Historic Businesses Opened or Noted in April Dates
A list documents multiple historic businesses with April opening or incorporation years, including Chocolate Shop 1936 Stewart and Crane 1987 Pioneer Drug Store 1930 and Piggly Wiggly 1918. Also notes Tucker Chevrolet 1927 and Washington State Bank 1938 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chocolate Shop
Stewart & Crane
Pioneer Drug Store
South End Grocery
Smart & Parrish Implement Co
Pease Motor Co
Piggly Wiggly
Tucker Chevrolet
North Side Cafe
Modernistic Beauty Studio
Dr. A. C. Peterson April, 1932, Washington State Bank
B & B Clothing Co
Central Oil & Greas Co
Remains of Antique Mouse Nest Found Behind Wall Lath
In Shiloh area a plastering job uncovered a prehistoric looking mouse nest behind wall lath. Scraps included papers dated August 14 1879 and 1878. Local notes recount a 40th wedding anniversary and a quiet, damp April with neighbors visiting and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Swift
Shiloh
Apri
Lizzie Sommers
Louis Pacini
Harold Disney
Henry Underwood
Arthur Conrad
Wayland
Fred Bleese
Maurice
Anton Kaufman
Hat Swap Sparks Grim Local Tale
A local story recounts Dr. D. C. Barrett visiting a drug store invited by Pastor Keagy for refreshments. Barrett sat where Keagy’s hat rested and the hat vanished from its chair, a moment that dulls the liveliness of spring attire and ends with a noted pun on the missing hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Barrett
Pastor Keagy
Dr. Keagy
Dr. Barrett
Barrett
Mr. Keagy
Ke. Z. Pickens
Little Things and Quick Wits in Everyday Life
A collection of witty exchanges and moral observations on small acts, silence, and honesty. The pieces contrast child misstatements with parents’ corrections and end with a courtroom jab about a juror’s father’s employment.
Birth Announcements from Keota and Ogden
Announcements report the birth of Joyce Lucille to Mr and Mrs J J Vinton at Magee hospital Pittsburgh on April 7 Joyce is the former Laura Lucille Littlefield of Keota with her mother Mrs W Littlefield. The Winthons reside in McDonald Pa A son Maurice Kelsey was born to Mr and Mrs Maurice Kelsey in Ogden Iowa on April 11 Leota Kelsey is the baby’s mother Maurice Jr has a sister aged three years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Joyce Lucille
J. J. Vinton
Magee Hospital
Pittsburgh
Vinton
Laura Lucille Littlefield
W . Littlefield
Winttons
McDonald, Pa
Charles Conklin
Maurice Kelsey
Ogden
Iowa
Kelsey
Leota
Maurice, Jr
Nazi substituted commandments outline
The excerpt lists a distorted set of commandments attributed to the Nazi regime. It claims to replace the Ten Commandments with nine or more points, emphasizing loyalties to the people, honoring ancestors, maintaining cleanliness, and truthfulness, while encouraging parental honor and respect for national figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
World Foundation
Telp
Iowa's First Showing of Lazy Humor
A satirical collection mocks laziness with quips about slackers and a few odd anecdotes. Included are tales of a general merchant who bills out a suit, a radio starting a chair, and a 300 pound shopper prompting a clerk to joke about a nightgown fitting.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nes
Lue
E. M. Bridges
Scott
H. Peters
COLA
Harmon
North Side Square
New
Pat
Moore
McLellan
Rockwood’s
Store For Women
Monarch
Johnson’s Grocery & Market
Richmond
Gladys Stalder
Harry Renoux
John Renoux
Bruce Stewart
Wilmer Kaufman
Ben Bruegee
M. N. Steele
Brighton
J. F. Lowe
Cora Long
West Side Square
Sandwich
Coats
Burch
Washington
Ann Page
BOTS
Sweed” Stores
Great Atlante
Pacitulea Co
Brown & Orr
Jonathan
APPLE
Oetjen
Gamble
ED. Conner
Crone's
Jack Sprat Market
Rothschild’s
Will Its Motor CO
Wman
Mother
Little Jane
Jones Twits
Jane
Freddy
Greenland
Gerald
Cansyer
Brror
Wall Street Journal
General Merchant
Sally
Dorothy Lamour
Tyrone Power
Bohony Apollo
Sverags Res
Dixie Dugan
KY Striebel
McEvo
O.K
Bradway
Timothy, Duga
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