Ramblings and Remnants Review of Industry Publications
Bruce Cowden discusses trade magazines like Cities Service’s Service noting high production values and varied petroleum related topics. He highlights an editorial by W Alton Jones on funding tools for industry, warning that labor and jobs depend on ready capital for expansion amidst rising wages and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Gillaspie
Washington
Cities Service Company
Gillespie
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service
Abor
Mr. Jones
Conservationist Sambo the Smart Crow Causes Mayhem
A Iowa Conservationist note tells of Sambo the crow imitating dog barks to disrupt neighbors and foil garden work. He steals clothespins, hides collars on cabbages, and hides ripe tomatoes before meeting a fatal prank. Dwight Bramon notes conservation antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Conservationist
Court House
3Ambo
Sambo
Birthday honorees and golden anniversary noted
Today’s birthday honors go to Dale Jackson Kalona Clarence Miller Paul Robert Smith Mrs Francis Bruty and Joe Murphy. Deborah Joan Brenneman Mrs Harve Wilson and Mrs Sherman Wolfe celebrate birthdays on the 16th. Charles Raymond Paul Alexander Henderson Charles James Goodwin Henry Michael Graf and Richard Weaver listed. Mr and Mrs Loyd Foster observe their 25th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Jackson
Kalona
Clarence Miller
Paul Robert Smith
Francis Bruty
Joe Murphy
Deborah Joan Brenneman
Harve Wilson
Sherman Wolfe
Charles Raymond
Paul Alexander Henderson
Charles James Goodwin
Henry Michael Graf
Richard Weaver
Loyd Foster
Forest Products Dominate New Hampshire Cash Income
New Hampshire forest products are described as the state's most important cash crop, underscoring their central role in the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Young Mike Zahs Treated At Iowa City Child's Hospital
Round Grove report notes 2% year old Mike Zahs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Zahs, was treated after a nosebleed at a local doctor and later at the University of Iowa Child's Hospital for proper care. The item also mentions Donnie Zahs's first haircut and other family news and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Zahs
Round Grove
Child’s Hospital
John Skubal
Dean Zahs
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Donnie
Percy Skubal
Melvin Soukup
Jim
Community and estate sales list for Iowa areas
Community sale held each Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Weekly livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction and Kalona Sales Barn Kalona. Ollie Livestock Exchange offers Tuesday sales at 1 00 pm with January 19 closing out sale first house north of Rock Island Stock Yards. Edward C. Winckler Estate January 21 closing out sale of household goods at 1003 North Second Avenue starts 1 30 pm. Mrs. Harry Horak January 23 Duroc Bredrik Sale Knotek Bros Timm at Timm farm three miles west of Muscatine on Rt 22. January 14 closing out sale one mile north of Washington on Riverside gravel road and four and a half miles east starts 11 00. Smith Glenn January 26 closing out sale three quarters mile north of west edge of Brighton starts 11 99. Maurice Bleess January 28 public auction of 30 acres land to be sold one block east and one quarter mile north of the American Pearl Button company starts 2 30. B E Miller January 28 crossing out sale one mile north of Crawfordsville on highway 218 starts 12 3. Lyle J Maxwell Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Rock Island Stock Yards
Edward C. Winckler
North Second Avenue
Harry Horak
Duroc Bredrik
Knotek Bros. & Timm
Timm Farm
Muscatine
Washington
Riverside Gravel
Smith & Glenn
Brighton
Maurice Bleess
American Pearl Button Company
B. E. Miller
Crawfordsville
Lyle J. Maxwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bruce Cowden
Jefferson Counties
Skunk River
Father Beaver
Dwight Bramon
N. H. Forest Products
Mike
Grandma Whetstine
Larry Colton
Arnold Bradshaw
McAllen
Texas
Hilton Coon
Ralph
Leonard Hixson
Doyle Pfieffer
Albia
Melly Coon
Judy Skual
Mary Lou Coon
Don Nicholson
Dean
Mrs
Lee Nicholson
Arnold Nicholson
Nicholson
Lee
Edgar Whetstine
Skubal
Whetstines
Vince Skubal
Claude Kilgores
Journal
Lloyd Nolan
Audie Murphy
Jane Wyatt
Allied Artists
James Gleason
Rock Island Produce Co
Reisters
NEW Grinding
Washington and Vicinity
Gehl Portable Mill
Carl
Don Bealer
LE Porter Elevator
West Chester
Ford
Ica
Ford Ver
Mace Motor Company
Iowa Avenue
Washington, Iowa
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