Save Large Barn by Removing Hay
The Columbus Junction fire team put out a barn fire at the Max Hammond farm five miles southeast of town Tuesday evening. Spontaneous combustion was suspected after hay storage in the barn, with siding removed to reduce damage.
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Columbus Junction
Max Hammond
Here
Colorado
Guy Masonholder
Denver
Colo
Joseph Feldman
Lloyd Beauchamp
Michigan
William Cecil Ia
Eugene Erwin
Hiorree Stump
Sharon
Fred Graham
Frances Hockey
Barnes City
L. A. Dwinell
John Sharp
Local visits dot regional travel notes
Mr and Mrs Melvin Allen and two daughters of Chicago are visiting the L M Dallmeyer family. Mr and Mrs J T Hoover of New Wilmington PA have returned home after visiting the J E and C B Lukins families. Mrs Cassandra Hanft of Chicago is visiting friends here, and Miss Iva Heindel of Ft Worth Texas is visiting Mrs Emma Heindel in Columbus City.
Knotek Returns From Camp Trip
June Knotek, a 4 H club member outstanding for keeping a conservation record book, returned from Camp Mitigwa Boone after a three day outing with 786 entrants in the contest. Extension service at Ames led talks and hikes with outdoor group meetings and a campfire ceremony closing the session.
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Dewey Weeks
Salem
Knotek
Camp Mitigwa
Boone
Boy Scouts
Ledges State Park
Extension Service
Ames
Choii
Chandler
Joe Knotek
For Sale Items Mixed With Community News
Local classifieds list farm equipment and produce for sale including potatoes Bartlett pears dressed fries gallon glass jars and two tractors with cultivators. The page also covers letters and community notes from Kalona Iowa with updates on 4-H clubs a sunrise service and reminiscences about Washington town history.
Midway Sale Held Weekly in Columber Function
Every Wednesday the Midway sale occurs in Columber with community bale and Pricer Oty Food Yara providing items. Local organizers urge residents to attend for affordable groceries and communal support.
Local residents plan visits and travel notes
FE L Brettentweh of Washington R 3 leaves for a weeks trip to visit son Gene Breitenbach and relatives in Los Angeles possibly attending the Worlds Fair in San Francisco. Attorney Edmondson of Brigh ton was here yesterday, rain interrupted Wednesday night. James Fitzgerald Mason City school instructor and family visit his mother Mia. J J Witzerrald of Ainsworth fed his mother with the Stirling Holmes family visiting Wyoming.
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FE. L
James Fitzgerald
Mason City
Mia
J J. Witzerrald
Ainsworth
Stirling Holmes
Wyoming
Centennial greetings and local social visits noted
The report records visits by Alice and Louise Statler from Brighton at the Prank Watterson home and attendance at the Washington Centennial celebration. It also mentions Merle Kallous Norbert Teheckhorst Richard and Vernon Weeks assisting John Shalla Jr. with a cement floor in his new double barn during Monday afternoon.
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Ter
Ray Carter
Elmer Guenther
Hilledate
Alice
Louise Statler
Brighton
Watterson
Washington
Merle Kallous
Norbert Te- Heckhorst
Richard and
Vernon Weeks
John Shalla, Jr
Flames Claim Worker in Gasoline Explosion at Garage
HED OAK Kelly Steiner of Eemeraon died in a hospital here of burns from flames that enveloped him during a gasoline transfer in his garage. Steiner's entire body was covered with first a second degree.
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Hed Oak
Kelly Steiner
Eemeraon
Steiner
County Entries for State Fair Livestock Show
Washington county entries for the national livestock show to open August 24 at the Iowa State Fair Des Moines include Knotek Bros Riverside four market barrows KE J Coffee Wellman four horses Cleo McCoy Crawfordsville four duroes Alvin Horak Riverside two duroes Barthalow Son Washington four durees Pennington Bros Wellman four shorthorns Maplecrest Farms Wellman eight Holsteins Stanley Chabal Riverside four Durees Paul A Benson Washington durees Raymond Bell Washington five Duroes Knotek Bros Riverside fourteen Duroes. Breeders compete for nearly 75 000 in cash prizes with almost two million dollars worth of stock entered from 46 states and about 6 000 animals on display including 2 000 in the junior show. The fair opens August 23 and runs through September 1 with many events besides livestock.
