Prairie Center News Roundup of Local Visits and Farm Work
Local notes record visits among Koehler and Montgomery families from Prairie Center to Kirksville and Columbus Junction. Social dinners, pinochle, and Christmas shopping appear amid corn picking wrap up and a new machine shed at Lloyd Edwards home. Household updates include Earl Zieglowsky with chicken pox.
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Prairie Center
John Koehler
Kirksville
Junction
Lloyd Edwards
Milo Fulton
Columbus Junction
Carl Koehler
Our
John Miller
Rex Smith
Marion Shevetz
Don
Elliot Mekhinstry
Ronald
Diane Edwards
Marjorie Edwards
Haskins
Edwards
Joe Wilson
Malcolm Montgomery
Raymond Wilson
Ralph Howell
Keota
Joey
Linda
Washington
Bill Leuty
Wess Meyer
Henry Sutherland
Earl Zieglowsky
Rail and Bus Schedules for East and West Bound Lines
The notice lists multiple trains and buses with daily and exception schedules. Eastbound and westbound train numbers include the Golden State Limited, Californian, and local services with departures around 7:50 am, 2:20 am, 10:45 am, and 5:14 pm. Burlington Trailways buses operate from Washington with several departures daily, and tickets can be bought at the local depot or related outlets.
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Washington
Golden State Limited
Knoxville
SaVeEny
California
Omaha
Chicago
SR Bee
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Cantoni
Axent
Charlie Chan in Rio fuels thrills with a truth cigarette
In a sun kissed Rio setting Chan encounters his deadliest foe a mysterious woman. The story features a murder solved by a cigarette device and a tense blackout scene ending with Jimmie’s fear driven death while Sidney Toler leads the cast including Mary Beth Hughes and Jacquline Dalya in a 1940s mystery.
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Charlie Chan
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Lars Derr Biggers
Sidney Toler
Fox Thea
Tre
Chan
Charlo
Charlie
Jimmie
Community notices center on Christmas events
The J W Baker Relief Corps meets Thursday December 18 at the hall with officer elections and business to attend. Glendale school invites the public to a program at 8 o clock Thursday evening with hot lunch. D A R members to drop gifts at Lemmon's Pharmacy by December 18. No 11 School district hosts a Christmas dinner Friday noon at the schoolhouse. Highland Center school plans a program Thursday December 18 at 8 o'clock with hot lunch.
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J.W. Baker Relief Corps
Glendale
At & O'Clock
Mildred Meyer
D.A.R
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Highland Center
Christmas School Potluck and Program Notice
Community notice invites Lois Humble and Grace Ferns to a potluck supper and school program at the district schoolhouse Friday December 19 at 639 PM if weather delays the meal will be at noon with the program after. Cards of thanks follow for bereavement.
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Oregon No. 3
Grace Ferns
Thursday's Child continues romance and family ties
After Carol marries Dick Rockford, Sonny and Kirk deepen their bond while managing family expectations. Kirk flaunts his renewed confidence, and Carol's generous gift of a perfect white room strengthens Sonny's sense of belonging as weddings loom and old tensions ease.
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Carol
Sonny
Kirk
Janice
Hollister Hall
Cape
Mother
Elsa
Mrs. Hollis
Vera Brown
King Features Syndicate
John Sampson Closing Out Sale At Washington Area
John Sampson held a closing out sale five miles east of Washington yesterday drawing a strong crowd. Prices were strong with a team of grey horses at 230 dollars a milk cow at 100 dollars broad sows 36 to 40 dollars and 64 fall pigs at 7.40 dollars each. Sampson purchased the Orie Turner property on East Seventh Street and moved to town after the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sampson
Washington
Sampson
Orie Turner
East Seventh Street
Eighty five percent of American farm families own motor vehicles
A data note reports that eighty five percent of farm families in the United States own motor vehicles, reflecting rising rural mobility and access to transport. The statistic highlights changing rural economies and family ownership trends in the mid twentieth century.
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George Koehler
P. L. Etter
S. Iowa
Washington Directory
Business City & County Officers
Theodore B. Bailey
Law Loan & Trust
W. Livingston Attorney
West Main St
Court House
George F. Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Officers
Lloyd Lytle
el W. H. Fulton
E. F. Mike
Henry Bailey
Dr. Ruth Church Park Commissioners
Marian 8. Bailey
Frank B. Miller
J. B. Lemmon
W. B. Dupuis
C. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Ward
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Ghermans Funeral Home
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Oficers
John C. Owen
Stan Kiesey
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawe
Stephen B. Jones
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Marion S. George County
Lester B
Chiropractors
Chas
BROWN
Washington Independents School District
E. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
W. A. Erbe
Ethel McCreedy
Kenneth Freeman
Richard A. Stewart
Donald WR. Boyer
Harry Ramaeyer
A. E Atchison
BF Itostwick
Charlotte Baldrige
Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Lee Holland
W. M
A. W. Yard
ORL & P
Californian
Bungrt Sie Nike
L. Goodlander
C. B
Co. F. Anderson
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
Gaporne
W. C. Bell
Burlington
Washington Dairy
Journal
Y's Men's Club
The
Goodfellow's
Bina Wright, Jr
Ted North
Victor Jory
Harold Huber
Seo Yung
Richard Derr
Jacqueline Dalya
Kay Linaker
Larry Simms
Columbia
Gloria Durier
Fox Theatre
Gloria
Larry
Jimmy Lydon
Henry Aldrich
June Preisser
No. 11
Washington Township
Edna Witting
Lois Humble
Pleasant School
Louise Hayes
H. G. Behr
the Chidren
New York
al Corey
Leslie
Mrs. Metzger
Dick Rockford
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
Maen
Little
Jean Atcheson
Clara Tate
Nelle Tripp
United Presbyterian Church
Whitman
Gandy
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