Pleasant Hill social notices honor Kinship visit
A Pleasant Hill gathering centers on a cooperative family dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Harry Wearmouth of Kingsley with many local relatives listed as attendees. The note records numerous Sunday visits, dinners, and conversations at various homes including Hanan Wittmer Lambert Kesley and Chaluppa households. The piece concludes with sympathy for A B Carr and notes on family visits.
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Earl Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Vincent Beliel
Gamon
Harry Wearmouth
Kingsley
Alice Keene
Helen Erlonbush
J. M. Kyle
Laverne
Lockridge
Arthur Kyle
Pleasant Plain
L. B. Hanan
Witting
Knotts
Roy Kephart
Willis Wittmer
Virgil Wittmer
Vernon Wittrig
Betty Greeian
Lee Hesseltine
Raymond Wittrig
Georrge Wheelan
Agnes
Miss MecKerwitt
Grace Boshart
Clyde Lambert
Valley Ladies Aid Hosts Shower at White Oak
The Valley Ladies Aid met at the church for an all day meeting on May 2. A pot luck dinner followed the morning session and gifts were given for Mrs. W Pfeiffer. Members then visited the new home of Mr and Mrs W J Pfeiffer, with plans for the next meeting at Mrs Klein's in Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak
Valley Ladies Aid
Shearer
W. J. Peiffer
Mrs. Klein
Wash
Markets Chicago Livestock Report May Market Totals
Chicago livestock markets show limited activity with hogs nominally steady and not enough to set a firm price. Hogs near 100 to 3380 pounds marked up to 8.80 top, sows weaker, cattle mixed with top steers 14.25 and veal strong, calves and yearlings mixed, sheep markets weak with lambs near 11.65 and Western lambs around 9.50 to 11.65.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Ron
Chicago Grain Table May 3 Open High Low Close
GRAIN TABLE from Chicago reports May 2 to May 3 readings for WHEAT CORN OATS and SOYBEANS with May July Sep futures across Open High Low and Close figures. Prices show minor variations and standard contract months.
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Chicago
Cash Grain Prices Reflect Mixed Corn Soybean Values
Corn shows mixed bids with 70 to 71 percent for yellow and 69 to 74 percent for other lots, plus 87 percent for a four-lot yellow. Oats list white and heavy lots with varied percentages around 37 to 39. Soybeans show small percentage ranges with two yellow and three yellow lots marked near 1.23 to 1.24 percent.
Chicago Produce Market Steady With Strong Firsts
Chicago May 3 market report shows overall steady receipts at 58 574 cases with extra firsts and firsts each at 21 percent. Current receipts include 24 dirties 18 percent and checks 18 percent.
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Chicago
Weekend Guests Fill Local Homes and Choir News
Week end visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Melville at Seth Carris home and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carris. Mrs. George Augustine and Or lena visited in Richland with relatives. The Lloyd Luers family attended Washington high school band spring concert. Harold LeRoy Luers and others join Iowa City trip for musical events. Delegates Mrs. Carl Mayer and Mrs. Arthur head to Ladies Aid convention in Iowa City.
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Harry Hamilton
Merrill Gowey
Seth Carris
Wanda Bartz
Bonnie Jean
Rolla Gardner
Mary
Stella
Fred Waltmans
Carl Daering
Oz Gowey
Lloyd Luers
Washington High School
Harold
LeRoy
LeRoy Luers
Iowa City
Carl Mayer
Arthur
Ladies Aid
Kendall Bacon Reboots a Small Town Newspaper
Kendall Bacon arrives at the Lansdowne Gazette and forces a cleaning and a sharper news focus. He convinces managing editor Jules Allen to chase behind gossip with real reporting, producing a bank robbery story that revitalizes circulation and proves the veteran editor wrong.
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Allen
Kendall
Knight
Agatha Drake
Saysbrook
Caleb Rollins
Saysbrook Bank
Layton
Gazette
Military parks in North Carolina join heritage trail
Two national military parks Moore's Creek battlefield and Guilford Courthouse battlefield are located in North Carolina as part of a preservation and education effort.
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Moore’s Creek Battlefield
Guilford Courthouse Battlefield
North Carolina
Why a Successful Man Ends Up With Susie
A writer argues that highly successful men marry attractive, sweet wives like Susie who cannot keep up as both rise socially. He says men at 20 choose looks over brains, so Susie becomes out of step with a husband climbing higher social levels, and the common critique is why he married her.
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Susie
Cormamon
Federal meat inspection reshapes domestic supply
Federal inspection now governs about two thirds of the nation’s meat preparation, extending federal oversight across major producers and markets.
Train Schedule Fragments Show Local and Limited Departures
A fragmented timetable lists West Bound No 3 Davenport to Kansas City local at 9 58 a m and East Bound No 3 Kansas City Davenport local at 5 14 p m. It notes No 25 Southwest Limited at 1 20 and 1 45 a m and No 26 Southwest Limited departing times with limited Sunday service and agent credits.
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Cc. M
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
Devarig
Cseuswis
W. C. Bell
Burlington Trailways Westbound and Eastbound Bus Schedule
Burlington Trailways lists Westbound buses from Washington at 6 14 a m 8 02 p m 3 45 p m and 12 10 a m for Northside routes. Eastbound service to Chicago departs from Washington with other trips available to points nationwide from the local depot.
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Burlington Trailways
Washington
Omaha
Chicago
Sseen Ae
Chi rPaAe Zoo
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Am Point
AL Cantoni
Agen
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Alvin Roth
Charles Anderson
Hus
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