Dorothy Weber Declam Winner in Pre-District Contest
Dorothy Weber a Columbus high senior won first in the dramatic division at Lone Tree for the pre district declam contest reading The Faceless Men by her brother Carl Arthur Weber. John OConnor Lone Tree won first in the oratorical division and Doerres Dorigen Lone Tree took humorous division. District contest set for Mediapolis on January 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Dorothy Weber
Columbus High School
G. W. Weber
Lone Tree
Carl Arthur Weber
Chicago
John O'Connor
Doerres Dorigen
Albert Cordray
Cecil Kersten
Earl Siegfrid
University of Iowa
Mediapolis
Fairview Social Notes and Local Visits
Darlene Sojka Nellie Horak and Hazel Sojka took standard tests at Jackson center schoolhouse. Wayne and Marlin Shaila near grandparents Will ellin this week. Havel and Kron families visited Vince Tellin home and Riverside. Horak family hosted at Soika and Horak homes. Will Tellin returned from Washington care duties for ill Margaret Ann.
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Vince Tellin
Fairview
Darlene Sojka
Nellie Horak
Hazel Sojka
Jackson Center School House
Wayne
Marlin Shaila
Willellin
Jesse Havel
Albert Kron
Donald Kron
Riverside
Melo Horak
Milt Soika
Wayne Marston
Mary Lu
Melo Lasek
Will Tellin
Harold Ahrens
Washington
Margaret Ann
Ernest Wittmer and Duane Johnson Headed to California
Duane Johnson and Ernest Wittmer left Tuesday for California from Germanville. The county bridge crew laid a new floor on the bridge south of Vee. Frank Baker saved a large pile of wood for Milton H Coffin. W F Heston hauled a load of fat yearling sheep to Chicago. Ernest Coffin returned home from Jefferson county hospital and is recovering from surgery. Dick Simmons missed school. Beverly Coffin is ill this week. O G Goweys assisted Merrill Goweys with the butchering duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton H. Coffin
Veo
Duane Jonaon
Ernest Wittmer
Germanville
California
County Bridge
Dick Simmons
Beverly Coffin
O. G. Goweys
Merrill Goweys
Lois True Visits Everett Coffin Home This Week
Saturday visits by Lois True to the Everett Coffin home are noted this week with family plans for engagement and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ering
Lois True
Everett Coffin Home
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Echo Community Life
Pleasant Hill residents share visits with neighbors including Edd Chalupa Tom Long and Roy Kephart. A funeral service for infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Heck was held at Riverside. Other brief items mention Miles Stout, Will Saville, and a wood-sawing chores by Everette Lewis as well as general social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Harry Bishop
Edd Chalupa
Tom Long
Sam Sigafoose
Miles Stout
Roy Kephart
Fred Heck
Lawerence Heck
Riverside
S. E. Sigafoose
Homer Kepharts
Will Saville
Lee Hesseltine
Earl Kephart
Bertha
Pleasant Hill Aid
Frank Layne
Lenoux
Hanry Bishop
Boden couple to move shop reopening in Sterling
Brighton reports Mr and Mrs John Boden travel to Sterling Nebraska to reopen Everybody's Shop, a women and children's apparel store once run by Mrs Boden. Other notes mention Edwin Vanerus returning from Rockford Illinois, Gilbert Hoskins visiting Earnham, Edith Weldin back at the drug store, and Rhoda McFarland returning to her daughter's home after Chicago visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
John Boden
Sterling
Neb
Edith Weldin
Rhoda McFarland
Ira Schafer
Chicago
Early Chicks Pay Off in Poultry Profits Says Priebe
Frank Priebe urges poultry raisers to start chicks early, citing farmers’ data showing lower or similar costs and higher profits from eggs and pullets hatched before April 1. He claims early chicks are easier to raise and less disease-prone in cold weather, boosting overall returns.
Advice on poultry economics of seasonal sales
A letter from Frank Priebe discusses damp cold versus warm weather for brooding and selling chickens. It notes July prices for chicks and compares to November and Thanksgiving earnings, suggesting earlier chick placement in a broader house with a good stove to maximize profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Priebe
Fire Destroys Vast Library Volumes in 1852 Blaze
A blaze at the Congressional Library in 1852 destroyed over 35 000 volumes many irreplaceable. The incident reduced a significant portion of the collection, highlighting the era’s preservation challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Obituary and probate notices for James T. Foster and Joseph Mast
Funeral services were held for James Turley Foster in Has kins with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. Surviving wife Amy and five children noted. pallbearers named. Also public notice of probate for Joseph Mast's last will filed in Washington County Iowa District Court set for January 23 1939 with hearing details and clerk seal.
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James T. Boster
Presbyterian
Haskins
Chapman
Crawfordsville
K. A. Mathers
Albert Wehr
John Skubal
Edgar Whetstine
Ralph Boyd
Delbert Brumfield
Ed Murphy
Roy Steele
Ainsworth Cemetery
James Turley Foster
Joseph
Katherine Dyche Foster
Muscatine
Iowa
Amy Susan Foster
Seventeen Parises Found Across United States
A report notes at least seventeen places in the United States named Paris. The observation highlights the prevalence of Paris as a municipal name across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
United States
Notice of Probate for Martha B McCutchheon Will
The will and testament of Martha B. McCutchheon, deceased, dated July 18, 1921, has been filed and opened. A hearing for proof is set for January 23, 1939 at 8:00 AM at the Court House in Washington Iowa before the District Court or the Clerk. R Noonan, Clerk of the District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Noonan
District Court
Washington
Iowa
Washington County
Martha B. McCutchheon
Said County
Took Utrecht by Accident During Dutch Civil War Episode
A 19th century spectator account describes a Prussian king secretly moving troops into Dutch territory amid civil conflict. He claimed to seek redress for his sister’s injury, but his forces unexpectedly captured Utrecht and gained control of Amsterdam. The incident underscores volatile regional power plays in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utrecht
Holland
Prussia
Amsterdam
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Marion
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Marshalltown
William Albertis
Indianapolis Ind
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Mt Union
Frank Terederick
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the District Court
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