Actress Who Wed Powell Poultry Sales Do Not Make Money
Farm women cannot boast of making money from egg and poultry sales. Local notices report meetings at the Prairie Minister Missionary home in Washington and a Farm Bureau session there. The community notes births, visits, and church events include a daughter born to the Coy family and a Bible study at Pilotburg Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stransky
Pilotburg
Nellie Scott
Prairie Mioner
Merritt Booth
Washington
Furm Bureau
Raymond Sayre
Wellman
Ruth Thatcher
Marion Strausky
Frank
Marion Stransky
Hotetler
Walona
James Chalupa
Albert Straunsky
Wayne Stransky
Lyn Coy
Washington Hospital
Dow Bishop
Tue Coy
Clayton Bear Farm
Labor Leader Billings Opens Watch Shop in San Francisco
After 23 years in Folsom prison for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, Warren K. Billings now runs a small watch repair shop in San Francisco. He learned watch repair during his incarceration and applies those skills in his new business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren K. Billings
Folsom
Cal
San Francisco
Billings
Golf Leader Shooting Shines at Los Angeles Open
Clayton Heafner of Linville North Carolina proves the surprise of the Los Angeles open golf tournament with steady play and strong iron work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Heafner
Linville
N. C
Washington County Post hears plans for Iowa VFW conclave
New Holes. 1st District Commander Harry Hinkson of Burlington attended the Washington County post meeting along with Wilber Blink Carl Hoshek and John Wilson. Comrade Wilson inspected adjutant and quartermaster books. M. D. Atkinson announced the K Company reunion January 14 at Madison. Plans for the Iowa Department convention in Burlington mid June were discussed and the post aims to aid making it the largest VFW event in Iowa. The post reports steady membership gains toward the national target of 106000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wor. W
Harry Hinkson
Burlington
Washington County Post
Hinkson
Wilber Blink
Carl Hoshek
John Wilson
Wilson
A. KE. Palmer
M. D. Atkinson
Company K
Madison
Iowa Department
Iowa
Radda
Dave McGalley
Washington Co. Post
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Pensions and lodge notes span wars and decades
A long list details pension milestones from Mexican War to World War, plus a 1887 joint lodge installation and community notices. The piece names veterans, widows, dependents, and several local lodge officers with event dates and hosts.
Hunt to open locker plant at the Junction
Hunt Meat and Locker Service plans a locker plant in Columbus Junction. Dale Gentzler opens a shoe repair shop on North Main Street. Mrs. Harry Forware of St. Paul returns home after visiting her mother Mrs. M. W. Klotz. Mrs. Lucile Ebard of Ebard Louisiana comes to Town City for her brother Richard Klotz’s illness at University hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Hunt Meat and Locker Service
Ainsworth
Dale Gentzler
North Main Street
Harry Forware
St. Paul
Minn
M. W. Klotz
Lucile Ebard
Ebard
Richard Klotz
University Hospital Town City
Elk ticks blamed for moose deaths in Alber county
Provincial game officials estimate about 100 moose have died this year in the New Ireland area of Alber county New Brunswick due to elk ticks. The parasite grows up to half an inch and bores under the skin to suck blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ireland
Alber County
New Brunswick
Forinash Family Opens Coneville Cafe
Westchester viewers report the Forinash family, Villa and Mrs, move to Coneville to run a cafe. Lavaughn Forinash returns to Army training camp in Columbia South Carolina after being summoned by his father’s death. John McDowell joins Lavaughn as far as Berea Kentucky where he studies at the state college. Other locals Harold Miller Homer Porter Dale Hammer Diekman and Emmett Davidson depart Birmingham for Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ferguson
Westchester
Villa Forinash
Coneville
Lavaughn Forinash
J. c Forinash
Columbia
Carolina
John McDowell
Merle McDowell
Berea
Kentucky
The
State College
Harold Miller
Homer Porter
Dale Hammer
Diekman
Emmett Davidson
Birmingham
Detret
Oppressive Child Labor Definition in Early Policy
The definition classifies oppressive child labor as the employment of children under 16 in any occupation, with exceptions for 14 and 15 year olds in non manufacturing or mining work deemed not to interfere with schooling or health. It also includes 16 or 17 year olds in any occupation deemed particularly hazardous by the Children's Bureau chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Swift
Congress
Mexico
Ester Ann Hill Morgan
Independence
Ore
Shockey, Swift, Atkinson
Neiswanger
Burham
Radda
Children’s Bureau
Children's Bureau
Mississippi's Widest Point Reported at 14 420 Feet Wide
The Mississippi River is measured as 14 420 feet wide at its widest, with the reading taken 77 miles downstream from Cairn MH. Officials note the span reflects peak flood measurements and engineering benchmarks used for navigation and flood control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Cairn MH
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Dixie Dugan
Powell
William Powell
Diana Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
Continental Congress
Wellman Lempie No
Pythian Sister
Geneva Lodge
P's
K. of P. Hall
Pythian Sisters
Carroll Lulian
Vella Maplethorp
Joe Ward
Cnief
Edna Hendryx
J. M. Schlaugbaugh
Schlabaugh
J. H. Milter
Iowa City
Mable Berkey
Edna Liebig
Ph. P
K. of Ps
Jesse James
Charley Fritz
Leo Kinsinger
Ralph Bringman
Donald Brown
Herbert Campbell
Lyle Wade
W. B. Webster
Toppan Johnston
Joe Haller
Howard Gardner
Walter Jackson
Clarance Hall
Floyd Lewis
Dean Hall
Robert Hall
Virginia
Jumnita Schaffer
Donard Miller
W. Q. V. Club
Delmar Steninger
E. N. Foster
Harold Swartzendruber
Roy Marner
A. L. C. Club
Stanley Bash
L. C. Miller
BE. M. Foster
A. J. Nichols
A. C. Gingerich
A. Y. Braden
Lyal Smith
Ora Gingerich
Ed Gingenehaus
Russell Winegarden
Roy Durian
Joe Schlabaugh
Willis Kash
Lester Disney
Vanguard
Methodist Church
Miller Garage
Mr Miller
Glenn Booten
Jack Reed
James Reighard
Grace Hill
Lelia Miller
C. N. Kinnen
Oakville
Nebr
Floyd Kinnen
Floyd
Knoxville
Nebraska
Glen McCall
Amber
Mr. Kinnen
Ladies Aid
Lonnie Baker
Mrs. Baker
Ernoon
Methodist Parsonage
Mr. Baker
Caldwell
Ola Brumback
Isaac Sprague
B. Whitehead
Sprague
Hunt
Martha Butler
Pontiac
V. Forinash
Conesville
Cafe
Mississippi
W.rk. Dowhaldson
Sinclair
Mace Motor CO
N. Lowa Ave
Stewart & Crone
Washington, Iowa
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