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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1944
Page
7
Yuletide Dinners At Prairie Flower Families Share Holiday Meals
Prairie Flower report of Christmas dinners and family reunions across several households. Mentions include the Donaldson, Whisler, Turnipseed, Smith, Knotek, Finke, and Knotek families, with Merle Turnipseed earning silver wings at Selman Field and home furlough. The piece notes multiple gatherings, gifts, and a festive feast atmosphere.
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Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Harry Donaldson
Johnnie
Donaldson
Raymond Whisler
Melville Donaldson
T. Roy Whitewend
Duane
William Peiffer
Sigourney
L. W. Turnipseed Aome
Merle F. Turnipseed
Setman Field
Dorothy
Rock Island
Fredmund
Lowe
Danny
Washington
Joe
John
John Knotek
Joe Knotek
Ralph Joseph
Iaeille
Birthday Celebration at Knapp Home
Birthday and her parents Mr and Mrs Darbyshire spent the day in the Knapp home. Her mother baked the delicious birthday cake.
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Mrs. Darbyshire
Knapp
Hog and cattle market roundup from Chicago fairs
Chicago markets report a week of hogs trading near ceiling at 14.75 for up to 270 pounds and 14.00 for heavier hogs and sows. cattle sees good and choice steers limited with up to 17.00 for top weights and calves steady. sheep active with highs to 15.35 and monthly upturns around 25 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Prices Show Mixed Closed Ranges
Chicago prices for wheat corn and oats show varied moves with May and July futures posting mixed highs and lows. The report lists open high low and close figures across wheat corn oats and a few other items with scattered percentage values and a note to read the classified ads.
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Chicago
Community sale and public auctions list at Iowa farms
A detailed listing of multiple farm and public sales across Iowa towns including Columbus Junction Crawfordsville Packwood Washington Washington Grove Riverside Ainsworth and others. Auctions run on various dates from January 2 to January 22 with times around 11:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. sale locations include barns roads and farms with auctioneers Klotz Duncan Brown Bruty Hendrickson and others.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Rock Road
Jamies S. Quinn Klotz & Pencan
Crawfordsville
Howard Stewart
Klotz & Duncan
Brown & Bruty
Washington
Talleyrand
John A. Greiner
J. W. Hendrickson
Jesse Meeks
Cloyce Stewart
Cotter
Harold Vv
Chatfield & Son
Klotz & Durcan
Him Grove
Glen Green
S. E
Columbus
Wilford Teller
S. W
Riverside
Otto Navy
N. W
George W. Brown
C. W
Munro Lands Plane Struck by Lightning
Westminster dispatch recalls David Munro's first trans ocean flight as pilot when his ferry command plane was struck by lightning. The craft lost almost all electrical power yet the plane stayed aloft and landed safely. Local notes report memorials, vacations, reunions, and a surge of community activity in the area around Aberdeen Proving Ground and Crawfordsville.
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Merie Ecxels
Westminster
David Munro
Davids
David
Ronnie Rich
Crawfordsville
Jimie
Donnie Rich
Daryl Statler
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Robert B. Eckels
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Ohio
Harry C. Conway
Conway
RAF
AAFP
Holiday coffee hosts a dozen locals with guests
Mrs. T. A. Michels and daughter Betty Joan and Ruth welcomed 75 friends at 1080 North Iowa Avenue for an afternoon of yuletide decor music by Betty Joan and Ruth, with Mrs. C. H. Guther and Mrs. W. L. Alcorn assisting. Out of town visitors included Helen Cunningham Waukegan Illinois Mrs. Fred Cromwell Burlington Katherine Fisher New York Suzanne Fisher Omaha Nebraska and Mrs. Burke Gillespie Council Bluffs.
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T. A. Michels
Betty
Joan
Ruth
North
Iowa Avenue
C. H. Guther
W. L. Alcorn
Carla Guther
Helen Cunningham
Waukegan
Fred Cromwell
Burlington
Katherine Fisher
New York
Suzanne Fisher
Omaha
Nebr
Burke Gillespie
Council Bluffs
Local residents bid farewell before holiday departures
Roberta Roth heads home to Cedar Rapids after visiting friends. Katherine Bostek plans to depart Monday afternoon for Chicago where she works, after spending the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs B F Bostwick Sr.
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Roberta Roth
Cedar Rapids
Katherine Bostek
Chicago
B. F. Bostwick, Sr
Wake Island prisoner Dick Barden sends wartime telegram
Mrs. Frank Barden of Ottumwa and hearer Dick Barden report their son Richard, a civilian internee, was captured early in the war and is held in a Japanese POW hospital. He thanks American Navy doctors for care and expresses hope for reunion with his family in Fairfield and Washington.
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Frank Barden
Ottumwa
Washington
Richard Barden
Wake Island
Fairfield
Japan
Jay Richard Barden
Gillespie kin to spend holidays with Gillespie family
Mrs. Burke Gillespie and daughters Jane and Katherine of Council Bluffs visit the Gillespie home for the holidays. Captain and Mrs. John Gillespie and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gillespie of Mt. Pleasant arrive for New Year dinner. Edith Gillespie plans to return to State University of Iowa Tuesday. Marie Landau, a Ferndale Michigan teacher, leaves Monday for Detroit after Christmas with Landau relatives. Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson depart for Kansas City after an over Christmas visit with Landau relatives.
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Clement Griffith
Harrisonville
James Casey
Washington
Ed Rich
Edgar Stewart
Kirgo
Grace Munro
Iowa University
Marian McDowell
Stirling
Kansas
Virginia Eckels
Coe College
Patricia Griffith
Cedar Township
Jean McCall
Cedar Rapids
Nedra Dusenberry
Mt. Pleasent
Maxine Crawford
Dubuque
Mary Duvall
St. Luke's Hospital
Ed-Rich
West Point
Keith Stewart
Lester Laubach
Coast
KE. P. Rich
Jimmy
Donnie
Santa
Dennis
Frank Rich
E. Eicher
Frances
Irvan Rich
Sandra
Ronnie
Crawfordsville
Francis Jane Casey
Burke Gillespie
Jane
Katherine
Council Bluffs
T. R. Gillespie
Gillespies
John Gillespie
Paul Gillespie
Mt. Pleasant
Edith Gillespie
State University of Iowa
Marie Landau
Ferndale, Mich
Detroit
Anna Landau
James Robinson
Kansas City
Landau
Robinson
Mable Landau
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