Local society notes and family mentions in June column
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Atkinson visit relatives after an on the job back injury at Rock Island. Ed Murphy of Haskins finds his uncle's Canadian address via the Evening Journal. Dan Hesseltine praises the whisker club for farmers, jokes about chinch bugs. John Simmering and Mrs. Howard McCreery assist with bonnet sale and Centennial dishes at a north side book store. Subscriptions and social news from Arnot Mathers and others conclude the column.
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Bill Atkinson
Rock Island
Mr. Atkinson
Ed Murphy
Haskins
Evening Journal
Canada
Howard McCreery
North Side
Secret engagement dispute between Reginald and Claire
Reginald pleads to keep their engagement secret while Claire explains she acted after pressure from Ethel who claims Reginald has never married due to a lack of a suitable fiancé. The dialogue reveals social pressure and gossip surrounding marriage.
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Reginald
Darling
Claire
Ethel
Feo
News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities
Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns. Notes include requests for subscriptions, local events, and community announcements, reflecting small-town activities and civic happenings.
Keota death noted of Mrs O F Axthelm and local visits
The notice recalls Mrs. O F Axthelm of Keota who died after years in the State hospital. She taught in Keota schools four years after moving there in 1920 and leaves four children and a husband on the family farm. Nearby friends and relatives are mentioned, with admiration for the Keota Eagle's account of her life.
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O. F. Axthelm
Keota
White administrator rules nine island kingdom in Pacific
A British officer, Donald G. Kennedy, governs the Ellice Islands, a 4,300 strong South Sea group near 180 degrees longitude and south of the equator. He has spent 15 years there with rare contact with Europeans as mail boats come three times yearly and a New Zealand ship visits annually.
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Pacific Ocean
Ellice Islands
Nukulaejae
Donald G. Kennedy
New Zealand
Mr. Kennedy
Byrd and Ruth Nichols Honored by Beaver College
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Ruth Rowland Nichols received honorary doctorates at Beaver College Jenkintown Pennsylvania this June. Byrd earned a doctor of fortitude and faith for his heroic explorations despite sickness at Little America. Dr James Elliott Mooney acted as college president for the ceremony.
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United States
Beaver College
Jenkintown
Richard E. Byrd
Ruth Rowland Nichols
Byrd
Little America
James Elliott Mooney
Livehog and Cattle Market Report From Chicago
Hogs 11,000 head with active steady trade. top 6.65. 180 to 240 lb hogs 6.45 to 6.65. sows 5.00 to 5.75. Cattle 10,000 with calves 1,000. steady to strong with steer and yearling trade 8.50 to 9.75. long yearlings and light steers to 10.00. light stockers 7.50 to 9.00. best heifers 9.25. Sheep 2,000. spring lambs 9.75 to 9.50. fed shorn Calif. springers 8.75. medium clipped lambs 7.25. sheep steady. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 6,000. hogs 13,000. sheep 1,000.
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Kansas
Texas
Chicago
California
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Reported For June
Chicago markets show corn mixed at 52 to 52% with 2 yellow lots and 2 a 4 mixed at 1, yellow 52 to 52% and 2 yellow 65% 1 white 57% oats include 2 white 36% 8 white and 4 to 25% 4 white 33% to 34% soybeans 2 yellow 92% 3 yellow 92 to 92% corn receipts total 172 ears reported.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Steady with Mixed Quotations
Chicago reports a steady market with 31 819 receipts and changed quotations. Poultry receipts include 2 ears and 28 trucks with varied prices for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters broilers and turkeys. Potatoes show a weak market with arrivals and shipments detailed for Saturday and Sunday.
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Chicago
Swiss Lakes Harbor Large Trout Belts
Swiss lakes and rivers produce sizable trout often weighing three pounds or more. The fish thrive in alpine waters, with anglers reporting frequent catches in protected coves and stream mouths. Local guides note angling seasons and conservation rules to protect stocks.
Chicago Grain Table Opens With Mixed Futures
Chicago grain quotes show Wheat July at 74% high 1.738% close 0.738% Sept 76 75% 0.73% 0.73% Dec 76. Corn July 50% high 180% 49 49 Sept 51% 0.62 0.50% 0.60% Dee 52% 52% 0.51% 0.61% July 34% 384% 3.38% 3.83% Sept 1% 1.82% 3.81% 0.814% Dee 60 33% 32% 0.82% Rye July 51 86 51% 50% 0% Sept 58 53% 0.52 0.62% Dec 55 55% 54% 0.644
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Dee
Pope Sixtus IV Built the Sistine Chapel
The text notes the Sistine Chapel as the pope's private chapel in the Vatican named for Pope Sixtus IV who built it between 1471 and 1484.
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Sistine Chapel
The
Vatican
Pope Sixtus IV
REISTER'S MARKETS Tuesday Prices Paid
Prices paid at Reister's Markets include sweet cream 28 cents per pound sour cream 21 and 19 cents per pound for No 1 and No 2. Hennery eggs 18 cents a dozen for brown and white shells 18 cents a dozen. Delivery to plant earns 4 4 cents per pound. All No 2 poultry including defective birds bought at value.
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Hennery
Nonery Eatertead
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