Alumni Banquet Held at West Chester High School
West Chester high school hosted its annual alumni banquet in the gym on Friday night June 9 with forty-nine alumni and ten guests. Decorations featured blue and white colors and decorative flowers. A program included welcome by Charles Ralston and musical numbers by Jean Luers Bob Scranton Clyde Griggs with a business meeting naming new officers and decorations.
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R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
West Chester High School
High School
Federated Church
Troy Forinash
Ivan Niffenegger
Charles Ralston
Florence Stout
Jean Luers
Bob Scranton
Clyde Griggs
Betty Neil
Charles Hotle
Kathryn Hoover
Beer Fury
Keith Stewart
James Stancer
Margaret Smith
Harold Leet
Marion Auguustine
Gittests
Minnesota
Rey Hakehouse
Owatonna
Minn
Lightwears and autos on offer in local ads and notices
Local ads promote Hart Schaffner & Marx suits and Dixie Weave shirts at Klein's and various used goods including hay loader extension tables and autos. Notices recount family visits, a college graduation, a cross country trip, and a funeral, with multiple named families and towns across Iowa and Nebraska.
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Klein
Communities by the Journal Subscription Representative
A short community note from a Journal subscription representative based in Macon highlights local outreach efforts and reader engagement across nearby districts. The item underscores subscription drive activity and the role of the Macon office in coordinating community responses.
Hogs and cattle markets mix gains in Chicago.
Markets report hogs steady to higher with top 6.90 for 180 to 250 lb pigs and 260 to 280 lb at 6.40 to 6.70. calves 1,000 head. general steer and yearling market steady to strong. light weights active on shipping accounts. cows and vealers weaker. sheep 4,000 with lambs steady to 25 cents lower. native slaughter hogs and sheep noted. Estimated tomorrow cattle 6,000 head. hogs 1,000 head.
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Chicago
Mahaska County
Aberdeen
Bangs
Lawa
Midway Sale CO. R.F. Smylie
MGR
Early Summer Notes From Washington and Surroundings
A June rain brings wind and farm updates from Washington area farmers. Albert Zieglowsky reports corn planted on the Ode Ferguson farm, Sam Marsh tends two peach varieties, and Ile grows fine oats. Mrs. Marsh and Harold Neff of California praise local papers and education, while Mrs. Laura McBride tends her Havre garden. The town streets are ready for heavy rain. Shebeck family farms well. Leppert and Owens households share poultry and news. The whisker parade draws crowds. thanks to Phil Antonoff and B B store for support. veterans recall farming gains and look to future advances.
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Sam Marsh
Shiloh
Ile
Laura McBride
Havre
Theodore Poore Recovers From Foot Injury On Decoration Day
On Decoration Day Theodore Poore is recovering well and able to go out again after a recent foot injury.
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Theodore Poore
Wives Are Guests at Riverside Club Dinner Meeting
Riverside news notes a ladies night dinner at the Riverside club in the Methodist basement with wives of members. Miss Carrie Iden attends. Rt Rev Bernard Jacosomeier speaks. travel pictures from state education dept show Alaska Yosemite and British Isles. Homecoming plans discussed. next meeting to be in St Marys hall. New diesel electric freight locomotive begins service on Rock Island line between Iowa City and nearby.
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Riverside
State Department of Education
St. Mary's Hall
Riverside Methodist Church
Stuart C. Peterson
Epworth League
Rock Island
Iowa City
Flying Farmer Mason Travels by Plane to Market
Merle E Mason, known as the flying farmer, traverses a four state front in a monoplane to buy and sell goods. He returns home each evening to Michigan farms near Jackson Hillsdale and Nashville with son in law George Bucholtz and worker Barney Wolf assisting. He claims air travel beats driving, avoiding traffic and detours, saving enough last year for a Florida vacation.
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Merle E. Mason
Michigan
Ohio
I Ilinois
New York
Mason
Jackson
Mich
Hillsdall County
Nashville
George Bucholtz
Barney’ Wolf
Florida
Local Readers Visit With Evening Journal Staff
Keota and Ainsworth families made Saturday visits to the paper’s office bringing thanks for ongoing subscriptions. Subscriptions from Walter Bowers and J B Lockwood were renewed or left for credit, highlighting loyal readers in Washington and nearby townships.
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J. B. Lockwood
Keota R 2
Evening Journal
Walter P. Bowers
Keota R 1
Locomotive Powered by Diesel Motors At Montezuma
Montezuma Riverside segment notes a locomotive built as a baggage car driven by a diesel engine via electric motors connected to the wheels. Needle Club members of the Senior Needle club gathered at homes of Mrs. C BE Fitzsimmons for an afternoon social and luncheon hosted by the hostess with Mrs. Frank Dafourek assisting. Mrs. Al Walton, a club member then ill, received a card signed by all attendees.
