Scenes at the Iowa State Fair Visit
A family's Saturday at the Iowa State Fair describes a morning arrival, a breakfast by the Methodist church, and a tour of horse barns featuring Apaloosa horses. Highlights include a helicopter ride, aerial views of Des Moines, and a humorous wig mishap. They note Labor Day guests from Texas and plan to share Iowa produce and meals, while a food stand incident with a bored worker leaving a mess is mentioned.
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Methodist Church
Rusty
Fairground
Dad
Grandpa
Des Moines
Cole Slaw
Saturday Stamp Corner Highlights Global Philatelic Tributes
Pope Paul visit to the 39th Eucharistic Congress in Bogota inspires a multicolor stamp set from Colombia with ten regulars and airmails. Dominican Republic honors Lions International with two stamps, while Nauru announces two issues for independence with designs depicting a woman and a seedling tree. United Nations plans September 19 release for World Weather Watch stamps, multicolor printing in Japan, with millions produced. France issues mark 50th anniversary of regular airmail and bicentennial of Huguenot prisoner freedom, plus La Danse released in October.
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Pope Paul
Bogota
Colombia
Lions International
Dominican Republic
World Weather Watch
Japan
United Nations Postal Administration
United Nations
New York
France
Joice family visit to Conrads spans week in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville August 21 the Joice family from Pacifica California stayed with Mrs. Allen Conrads and hosted relatives from Winfield Wapello Hutchinson and Lucerne. They attended meals and a cousins reunion while planning to begin the return trip Friday with sightseeing.
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Crawfordsville
Donald Joice
Pat
Duane
Beverly
Pacifica
Calif
Conrads
Hemms
Mrs. Conrad
Glen Dunins
Lucerne
Melvin Dennises
Topeka
Kans
Joice
Conrad
Pleasant Hill
Donald Dennises
Kenneth Rhea
Clint Rhea
the Willows
Washington
Willard Sands
Columbus Community School
Cotter
George Dare
Oskaloosa
Joe L. Gettys
Clarence Vogt
Grinnell
Wendell Hise
West Bend
Wise
Russell Beauchamp
Sam Kepper
Winfield
Maude White
Mary Stewart
Myria Henderson
Mrs. Rose
Don Princes
Columbus
Ind
Glenn Cherryholmes
Raymond Howsar
Kirk
Eskimos and Tlingit See Aurora as Spirits at Play
Eskimos and Tlingit Indians of North America hold that the aurora borealis or northern lights are the spirits of the dead at play in the sky.
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North America
Washington Evening Journal masthead and details
The Washington Evening Journal lists editors and staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris News Editor Bob Shaffer Local Advertising Howard Hazen Production Superintendent. It prints afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class. Subscriptions and rates are shown as $2.75 $5.25 $10.00.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press Ass‘n
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Breakfast habits boost school energy and mood
Mrs. Sally Whetstone urges parents to start children on a breakfast routine to improve late-morning alertness and attitude toward school. Quick, simple options like fruit, milk, cereal, bread and butter help kids enjoy breakfast and maintain regular eating habits for life.
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Sally Whetstone
Extension Home Economist
Iowa
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