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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
7
New Barn In Use As Cold Weather Looms
January notes from Ainsworth detail a newly enclosed barn on Chas W Kolesick’s R2 place allowing continued work despite weather. The item mentions local sales at Turnipseed sale with Charley Brown as auctioneer and Prairie Flower Ladies lunch, plus travel notes and family updates including the funeral of Ches ter Bowers aged 87 and a father age 84. Roads are reported fine and travel modestly cold so far this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Kolesick Ainsworth R 2
Floyd Bowers
Chester
Galesburg
Shiloh
Straw College
Charley Brown
Harry Dusenberry
Prairie Flower Ladies
Prairie Flower Names Officers At Annual Meeting
Prairie Flower congregation held its annual church dinner and business meeting at the Prairie Flower church. Officers were elected including BE L Smith as clerk Mona Reeves, C C trustee, Mrs Reeves as treasurer, W D Booth as finance chair, Mrs Muriel Strong as pianist, Rotland Bensor as missionary treasurer, and Nina Smith as treasurer. A report noted roughly two hundred dollars donated to missionary efforts. An Open discussion followed on boosting church activities for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
BE. L. Smith
Mona Reeves
C. C
Sxcceed
Reeves
W. D. Booth
Muriel Strong
Rotland Bensor
Nina Smith
Mission Circle
Mia
Sam Knapp
L. Negley
Masonic Temple
Havilands Visit Mrs. McCleary in Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs Philip Haviland and their baby from Rock Island called on Mrs R C McCleary on Sabbath afternoon. Mrs Haviland is formerly Miss Plumly a former local teacher. Vernon White is reported to be improving slowly and hopes to be up and about soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsbvilila
Philip Haviland
Baby
Rock Island
R. C. McCleary
Haviland
Miss Plumly
Vernon White
Open House for Ainsworth Refrigerated Locker Plant
Lee Hunt announces formal opening of Ainsworth's new refrigerated locker plant with open house on Saturday at 10:30 AM. Local workers built the facility using substantial lumber, cement, sand and gravel. The structure features plate glass windows, a butcher shop, lockers, freezing and chilling rooms, and cork insulation throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
aJn
Lee Hunt
Mrs. Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Lockier
Community notes and church social and local events
St Paul church hosted a country sausage and pancake feed with community turnout. Several local families and visitors are listed with dinners, Sunday services, officer installations, and Hi Ye activities at St Pauls Evangelical S.8. Mr and Mrs Koehler and Goff family are thanked for contributions and subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Church
Ruby Wolfe
Rev. Klein
Dorothy
Merle
Junior
Barnes City
Fred Graham
Ernest Willhott
Elvis Finke
St. Paul's Evangelical S. 8
Philip Gerdes
George Miller
Hindu Temples Feature Carved Stone Work Details
Carved stone work is the principal form of decoration used in Hindu temples. The article notes the prominence of stone carving in temple architecture and ornamentation.
Hogs lower as Chicago market uneven. cattle and sheep steady
Chicago market notes 24 000 hogs mostly 15 to 26 cents lower. top 7.60. 160 to 210 lb hogs 7.25 to 7.50. sows 6.00 to 6.50. Cattle 5 000. fed steers and yearlings 9.00 to 11.00, yearlings to 12.00. heifers around 10.25, weaker weights 6.75 to 8.00. Sheep 9 000. lambs 8.50 to 8.85, sheep weaker. Next day receipts: cattle 1 000, hogs 14 000, sheep 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago markets show butter and poultry prices steady with mixed receipts. Butter firsts range from 24 to 25 percent with extras at 25 percent. poultry sees ducks, geese, hens, spring chickens and broilers listed with variety of percent changes and steady market tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rossiba
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report
Chicago cash grain prices are listed with varied notes across corn oats and soybeans. Mixed consignments show several entries for yellow and white corn and oats with percentage ranges, while soybeans note yellow lots around eighty five percent and a reference to corn receipts of seventy five ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nye Named News Manager of Iowa Daily Press
Frank Nye Jr a Des Moines newspaperman is appointed news manager of the Iowa Daily Press association. He succeeds John D Zag who resigned to become secretary to Governor elect George A Wilson. Nye has worked in the Iowa state bureau of International News Service as state house correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Frank Nye
Iowa Daily Press Association
News Promotion Committee
Nye
John D Zag
George A. Wilson
Granger P. Mitchell
Fort Dodge Messenger
Don Hoppom
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Iowa State Bureau of
International News Service
State House
Gas Explosion At Winnipeg School Injures Two Workers
A gas explosion in the University of Manitoba science building injured two workers who were repairing a gas main leak in the botany laboratory early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba Science
Botany Laboratory
Russian Woman Arrested as Spy in Los Angeles
Federal agents arrest Mrs Matscha Gorin wife of a Soviet tourist agent on spy charges. Her husband already indicted in a plot to steal navy secrets for Russia. Shenandoah and Iowa City newspapers report the case with local ties to the University of Iowa journalism program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Matscha Gorin
Russia
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