Florida trip shows poor man’s lot amid booming roads
In a northern Iowa letter, R L Badger recounts a Florida visit marked by bank closings and harsh heat. He praises Tennessee and Alabama roads, notes Washington County road spending, and argues good roads attract tourists and money. He signs as MR X SANDYHOOK.
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R. L. Badger
Washington
Florida
Iowa
Belle Glade
Altho
Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Studebaker
God's Green Country
Tennessee
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Borden Milk
Columbia
Fido
South
Alabama
Florence
Ala
Washington County
Birmingham
Lowa
MR. X. Sandyhook
Open House Showcases Home Economics Projects at Senior High
The senior high school home economics and manual training departments plan Friday open house to exhibit year’s work including home makers standard products. An HM seal accreditation will acknowledge quality and ethical educational cooperation with manufacturers and retailers. A photograph of the exhibit table will be sent to the Home Makers Educational Service and the Washington home economics department for a merit award.
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Home Makers Standard
Home Makers Educational Service
Washington Home Economics Department
Home Makers School
H. M
Local social notes from Morning Sun and Burlington events
Mrs E V Humphrey correspondent reports Miss Juliet Cannon visiting at the WOR and J C Cannon homes while T W Huston returns to Burlington with Mrs Huston after a hospital recovery. Hayden Thomas visits Cotter and F K Humphreys. F K Humphreys is a Washington caller. W CT U to aid flood victims. essay contest awards hailed by the Union High School with multiple prizewinners led by Clarence Davis Everett Davis and Carroll Davis.
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Wyman
Juliet Cannon
Morning Sun
WOR
J. C. Cannon
T. W. Huston
Burlington
Mrs Huston
Hayden Thomas
Cotter
F. K
W. Carrick
Crawfordsville
Sam Turkington
Washington
Union High School
Clarence Davis
Feryl Gipple
Everett Davis
Herbert Knutson
Carlisle Rees
Hayden Hughes
Philip Good
Carroll Davis
Correction Names Hostesses At Lexington Aid Society
A Lexington Aid Society gathering Thursday afternoon was hosted by Mrs. Harry Gardner not Mrs. Jading, with Mrs. Howard Gardner and Mrs. Orr Ma pel. The report notes multiple local visits and farming details including a brooder house for 300 chickens from Maplecrest hatchery Wellman and a Simplex heating system installed by Mrs. Schiebel of Washington.
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Washington
Harry Gardner
Jading
Howard Gardner
Orr Mapel
Lexington Aid Society
Aaron Batterson
Donald and
Dean
George York
Roy Fink
Ralph Schulty
Des Moines
James Schulty
Amanda
Eightth grade exam retake in Highland Center area
In Highland Center on Saturday Willie Weber James McMahon Clarence Lukovsky and Lila Stolley took a second trial at their eighth grade examinations with Missa Schmidt present. Milo Steele visited Mason City and reported crops ahead there. Mrs Florence Steele departed for Dodge Center Minnesota for an indefinite stay. Will Krots brother’s brooder house burned recently with few chickens saved. Harry Hardy worked at the Steele place preparing a foundation for a new barn.
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Haskins
Tom O'Conner
Roy Steele
Ainsworth
Winters
Amelia Schmidt
Orval Meeks and Sons
Grace Meeks
Ernest Meeks
Everette
Cecil Meeks
Wm. Meeks
Martha
Viola Meek
Wayne
Kenneth Meeks
Highland Center
Willie Weber
James McMahon
Clarence Lukovsky
Lila Stolley
Washington
Missa Schmidt
Milo Steele
Mason City
Florence Steele
Dodge Center
Minn
Will Krotz
Harry Hardy
Steele
Elme
Scientific Runner Pheasant Cites Track Coach Insight
A Detroit News feature notes the pheasant’s running form mirrors a trained sprinter with head down to reduce resistance and a long tail trailing, as athletes stride with extended feet for distance, illustrating parallels between animal motion and track technique.
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Detroit News
How Much Do You Know The Movies Quiz
A jumbled set of movie trivia questions asking about The Better Ole Slide Kelley Slide Brown of Harvard Tell It to the Marines Wilma Banky What Price Glory Broadway records and more. It inquires who plays Beau Geste who portrays Christ and which director makes films by the Mediterranean.
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Kelley
Brown
Harvard
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Journal
W. 5S. Reister & Sons
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H. S. Ward & Co
Nees
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Wilma Banky
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Willians
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