Diary of Margaret Kyle Reveals Farm Life in 1914 Washington
The diary written between 1914 and 1922 by Margaret Kyle and preserved by her daughter Naomi Kyle Tinnes portrays a self contained farm world in rural Washington. It details seasonal work from planting to canning, family care, weather reliance, and strong Presbyterian faith, with frequent parental help and minimal government involvement.
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Sheilah Klapp Mily
Farm Life
Tne
Walter
Margaret) Kyle
Cloyce
Naomi Kyle
Washington
Tinneses
Tinnes
James Harvey Kyle
Fifeshire
Scotland
the Simpsons
Aberdeenshire
Cloyce Tinnes
Margaret Kyle
Margaret
Mrs. Tinnes
Kyle
Birthday dinner honors Clarence Brown's sister in Fairfield
Clarence Brown's sister Mrs Besse Parcell of Fairfield celebrated her 92nd birthday with family at a dinner in Stover House. Attendees included numerous Brown family members from Washington, New London, Packwood, Clarksville and beyond, plus relatives from Illinois. The event followed by Simon Lowe's birthday at the William Chance home with friends and relatives.
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Clarence Browns
Besse Parcell
Fairfield
Stover House
Brown
Doyle Brown
Washington
Wesley Mullikin
Ruth Ann
Josephine Mullikin
Debby
Brighton
Kenneth Brown
New London
Virginia Carris
Packwood
Diana
Ronald Koontz
Clarksville
Ind
Simon Lowe
Social Calendar highlights week of community events
Sunday HBO Club at 6 p.m. features a family picnic in Sunset Park with former members. Noon Kleese reunion at Sunset Park. Monday Washington County Cowberies at 2 p.m. Iowa Southern Building. Tuesday Y Women's Summer Coffee at 1 30 p.m. Harriet Hoxton hosts with co hosts Karen Arbuckle Shirley Lines Margi Sojka BPW at Lake Darling Youth Center. Reservations by Friday noon. call Jane Norman evenings. Wednesday Senior Citizens at 2 p.m. Senior Center with Mrs Hood as speaker. Navajo Club picnic at 12 30 p.m. Sunset Park.
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HBO Club
Sunset Park
Kleese
Washington County
Iowa Southern
Harriet Hoxton
Karen ‘Arbuckle
Shirley Lines
Margi Sojka
BPW
Lake Darling
Jane Norman
Cottrell Fickling engagement announced in Ainsworth Keota
Mrs Patricia Pohren of Ainsworth announces the engagement of her sister Sandra Kay Cottrell of Ainsworth to Rodney Allen Fickling of Keota. Parents Vernon Cottrell and Aletha Bell are both deceased, with Jack and Mrs. Fickling of Keota. Miss Cottrell is a 1973 Highland High School graduate and Mr. Fickling, a 1971 Keota High School graduate, works for McCleery Cumming in Washington. A December 6 wedding is planned.
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Patricia Pohren
Ainsworth
Sandra Kay Cottrell
Rodney Allen Fickling
Keota
Vernon Eugene Cottrell
Aletha Cottrell Bell
Jack Fickling
Miss Cottrell
Highland High School
Mr. Fickling
Keota High School
McCleery Cumming
Washington
Excreta silage tested as cattle feed in Iowa trials
Iowa State University researchers R L Vetter and Wise Burroughs report mixed excreta with stover or corn cobs and molasses can be fermented into silage and fed to cattle. Gains rise with higher grain content, but economic advantage over regular corn silage is not clear at current prices.
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Iowa State University
R. L. Vetter
Wise Burroughs
Towa
Iowa
Lowa
Report visitors in Wayland community
Wayland notes list guests visiting local homes and relatives from Riverside Hillsboro and Mt. Pleasant. Names include Meredith Maas Arthur Van Winkle and families of Custer Wilson McNeese Wyse Kaufman Clark Messer Stauffer Snyder and others with travels to Hartford Colorado Pella and Four Corners during a recent week.
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W. Magdefray
Robert Custer
Terry J. Wilson
Arthur
McGuire
Kenneth Widmer
Robin
Hillsboro
Ore
Freida McNeese
Mt. Pleasant
Carl Reschly
Amy
Lewis Robinson
Hartford, Conn
Kathy Beese
Judy Roth
Rocky Mountain Camp
Colorado
Gary Gonterman
Washington
Marlin Roth
Pleasant
LeRoy Kaufman
Pleasant Plain
Raymond
Four Corners
Andy Kaufman
Marcia Stauffer
Gary Synder
Pella
John Stauffer
Mark
Synder
Marcia
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Robert U. Stout Jr
Tarm Riverside
Joseph A. Jedlicka
Winfield
Eric W. Chrisinger
James D. Chrisinger
James O. Everett
Paul M. Klopfenstein
Cottrell-Fickling
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