Farewell party for Mrs Hagie in Crawfordsville
Mrs Florence White and sister Mrs Alice Holmes hosted a gathering Monday evening in honor of Mrs Alice Hagie who departs for Denver Colorado. Guests included Genevee Conrad Greta Owens Isabelle Piper Marian Waters Louise Holmes Hattie Cherryholmes Gertie Clark Violet Fletcher Lillian Holmes Margaret Davidson Helen White Maryal Graham and others.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Florence White
Alice Holmes
Alice Hagie
Denver
Colo
Bust
Genevee Conrad
Greta Owens
Ainsworth
Isabelle Piper
Marian Waters
Louise Holmes
Hattie Cherryholmes
Gertie Clark
Violet Fletcher
Lillian Holmes
Margaret Davidson
Helen White
Olds
Maryal Graham
Mt. Pleasant
Hagie
Local residents swap news of travels and church plans
K A Coates, cashier of People's Savings bank, left for Minnesota on a fishing trip. Mrs Coates and Mr and Mrs S J Stites of Keota accompany him. He takes a ten day vacation while the Coates children stay with relatives. Margaret Schmitt visits Iowa City for asthma treatment. Rev and Mrs Lester Bill will remain another year as pastor of the Methodist Church.
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K. A. Coates
People’s Savings Bank
Minnesota
First comprehensive auto road maps debut in Pittsburgh
The first complete automobile road maps appeared in Pittsburgh in 1914, marking a milestone in travel planning and road navigation. The innovation showcased detailed routes, distances, and landmarks that advanced motorist guidance and map publishing.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Military Highways Favored For National Defense
H G Sours director of the Ohio department of highways says a vast military highway system is needed to move refugees and avoid congestion. He notes America's highways are extensive yet not adequate militarily and that industrial centers are strategic military points.
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H. G. Sours
Ohio
Auto defects not main cause, patrol finds steering wheel myth alive
State highway patrolmen report only a negligible share of accidents stem from mechanical defects. They counter the old belief that a faulty nut behind the steering wheel is to blame, framing it as an outdated excuse.
Nitrogen in Air Fact Declared at Eighty Percent
A brief note states that eighty percent of the air is nitrogen. The figure appears as a standalone environmental science fact without further context.
Market summary Chicago hogs cattle and sheep gains
Chicago markets report June 18 shows hogs up 15 to 25 cents with some 25 cent gains on medium and heavy weights. Sheep and lambs rise modestly, with spring lambs firm. Cattle advance with fed steers and yearlings 15 to 25 cents higher, best light cattle 12.15, bulk heavy steers 10.50 to 11.25, cows steady to weak. Estimated Thursday receipts: hogs 4,000. cattle 10,000. sheep 1,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Market Prices Amid Harvest Notes
Chicago cash grain prices show corn mostly at 73% to 75% for various yellow varieties and 82% for white soybeans, with oats ranging from 35% to 37% on white oats. Market activity reflects mixed bids as farmers gauge demand and futures outlook.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table June 18 Market Updates
CHICAGO June 18 UP Grain table shows Wheat July closing at 98 percent, with Highs around 1.01 and Dec at 1.02. Corn July 0.738, Sep 0.75, Dec 0.714. Oats new July 0.385, Sept 0.36, Dec 0.37. Sourpeans July 1.42, Sep 1.23, Dec 1.24. Figures reflect open, high, low, close for each contract.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report June 18
Chicago informs that eggs market remains firm with receipts of 23,777 cases and fresh graded firsts at 25 percent, dirties 24, and checks 23 percent. extra firsts 26 percent. Poultry market steady to firm with receipts of 23 trucks.
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Chicago
Back Seat Driving Idea Noted by Safety Officials
Public safety department of the American Automobile Club notes a Connecticut rural highway speed survey finds drivers with relatives in the car travel more slowly than those alone or with friends. The study frames back seat driving as a potential factor in cautious driving behavior.
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Public Safety Department
The
American Automobile Club
Connecticut
Bible School Opens at Prairie Flower
Prairie Flower opens Vacation Bible School this week as local families join in. The issue recounts Father’s Day celebrations with stories of a visiting airplane piloted by Stanley Knupp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Knupp, landing in a pasture and delivering greetings from far away relatives.
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Martha G. Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Robert Roberts
Rees
Columbus Junction
Friends Charivari for Highland Center Couple Married
In Highland Center on June 18 about seventy friends gathered at Ira Coon’s home to charivari newlyweds Sidney and S Coon. The crowd enjoyed candy bars cigars and an ice cream supper. Several local families visited others at various homes and attended services and gatherings nearby.
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Eula Mae Coon
Highland Center
Ira Coon
Charivari
Sidney Coon
Milford McCreedy
Duane McCreedy
Rubio
Frank Salladay
Ralph Nicholson
Lewis Coon
Ralph Walsh
Iowa City
Wm. Murphy
W. R. Murphy
Lucille
Warl Steele
Washington
Burk McCreedy
Jimmy
Duane Hazen
Melvin Soukup
Dickie
Charles Soukup
Erna Bulger
Wilfred
Dorothy McCreedy
Herbert Campbell
Queen Wilhelmina’s thrifty household ethic in the Netherlands
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands embodies a practical frugality, guiding her home life with simple economical lines and a strong stance against waste as a national virtue.
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Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
Drying Tulips for Fall Planting in Sand
After blooming, tulips and hyacinths are dried in the house and stored in dry sand. The bulbs should remain buried in sand until next fall when they can be planted in the ground.
