Chicago Livestock Market Sees Mixed Week End Trading
Markets report slow hog activity with 13 000 head, direct 10 000, prices mostly steady to lower including 180 to 280 pound hogs at 3.20 to 3.35. Cattle values ease with steers 25¢ lower, cows steady to weak, yearlings steady. stockers and feeders at a standstill due to extreme cold. Sheep 6 000 with week ending figures up 35 to 50c from prior week, highest since August 18.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Summary December Update
Chicago notes a steady market across eggs butter and poultry with mixed receipts and varied quality. Eggs show 1820 cases received with dirties 11 to 18 percent. butter receipts 8412 tubs with 18 percent specials and 17 percent extra firsts. poultry market about steady with 48 truckloads and expected grade shifts.
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Chicago
Dancing Lady Opens at State Theater With Star Cast
Amusements reports the State theater debuts Dancing Lady starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The release promises a spectacular musical production with Franchot Tone May Robson Winnie Lightner Fred Astaire and more, featuring a dramatic story and lavish production numbers aimed to set new screen standards.
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State Theater
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Franchot Tone
May Robson
Winnie Lightner
Fred Astaire
Robert Benchley
Ted Healy
His
Stooges
Lady for a Day Receives High Praise at Fox Theater
A screen masterpiece, Lady for a Day, praised by Frank Capra Robert Riskin Damon Runyon and Warren Williams, plays Sunday and Monday at the Fox theater. The film is hailed as one of the most entertaining of the year and destined for a prominent niche in cinema history.
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Columbia Studios
Frank Capra
Robert Riskin
Damon Runyon
Warren Williams
May Mobson
Guy Kibbee
Fox Theater
Lady for a Day in Runyon’s Cosmopolitan origin tale
Damon Runyon’s Lady for a Day story traces its origins to Cosmopolitan magazine where it appeared under the title Madame La Gimp. The note highlights the writer’s vivid pen and the shift from magazine to stage or screen adaptations.
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Damon Runyon
Cosmopolitan
Havana Widows at State in New Year’s Eve Midnight Show
Six star comedians headline the First National Picture Havana Widows at the State theater for a midnight New Year’s Eve showing. Joan Blondell Glenda Farrell lead two Broadway chorus girls seeking millionaires as they scheme to shake them down in a sharp witty plot with a strong comedy twist.
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Havana
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Hawana
Guy Kibbee Allen Jenkins
Frank McHugh
Ruth Donnelly
Lyle Talbot
Mission Circle meets for study and social at Crawfordsville
The Mission Circle of the United Presbyterian church met at the parsonage for a study on The Never Failing Light. Mary White spoke on the New Brotherhood in Sudan and Margaret Davidson on India. A pot luck supper followed and boys and girls basketball games were won by local teams. Mr and Mrs John Wooley returned to Columbia after visiting relatives.
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Crawfordsville
Mission Circle
United Presbyterian Church
Mina McCleary
Mary White
New Brotherhood
Sudan
Margaret Davidson
India
Talma
Marie Clark
Olds
Rauscher
Alice Holmes
Irene Mitchell
Maxine Lowe
Doris Cherryholmes
Trene Rogers
Yalwa Clark
Florence White
Max Mitchell
Ernest Jones
Lyle Lowe
Allen Spangler
Claryence Fletcher
Kenneth White
Lisle Anwyl
Tonyn Davies
Cleo ‘Pletcher
Christmas Activities and Church Services in Wellman
The Wellman community gathers for Christmas with family visits at the Coffey home and candle light services at St. John Lutheran. Other events include a Christmas dinner hosted by the Gardners, a medical update on Carl Booth, and a Wellman orchestra performing at the Baptist church as part of the holiday program. The churches outline New Year services and society meetings.
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Will Blum
Waldemar EK. Hinek
St. John's Lutheran Church
Walther Leaguer
Methodist Episcopals
Epworth League
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
S. C. Love
Hensberger
Thos
Osborn
Baptist Steays
Bethlehem
The Matterhorn Opens With Ropes and Rails
The Matterhorn in Switzerland now features fixed ropes and iron railings at its most difficult sections. Despite its famed steepness, the system allows climbers with little or no mountaineering skill to reach the summit with reduced effort.
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Matterhorn
Switzerland
Longstanding Covered Bridge on Atlantic Highway at Cherryfield
The sole remaining covered bridge spanning the Nattaganagus River in Cherryfield Maine dates to 1843 and measures 68 feet. Its pedestrian passageways reflect historic Atlantic highway infrastructure.
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Cherryfield
Maine
Journal News Notes by D F Macon Subscription Rep
Subscription representative D F Macon reports on recent reader notes and newsroom tips including service updates and upcoming issue timings for the Journal.
December 380 features at Olds and Wayland farms and church notices
Local pages note signals on stop and go signs in Dec 380, passengers in Straw college town anecdotes, horse trading in Wayland with Frank Magdefray and Marderrat Bros, farm details at Ralph Bozman near Winfield, and a pageant postlude. Dorcas society meets Dec 28 hosted by the Millers. Deweys plan New Year service with Watch Night events and Bible school tomorrow morning.
