Bethel Missionary Society Sponsors Children's Program
Bethel Bethel Missionary Society hosts a children's program at the church with piano solos and group performances led by Mrs. Lloyd Foster and Rev. M. A. Robeson. Twenty one members, six visitors and nine children attend as Emma and Grace Shaw and Myrtle Pearson serve light refreshments. Community updates include Ernest Green baling for neighbors, visiting relatives from Ray and Edward Lambert homes, and Emma Lou Davis planning to attend college in Iowa City this fall.
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Ruth Gideon
Bethel
Bethel Missionary Society
Lloyd Foster
M. A. Robeson
Gladys Wolfe
Mary Lou Lambert
Zion
Ginia Meyer
Sweet Chariot
Alice Walker
Patty Brown
Shining Shepherd
Betty Applegate
Elaine
United States
Virginia Meyer
Joan Patterson
Betty Ann Robeson
Betty An Robeson
Dorothy Walker
Mrs. Robeson
Greeland
Ley Mountain
The
Ernest Green
Clive Gray
Donald Brown
George Lambert
Wayne Lambert
Ray
Edward Lambert
Cora Davis
Clara Davis
Heston
Emma Lou
Fairfield
Irene Brown
New London
Davis
Iowa City
Davis Sisters
Cheese Sticks Sandwich with Poppy Seed Crust
A cheese sandwich recipe details making four bread strips first spread with cheese and butter then roll in poppy seeds. The strips are browned in a moderate 350 degree oven to finish the dish.
Asks Purpose Of Cow's Horns
A light column notes a curious child asking if horns are where noise comes from, remarks on heat, salt intake for desert travel, and reports visits among locals including Mr and Mrs Herb Plambeck of Des Moines, the Longs of Fowler and a junk defense aluminum drive.
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Harry Campbell
Walter Neff
Herb Plambeck
Des Moines
Fred
Don Radda
John Long
Marjorie
Fowler
Calif
Longs
New Orleans
Florida
Flint
Mich
Washington County
Weekly Auction Dates at Midway Safe Co Columbus and Crawfordsville
Midway Safe Co Columbus holds auctions every Wednesday and Community Sale every Friday at City Feed Yard. A closing out sale for Cornelius J. Sherry Estate is listed for July 29 in Crawfordsville.
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Midway Safe Co
Columbus
City
Cornelius J. Sherry
Crawfordsville
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report Summary
Chicago stockyards report prices for cash grain on July 26. Corn shows multiple grades with values around 73.5 to 74.2 cents per bushel and various white and yellow varieties listed. Oats include mixed and white categories ranging roughly from 24% to 36% protein or grade. Soybeans show yellow varieties near 1.46 to 1.49 dollars per bushel.
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Chicago
Corn Laws in English History
A historical note explains that Corn Laws imposed heavy duties on grain imports in England, shaping policy and trade. The measure protected domestic growers but raised prices for consumers and influenced economic disputes across eras.
Washington Lodge No 26 Regular Masonic Meeting Schedule
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Lee Holland W M and A W Yard secretary are listed as officers for contact and scheduling purposes.
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Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Lee Holland
W. M
A. W. Yard
Rail timetable notes for westbound and eastbound trains
A railroad timetable lists westbound services including the Golden State Limited No. 3, No. 1 Local, and Calfornian No. 43, plus eastbound No. 2 Local and No. 44 Californian with stops at Washington. Local and mixed trains appear for Knoxville and Davenport-Kansas City routes with daily and Sunday exceptions. agents Goodlander and Anderson set schedules.
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Golden State Limited
Californian
C. F. Anderson
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
W. C. Bell
Burlington Trailways Local Bus Schedule Highlights
The schedule lists buses from Washington to various destinations. Routes include Bus No 8 at 6 00 a m to Chicago via Omaha and Bus No 9 at 8 02 p m, plus Bus No 7 at 3 45 p m and daily Bus No 2 at 3 45 p m to Chicago. Tickets available at the local depot and Candy Kitchen on North Side Square.
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Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Washington
Washington A and OS
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
AL Canton
Agen
Window design then and now shapes homes and light
Modern builders view windows as decorative and architectural features not only functional units. Prominent windows frame trees or views of rivers and landscapes to create living pictures while bay and dormer styles offer light, ventilation, and interior space impact.
