Native of Junction Man Dies in Peoria Hospital
Edward J. Willmering 78, of Peoria Illinois and former Columbus Junction resident, died July 17 in St Francis Hospital Peoria. Born March 27 1864 in Columbus City he was a roofing contractor married to Hylda Graber of Pekin Illinois. Survived by widow a son Bunny Peoria a grandson and three brothers Harry Willmering Columbus Junction Charles Willmering Amarillo Texas and Arthur Willmering Spokane Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Edward J. Willmering
Peoria
Ill
St. Francis Degnital
Columbus City
Herman
Louise Cutthamp Willmering
Hylda Graber
Pekin
Til
Willmering
Bunny
Harry Ll. Willmering
Charles KE. Willmering
Amarillo
Tex
Arthur B. Willmering
Spokane
Wash
Everett Stapp
Samuel Howard
Claire Woodruff
Charles Woodruff
Harry Stockton
San Francisco
Local visitors and family updates across towns
Ada Lewis and Mrs. R. O. Lynn, with Barbara, spent Wednesday in Davenport. Frances Cuthamp returns from Denver and Colorado Springs visit. Mrs. Robert Reaney travels to Philadelphia after visiting her parents. George Gipple hosts relatives for a dinner as Jack Gipple nears army service. Rosamarie Luckey and Virginia Luckey visit grandparents in Riverside and War renton. Enslin Home hosts Ernest Caron from Minneapolis. Myrtle Gaskell visits her brother Alfred Gaskell at Iowa State College in Ames.
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Ada Lewis
R. O. Lynn
Barbara
Davenport
Myrle Lieberknecht
Frances Cuthamp
Denver
Colorado Springs
Robert Reaney
Philadelphia
E. Hanft
George Gipple
Jack Gipple
Ernest Caron
Minneapolis, Minn
Harry Enslin
Myrtle Gaskell
Alfred Gaskell
Iowa State College
Ames
Telephone Firm Faces Wage and Hour Charge
Injunctions against West Iowa Telephone Co and its manager W H Daubendiek were filed in district court to stop alleged violations of federal wage and hour law. The complaint notes that some employees were paid less than 25 cents an hour.
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Sioux City
West Iowa Telephone Co
W. H. Daubendiek
United States District Court
Iowa
Riverside youth Donald Birka dies after illness
Donald Birka aged 23 of Riverside died yesterday morning at nine o'clock at his parents home. He had suffered pernicious anemia and was brought home from University hospital, Iowa City. Funeral services are pending word from a brother in the army air corps and tentatively set for Wednesday in Riverside. Survived by parents, a sister Libbie Watson of Lone Tree, and a brother Leo in the army air corps.
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Rverside
Donald Birka
Joseph Birka
Riverside
University Hospital
Iowa City
Army Air Corps
Joseph
Sadie Hynek Birka
Libbie Watson
Lone Tree
Leo
Alabama
Onions and Potatoes See Wartime Price Swell
Government statistics show wartime price jumps with onions up 260 percent from 1913 levels and potatoes rising 146 percent, reflecting inflationary pressure during the First World War.
Local firm lists offices and exchanges across multiple towns
The company reports employment between Oct 24, 1938 and Oct 28, 1929 and states wages fall below 30 cents after. It maintains general offices at Remsen with exchanges in Anita Alton Calumet Marcus Quimby Remsen Sutherland and West Bend.
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Remsen
Anita
Alton
Calumet
Marcus, Quimby
Sutherland
West Bend
Grasshoppers Threaten Southern Iowa Crops
Ames IA July 27 Grasshoppers in many southern Iowa counties threaten crops with damage as they move from alfalfa and small grains into corn soybeans and gardens Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson warns against relying on a local fungus that affects grasshoppers noting hot dry weather will curb it Farmers report requests for help from Clarke Lucas Marion Jasper and Keokuk counties A Chariton mixing station is set to assist farmers with bait materials, though government supplies are limited Farmers may need to buy part or all of the materials and a bran mash bait using sodium arsenite white arsenic or Paris Green is advised with molasses to aid adhesion The cheapest mix is one quarter mill-run bran to three quarters sawdust
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Ames
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Towa
Clarke
Lucas
Marion
Jasper
Keokuk
Chariton
Lineas
U S Planes Engage Japanese Raiders Over Chungking
American fighter planes from the China air force under Brigadier General Chenault intercepted Japanese raiders during their first raid on Free China this year. The clash occurred over Chungking with damage reported in the suburban area.
