Ramblings and Remnants column recounts shop mouse scare
Bruce Cowden narrates a humorous newsroom incident where a mouse terrorized the Journal print shop. Harry Watkins and Max Marle led a scramble, the rodent was dispatched, and the women in the shop cheered the heroes. The piece shifts to anecdotes about a 20 year old Masonic temple fire and a Business Week study on who buys for the family, noting shifts in women's purchasing influence and work patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Ana
Harry Watkins
Max Marle
Harry
George McDaniel
East Washington Street
City Hall
Washington
Weekly and special livestock and household sale listings
A column listing community sales each Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales on Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa and Thursdays at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa. Additional sales include Ollie Livestock Fyrehange Ollie Iowa January 21 23 24 26 28 and February 7 with various locations and times detailing Closing Out Sales Public Auction and estate actions with organizers such as Smith Glenn Maurice Bleess Finley Jennings Lyle Maxwell Estate P J Graber and others.
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Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Fyrehange
Ollie
North Second Avenue
Harry Horak
Duroe
Knotek Bros. &Timm
Fimm Farm
Muscatine
Washington
Riverside
Smith & Glenn
Brighton
Maurice Bleess
Ainsworth Corner
Highway 218
Finley & Jennings
Jock
American Pearl Button Company
Miller
Crawfordsville
Lyle J. Maxwell
P. J. Graber
Valley Locals Social Roundup Reflects Weekend Visits
Valley residents share a busy spell of visits and callers. Omer Klett and family shopped in Washington while Charles Bond and Marion Beason helped with wood for Ray Sojka near Riverside. The Lassies Guild officers were installed at the local church.
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Charles Bond
Valley
Omer Klett
Des Moines
George Bond
Rogerlett
Donald Feltz
Washington
Roxanna Altenburad
Howard
Francis Feliz
Edwin Showman
Sigourney
Donald
Jessie
Bond
Daryl Leftler
Marion Beason
Junior McKune
Ray Sojka
Riverside
Gerald Feltz
Nick
Keota
Feltz
Kenneth Sheetz
Talleyrand
Bill Asken
Winnie Beller
Jim Deal
Omer Klett and
Oskaloosa
Charles Woods
Lassies Guild
Riverside High closes first semester with perfect attendance
Riverside, January 18. Riverside High School reports perfect attendance for the first semester. Students listed include Margaret Bell Dave Cress Don Dutler Thomas Havel Connie Rath Cletus Novy Doris Heck Dave Marner Virgil Vochaska Jean Kern Joan Kern. Honor roll names include Larry Lukavsky Thomas Havel Margaret Bell Dave Marner Betty Fisher and Eugene Lukavsky.
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Marge Luckey
Riverside
The
Riverside High School
Margaret Bell
Dave Cress
Don Dutler
Thomas Havel
Connie Rath
Cletus Novy
Doris Heck
Dave Marner
Virgil Vochaska
Jean Kern
Joan Kern
Larry Lukavsky
Betty Fisher
Eugene Lukavsky
Kat chewing in Yemen linked to temporary lift and later weakness
People of Yemen chew kat leaves to forget troubles and gain stimulation, but continued use weakens the body and lowers resistance to disease. The practice reflects a social habit with health drawbacks over time.
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Yemen
New Hematonic Promises Quick Blood Renewal
A vintage advertisement touts CERTA-VIN as a hematonic remedy to fight blood starvation. It claims two liquid elements restore red blood cells, improve digestion, reduce gas, and boost energy within 2 to 4 days. Price cited as a few cents daily at Pioneer Drug Store, 125 W. Washington.
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Pioneer Drug Store
Washington
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West Chester
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R. H. Peterseim
Seal Inares
Little Genius
Dunham
John Deere
Black Hawk
New Idea
Woods Bros
Wisconsin
H.p
Yoder
Yoder. Auctioneers
Holy Trinity
Charles Jirsa
Dearby
Meena
Ford
Ford Tractor
Huston Tractor
Dearborn Motors Corporation
Padee
Scy
ST Fen
Bruce Cowden
Mr. McDaniel
Arthur Goode
Arthur
George
George Augustine
White Oak
Harry Rommel
John Patterson
Stor
Welp
Baker’s
Hatchery
North Marion Mhone
John Patterson & Son
Washington, Iowa
EGG Markets
Ieges
Rock Island Produce Co
Reisters
Choss
AMES
Ramseyer
Highway 215
Bangs
T. B
McCormick
Dodge
Fraight Gas Jefferies
Finley & Elmer Jennings
Wayne
Wayne Pays
Wayne Hog
Wayne Hog & Poultry
Humble Produce & Hatchery
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