Ford and Cotton Tie In At World's Fair Display
Isabel McDougal, daughter of a Mississippi cotton cooperativ e officer, drew attention at the New York World's Fair for spotting a cotton patch on a Ford exhibit. The scene highlighted Ford's “Cycle of Production” turntable illustrating how cotton feeds multiple car components. Ford officials photographed the moment, underscoring the farm industry link with automobile manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Mississippi Delta
W. ©. McDougal
Isabel
Henry Ford
Ford
Dixie Girl
Dean Niffenegger Opens Veterinary Office at Whiting
Dr. Dean Niffenegger received to establish a veterinary practice in Whiting after completing studies at State College and earning a first lieutenant commission in ROTC. The article notes Lebanon Kansas origins and local reception in West Chester during June. It also mentions alliances with Miss Kathryn Hoover and visits by families including the Bauers and Owens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Niffenegger
Whiting
JF Ferguson
West Chester
Niffenegs
Gree
State College
Dnited States Army
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Lebanon
Kansas
Alice Voet
Fort Madison
Kathryn Hoover
Iowa City
Fred Bauer
Lou Bauer
Washington
C. C. Owens
Edgar Porter
Owens
Eight New Cars Registered This Week
Eight new cars were registered at the county treasurer's office this week. Verne Kueneman of Riverside owns a Pontiac 2 door touring. Ray Cox of Washington has a Studebaker Champion coupe. Cloyce Stoutner of West Chester owns a Ford Deluxe Tudor. Melvin C Hillery of Washington, J M Clegg of Ainsworth own a Chevrolet town sedan. S G Fletcher of Crawfordsville and Julius Wulf of Washington register Chevrolet town sedans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Kueneman
Riverside
Ray Cox
Washington
Studebaker
Cloyce Stoutner
West Chester
Melvin C. Hillery
J. M. Clegg
Ainsworth
S. ¢. Fletcher
Crawfordsville
John KE. Spence
Julius Wulf
Ills and reunions fill a Missouri town page
The fragment lists illnesses of Mr Porter's family and Mrs Fr Porter, a large Sunset Park picnic with about a hundred Texas county relatives, visits to Davenport and New York, and relatives from Mt. Pleasant and Wisconsin. It notes Chris Jensen the village blacksmith on sick list with Brock and Holcomb handling business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Holt
Foriash
Sunset Park
Washington
Texas County
P. J. Hoover
Davenport
Henry Worton
Chris Jensen
Brock
Chester Holcomb
Sue Reif
Will Reif
New York City
Chicago
Sue
East
Canada
Supt
J. L. Calkins
Raymond
Hardscrabble notes and visits in Hardscrarrie Iowa
Mrs. W. G. Harding of Colorado Springs surprised her mother Mrs. John Robertson and will stay until July 1. Delores Wehr vacationing with relatives in Davenport. John and James Wehr swam at Lake Keomah with Keota youths. Many local families picnicked at Lake Keomah and visited relatives over the weekend. Opal Bowen and James Carleton Bowen wed June 29 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudine Greiner
Milwaukee
Albert Kiener
Charley Grisham
Fritchen Brothers
Howard Skinner
West Chester
Glen Little
J. M. Pulver
Little Home
Orville Griggs
Milton Norton
Milton
Iowa
Virginia
Jimmy Bowen
John Teets
Alee Gillies
Wellman July 4 celebration agenda and events
Wellman hosts a Fourth of July program with a morning parade and doll and pet contest, a 12 o clock dinner, afternoon baseball and old fiddlers contest, and a late evening band concert and fireworks. Notable guests include Newel Banks performing in exhibition games and an Oakwood pavilion dance. Various locals and families are mentioned among attendees.
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Wellman Band
Robinson Crusoe
Park
Diana Coffey
Virginia Stricker
Kathryn Lewis
Rev. Moore
Groves Brothers Quartet
Washington
Iowa City
Three Kay Sisters
Newel Banks
Manusoea
Oakwood Pavilion
Wisconsin trip for leadership training scholarship recipient
Monday afternoon he travels to Wisconsin for ten days at the University to attend Town Country Leadership training Summer schools. He represents the Burlington district and has a Home Mission board scholarship. Mrs. Pennington and the boys stay part of the time with her parents near Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
University
The
Home Mission Board
Town Country
Burlington
Pennington
Wellman
Cathedral mahogany woodwork in Santo Domingo aged 400 years
The cathedral at Santo Domingo preserves the bishop's throne and altar in perfect condition after four centuries in tropical humidity, making the mahogany woodwork some of the oldest surviving in existence.
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Santo Domingo
Tropics
Prairie Flower social notes and visits around Jarrard home
Weekend guests at Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Jarrard included Bruce Houston Joh Houston Ed Bonar Marie Day and others from Mt Pleasant Trenton Ottumwa and Maryville. A VB S program and dinner followed with many local families attending. Wayne Knupp returned home from Washington County Hospital. Prairie Flower lists visitors from Chicago and a Shalla family dinner with Roy Finke heading to Burlington.