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Chunking
China
United States
Chungking
Free China
U. S
Chenault
Nomination Sets New U S Attorney for Hawaii
President Roosevelt nominates Ingram Stainback, 56, of Somerville Tennessee, to be governor of the Territory of Hawaii. He succeeds Joseph B Poindexter whose term expired March 16.
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U. S
District of Hawaii
Ingram Stainback
Somerville
Tenn
Roosevelt
Territory of Hawaii
Joseph B. Poindexter
Saratoga’s Hillside Land Holds Herring and Springs History
Indian name Saratoga linked to herring and health springs. The piece notes several interpretations of the name including place of herrings and swift water. It recounts Schuyler moving to Saratoga in 1777 78 and funding a road to High Rock spring in 1783, highlighting early use of local medicinal springs.
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Saratoga
Hudson
Schuylerville
Saratoga Lake
Philip Schuyler
High Rock
Precious Gems Cheap in Ceylon Before World War
Anuradhapura, once a major Buddhist capital in Ceylon, with 236 square miles, declined after prosperity waned. Before World War II, travelers could buy gems cheaply in Ceylon, with stones costing about $50 then selling for hundreds in New York, mined from surface operations rather than lode workings.
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Anuradhapura
Ceylon
London
New York
Salt on Fire Bombs Used as Fire Suppressants
Tests at Columbia University and New York police demonstrations show ordinary table salt can smother magnesium incendiaries as well as dry sand. Salt offers three advantages: wide availability in grocery stores, lower cost, and compact 25-pound bags for easy storage and rapid transport during air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
New York State
Richardson Silversmith Family of Philadelphia and their Peace Medals
The Richardson family of Philadelphia silversmiths spanned 175 years from Francis Richardson 1681 to Joseph Jr 1752 and Nathaniel 1754 ending 1831. Quakers promoted peace with Indians and in 1757 minted silver medals designed from a die by Edward Duffield clockmaker to honor friendly Indians.
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Richardson
Philadelphia
Francis Richardson
Joseph Sr
Joseph Jr
Nathaniel
Joseph Richardson
Raymond A. Dego
Friendly Society
Edward Duffield
Czar of Baseball Keeps Industry Above Scandal
The article profiles Kenesaw Mountain Landis as baseball’s autocratic “czar” who governs owners managers and players with forceful rules. It notes his $65 000 annual pay and his role in restoring public trust after the 1919 White Sox scandal while serving a third seven year term.
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U. S
Landis
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
Federal District Court
Chicago
War Demands Popularize Synthetic Meat Discovery
The war makes John Nagy of Budapest famous for Vegetable Meat a vegetable based compact food. He says it tastes like meat but contains only vegetables, offering seven times the value for the same money and full vitamins. He claims it can replace beef or veal in 100 ways and lasts indefinitely. The invention could help countries become independent of imports.
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John Nagy
Budapest
Nagy
Statue Carved From Tree Fern On Display In Chicago
A 16 foot statue carved from a solid tree fern is shown at the Field Museum in Chicago. The sculpture, created by a primitive South Sea artist from the New Hebrides islands, took months to complete and reflects social rank in village hierarchies.
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America
Chicago
Field Museum
New Hebrides Islands
Sweden releases stamps marking Gustavus Adolphus death
In commemoration of the thirteenth centenary of Gustavus Adolphus death Sweden issues a new postage stamp set. The stamps depict his death scene from Wahlbom’s famed painting, shown in Stockholm's National Museum.
