Recollects Days When Miss Nichols Taught In Richmond School
Obituary and social notes recall Effie Nichols as an early Richmond schoolteacher remembered for opening hymn singing. The column lists New Year visits and family travel from Pilotburg to nearby towns, with several families visiting relatives and plans for a Texas trip at week’s end.
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Richmond
Pilotburg
Effie Nichols
Clifford Eyestone
Ray Hough
Keota
Ralph Ashby
Charles Ashby
Richard Scott
Dena Schwartz
Vera Turnipseed
Wellman
Lucile Proctor
Oelwein
Marvin Turner
Quincy
Ill
Merle Howsare
Harold Weyer
Dale
Mary Ellen
Shellsburg
Albert Stransky
Kenneth Peters
Albert Batterson
Washington
Wayne Stransky
Jimmy Oldfield
Des Moines
Ralph Oldfield
Daryl Oldfield
Carl Oldfield
Texas
Marilyn Mouser
Market Report Chicago Livestock Prices and Trends
Chicago livestock market opens fairly active with hogs 50c lower, firm mid-session, top hogs 16.50 with broader 15.75 to 16.25 for 180 to 220 lb. sows 12.75 to 13.25. cattle and calves mixed with steers 22.00 to 30.00 for medium grades, yearlings around 30.00 to 40.00, cows 15.00 to 18.00, heifers 21.50 to 27.00, killers and bulls active with varied price ranges. Sheep salable 4,500, lambs 23.00 to 24.20, overall firm to higher for slaughter lambs.
Riverside Residents Return to Homes After Holidays End
Riverside news notes varied visits as residents reunite after New Year festivities. The column records guests from Washington and Cedar Rapids, local military furloughs, hospital and family updates, school resumption, and a long list of upcoming local sales and auctions across Kalona, Washington, Keota, Ollie, and Crawfordville.
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Riverside
Elmo Knittel
Tom T. Bowstead
DeWitt
Ted Woods
Burr Bordwell
Washington
Edward Bushek
Darris Whitlock
Robert J. Bushek
Merle Blieu
Doris
Carl Luckey
Charles Glaspey
Independence
Pfe
Norman Sojka
Cedar Rapids
Army Air Corps
Wichita Falls
Texas
Sojka
Victor Burich
Wes Sojka
Pfe. S. Sojka
Stanley Beranek
Mary Viasak
Cleo Burich
Dale Burich
Barbara
Iowa City
Frank Gorman
Johnny Wilson
Dale Howard
E. E. Howard
Glen Wilkinson
Cora
Des Moines
Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Fuehange
Ollie
Havre
Grover C, Walton
Elis. Miller
Keota
Meeker Hass
Brighton
Rt. 3
Lee Oliver
Lee Stacy
Crawfordville
Claude McCoy
S. W
Dublin
Benge & Smith
Early candle origins in ancient times
Chine claims the invention of candles around 5000 B.C. Early versions were likely brittle rushes or reeds whose piths were saturated with grease or wax.
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Chine
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West Chester
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Arco Distributing Co
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Wisconsin
Hudson
Call Journal
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Frank Chez
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Mills Auto Service
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Edwards
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Paatn Gamble
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Stromberg Carlson Combination Radio and Phonograph
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Jowa Southern Utilities Company
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Don MM. Hayes
Poland
China
Keith Barnes
Washington County
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Don Leichty
Wayland
Towa
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S. Ave
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Stewart & Crone
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DU Pont
Eclipse Lumber Co
Hampshire Boars
Lloyd Kempf
Olde
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McDaniels Drug Store
DuPont Chemical Laboratories
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Eclipse Lumber Company
Call
Mindo
Alfred Johnson
Oleman
Tait’s Radio & Appliance
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Sorden Music Co
G. C. Timmons
Baker’s
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Evening Journal
Lemmion
Martin Laboratories
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Washington Chick Hatchery
Ramseyver Hatchery
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George T. Keehler
Osineup Walgreen
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W. H. Graber
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Southwest Corner Square
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