West Chester notes on families farming and a new road plan
West Chester reports from J. D. Dayton detail visits by Wes Mayers Morris Crayne and others. Residents discuss a proposed road across D Brumback and Cooman lands to avoid two railroad crossings and aid farmers with growing corn and improved roads locally, urging action before fall.
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West Chester
Wes Mayers
Morris Crayne
Iowa City
D. Brumback
Cooman
Herman Luers
Wrnter
Richland
Monkey Talks screens at New Graham theater tonight
Fox Films presents the sensational mystery play The Monkey Talks starring Jacques Lerner the famed talking monkey actor. Lerner, famed for originating Jocko on stage, travels from Paris to reprise the role in the pictorial version, promising dramatic thrills and brisk pacing.
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Fox Films
New Graham Theatre
Jacques Lerner
Paris
Jocko
Talking Monkey
Mr. Lerner
Union township farm bureau elects officers in Columbus Junction
In Columbus Junction Iowa officers for the Union township farm bureau are Milo Fulton president Ray Moody vice president Mrs Lee Colton secretary and treasurer She is named chairman of womens work Chapter CX PEO will meet Nov 7 with Mrs W C Hall Karl Lewis and family moved from Lone Tree Mrs R S McDaniels attended the Keokuk convention Mrs Loy Cavanaugh of Davenport visiting the Cavanaugh and Chown homes Harold Swanson and family moved into the Lottis Paxon property on Wirth street The Whatsoever class Oakland Sunday school will meet with Miss Marion Mewhirter on Wednesday.
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Columbus Junction
Union Township Farm Bureau
Milo Fulton
Ray Moody
Lee Colton
Colton
W. C. Hall
Karl Lewis
Lone Tree
R. S. McDaniels
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Zinc: Europe’s roofing staple and craft backbone
Zinc dominates European roofing trades, said to be so essential that artisans would struggle to work without it. The piece notes zinc as the metal most generally used for roofs across Europe and a core material for local craftsmen.
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Europe
Opportunity for Science Nets for high altitude insects
Aviators may use nets designed to capture insects that infest the upper atmosphere for entomologists. A potential debt to science exists if experiments in inter-breeding with earth bound pests produce a hybrid inheriting an instinct for rarified altitudes.
Oyster Supper at Methodist Church Ends With Banquet Plan
About 18 attendees gathered Monday evening for an oyster supper in the Methodist church dining room. Fire Chief George Yeager offered to supply the oysters if some boys would cook them, making the event a regult. The group plans their annual banquet for early November. Mr and Mrs Lee Lease and little Margaret Schmidt visited yesterday afternoon from Columbia Missouri, where they stayed with Mr and Mrs John Wooley.
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Methodist Church
Jiggs
George Baker
George Yeager
Lee Lease
Tie Margaret’ “Schimitt Fime
Columbia
Missouri
John Wooley
Halloween Festivities Spark Autumn Fun Across Homes
Readers are invited to celebrate Halloween with simple, thrifty ideas. Invitations, pumpkins, spooky lighting, and costumed guests set the mood for a cheerful party. Classic games include ducking for apples and hanging apples from a cord, with orange decorations and pumpkin pies for refreshments.
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Hallowe'en
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