Snake in the Kephart cucumber patch at Pleasant Hill
A Pleasant Hill note reports Bertha Kephart finding a snake under cucumber leaves while picking cucumbers. The incident ends with the snake being killed and shrugs off harm. The column also mentions local social visits and a community picnic planned for Friday August 21.
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Pleasant Hill
Earl Kephart
Bertha Kephart
Bertha
Sam _ Signfooss
Doyle Brown
L. B. Hanan
Lucas
Roy Kephart
Lester Butterbaugh
Don Butterbaugh
Charley West
Will Miller
Ettiene Spenlar
Dale Darbyshire
Howard Witting Cancorn
Community Family Notes and Local Visits
Dated social roundup recounts visits and gatherings across the area. Residents attend Columbus Junction fair and family dinners while birthdays, travel updates, and hospital notices appear among neighborly greetings and neighborhood outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kephart
Karen Hesseltine
Albert “Hesseltine
Irvin Hesseltine
Fred Kephart
Gerald
Irma
Roy Kepharts
Herman Bruueges
Ben Bruegges
Homstead Farm tale recalls large Washington county kin network
Alvin C. Hasty recounts Washington county where one family claims twenty uncles and aunts and up to 110 first cousins. Dr. Crooks notes a 12 year old with two permanent molars. A Ken tuckian born son recalls a diet of corn mush and hog’s lard and discusses aging teeth. Earl closes the piece with hunters and firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Washington
Dr. Crooks
Earl
Will Read Story Over the Radio Prompts Reflective City Scene
A column titled Will Read Story Over the Radio depicts pedestrians on a busy city street at 9:20 A M. It contrasts aging couples and lively youngsters, praising orderly behavior and the value of literature as Will Read Story Over the Radio airs on KXEO at 1:30 P M. District 4 notes Myrla Stephens reading a children story while revealing local visits and plans.
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Myrla Stephens
KXEO
Myria
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Ray Reeves
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Cattle Congress Departments
Waterloo
Iowa
Harry ©. Dodge
S. A. Woods Machine Company
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War Labor Board
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the Theatres
William Powell and
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William “Powell
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Crossroads
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Will Millers
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Ernest Baker
Camp Carson
Colorado
A. E. Kephart
Cloyee Benson
Rex
Rock Island
Frank Kirkpatrick
Eliel
John
Anamosa Hospital
H. L. Witting
Ettiene Spentar
L. A. Foss
Donald
Mt. Pleasant
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Raymond Kepharts
Milton Smith
Edd Campbell
George
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W. R. Ganon
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Dennis Earl
Janice Elaine
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Silas Caldwell
Charlie Kephaert
Howard
Charles Anderson, Jr
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Willis Beatty
Harold Beatty
Pat Swift
Ella
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Ola Jacobs
C. G. Anderson
Esther
Roy Randall
Ler
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Esther Anderson
Francis Heck
Yates Lillard
Ewning
Edward G. Robinson
Larceny, Inc
Jane Wyman
U.S. Treasury Dept
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Dixie Dugan
Timothy
O.K
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Middle East
Claude Auchinleck
Neil M. Ritchie
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Harold R.L.G. Alexander
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Clarence Wheelan
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Evelyn
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Gwendolyn
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Keich Wells
Nancy
Carl Replogle
Lake Okoboji
Irwin Mizenbaum
Davenport
Byran Swift
Alvin Shaw
Grace
Fred Shaw
Harmony Club
Sunset Park
Orval Kemp
Cedar Falls
George Dare
Eddie
Fd Mayhew
Columbus Junction Fair
Harry Huston
Hitler
Mose Levy
Iowa Ave
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Western
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Normandy
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Stalin
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