Skunks and Civets Eat Rats in Field Report
The Wayland correspondent laments a rat and rabbit problem and notes a few skunks left in the field could help. Local social mentions include attendances at gatherings, visits among Stransky and Chalupa families, and Sunday activities. Obituary references include Ella Noel of Iowa City and related condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilotburg
Wayland
Wwe
Lotburg
Ella
Iowa City
Fred Mouser
Stanley Mouser
Ella Noel
James Chalupa
Frank Stransky
Haller
Wayne Stransky
Harold Klopfenstein
Orva Scott
Lydia Horak
Harold
Edith Pribyl
James Chalupas
Glenn Chalupa
Kenneth
Jobin Schneider
Lucile
Adalade
Washington
Winnie
Clem
Rudolph Whitmere
Betty Lee
Richmond
Joe Stransky
Riverside
Anna Rogers
Claude Flynn
Etta Hamilton
Wellman
Frank
Marion Stransky
Will Brown
Arthur Durst
Wash
Wellman Funeral Attendees From Local Relatives
Wellman relatives attended the Art Webster funeral in Iowa City on Tuesday afternoon. Among those present were Mr and Mrs Elmer Yoder Mr and Mrs W B Webster Mr and Mrs Wilbur Geyer Mr and Mrs George Berry and Win Wade Al Tipton returned to his Arkansas City Kansas home after staying here since the death of his brother in law C C Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Art Webster
Iowa City
Elmer Yoder
W. B. Webster
Wilbur Geyer
George Berry
Win
Wade
al Tipton
Arkansas City
Kan
C. Cc. Gardner
Women Invited to Final Health Class Next Tuesday
An invitation goes to all women in the community to attend the last health class in the family health service. The session will run from 12 to 4 p m in the Y M C A community room with an incubator demonstration for premature babies to be used by the Washington county health unit maternity service. The second half covers habit training for children, stressing lifelong benefits and a larger turnout is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Grinnell Students Seek Brown Derby in Des Moines
Three Grinnell College students in Des Moines hunt for a Brown Derby trophy for Sigma Delta Chi. The senior with best grades but least effort wins the annual Brown Derby Drag To the Drag. The derby was stolen before Thursday causing concern of an international incident on campus.
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Grinnel LL
Grinnell College
Des Moines
Grinnell
Sigma Delta Chi
Body Scent Suppressed in Brooding Season
The article notes that the body scent of a game bird is suppressed during brooding season as birds stay inward and less scent is emitted.
Great Mothers Jor five minutes daily and a Mendelssohn legacy
This biography profiles Leah Salomon Mendelssohn born 1777 in Berlin, mother of Felix Mendelssohn. It recalls her musical nurture, linguistic breadth, and cultured household, with her son’s rise and her death in 1842. It notes the Golden Rule Mothers Day Committee series and a Mothers Day observance project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor
Leah Salomon Mendelssohn
Felix
Fanny
Elijah
Leah Mendelssohn
Berlin
Abraham Mendelssohn
Moses Mensohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix
Frau Mendelssohn
Torigersto Berlin
Reethe
England
Mendelssohn
Pzigerstrasse
James Roosevelt
East 42Nd Street
New York
Catherine Mumford Booth
Pleasant Ridge Ends School Year With Picnic
Pleasant Ridge school will close Saturday May 6 with a picnic. Substituting teacher Dale Nebel of Iowa City filled in for ill Miss Stalder. Eighth graders Mary Gier Lucille Christner and Evelyn Smith will take tests at Shiloh Thursday. Various local visits and farm helpers are noted among Pleasant Ridge residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Smith
Pleasant Ridge
Dale Nebel
Iowa City
Miss Stalder
Mary Gier
Lucille Christner
Evelyn Smith
Shiloh
Lizzie Sommers
Elmer Schantz
Pete Ernest
Tony Kauffman
Mary
Howard Gier
Milton
Henry Underwood
Cora Long
Jake Sommers
Anna
Edward
Gladys Stalder
Junior High Fifth Defeats Wallace in Gray Softball League
The Junior High fifth graders beat Wallace 17 to 4 in Gray league action. Lincoln crushed Centennial 256 to 15 with Knott as the umpire. Two more league games remain on the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Lincoln
Centennial
Junior Knott
W. L. Pet
Forestry Training Eligibility for 1939 Civil Service Exam
The notice states applicants must have at least two years of a four year forestry course by June 30 1939 at a recognized forestry school and may sit the exam if they completed sophomore to senior year by the school year ending June 1939. Applicants must be under 25. Full details from Fred S Downing secretary of the U S civil service board of examiners at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Downing
U.S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Standings and results from major leagues
