Threshing Run Feeds Fourteen In Xenia District
In Xenia Aug 4 threshing runs with an efficient crew of fourteen men. Oats quality is good and yields are favorable. The item also lists numerous local visits and social events at the Clegg Edmondson and Rabenold households, plus youth fellowship and club meetings.
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Xenia
Myra Edmondson
Virginia Meyers
Delbert Lewis
Gail Shull
Leonard Shull
Winfield
Norma Clegg
Larry
James
John Miller
Waterloo
Clegg
Joe Tobin
George Lord
Hull
Merle Dalmyre
Lornea Duncan
Columbus City
Margaret Moore
Amarillo
Texas
Floyd
Elva Dirks
Carl Dirks
James Clegg
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Floyd Edmondson
Correne Edmondson
C. T. Club
C. L. Club
Henry Wagrenknecht
Lulu Podrial
Will Zager
Russell Owens
Owens
R. A. Atchison
Washington
Bobby Duncan
Columbus Junction
Manford Rabenold
Phylis Hall
Dewey Stephens
Henry Leffler
Burlington
Herman
Henry Wagenknecht
Des Moines
Alma Johnson
Richmond
Lottie Hendrickson
Chicago
C. W. Hendrickson
Wayne Norman
Bill
David
Cora Baird
Back a Skirmish at Marco Polo Bridge Opens Sino-Japanese War
The July 7 1937 clash near Peiping sparked the Sino-Japanese War. Chinese forces, short of training and modern gear, faced overwhelming odds as Shanghai fell and Canton and other cities were lost. Burma Road disruptions and Allied airlifts kept supplies moving as campaigns shifted in Burma and China.
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Peiping
Shanghai
Nanking
Hankow
Pittsburgh
Canton
China
Chungking
Burma
India
Prevent Wood Rot and Insect Damage for Fence Posts
Instructions urge soaking buried parts in creo sote or double coating with material. A layer of asphalt paint may be applied afterward to safeguard wood, preventing rot and insect destruction.
Riverside News Roundup of Family Visits and Events
Riverside highlights include Private Watkinson's furlough return and a courtesy dinner for Pfe Joseph Watkinson and sister Margaret Watkinson of Livona. New arrival: Victor Strabala's eight pound baby at Mercy hospital Iowa City. Visitors from Chicago Marshall and Iowa City noted along with funeral services for A L Zager in Iowa City.
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Riverside
Ovie Watkinson
Dee Ann
Fay Watkinson
Iowa City
Pfe
Joseph Watkinson
Margaret Watkinson
Livona
North Dakota
Watkinson
Victor Strabala
Route No. 2
Mercy Hospital
G. B. Slawson
Marshall
Marie Tener
J. W. Tener
Miriam Heitzman
B. J. Unferth
Moline
G. O. Patterson
Norman Sage
Dick Dickerson
Linda Darnell
Iowa
City
Stanley Vodicka
Cheryl
Richmond
C. J. Karel
Rachel Geret
A. L. Zager
Cathout
Sharon Hill
Kalona
Leon Karel
Conway
Ark
Bernard Kleopfer
Chicago
Dayton Grove News Briefs From August Notes
Dayton Grove reports J B Moore and Wm Ross at West Chester building a garage for Merle Thrapp. Brighton high school grads recall 1885 1886 1887 class sizes. Gertrude Daggett of Fairfield dies. Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens and daughters visit Morrison home near Wellman. Farmers busy with oats. grain crop looks good. Mrs Sadie Moore Dean Moore and Lois visit briefly.
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J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Wm. Ross
West Chester
Merle Thrapp
Brighton News
Gertrude Daggett
Fairfield
Brighton High School
Brighton School
Robert Stephens
Mary
Martha
Barbara
J. D Morrison
Wellman
Sadie Moore
Dean Moore
Lois
Wartime Leave Passages Highlight Colum bus Area Figures
Lloyd C Cecil CSM on west coast battleship spends leave with brother in Columbus Junction. Other notes report Homer L Thomas returning to San Francisco after 11 days with parents in Cotter, and Pvt Lawrence Tisor returning to Bardens General Hospital after a 30 day furlough.
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Columbus Junction
Aug
Martha Butler
Lloyd C. Cecil
C.S.M
West Coast
William Cecil
Homer L. Thomas
S 1c
San Francisco
Edd Thomas
Cotter
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Lawrence Tisor
Clyde Tisor
Columbus City
Borden’s General Hospital
Chickasha
Okla
Connie
Oklahoma
Royal Coburg marriages reshaped European kingship
Members of the House of Coburg married into many royal houses across Europe. Leopold became King of the Belgians after marrying George IV's daughter, Ferdinand wed the Queen of Portugal and acted as regent, Ernest declined the Greek crown, and Albert married Queen Victoria. Earlier a Coburg daughter became England’s Duchess of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria.
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House of Coburg
Germany
Europe
Leopold
George IV
England
Ferdinand
Portugal
Ernest
Greece
Albert
Victoria
Coburg
Duchess
Kent
Queen Victoria
New Popcorn Hybrids Grow Bigger Tender and More Yielding
USDA scientists with Kansas and Purdue universities develop popcorn hybrids that pop nearly twice as large as common varieties. The kernels are described as more tender and delicate, and the yield per acre exceeds previous strains.
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USDA
Kansas
Purdue Universities
Certificates Anew for Tire Purchases Issued
Certificates for recap of tires are no longer required for used farm implement tires used passenger car tires and all inner tubes. Certificates are required to purchase any new tires and also used truck tires. Inspection is required to obtain certificates. Regular commercial vehicle inspection occurs every 6 months or every 5 000 miles. A Coupons No 16 six gallons each valid through September 21 1945.
Heating season food and fuel stamps continue across wartime system
The notice lists various stamps and coupons by form codes and valid dates for non-highway gasoline, gasoline rationing, heating season units, sugar stamps, processed foods, meats fats and cheese, and airplane stamps. It specifies periodic validity windows from in 1945 and through late 1946, with intact book stamps needing removal at purchase.
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