Pavement Experiment Near Boone Tests Stabilized Road
Iowa engineers monitor Boone first mile of stabilized pavement under construction at city edge. Proponents say it cuts maintenance costs and dust, removes washboard effect, and reduces edge slip. Mix of fine gravel and clay rolled on graded surface, then sprayed with calcium chloride as finish. Boone county provides gravel labor and equipment. calcium chloride supplied by the maker.
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Boone
U.P
Iowa
Boone County Roads
Eagle and U S Coins Mint Law Ratified in 1792
The article notes Washington signed the act to establish a United States Mint on April 2 1792, with the mint officially taking effect then and early in October 1792 the first half dimes were cast.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Chinch Bug Battle On in Earnest Over Oil Barriers
Farmers cooperate to deploy government supplied creosote oil as barriers to halt chinch bug migration. Each oil car costs about 1000 dollars and is dispensed by the Farm Bureau. Entomologists cite rapid egg laying by the bugs, with studies from Ames noting a female producing nearly a thousand eggs in a short span.
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Farm Bureau
Roudabash Sata
Rondabush
Ames
Madame Wigt
Washington
Wellman Youths Auto Wrecked Near Keota
A Wellman youth John Durst and two Keota girls Elizabeth Erdice and Mary Catherine Simons were in a Chevrolet pickup when it lost steering control on a slope three miles southwest of Keota. The pickup was wrecked beyond repair. Erdice suffered severe facial and body injuries while Simons injured her hand and Ligamette had a cut on the left wrist. Durst sustained only minor injuries.
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Durst
Miss Mae Campbell Visits Parents During Vacation
Miss Mae Campbell returns from Des Moines where she completed a year as nurse and teacher at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. Lutheran Ladies hold ice cream social on church lawn. Mrs. FE Loran Palmer and daughter Patricia Ann depart Washington County Hospital for home near Keota. Chicken supper at Christian Church Wednesday 5:30 to 7.
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Mae Campbell
John Campbell
Des Moines
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Lutheran Ladies
Church Lawn
FE. Loran Palmer
Patricia Ann
Washington County Hospital
Saurday
Keota
Liquor Stores Open in Five Iowa Towns and Delays Expected
Iowa liquor stores opened in five towns with others delaying as the commission projected peak business next month. A state stock system keeps bottle counts in stock bins, with permits selling for one dollar and fines possible for excess purchases or failures to support families. The enforcement division led by W. W. Akers will deploy about 12 deputies to work with local authorities as sales lag behind the predicted 500 000 permits.
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W. W. Akers
Marshaltown
Akers
Commission
Richard Joane End
Wayland Picnic Attendees and Local Visit Notes
The Wayland area reports include a "ole bunch" picnic at Saunders Grove in Mt. Pleasant with many attendees from Washington Batavia and Morning Sun. Visitors and travelers are listed with moving details to Fayette Luverne Oskaloosa and St Joseph. Families and students from Bentley Kansas and Aurora Illinois are mentioned along with summer visits and farm plans.
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Wayland
Saunders Grove
Mt. Pleasant
Scott Jarrard
Sam Marsl
Washington
Clarence Benson
Batavia
Jesse Davison
Henderson Brooks
Everette Weavers
Homer
Arthur Wyse
Ezra = Wittmer
Clair Sodergren
Ella Shively
Dorothy Shively
Clarence Dberkoff
Kilmer Reschleys
Merrimac
Wugh Conrad
Brighton
Mae Seabranch
Glen Niharts
Pleasant
John Tatter
J. A. Taylor
Lee Koobe
Fayette
Fedora Roth
Iowa City
Jake Roth
Clarence Rhum
Gordon
Jesse Kicher
Luverne
Walter Sauertei
Lavesn Lasinger
Laverne Kicher
Paul Alter
Lioyrd Roth
Everette Hileman
Laurence Henss
Gilbert Schantz
Ina Boshart
Mabel
Opal McGuire
Endora Roth
Cliss
Wayne Allen
Morning Sun
Vere Goff
Donald Rex
Aurora
Kenneth Goff
Will Jones
Omar Bosharts
Hilly Boshart
Roy Henss
Moline
Jil
Henry Goldsmith
Fred Messenger
Jackson Giddens
Glidden
Gene Patterson
St Joseph
Missouri
Dr Giddens
Rich
C. K. Sehanigz
Hold
Two Beer Licenses Granted by City Council
At yesterday evening’s meeting the council granted Winters and Ellis a license to sell beer for a new funch room planned in the corner room of the Colense hotel building. The Chocolate Shop beer license renewal was also approved.