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Christ
Beast
Dorcas Society
Glen Miller
Miller
Elmer Miller
Marner
Sedwinney
Dewey
Jesse James
Deweys
Funeral Rites Held For Kathryn James In Columbus Junction
Kathryn James funeral services were conducted at 2 p m Friday at the Methodist church with Rev W A Lamp officiating. Burial followed in Columbus City cemetery. Woodrow Shearer and W Tannery prepared reports and photos on CWA projects in Louisa County for government HQ. Harvid Jones of Chicago visited at William E Jones's home. Frank Hanft suffered a broken right forearm while cranking an ear. Morris Marshall and family from Davenport visited J M Marshall's home, and Arthur Hoff with three daughters from Racine visited Mrs Beulah Luckey and kin.
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Columbus Junction
Kathryn James
Methodist Church
Hey W. A. Lamp
Columbus City
Woodrow Shearer
Columbus Gazette Force
W. &. Tannery
CWA
Louisa County
Harvid Jones
Chicago
William E. Jones
Frank Hanft
Morris Marshall
Davenport
J. M. Marshall
Arthur Hoff
Racine
Wis
Noff
Mes
Beulah Luckey
Four men busy at 4 30 p m at Fletcher Motor in Crawfordsville
Ralph notes five sales closed for him since their acquaintance and thanks are extended. The group visits Fletcher Motor company to inspect a Model A with Cherry declaring nothing wrong and praising the car as a daisy.
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Ralph
Crawfordsville
Fletcher Motor Company
Cherry
Big Game Pep Talk Sparks Team Finish Drive
A coach rallies players before the season’s pivotal game urging relentless effort and team spirit. The crowd is large and expectations high as the team aims to set a school record with a decisive win.
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Gowan
Community Notes and Local Births and Visits
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Roundy returned from a visit with his parents at Woodbine. A Seth Parker program is planned at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening. Mrs Helen Williams and William Leffler married at Justice of the Peace E F Davis home in Columbus Junction December 1. They will live on a farm northwest of here. Mr and Mrs Samuel Costar are parents of a son born December 24. Ina Owens, employed at Donnellson, visited her mother Mrs Myrtle Owens this week. Mrs T H Jones visits her son Riddell Jones and family at Altoona Pennsylvania. Rev B H Newbur will begin evangelistic services at the Columbus City tabernacle Sunday. Elizabeth and Jean dientzier visit relatives at Chariton.
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Wellman
William Morgan
Marcia Coffey
Chicago
Helen Coffey
Washington
Kathleen W. Coffey
Ainsworth
Hubert Coffey
Iowa City
E. I. Coffey
Bill Morgan
Boone
Coffey
St. John Lutheran Church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
John Manning
Kinross-Little Creek-Wellman
Howard Gardner
Hoyt
Harve Freel
Thelda of
Arden
Baldora
Clifford Freel
Beulah
Aline
Herbert
Ira Huber
Richard
Helen
Cordelle
Braden
Gladys Pence
Denver
Iowa
Arnold Pence Ih
Webb Morrow
Milo T. Sorden
Muscatine
Carl Booth
University Hospital
al Miller
Ward and Kohl
D. T. Yoder
Lou Miller
Perry Ayers
T. Ellis Rickey
Virginia Lou
Patricia
Ray Walton
Rodney
A. L. Braden
Master Yoder
Willis Yoder
St. John’s Lutheran
Tives
Lloyd Roundy
Woodbine
Seth Parker
Presbyterian Cleurch
Helen Williams
William Leffler
E. F. Davis
Ina Owens
Donnellson
Myrtle Owens
T. H. Jones
Riddell Jones
Altoona
Ralph Baker
Ella Baker
Richard Peters
B. H. Newbur
Columbus City Tabernacle
Elizabeth
Jean Dientzier
Chariton
Wellman Postonmaster Sunday School Record
Joe McClelland holds a rare timing record as superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School in Wellman. He marks fourteen years in the role with only one absence due to influenza, and his family includes his daughter-in-law Winnie Palmer.
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Wellman
Joe McClelland
Star
Joe
Methodist Sunday School
Mr. McClelland
Winnie Palmer
Christmas News and Local Visits Across Gray Area
Mr and Mrs Jey Duvall visited her Missouri folk while J I Hoxworths and others spent Christmas with relatives. Neighbors shared holiday gatherings at Hoxworth McKay and Hopping homes. School vacation schedules, club meetings, oyster supper plans, and local events filled December into January with programs at Shiloh and Harmony schools. Several families reported Christmas Day visits and memorials, along with new Plymouth car and cattle purchases.
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Fouls Ruth’s
Will Longer
Hazel
Ruth
Alvie Nethergalls
Gray School
Velda
Evelyn Hexworth
Shiloh School
Dee
Harmony School
Santa
Walter Anderson
Carl Andersons
Chas. Sehiebe
Richard
Roy Millers
W. L
Chas. Sehiebels
Otto Sehiebels
Bill Chemllare
Mr. Chemilar
Bromine as a liquid metallic chemical element
Bromine is described as the only liquid metallic element. The text notes its extensive use in photography and medicine and in tear gas manufacture. It also mentions applications in making anti knock gasoline.
Railway Beetle Lights Paraguay With Red And Green Glow
A remarkable beetle moves toward Paraguay emitting light from its body. It flashes red at the ends and green along the sides, earning the name railway beetle for its peculiar light producing characteristics.
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Paraguay
War and Peace War in Ohio After Peace with Britain
The article notes the long England America war ended with Britain while in Ohio conflict between white settlers and tea men intensified after the peace. It frames the Ohio clashes as ongoing post peace hostilities separate from the larger war.
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England
America
Ohio
Great Britain
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