Kitchen window scenes and nut crop notes from readers
In a letters column readers report a promising walnut and hickory nut harvest and question hazelnut and butternut presence in Washington County. A husbandry anecdote recalls butternut oiling a watch using minimal nut oil. Another reader shares a tomato juice cocktail recipe from a three gallon batch with carrots celery onions peppers and cloves. A joke cites moth er’s old drip dry excuse for missing buttons. The column applauds zip code recall and notes a cherished little white book.
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Washington County
J. C. Luckey
Mrs Jim Bean Guests at Ainsworth Birth Day Dinner
Mrs Jim Bean visits the Richard Bean home in Ainsworth for Richard Beans birthday. The Donald Bean family of Marion also attended. Weekend visitors included Ed Lenz and R D Westfall. Chat and Patch Club met with a pot lunch.
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John Sands
Paul Harmon
George Murphy
Mable Miller
Jesse Nicola
Miller
Washington
Ivan Hartsock
Veteran’s Hospital
Iowa City
Jim Kelly
Durant
Bill Darby
Janice
Frytown
Janet Venzk
Janet Venzke
Darby
Public Auctions and Sales in Iowa Towns
A sequence of public auctions and livestock sales listed for October across multiple Iowa locales. Items include estate and household goods in Washington and Kalona, farm and real estate sales in Keota and Kalona, and recurring livestock auctions in Wapello, Columbus Junction, Washington, Ollie, Kalona, and Wayland with start times and organizers.
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E. 13Th Street
Washington
Iowa
Wanda Dawson
Grady Building
Kalona
Anna Grady
John P. Adrian
J. R. Helscher
Exec
Keota
Washington County Fairgrounds
Nellie Zeck
Mary Mottet
Mildred Hawkins
Past Presidents Protest Festival at Veterans Day Event
Past Presidents Parley met for a 6:30 p.m. dinner hosted by Mrs. Kenneth Rhea with co hostess Mrs. Florence Henss. Plans include sending a gift to a sponsored lady veteran and protesting the Blackhawks Conference Music Festival set for Veterans Day at WACO school to honor the veterans.
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Crawfordsville
Parley
Kenneth Rhea
Florence Henss
Lorraine Suter
Blackhawks
Waco
Charles Wells
Richard Kaufman
Lyle Paisley
Vernon Fletcher
Everette Sommer
Kalona
Warren Burkholder
Stanley Burkholder
Cornbelt Standardbred Horse Sale set for Oct 11 in Kalona
The 8th annual Cornbelt Standardbred Horse Sale will be held Saturday October 11 in Kalona. More than 100 trotting and pacing horses have been consigned from Wisconsin Missouri Illinois and Iowa. The sale will feature a full pavilion with cafe and facilities. Mr and Mrs Seth Hoskins Mr and Mrs Victor Parcell and daughter visited Omaha over the weekend.
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Otto Pfeifer Richland
Kermit L. Hinshaw
Kalona
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illinois
Seth Hoskins
Victor Parcell
Omaha
Clifford Brady
Robert Nun
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Ames
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Minn
Chadwick
Howard Anderson
Bloomfield
Levi Chadwick
Locust Grove
T. L. White
Prairie Home
Farm Bureau
Bob Gillespie
Methodist Church
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Board
Ywca Council
YWCA
Methodist Wscs
S.M. Fishburn
DAR
Charles Hotle
Washington County Registered Nurses Association
Democratic Women’s Club Executive Board
Marcella Wittetoe
Shiloh
Sunshine Sisters
Willard Widmer
Catholic Daughters
St. James School
George Canott
Fairgrounds
Just Us
W. B. Edwards
St. Paul
Augusta Westen
West Chester
WSCS
West Chester Pythian Sisters
CES
Evening Journal
Washington, Town
Best In Savings Service
North Marion
Blondie
Dagwo
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Ieee
Inc
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Marion Avenue
Washington Lumber
Second Street
Washington Lumber Co
Claude
Woody) Woods
Piki
Nate Young
George Baker
William McConnell, Jr
Oakdale
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