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Est Council
Winters & Ellis
Colense
Burial Customs In Ancient Spain Monastic Garb Practice
In ancient Spain the dead were buried robed as monks or nuns, a custom tied to beliefs that only monks and nuns die in the holy order.
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Spain
Spa
Baby boy born at Washington County Hospital
At the hospital Mr and Mrs John Winga are parents of a baby boy born at 6 15 this morning at the Washington county hospital. The baby weighs 7 pounds 314 ounces. Orville Rose Jr of Des Moines visits his mother Mrs Margaret Hales Rose. Washington Concert Band announces no rehearsal tonight or tomorrow. Louis Kellahan from Des Moines will speak at the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation picnic in Boone on June 19 with a day including 4 H kittenball tournament races horseshoe pitching and games.
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John Winga
Washington County Hospital
Orville Rose, Jr
Des Moines
Margaret Hales Rose
Washington
Boone
U.P
Louis Kellahan
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Silk or Cotton Blouses for Skirts and Suits Sale
A range of blouses made from silk or cotton priced from 1.00 to 2.95 is offered for trips and matching skirts or suits. The items emphasize coordinated outfits and travel wear in a vintage catalog tone.
Oldest Methodist School Randolph Macon College Ashland VA
Randolph Macon College in Ashland Virginia is noted as the oldest Methodist school in America. The article mentions its founding, though the exact date is unclear, referencing an eighteenth hundred year clue.
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Randolph Macon College
Ashland
America
Nellie Manners Visits Crawfordsville Notables Attend Sabbath
Miss Nellie Manners visits Crawfordsville with her parents and is joined by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beauchamp plus guests from LeClaire and Davenport. Local residents Bruce Lease and Miss Margaret Hamill host visitors. Rev. Portes and Rev. Hebner attend church events. pastoral Bible conference planned in Waterloo.
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Crawfordsville
Merle Beauchamp
Business College
Peoria
Ernest Beauchamp
W. E. Marti
Margaret Winrow
Jennie Martin
LeClaire
Iowa
Emma _ Kough
Davenport
Charles Martin
Bruce Lease
A. N. Portes
Waterloo
E. S. Hebner
Shook
Aineworth Methodist Church
Jugenheimer reunion eyed at Weed Park Muscatine
Richfield Nebraska visitor G N Jugenheimer travels with family for a reunion planned next Sunday June 24 at Weed Park MuscatineOthers attend include Mrs Gotlieb Launer and her son George of Columbus Nebr Colleagues W S McKeown and family spent Sunday in Mediapolis Meanwhile Esther McCreedy hospitalized in Cedar Falls shows improvement Prayer list and notes appear in local columns including Harold Ride family visit and J C Penney manager H R Luna back at work after Pittsburgh trip Lunds remaining east references
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G. N. Jugenheimer
Richfield
Nebr
L. G. Jugenheimer
Oscar Jugenheimer
Asgister
Gotlieb Launer
George
Columbus
Chicago
Jugenheimer
Weed Park
Muscatine
Launer
Emma
Anna Heck
Hazel Horn
John Heck
Fred Heck
Joe Escher
Clara TeBockhorst
Florence Monson
Davenport
Henry TeBockhorst
Colette and
Modesta
Elizabeth Ragan
Madonna Kiefer
Bertha Benda
Harold Ride
Billy
Garwin
W. S. Duncan
Esther McCreedy
Cedar Falls
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H. R. Luna
J. ¢. Penney Co
Pittsburgh
Lund
East
Sidewalk Repairs at J C Penney Prompt Weather Safety
Mr and Mrs A Vere Marlory of Robinson Illinois and Mr and Mrs Boice Kurtz visited here. The local sidewalk outside J C Penney Co. is chipped regularly to prevent slickness when wet, a safety measure noted during the weekend visit by former Washington residents.
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J. C. Penney Co
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Journal
A. Vere Marlory
Robinson
Boice Kurtz
Washington
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