Coat of Oil on Pilotburg Road Ties Up Traffic
Pilotburg residents report road work on Pilotburg Road this week causing traffic delays. Community notes mention 4-H youth Ivan Long and Marion Long, and numerous local families visiting relatives and attending church and school events. Farmers report fair oat yields and various harvest activities while plans include trips to Colorado Springs and the western states.
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Pilotburg
Fred Mouser
Idaho
Washington State
California
Will
Calif
Ivan
Marion Long
Parnell
Esther Hamilton
Marion
Marion Stransky
Allen
Harold
John Kiene
Olpe
Kan
Lydia Horak
Carl D. Anderson
Frank Stransky
Pri
Local Social Notes From West Sunset
Mrs J F Wenger and daughter Bessie visit Mia in West Sunset. Wilbur Shantz and family Mr and Mrs Harold Miller and Maryland visit Claude McCoy home Sunday evening. Last threshing started on car run Wednesday morning.
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Sam Baker
Ernest Jones
Marlene
Marian Swan
Bessie McCoy
Eva Harvey
Claude McCoy
Art Schmichel
Muscatine
Jake Sanyder
W. R. Shantz
Mary of Noble
Sau Baker
West Sunset
J. F. Wenger
Bessie
Mia
Wilbur Shantz
Harold Miller
Maryland
Riverside visitors from Iowa and Texas share hometown ties
Gret chen Kleopfer of Iowa City and Bud Kephart visited the Kleopfer and Lafourek families in Riverside this week. Warrant Officer Norbert Lafourek and Verne Lohberger’s family of Briscoe Texas also spent time with relatives, including John and Kamey Kulittel.
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Briscoe
Texas
John and
Kamey Kulittel
Shirley Ann Brown Hurt By Power Washer Wringer
Shirley Ann Brown, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Brown, had her arm caught in the wringer of a power washing machine. Threshing is finished in the community and straw baling is underway as farmers await vacation. Various local families visited, including the Laseks, Chandlers, and Simmerings, with several from Chicago and Des Moines among Friday visitors to the Knottnerus home.
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Melo Lasek
South Highland
Shirley Ann Brown
Charles Brown
Clarence Lasek
John Lasek
William Chandler
Woman Survives 150 Foot Fall From Viaduct
Mrs Edna Burdick of New York escaped a 150 foot plunge in a car off a viaduct with only scratches. Passersby and Monday evening callers from Anthony Horak in Lucky to Be Alive helped the survivor.
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Anthony Horak Fom
Edna Burdick
New York
Standings and Results Across Major Leagues
Major League standings show New York leading the American League with a 65 25 record followed by Chicago 61 41 and Cleveland 47 41. Friday results include New York 2 Chicago 1 and St Louis 11 Boston 6. Upcoming games feature Chicago at New York and St Louis at Boston among others. The Irish Setter is a native of Ireland with roots in English setter spaniel and pointer, noted as a sturdy gun dog with mahogany red coat and long life.
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New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Louis
St. Louis
Boston
Ww. & Pe
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Ireland
America
Railroad schedules and lodge meeting notice at Washington
Washington Lodge No 26 A M Regular meeting held first Friday each month. Transportation timetables include Golden State Limited and Californian trains with arrival and discharge details at Washington. Burlington Trailways bus schedules show westbound and eastbound departures from Washington with notes on ticket pickup.
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Washington Lodge No. 26
A. Vp
A. M
Kay Cox
W. M
A. W. Yard
Golden State Limited
Washington
Csre
California
Burlington Trailways
Boshart truck causes wrist injury and other local notes
July 28 in Wayland details a truck incident where Dennis Boshart sought a Ford and Dillion Boshart damaged his wrist prompting an x ray but no bone fracture. The item lists visits, roofing work, minor injuries, and community notices including par ents visits, Bible study, a Sugar Creek mission program, and a note on pyramids in Egypt.
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Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Boshart Twins
Dennis
Dillion
Kansas City
Mahion Miller
Tremont
Lil
Auiasa Miller
K. Schantz
Centerville
Bud Wyse
Roth
Orie Roth
Milford
Nebraska
Omer Boshart
Florence Bergh
Crapo Park
Burlington
Bible Study Club
Dwight
Dillion Graber
Sugar Creek
Iowa City
Pisband Threshing
Prairie Edge
Moneda Troyer
Neb
Jake Roth
Chriss Unternahrer
Salary Etymology Tied to Salt Money Origin
The term salary is traced to salt money used to pay soldiers for salt purchases. Linguists note the phrase reflects historical wages and compensation practices linked to salt as a valued good.
Bible Translated Into 218 Languages in South Africa
South Africa reports 800 languages spoken nationwide and Bible translations completed in 218 of them. Researchers note linguistic diversity and ongoing efforts to preserve minority tongues through Scripture provision.
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South Africa
Mother Seeks Missing Daughter Believed Kidnapped
A Wichita mother asks authorities to help locate her daughter Carol Lee Dermid, 16, who she believes was kidnapped by her father. The girl is believed en route to her father’s home in San Gabriel California, where she has sometimes lived.
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Carol Lee Dermid
W. A. Dermid
Wichita
Roosevelt names Sayre as high commissioner for Philippines
President Roosevelt designates Francis B Sayre as assistant secretary of state to become high commissioner of the Philippines replacing Paul V McNutt Sayre brings proven knowledge of Philippine affairs The second item notes Vatican City includes St Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel and is the temporal domain of the Catholic Church It clarifies the Vatican Hill location and etymology from Latin vates meaning priest or prophet
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Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
The
Philippines
Paul V. McNutt
Sayre
Islands
Vatican
Rome
Tiber
St. Peter’s
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Hil
Vatican City
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Anne Nagel
Dorothy Arnold
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Squawks” Pictorial Review
Jake Bishop
Stanley Mouser
Orva Scott
Joe Hoover
Newt Benson
Rolland Benson
Joe Cortum
Will Gaton
Carla Anderson
Mr. Flading
Wayte
Albert Stransky
Chester Spangler
Karla Kay
Fred Spangler
Gilbert Barr
Geo. Barr
C. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
Optometrists East Side Square
Riverside
Shadley
Magician
Town City Jr
Wayne Putnam
Riverside School
Washington Dairy Fountain
Loren Davidson
Council Bluffs
M. E
Warner Bros
Starris Ann Sheridan
Dick Powell
Gale Page
Helen Broderick
Ronald Reagan
Allen Jenkins
Zasu Pitts
Maxie Rosenbloom
Movietone News
Donald Duck
SEA Scouts
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Sk. Goodlander
Co. FP
Anderson
O.M
PLA
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
W. C. Bell
Omaha
Wee
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
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Cantoni
Dillion Boshart
Ther
Bud" Roth
Clair Boshart
Egypt
A. B. Schmoeller
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