Salem Residents on Vacation Trips
Salem readers report extensive travel during the vacation period. Ernest Strum and wife returned from a Colorado trip via Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma and the Ozarks. Gladys Stalder visited the Black Hills and Dakota. The Marek family and Emma Bopp with Dale Hoyle spent two days at the state fair. A Weeks family reunion planned for November celebrated S B Weeks 50th anniversary with all children and most grandchildren present. T J Stirling visited from Pittsburgh and photographed Iowa farms noting muddy roads after a recent rain.
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Dewey Weeks
Salem
Ernest Strum
Colorado
Nebraska
Sugar City
Pueblo
Strum
Strums
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Ozarks
Black Hills
Gladys Stalder
Dakota
Charles Marek
Dale
Bobby
Emma Bopp
Dale Hoyle
Harold Strum
George Shalla
Wilbur Pribyl
Dewey
S. B. Weeks
Montgomery City
Dad
Mother
Stirlings
T. J. Stirling
Pittsburgh
Mr. Stirling
Tom Stirling
Iowa
Stirling Family Notes and Local Prices Across Week
Mr and Mrs Stirling visit Marek home and photograph the sheep herd. Eggs priced at 48 cents a dozen and cream at 84 cents a quart in Pittsburgh. Tom Stirling hosts relatives for supper with Howard Pearson and Dwane White present. Tony Redeker completes a 36 foot hog house with cement floor and outside feeding platform. Mrs David McCartney Jr visits J W Fields home.
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Stirlings
Charles Marek
Marek
Tom Stirling
Howard Pearson
Dwane White
Tony Redeker
David McCartney, Jr
J. W. Fields
The Rocking Chair Brigade and Town News
A local column recalls readers and editors, noting a paper’s value to distant subscribers and a growing generation of readers. It reports on home improvements by Mrs. Clifford Thorne and Mrs. Barbara Cox, winter store windows at I. Rothschild, plans to paint the Colenso building, and redecorating by Mrs. Boyd Berdo as relatives arrive from Pittsburgh.
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Barbara Cox
North Second Ave
John Shebeth
I. Rothschild
Colenso
Boyd Berdo
South
Iowa Ave
Washington
Bruce Shinabarger
Pittsburgh
Their Love Breaks All The Rules In Quiet Neighborhood
The article notes lifelong exchanges between Calvins now relocated to the west coast, the remarriage of Mrs. Calvin to Harry McCall, and a summer visit with daughters and their little ones. Upcoming guests include the Lewis family from Fayetteville Arkansas. Martha Chalmers, daughter of the late Arthur and Carrie Lytle, visited. she teaches in Chicago and departed for home after a brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvins
West Coast
Calvin
Harry Mce-Call
Lewis
Fayetteville
Ark
Arthur Chalmers
North Second Ave
the Heights School
Carrie Lytle
Martha
Chicago
Tung Oil Usage Across Industries Through History
Tung oil, a key ingredient in paints, enamels, and varnishes, is also used for brake bands, oilcloth, and linoleum. The Chinese have used tung oil for at least 5,000 years in lacquers, waterproof silk, and boat caulking.
Rescue by Saved Man Ends with Car Fire Loss
Louis Purdy of Pana Newfoundland and Labrador rushed into a smoky hotel room to rescue a sleeping man from a burning bed. Firefighters later tossed bed clothing from the window, igniting Purdy’s car and destroying it. Joseph Callahan, waking from sleep, toppled from his chair and bit his own false teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Purdy
Pana
Purdy
Joseph Callahan
Crawfordsville Social News Highlights Visit and Guests
Crawfordsville Aug 25 Mrs J S McKee returned to Scotts Bluff Neb after visiting daughter Mrs Karl Ferguson and family. Cedar Rapids visitors Mr and Mrs Paul Haworth and daughter Sandra stayed with Harold Miller family. Eli White Columbus Junction called on the Ferguson home and Mary Osgood of Chicago dined there. J C Wooley returned to Columbia Mo after visiting relatives, accompanied by sister Mrs Etta Buxbaum. Mary Osgood, a Mandel artist, continues her visit with friends.
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Crawfordsville
J. S. McKee
Scotts Bluff
Nebr
Karl Ferguson
Paul Haworth
Sandra
Cedar Rapids
Harold Miller
Eli White
Columbus Junction
Harl Ferguson
Fergusons
Orna Strain
Mary Osgood
Chicago
J. C. Wooley
Columbia
Etta Buxbaum
Mandell
Local Notes From Orn Strain and Area
Orn Strain residents spent Monday in Iowa City. Velda Elliott of Deep River visited friends here and will take a Kinross position next year with higher pay near home. Mr and Mrs William Edgar announce the birth of Sandra Jane to T Jones and Ethel Edgar of Phoenix Arizona on Aug 18. The Edgars’ daughter and her family, John Elliott and two children, have returned to Phoenix after visiting. Also guests include Mrs Edgar’s nephew and wife and her nieces the Misses Lungrin of New York City.
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Orn
Iowa City
Velda Elliott
Deep
River
Kinross
William Edgar
Sandra Jane
T. Jones
Phoenix
Ariz
Jones
Ethel Edgar
Edgar
John Elliott
Mrs
David Edgar
Lungrin
New York City
Sousa's Washington Post March Debuts at Smithsonian
John Philip Sousa dedicated the Washington Post March to the Washington Post paper and first conducted it with the U S Marine Band on June 15 1889 on the Smithsonian grounds in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Sousa
Washington Post
United States Marine Band
Sousa
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Raising Beef Cattle Substitutes Tobacco in NC
In eastern North Carolina beef cattle are being raised for the first year as a substitute for tobacco, reflecting a shift in farming practices and crop losses.
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North Carolina
Five Classifications Telephone Subscriptions Noted in Red Book
Five classifications of Sao Paulo Brazil telephone subscribers appear in the Red Book per Collier's. Entries include name street address business or profession post office box and automobile license number.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Collier's
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Hin
Frederick H. Osborn
New York
Roosevelt
United States Army
Rocking Chair Brigade
Clifford Thorne
South Second Ave
Will Latta
Chester, Ill
Presbyterian Church
Dauer
Carl Hedges
Carl
Salmon
Jello
Martha Chalmers
Ida Lupino
John Garfield
The
State
E. 58Th St
Ill
Erry
Bhoy
Mary Manners
Star Brand
Mademoiselle
Young America’s Jr. Sports Wear
Kerry Cricket
Rockwood’s
Brown Buck Plateau
Rockwood’s Shoe Dept
Atchison
A. E. Atchison
North Side Square
Gotham
Echie
Tom Boy
P.j.’S
P. J
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