Grace Boysal Visits Allerton With Parents
Mrs Grace Boysal and her companion are spending the week in Allerton with her parents. Fresh eggs are selling 18 cents a dozen at local markets. Mrs Joseph Shalla reports her daughter Mrs Laulie Reller in Chicago received a notable promotion last week moving from training manager for the six Wieboldt stores to merchandise division roles and two months of research and promotional work in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Boysal
Gon
Allerton
Mrs. Boysal
Joseph Shalla
Laulie Reller
Chicago
Reller
Wieboldt
New York
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Gregory Smith Harper admitted for pneumonia. Mrs James Blessing and Nancy Darlene admitted yesterday. Mrs Leland Whetstine discharged yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Smith
Harper
James Blessing
Nancy Darlene
Leland Whetstine
Local Briefs and Advertisements in Des Moines Area
Mrs. Fred Cromwell visits her mother Mrs. G W Hay in town. Harry Whittaker travels to Keokuk for a day of business. A fur buyer visits each Saturday for Powers Produce. Ray Guest of the I.B.U. wins ten dollars for a Westinghouse small appliances window display. his entry from Christmas week won a state prize and advances to a national contest in Chicago. A dance event at Rendezvous with Bill Meeghon Orchestra on January 6 is advertised. Poultry pricing and fur buying ads appear from Reisters and Powers Produce. Nellie Thompson and daughter Helen plan to move to Dr Murray WCreedy’s property at 903 Main Street, from Hinshaw property at 628 East Main Street, late next week.
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Ray Guest
1.8.U
Nellie Thompson
Helen
Murray weCreedy
Tide Main Street
Hinshaw
East Main Street
East Highland Residents Share New Year Visits
East Highland notes list numerous family and friend visits around New Year’s Day. Household gatherings include James Dvorak and others, with gatherings at the Vern Prymek, Gail Murdock, and Wie land homes. James Dvorak Jr. will ride in a Chevrolet bow recently purchased from Jake Hendrickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mincer
East Highland
Matilda Bruegge
Ruby
Verle Conklin
Keota
George Lungquist
James Swailes
Donald and
Marie
Glenn Lambert
Wilma
Hester
Leona Anne
Harold Rath
James Dvorak
Henry Prymek
Floyd
Frank Prymek
Riverside
John Wieland
J. Ll Vege
Wm. Weber En
J. L. Veggy
Gail Murdock
William Pearson
Robert
Nancy
Noah Wieland
Jean
Darel
Geneva
Frankie Mincer
Gary Gene
Robert Wieland
Ronald
Lary
Victor Butich
K. A
Community News Roundup From District No 4 Watch Parties
District No 4 reports New Year gatherings at multiple homes including Lee Hunt Alvin Been Blossom and Ployd Harvey. Several families and guests from Geneseo Centerville Van Horn and local towns attended dinners visits and a festive charivari for Mr and Mrs James Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Harvey
Francis MccVonne
Lee Hunt Home
Ainsworth
H. J. Brenneman
N. W. Thompson
Dorothy
Alvin Been Blossom
Ruth McGraw
Arthur Paggett
Centerville
Howard Baker
Esther Wheelan
John Wheelan
Chas
Faulkner
Marjorie
Alice Ward
Geneseo
John Warnack
Ed Wittetoe
Paul Piffer
Ernest Piffer
van Horn
Emil Piffer
Paully
Homer Coulter
Ed Vitletoe
Donald McLaughlin
Robert
W. H. McConnell
Francis McConnell
John Adams
Ploy
Squonk Legend Told In North Woods Tale
The squonk, a shy creature known for its tearful moans, wanders the woods and dissolves in its own salty tears when captured. A lumberjack lured one to his cabin, then shut it in a wicker basket, prompting hours of sobbing before the beast disappeared.
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North Woods
Usica
David the Shepherd Fights Lion to Save Flock
David, a fourteen year old guardian of his father’s flocks, resists invitations to seek the king. By moonlight he fends off a lion with a sling and stone, earning his mother’s praise and a vow to meet the king later, proving himself a man.
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Judah
David
Rebeccah
Shep
WNN
Community notes from Haskins and surrounding areas
Residents share weekend visits and travel with family in Sigourney Iowa City Wayland Gladwin and Crawfordsville. Haskins school reopens after a one week holiday vacation with all but two students returning to classes.
