Cleo McCoy Captures Prizes for State 4H Show
Cleo McCoy entered two baby beeves hogs and sheep at the West Sunset fair winning first and second prizes. He plans to take the animals to the state fair. Mr and Mrs Myral Smith hosted visitors at Pilot Grove. Funeral notice for Jean Schantz noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Baker
West Sunset
Cleo McCoy
Myral Smith
Harold Footh
Pilot Grove
Harry McKee
Laconia
Iowa
W. D. Booth
Myral Smit
Fred May
Prairie Flower Church
Washington
Little Jean Schantz
Want Ad Credit Offer for 1940 Readers
The notice invites readers to mail or deliver answers to The Journal office by August 24 and offers a 50 cent Want-ad credit if correct. The ad must be used before September 19, 1940, to advertise items for sale or purchase. It urges prompt submission and mentions studying a cartoon for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
For Sale Alerted Lighting Goods and Misc Ads
Classified items include silvered bowl Mazda lamps offering indirect lighting with glare reduction, sold by Mazda Lamp Dealers or Iowa Southern Utilities. Also for sale are a property at North 6th Ave listing H O Ahrens, COBS loaded at $1.00, a Maytag electric wringer tub for $27.50 from Washington Maytag Store, and Goats for milk from Joe Frain in Brid hton plus a contact phone 159-M and 805 or 16312 for local inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAZDA
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington
Weekend Visits Reflect Local Family Gatherings
Guests including Mr and Mrs Wilfred Smith hosted cousins Thursday evening. Mae McCune from Eagle Grove arrived Sunday with her family for a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Mitchell. Warren Schilatter visited Sam Baker's on Sunday. Juanita joined them for a short visit. The Spangler and Sailey families also visited Wilfred Smith Sunday evening.
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Wilfred Smith
Mae McCune
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Will Mitchell
Warren Schilatter
Sam Baker
Juanita
Fred Spangler
Frank Sailey
Committee to Notify McNary of VP Nomination
Washington August 23 Republican National Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr announced the committee to notify Senator Charles W. McNary of his vice presidential nomination in Salem Oregon on August 27. Included is J Tracy Garrett editor of the Burlington Hawkeye Gazette.
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Washington
D. C
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Charles W. McNary
Salem
Oregon
J. Tracy Garrett
Burlington, Iowa
Hawkeye Gazette
Earliest Lead Pencils Traced To Graphite Mine Origins
The first lead pencils emerged around 1565 after graphite from Borrowdale was found in England. Black pencil produce involved attaching graphite strips to wood, later refined in 1795 by Conte who ground graphite with clay to create varying hardness and darkness grades.
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Borrowdasaie
England
Conte
Midway Sale Column Lists Weekly Auctions
Journal notes sale dates for Midway Sale Co in Columbur Junction with weekly Wednesday auctions and Friday community sale. Griffith house and lot at 913 North Iowa listed for August 24 with Duroc auction by Knotek Bros on October 8.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbur Junction
Griffith House
North Iowa
Knotek Bros
Duroc Sale
For Sale Classified Items and Houses Ad
Mixed listing notes for sale of oats and ewes with farm contact in Brighton and a set of three modest houses on improved streets. Houses offer monthly financing with 25 percent down and rent-to-own possibility, via CKR McCutchen Savings & Loan Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CKR
McCutchen, Savings & Loan Building
Markets Report Chicago Hogs Steady to Weak Across Weights
Chicago market notes show hogs at 7.00 to 7.25 for 190 to 240 pounds, weaker with heavier loads. cattle and calves mixed with fed steers steady and grassier calves varied. sheep receipts 2,000 with early sales 25 cents higher. Estimated tomorrow’s receipts: cattle 300, hogs 500, sheep 500.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Prices for Corn and Oats
In Chicago on August 23 the cash grain market lists corn with a yellow grade at 65 to 65% and a 6644 figure for yellow kernels, while three yellow lots run 64% to 66%. Oats show a mixed sample at 30 percent.
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Chicago
Soybeans and whites report mixed pigment percentages
A brief item lists soybean and white pigment percentages with fractions and colors. White pigments show varied shares including 27 20 percent to 231, 30 percent to 30 percent, and 29 percent. Soybeans show a yellow 78 percent reading.
Chicago Grain Futures Bid Prices Hit Mixed Levels
Chicago report shows wheat May 73 0 72 78 with Sep around 70 69. corn May 55 56 65 65. oats May 80 50 29 29. rye May 43 48 43 43 with Sep and Dec figures nearby.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report
August 23 market unsettled for eggs with 6 967 cases receipts. Extra firsts 17s fresh graded firsts 16. Current receipts up 14 percent with dirties and checks each 12 percent. Poultry market steady with 39 truck arrivals and broilers 16 to 18 cents.
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Chicago
Wellman Park Concert Opens With Speeches And Pageant
A large crowd attended a Maplecrest Wellman park event featuring Rev P M Gynant and Dr J D Miller. Speakers Slyde McFarlin and John Dennison addressed the crowd as musical groups and amateur contest winners were announced including Ernestine Herr and Milton Blando. Wellman's baseball team beat Riverside 12 to 11 in a close match.