Barbara Crossett Elected President of Brighton League
Barbara Crossett was elected president of the Epworth League at the Brighton Methodist church along with Lillian Kraemer Virginia Cole Virginia Shaffer Miriam Horner and Joan Hagans as officers. The event was reported by Mrs Rhua Helmick in Brighton on June 17.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Barbara Crossett
Lillian Kraemer
Virginia Cole
Virginia Shaffer
Miriam Horner
Joan Hagans
Attendees From Far and Wide At Kessel Funeral
A large turnout from Mt. Pleasant and out of town mourners joined Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shep herd as Charles Kessel was laid to rest. Among visitors were John P. Crile Henry Diers and son Jake George Kessel family and relatives including Oscar Kessel and family from Mt. Pleasant and nearby towns with attendees from Fairfield Muscatine Keota Dan Kleinschmidt and others. Mrs. Donovan to be visited by Clarence Funston and family from Ventura California with Funston relatives previously in Philadelphia.
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Charles Kessel
John P. Crile
Henry Diers
Jake
William Vogle
George Kessel
John Kessel
Lawrence Kessel
Ralph Kessel
Oscar Kessel
Lee Davison
Fairfield
George C. Wendling
Otto Wendling
Muscatine
Andy Polis
Ray Walton
Earnest Miller
Ira Nordyke
Ray
Ainsworth
Dan Kleinschmidt
Keota
Bernard Singleton
Brownville
Texas
Ruth Norris
KK. Annas
Annas
Laurence Overfelt
Overfelt
Denver
Colo
Mary Woodside
Viola Herr
Krause
Paulse Grove
Beatey
Tillie Clow
Oklahoma
Clow
George Carson
Ainsworth Chapter
O.J.S
Winfield
Virginia Miller
Reading
Pauline Clegg
Ainsworth Sextet
Wilma Stephens
Joyce Butterworth
Violet Lambert
Dorothy Pearson
Betty Burt
Wilma Acheson
June Davis
Edith Richards
Thelma Peterson
Des Moines
Missionary Leaves for Woolson to Fill Engagements
BRIGHTON June 17 Alsina Andrews, a Jamaica missionary of 43 years, left at Woolson to fill speaking engagements at Woolson, Richland and Oskaloosa, then proceed to California. Weekend visitors to Pleasant Plain Friends church marked the centennial celebration with guests from Evanston Illinois and regional towns.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Alsina Andrews
B. J
the Pleasant Plain
Friends Church
W. A. Middleton
Iowa Falls
Mary Chambers
Ainsworth
Tom Nicholson
Wellman
C. E. Mumper
Ed Shepherd
Merle Shepherd
Max Shepherd
Don Hayes
Joan
Davenport
Midway Law Co Auction Wednesdays in Columbus
Midway Law Co Columbus holds weekly auctions every Wednesday while Community Sale runs each Friday at City Feed Yard. Local notices indicate regular sale dates for residents and buyers.
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Midway Law Co
Columbus
City
Doz and pricing glimpses in a grocery listing
A fragment shows item prices: 22 cents per pound, 1 pound life at 13 cents per pound, and 37 cents per pound. It reads as a small period grocery ad item with unspecified products and quantities.
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George Young
Mose Levy
Iowa Ave
Harley Cole
Iowa
J. D. Rabenold
G. V. Crull
C. V. Crull
Albert Redeker
Bath
Rukgaber Hardware
Moore
Goodwin
the Evening Journal
A. C
Loveless Implement Store
Eclipse Lumber Co
Landrum
Eclipse
Oliver Tractor
J. C. Huston
Washington Prairie
Bartholow
George Brestpenbach
Minnie Chance
Tucker Chevrolet
Pickens
Fred Chalupa
Coleman
Westinghouse Electric
J. H. Baird
Eastman
Melvin Gingerich
Spurgeon
John Reschley
Noble
Wayland Phone
Tolew
George J. Breitenbach
South Side Square
Joe Schantz
United Mattress & Upholstering Co
Martin's Cleaners
Scott Furniture Store
U. S
United States
West Chester
Tankagh
Morning Sun Rendering Works License
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Goodyear
Good Rich Tires
Washington Oil Company
Dewey's Fruit Farm
Call Evening Journal
Outboard Motors
Evinrude and Johnson
Western Auto Associate Store
Ernest Green
Riverside Phone
Jessie Strieff
War Department
Miss Strieff
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Cash Grain
Bible School
Ezra Smith
Paul
Henry Witthoft
Louise
Ralph Witthoft
Camp Claiborne
Earl Smith
Radda Field
Dawson Field
Washington Airport
Clayde Knupp
Knupp
Stanley
Ottumwa
Wayne
Richard
California
Mr. Davis
Glenn Fuhr
North Road
Anupp Farm
Fuhr
Iike Fuhr
Friends Charivari
Mrs. S. Coon
Brighton League
C. W. Duke
Edgar Kessel
Curtis Kessel and Baby
Miami, Fla
Andy Farrier
Fines
Moline
Marjorie Sines
Robert Alexander
Pam
Carrie Lemley
Cedar Rapids
Koch
Ivan Noland
West Liberty
J. S. Koch
W. R. Noland
Beja Ann
Rolla
J. S. Latta
Cedar Falls
Harry Wentworth
Edna Crile
Wayland
Clive Luckenbill
Albert Andrews
Evanston
Ill
J. J. Frazey
B. J. Montgomery
Pleasant Plain
Margaret Jean Rudolph
Lucy Mae Gowey
Verne Landess
Anamosa
Tom Stacy
Harold Shepherd
Kessel
Woolson
Mrs. Overfelt
E. K. Annas
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Washington, Iowa
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