Washington firms tout Festicorn corn displays downtown
A long feature describes Washington business districts planting tall corn stalks and tubs to promote October's Festicorn. East side stores like Chocolate Shop and Roberta beauty shop join spreads along West and South streets, with many shops planning future enlargements and replacements for any weak stalks.
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Washington
General Festicorn
Chocolate Shop
Westphal’s
Smart & Thrifty
Fred Moore Shoe
Roberta Beauty Shop
McLellan
A. & I. Grocery
Kob-Air
Oetjen Seed Store
Penney
Spurgeon
S’billips & Hebner
West Side
West
Washington Street
West Washington
Tucker Chevrolet
Marion
Rarseyer Hatchery
Ranual
Bridges
Washington Cleaners
Montgomery Ward
Rothschild’s
Klein Klothing Company
Klein’s
Iowa Avenue
al Ochmoeller
Mace Garage
Don Paul's
Lucille's
Mace
Tankar
Busby and Atchison
Joe Melinksky
Netherlands flood defense plan could drown farms
Officials discuss defense flooding as a non seawater measure in the Netherlands. Fresh river waters or Ijssel lake flooding would require evacuations of thousands but cause no permanent harm to land.
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Netherlands
Zuyder Zee
Ijssel
Window Conditioning Cuts Winter Fuel Bills, Report Says
Scientists from a major glass company report up to 30 percent savings by storm sash window conditioning. The finding highlights improved insulation and reduced heat loss as key factors in lowering energy costs.
Evan Shahan and Jack Boulton at School of Music
Evan Shahan and Jack Boulton of this place join five week all state high school music program sponsored by the University of Iowa. Meda Hauenstein of Colter and Marg ery Newell of Burlington visit from Columbus Junction.
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Evan Shahan and
Jack Boulton
School of Music
Columbus Junction
Evan Shahan
This Place
Meda Hauenstein
Colter
Margery Newell
Burlington
University of Iowa
Melvin Cosgro
Kathleen
Miami
Arizona
William Cosgro
Lawrence Jamison
Bellevue Hospital Muscatine
Mary Beth Lieberknecht
Council Bluffs
Rudolph Schlichting
H. Burdette Lewis
Richard
Chicago
S. J. Lewis
Hilton Briggs
Oklahoma State College
Stillwater
Alex McKenzie
J. W. Briges
Prairie Flower community notes of social visits and travels
Mrs Dolly Goranson and son Robert with Miss Janette Graf returned to Chicago after visiting Mr and Mrs Orley Page. Jennie Smith and Lula Green visited the E L Smith home. The Rees reunion drew Robert and Mrs. Roberts to Columbus Junction park. L W Turnipseed family visited Walter Wilson. Orville Schulty family attended the Duwa reunion. Dorothy Turnipseed assisted at Joseph Shalla home. Adolph Votruba and crew work for Walter Smith. Elmer Horning family and Henry Horning visited Fairfield. Esther Smith visited Cloyd Cornick at Mt Union. Mrs Cornick recently had a tonsil operation. Hazel Springman had tonsillectomy and returned to Ainsworth. Everette Clara and Ellis Finke and Wayne Witthoft attended the U S convention at Tioga. Louise, Edith and Merle Miller rode first train to Ainsworth to visit Fred Schroeder. Elizabeth Young’s relatives gathered at Milford Anderson home for a birthday party with Mrs Young as honoree. Mrs Clayde Knapp hosted a Friday meeting with County soil conservation chair Mrs Richard Stevens.
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Prairie Flower
Dolly Goranson
Robert
Janette Graf
Chicago
Orley Page
Goranson
Page
Jennie Smith
Lula B. Green
E. L. Smith
Robert Roberts
Rees
Columbus Junction Park
L. W.turnipseed
Walter Wilson
Orville Schulty
Duwa
Dorothy Turnipseed
Joseph Shalla
Adolph Votruba
Walter Smith
Elmer Horning
Henry Horning
Fairfield
Esther Smith
Cloyd Cornick
Mt. Union
Clothesline accident injures Conesville man with minor injuries
Arthur Geiger of Conesville was knocked by a clothesline Friday evening, landing backward. X rays at a Muscatine hospital showed no fractures. Dr. MecCormac of Cincinnati visits his mother, Mrs. Herbert McCormac. The Keokuk presbytery convention drew about 120 at Columbus City with several speakers. Various local residents attend events and trips, and the Zion Lutheran nine defeated Columbus Junction 12 to 7 in Muscatine Friday.
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Warner Bros
Fox Theatre
Priscilla Lane
Wayne Morris
Eddie Albert
Jane Bryan
Jane Wyman
Ronauld Reagan
Peter B. Good
John Monks, Jr
Fred F. Finklehoff
Brother Rat
Rat
Ronald Reagan
Kate Bryan
New York
Albert
Arthur Treacher
Henry O'Neill
Moront Olsen
Nana Bryant
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Arthur Geiger
Conesville
Muscatine
Paul MecCormac
Cincinnati
Ohio
Herbert McCormac
Young People’s Presbyterial
Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
Mack Shaw
Chicago
Y.p.c.ut
Wendelberg
Davenport
William Neebe
Aurora
Ill
James Cottrel
LeClatre
Jeanette Lewis
Evelyn Bloomquist
Joan Huston
Mary Morgan
Epworth League Institute
Mt. Pleasant
W. A. Bloomquist
J. C., Duncan
Arthur Johnson
Minneapolis
Minn
Ruth Locke
Kansas City
Sam Patrick
Arthur Fish
Buddy
Chico
Calif
Fred
Mantle Alburn
Wapello and
Letts
Tri-T
E. P. Shellabarger
Zion Lutheran
Cedar Township Committee Hosts Program For Ladies
Work presented to many interested women including wives of committeemen and alternates of the Cedar township committee. The event featured a courtesy program sponsored by the organization.
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Cedar Township
Aluminum Arch to Crown Rome 1942 World Fair
Rome unveils a 325 foot high aluminum arch spanning 756 feet as the centerpiece of the 1942 Universal Exposition. The light metal structure will be Italy’s largest all aluminum project and will feature stepped access so visitors can climb to the top for a panoramic view of the fair.
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Rome
Italy
Vegetable Cocktail Bar Opens in Milwaukee
Milwaukee's American Magazine notes a new Vegetable Cocktail Bar run by Mrs. Edith Lange. The garlic parsley cocktail features juice from green peppers three cloves of garlic and parsley juice.
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Milwaukee
Wis
The
American Magazine
Edith Lange
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Palm Beach
Goodall
Klein
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Washington, Iowa
Martha Thrasher
Clayde Knapp
Richard Stevens
Women’s Soil Conservation
Rome's World Fair
Washington Dairy
Tremen
Dous Savings
Oliver Twist
Fruit of
Oest
Klein Klothincg KO
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