Corn Harvest Rush Hits Pilotsburg Amid Bitter Weather
In Pilotsburg December reports show farmers racing to gather the corn crop as severe ice and storms slow husking. Ray Bell is on the mend from a sore throat. Community notes list aid society activities, visits, and family updates including Mrs. Wollrab's birthday and Mrs. Crile's illness.
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Pilotsburg
Ray Bell
Pilotsburg Aid Society
Allie Oldfield
John Wasson
Wiles
Washington County
Albert Maas
Roy Novy
Frank Stransky
Waldo Smith
Charlie Brown
Wellman
Joe Vodichka
Albert Stransky
Ed Jones
Alicia Jones
Carl Oldfield
James Prebyl
Vera
Harold
Richmond
Marion
M. P. Wollrab
Joe Horak
Wollrab
Farmers Union
Sandy Hook Notes From Mrs Badger Field
Mrs Mary Badger reports from Sandy Hook on December 7 after a week home following medical treatments in town. She jokes about delays in news, recalls rabbits on flooded Skunk river lands, and mentions Mr Sandy Hook taking Hilda Tess and Gem to the river bottom where rabbits are scarce and a lone surviving mouse is found in a ruined oat shock.
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Sandy Hook
Hilda
Tess
Gem
Brighton Route 1 News Roundup
Miss Clara Borkoski carried the mail last week while the regular carrier recovered from a lumbago attack. Vincent Fritzs has a new radio installed. Attendees of Cecil Godwin’s closing out sale. Mrs H A Luithly moved to Washington. Halbert Savage and Rodney Gowey were Fairfield callers Sunday. The Gowey family and James Coil visited Dan Gowey at Rubio. Everett Pencil and his wife were Fairfield callers Monday. Orion Pfieffer and his wife of near Fairfield called on Arthur Koch Monday afternoon.
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Brighton
Clara Borkoski
Vincent Fritzs
Cecil Godwin
H. A. Luithly
Washington
Halbert Savage
Rodney Gowey
Fairfield
Terry Gowey
James Coil
Dan Gowey
Rubio
Everett Pencil
Orion Pfieffer
Near Fairfield
Arthur Koch
Vincent Pohren
Rubio Community News and Bazaar Preparations
Thanksgiving visits return home for Kathleen Jay Iletha Johnson Retha Smitter and others before they resume at Penn College Oskaloosa. Bazaar plans proceed with the Ladies Aid sewing a Friendship quilt at Clarence Hyzer’s. Mrs Dale Leppert recovers after surgery in Fairfield. Various visits, birthdays, and family gatherings noted as December weather hints loom.
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Rubio
Kathleen Jay
Iletha Johnson
Retha Smitter
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Donald Jay
Ladies Aid
Clarence Hyzer
Dale Leppert
Fairfield
Richland
Ryals
Edgar McClery
Peter Rudolph
Lambert
Glenn Meyers
Doc Faston
Ray McGuire
Howard
Lawrence Snider
Ernest Snider
Howard Mower
Lucy Cook
John Chance
Washington
van Gabby
Raymond Steinbeck
Dorothy Chance
J. J. Fleig
Lloyd Kracaw
Wattie
Virginia
Marinda Oswalt
Vinton Emory
Hattie
Fred Leppert
Miles Jones
Edgar MecClerg
Willing Walters
Hill
Inc. McClerg
President Coolidge urges observance of Golden Rule Sunday
President Coolidge urges nationwide observance of International Golden Rule Sunday to aid Near East Relief and Armenia earthquake victims. The annual presidential endorsement emphasizes practical help as a gesture of friendship to ease international and domestic misunderstandings.
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Coolidge
America
Armenia
Bibie Pissss
Want Vive Day Week Observed Across Nation
Labor groups press a five day work week for economic and humanitarian reasons. They argue it will equalize production and consumption and boost worker efficiency from added rest. William Green, AFL president, spoke in New York at a Building Congress address.
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New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Des Moines Auditbon Society Appeals for Towans Aid
The Des Moines Auditbon Society urged Towans to assist in aiding people in sheltered spots, signaling a cooperative effort to address local shelter needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Auditbon Society
Towans
Birds Short of Food as Sleet Strands Iowa Flocks
Thousands of birds in Iowa face death from hunger due to a severe sleet storm. Authorities urge residents to place out food to sustain avian populations during this harsh weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Taylor Stout
Mrs. Stout
California
Amos Stout
Guy
Wile Martin Henry
Villaing Stone
Joe Wolf
Son
Sherman
Chicago
Oregon
Ruth Crile
Mary Badger
Prody A. Borkoski
Klein Klothing Ko
Phoenix
Kayser
Liefs
Frank L. Wilson
Holiday Shoe Sale
Corbin & Barrett
Frank L. Wilson & Co
H. J. Ward Co
I. L. Wilson
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