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Clara Godlove
Haskins
Anna Nicholson
Colorado City
Cora Latter
Harold Godlove
Sigourney
Harry Showalter
Gladwin
M. T Coon
Sue Thoma
D. H. Peters
Lewis and Atlantic
Albert Wehr
Harold
Gerald
Henry Menafee
Wyman
Glendale
D. H. Branfield
Clarice
BE. L. Conry
Crawfordsville
E. J. Frey
Jean
Wayland
Raymond Good
Donald
Bd. Co
L. M. Birney
Una Gordon
Roy Krotz
Washington
George Murphy
Marilyn
Red Murphy
Alex Mococreedy
Iowa City
Floyd Steele
Steele
Dale Jones
Bobby
Wm. Dunbar
Dunbar
Paul Edward
Marilee May
Paula
Gladwim
J. M. Farts
Lioyd Edwards
Ronnie
Duncan
Cotter
Haskins School
Pillsbury Cast Aluminum Offers Drive Flour Sales
Pillsbury promotes a cast aluminum utensil offer with 7 pieces priced from 50 cents to 2.50 and a free nickel plated kitchen scoop in Sno Sheen Cake Flour. A Tel A Phone toy free with Farina boosts product visibility, supported by Journal advertising and Good Housekeeping Institute testing.
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Pillsbury
Bury’s
Good Housekeeping Institute
Furry Dance of Helston Depicted in Parish Window
A Helston parish window depicts two angels dancing the Furry dance, with opening bars of the tune shown. The annual May celebration has merrymakers dancing through streets and into houses. The festival’s origin remains obscure.
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Helston
England
Ancient Egyptians Liked Flowers
In ancient Egypt people favored cut flowers to decorate homes and sanctuaries, using blossoms to brighten interiors and mark ceremonial spaces. The practice reflected cultural appreciation for floral beauty and symbolic meanings in daily life.
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Ancient
Egypt
Special display material for Sno Sheena and Farina offers
Inquiry about availability of special display materials for both the Sno Sheena and Farina give-away promotions. Seeks confirmation on stock, formats, and distribution windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sno Sheena
Farina
Sunshine Club Holds Annual Dinner at Montgomery Home
The Sunshine community club held its annual dinner at Malcolm Montgomery's home with thirty in attendance amid sickness and bad roads. A chicken dinner and pudding baked by Mrs. Tom Stirling accompanied Chinese checkers and social visits. The next meeting, in two weeks, will host a farewell dinner for members moving away at the Fred Zieglowsky home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Community Club
Malcolm Montgomery
Tom Stirling
Fred Zieglowsky
Mrs Homer Martin R Recovery After Operation
Friends learn Mrs Homer Martin R is steadily improving after a serious operation at the University Hospital in Iowa City. J N Davis and family host Arthur Hughes visiting from Wymore Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Pedensacon, former locals, enjoyed holiday Kentucky visit.
Bethlehem’s Nativity Tale From a Humble Town to Ancient Shrine
Bethlehem, once seen as least important among Palestine towns, is linked to Jesus birth. Tradition says a pecan temple of Adonis desecrated the site before Constantine built the Basilica of the Nativity around AD 330. The basilica remains among the oldest churches, though altered by later additions.
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Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Palestine
Jesus
Adonis
Constantine
Christendom
Happiness as a Practical Philosophy
A concise maxim on happiness emphasizes living in the present and helping others as the path to joy. It frames happiness as a universal good achieved through compassionate action and communal well being.
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John Timmerman
Dashhunds— Scotties
Wolf Floral CO
D.ef. Macon
Reister Bros
Eo Wee Ota
Fred Cromwell
Les Moines
G. W. Hay
the Evening Journal
Harry Whittaker
Keokuk
Powers Produce
Rendezvous
Bill Meeghon
Reisters
Powers
Ypashington Fruit Market
Pascal Celery
California
Winesaps
Jonathans
Rome
Ben Davis
Libby
Texas
Idaho Potat
Amboy Milk
Ibs
Lewis Lye
Phe
Lau
McConnell
Franke Hagan
Elmo Ott Watson
David, the Shepherd
Mary Ellis Ames
Pillsbury's
Pillsbury Cooking Service
Sunshine Club
Montgomery
Homer Martin R
Mra RE
V. Humphrey
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