Kalona Cutting Room Sews 10000 Garments For Relief Circles
In Kalona a small group led by Mrs. Mays Reber cut and prepared thousands of garments for Mennonite relief. The operation, housed in a building owned by the Towa Nebraska Mennonite conference, ships cut fabrics to sewing circles in several states and overseas.
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Towa - Nebraska Mennonite Conference
Kalona
de J. Hershberger
No Farm
Reber
Hershberger
Sam Bender
Dave Marner
MM Maynard Reber
Ray Brenneman
Chris Marner
Amy Hochstetler
Outing
Musli
Euting Room
Sewen
Reb
Oregon
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Misouri
Arkansas
Mennonite Centre Committee
Professional Directory Listings Show Local Attorneys and Dentists
Directory lists Louis J. Kehoe attorney at Jeffrey Building phone 688 Theodore B Bailey near Leet's Market attorney phone 1s Morrison and Morrison firm E D Morrison and E D Morrison Jr Morrison Building phone 245 W Livingston Robert Day attorneys abstract department office 204 W Main phone 147 or 964 George F Morrison G G Morrison lawyers phone 23 for J Penney Co Wendell L Shaffer dentist phone 557 across from Hotel Washington south of Hotel Washington
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W. Livingston Robert Day
W. Main
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Lemmon Eyecare Ad Promotes Exams Glasses
Optometrists Lemmon and John W Lemmon advertise eye exams glasses fitted and visual training at East Side square phone 45.
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Ss. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Osteopaths advertise medical services in journal blog
Osteopaths Dr. Ip L. Bytha and Dr. F G Livesay advertise their practices. Bytha treats rectal diseases as an osteopathic physician. Livesay specializes in spinal distortion and lower back pains at 1108 South Iowa Avenue. Appointments via phone provided.
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Bytha Osteopathic Physician
F.G. Livesay
D. C
Iowa Ave
Desk Finds 1898 Election Records and Boxing Remnants
A long unused desk reveals 1898 Washington county election tallies showing Republican majorities and close contests for state senator and county auditor. Also found are cancelled checks to Hugh McCleery, a 1922 Studebaker theater program with Bert Williams, and an Armstrong boxing interview from 1919. The assortment spans political, sports, and show business history gathered by the Journal over decades.
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Washington County
Hugh McCleery
W. F Kopp
Mt. Pleasant
Amos N. Alberson
Washington
Ingham
Kellogg
Col
D. J. Palmer
Prohibition
Peoples
Socialist Labor
Smith Brookhart
United States
Tima
H. McCleery
G. Logan Payne
The
Journal
Washington National Bank
Mr. McCleery
Mr. Payne
Hearst
Orville Elder
Times-Herald
Washington, D. C
Bob Armstrong
Jim Turner
Des Moines
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Toledo
Jim
Dempsey
Armstrong
Minneapolis
Mike O'Dowd
Fiftie Arena
Studebaker Theater
Chicago
Shubert
Bert Williams
Bert
Annanias Washington
Hal Williams
Chicago Evening Post
Messrs. Shubert
Mennonite Women Reuse Scraps For Relief Garments
Scraps from sewing circles are turned into comforters quilts and rugs with central cutting rooms boosting productivity. Kalona women cut 10 615 garments last year of which 9 260 were sold an increase over 1948 figures.
Traveling horseshoe salesman keeps busy on midwest circuit
Eldorado, Ill. Jamies Beasley, 70, tours 12 to 14 county fairs in Illinois and neighboring states each summer, forging harness horseshoes for trotters and pacers. He uses about 100 patterns daily, notes a shrinking licensed pool since 1913, and says demand remains strong as harness racing grows.
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Eldorado, Ill
Midwest
Jamies Peasley
Beasley
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Racine
Beasles
Good Omens Spot Filming of Technicolor Hit
Technicolor production Good Omens Spot Filming of Seu da-Hoo Scudda-huy opens Sunday at the Fox Theatre. June Haver stars with Lon McCallister. Walter Brennan leads the capable supporting cast. The film, adapted from George Agnew Chamberlain novels, marks Haver’s first straight dramatic role and Fr Hugh Herbert’s directorial debut.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor
Fox Theatre
June Haver
Lon McCallister
Walter Brannan
June
Lon
Indiana
Walter Brennan
George Agnew Chamberlain
McCallister
Brennan
Miss Haver
Hugh Herbert
Winchester 73 Rifle Cast in Starring Role
Universal-International screens Winchester 73 opening Sunday at the State Theatre. The 44-40 rifle known as One in a Thousand, with a storied history, travels from 1873 manufacture to a sheriff’s posse killing, then to Rolfe Stokes who loaned it to Universal-International. Stewart may soon own the gun after filming ends.
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Stewart
Shelley Duryea
Stephen McNally
Universal - International
Chester
Jonesboro
Ark
Abner Grady
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Rolfe Stokes
la Crescenta
California
Universal-International Studio
Final column prints humorous and philosophical quotes
The last item lists a sheet of quotations typed on the Oliver typewriter. Three limericks close the column. they describe Cahoes men with tar on the nose, a man in a bum costume at a bar, and Clyde at a funeral who jokes about not knowing who is dead.
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Oliver
Cahoes
First Airman Receives Newest Honor Medal
Private James FE Petesel, 19, of Oshkosh Wisconsin and trainee at Lackland Air Force Base, is named the first to receive the new American spirit Medal. Major General Charles W Lawrence says he was chosen for high example to comrades in arms after officers screened thousands of airmen.
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James FE. Petesel
Lackland Air Force Base
Oshkosh
Wis
Charles W. Lawrence
Lackland
Petesel
Outcome of Korean War hinge on fierce battle now being fought
United Press reports in Korea say today and tomorrow could decide the war. MacArthur officials warn the enemy seeks a breakthrough as 45,000 reds attack, risking encirclement and a potential evacuation at Pusan. American defense risks narrowing to a thin semi circle with reinforcements uncertain.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press Foreign
Korea
Pusan
Douglas MacArthur
Korean
United Nations
Ward
Ked
Gen. MacArthur
Death of the Virgin Acquired by Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Death of the Virgin, a 14th century Bohemian panel attributed to an unknown artist, dating to about 1350, has been acquired by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It was long owned by the Counts of Kolowrat in Bohemia.
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Boston
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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