Red Cross Canvass In Town Tomorrow
Red Cross roll call in Washington city starts tomorrow managed largely by the American Legion. Wards list volunteers led by names in each district with a post office booth and legion rooms serving as activity hubs. Members urged to join, supporting county, national, and world relief efforts with a dollar and a heart.
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Washington City
Red Cross
American Legion
Fred Downing
Ishmael Willis
Don Beatty
Charles Minick
Fred Minick
Robert Risk
Lee Arthaud
Everett Burham
Harold Putnam
Milan Shields
Charles Goodwin
J. E. Edgington
George Rudiger
Carl Klein
Don Wiley
Dale Dennison
Arthur Dankwardt
Cloyce Kerr
Robert Noonan
T. R. Phillips
Edward Squires
Preston Wolf
S. E. Dunlap
Victor Neiswanger
Post Office
Legion Club
C. C. Cunningham
Mies Agnes Swift
Effie Haines
Parole sought for Walter G. Nelson bigamy case
Walter G. Nelson, a Chicago preacher who pleaded guilty to bigamy, has an application for parole filed in Judge Thompson's court. He married Lucille Phipps of Boone while his Chicago wife and three children lived there. Nelson confessed wrongdoing, and his sentence was postponed briefly for case review.
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Bigamist
Mercy
Des Moines
Walter G. Nelson
Chicago
Thompson
Nelson
Lucille Phipps
Boone
Pe Mpines
Par
Tho
Productive Denizens of the Sea
The teeth of the shark are read ily and used by jewelers for ornaments. From the blood of sea mammals we obtain a superior waterproof glue used to make laminated wooden stock for propellers and other aircraft parts.
Bridge Party at Will Stewart Home Delights Guests
A Saturday bridge party hosted by Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Manton Hebner drew fifty guests to the Will Stewart home. The event featured feathery chrysanthemums and cheerful games, with refreshments served by a list of local hostesses. Out of town guests included Mrs. Bert Hrret of Kewanee Illinois and Miss Esther Mac Gugin of Grinnell Town. Announcements arrive of the marriage of Mildred B Varney to Stephen P Drahos in Muscatine on November seventeenth. The couple will reside at 418 Iowa Avenue after December first.
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Will Stewart
Margaret Alice Stewart
Louise Cunningham
H. F. Steck
Lloyd Lytle
W. M. Keeley
Stewart
Hebner
Bert Hrret
Kewanee
Ilinois
Esther MacGugin
Grinnell
Mildred B., Varney
Stephen P. Drahos
Muscatine
Drahos
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Consolidated School Conference Set for Cedar Falls
Unusual interest surrounds the annual consolidated school officials conference in Cedar Falls on December 9 and 10. Prominent speakers from state and local offices will cover legislation transportation coursework vocational education and leadership needs for consolidated schools.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
P. EB. McClenahan
Geo. Masters
Glenwood
H. C. Moeller
Waterloo
Macy Campbell
Swain
State Teachers’ College
Presiding
Fietes Kalls
Or . B. Woodstock
WH. Ray
Tipton
B. Hardin
Grand Junction
KR. A. Morris
Cooper
Wm. A. Dunlavy
Huron Consolidated School
FBC
Cunningham
Ames
H. L. Kells
EF. M. Phillips
St. Paul
Minn
Lettuce King Grows 900000 Heads on 120 Acres
Pueblo correspondent reports George J. Ton claims the lettuce crown after shipping 23,000 crates of his crop to eastern markets in the season that ran from July 12 to November. The output equates to about 900,000 heads grown on 120 acres in San Isabel forest area.
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Pueblo
Colo
George J. Ton
Ton
San Isabel Forest Reservation
Judge's Bright Idea In a Daffy Docket
Ossip tried to walk on his hands along the street and a policeman arrested him. The judge asked how much he drank and Ossip said one glass of wine. The judge quipped it must have been magnifying glass.
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Ossip
Persian Missionary Speaks at Presbyterian Church
Miss Florence Murray of Hamadan Persia spoke at the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening about conditions in Persia and the mission work under the Presbyterian foreign board. She described native Persians and Armenians enduring torture rather than renouncing their faith and urged young people to consider missionary service.
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Florence Murray
Margaret Cowden
Washington
Hamadan
Persia
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Foreign Board
Miss Murray
Faith Hubbard School
Miss Cowden
A. M. Cowden
Wheaton, Il
Kansas
Davenport Bakers Fleeced High Bread to Result From Local Contracts
Davenport baker says bread price pressure comes from high flour costs as bakers locked in old crop flour at 15 dollars a barrel while new wheat flour runs around 9.75. If new flour replaces old, bread costs should drop. Also notes the New York New Jersey vehicular tunnel project costing about 29 million dollars.
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Davenport
Winter payroll cuts Loom in Government Reform Plan
Representative Wood of Indiana says about 30,000 District of Columbia employees will be cut this winter and a broad reorganization of federal departments will follow. He advocates refunding war obligations over time to reduce taxes and argues for substantial cuts in federal payrolls and a streamlined government.
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Washington
Columbia
Congress
Wood
Ana
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Harding
Mr. Wood
Treasury
Representative Wood
Indiana
Gary
Chicago
Chicago Tribune Moves Editorial and Printing to New Plant
The Chicago Tribune relocates its editorial mechanical and circulation divisions to a new Michgan boulevard plant with a 300 foot Goss press housing 25 units. The Loop building retains business offices while rotogravure and color presses stay on Ontario Street.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Tribune Trans
Tribune
Loop District
Ontario Street
Lake
North Side
North Michigan Boulevard
Austin Avenue
St. Clair Street
St. Clair
Michigan Avenue
Goss Printing Press Company
Record Corn Crop Overshadowed by Big Crop in Prices
Kansas City reports a historic corn harvest but prices are low across the United States. Markets show bearish supplies with 3.199 billion bushels produced, while hogs and feeds add pressure. Farmers store grain, not rushing sales as quality remains high and credit strains limit stock purchases.
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Kansas City
United States
Europe
Middle West
Oklahoma
Colorado
Central States
Miss Ida Molloy Wins Iowa Club Girl of the Year
The 17 year old Albion resident Miss Ida Molloy is named Iowa’s best all round club girl and will represent the state at the international livestock exposition in Chicago. She wins first place in the Iowa girls canning club contest and earned a self healer prize for sealing tin cans. Molloy canned 1265 pints last season across 40 varieties and helped Marshall county's club team take third at the Iowa State fair. She graduated Albion High and plans to enter Penn College in the new semester.
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Albion
Ida Molloy
James Molloy
Iowa
Molloy
Chicago
Penn College
Missouri hog supply shows large stock numbers
Jefferson City Mo November 22 1996 Missouri's stock hog total on September 1 stood at 3 759 000 a decline to 99 percent of last year and amid low swine prices the national hog supply was 91 percent of a year earlier despite a record corn crop.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
United States
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Meypers
Bruns Seed Store
Davenport Bakers Fleeced
New York-New Jersey
New York City
Jersey
Lowden
Illinois
Crepe de Chine
New York
Chambers
Chambers’ Clothes Shop
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