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Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden
Lutzen
Wahlbom
National Museum
Stockholm
Crawfordsville School District to Hold Budget Hearing
Crawfordsville Consolidated School District directors meet August 10 1942 at 8 30 P M at the school house. Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures for 1942 43. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available at the hearing with balance figures and estimated tax per $1000 assessed value set at 11 10.
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Crawfordsville Consolidated
Washington County
Iowa
Iowa Farms Aid UN With Large pork and egg Purchases
Iowa pork products and eggs were bought by the Federal Department of Agriculture via the AMA from June 16 to 30. Purchases included 14 805 200 pounds of pork, 6 921 100 pounds of lard, 708 900 pounds of dried eggs, and 2 261 700 dozen shell eggs. Des Moines Dubuque Mason City Ottumwa Sioux City Cedar Rapids Keokuk and other cities supplied shipments. Prices ensured farmers receive adequate returns per De Boer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United Nations
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Henry DeBoer
AMA
Federal
Department of Agriculture Purchasing Agency
Dubuque
Davenport
Mason City
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Ft. Dodge
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Federal Purchasing Agency
Denison
Guttenberg Manning
Independence
Keokuk
Iawa
de Boer
U. S. Bombers Raid Tobruk in Night Action
Cairo dispatch says four motor bombers hit Tobruk with Libera tor targets. The raid started large fires in gasoline and oil tanks and fires were still burning Sunday. The R A F calls it the United States greatest air success since attacking the Italian fleet. About 30 bombs were dropped on the axis base.
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Cairo
Egypt
United States
Tobruk
R.A.F
Oskaloosa Woman Rescued From Cistern Rescue
Mrs. Margaret Newbrand, 80, saved herself from drowning by clinging to a cistern partition for 30 minutes until firemen and police rescued her with ropes. She fell through boards at her home and suffered only shock and exposure.
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Oskaloosa
Margaret Newbrand
Maine Boys Build World’s Largest Slingshot
In Bath Maine three youths operate a giant slingshot that spans a foot and a half in width with a rubber band over an inch thick. Mounted on cart wheels the contraption earns its claim as the largest on record.
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Bath
Maine
Plastics From Farm Waste Developed at Iowa State Lab
In Ames Iowa four plastic products from farm wastes were announced by Dr O R Sweeney of Iowa State College. Soybean meal plastic shows strong moldable options while corncob resins and a hydrofeed cornstalk plastic offer water resistance and durability. Raw material costs ranged from 38 to 6 cents per pound as engineers seek low cost substitutes for phenolic plastics.
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Ames
Iowa
Engineering Experiment Station
Iowa State College
O. R. Sweeney
Sweeney
Local notices recall visits and travel within region
Mrs A Hochstadtler will return to Keota after a weekend visit with her sister Mrs J Martin White. Birthday observances include Mrs Mabel Plummer and family of West Chester and several other local guests. Private Claude Escher is now at the Dodge Telegraph and Radio Institute in Valparaiso Indiana. Oscar Davis attended the funeral of his uncle Archie Davidson in Bedford.
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A. Hochstadtler
Keota
J. Martin White
Hochstadtler
Mabel Plummer
West Chester
Claude Escher
1503 Service Unit
Dodge Telegraph and Radio Institute
Valparaiso
Ind
Oscar Davis
Bedford
Archie Davidson
Washington County
Davidame
Fairview
Aqueduct Project Requires Massive Materials and Cost
The 239 mile aqueduct from the Colorado River to Los Angeles demands 41 million pounds of explosives, 15.5 million pounds of copper, 6 million barrels of cement, and 240 thousand tons of steel. Total estimated outlay exceeds 220 million dollars.
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Colorado River
Los Angeles
Reindeer Dig Snow for Moss in Harsh Winter
Heavy winter and Siberian conditions force reindeer to dig two feet into snow in search of moss for food. This behavior highlights animal adaptation amid severe cold and scarce forage.
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Siberia
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