Reunion at the Shalla home near Ravenna Nebraska
Mr and Mrs John Shalla and their daughter Clara hosted forty six relatives and friends for a late evening gathering on Coppock Highway honoring James Novey and other guests. The glow of gladiolias decorated the house as meals and treats delighted attendees during a jovial reunion.
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Coppock
John Shalla
Clara
James Novey
Emil Macek
Alvera
Eva
Ravenna
Nebreska
Mr. Novey
Shalla
Hdward Bopp
M Shalla
Joe Te Bockhurst
Frank Prebyl
Rose
France Shalla
Odell
Nebraska
Ed Kallous
Woman's Foreign Missionary Quilt Displayed for Sale
Announced display in Scott and Hardin window promises sale of the Woman's Foreign Missionary quilt. Proceeds support missionary work and related causes through the local shop window exhibit.
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Scott & Hardin
Ioubie auction and church meeting notices
In front of the store after the Saturday night band concert an auction is noted. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church holds its annual meeting Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the church, elect officers, host board and refreshments. bring a dollar and share earnings. Aepha Delphian Society meets Sept 5 at 7:36 PM at the Library to study Goethe and Schiller. First U.P. Choir rehearsal tonight at 7:15, brief due to pastor reception. be prompt.
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Ioubie
Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church
Aepha
Delphian Society
Goethe
Schiller
Local notes from Ainsworth and area community pages
The column details visits and gatherings around Ainsworth Illinois and surrounding towns. It lists families visiting, church events, school openings, births, illnesses, and local reunions at Weedpark Muscatine and Columbus Junction with names and places such as Waterloo Ottumwa Hartsburg Havre Letts Muscatine Davenport and Long Beach California.
Nevda Smith and Willard Burrel Wed at Urbana Area Church
Miss Nevada Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs James C Smith Cairo vicinity and Willard Burrel son of Mr and Mrs Edward Burrel Urbana Iowa were married Saturday evening at the patronage of the Methodist church at Columbus Junction Iowa City area church services reported.
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Columbus Junction
Nevada Smith
James C. Smith
Cairo
Willard Burrel
Edward Burrel
Urbana
Iowa
Methodist Church
Sale of eighty acre Simpson farm in Prairie Flower area
Lord J. H. Humston, administrator, reports the sale of the Margaret Simpson farm in the Prairie Flower neighborhood to Charles Corette. The cash sale features good improvements, and the purchase price is $14,000.
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J. H. Humston
Margaret Simpson
Prairie Flower
Charles Corette
Many Singing Birds in the United States
A report notes 100 distinct singing bird species found across the United States. The count highlights avian diversity and regional variations in habitats and song types observed by researchers.
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United States
Farm Bureau Leader Drowned in Lake Superior
Don Fish, a leader of the Iowa farm bureau in Washington County, drowned in Lake Superior while attempting to rescue his daughter. Reports say both died in the incident. Fish organized the Washington County farm bureau during the war and led the district for years, with the expectation of a return visit soon.
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Farm Bureau
Washington County
Don Fish
Iowa
Lake Superior
Fidd
Washingtm County
Hoe
Pleasant Hill Social News Highlights Local Visits
Pleasant Hill correspondents report Mr and Mrs George Chalupa hosting a dinner with multiple guests including B W Pettit Frank Schneider and families. Bertha and Beatrice Kephart hosted the 4 H Peppers with guest Geneva Shebeck. More visits occurred at John Shebeck Silas Caldwell Cloyce Benson and other homes across the week.
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Earl Kephart
Bertha
Beatrice
John Shebeck
Silas
Howard Caldwell
Beatrice Kephart
Geneva Shebeck
Edd Smith
Galesburg
Til
Claude McCall
Roy Kephart
Cloyce Benson
Space Not So Plentiful Lecture Delayed by Parking Trouble
The Boston Transcript reports a scientist who was to lecture on The Infinitude of Space kept audiences waiting half an hour due to difficulty finding a parking space. The incident highlights modern urban congestion affecting public talks.
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Boston Transcript
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Helen Sartor
Reno
Ambrose
Helen
Harry Gallaway
Denver
Colorado
New York
Black Walnut Wafers
Luscious
Mayo
Home Bakery
Wort
Westphal
East Side
Ainsworth
R. R
Nankee Klockengagee
Emeden
Illinois
Theodore Altmann
Hartsburgh
Ilinois
Walter Burns
Carl Zieglowsky
Havre
Philip Gerdes
Home Makers
United Presbyterian Church of
Roger Colthurst
Delbert Wood
Essex
Ainsworth Consolidated Schools
J. L. Reaney
Edith
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Irene
T. H. Will
Will
Robert
Kansas City
Donald Rabenold
R. L. Colthurst
Betty
M.L. Blankenhorn
Letts
Donald Wood
Howard Stewart, Jr
Cone Lake
Muscatine
E. A. Bentzinger
Neil Smith
Edith Pretz
Columbus High School
Burrel
Long Beach
Calif
Kenneth
Arthur T
Bellevue Hospital
Theodore Wallace
Rochester
John T. Aiken
Jack Pence
Max Siegel
Davenport
Lieberknecht
Weedpark
Lewis Lieberknecht
Wapello
Sellers
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Dale
Jay Gentzler
Cold Water
Mich
Morris Marshall
J. M. Marshall
J. W. McCumber
Wellman
BP. D. Mapes
McCumber
Benteco
Martha Butler
Nicola & Harmon's
Nicola
Harmon
North Side Square
Superior
Pleasant Hill
Frank Scranton
Walter
Wayne
Clint Scranton
Glenn Mace
Wayne Embree
Oskaloosa, Iowa Livestock Show
Speed King
Bigg
Opeed
S. C. Wittmer
Washington
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