Horton Family Spends Weekend With Janet Horton
Brighton July 15 residents report numerous local travels as Leland Horton and family visit Janet Horton at Western Springs while relatives journey to Florida and Wisconsin. Several families attend gatherings with kin in Muscatine Aurora and Hamburg before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Leland Horton
Roberta
Janet
Harold Bitting
Western Springs
Chicago
Billy Horton
Burlington
Wis
Edgar Kessel
Curtis Kessel
Teddy
Miami
Fla
Curtis
Curtis Kessels
John Vanerus
Kessel
George Wendling
Muscatine
Louise Hessel
Aurora
Enroute
Charles Israel
George
Near Eldon
C. Israel
Alfred McCracken
Wisconsin
Theodore Horton
A. B. Horton
Frank Gibson
Osceola
Cherrie
Sykes
Hamburg
Glen Willits
Indianola
Eau Claire
Charles Robertson
Kansas
E. E. Voss
Mt. Pleasant
S. M. Grove
Jere Elmore
Pleasant Plain
Preston Grove
Columbus
Ohio
Sigourney
S. M
South English
Sisourney
Gladys Kessel
Larry
Jerry
D. J Kyle
Jennie Horton
Ruth Horner
A. E. Horner
Marien
Snyder-Manning
Donna Snyder
Joe Snyder
Kenneth Manning
Roy Manning
Germanville
Manning
Linn Grove
Wayne and
Linn
Town Falls
M. Grove
al Bates
Glen Hutchinson
Homer Bales
Fridavy
Winnipeg
Deep Dale
Canada
al Bales
W. Long
Mr Lone
Elmer Mason
Near
Ainsworth
David McGaffey
Rock Island
Cary Long
Huch Wright
Wright
Reba Long
Davenport
Wrights
Pattou
Scrantons Guests In Blanchard Home at Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville July 15 Friday evening guests at six attended the Blanchard home at Crawfordsville hosted by Mrs. J A Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrantons
Blanchard
Crawfordsville
J. A. Raymond
Community sales and auctions listed for Friday and Wednesday
The column lists weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. It notes a July 26 closing out sale at Haskins at 2:00 PM and a July 26 sale of an eight room modern house opposite the church in Ainsworth. Albert Taylor listed as the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
East Edge
Haskins
Albert Taylor
Fron
Ainsworth
New Varieties Boost U S Wheat Outlook
Ames Iowa July 15. Iowa State college crop officials credit new wheat varieties with improving prospects for a record crop. More than 80 improved varieties have been distributed to farmers in the last decade, reducing stem rust losses that once reached huge levels. Breeders also produced wheat resistant to smuts Hessian flies and drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Social notes and travel mishaps from Rapids City area
Reports from Rapids City and nearby communities note gatherings at the Hal Huston home and visits by the Griffiths and McNeil families. Dr. S W Huston suffered a stroke en route to Chicago, hospitalized in Cedar Falls, with several residents taking vacations and family visits continuing amid local chatter on scarce oil burners and stove demand.
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Levi Blanchard
Wayne Scranton
Falls Village
Huston
Cedar Falls Hospital
Frances Stewart
Joan McNeil
Lynda Jo Henss
John Griffith
Glen Griffith
Yakima
Wash
Hal Huston
Chicago
Harvey Bales
Allen
Des Mormnes
Blaine Johnson
Comet Bluffs
John McNeil
Harold Timmits
Marion Borders
Walter Borders
Mr. Pleasant
Corn Hybrids Promise Big Returns For Farmers
Over 30 years the Department of Agriculture spent five million dollars on corn hybrids and states spent about the same. From this ten million dollar investment, farmers now gain about 750 million dollars annually through higher yields and better grain from hybrids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Chicago Markets Report Hogs and Cattle Prices Decline
The Chicago broadcast notes hogs under 300 pounds and sows under 400 pounds steady to 25 cents lower with slower trade on heavier weights. Top hog price 27.25. cattle and calves show mixed shifts with steers, yearlings, and fed heifers up to 50 cents higher, while cutters and some cows weaken. Sheep and lambs lack a clear market with limited activity and mixed quotes.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Summary
Chicago June 16 report lists poultry truck activity and egg receipts. Foultry prices show fryers 32 to 34, broilers 20 to 84, colored springs 31, white rock springs 83, Plymouth Rock springs 33. Eggs total 19,089 cases with varied extras and standards, current receipts 40 to 40.16, with 37 percent dirties and checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Colored Springs
White Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock Springs
Grains Open High Low Close in Chicago Trade
Chicago grain table shows Wheat July at 241 244 240 242 with other months near 235 to 249. Corn July 219 220 216 217 and oats July 102 102 100 102 with Sept and May listings across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Chicago cash grain prices mixed as markets show firm tones
Chicago cash grain market reports mixed tones with corn and oats largely firm while No 5 red wheat and yellow soybeans show varied bids. Listings include No 1 yellow corn and mixed white oats with ranges around 200s to 240s per bushel and several grade descriptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nigher
Rockwell School Destroyed by Fire
A fire in Rockwell Iowa last night destroyed the grade and high school building. Firefighters from Dougherty and Sheffield aided local crews, working several hours to control the blaze. School board president Dr. J C Kaiser said the redecorated building was a total loss with damage not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell
Iowa
Dougherty
Sheffield
J. C. Kaiser
This Driver Gets Along Without Gas
A broken-down car rolled toward Bakersfield California with a family aboard creating a claim of record gasoline mileage. The driver and his wife and two children waited at a service station as the vehicle was pushed back onto the street after learning the ear could not be repaired. He vowed to continue the journey to Bakersfield relying on pushes from others as needed.
