Local residents face changes and events this week
Mr Laughridge resigns from Keokuk schools to join Hybrid Seed Corn company. Rev and Mrs Voig travel to Des Moines for Methodist conference. A cooperative dinner at the Methodist church precedes a year ahead committee setup. Krony Krew hosts a bridge party at Mrs Paxson residence. The Fleak family visits from Webster City. Equality club hosts guest Phyllis Woodford. The season’s first band concert features Mr Kokesh of Washington. Brittons depart for Winnipeg after a visit at the Long home. Mrs Rotzinger visits Fairfield to see her daughter. Charles Bonnet attends Davenport Ma sonic Grand Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Day
Laughridge
Keokuk
E. FE. Voig
Des Moines
Methodist
Methodist Church
Krony Krew
B. H. Paxson
Roy Fleak
Webster City
Lucy Freak
L. E. White
Anson Woodford
Equality Club
Phyllis
Kokesh
Washington
Wm. Britton
Lt Col Grove and Family Leave Brighton Visit
Lt Col Grove and wife and daughter Michele departed Brighton for Indianapolis after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs S M Grove. Grove is transferring from Colorado Springs to Dayton Ohio. Albuquerque couple Mr and Mrs William Atha visit Mrs Atha's mother Mrs Dave Irwin. Harmony club hosts covered dish dinner led by Mrs Joe Kessel. Dorthy Bagby Leota Multikin Bonnie Cassady Phyllis Woodford and O H Van Zee attend Parson College summer school. Mr and Mrs Robert Laughridge from Keokuk arrive. Mrs Laughridge stays with her parents.
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Edna S. Crile
Brighton
Phillip Ga‘ove
Grove
Michele
S. M. Grove
Indianapolis
Ind
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dayton
Ohio
William Atha
Albuquerque
N. M
Atha
Dave Irwin
Harmony Club
Albert Saunders
Joe Kessel
Dorthy Bagby
Leota Multikin
Bonnie Cassady
Phyllis Woodford
O. H. van Zee
Parson College
Robert Laughridge
Keokuk
Market price shifts at Chicago stockyards on cattle hogs and sheep
Cattle prices rose at Chicago stockyards with short receipts pushing top cattle to 30.00 per cwt, the highest since January 6. Feed steers yearlings and heifers gained, cows up modestly, hogs mostly higher with top at 25.25, sows mixed, and lambs mostly firm for clipped and native stock.
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Chicago
Rainy Street Day Brings Puddles and Promenade
A damp urban scene shows soggy shoes, dripping from a mid June shower. People hurry past a large package dropped in a gusher, while crowds pass in raincoats and discuss farming, weather, and poultry lore from Mrs Simmons's column.
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report
Chicago cash grain prices show mixed movements on June 14 with wheat trading 20 to 25 cents above July contracts and no sales reported. Corn bids rise one to two cents with varying No 2 to 4 yellow grades and mixed white oats holding firm amid light activity.
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Chicago
Grain quotes and price table with seasonal futures data
Chicago grain prices show July and Sept futures for wheat corn and oats with mixed highs and lows. The report notes prices in open high low close format and includes a closing range for May contracts. The text ends with a personal detail about a visit to the home of Mrs Robert McDonald and Mr McDonald.
Pea cock wonder sparks Grandmother’s visitor
Little Mary visits her grandmother in the country and sees a peculiar bird described as a pea cock. She rushes indoors to claim a chicken is in bloom. Mrs. Walter Duvall near West Chester plans a busy Friday baking chocolate rakes for the alumni banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Walter Duvall
West Chester
Take a clean dish and that always stops me
A collage of light human interest snippets from a news room and daily life. The piece mentions a prospector failing with cookery book recipes, a mysterious metronome in a news office, musical study punchy rhythm, and a young Central American pursuing U.S. citizenship through formal questioning.
Haskins Ladies Aid Meeting At Mrs Coon Home
June gathering at the country residence of Mrs Hilton Coon despite bad roads. Nine members attended with several drivers and two visitors. The group planned a silent auction for the next meeting at Mrs Hawkins and shared refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrrs
Coon
Haskins Aid
Clara Godlove
Haskins
Soeiely
Hilton Coon
Edgar Whetstine
Merle Colton
Hawkins
Percy Skubal
Connie
Showalter
Frances Coon
M. T. Coon
K. A. Mathers
Ohio
Dennis
Godlove
Kamerer
L. M. Birney
Albert Taylor
Colo
Northwestern scientists build leg that walks like fast as athlete
At Northwestern University William E. Dunshee John F. Hopp and LeRoy Barnes developed an artificial leg that can take 3 000 000 steps in 10 days, equivalent to three years of wear. The limb moves four complete cycles a second making it run as fast as the swiftest athlete and concentrates years of punishment into days. A courtroom riddle and rationing quip follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Dunshee
John F. Hopp
LeRoy Barnes
Northwestern University
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