Threshing Finished In Stringtown Area
In Stringtown Aug 3 Noah Widmer completed his threshing northeast of Crawfordsville. Local families hosted gatherings and visits including the Suter and Rich families. James Rinner returned from Chicago for a three week vacation. multiple dinners and picnics were held across Washington and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Noah Widmer
Crawfordsville
Harry Suter
Micheal
Don Rinner
C. H Davis
Washington
Otto Suter
Joyce
C. W Schlatter
Mary Lute
J. T. Wenger
Wayland
Earl Bachman
Willard Liechty
Russel Zickatoose
Ivor Davis
Sandra
D. C. Schantz
James Rinner
Chicago
Arnold Rinner
Ethan Brooks
Rex Swan
Herbert
Silver Lake
Sunday Dinner Guests Fill Salem Home
Mr and Mrs Lester Hesseltine and Kenneth joined the Hamner Bailey household for Sunday dinner at their Salem residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Widmer
Dianne
Cecil Long
Washington
Ed Eicher
Frances
Gertrude Rinner
Elmer Roth
Ed Wenger
Arnold Rinner
James
L. H
Earl Bachmans
Lester Hesseltine
Kenneth
Hamner Bailey
Salem
Iowa State Printing Board to bid on catalogs and prints
The Iowa State Printing Board will meet in Des Moines on Friday August 13 1948 to receive bids for 15000 Alumnus catalogs and 7500 copies of Summer Quarter Bulletin and other items. Bids open at 10 00 a m with award to follow and rejection rights reserved. Specifications may be obtained from Sherman W Needham Superintendent of Printing State House Des Moines. July 26 August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Printing Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Beef Producers Directory
Agriculture Seeds
Department of Agriculture
State Teachers College
Car Winner Returns To California Soon
Mrs. Mari Sample of Pasadena returns home with a new car she won. Visitors include Mrs. D. C. Laubach and the Slemmons family. The article also notes the early Roman calendar began in March with ten months and January was added by Numa Pompilius, then 31 days after Julius Caesar added it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Robert Eckles
Mari Sample
Pasadena
Calif
J. M. Steger
Marshfield
Wisconsin
Howard Little
Arcadia
Ted Kiesey
Numa Pompilius
Julius Caesar
An Old Proverb About Humor When Others Suffer
A old proverb notes humor depends on others' misfortune. The line, quoted here, reflects the universal idea that things seem funny until they happen to someone else.
Community and Farm Auctions Across Iowa This Week
Weekly livestock sales listed at multiple Iowa barns including Midway Sales Columbus Junction Kalona Kalona Ollie and Sigourney. Auctions include a 102 acre Washington area farm on August 12 starting at 2 00 and a closing out sale 614 miles southwest of Washington starts 1 00. Mrs Maynard Brown administrator and George Wells listed as organizers or contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Washington
Maynard Brown
Adm
George Wells
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chic Young
Dagwood
Cookie
Champs Elysees
Si Uuwn
Paris
International
Mrs
J. J. Rich
Ton
Lloyd Swartzendruber
Galen Widmer
St. Johns
Michigan
Goshen Ind
Bill
The
Washington Evening Journal
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
HULLO
Berfee
Gilda
Juickies
By Ken Reynolds
FOX
Andy Devine
Sierras
Republic
Roy Rogers
Louis
Attorn
J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bideg
Iey
Law
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison Building
State Printing Board
California
Marian Clark
Nancy Clark
Cedar Rapids
L. Laubach
Rebecca Rathmel
Sons
Walter Goldsmith
Donaldson, Iowa
Lester Laubach
D. C. Laubach
Laubach
Mrs. E. Slemmons
William Hartsack
Lowa City
M. L. Gardner
Michigan City
Indiana
Mary Slemmons
Iowa City
Floyd Slemmons
Jimmy
Adalisa
E. Slemmons
Ss. W. Livingston
Hobert
Allorneys
W. Main
G Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul Y. Shearer
John C. Owen
South Side Square
Fanny Keller
New York
U. S
Amsterdam
International Soundphoto
Journal
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
Fyes
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Spinal Distortion
Iowa Avenue
W. R. Hayman
DLS
Semewher
Washington Concrete Co
Side Sq
Mt. Pleasant
North 12 St
Rock Island
Geo. F. Clark
Washington, Iowa
Finance
Blag
Sid
Sentinel Radio Sale & Service
South Ave
D. W.u
Col
Little —P
Washington Dairy
N. Ave
Wtt CO .Es
Wales
Reister Bros. Hatch
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