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Montezuma
Riverside
Needle Club
Mra. C
Fitzsimmons
Frank Dafourek
al Walton
Brighton Hears Busy Week Gives Local News and Visits
BRIGHTON residents report attendance at the 4 H club convention in Ames. visitors include Ben Faber and son Richard from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines guests Mrs. Emma Conroy and Mr. P McCart. Engel and Myer move to town as New Crown Line Scott Hardware readies opening and remodeling nears completion. Mrs Kraemer plans a trip to Ann Arbor for the 1914 class silver anniversary.
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Helmick
Brighton
Harry Stacy
Emily McClean
Ames
George Ackley
Unionville
Missouri
Ben Faber
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Emma Conroy
Des Moines
P. McCart
Keith Murray
Ann Arbor
Mich
A. K. Hoffman
W. EK. Chamberlain
P. W. Francis
Muscatine
Kraewmers
Cyril Henry
Arthur
Kenneth
Nevada
Grain market report from Chicago shows mixed cash corn and oats
Chicago cash grain listing notes various corn lots with 51 to 52 percent ranges and mixed 67 percent white oats with several white and mixed lots priced around mid thirties. No clear futures. pricing appears spot oriented and fragmented.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table Returns Mixed in July Markets
Grain table shows wheat July to December with mixed highs and lows. Corn quotes edge around fifty, oats steady near monthly lows. Rye July to December fluctuates with modest gains and declines across contracts.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Notes on Eggs and Poultry
Eggs show a steady market with receipts totaling 23 137 cases including 15 percent fresh eroded firsts and 154 percent extra firsts while current receipts remain 14 percent dirties 12 percent. Poultry market steady with receipts of 1 car and 35 trucks and varied percentages for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters broilers and turkeys.
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Chicago
Brighton Neighbors Welcome Visitors and Newborns
Mrs Flore Dunbar Ruth return from Sioux City where Ruth recently graduated. Various locals visit relatives in Washington Brighton areas. A fall injured Norman Kechner. Alan Sanford born June 13 to Mr. and Mrs Fred Kohl of Marblehead. Two Brighton granddaughters welcomed. Equality club gathering at Mrs Blanche Mortimore. Jim Baldosier visits Merriamac. Mrs Frank Hoover meets new grandchild in Otis Hoover home.
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Pittsburgh
Lou Bauer
Maurice Bauer
Lajanta
Cole
Eldin Banner
Faye Turnipseed
Washington
William Robertson
Dublin
Iowa City
Clifford Bauer
Lafe Stout
Ames
Stout
Cecil Mowis
State College
Mary Anderson
Coffeys
Coffey
Los Angeles
Riverside
Calif
FE. H. Whitehead
Cairo
Nebr
Ella Rounds
LaVera
Roberts
O. Dyer
Esther
Edna Orndorff
Muscatine
Orndorff
Mike Campbell
Fred Sprague
Sioux City
Ferguson
Willian Craig
Martinsbure
Jerry Daiton
Bonnie Cassady
Albia
Olds
Alvin Smith
Ft. Collins
Colo
Brighton
Robert Anderson
Harold Battershall
Chicago
Roger Ackley
Gordon Stout
Fumwa
Norman Kechner
Front Street
Fred Kohl
Marblehead
Mass
Alan Sanford
Frank Hoover
Fairfield
Otis Hoover
Drilling for Oil on Smith Farm Near Junction Begins
A test oil well is progressing on Roy C. Smith farm five miles north of Columbus Junction on primary road 76. The eight inch borehole may extend several hundred feet, marking eastern Iowa’s first project of this kind. Drilling is directed by Bills Jones and Leslie Robertson. a similar effort near Letts ended years ago. The report also lists local social and civic notes including births, visits, and a wall repair on Second street following heavy rains.
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Columbus Junction
Roy C. Smith
Here
Bills Jones
Leslie Robertson
Iowa
Letts
Harvey Jennings
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Mimer Sehmidt
Kennard
Ind
Sehmidt
Charles Reece
W. F. Ganoe
Storm Lake
Ganoe
Florence Arington
Eugene Lewis
Laura Gilchrist
Oklahoma City
Okla
Paul Smith
Kansas City
C. B. Nichols
Nichols
Keith Robertson
Columbus Junction State Bank
Dudee Er. O. Newell
Second Street
F. A. Lewis
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Bert ‘Wumper
Davenport
Ernest Rock
Bliven Rounion
Bliven
Chautauqua Park
Myrtle Jennings
Main Street
Muscatine
Journal Sale Dare Column
Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction advertises weekly journal sale on Wednesdays and a community sale each Friday. The note lists City Feed Ware and a June 27 sale in southeastern Iowa with Shorthorn breeders auction and references the Negus Sale barn.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
South
Iowa
Negus Sale
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