May Dance Highlights Youth Club Social and School News
A Younger Set dance at the Commercial club featured patriotic decor and a bridal pergola with Betty Hollinewworth and others serving punch. Out of town guests included Miss Doris Blunt and Miss Mary Lane from Iowa City as Cedar school closed a successful year with awards for spelling and attendance. The circus plan, a May 31 Rowers lawn show, a Mother’s Day dinner, and a Methodist hiking party add to a busy local social scene with school programs and village events.
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Betty Hollinewworth
Margaret Alice Stewart
Baja Boller
Mary Louise Harwood
Dodd
Lee
Nelson
Iowa City
Blanche McCleery
Mae Hollingsworth
Lola Stewart
H. J. Ward
Giedge Giniland
Jean Patterson
George Morrison
Frank Carter
Merle Lytle
O. F. Boller
J. J. Park
Tracy Phillips
L. B. Lupton
Funice Hammer
Doris Blunt
Mary Lane
Elsie Glaesburner
Cedar School
Wayne Kendrick
Victor Crair
Victor i
Mick Glassburner
Etta Glassburner
Ward Gilliland
Mary Minick
Geo. Trewbaker
North Crafford Street
Hattie Zaring
Washington
Iowa
Brewbaker
Zaring
Intermediate League of the Methodist Church
Rifle
Harold Finch
Floyd Tucker
Harold
Mrs. Bowers
J. J. Miller
Front School
Dorothy Bruty
Bruty
Louise Eyestone
Bernadine Jones
Geneva Eyestone
Walter
Hazel Hornung
Miss Raty
Grant
Cool Weather Delays Spring Crops Across Midwest
Des Moines Newswire May 30 reports the U S Weather Bureau finds continued cool, dry conditions hinder germination and growth of spring crops from the upper Mississippi valley to the Rocky Mountain states. Winter wheat lags in the west, oats suffer east of the river, corn planting is late nationwide, and drought threatens western pastures and potatoes and truck crops.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Rocky Mountains
Unit States Weather
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
trans-Mississippi
Missouri Valley
Sweet Delivers Memorial Address in St Ansgar
Burton E. Sweet republican candidate for the U S Senate delivers Memorial Day remarks in St Ansgar urging faith in American institutions and warning against communist influence. He stresses taxation reform and farm cooperative action to resolve economic problems while defending U S government traditions.
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ST. Ansgar
Burton EB. Sweet
United States
Sweet
America
France
Friends of
U.S
Hughes
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Community Notices From West Chester Churches and Clubs
Local church groups and civic societies in West Chester schedule meetings and events. Announcements include COC meeting with Mrs. Denison on June 5, Pilotsburg Ladies Aid June 10, B FB CO class May Festival June Sth, Presbyterian bake sale May 31, Memorial services postponed to June 16 with Fairfield IOOF and Rebekahs, West Chester senior play June 5, W R C meeting June 7, Rooster Club June etc, Modern Woodmen dues arrangements and cemetery visit on June 1, Pleasant Plains Missionary all day June 4, K 410 regular meeting June 2, Memorial service June 8.
Cornerstone Quote Attributed To John Bellows
The Cornerstone quotes the line The hearth has ever been the corner stone of the family and of society and attributes it to John Bellows. The excerpt presents a reflection on the hearth as foundational to social life and family unity.
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Joln Bellows
Spirit of America and renewal of faith in democracy
The speaker urges distrustful rhetoric give way to sane action for American Democracy. He recalls the peaceful transfer of power to Calvin Coolidge as a global example and calls for renewed faith in institutions and the united judgment of the people to meet every issue with a stronger Americanism.
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America
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Farm Bureau Picnic speakers and grain certification notes
Louisa County Farm Bureau announces that K. Bliss director of extension work will speak at the July 4 Farm Bureau picnic in Wapello. The notice also covers grain certification inspections requirements for small grain seed including weed control standards and seed origin, with a June 10 submission deadline. It adds market notes from Chicago hogs and Producers Association membership refunds.
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Hk. K. Bliss
Iowa Agricultural Extension Department
Farm Bureau
Wapello
Bliss
Des Moines
Lotsa
Onc
Ion
Chicago Producers Firm
Chicago
The
Producers Association
Farm Bureau Talks Set Weekly Radio Series
Farm Bureau programs air every Tuesday and Friday night on KYW Chicago at 7 30 p m under the American Farm Bureau Federation. Prominent authorities will discuss topics and listeners may request copies by writing to the federation at 58 East Washington Street Chicago Illinois.
