Prairie Center Personal Notes Reflect Community Visits
Prairie Center notes detail visits among residents including Carl Schneider, Dale Daryshire, Claude McCall in Iowa City, and Rex Smith. Threshers meetings, family dinners, and neighborhood get togethers are described along with belated items and local harvest yields of 60 to 70 bushels per acre.
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Carl Schneider
Dale Daryshire
Iowa City
Claude McCall
University Hospital
John Miller
Marion Sheetz
John Koehler
Henry Sutherland
Joan Smith
Brighton
Rex Smith
Joan
George Howard
Sam Warren
Billa
Albert Zieglowsky
Mary Lee Richards
Cole
Dickie Cole
Dickie Col
Harry Bishop
Don Mmmering
Larry
Cloyce Zieglowsky
Richard Meyers
Don Simmering
Miller
Wellman
Ronnie
Diane Edwards
Bill Richards
Dale
Robert
Dan Cline
Wayne
Carl Replogle
Vaughn Smith
Minnesota
Mere Smith
Rex. Smith
Fred Ziezlowsky
Columbus Junction
Vaughn
Rock Island
Northwestern traffic institute stops at 40 mph warning
The Northwestern university Evanston Illinois traffic institute notes that at 40 miles an hour a minimum distance of 126 feet is required to stop a car on dry level concrete with good brakes. It warns that wet or slippery pavement greatly increases this stopping distance.
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Northwestern University
Evanston (Ill
Nests of Swift Gathered in Philippines for Chinese Markets
Workers collect edible swift nests in the Philippines destined for China where the delicacy is highly prized. The trade focuses on swift species whose nests are harvested for regional cuisine and traditional remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
China
Garden pests threaten corn and fruit plantings
Extension notes warn late silked corn likely infested by earworms and advise calcium arsenate or lead arsenate with sulfur dusting, repeated over days. Grasshoppers, webworms, cabbage worms, squash borers, and strawberry pests are discussed with specific chemical controls and timing to protect next year’s crop.
Pleasant Hill News Covers Birthday Party and Community Life
Pleasant Hill notes a large birthday celebration for H L Witting with many neighbors visiting and sharing desserts. The article lists numerous families visiting, meals, threshing help, and church events including two baptisms after Sunday School. A probate notice for A M Weaver's will appears, scheduling a court hearing in Washington Iowa on August 18, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Reiss
Park Service
Washington
Serice
Barbar Jean Rathmel
L. A. Foss
William Gamon
Marjorie
W. R. Gamon
Mary Heek
Ray Reifer
Davenport
Will Miller
W. R
John Gamon
J. B. Hoxworth
Louis Rath
Fred Kephart
Etieine Spensar
A. M. Weaver
Court House
Iowa
District Court
Said County
Gandhi Arrest Sparks Bombay Unrest Amid New Independence Move
Footage from Bombay shows renewed rioting as Mohandas Gandhi and key leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru are arrested. Police used gunfire and tear gas to break up protests, with shops looted and buses burned while Gandhi urged nonviolence. Madelein Slade, daughter of a British admiral, is among those detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Gandhi
Madelein Slade
Cheese per capita consumption rises in early 20th century
United States per capita cheese consumption climbs from 4.25 pounds in 1920 to 5.88 pounds by 1940, reflecting steady growth in dairy intake. The data track gradual dietary shifts impacting food industries and nutrition trends of the era.
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United States
Largest Library Becomes World’s Largest Collection Hub
The Library of Congress in Washington is noted as the largest in the world with 5,828,126 printed books and pamphlets and 1,421,285 maps and views.
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Library of Congress
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prairie Center
George Koehler
Charles Cannon
Marilyn Wilson
Harold Wilson
Alberta Zieglowsky
Lloyd Edwards
Diane
Dan Edwards
Haskins
Malcolm Montgomery
Ralph Howell
Keota
Harvey McCall
Allerton
Mrs
Manford Wilcox
Ainsworth
Bruce Dill and Son
Boyd
Moore
Malcolm Mont
Rev. McBee
Marion Sheet
Everning
Julia Mae
Betty
Kahoka
George Martin
Frank Schneider
William Fry
Burlington
Ehime Koehler
Carl Koehler Sr
Jack Fields
Bud
Martha
George F. Koehler
Mt Ah
Hilo
John Shields
Germany
Britain
Arthur T. Harris
Royal Air Force
Bomber Command
Flying
Harris
Italy
Japan
Avro Lancaster
Short Stirling
Boy
Lorin Maaze
Pittsburgh
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Victory Gardens
Earl Kephart
H. L. Witting
Sam Wittmer
Willis Wittmer
Max
Raymond Witting
Nancy Farmer
Irvin Hesseltine
Karen
Albert Hesseltine
William Wasson
Clyde Lamberts
Roy
Bill Ballard
L. B. Hanan
B. C
Rodney Herman
C. G. Anderson Home
Esther
Harold Crossett
Hannahbelle
Will Miller's
Irvin Hesseltines
Clark Miller
Elwin Lewis
Clyde Lambert
Anna Lambert
Lois Carlson
Evelyn Chalupa
Harrison Alliman
Roberta
Virginia
Bruce Alliman
Donnie Watt
Swan Creek
Mill
Caldwell, Chalupa
Benn
Margaret Pratt
Will Caldwell
Glenn Pratt
Bryan Swift
Orville Caldwells
John Woody
Oma
Edward Singleton
Barbara Ann
Raymond Wittiig
H. L. Wittiig
Donald
Barbara Jean Hathmel
Orville Foss
Mt. Pleas
John Lamon
Frank Henderson
Vincent Beliel
Albert
Sunset Park
Charles Anderson
Connie
Dean Boatwright
Lotte
Frank Whephart
Charles Kephart
L. B. Hana
Laurence Meachut
W. RK. Gamon
Lizzie Corbin
E. Sigafoose
L. F. Sigaoose
Mrs. Sigaoose
O. BE. Babb
State OF
Washington County
CERN
Fred Chalupa
Edd Chalupa's
R. R. Noonan
Court
Union Rescue Mission of
Fairmont
W. Va
Mahatma Gandhi
Mme. Gandhi
Kenneth Castleman
U.S.N
Tucker
Tucker Chevrolet
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