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Las Vegas
Bakersfield
Cal
Bakerfied
Kingman
Aziz
Drag search for drowned youth in Mississippi River
Police and fire crews in Rock Island Illinois dragged the Mississippi River for a youth who drowned Tuesday while trying to aid a rescue of a young soldier. The deceased was tentatively identified as Floyd Lee Gladson Jr of Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Mississippi
Floyd Lee Gladson, Jr
River aids rescue as youth drowns near shore
Roy F. Rus, aided by others, tried to help a swimmer identified as a youth who jumped in to assist Russell. Russell reached the shore and helped search for the body while Arthur Jacons, 21, said the youth leaped in to aid Russell and was overpowered by the swift current. Papers in a wallet found in a trouser pocket identified the drowned youth.
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Pfe
Roy F. Russell
Russell
Arthur Jacons
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. L. Jennings
New London
Kiene Bros
Lester Merz
Washington
Santep
Harlan Johnson
Nelson Well Co
Fairfield, Ia
Leonard Pohren
Jacqueline Frost
M. B. Kepler
California
J. D. Dayton Land Company
Darrel
Duane Wilson
Wellman
Roy Havel
State Theatre
State Cafe
Journal Office
Reister Bros
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison & Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
Morrison Building
W. W. Livingston
Robert Day
W. Maip
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul W. Shearer
Court House
Optometrists
C. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Journal
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Iowa Avenue
Montgomery Ward
Rothschild’s
Tucker Chevrolet
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
Porter Elevator
West Chester
Uarco
Farrell
Dick’s Furniture Store
Nicola & Harmon
Sorrell Auto Parts
North Avenue C
Ada G. Hollingsworth
A. W. Gray
Berkeley Avenue
Pueblo
Colorado
Towa
Pioneer
Niccola & Harmon
Duane Shalla
Riverside
Kalona
DODGE
Wayne Bitting
Farmall
Elmer Krantz
Studebaker
la Palma
Pioneer Drug Store
Martin
Martin’s Modern Cleaners
Huma Gas & Appliance
Eclipse Lumber Company
Call
Eod
Don M. Hayes
Roy Fritz
W. L. Gates
Country Club
Plymouth
Bell & Gevock Firestone
Minnesota
Lawrence Mottet
Pete Hamilton
DU Pont Duco
Duco
Kinross
North
Joe Voss
U. S. Royal
Whitlow’s
West
Dora Jones
John Riggs
George J. Breitenbach
Howard L. McCteery
L. L. Mally
North Marion Ave
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Manila
Gamble’s
Hampshire
Farrow
Wilmer Lauderman
Washington Skeigas Sevice
South
Yrearling Hamp
Wayne Marston
Skelgas
L. Horton
Janet Horton
Ednad S. Crile
Adtaker
U.S
Chicago Livestock
Dec
Chicago Cash Grain
Drowned Youth
Es Henke
Draulic
Wacons
Ze Gomc
the Association of
A. O. Sander
A.C. Peterson
East Third St
Washington, Iowa
Geerlings
Fred W. Bell Feed Service
4Th Ave
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