviations seen with sailors and academic credentials.
Wayland Men Join Telephone Crew in Laying Taped Cable
Wayland April 17 Ivan Wyse leads a crew laying 4000 feet of underground tape armored telephone cable with Daryl Wittmer Junior McCoy Kermit Klopfenstein and Earl Graber. Nearby notes list new job duties with Postmaster shifts and community visits by families and clergy across the region.
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Wayland
Ezra Wittmer
Ivan Wyse
Daryl Wittmer
Junior McCoy
Kermit Klopfenstein
Earl Graber
Cotter Community News Highlights and Local Notes
Mumps and measles affect several children as Richard Jones recovers from glandular fever. Westminster Guild to meet at Mrs. Lonnie Todd's home. Irwin Williams and Arthur Williams visited Cotter and attended church services with the Peters family. Mrs. D. R. Jones returns home from wintering with the Joneses in Cotter. Rev M A Robeson and Betty Anne travel to Chicago for a wedding where Robeson will officiate for June Carlisle and George Brandner. Local residents Burris and Pitard visit Cotter after church. winter gardens are being tended, potatoes planted, and oats progress. Plowing and planting continue in the community.
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Boshart
Orus P
Lawrence Henss
Irene Roth Chrissinger
State Bank
A. Lloyd Swartzendruber
Kansas City
Sugar Creek
A. C. Enders
Chicago
C. W. Schiatter
J. E. Holub
T. S. McLaughlin
el Reno
Oklo
Lavern Eicher
Waterloo
Marilyn Miller
Eicher
Camp Bowie
Texas
Sam Wenger
East Wayland
Sam Wyse
Sam Elider
Will Schlatter
Wichita
Kansas
Cotter
Richard Jones
John G. Jonse
Westminster Guild
Lonnie Todd
Irwin Williams
Moline
Arthur Williams
Columbus Ciy
M. A. Robeson
Betty Anne
Mr. Robeson
June Carlisle
George Brandner
Ladd
Robeson
C. ©. Burris
Lloyd Burris
Alvin Pittard
Winfield
Monster Amphibian Footprint Found in Pennsylvania Mine
Paleontologist Roland T. Bird of the American Museum of Natural History reports a 245 million year old amphibian footprint preserved in mud and vegetation deep in the East Boston mine near Luzerne. The slab shows early vertebrates leaving water to live on land.
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Monster
Pennsylvania
Boston
Luzerne
Roland T. Bird
American Museum of Natural History
Bird
Hoyt Allen and Family In Little Rock Arkansas
Hoyt Allen and his family are connected to a situation in Little Rock Arkansas with local ties and possible notices involving residents.
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Hoyt Allen
Little Rock, Ark
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