Fairfield area social and local notices and updates
Local residents visit relatives near Fairfield and Columbus Junction. Farm Bureau Service men attend southeastern Iowa sales meeting. station care arranged in their absence. Miss Cora Porter returns to Fairfield high school teaching duties and improves in health. Mrs. Mabel Dewey Brook ing dies suddenly. Judge and Mrs. Dewey miss funeral due to Florida travel.
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Henry
Charles
G. B. Holden
Mel Donaldson
Warren Donaldson
Charles Jackson
Robert Peterson
Sigourney
Farm Bureau Service
Iowa
Neill Trotman
Merle Warner
Cora Porter
Fairfield High School
Fairfield
L. S. Patterson
Glenn Laffer
Ft Dodge
Mabel Dewey Brooking
Dewey
Florida
Ottumwa Visitors and Shoppers Spotted in Washington
Local notes record Ottumwa residents R. L. Slaughter and Mr. Hall visiting Washington on business. Shoppers include Mrs. Anna Schafer of Brighton, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Yoder of Kalona, Mrs. Clair Holmes and Mrs. Evan H. Davis of Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Ted Dalton with Mrs. Maude Cutright in Muscatine. Other entries mention J. J. Lynch in Washington, C. C. Keneau in town, and Everett Anderson in Washington. Fresh eggs priced 17c a dozen by W. S. Reister & Son.
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R. L. Slaughter
Mr. Hall
Ottumwa
Washington
Homer Yoder
Kalona
Clair Holmes
Evan H. Davis
Crawfordsville
Hospital Updates Include Tonsillectomy and Discharge
Charles Crone underwent a tonsillectomy this morning at the hospital. Lilah Timmins was discharged yesterday afternoon.
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H. C. Hull
Charles Berdo
Iowa City
Boyd Berdo
University Hospital
Mr. Berdo
Charles Crone
Lilah Timmins
Tyrone District Local News Notes From March Reports
Local social items from Tyrone dated March recount Washington callers and weekend visits. George and Omer Crawford visited Tuesday while Oscar Mourer and daughter with Eddie Rains and Otto Sheetz family were Wednesday guests at Geo Bond home.
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Eloine Sheetz
Tyrone
George and
Omer Crawford
Washington
Oscar Mourer
Eddie Rains
Otto Sheetz
Geo. Bond
Dave Miller
Anna Sheetz
Walter Sheetz
Opto Sheetz
Caroline Sheetz
Wanda Mourer
Twila Mangold
Jean Morrow
Holly Torrance
Ralph
Hared Derby
Duane Deering
Oscar Maorer
Nadene Bond
Revival Meetings At Four Square Church Tonight
Rev H H Caswell of Des Moines runs a week long revival at the Four Square church here with a focus on prayer and moral renewal. Tonight’s sermon is Is the Day of Revivals Near to an End followed by The Sign of the Coming of the End of the World on Wednesday and Ethiopia in Prophecy Will They Be Conquered on Thursday. A Washington Townsend club delegation attended the county wide Townsend recovery plan convention in Sigourney with the Legion Hall provided for the event.
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H. H Caswell
First Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Des Moines
Four Square Church
Townsend
Washington Townsend Club
Legion
Sigourney
W. O. Moore
Seymour Lown
Albia
Oskaloosa
Washington
Apron and Candy 3 visit at Dutch Market Thursday
Mr and Mrs Robert Jugenheimer and Miss Lena Haffner of Sigourney were business visitors in town today
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Robert Jugenheimer
Lena Haffner
Sigourney
Monstrous Coconut Crab on Keeling Islands
A common creature on the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean is described as a monstrous crab that lives on coconuts.
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Keeling Islands
Indian Ocean
Ministers Travel By Circuit Ride In Early United States
Pathfinder Magazine notes early ministers of the circuit rode up to 5,000 miles yearly. They typically preached two sermons on weekdays and sometimes more on Sundays. Before 1800 they supplied their own horse and earned about $65 annually.
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United States
Pathfinder Magazine
Arly
Boundaries of the Connecticut River and Historic Apple Monuments
The Connecticut River rises in New Hampshire and flows south forming a boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire, crosses Massachusetts and Connecticut, and empties into Long Island Sound. A colonial era note recalls slave raiding by Spaniards and Guinean natives choosing death over capture. Wilmington, Massachusetts features a marble monument with a granite apple marking the first Baldwin apple grown on an adjoining farm.
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Connecticut River
Connecticut Lake
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Wilmington
Mass
Red may be seen at greater distances than other colors
Red strongest color may be seen at greater distances than any other color, according to the article.
Presbyterian Men Hear Capt Morris on Mississippi Channel Work
Captain D A Morris, army engineer in charge of Mississippi River improvements south of Keokuk, spoke to the Presbyterian men last evening. He described canalization to create a nine foot waterway from New Orleans to St Paul, with 26 locks and as many dams, at an estimated cost of 140 million dollars, stressing it as a permanent river transportation improvement not flood control. Col. Bob Shaw and others from Sigourney attended.
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D. A. Morris
Keokuk
Men's Brotherhood of the Presbyterian Church
L. S. Patterson
F. W. Eastwood
Capt. Morris
Mississippi River
Mississippi
New Orleans
St. Paul
Col
Bob Shaw
C. S. Lambert
Atty
H. L. Snakenberg
Mr. Rambaugh
Sigourney
Mrs Phil Craft Seen Shopping in Columbus Junction
Mrs. Phil Craft of Columbus Junction was observed shopping in town with a casual afternoon routine. Local residents reported seeing her at several storefronts during the midday period.
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Phil Craft
Columbus Junction
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John McClintic
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Fresh Eggs Retail
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Rowland Rees
Robert Roberts
John Winga
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Anna Schafer
Brighton
Ted Dalton
Maude Cutright
Muscatine
Jack McChurch
Nocona, Texas
Earl] Little
Fred L. Moore
Davenport
C. C. Keneau
Pella
J. J. Lynch
Urbana, I
Everett Anderson
Keota
Newt Davis
Mildred
Wynn
Toay
Ethiopia
Rhine
von Mackensen
Maginot
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Hitler
Germany
Federal Motor Finance
Howard L. McCleery
Bailey Bldg
Africa
Guinea Coast
Apple
Fresh Creamery
Ferry's Bulk
Peter Pan—Colonial
Farmer’s Store
Royal Gelatine
Oregon
Prunes
Brookhart
Hotthe
Fleischman's Yeast
Santos Coffee
Ibs
Ifleischman
Sanvtast
Chase & Sanborn
Pillabury
Morton
Ibear
Farmers’ Co-operative Exchange
Iowa Ave
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Red River
Ohio
California
Igc
Sunkist
Dic-a
Tad
Presbyterian
Army
Harley” Mooneedy
Town Mutual Dwelling Insurance CO
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