Riverside Club Hosts Bridge Night and Alumni Banquet
Riverside reports a contract bridge club evening with three tables won by Mrs Edward Bushek and Mrs Harry F Colvin. The St Marys alumni held their 22nd banquet with toastmaster Joseph P Quinn and plans for school activities. Additional notes cover town news, travel, weddings, a flood casualty, and local residents’ activities.
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Riverside
Harold Lovrein
Contract Bridge Club
Cedar Rapids
William Edwards
Edward Bushek
Harry. F. Colvin
Roy G. Green
St. Mary's Alumni Association
St. Mary’s Hall
Farm labor demand rises in Iowa amid weather delays
The Iowa farm labor office reports strong demand for seasonal farm work due to recent bad weather. Many jobs have piled up as replanting washed out fields, cultivating corn and making hay are compressed into a brief period, with several year round positions also open.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Farm Labor Office
Beets Rich in Vitamins and Iron Highlighted
A nutrition note praises beets as nutritious containing vitamin A and B1 as well as iron.
Fragmented OCR Note from Unknown Page
Readable fragments show garbled text with no clear events names dates places or actions to summarize into a coherent news item. The incomplete string provides no identifiable persons organizations or outcomes to include.
Faith healer draws thousands to Vandalia in Illinois
Crowds from states converge on Vandalia Illinois as former game warden Reverend Henry Branham a self styled faith healer preaches and claims to cure via touching the left hand. Ambulances line downtown as hotels fill and invalids seek healing in a town of 5800 with attendees from across the country and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ill
Illinois
Henry Branham
Canada
Vandalia
Branham
AFL Unions Plan Labor Bill Fight in Washington
An AFL official warned in May that soft craft unions may skip new contracts to dodge Taft Hartley penalties. After a two day seminar with about 100 AFL lawyers, plans to test the law in court were outlined. General counsel Joseph Padway cited craft unions like the International Typographical Union as potential examples of bypass tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPA
AFL
Joseph Padway
International Typographical Union
Des Moines Mid-Summer Conference Attended by Washington County Women
Washington county women travel Sunday to Des Moines for the Iowa Farm Bureau Women mid summer conference at Hotel Kirkwood. Mrs Richard Stephens Mrs Homer Vincent and Ruth Foster join the Keokuk county delegation. Knights of Pythians plan Monday meeting at 8 00 pm with visiting lodges expected. Local notices list several visits and business trips plus shop closure July 2 to 7.
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Washington County
Des Moines
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Hotel Kirkwood
Richard Stephens
Homer Vincent
Ruth Foster
Keokuk County
Prairie Flower News Briefs July 28
Leah Dell Bush had a tonsillectomy at Washington on Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Christner and family hosted an anniversary surprise supper for Mrs Christner’s brother and wife Charles Davison on Wednesday. Phyllis Patterson attended a 4H meeting at Donna Mae Cave’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davison and family joined Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wasner for Sunday dinner near Wayland. Russell Chorpening and baby attended a social gathering with neighbors.
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Arthur J. Davison
N. Prairie Flower
Leah Dell Bush
Washington
Joe Christner
Christners
Charles Davison
Phyllis Patterson
Donna Mae Cave
Arthur Davison
Leo Wasner
Wayland
Russell
Safety Tip of the Week at Intersections
The message ties life liberty and happiness to safe driving. It cites equality of rights and urges obeying traffic officers or signals. It notes over 150,000 injuries from disputes over right of way and emphasizes yielding when unsure.
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U. S
Thomas _ Jefferson
Local Family News Recap Includes Visits and Illness
Russell family illness noted with flu and pneumonia improving. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Donald Smith and Kathyn Neff at Arthur Davison's. Russell Chorpening and family were dinner guests at Ray Kuntz. Richard Chorpening stayed weekend at Kuntz home. Junior Patterson attended a Lexington 4H meeting and family visited Joe Christners. Claire Neff and Charles visited Arthur Davison Monday.
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Russell
Joe Christner
Donald Smith
Kathyn Neff
Arthur Davisons
Russell Chorpening
Ray Kuntz
Richard Chorpening
Claire Neff
Charles
Garden Planning On Paper For Easy Planting
A practical method to map a vegetable garden on heavy wrapping paper. Outline garden dimensions to a scale of one eighth or one quarter inch per foot. Plan what to plant, when to plant, and where, then draw the rows to scale.
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Planden
Americans donate over a billion to churches last year
The report shows church gifts topping one billion dollars in total contributions during the previous year. It highlights broad participation across communities and suggests rising tithes and offerings despite economic shifts.
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Rove
Riverside News
Joseph P. Quinn
Thomas L. Wolfe
Robert Pailliotet
Duane Rummelhart
Louis Dautremont
John Walsh
St. Mary’s High School
Clement Mottet
Ruth Rice
Rita Ruth
Ivan H. Cummings
Richland
Katherine Johnson
Raymond
Norma
Carolyn Johnson
Ottumwa
Cummings
Johnsons
Mr. Johnson
Anna Jardon
Sis
Ters of Charity B.V.M
St. Mary's Convent
Lorraine Jardon
Chicago
St. Mary’s
William H. Cress
George S. Wieland
Carroll
Wieland
Mr. Wieland
Joseph
Matilda Wieland
Mary Bauer
John Knittel
C. V. Dautremont
George Wieland
Glenys Marner
R. I. Marner
Monreal
Iowa Weseyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Marner
Shirey Blum
Marner
Helena Cooney
Mary Elizabeth Shebeck
Janelle Ruth
Shirey Knebel
Mount St. Clare College
Clinton
Alice Thompson Deutsch
A. E. Atchison
Mary Elizabeth
Jean
Los Angeles
California
Mrs. Atchison
Weshington
Hiland Palace
Kenny Hofer
West Comes
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Robert Walker
Melvyn Douglas
Ats Buss Se A UL
Knights of Pythians
Anita Smith
Mt. Vernon
Audrey Wittetoe
Helman
Ina Brinton
Oskaloosa
Nettie Miller
Ray Box
James Shoe Repair Shop
Axel Elmberg
Rose Elmberg
Sycamore, Ill
Dave Donovan
A. Jones
Funeral Home
Essary
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bank Credit
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