McCormick Deering 1937 Annual Power Farming Show notes
Kathryn Winegarden reports school activities for the Junior Red Cross membership and calendar updates. The district scored 100 percent in Christmas Seals sales and held a December 24 Christmas lunch. New officers were Ellen Rowe president Mil dred Rowe vice president and Mary Herr secretary. Perfect attendance and spelling recognitions were noted for several students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Winegarden
Red Cross
Ellen Rowe
Mildred Rowe
Mary Herr
James Welcher
Calvin Wade
Keith Rowe
Dale Martin
Miller Couple Return to St Paul From Dayton Grove
Mrs. Walter Miller and her husband return to their St Paul home after a three week visit with relatives in Dayton Grove. Flu illness affects several locals including Mrs Carson Wilson Nina Leet and Walter Leet. Leet daughter misses work at West Chester telephone office for a week while recovering. J B Moore dines with Ira Hough and his mother in Westchester. Walter Leet family visit Floyd Kinnan at Haskins last Sunday.
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Dayton Grove
Walter Miller
Paul
Carson Wilson
Nina
Walter Leet
Wilma
Miss Leet
West Chester
J. BB. Moore
Ira Hough
Westchester
Floyd Kinnan
Haskins
Debutante Luana Navigates Barroom Politics in New York
In a penthouse cocktail party, Luana survives entanglements with debutantes and hopeful suitors as Jimmy Randolph courts her while Lorraine Vandaveer and Ramon clash over love, ambition, and scandal amid a tense social scene.
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Mr. Vandaveer
Luana
Jimmy
Rere
Jimmy An
Parter
Lorraine Vandaveer
South
Lorraine
New York
Ramon
Simes
Nevaire
Boudoir
Joel
Beauty
Virginia
Frank McKay Returns Home From Hospital
Frank McKay was moved from the hospital to the Charles McKay home in Walnut District resting comfortably. The county spelling contest at Brighton selected Walnut school participants Russel Eberle Mildred Chorpenning Virginia Davison and David Wentworth with Mildred Chorpenning and Billy Harlan unable to attend due to bad weather. Social visits noted including families at Nelson Beegs Walker Kurtz and Nelson homes amid poor road conditions and a minor wreck requiring a wrecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Nelson
Walnut District
Frank McKay
Charley McKay
Brighton
Russel Eberle
Mildred Chorpenning
Virginia Davison
David Wentworth
Walnut School
Jessie Dunbar
Billy Harlan
Mildred Chorpen
Charles Walker
Carl Nelson
Jean
John Kurtz
Miss Mary Rickey Substitutes for Ailing Teacher
Florence Thomas, teacher of Spread Eagle school, is ill with flu and Mary Rickey substitutes. Mrs Thomas Gerdes and others attend district poultry meeting and Homemaker group hosts. Next meeting February 16. lessons provided by Extension Service Iowa State College in coop with Farm Bureau. Lyle Wilcox ill with influenza.
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Thomas Gerdes
Glendale
Florence Thomas
Spread Eagle School
Mary Rickey
Joan Gerdes
Lora Fitzgerald
Court House
Washington
Adolph Votruba
Fairfield
Ninth District Poultry Association
Winfield
la Verne Anderson
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
Harold Anderson
Lyle Wilcox
Trollope book shocks era with view on American manners
In Jackson's first administration Frances Trollope, an English visitor, published a critical work on American life. She noted American women ignored seasons in dress, rejected boots, and wore thin footwear in winter, even as she built a Cincinnati bazar that failed.
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Jackson
Frances Trollope
Cincinnati
Washington Lodge No 20 Regular Masonic Meeting Notice
Ashington Lodge No 20 A and A M announces regular meetings held Friday each month W A Bealer W M A W Yard secretary prepares the agenda and invites members to attend the session at the lodge hall.
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Ashington Lodge No
A. M
W. A. Bealer
W. M
A. W. Yard
Trains Schedules and Agents Details for West and East Routes
Railway timetables listing eastbound and westbound trains with numbers and daily or Sunday exceptions. Mentions No 12 Apache No 11 Apache No 43 Californian No 44 Californian No 4 Golden State Limited No 429 and No 430 Knoxville Branch and agents J MeKay and W C Bell with departure and arrival times.
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Golden State Limited
Bistops
California
Knoxville
Sound Movie Crystalizes Farm Show On January 26
The Power Farming Show at McCormick Deering store features the film My Model Farm with Speed Neatsfoot and a thousand laughs. The all day event includes free movies, food, demonstrations, and educational discussions plus new 1927 tractors and farm machinery on display including discs planters cultivators mowers and milk coolers.
Pupils at Wellston Take Part in Center School Spelling Contest
Wayne Lemley Dorothy Carris Dorothy Jean Dunbar Lloyd Wilson and teacher attend spelling contest at Center school last Friday with Lloyd taking second place. Local residents Brumback Walter and families visited and farm work continues as neighbors haul hay and saw timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith MacClelland
Warren Donaldson
Francis Harvey
Charley Harvey
Cloyce Hayes and
Walter Wilson
Carl Dunbars
Warren Carris
Stanley Lemley
Cloyce Haye
Alice Carris
Keota
Declam Contest Winners Named In Brighton
Brighton reports preliminary high school declamatory contest results naming finalists for the home show next Tuesday. Winners list includes Jean Messer Norman White Jenne Stote Elsie Stout Marian Stannard Jeanette Picken Wanda Shafer Beulah Bridges Nita Crandall Maxine Marshall Eyalyh Eye stone Anna Mae Drigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Jean Messer
Norman White
Jenne Stote
Elsie Stout
Marian Stannard
Jeanette Picken
Wanda Shafer
Beulah Bridges
Nita
Crandall
Maxine Marshall
Eyalyh Eyestone
Anna Mae Drigh
Hone
Tom Detroit
J. N. Irwin
Detroit
Mich
Addison Connor
Bob Morgan
H. L. Gordon
Kirksville
W. B. Robison
Wapello
Edwin Robison
J. W. Myers
Boyd Lantz Loses a Horse That Fell on the Ice
Merrimac reports Boyd Lantz losing a horse after it fell on ice and died. The community aided at various tasks through the week including butchering, wood cutting, and cooking for wood sawers. The death of John Hinkle also drew sympathy from neighbors as families visited and gathered.
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Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Boyd Lantz
Andrew Zillman
Harlan Diers
Steve Shelangoski
Harold and
Lyle
Lester Kientz
Henry Winkle
Shelangoski
Kientz
Carl Reibling
Dora Shuppy
Earl Smith
John Hinkle
Hinkle
Donald
Edd Crile
Dale Baldosier
Dave Baldosier
Johnnie Baldosier
Carl Amrines
A N. Amrine
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