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Prairie Flower
Carl B. Jarrard
Bruce Houston
Joh Houston
Ed Bonar
Hopkins
Marie Day
Maryville
Mt Pleasant
Wade M.beth
Erma
Stanley McBeth
Richard
Joan
Larry
Mary Beebe
Wayne Knupp
Washington County Hospital
Henry Fredrickson
Edwardsville, Jr
Orley Page
Minnie Edmund
Fairfield
Donald Cave
Gladys Yurnipseed
Nicola & Harmon
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Messersmith
Michael Hollinger
Joseph Shalla
Henry Witthoft
H. J. Club
Joseph Knotek
Mela Shalla
Oats Damaged by Hail Wind Storm North of Wayland
A heavy rain with high winds and hail north of Wayland damaged oats and corn. The piece also notes garden and truck patch damage. Local notes cover a lightning hit on a barn, visits by Kansas City residents, Mennonite Bible school instructors, and various town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Mre
Ezra Wittmer
Richard Rickabauech
Harris
Charlie McKay
Washington
Miller sells fine shorthorns at Knoxville and Washington
Clarence Miller showed off premium shorthorn cattle at sales in Knoxville and Washington this week. A silver trophy rewarded his best animal at the Knoxville sale. Local residents attend family events, funerals, and farm activities across Xenia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Stephens
Xenia
Clarence Miller
Knoxville
Washington
Miller
Henry Wagenknecht
Washington County Hospital
Harold Clege
Waterloo
Will Reaney
Thomas Reaney
Judith Ann
Judith
Louis Wagenknecht
Dick Stephens
North Place
Preston Edmondson
Iowa City
Johnny Elliott
Chicago
Dewey Stephens
Johnny
Acel Jeffery
Lillie Wallace
Dewey
Carol
Connie
Gene Stephens
Maurine
Kathleen
Keoma Lake
Oskaloosa
Bob Stephens
Mary
Martha
Barbara
Allen
Pauline Smith
Clodeen Smith
Columus Junction
Roy Wood
Davenport
Julia Wood
Junia
A.sc
Julius
February Park
Davenport Vic
Neal Smith
Hiltoh Pretz
Wapello
Prairie Center social notes amid threshing event and visits
Prairie Center June 28 reports a threshing run at Marion Sheets home and numerous Sunday and Monday visits. Families visiting included Zieglowsky, Simmering, Sheets, Deal, and Carlson households from Washington Keota Davenport. church anniversary noted. illness of Mrs Koehler mentioned. numerous small gatherings around Washington Crawfords Ville and Malcolm Montgomery homes.
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Prairie Center
Marion Sheets
Cloyce Zieglowsky
Charles Zieglowsky
John Simmering
Marlene
Henry
Bernice Zieglowsky
Lula Johnson
Edith Miller
Ethel Zieglowsky
Tom Deal
Washington
Walter Anderson
Carl Simmons
Davenport
Earnest Carlson
Keota
Oscar Carlson
Fred Zieglowsky
Henry Zieglowsky
St. Paul's Evangelical
Carl Koehler
Community notices from St Paul area churches
Monday evening event for a Men s Brotherhood at St Paul Evaangelical and Re formed churches. Larry Genkinger visited Richard Anderson and boys attended VBS at Prairie Flower. Mr and Mrs Robert Robert were Sunday guests of Mrs Owland Rees near Columbus Junction. Praff Louise Witthoft spent Sunday at Wellman for the Slead reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baril Sitimerman
Minneapolis
Minn
Murti) Frank
Waterloo
Wilbur Miller
Washington
C. v. Gardner
Myrtle Simmerman
Earl Simmerman
Simmerman
H. E. Ash
Richard
Carrie Ash
Iowa City
Frank Hicks
C. C. Gardner
Grant Miller
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Baker
Donald
Florenc Merril
St. Paul
Sophia Longwell
James Gardner
Gardner
Mrs. E. N. Foster
Des Moines
Susie Stewart
Archer Name Origin in Teutonic Occupation Roots
An overview notes Archer as an occupational name from Teutonic roots meaning bow man, lasting as both given name and surname beyond its original trade reference. It highlights the dual usage and enduring nature of the surname derived from the occupation.
Local residents visit and celebrate constellations of birthdays
East Highland notes gatherings and visits around town. Richard Swailes receives birthday gifts at a 6 o clock dinner with family and friends. Other reports mention visits by the Wielands, Yessys, Lantzes, and Pesels to various homes, plus shopping trips in Washington and weekend gatherings.