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Lord Patterson
Maplecrest
Gene Bash
Bill’edl
Ivan Ulin
Wellman Park
P. M. Gynant
J. D. Miller
Welcoime
EB. ©. Jones
Apeakirs
Slyde McFarlin
Montezuma
John Dennison
Des Moines
McFarlin
Republian Party
Dennison
Weldon Miller
Ivaneadings
Jesse Hartze
Harold Schrock
R. W. Wirtz
Ernestine Herr
Juanita
Virginia Schaffer
Marion Maule
Keota
Soo
Milton Blando
Harold Fink
Dick Polson
Lincoln
Nebr
Virginia
Juanita Schaffer
Tall corn contest winner Don Radda tops 20 foot stalks in 1940 event
Secretary Schmitt joined Journal reporters in Oskaloosa for the final tall corn contest. Don Radda of Washington won the state title with a 20 foot stalk, breaking last year’s mark despite a shorter season. His brother Jesse took second with a 17 plus foot stalk. both farmers received $100 in checks and attended a luncheon at the Downs hotel before the award in Oskaloosa’s public square.
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O. KE. Schmitt
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Oskaloosa
Don Radda
Washington
George A. Wilson
Jesse Radda
Don's
Cedar Township
Downing Hotel
Iowa Daily Press Association
Wilson
Mark Thornburg
Eate
Omit C. BR
Akers
Marl Melcher
Marshaltown
Town Daily Press Association
Schmitt
Don Redd
Eldora Residents and Local Movements Reported
Mrs Pauline Jones and daughter Jackie with Miss Beulah Burgess of Eldora will join Merley Lytle for the weekend. A Ralston and Harland Mead return tonight from Kansas City after a brief business trip. Miss Althea Montgomery travels to Des Moines for the Iowa State fair educational display. Don Rickey, son of Mrs Dave Blankenhorn, accepts an operator job with Burlington in Quincy Illinois after 27 years at Hulls Michigan. Helen Louise Hobbs, UB Iowa graduate, will teach first and second grades in Tracy Iowa schools.
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Pauline Jones
Jackie
Beulah Burgess
Eldora
Merley Lytle Home
Althea Montgomery
Des Moines
Don Rickey
Dave Blankenhorn
Quincy, I
Burlington Railroad
Burlington Lines
Hulls
Helen Louise Hobbs
Upper Iowa College
Tracy
Lowa
Brazilians Favor Strong Coffee Said to Be Bold
A Brazilian sentiment holds coffee should be black as coal strong as Samson and sweet as a woman's heart. Natives reportedly drink 10 to 20 cups daily, making coffee a national symbol as wine is for the French.
Education program at junior college outlines two year teacher training
The Education Department details a two year course for teacher training at the junior college. First year includes Introduction to Education Educational Psychology Rural School Management and Elementary School Methods and Practices with a first year focus on classroom observation and learning laws. Second year covers English Literature Education III IV Rural School Management Biology and electives Shakespeare or Play Production. Registration is August 29 and 30 and graduates receive a Uniform County Teachers Certificate.
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Department of Education
Dean Mead
Kenneth Kimberlin
Harry Bowles
Pastor William Kent Dies At Little Brown Church
Rev. William Kent 72 pastor of the Little Brown Church in the Vale near Nashua Iowa died late yesterday after resigning June 22 due to ill health. He conducted about 7000 weddings in the last decade making the small church famous for its hymn. Funeral arrangements are being made in Nashua.
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Nashua
Iowa
William Kent
Little Brown
the Vale
Kent
Troopers on Train Today Amid War Maneuvers and Homecoming
Troop F hones combat drills on a front line during a war game. six fatalities and multiple injuries reported from maneuvers. Troops anticipate breaking camp Friday with plans to head home by Saturday noon. Virginia Messenger returns from Iowa City hospital after leg graft and cast fitting following infantile paralysis.
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Camp Ripley
Virginia Messenger
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Miller Family Plans Weeklong Visit to Wisconsin Relatives
Crawfordsville Aug 23 Harold and Mrs Harold Miller with children Russell and Marilyn head for a week of visits starting in North English where Harold's sister Grace will join them to see Aunt Mrs Frye in River Falls and then Manitoba Wisconsin to visit more relatives The party will later tour Illinois before returning Miss Miller will stay to teach while others travel on. Other locals include Mrs Wilson Lemon and Floyd Lemon visiting White Bear parents W E B Long and Dickey Lease visiting Washington. Clover Leaf 4 H club and county 4 H achievement delegates reported prizes and a Legion Auxiliary meeting planned activities for the year with two new members added.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Harold Miller
Russell
Marilyn
North English
Miller
Grace Miller
Frye
River Falls
Wis
Brown
Manitoba
Milier
Ilinois
Wilson Lemon
Floyd Lemon
White Bear
Minn
W. EB. Long
Dickey Lease
Washington
Cloyee Dusenberry
W. C. Rauscher
Fredrick
J. L. Mitchell
Early New York Church from 188 to 1697
Readable fragments describe the Reformed Dutch Church as the sole place of worship in early New York from 168 to 1697, noting its role in religious life and community events with sparse details on specific figures or dates.
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Ning Man Vinplatts
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