Round Grove letter details a grease laden week and a new 1950 car
Round Grove correspondent recounts a busy week of hog butchering with family, meat processing, and liver wurst production. The Skubal family buys a shiny 1950 car after decades with a 1938 model, notes rough gravel roads, and shares a knee injury to Dean Zahles. A hound returns home, the Goose Creek Avenue club hosts a gathering, and 4-H members study with leaders while a power outage disrupts rolls.
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John Skubal
Round Grove
Dean Zahles
Arrival in Pharr Texas Prompts Riverside Grapefruit Diet Dream
Journal notes arrival at Gateway Trailer Court in Pharr Texas on 88 Highway and Sugar Road. The author describes citrus groves, fruit from trees, and a slogan about 30 seconds from tree to table. They mention meeting locals, a dust storm near Pharr, and unusually warm January weather.
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Gateway
88 Highway
Sugar Road
Pharr
Tex
Texas
California
Washington
Skelgas Company
Graham company closes Washington store after 29 years
Ten years ago today officials of the Graham company with offices in Ottumwa announced the discontinuance of the Washington store which opened 29 years ago.
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Graham Company
Ottumwa
Washington
Weather Update: Snow and Falling Tonight
Snow falls with gradually rising temperatures tonight as a cold front moves through. Tomorrow becomes cloudy and windy with lingering chill and scattered flurries in the morning.
Mooresalvage plans big four ton anchors for Missouri
Norfolk Navy yards prepare one of four ton anchors to free the battleship Missouri stuck in a Hampton Roads mudbank. A dozen anchors will be cast astern as the ship attempts to back free with its own steam while cables are wound up.
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Norfolk
Navy Yards
Hampton Roads
Two Rubio Women 87 Honored at Dinner in Rubio
A birthday dinner was held January 25 at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Leppert honoring Nancy Leppert of Richland and Lucy Jones, both 87. Attending included Rev and Mrs Weintz and many neighbors. gifts were given for Mrs Leppert and Mrs Jones.
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Arthur Lambert
Rubio
Fred Lppert
Nancy Leppert
Richland
Lucy Jones
Leppert
Jones
Weintz
Gene Morgan
Zeno Tinnes
Vera Willson
Mt. Pleasant
Vera Nordyke
Ethel Blakley
Edith Coffman
Mattie Morgan
Maggie Johnson
Viola Jay
Tyrone Social Notes Record Visitations
Tyrone residents report social visits with the Miller Dunbar and Chatman families. Dennis Miller spent Friday with Pat Crawford, and Clifford Conklin with Fulton Donahue in North.
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Leland Sheetz
Tyrone
Waldo Miller
Dennis
Dale Dunbar
Dennis Miller
Pat Crawford
Clifford Conklin
Mary Chatman
Fulton Donahue
North
Family gathering noted in local social column
The text records a Sunday dinner and visits with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sheetz J. W. Combs and Leland Sheet and their families, mentioning a granddaughter spending time with her grandmother while her mother attended a meeting.
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Otto Sheetz
J. W. Combs
Mrs
Leland Sheet
Today’s Smile Methuselah Ate What He Found
A compact quip notes how a character named Methuselah ate whatever appeared on his plate and did not share common human behavior of resisting meals. The line plays on age and appetite in a humorous vignette.
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Methuselah
Eveready celebrates shop move and home sale in Iowa City
Eveready announces opening a new shop in Washington while placing the 514 W. Main apartments on the market to fund the project. The note recalls the Blizzard of 1949 and a Heating Convention trip, with mentions of local visits and heating and plumbing services.
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Keith
Ivan
Chicago
Iowa City
Washington
Ned
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Dean Zachs
Edgar Whetstine
Wurst
John
Highland Township
William Dunn
Kalona
Goose Creek Avenue
Judy
W. A. McGinnis
Kenneth Ornduff
Raymond Wilson
Ainsworth
Hollywood
Clarence Miller
Hedrick
Phil Weldin
Taylor Stout
Rio Grande Valley
Deep Elm
Dallas
Garland
Fort Worth
Paul Skelton
Skelton
Grover
Davenport
East Texas
Pharr, Texas
Stover
Valentine
T. W. Harwood
General Insurance Agency
Ae Island
Monte Cracks
Cherokee Strip
Paul Hurst
Vith Aaa
Lyn Joslyn
Lina Romay
RT Douglas
Fred Clark
Comic Book Land
Cartoo
Scotland
Iwo Jima
Blondie
Dagwood
Bill van Sickle
Sikke Temple
West Chester
Wayne Edmundson
Walter
David Crawford
Keota
Duane Crawford
Sigourney
Keith Daering
Ernest van Sickle
Little Ann van Sickle
Ige
Speedway Market
East Side Square
Coca-Cola Company
Burlington
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
The
Hiland Palace
Fes.st
Kenny Hofer
Wayne B. Robison
Mace Motor
Ford Salfs & Service
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Eveready
W. Main
Crull
Lee
Leslie Gates
Journal
Lawrence Foster
Fredene
Eveready Boys
Ida
All In
Pooch
Norton’s Plumbing & Heating Company
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