Locals at Nira keep weekday farm visits brief
Mr and Mrs Ney Mehaffee of Jefferson visited Nira Friday to tend their farm. Mrs Jake Litwiller and Betty were in Iowa City Saturday. Will Green has the sympathy of former neighbors on his wife’s death. Coffman shelled corn at Bill Hanleys Saturday.
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J. B. Hanley
Nira
Ney Mehaffee
Jefferson
Jake Litwiller
Betty
Iowa City
Will Green
Coffman
Bill
U. S. Battleship Contract Price Set at 52.8 Million
Washington December 14 1938 The contract was awarded today for one of the 35 600 ton battleships under the 1938 29 naval construction program The contract price was 52 794 600 dollars indicating the cost of the new battleship.
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Washington, D. C
Understanding Ex-Dividend FEx-Dividend Stock Price Meaning
Ex-dividend means the quoted stock price does not include the dividend declared but not yet paid. The buyer on or after the ex-dividend date is not entitled to the upcoming payout.
First Magazine Issued The Gentleman's Magazine 1731
The first magazine to be issued was the Gentleman's Magazine, published in London in 1731.
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First Magazine
Gentleman's Magazine
London
Plan Poison Bait Campaign Against Iowa Grasshoppers
A state plan outlines targeting grasshopper populations by region with egg surveys predicting potential infestation. Estimates note about half as many eggs this fall, with weather next spring and summer deciding actual populations, highlighting heavy, moderate, and light zones across numerous counties.
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Iowa
Tate
Lyon
Sioux
Plymouth
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Woodbury
Sac
Ida
Monona
Crawford
Carroll
Harrison
Audubon
Pottawattamie
Cass
Mills
Montgomery
Osceola
Dickinson
Emmet
Clay
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Calhoun
Webster
Hamilton
Hardin
Wright
Greene
Boone
Story
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Guthrie
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Poweshiek
Johnson, Scott
Cedar
Adair
Madison
Warren
Marion
Mahaska
Keokuk
Washington
Louisa
Muscatine
Adams
Union Clarke
Lucas
Monroe
Wapello
Jefferson
Henry
Des Moines
Fremont
Page
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Wayne
Appanoose
Davis
van Buren
Lee
Light
PWA Projects Underway Across Upper Midwest Region Four
Regional PWA Director R A Radford reports half of the 1938 Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Montana Wyoming projects are under construction as the Dec 30 start deadline looms. Total 462 of 923 remaining projects in region four have begun with $69 million in active work and 45 percent federal grants.
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Omaha
Public Works Administration
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
PWA
R. A. Radford
Ickes
Region Four
Radford
North Dakota
Des Moines Girl Held in Joplin Theft Case
A fifteen year old Des Moines girl who ran away to marry Lee Jackson was held in Joplin, Missouri, on December 1, charged with car theft along with her husband. She faced bonds of one thousand dollars. The pair were accused in the theft incident.
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Joplin, Mo
Des Moines
Lee Jackson
Kalona Child Visits Grandparents As Health Updates Noted
Janis Lee Benell the two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Benell of Kalona is visiting at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs E H Messer Raymond Whisler who was admitted to hospital Tuesday with pneumonia is reported to be recovering satisfactorily Mrs Sherm Crone who has been very ill recently in the Washington county hospital is reported today as resting more comfortably
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Janis Lee Benell
Donald Benell
Kalona
E. H. Messer
Raymond Whisler
Sherm Crone
Washington County Hospital
Grand Champion Steer Brings $3795 at Exposition Auction
The auctioneer's hammer dropped on Mercer the grand champion steer of the international livestock exposition, awarding 14 year old Irene Brown of Aledo Illinois $3795. Irene raised fattened and groomed the big Angus champion exhibited at the show.
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Chicago
Mercer
Irene Brown
Aledo
Hll
Irene
Naval shipyards strike called in France
A general strike was declared in all French naval shipyards, according to a St Nazaire dispatch to Retter's news agency. The strike would affect ten thousand workers as yards de strikers moved to re engage yesterday's actions to quell agitation.
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London
INS
St. Nazaire
Retter
Ancient Sabaea Centered Oasis Trade in Ariabian Times
Desert once bloomed five to six centuries before Christ as the well irrigated homeland of the Sabaeans. Their wealth and power rested on vast irrigation and trade with capital at Saba, highlighting the region's early sophistication.
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Christ
Arabian Desert
Saba
Automatic gas water heater offer promotes yearly service
An advertisement urges replacing furnace coil hot water with automatic gas heaters for health safety and economy. It highlights the Road Heater with a $1.95 down payment and low terms around six percent.
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