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Frank Mincer
Highland
W. Kirkpatrick
Peecy Jean
James
Ted Kirkpatrick
Clarence Roberts
James Swailes
Richard
Angel
Robert Wieland
J. Mineer
Woodrow Kirkpatrick
Swailes
Clifford Murdock
Washington
J. L. Yessy
Gail Murdock
Ernest Lantz
Tiyle Lantz
DeWayne Pesel
James Dvorak, Jr
Ronald
Larry
Noah Wieland
Henry Prymek
Ruby
Anna Rath
Elmer Pearson
Pleasant Ridge Social Notes from Mrs Milton Smith
Pleasant Ridge notes list multiple Sunday visits and weekly guests. Families mentioned include Renoux, Gier, Underwood, Smith, Linnekamp, Stalder, Davidson, Nicola, Stout, and North. Visitors travel to Washington, Brington, Riverside, and nearby homes, with several dinners and calls reported.
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Milton Smith
Pleasant Ridge
John Renoux
Mary Renoux
Washington
Lawerence Gier
Georee Gier
Brighton
Henry Underwood
Cora Long
Marine Aileen Smith
Ftey Gorden
Wshington
Nick Linnenkamp
Baby
Emil Stalder
Treany Kauffman
EB. Davidson
Jess Nicola
Dale Smith
Milea Stout
Joe Birka
Riverside
Justin North
Buddy
Ben Bruegge
Robert North
Elizabeth Oge
Evelyn Smith
Ralph Beliel
Funeral for Mrs Will Ash Held at Rubio Friends Church
Funeral services were held Monday at Rubio Friends church for Mrs. Will Ash who died Saturday at Washington County Hospital. L. H. Johnson led the service with Jim Bond and Rev. Wood assisting. Pallbearers included Fred Leppert, Clarence Hyzer, Laurence Watson, Norval Derby, Laurence Bond, and Milford Bond. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery near Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lambert
Rubio Town
Rubio Friends Church
Will Ash
Washington County Hospital
L. H. Johnson
Jim Bond
Rev. Wood
Fred Leppert
Clarence Hyzer
Laurence Watson
Norval Derby
Laurence
Milford Bond
Evergreen Cemetery
Rubio
Havre Socials and Visits Across Area
Mrs. Sam Witting and relatives visited in Ft. Madison and Wayland. Families and neighbors from Washington Muscatine and Wayland joined Sunday gatherings at the Mason and Wittmer homes while others hosted and visited in Havre and nearby farms. Multiple IowA households shared meals, dinners, and weekend companionship across several towns including Winfield Crawfordsville and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fryenberger
John Ziemlowsky
Frank Pratt
Walter McClelland
Keota
Noah Wittmer
Mr. Pleasant
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
S. C
Winfield
E. G. Mason
Sam Witting
Sam
Myral Smith
Latimer Davis
Wilma Hauenstein
Crawfordsville
Fred Bislie
Howard McBride
Washington
Howard Ward
Des Moines
Ellen Ward
Manhattan
Kansas
Will McBride
Ward
Hiram Westen
Elmer Graber
Walter Westen
Albert Zieglowsky
Harold Wilson
August Zieglowsky
Haskins
Stringtown Social Notes Report Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Donald Brooks of Chicago visited Ethan Brooks over the weekend. Supersingers from the Fich ey church were hosted by Mildred Rich. Rex Swan suffers a week eye ailment. Large turnout from Stringtown attended the four Mennonite churches of Iowa gathering in Pulaski.
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Stringtown
Donald Brooks
Chicago
Ethan Brooks
Fichey
Mildred Rich
Noah Widmer
Norma
P. J. Graber
Rex Swan
Edna Widmer
J. J. Rich
Pulaski
Iowa
Burlington
Ed Wyse
Abe Blosser
Virgil Blosser
Clara Hebel
Grace
Harlan Cummings
Herbert
California and New York Elevation Extremes
California records Mount Whitney as the highest point at 14 496 feet and Death Valley as the lowest. New York lists Mount Marcy at 5 344 feet with the shoreline as its lowest point at sea level.
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California
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
New York
Mount Marcy
Also Mentioned on This Page
King Cotton
King Motor
Stor Service
Cenuine
Sunbeam
M. Cope Banes
Mexico
John Wehr
Bration
Frank Wilson
Weilman
Washington County
State Banking Department
Journal Bide
Martha Thrasher
P. J. Roth
Guy Brent
Kansas City
Ila Hirschy
Gladys Widmer
Salome Bare
Estella Suter
Don Bosch
University of Iowa
Orie Miller
Amasa Miller
Spenser
Fred Spenser
Mt. Pulaski
N. A
Boone” Rashart
Wender
Gib Schantz
Cedar Falls
Evelyn Rieh
Irvin
Ira Lute
Denver
Cole
Jennie Bohannon
Waltonville
Charlie Flute
Homer Wenger
Victor Staey
Mrs. Don Wylie
East Highland
Havre
Lewis Hering
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