National League standings show Cincinnati at .615 Brooklyn .583 Chicago .429 New York .429 Philadelphia .429 Pittsburgh .885 Friday results include St Louis 7 New York 5 Brooklyn 6 Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 19 Philadelphia 7 Cincinnati 5 Boston 4 Games today feature Chicago at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston St Louis at New York American League standings list New York 8 4 .667 Washington .638 Philadelphia 0 4 9 .308 Chicago 2 Washington 1 Boston 4 Detroit 1 Cleveland 2 New York 1 Philadelphia 10 St Louis 5 Upcoming matchups include New York at Cleveland Washington at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis Boston at Detroit
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National League
W. L. Pet
BOMOW
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Ehithies
Pean Gees Oparte
Mt. Devise O
Detroit
Cleveland
Gas Range Demonstration Highlights Efficiency of New Range
S. G. Pugsley of the American Stove Company visited Washington on Thursday and Friday to demonstrate the certified performance of the Magic Chef gas range at the Iowa Southern Utilities Office. Food was prepared for guests and cookie pans were distributed as souvenirs with Mrs. Hazel Rohrer assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Pugsley
American Stove Company
Washington
Iowa Southern Utilities Office
Hazel Rohrer
Pugsley
Family thanks friends for sympathy after bereavement
Expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after a recent bereavement. Signed by Mrs. Homer Paulsgrove and Children, John Paulsgrove, Mr. and Mrs. Walter McClellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Paulsgrove
John Paulsgrove
Walter McClellan
St Marys Cast Plans Operetta and Sleeping Beauty Portrayals
St Marys school presents operetta False Fernando in St Marys hall with about forty chorus members. Separate Sleeping Beauty play by seventh and eighth graders features Princess Mary Kathleen Knittel and others. Proceeds go to St Marys church treasury. Riverside fire company to host annual Firemen's Ball May 9 at Swailes pavilion Highland township with Dusty Keaton orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez
Betty Fesler
Sleeping Beauty
Princess
Mary Kathleen Knittel
Prince
Patricia Homan
Rita Marie Veggy
Esta Pailliotet
Malvolia
Dorothy Schnoebelen
Benvolia
Theresa Brophy
Lady May
Patricia Stransky
Sall
Dolores Schnoebelen
Bett
Theresa Waldschmidt
Loretta Riley
Gold Broomstick
Rita Ruth
Squire Peter
Elaine Rummelhart
Anita Streb
Gertrude
Maxine Rummelhart
Constance Paillotet
Eleanor Ruth
Riverside Fire Company
Swailes
Highland Township
Dusty Keaton
Firemen Ball Promised as May Social Highlight
Firemen's Ball described as the premier social event of May with a large crowd expected to attend.
Open competitive exams listed by United States Civil Service Commission
Announcement of open examinations for Additor marine accounting and Junior tabulating machine operator with salary details and eligibility. First two exams require applications by May 29, including age and experience constraints. later exams require by May 22 and specify forestry student aid eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
U. SS. Maritime Commission
Forestry
Forest Service
Soviet Foreign Chief Resigns Amid Missed Allied Pace
Failure to gain a speedier alliance with Great Britain and France is blamed for the resignation of Maxim Litvinov, Russian commissar of foreign affairs. Vyacheslav Molotov succeeds Litvinov and also remains premier of Soviet Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Maxim Litvinov
Litvinov
Vyacheslav Molotov
Soviet
Russia
Home Made Tractor Aims For 50 MPH In Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa May 6 A Fairfield Iowa man Royal McNeese 24 has built a self devised tractor titled McNeese Foolemall. The machine uses two Model A four speed transmissions a Fordson radiator a Model A rear axle a Dodge steering gear and other parts. It weighs 2700 pounds offers 17 forward speeds eight in reverse and can reach 50 miles per hour with a self starter and emergency wheel brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
Royal McNeese
Fairfield
McNeese
Dodge
Oakland
Montgomery Ward
Real Income Gains Lift Purchasing Power in 1939
A Investors Syndicate report shows April 1939 real income at $1.08 per dollar of cash income, up 8 cents from a year earlier, with wages and lower living costs driving the gain. Cash income rose to $1.06 and cash outgo to 98 cents, while investment income fell to 76 cents from $1.00 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Investors Syndicate
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DR. P.netter
Ray Palmer
Frank Wilson
KODAK
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20Th Centtury
Fox
Darryl F. Zanuck
Alexander
Graham Bell
Amechez - Young
Fondarles Coburn
Lockhart
Spring Byington
Polly Ann Young
Georgiana Young
the Crawfords
Junior High
ST. Mary's
Riverside School
Newa
V. M. Molotov
Gruen
Westphal
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