Brighton Man Sells Produce Business
Brighton reports Joe Buzzard sold his produce business to Powers Produce Company of Washington and will keep an office for his flower business. Various social visits and travel notes from local residents are listed, plus the death and funeral of William Van Sant with services at the Christian church and burial in Hillcrest cemetery.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Joe Buzzard
Powers Produce Company of
Washington
Buzzard
Ralph Davisons
Ralph Davison
Baby
Cedar Rapids
A. D. Cain
Davenport
Merle Thompson
Clara
Gary Thompson
Marjorie Rotzinger
Tommy Wolff
Elgin
Ill
Homer Rotzinger
Phillips Station
G. A. Connelly
William Ledger
Randolph Roover
Gordon Joe
Phillip McCreedy
Ainsworth
H. W. Helmick
Charles
Harry Platium
le Roy
Albert Benda
Fairfield
R. Bartlett
Lillian McFarland
Chicago
Rhoda McFarland
Tra Schafer
Merle White
Charles Eyestone
Fontanelle
Oren Elmore
Jimmy Crossett
Eldon
W. D. Johnson
Waterloo
Cloyce
van Sant
William van Sant
Washington Hospital
Christian Church
W. R. Fillmore
Buria
Hillcrest Cemetery
Amboy Woman, 78, Serves Dinner to Sixteen Relatives
Amboy dispatch reports Mrs. Dan Griffith, age 78, hosted a fried chicken dinner for 16 relatives on June 29 celebrating her birthday. Attendees included Leroy Owens and family, Earl White and Connie, Carl White family, and Duane White households. The item notes storm damage, oiling of a local road, and sparse telephone service as context.
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Will Roberts
Amboy
Dan Griffith
Leroy Owens
Cotter
Earl White
Connie
Carl White
Duane White
Here
Isolationist Rep Fish heads to Fort Bragg for month of duty
Captain Hamilton Fish of New York, a leading isolationist on Capitol Hill, is pictured packing to depart for Fort Bragg North Carolina for a month of active duty. The article notes Fish as a colonel in the Specialist Reserve visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Reaney of Waterloo. Mr and Mrs L G Roberts are mentioned at Sunday dinner as neighbors share farm tasks like hay cutting oats and canning.
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Capitol Hill
Hamilton Fish
New York
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Fish
Mrs. Reaney
Waterloo
Penalty star power drives State Theatre showing
Fox Edward Arnold Lionel Barrymore headline The Penalty with Gene Reynolds as the title boy. Robert Sterling Marshe Hunt Gloria de Haven Emma Dunn Veda Ann Borg and Richard Lane round out the cast in a drama of a gangster's son torn between his father and a farm family in a climactic confrontation. The film, an adaptation of Martin Berkeley's stage hit, follows a boy raised in crime who finds new values on a farm while pursuers close in.
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Edward Arnold
Lionel
Barrymore
Gene Reynolds
Arnold
Underworld
Lionel Barrymore
Edison
The
Martin Berkeley
G-men
Reynolds
Barry W
Robert Sterling
Marshe Hunt
Gloria de Haven
Susan _ and
Cad
Emma Dunn
Veda Ann Bors
Richard Lane
First American Born President Martin Van Buren
The article notes Martin Van Buren as the first U S president born an American citizen, with all predecessors born as British subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin van Buren
United States
Mexico's Leading Import Item Passenger Cars
Mexico's top import is passenger automobiles chiefly from the United States. About 9,000 cars cross the border each year valued at roughly 20 dollars per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
Forest Loss: Fire and Pests Consume Billions of Board Feet
Timber losses from fire insects and other natural enemies total about 7 billion board feet yearly representing roughly one fifth of annual commercial production. The figure highlights the scale of damage across forests and its impact on supply.
Eskimo Igloos Built of Stone and Earth
A fragment notes Eskimo igloos as earth and stone homes and claims about half of Eskimos never seeing a snow house. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear context or dates.
Veterans at Work Forty Percent of Factory Workers Aged Over Forty
A survey notes that forty percent of automobile factory workers are aged forty or older. The finding highlights an older workforce in manufacturing and implications for labor policy and retirement planning.
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Brighton Man Sells
Powers Produce
Roger Colthurst
Adler Planetarium
Shedd Aquarium—Art Institute
Lake Michigan
Fine Loop
ONL
L. Goodlander
Rock Island Lines
Washington, Iowa
Rock Island
Lilo Eye
Hamilton Fish, Jr
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