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Farm Bureau
Westinghouse
KYW
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Pbureau Federation
East Washington Street
Ilinois
Producers Livestock Marketing Agencies Located
Eight of the thirteen producers marketing agencies are located in the region according to the fragmented report.
Farm Bureau Picnic Schedule for Louisa Townships
Louisa County townships plan June farm bureau picnics with programs and movies to ensure enjoyable evenings. Marshall Township hosts June 11 followed by Jefferson June 13 Elm Grove June 17 Concord June 18 Union June 19 Wapello June 24 Port Louisa June 26. Columbus City holds a June 9 meeting. picnic July 14.
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Louisa County
Farm Bureau
Marshall Township
Jefferson Township
Elm Grove
Concord Township
Union Township
Wapello Township
Port Louisa
Columbus City
How to raise the price of butter playlet at event
The Farm Bureau program at the Wyman School Building on May eoth drew about 175 attendees. The program featured the playlet How to raise the price of butter, duets, community singing, and Farm Bureau movies.
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Farm Bureau
Wyman School
Skimmilk Improves Whitewash Adherence Says Dairying Expert
Professor A Iverson of Town State College advises using skimmilk instead of water to make whitewash this spring. He notes that skimmilk enhances adhesion on chicken coops and vegetables, with casein forming a durable waterproof bond with lime when applied to wood.
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A. Iverson
Town State College
Iverson
Cultivation Bests Wire Worms Says ISU Entomology Leader
C J Drake head of the Entomology Department at Iowa State College says constant cultivation and crop rotation control wire worms. He notes the wireworm is the larva of the snapping beetle and never lays eggs on cultivated or bare ground.
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C. J. Drake
Bentomolory ‘S
Iowa State College
Cover Them Over With Beautiful Flowers Poem
A poem honoring fallen soldiers calls to cover the dead with flowers and laurels. It laments lost youth and celebrates patriot sacrifice, urging blessings for warlands and a final review by the Great Captain. The anonymous author places emphasis on family ties and national remembrance.
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Aura
Earth
Pact
Warlands
Wireworms Threaten Corn and Timothy Crops Affected
The pest thrives in sod land and timothy with corn and other grain following timothy often injured. Wireworms live four to five years underground and soil stirring disrupts feeding. Better drainage and short crop rotation using clover or legumes reduce damage while Iowa Experiment Station studies control options, though seed treatments remain unreliable. A Journal Want-ad brings results.
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Iowa
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West End
Mary Ball
Catherine Mummitt
Flora Brewbaker
Ada Smith
Alice Brewbaker
Bushnell
J. P. Hail
Galesburg
Ed Blanchard
Prairie City
J. F. Spicer
Macomb
D. H. Pittenger
Abingdon
Alta Goes
Good Hope
Gilham Hall
Nettie Thompson
Rushville
Hushnell
Church of Christ
Aftnoon
Frank Gobble
Midwest
Spheen
Methodist Church of
West Chester
Everett Denison
Roy Gardner
Pilotshburg Ladies’ Aid Society
Clara Turnipseed
Clara Pishor
Leider
B. FB. CO
M. EB. Church
Jung
Rais
Presbyterian Church
Cunningham's Grocery
Fairfield
Rebekahs
Lexington
At & O'Clock
Nest
Gos
Rooster Club
Walter Statler
Washington National Bank
J. F. McNamara Furniture Store
FE. V. Simons
V. C
Davidson
Henry Otto
Peter Optinburg
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
Rol Gallagher
W. H. Sigafoose
C. C
Lyon
Sally Ang
Bie Bady
Lyon Baking Company
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Rollo
Pickford
Producer Association
Moony
Eum Grove Township
Zephyrs of Freedom
Physicians and Surgeons
Joan Droz
Kyek
West Main St
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington
Dk. T. J
Farmers and Merchants Tank Building
Blue Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
Oils
T A. Michels
Temple Buallding
Morrison & Morrison
Washington, Iowa
Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts
Opera House
Mutual Phone
J. Wilson
Wilbon
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Eicher
Offich
Nat'l Bank
Green
C. V. Brown
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