Funeral Attendees Visit Faribault Kin at Leet Funeral
Mr and Mrs Will Stoos of Faribault Minnesota visited briefly with cousins Willard and Walter Leet. They attended the funeral of Mrs Willard Leet on Tuesday. Harold Leet of Parsons College Fairfield returned home to attend his aunt Mrs Willard Leet funeral then went back to school.
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Will Stoos
Faribault
Minn
Willard
Walter Leet
Willard Leet
Harold Leet
Parsons College
Pairfield
Chicago Produce Market Receipts Report March 16
Chicago march 16 receipts show 17 548 cases listed for fresh grade first flag extra firsts 1644 and current receipts 1545 with dirtlee 16 and cheeks ld in the record indicating a market tally for produce trade.
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Chicago
Heat at Death Valley Scorches Rocks and Skin in August
In Death Valley California during August temperatures reaching 160 degrees Fahrenheit cause rocks to scorch the skin like hot coal when exposed to direct sun. The extreme heat highlights peril for outdoor work and travel in desert regions.
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Death Valley
California
High Pressure Polymerization Boosts Plastics Strength
Rough plastics with tensile strength claimed to exceed 30 percent of current maximum by using high pressure during polymerization.
Prairie Flower Social Life and Local Gatherings
Mary Donaldson spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Donaldson. Mr and Mrs Orville Sebulty attended a lodge meeting and supper at Wellman. Joseph Shalla accompanied Mr Lowe to Washington to purchase. Inside painting of the Shalla farm home. Mr and Mrs John Lowe and Mr and Mrs Henry Witthoft attended an A A A banquet at M E church Wayne. Leonard Witt hoft and Grady of Katona among Waiters. Grady purchased 105 hogs from Clarence Timmins. Snowball Social Club met with Mrs Walter Kyle. Booster club hosted by Mrs Harry Donaldson. Ed Rees of near Ainsworth dined with Robert Roberts. Granddaughter Phyllis Shalla of Riverside chosen for college play in Chicago.
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Prairie Flower
Mary Donaldson
and Mires
Harry Donaldson
Orville Sebulty
Ao Lodge
Wellman
Joseph Shalla
Lowe
Washington
Shalla Farm
John Lowe
Henry Witthoft
Clayde Knupp
M. E. Church
Wayne
Richard Knupp
Leonard Witthoft
Grady
Katona
Clarence Timmins
Walter Kyle
Booster Club
Ed Rees
Near Ainsworth
Robert Roberts
Joe Shalla
Phyllis Shalla
Riverside
National Educational
Chicago
Adolph Larson
Eva Mouser
Milford
Prairie Flower Society March Meeting and Local Notes
Community items report March Prairie Flower Mission Circle hosting by Anderson al co hostesses. Mrs. Clayde Knupp visited Clayton Bear home with Ed Jackson. Doreas meeting postponed due to weather. Knupps visit Ottumwa with son Stanley. Knoteks and writer at Shalla home. C. G. Timmins convalescing after operation in Washington County hospital. Mrs. Cecil Knotek and Mrs. Lillie Duensing accompany 4H girls to Fairfield for posture lesson. Unit 10 Washington ME Ladies Aid met with Mrs Wyatt Marbourg. Elmer and Ida Bush, Corpenings to move to Kalona. Bush farm to be new residence for them. OO. P. Sehulty family at Joe Haller and sisters in Pilotsburg area. Prairie Flower school election held Monday afternoon. Ernest Witthoff returns to Muscatine for school from airport. Hall family moves to W. D. Booth farm tenant house. Hall to help with farm chores. Witthoft chauffeuring Shalla party when roads block Shalla travel.
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Clayde Knupp
Clayton Bear Home
Ed Jackson
Doreas
A. Knupp
Ottumwa
Stanley
Joseph Knotek
Shalla
Lillie Duensing
Fairfield
Washington
M.E
Ladies Aid
Wyatt Marbourg
Elmer Bush
Ida Bush
Kalona
Corpenning
Bush Farm
OO. P. Sehulty
Joe Haller
Pilotsburg
Prairie Flower
Ernest Witthoff
Muscatine
Hall
P. Booth
Ernest Witthoft
Shalla Cour
Shallas
Witthoft
Tropical fruit boom opens 1500 acres near Miami for papayas and more
The Everglades area near Miami Florida expands with 1500 acres cleared to grow papayas sapodillas avocados guavas mangoes and pomegranates signaling a continued shift toward exotic fruits in the American diet.
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Everglades
Miami
Fla
Market report signals weak week for hogs and cattle
Chicago markets show hogs trading around 4.70 to 6.20 for various weights with a top at 5.45, while cattle and calves remain lightly traded and largely steady. Steers hold near 12.40 to 13.00 top, heifers firm, cows up 25 cents, bulls down, and Sheep and lambs barely sold with lambs 25 to 40 cents lower the week’s end.
