St James Bazaar and Local Happenings This Week
Local notes cover the St James Bazaar at K C Hall with fundraisers and dinners. Mrs Floyd Letts buys Helen Stewart property on West Washington Street and moves January 1. Homer Mayer learns their son Lester Mayer sails for Korea after time at Redbank New Jersey and a California camp.
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Floyd Letts
Helen Stewart
West Washington Street
Jast Main Street
Washington
Homer Mayer
Valley
Pfe
Lester Mayer
Korea
Pfe Mayer
Redbank
N. J
California
Local News Highlights Unusual Bargains On Track
Unreadable scraps mention many bargains and a figurative transport of rolled oats on the track, with a sense of freshness and novelty in the current local scene.
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Freshwaters Elevator
West Chester
Freshwaters
Record corn yield claimed at 183 bushels per acre in Iowa
Glen Babbitt of Corley near Harlan reports a 16 acre test plot yielding 183 bushels per acre in a Shelby County Farm Bureau contest. The U S 18 seed corn was grown on pasture land with 40 years of blue grass, with only two cultivations and moisture all year. Iowa State College confirms it as the highest yield ever in Iowa.
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Harlan
Iowa
U.P
Glen Babbitt
Corley
Shelby County Farm Bureau
U. S
Rabbitt
Iowa State
Cedar Rapids School Extends Vacation Four Days
The Cedar Rapids school board extended the Christmas vacation by four days due to the coal strike. Officials said the period may lengthen if the strike continues. Schools will close Dec. 21.
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Cedar Rapids
Towa
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
At the Hospital Harold Bickford patients were admitted yesterday including Mrs. Lee Colton of Columbus Junction and Ora Greenfield of Jeffer son street. Last evening surgical admission for Mrs Frank Godfrey and tonsillectomies were performed on Harvey Holden and Barbara Mary Jo Davies. Mrs Mary Scranton injured in a fall and dislocated shoulder was admitted this morning. Dismissals today included Erma Miller Kaleona and Mrs George Lemley Brighton among others.
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Harold Bickford
S. Ave. B
Lee Colton
Columbus Junction
Frank Godfrey
W. Madison St
Ora Greenfield
E. Jefferson St
Harvey Holden
Barbara
E. Main St
Mary Jo Davies
Crawfordesville
Mary Scranton
Second St
Erma Miller
Kaleona
George Lemley
Brighton
Lloyd Miller
Kalona
Robert Yoder
Keota
Pauline Crone
E. Third
Harold Gabel
Harper
Howard Benn
Elwin Brenneman
Campaign spending reports from Iowa congressional races
In Des Moines on December 4, candidates disclosed campaign expenditures. Richard V. Bernhart listed 3,961 spent with 2,080 in contributions. Vince Browner reported 2,660 in expenses. George Heikens spent 1,348 with 1,406 contributed, for districts two five and eight respectively.
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Des Moines
Richard V. Bernhart
Oelwein Democrat
Congress
Secretary of State Today
Vince Browner
George Heikens
Spencer
Towa Minister Pays $25 Fine For Mistake
York PA December 4 Rev Vern Ray Willey 59 a Congregational minister at large in Iowa paid a $25 fine after a mistaken action. The report notes Willey was en route home to Truro Iowa and references a January reopening and coal shortage at a school system with Joe Suma chief engineer citing only a ten day supply and seeking cord wood to keep the building above freezing during vacation.
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York
Vern Ray Willey
Iowa
Truro
Joe Suma
Man Fined $25 For Mistaken Fire Alarm Box Contact
Willey mistook a fire alarm box for a mail receptacle and waited at the scene after the false alarm. Police Magistrate H. Gellard Fiekes fined him $25 and he paid the amount as a memento receipt.
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Willey
H. Gellard Fiekes
Friends Enjoy Day Thanksgiving Dinner in Sigafoose Home
SHILOH Dec 3 Mr and Mrs Howard Sigafoose and Mr and Mrs Ray Tappendorf hosted Thanksgiving day A cooperative dinner was served at noon The afternoon included visiting and music Attendees included numerous families from Fairfield Buffalo Crawfordsville Kalona and Washington with Marshall Cressett and family listed among guests
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Sigafoose
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Howard Sigafoose
Ray Tappendorf
Sam Simmons
J. Simmons
Bruce
Russell Simmons
Bob and
Bette
Near
Fairfield
Elwyn Gardner
Donald Beverly
Janet
Buffalo
Glenn Beenblossom
Louise
Kenneth
Lloyd
Dale Bales
Nancy
Susie
Linda
Crawfordsville
Verne Eisher
Virginia
Roland
Kalona
Susie Hopping
Edna Gardner
Forest Donaldson
Ruth
Walter
Washington
Marshall Crossett
Thanksgiving Family Gatherings Extend Across Iowa Town
Residents shared Thanksgiving with relatives in multiple nearby towns. Jerey Lowry was rushed last Wednesday afternoon while his mother Mrs Homer Lowry and Inez shopped. The Schantz family hosted visits from Des Moines and Fairfield connections as H J Schoonover and Sam Marsh joined in.
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Jerey Lowry
Euest
Homer Lowry
Inez
Polk
Sons
Janie
Pauline Schantz
Des Moines
Dave Schantz
H. J. Schoonover
Des Moin
Foxglove Compound Digitoxin Used Since 1785
Digitoxin from foxglove has long been used to treat congestive heart failure though its exact mechanism remains unclear. The historic use dates back to the 18th century and influenced early cardiac therapy.
Government bought 35000 trailer coaches for wartime housing
During the recent war the United States government purchased 35 000 trailer coaches and, through repeated occupancy, housed more than 500 000 people.
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United States
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St. James Bazaar
Co2’s
City Clerk
Dan Wright
Luscombe
Mr. Bowen
Bowen
Groves MacLaughlin Construction Company
Wright
Lloyd Scott
Rothschild
George Woodward
George, Jr
West Union
Jarry Simpson
George
Mr. Simpson
Lytle’s Grocery
The
Skybuddies
Legion Hall
Don Armstrong
K. C. Hall
E. E. Greenfield
Cape Girardeau
Washington County Hospital
Leonard Greenfield
Bruce Johnson
Richard Greenfield
Seattle
Wash
Presbyterian
Manuel McKune
Marion Ave
Marcella Blackmer
Casey
Washington County Health Unit
E. D. Morrison Jr
Florida
Miami
Fla
Eod
Brown’s Shoe Fit Co
East Side Square
Coe’s
Valley Church
Freshwaters Feed Store
V. Crull
John W. Ler
County
Glen Rowe
Bill Crandall
Ralph Stout
Carl Yoder
Mary Ann Bauer
Esther Gerdes
Mary Knotek
Marjorie Gamon
New London
Frank Schantz
Sam Marsh
Elmer Reishley
Reishley
James van Nostrand
Jimmie
Newton
Ross van Nostrand
Myra
Bertha and
Josephine Sowash
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