Closing Out and Livestock Sales Townwide
A busy schedule of livestock sales and closing out auctions listed across Iowa towns including Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie Washington and Keota with specific farm sale dates in January and February led by organizers such as Hubert Evans Chris Mann Grover C Walton Meeker Hess and Claude T McCoy plus a reflective Christmas poem by Elizabeth Lathrop Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker Safe Barn
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Olie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Crawfordsville
Hubert Evans
Sale
Brighton
Chris. Mann
Washington
Havre
Grover C. Walton
Keota
Meeker Hess
Sale & Miles S.W
Lee Oliver
Lee Stacy
Claude T. McCoy
S. W
Dublin
Bexge & Smith
A Temporary Refuge Behind Any Door in Fire
A temporary refuge may be secured behind any door during a fire. Even a thin wooden door can stop smoke and hot gases for several minutes, delaying flames and buying time for escape.
Railroads install 1430 locomotives in first nine months 1949
Class I railroads reported 1,430 new locomotives placed in service during the first nine months of 1949, the largest for any corresponding period in 26 years, reflecting a strong postwar expansion in rail operations.
Des Moines Youth Killed In Holiday Weekend Crash
Des Moines 19 year old Charles T Cownie Jr son of Cownie Fur company president died after his car skidded on icy pavement and crashed into a tree. He suffered a fractured neck and other injuries in the early morning crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles T. Cownie, Jr
Cownie Fur Company
Youth dies after crash pins beneath car near home
A youth involved in a late night crash was taken unconscious to Broadlawns hospital around 12 30 a m and died five hours later. He was pinned beneath his car two blocks from his home. The youth's mother serves on the Des Moines school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadlawns Hospital
Youns Cowrie
Des Moines
Reading speed doubles with orthoptic training say optometrists
Reading speed can be doubled by orthoptics scientific training. Optometrists who provide such training report improved comprehension as reading speed increases.
Christmas Edition Thanks Local Supporters from Eveready
The Christmas Wrench edition thanks Dempsey Sisters Glenn and Mrs Wilson and many others for 1949 work. It notes new heating equipment by Winkler, welcomes new customers, and praises local decorations by the Chamber of Commerce. Christmas wishes extend from Mr and Mrs Ne J Kovar and others in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveready
Dempsey Sisters
Glenn Wilson
Todd
Bert Dill
Smith
John Koehler
Ainsworth
Dean Luers
Russell Bell
Grace Miller
West Main St
Glenn McCall
Harry Ramseyer
R. A. Acheson
St. Pauls Evangelical Church
Glenn Cuddeback
Kenneth Cuddeback
Robert Gates
Kalona
Winkler
Herman Kron
McConaughy
Cloid Willits Jr
Glen Cuddeback
Washington County
Henry Whittoff
Dora Anderson
Ralph Stewart
Alvin Shaw
Washington
NE J. Kovar
George Wilson
Irene Yard
Stevie
Kathy
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Henry
Louise White
Journal
Mace Motor
Ford Sales & Service
Arson, Inc
The
Rio Grande
Gene
Ici
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Sabu
House OF Entertainment
Séerte Temple Fitzgéralp
Lon McC
Pression
Elizabeth Lathrop Power
United Presbyterian Church
Lowa
Edith M. Shields
Sicily
Wim. J. Grossheim
D. D
von Schmutz
Bach
Dickinson
Solo
Doris McCutchen
Carol of the
Kramer
Gaul
Ave Maria
Alice Hunter
Mary Shields
Mexican
the Shepherds and the Inn
Silesian
Eileen Meek
Nettleton
Trash, My Dear
Iola Morrison
Bach-Gounod
Backer
Adam
Gaul Kountz
Lehman Irene
Bishop Trotter
Praetorius
Asi -Va
Orn
Hristmas
Wingat Cafe
Cownie
Rollin Cole
Ralph Woods
Earl Simmering
John Beenblossom
Iva
Simmering
Merry Christmas
Imogene Benson Mary Alice Simmering
Sam Simmering
Coast TO Coast
Chamber of Commerce
Ivan Sez
Merry
Keith Sez
Ida Sez
Norton’s Plumbing & Heating Company
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