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Chicago
U.P
Grain table shows May and July bids for wheat corn and oats
Chicago grain table lists May options for wheat corn oats with figures for open high low and close. Entries include wheat May near 1.01 1.02 and corn May around 55 percent, oats May about 40 percent and rye May around 64 percent with several July and Sept entries and multiple percentage readings.
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Chicago
Cash Grain Prices for Corn and Oats
Grain market brief lists mixed corn samples with matily white G65 and yellow grades, with moisture ranges 57 to 59 percent and 57 to 58 for various samples. Oats samples show feed and mixed lots around 39 to 42 percent moisture, with several white oat samples noted.
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Chicago
South Hill Social and illness updates for March
Vera Sands reports Mrs John Krantz has flu with gradual improvement. Dale Riley delivered hogs to Washington for a community sale attended by Joe Conrad and the Hesseltines. A Waterloo teen tragically lost four fingers on a hand at work. Wallace Tibbs is ill, Bruce and Dayle Sands host Grace, and Bobby visits. Will Wooley butchered a heel. Lyle Lowe and Ernest Clark attended the Washington sale.
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Vera Ll. Sands
South Hill
John Krantz
Dale Riley
Washington
Joe Conrad
Lert Hesseltine
Con
Howard
Ralph Beauchamp
Waterloo
Wallace Tibbs
Bruce Stewart
Grace
Dayle Sands
Bobby
Sands
Will Wooley
Lyle Lowe
Ernest Clark
Cotter Church Elects Officers in Annual Meeting
The Cotter Presbyterian church held its annual congregational meeting on Thursday night. After a fellowship supper, Rev. M. A. Robeson led a devotional and reports from church groups were heard. Elected were Elmer Thomas as elder for three years, John P. Jones and Glen Quigley as trustees, Dorothy Davis as pianist, and assistants Mrs Dewey Jones and Miss Dorothy Thomas. Installation set for March 31 with Every Member Canvass. Also noted are clarified church finances, director reelections at Cotter Consolidated School, and community notices including broadcasts and illnesses.
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C. Kk
Westminster Guild
Richard Arthur
Elmer Thomas
John P. Jones
Glen Quigley
Dorothy Davis
Dewey Jones
Dorothy Thomas
M. A. Robeson
Robeson
Will Roberts
Cotter Consolidated
John Arthur
Frank Havenstein
John J. Jenkins
Thomas
Leroy Owens
M. Willard Lampe
School of Religion
University of Iowa
Leonard Arthur
Mabel Davis
Ainsworth News: Community Notices and Visits
Roy Warner arrived Monday from Emmadow Washington and was met at Columbus Junction by J G Pressly. Mary Ruth Pressly of Burlington visited J B Pressly's home. Dorothy Pearson resumed college at Ordar Falls. Florence Marr returned to Cornell University after a short home visit. Sorosis club met with Mrs Hagel Butterworth nine members attended Time Savers Round the Clock. Mrs Hemphill gave a paper on accident prevention at home. Eva Clege and the hostess served refreshments.
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Sorosis Club
Hagel Butterworth
U S Cotton Boom From 1800 to Civil War
American cotton production surged dramatically from 1800 to the Civil War, increasing about fiftyfold as the textile industry expanded and slave labor fueled yields and exports.
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Lise W
Eile
J. M. Levertser Company
W. Randolph St
Fred Wagner
Lloyd Griggs
Svall
Ame
Elle
Pioneer Drug
Inquire Journal
Light Housee
206
East Ltd
HOUSE
J. M. Goodwin
Black
Issures
Radio
General Radio
Cunningham
Wm. Sloat
Nicola «& Harmon
Russell Bell
Charley Crossett
Dayton Grove
J. Bb. Moore
Journal
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Rayburn
East Third St
Washington, Iowa
the Evening Journal
Albert Dayton
the Journal Office
North Avenue
Evening Journal
Call Journal
Pioneer Drue
Crawfordsville
Dr. Boller
Madison Street
Washington Lumber & Fuel Company
Andrew Sechantz
Wayland
Iowa
Leonard Beauregard
Highland Center School
West Chester Feed and Grain Company
Weat Chester
Pioneer Drug Store
East Second Street
M. Hollinger
Hampshire
Boxer Jones
POR Sale
Edgar Oetjen
Herman Iagle
Richland
Singer
Elwyn Gardner
Jefferson
Washington Oil Company
Iillinois
Wilson Coal Co
Wisconsin
Clayton Bear
Tel
Wolfe Hatchery
Ames
Ainsworth
C. Wittmer
Havre
Ralph Robertson
West Chester
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Montana
Idaho
U.S
Oetjen Seed
South
Marion
Cail Lol
Washington, Ia
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Mr. Hoffman
Capitol Hill
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Hoffman
Interior
Harold Ickes
Chicago Livestock
Tankace
Shulman
Washington Rendering Works
Cotter
Congregation ON
8. O. Willey
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society
Journal Building
Spencer ‘Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
the State
Ruth Norris
Columbus Junction, Iowa
Midway Sale GO. R. F. Smylie, Mgr
Brighton
Park Farm
Homsks
John Deere
J. W. Park
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