Notable Local Visitation and Sunday Dinner Gatherings
H L Wood and family returned from West Liberty Ohio after visiting relatives including David Letehty. Shockleys of Vinton Iowa were dinner guests at K W Goff. Gideon speaker FP N Finney addressed Eicher church. Numerous Fairfield and Washington residents joined Sunday meals at Graber Nebel and Goff households amid a busy social weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wood
Henry Letehty
West Liberty
Ohio
David Letehty
F. Shockley
Vinton
Iowa
W. Goff
Shockleys
Pontiac
Illinois
Vere Goff
D. W
Roths to visit relatives in New York and Ontario
Mr and Mrs C E Roth and daughters Edith and Maguerite left for New York to visit Mr Roth s brother and family and then Ontario Canada relatives. Sam Roth will handle chores in their absence. Gladys Widmer from Elkhart Indiana attended her aunt Mrs Aaron Wyse s funeral and stayed with her parents D W Widmer. Frank Bolon left for Minden Nebraska for an indefinite visit with his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon W. Frey
Noble
C. E. Roth
Edith
Maguerite
New York
Mr. Roth
Paul Roth
Ontario
Canada
Sam Roth
Gladys Widmer
Elkhart
Indiana
Aaron Wyse
D. W. Widmer
Frank Bolon
Minden
Nebraska
Livestock Auction Totals Mixed with Steady Slaughter Prices
Hog market totals 8 000 head with a 10 000 overall. fair to native cattle steady to 25 cents lower with top hogs at 30.50, heavy loads scarce. cattle and calves slow but mostly steady, top steer price 41.25 per 1130 pounds, heifers 39, cows 15 to 18.50, bulls 23.75 to 24.50. sheep 2 500, slaughter classes generally steady, lambs 28 for 97 pounds Washington, yearlings 23, western slaughter ewes 11.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo
Washington
Chicago Produce Poultry and Egg Markets Report
Chicago August 17 report shows poultry steady with 21 trucks. Hens firm and chickens firm. white rock fryers and springs around 39 to 40 cents. Eggs steady with Browns and whites mixed at 15,898 cases and various price classes listed.
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White Rock
White Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock Springs
Des Moines Trip and Car Quips Include Cats and Church Joke
The entry recalls a sunny trip to Des Moines with Phidy the old car avoiding a breakdown and facing potential repairs. It notes neighbor cat care, catfood quirks between Bubi and Maidi, and a South- ern town tale about two churches across from each other with a hell and no hell joke. It ends with a wedding gift anecdote about towels marked HIS and HERS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phidy
Phily
Charlie Fish
Charlie
War time lawn farming and road work across the region
Britain’s wartime food effort extends to roadside plots with barley sowing to supplement rations. Neighbors including Mrs. Merle Shockley Cindy Goff Allen Goff and Milton Nebel are expanding a basement, assisted by Clayton Nebel Gerald Nebel and James Stoopes. A graveled road to highway 78 improves access near Nobel. Visitors from Mississippi and Ohio joined the Oscar Miller family for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Shockley
Cindy
Vinton
Community and livestock sale dates listed in Iowa notices
Weekly livestock sales are posted for multiple Iowa venues including Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Kalona and Sigourney and Oblite Ohie and Hi Dollar. Household goods closing out sales occur August 21 23 24 and 25 26 at various addresses with sellers Schmidt Green Squires Heffelfinger Kolosick Stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalong Sales Barn
Kalona
Oblite Livestock Exchange
Ohie
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Karl E. Schmidt
N. 15Th
Putman’'s Station
West Main Street
G. Adrian
North
Marion Avenue
Green Squires
Wellman
J. W. Heffelfinger
Met
Ainsworth
Joe Kolosick
Dublin
John Stout
Rev W Scranton Begins European Religious Study Voyage
Rev W L Scranton of White Plains New York wife formerly Fannie Wagner Columbus Junction daughter of Maud Wagner sails July 16 with 19 clergymen aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth to study religious conditions in Europe. He is a Iowa Wesleyan College alumnus and former White Plains Methodist pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
W. L. Scranton
White Plains
N. Y
Fannie Wagner
Maud Wagner
England
United States
Europe
Scranton
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist
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A. C. Peterson
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Umber Company
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Ward
Emma Ralston
West Chester
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Joe Richardson
Smart Implement Co
Wayne Zeck
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Washington County
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