Ancient Settlement Traced in Uddeville District Sweden
An archaeologist reports discoveries in the Uddeville district of West Sweden dating to about 12 000 years ago. At Stadsfjallet near 380 feet above sea level he found stone age dwelling sites with quartz and flint implements and fragments used to make them. He dates the finds to 10 300 B C when the area lay under the sea, then uplifting created the high ground now known as Stadsfjallet.
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Sweden
Uddeville
Stadsfjallet
Keep Sneezes Six Feet Away Advises Physician
Dr Charles F Mee Khann of the University of Michigan warns that sneezes travel far depending on force and speech. He demonstrated with slides that a vigorous sneeze can project about six feet, urging people with colds to keep distance of six feet or more.
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Charles F. Meekhann
University of Michigan
Herman Kiefer Hospital
McKhenn
Proper nickel care and silver cleaning methods
Avoid abrasives on nickel fixtures. Wash with soap and water then polish with whiting dampened with household ammonia to prevent wear. Whiting paste also removes egg stains from silver and polishes mirrors, but keep dampness off the back of glass and pictures during use.
Chicago Markets Livestock Report June Hog and Cattle Prices
Chicago markets show hogs weak under pressure with 240 lb down 15 to 25 cents and heavier hogs 25 to 35 cents lower. Cattle and calves: fed steers and yearlings up early then trimmed, light weights 11.75 to 12.75, vealers higher, bulls down. Sheep: week’s fat sheep and yearlings firm to 25 cents higher, strong late for springers and yearlings. best yearlings around 9.50, native ewes to 6.00.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Grain futures mixed on Chicago open table
Open high low close figures show wheat corn oats and soybeans trading unevenly on the Chicago market. Sept and Dec contracts for wheat and corn move within narrow ranges as soybeans hold around 1.40. Futures displayed slight percentage shifts amid thin liquidity.
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Chicago
Monday Prices at Powers Produce Washington Iowa
Poultry prices list for eggs and fowl including heavy breed hens Leghorn hens and roosters. Prices shown per dozen with cents figures and courtesy attribution to Powers Produce in Washington Iowa.
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Washington, Iowa
Care of Children's Teeth Survey Report Highlights Impact
The Journal of the American Dental Association summarizes a large school survey showing that poor dental care can harm health and appearance in high school students. Dr J A Salzmann of New York City explains the findings and significance.
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Journal of the American Dental Association
J. A. Salzmann
New York City
Phrenologist Confronted with Prison Warders Disguise
Character From Skull Gall believed skulls reveal traits. He visited a prison where the worst criminals were dressed as warders before his arrival. Gall did not learn from their bumps the trick that had been played on him.
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Gall
Revenge Plans Fall Flat in Quiet Office Murder
Wiggin plots to kill Warren Marfield with a silenced pistol and frames janitor Rennie. Police expose a timing flaw as Wiggin feigns horror and is arrested for the murder.
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Rennie
Wiggin
Marfield
Formaldehyde as Potato Scab Control Chemical
Formaldehyde is described as a chemical material used to control potato scab and is available from a seeds man.
Old Meissen Porcelain Often Called Dresden
The mid eighteenth century saw efforts to produce true hard paste porcelain after Bottger’s accidental discovery in 1709. Fearing the king’s wrath, Bottger fled to Saxony where August the Strong imprisoned him and forced porcelain work. The secret moved from Dresden to Meissen in 1710, yielding the first famous wares.
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Orient
East India Companies
England
Europe
Italy
France
Johann Frederick Bottger
Bottger
Saxony
August the Strong
Dresden
Meissen
Odd School On Seal Island Maine Outpost Teaches Three
A lone school exists on Seal Island a Maine territory leased to Canada near Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. The Dominion government runs a lighthouse station with two keepers and their families. Bert W. Dayton a New Brunswick teacher instructs the three Ingersoll children.
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Machias Seal Island
Maine
Canada
Bay of Fundy
Grand Manan
Dominion
Herbert W. Dayton
New Brunswick
Earle Ingersoll
Washington Didn't Use Tobacco
George Washington raised large quantities of tobacco on his farms but did not use tobacco in any form himself.
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Washington
George Washington
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