Juniors 10 Give Play Friday Eve at Colubus High
Columbus Junction reports the junior class presents the play New Fires on Friday evening under Elizabeth Pollock. Marjorie Harbison and Billie Gilkey lead. other cast members include Craig Huston Dorothy Adamson Iris Cuthamp Arlene Carey Lavon Fullerton Billie Luckey and more. Community events follow church meetings and local visits noted.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Elizabeth Pollock
Marjorie Harbison
Billie Gilkey
Craig Huston
Dorothy Adamson
Iris Cuthamp
Arlene Carey Lavon Fullerton
Billie Luckey
Betty Boulton
Russell Newell
Madelyn Jordan
Max Marshall
Leila Hanft
Myrna Borman
Local News From Clay County Residents
Mrs Minnie Waterman hosts Ladies club at home. Dr Whiting of Fairfield visits Mrs Viola Morgan. An all day blizzard Saturday piles snow across the area.
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A. J. Morean
Clay
Minnie Waterman
Ladies Club
Dr. Whiting
Fairfield
Viola Morgan
Manass Miller Rites Held at Kalona
Funeral services for Manass J. Miller were conducted at his Kalona home with Rev. Mose Miller and Chris M. Yoder in charge. Burial followed at East Union cemetery. Miller, 63, died after a brief illness linked to a ruptured appendix and heart weakness. He was a longtime local farmer survived by his wife and many children and brothers. Mrs. Bertha Mineke and her son plan an extended southern and western trip visiting Ozarks New Orleans Texas and Los Angeles during the holidays.
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Kalona
Manass J. Miller
Mose Miller
Indiana
Chris M. Yoder
East Union Cemetery
Miller
Wm. FE. Miller
Ira Bender
Fred Nissley
Eliza
David
Lewis
Dennis
Chris Ivan
Reuben
John J. Joel
Benedict J Miller
Bertha Mineke
Eldon
Ozarks
New Orleans
Texas
Los Angeles
California
Beard Taxes Under Peter the Great Prompted Shaving
Russians in Peter the Great’s era faced a heavy beard tax to enforce European style shaving. The czar required licenses for beards, aiming to modernize appearance and curb traditional facial hair.
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Peter the Great
Riverside School Addition Underway In Albert Lea Contract
The foreman for Robert Scott & company of Albert Lea Minnesota arrived in Riverside this week and began work on the new school addition. A tool house is built and building dimensions are staked out as prep continues. Mrs Vern Moss returned home after an appendectomy in Iowa City ten days ago and is recovering well.
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Riverside
Robert Scott & Company
Albert Lea
Minn
Vern Moss
Iowa City
Turkeys Suffer Snow Loss as Local Farmers Act
Saturday night and Sunday proved hard on turkeys in the Nira district with owners using various methods to shield flocks from snow damage. School children stay busy selling Christmas seals. Hanley family were business callers in Iowa City Friday.
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Nira
Hanley
Iowa City
Fair View Aid Society Meets This Week
The Fair View Aid society meets this week with Mrs Anna Adams. Several farmers attended the Davis sale near Keota Thursday.
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Fair View Aid Society
Anna Adams
Keota
Public Whippings In Early Ohio Courts For Crimes
Historical note describes punishment in early Ohio where convicted men faced fines and prison terms and were occasionally whipped on the naked back in public as part of sentence. The record highlights corporal punishment alongside fines and imprisonment.
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Oho
Lester Weible Dies at 38 Rites Planned in Fairfield
Brighton reports Lester Weible aged 38 died Sunday night in Fairfield after a period of ill health. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Hosking Funeral Home in Fairfield. Weible, born Sept 24 1898 in Walnut Two Jefferson County, was married to Adolelia Schafer of Wayland and leaves four children Geraldine Marcella Leland and Billie, his mother Emma Koch Weible and two sisters. The obituary notes his years in the community and move to Fairfield. Other items include family moves, illness notes and a local Ladies Aid fundraiser totaling about 65 to 70 dollars. The Sudan population fact closes the column.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Lester Weible
Fairfield
Hosking
Weible
Will Weible
Emma Koch Weible
Walnut Two
Jefferson County
Adoelia Schafer
Wayland
Geraldine
Marcella
Leland
Billie
Lillie Koch
Nita Reighard
Hrehton
Wapetllo
Dwight Robison
Wapello
Howard Johnson
Burlington
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Miss Pollock
Ladies and Society
Fredonia Methodist Church
V. A. ‘Bloomquist
Deleia Diller
Cotter
Cotter Presbyterian Church
W. H. Parker
Leigh Soule
Washington
Davenport
Mary Dill
J. J. Garrett
Bina Brown
Mortis Marshall
Roy Hoyt
Centerville
Laura, Garrett Butler
Lloyd Barnes
Omaha
J. B. Garrett
Leonard Frisk
Moline
Ladies Aid Society of the Reformed Church
E. Jasmann
J. J. Robertson
Milton Wolf
Glen van Auken
Alta
Margaret Morse
Muscatine
Burr Wolf
Grace Timmerman
West Liberty
Harry Morse
Tarkington National Music Ensemble
Thelma Martin
Cedar Rapids
George Townsend
Des Moines
M. FE. Fisher
Walnut Street
Cairo
Manass Miller
Tom Lahey
Beards
Oxydol
Campbells Soups
Rock Ton's
Sunkist
Bag
P &G Soap
Thomassens Food Market
McGregor
Dubuque
Alice
Betty Belle
Erwin
Stanley
Richard
Gertrude
Jay Anderson
Cleophus
Gertrude Anderson
J. B. Hanley
Banner Sale
Lake Shore
Jor
Iona
Karo
Cranberries
Florida
Ibs
Idaho
Lipton
del Monte Hos
Iona Green
Staley
A&p Food Stores
Piggly Wiggly East Side Phone
J. E. DeWit
Jas. BE. DeWit
Cooper's
Rae OS
Xmas
Ozark
Plymouth Piggly Wiggly Coffee
Kraft
Graham
Tokays
Wheaties
Young-Tq
Ider Ib
New York
Pork Hocks
Pormer
Methodist Ladies Aid
KE. Swank
George Madden
Harmony Club
W. O. Sehater
Myrtle Helmick
Edna Crte
Dora Saunders
Sudan
Siates
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