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Des Moines
Washington County
Knotek Bros
Riverside
KE. J. Coffee
Wellman
Cleo McCoy
Crawfordsville
Alvin Horak
Bart
Iowa
Markets Review Hogs Sheep Cattle Prices and Receipts
Hogs moved higher with bulk 10 to 25 cents. top 6.40. 270 to 300 lb group 5.40 to 6.00. Sheep mainly steady after a 25 cent dip on shrink and yearlings. native lambs 8.25 to 5.40. yearlings 6.40 to 7. Ah. Cattle steady with fed steers and yearlings up 10 to 16 cents. early top 9.00. yearlings 9.60. veal prices 10.59 and down. light stockers steady. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 1,006. hogs 5,000. sheep 2,000.
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CRGO
Grain Market Report From Chicago On August 17
The Chicago market notes corn and oats deliveries with mixed color classifications and percentages. Corn receipts total 70 care with detailed color breakdowns for yellow varieties and oats entries showing mixed and white categories with varying percentages.
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Chicago
Bank Robbery In Philadelphia At Noon
A group of men robbed a Philadelphia bank around noon today seizing cash and escaping. One assailant then set a gasoline barrell on fire near a garage as police investigated the scene.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Produce Market Report
Chicago market notes unsettled receipts 9 774 cases and 13 dirties. Fresh grade firsts 15 percent and extra firsts 15 percent. Poultry market steady receipts 52 trucks. Other prices unchanged with broilers at 15.
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Chicago
Grain table summary and robbery report
The grain table lists futures for wheat corn oats and rye with May Sept and Dec contracts at Chicago values. A separate report notes a robbery where a woman teller was forced to hand over cash, with loot estimated at £150,000.
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Chicago
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J. D. Rabenold
Grace Hill
C. A. Strohm
Route 4
Chas. Hebner
N. E
Marion
Henry County
I. €. Jones
Glenview
D. Morrison, Jr
S. Iowa
John KE. Miller
Martha Butler
Crawfordsvills Rendering Service
Reister’s Markets
Washington, Ioway
Reister & Sons
Deltv
The
Evening Journal
Barstain
George J. Breitenbach
Record Books
Hoover & Porter West Chestle
Kad Gallagher
DODGE
M. H. McDowell
West Chester
Bob
Mair
Birdseia
Belle Brinton
Krighton
R. W. Moore
John i
Jane Ane
Tfmh
Galle
Ohio
Henry Thendahl
Madison
Bartlett Pears
Crapes
Courtney
Brighton, Mia
C. GC
Eli Cardner
K.C
Jay Hoehstetler
Kalona
J. M W. Baird
Fairview Farmerettes
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Norma Rose Kew
Viola Marek
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Eldienne Bojka
John W.chuer
Gibbon
Braska
Mary Musil
Vanna
Nebraska
Will Chabal
Iowa City
Stxty
Ameal
George Zeck
Annabelle
Ralph Zeck
Ralph Ée
Kansas
Cairo
Vera
Donald
Louis Carter
FF O
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Roy Carter
Lloyd Stagner
Wil
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Jay Brewer
Jay
Ode
Kehoe
Nate Black
Nate
Jay Brewers
Ecolunmau
Dave Kilgore
Henry Berdo
Henry
R. 3
W. B. Augustine
KR. 4
Dublin
Fred Zieglowsky
Ainsworth, K. 2
David H. Kleese
Journal
Dave
Helen Stephens
Indianapolis
Ind
Bert Wilson
Frank L. Wilson
Bert
Washington Band
Webster
J. S. Ward
Bunk Ward
Richland
N. L. Black
Southtowa Ave
Washington, Iowa
Mr. Black
Miss Norton
Nan
Springer
Miss McNair
D. W. Lewis
Phoenix
Cooper Shop
John N. Ward
Edmondson
Brigheton
Bennagage
TV 2
Wagley
T Alexandria
Rush and
Ohio Street
Chicago Livestock
Chu
CHIOV
Burns
Burlington
California
Prs Movies
Davenport
Die Viet Aew
York
Comalea
Pexven
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Burlington Trailways
North Side Square
Chicago Grain Table
Gruen
Westphal the Jeweler
Washington Lodge
Ayr
A. M
Kay Cox
W. M
A. W. Yard
Onwine
Golden State Limited
Euayrrr
Knoxville
L. Goodlander
C. F. Anderson
T. Pla Prr
West Hound
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
W. C. Bell
Thailways
Omaha
Candy Kitchen
Eoam
Eowat
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