Dusty Christmas Gatherings Across Bethel and Surrounding Towns
Bethel residents recount a festive Christmas with dust flying on the roads instead of snow. Families visited kin in Ainsworth Riverside Crawfordsville and What Cheer while noting funerals and travel to Illinois. Community members include Horak Spessard Birka Gideon Schröder Wolfe and Flynn among others.
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Spessard
Ainsworth
Sterling Holmes
Donald
Delbert Holmes
Dale
John Strain
Charley Kolosick
Earl
Riverside
Jim Birka
Billy Birka
Kolesick
Sts. Louis
Ornduff
Batavia
Mars
J. J. Fitzgerald
Ruth Gideon
Brighton
Walter
Elizabeth
Willis
Gideon
Ben Fitzgerald
Lois
Fletcher
Crawfordsville
Joe Liska
John
Rosa
Charley Kolosiek
George Miller
Washington
Carl
Ilenny
Dena
Betty Schroder
Fred
Momma Schroder
Louis Schroder
Joan
Woestier
Billy
Schroder
Fred Schroder
Illinois
Mike Flynn
Flynn Brothers
Harold Kenny
Seattle
Ipeton
C. J. Wolfe
Christ
Wolffe and Marston Families Gather for Christmas
George Wolfe and Marie Wolfe visit Hindrick area relatives including Irvin Wulf, William Wulf, and Elm er Wulf. Floyd Letts hosts Christmas with David and Mary Gale Letts from Glendale and Nevada. James Allison spends Christmas with grandparents J L Embree in Washington. Various local residents, Iv an Marston and Wes Ramsey, share festive visits and Ivan Marston drives the cooperative oil truck this week.
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George Wolfe
Hindrick
Marie Wolfe
Irvin Wulf
Hen Washington
William Wulf
Charles
Elmer Wulf
David Letts
Glendale
California
Mary Gale Letts
Nevada
Floyd Letts
David
Washington
James Allison
J. L. Embree
Ktuth Gideon
Ainsworth
Wes Ramsey
Ivan Mars
Government uses asbestos sacks on air routes to save mail
The United States government reportedly uses asbestos air-mail sacks on many routes to protect letters from fire in case of an accident.
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United States
John Jenkins to take supervisor post January first
COLUMBUS JUNCTION Dec 27 R J Cotter a democrat elected to fill the unexpired term of J Caran Wanean who died after injuries from a train collision will complete his term December 31 John Jenkins a republican elected to begin January 1 1940 will assume his post January 1 1940. The 30th anniversary of Mr and Mrs J D Darrow observed Christmas at a dinner hosted by their niece Mrs A J Greiner Muscatine with several relatives in attendance. Neighbors of Mr and Mrs Jank Jamison met to cut wood and share a noon pot lunch. Filed notices include a hospital birth for Rufus Bullis and wife Mrs Bullis formerly Miss Ekanee Risinger.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
R. J. Cotter
J. Caran Wanean
Louisa Courts
Coneville
John Jenkins
Duncan
J D. Darrow
A. J Greiner
Lis
H. M. Smith
F. C. Swan
Cambridge
Til
Jamison
Frank Striciland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Burton
Butler
Minneapolis
Minn
Klotg
Martha
Grace Butler
Katherine Kern
Howard
Chicago
Rufus Bullis
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Bullis
Ekan’ee Risinger
New State Plan Proposed for New York Area
A new plan suggests creating a forty ninth state combining New York City Long Island upstate New York and parts of Connecticut and New Jersey aiming to form a distinct political region. The proposal outlines governance boundaries and potential economic implications for the merged area.
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New York City
Long Island
Upstate
New York
Connecticut
New Jerscy
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