Wellman turkey industry drew praise and pushback
Bruce Cowden recounts reader William McClelland’s letter criticizing a state commission piece on Wellman’s turkey industry. He notes Wellman was a thriving town with trains, stockyards, churches, and a strong pre turkeys economy, and highlights local plants Maplecrest Kalona Riverside Don Stutsman Corn Belt Turkey Farms and overall county prosperity from turkey farming.
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William McClelland
Wellman
Journal
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
McClelland
Arthur Gingerich
State Commission
Turkey
Washington
Washington County
Maplecrest
Development Commission
A. C. Gingerich
Don Stutsman Corn Belt
Kalona
Riverside
Forest Park grocer tells cat homing tale sparks disbelief
A Forest Park grocer claims a cat has an extraordinary homing instinct, a story reported this week in Chicago papers that readers find unbelievable and sensational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Forest Park
Cat travels vast 1000 miles to seek owners in Chicago suburb
A Massachusetts family reports their cat Rusty traveled about 1000 miles from Belmont to Forest Park after being left behind last September. The pet reportedly found its way to the family’s former home near Chicago, prompting readers to share similar homing stories of cats or dogs.
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Chicago
Rusty
Massachusetts
Forest Park
Belmont
Boston
Hat
Mrs. Sadee McAvoy Visits Kirksville During Christmas
Mrs. Sadee McAvoy spent several days over the Christmas weekend in Kirksville Missouri at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Marvin Buchwalter and family. She was joined there Christmas day by the Buchwalter family.
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Sadee McAvoy
Kirksville
Marvin Buchwalter
Community and Farm Auctions Across Iowa Listings
Local sale days include Friday at Whittaker sale barn and weekly livestock sales at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Kalona Sales Barn in Kalona and Ollie Livestock Byrohange in Ollie Iowa. Multiple January closing out and public sale dates listed with locations and start times.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Byrohange
Ollie
Brighton
Black Top Highway
Chris. Mann
Wayland
Raymond Good
Sale
Washington
Havre
Grover C. Walton
Keota
Meeker Hess
Miles S.W
Lee Oliver
Lee Stacy
Crawfordsville
Claude T. McCoy
S. W
Dublin
Besge & Smith
Local families share Christmas gatherings in Kirksville and surrounding towns
A long Christmas week list notes Mr. and Mrs. Marion McAvoy and others returning home to Kirksville where they run the Pig Stand. Several Pleasant Plain and Fairfield families visited, with many going to Delavan Wisconsin and Daytona Beach for new homes or business ventures. Guests at Pringle's included families from Rick Island and Springville. others from Keota and Dodgeville dropped by for meals and visits.
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Marion McAvoy
Doy
Buckwalters
Kirksville
Cloyee Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Sammy Miller
Harold Briley
Bobby
Billy
Sheila
Daytona Bach, Fla
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Bruce Cowden
Rock Island
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Blig
Theo. B. Bailey
Leet
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D Morrison Jr
Morrison Blig
Phone 245
W. Livingston
Robert Day
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
McCreedy
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
C. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathichysician
F. G. Livesay
D. C
So Lowa Ave
Hi-Ho
Midway Sales CO
Smylie, Mgr
FOX
Bud Abbott
Dick Powell
Lou Costello
Realart
Milton ON
Berle
Virginia Mayo
Warner Bros
Purina
Ab, Purina Custom
Xing Tring
Freshwater's Feed Store
Paily
Colu A
Jean McKinney
Delavan
Wis
Harold McKinney
Miss McKinney
Anna Landau
Trene Rees
DeWitt
John H. Rees
J. G. Rowell
Amarillo, Tex
Irene McKay
Adeline Humphreys of
Wyman
Iowa City
Frank Pringle
Cloyce Pringle
Richard Pringle
Rick Island
Leland Pringle
Springville
Burl Pringle
Thornburg
Hattie Gregory
Frank Pringles
Pringle
Jennie Harris
John Carris
Mary Stoutner
Hubert Carris
Dodgeville
Orville Kemp
Carolyne
Lennox
Used Auto
Truck &Trac
TOR Parts
Evans
Welding
EGG Markets
Rock Island Produce Co
Reisters
Aikes “Inicross
Ames
NEW Hampshires
White Leghorns
Ramseyer's Hatchery
East Washington
Sam
Black Top
Guernsey
Hampshire
Rmorses
White Rock
Hay & Grain
Rik Re Hs
Machinery & Equipment
International Farmati
Wood Bros
International
Little Genius
Kewanee
John Deere
John Deere Hay Loader
Maquoketa
JW. Hendrickon
Don Burger
Dwicht
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