Wayland High School seniors stage comedy Crashing Society
Wayland high school senior class presents the comedy Crashing Society Friday evening May 17 at 8:00. The cast lists Adam Dunnigan William Potraty Elsie Dunnigan Helen Martin Mar Buerne Mildred Klopfenstein George Wilbert Graber Christabel Raehel Graber Scruples Scruples Richard Spider Miss Gadgett Esther Scantg Mr Van Witherspoon Dan Wicher Mrs Van Witherspoon Mether Wagler Cyril Van Witherspoon James Kauffman Agatha Mul Rooney Frances Witting Miss Louise Miller Marjorie Thompson
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Wayland
Wayland High School
Adam Dunnigan
William Potraty
Elsie Dunnigan
Helen Martin
Mar- Buerne
Mildred Klopfenstein
George
Wilbert Graber
Christabel
Raehel Graber
Richard Spider
Miss Gadgett
Esther Scantg
Esther Scantg; Mr. van Witherspoon
Dan Wicher
van Witherspoon
Kmether Wagler
Cyril van Witherspoon
James Kauffman
Agatha Mulrooney
Frances Witting
Louise Miller
Marjorie Thompson
Living Student Commutes in Small Plane to School
Everly high school senior Merle Prentice continues to attend classes in Everly while residing in Spencer. He flies his two place Cub airplane from Spencer Municipal Field to a clearing at Bear for landings.
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Merle Prentice
Everly
Spencer
Spencer Municipal Field
Recreation program expands activity in Brighton
Brighton officials report a June 1939 start of a town recreation program with a six member Lay committee guiding planning and operations. Activities included hikes swimming fishing softball soccer football basketball Boy Scout work and playground games. Plans call for a Girl Scout troop and a Week's outing at Keosauqua State Park. A girls softball game May 22 and a boys game May 23 highlight This Work Pays Your Community Week.
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Brighton
Adeline Drish
Nellie Hagans
Leon Whistler
H. C. Messer
F Kraemer
M. L. McCreedy
Kenneth Grant
Ray Forbes
Keosauqua State Park
Riverside High to Hold Commencement Exercises with Professor Martin Speaker
Riverside May 15 The Riverside High School will hold its commencement next Thursday in the public school auditorium. Professor Herbert Martin of the State University of Iowa will speak for the Class of 1940 on The Care and Education. Music will be provided by the high school chorus and graduates will wear Cape and Gown.
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Riverside
Riverside High School
Robert Smola
Herbert Martin
State University of Iowa
Martin
H. C. Borup
Tmusic
Dorothy Kentley
Dorothy
Donald Meeks
Ray Marner, Jr
Downald Rada
Carl Creig, Jr
Blaine Bell
Rail and bus schedules sweep across Canton region
Local and cross country train lines with departures from Washington and Davenport list daily and Sunday routes. The Burlington and Santa Fe networks show Amtrak style timetables with connections to Chicago and coast to coast travel.
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Burlington PT Railways
Bue
Washington
Omaha
Chicago
Washington Oo
Washington Oe
Mus
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Canton
Balanced program key to growing high quality turkeys
Purina Mills expert G P Plaisance outlines a comprehensive program for healthy thrifty turkeys. He stresses clean feed and water, fly control, wire floors or drafts-free housing, daily cleaning, lime under roosts, and moving feeders to prevent contamination. He advocates Purina Growing Chow early and a checker fattening phase to produce prime tender meat.
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G P. Plaisance
Turkey Department
Purina Mills
Plaisance
Fies
Purina
Prehistoric Ruins Found in Grand Canyon National Park
More than 700 ruins inhabited by prehistoric Indians have been discovered within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, expanding knowledge of ancient habitation in the region. Archeologists report sites spanning the park, with ongoing surveys to map and study the remains.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
Hogs and Cattle Prices Mixed on Chicago Markets
Chicago markets report May 15 with hogs 25 to 40 cents lower. Top hog 6.76, 180 to 270 lbs range 5.60 to 6.75, 270 to 50 lbs 5.16 to 5.55. Cattle receipts 12,000. calves 1,000. Steers mostly down 50 cents, fed heifers down 25 to 50 cents, cows and bulls weaker, stockers 25 cents lower. Sheep 2,000. fat lambs steady, clipper weights up to 9.50 with other hogs and ewes noted. Estimated tomorrow: cattle 4,500 hogs 13,000 sheep 2,000.
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Chicago
USA
Chicago Cash Grain Quotes Report May 15
Chicago May 15 cash grain prices show corn at 63 to 66 cents for yellow, oats at 38 to 48 cents, and soybeans around 97 to 96 cents per bushel with several grade descriptors listed. Prices reflect brief market quotes for yellow and white corn oat and soybean grades in trading notes.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Report From May 15 Grain Table
Grain table from Chicago shows May July Sept futures for wheat corn oats rye with opening highs lows and percent changes. Data appears garbled but indicates price ranges and percent values across grains and soybeans for a market snapshot.
Produce Market Summary From Chicago Trade Data
Chicago market notes show receipts at 44 208 cases with 16 percent extra firsts and fresh graded firsts at 16 percent. Current receipts total 15 with dirties 144. poultry receipts feature firm market with 8¢ trucks, small hens 1644, leg horn hens 14, springs 22 to 246 percent, broilers 20 to 2 percent, capona 24. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
New Lamp in New York Matches Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse Brilliance
A compact lamp shown in New York emits 500000 candlepower, rivaling the 36th brightest U S lighthouse at Cape Elizabeth Maine in brilliance.
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New York
United States
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Whitaker and Son Rural Auction Offerings and Supplies
Local sale notes list 2060 cattle sold last week with feeders and milking stock upcoming. Also offered are hogs and sows with pigs, Hampshire boars, hedge posts, lumber, and household furniture including stoves chairs ice boxes and a Simmons bed.
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Hampshire
Simmons
Whittakers & Son
Mars
Col
Hruty & Brown
Auets
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Washington R. R. 1
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Washington, Iowa
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Davenport
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Hahns
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Iowa City
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Sia
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