Birthday party highlights and wedding anniversary noted
Meeker Hess home hosts young Jimmy Hess at Avan Coreoran birthday party in West Chester. Glen Sprague marks eighteenth wedding anniversary with family visit to Sprague home. Frank McAvoy calls on Tom West home with Harold Travis from Detroit. Will Martin and Earl haul cattle and hogs to Chicago, no sightseeing trip. Mrs. Will Martin visits the Spenner home near Riverside. Cole family from Denver guests. Marie Griener visits Pete Adama home near Sigourney with Frank Griener attending.
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Meeker Hess
Jimmy Hess
Avan Coreoran
Weat Chester
Glen Sprague
Sprague
Glen Spragues
Frank McAvoy
Tom West
Harold Travis
Detroit
Will Martin
Earl
Chicago
Spenner
Riverside
Cole
Denver
Marie Griener
Pete Adama
Sigourney
Frank Griener
Sunday visits across Harper and Washington homes
Mary Jo and Denny visited Sunday afternoon at the John Harras home near Harper. Mr and Mrs Bert Dunbar spent Sunday there. They also visited the Glen Watson home in Washington Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo
Denny
John Harras
Harper
Bert Dunbar
Dale Dunbar
Glen Watson
Washington
New Brown Shirts For Highway Patrol
DES MOINES Iowa officials announced summer uniforms for the highway patrol including dark brown gabardine shirts and caps. Light tan slacks will complete the outfit though some state officials opposed dark brown shirts fearing they resemble Nazi Stormtroopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
Karl Pigcher
State Department of Public Safety
Farler
Ainsworth Welcoming Bakery and Rural Notes
Mr and Mrs John Miller open a new bakery in Ainsworth in the Chihak building. Cate Thompson seeks a corn picker and a cook as his popcorn crop grows. Reports of good rains, muddy roads, and flourishing farms surround Crawfordsville and nearby towns with locals subscribing to the Evening Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Wapello
Chihak
Ainsworth
Cate Thompson
W. C. Richards
Ainsworth R
Chicago Tribune
Glen Owens
K 2
Evening Journal
John McNeill
Crawfordsville
Pearl McNeill
Chicago Cash Corn Prices and Grain Receipts Report
Chicago June 10 UP reports cash grain prices with corn mixed and yellow bids, oats mixed and white varieties, and corn receipts totaling 160 units. The data shows fluctuating bids across corn and oats with varying color designations and a note of receipts.
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Chicago
Produce markets steady as receipts rise in Chicago
Chicago market notes show a steady produce market on June 16 with total receipts 29,088 cases. Fresh graded firsts and extra firsts each account for 15 percent, current receipts 14 percent, and dirties 12 percent, reflecting ongoing supply levels.
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Chicago
Castle The Mouse at Thurrberg Near St Goarshausen
The Mouse castle on the Rhine right bank near St Goarshausen was built in 1363 by Archbishop von Falkenstein and named The Mouse by the Katzenein bogen counts whose castle The Cat stood opposite.
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Thurrberg
Rhine
St. Goarshausen
von Falkenstein
Katzeneinbogen
Neighboring Communities News Notes by Journal Rep
Subscription representative D. F. Macon contributes brief local items from neighboring communities. Short notes cover events, meetings, and small happenings with a focus on community life and local ties.
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Journal
Miscellaneous language prompt noted at Journal office
A fragment mentions Roy tending farm work and a visit by Harry Bishop of Glendale on Washington R 2 who expressed his wishes at the Journal office. The text includes a quotation about using the word miscellaneous and references Franklin D. Roosevelt and Italy, followed by a description of a light rain on Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bishop
Glendale
Washington
Journal
Residents visit Washington as showers mark county travels
Mr and Mrs Ned Morrow of Wellman join a list of county residents visiting Washington yesterday. The crowd includes Paul Mast and family of Noble County and others from Columbus Junction Ainsworth and Wellston. A church joke and birthday mention at the Journal office close the note as rain road conditions and local humor color the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Morrow
Wellman
Paul Mast
Mise Pauline
East of Noble
Tom Gutfty
Lee Colton
Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
Joe Podaril
Jos. A. Kolesick
Paulsgrove
Ainsworth
Washington
Foreman Tests Applicant With Electrical Jokes
A shop foreman questions a bright boy about electrical knowledge. When asked what an armature is, the boy quips that it is a guy who sings for Maj Howes, delivering a playful misunderstanding in a job interview.
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Maj
Howes
Frisky car accident details and rain praised by locals
Xeeron denies wet road as cause. Clyde Lambert R 1 praises farmers future prospects while noting rain improved dirt roads. Mrs Eva Steen of Washington state and Mrs Charley Caldwell R 1 visited yesterday. Neighbors attended Marcus Kuhn funeral in Riverside early this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Lambert
Eva Steen
Washington State
Charley Caldwell
Market summary Chicago cattle grain futures June 10
Chicago markets show no early trading with a steady undertone and weekly losses across cattle and hogs. Hogs close at 6.65. cattle average near 9.10 for the week with steers and cows down. sheep trade slow, spring lambs down. grain table lists mixed futures with wheat, corn, oats, and rye in varied positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington County Board of Education to adopt new school books
The Washington County Board of Education met June 8 1939 and adopted a plan to consider new books for reading primers health spelling and more for grades one to seven. Bids must be filed with the county superintendent by 8:30 A M June 29 1939, after which contracts will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Education
Special Election Proposed Bond Issue for Clay Township School
Notice declares a special election in Clay Township School District Washington County Iowa on July 7 1989 at Black Hawk School House from 1 00 P M to 3 00 P M to authorize bonds not exceeding 2000 for a new school house and to dispose of the present facility. Verle Porter President Grace Whittaker Secretary. 1HOr4s
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Clay Township
Washington County
Iowa
Black Hawk
Verle Porter
Grace Whittaker
Georgia Leads in Many Foods
Georgia tops the nation in peanut and watermelon output and leads in sweet potatoes naval stores improved pecans and fresh peaches for market according to state agriculture figures reported.
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Georgia
Prices and poultry buyout terms from local market
Prices paid list includes sweet cream at 23 cents per pound, No 1 sour cream 21, No 2 sour cream 19, Brown Eyes eggs 18 per dozen, White Eggs 18 per dozen, No 2 eggs 9 cents per dozen. Delivery pay 1 cent per pound to plant. No 2 poultry with defects bought at value.
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Hennery
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South Sible
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Washington, Iowa
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Harry Baker
Route 3
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Conn
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Italy
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Wellston
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West Chester
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Dale
Howard Hazen
Xeeron
Marcus Kuhn
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Chicago Livestock
Reister’s Markets
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W. S. Eldridge
Chas. Brown
Official
Washington Directory
Optometrists
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A. C. Peterson
Second Ave
DR. C. F. Boller
State Bank
Washington St
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Washington Independent School District
F. A. Ralston Ean
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George Fielda
Soaibaes
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Glenn Mace
Ralphin. Thompson
P. L. Biter
T. J. Pease
A. E. Atchison
C. W. Tucker
Sherman’s Funeral Home
West Main St
Lemley & Yard General Insurance
East Main Street
Theodore B. Bailey
Law Loan & Trust Bldg
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Officers
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W. H. Fulton
F. Mack
Henry
Lester H. Orr
C. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
Will Depuis
Clarence Jacobs
Fred Reid
City Library
Eva Denny
Homer Stephen
Eveready Plumbing Shop
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