Wyman Families Attend State Fair and Visitors
Wyman area notes Mrs. Rev Humphreys and Leslie Humphreys attended the State Fair in Des Moines on Monday and Tuesday. Kenneth Tuller and Harry Chamberlain couples joined fair guests, along with Shannon Lantz and others. Etta McCoy and Margaret Davis departed Tuesday for Los Angeles after a summer stay.
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Rev. Humphreys
Wyman
F.fe. Humphreys
Leslie Humphreys
Des Moines
Kenneth Tuller
Harry Chamberlain
Shannon Lantz
Etta McCoy
Margaret Davis
Los Angeles
Cal
REISTER'S MARKETS Prices Paid Tuesday
Prices paid Tuesday for dairy and poultry include Sweet Cream 23 cents per pound No 1 sour cream 21 cents No 2 sour cream 19 cents Hennery Brown Eyes 16 cents per dozen Hennery White Eyes 16 cents per dozen No 3 Nam 9 cents per dozen We pay cents per pound for delivery to plant All No 2 poultry with defects bought at value Call poultry rejected.
Montevideo: Uruguay’s Capital’s Rise From Promontory
Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, began as a 18th century settlement on a coastal promontory. Founded in 1726 it expanded inland behind Horseshoe Bay and around Cerro, the cone that gives the city its name.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
South America
Horseshoe Bay
Teachers Leave to Resume Work Conclude Summer Vacation at Home
Crawfordsville reports teachers Earl Barnes and sister Louise depart for east coast assignments with stops in Monmouth and Grenwich. Ruth Barnes heads to Hawkeye for school, Veda Twinam returns to Chicago, and Lillian Holmes returns from Olds to help with Phyllis Miller. Local baseball fans saw Wyman P lay Cubs 5 to 1 and Crawfordsville Hot Shots beat Ainsworth 7 to 3. Willis Witmer visits. Mr Wittmer aims to restart Kalona teaching duties next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Earl Barnes
Louise
East
Monmouth
Harvey Barnes
Barl
West Orange
New Jersey
Grenwich
Conn
Ruth Barnes
Hawkeye
Wyman
Cubs
Crawfordsville Hot Shots
Ainsworth
Veda Twinam
Chicago
W. W. Twinam
Lillian Holmes
Olds
Ralph Miller
Phyllis Miller
Willis Witmer
Kalona
Prices and policy affect eggs for ORES growers
Dear Friends the price for ORES eggs is low unless eggs are graded demand for fine export eggs remains strong but the summer price break hurt producers government purchases to prop up prices backfired creating market instability. The writer warns government price supports distort supply and harm both producers and consumers. Frank Priele writes from Chicago noting September 1949.
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Certoral Scenaritios
House of Tives
Frank Priele
Franklin
Chicagoy
Vaccine from eggs targets sleeping sickness in horses
A vaccine derived from fertile eggs is used to combat encephalitis or sleeping sickness in horses. The piece also quotes Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown on people liking pie but fearing it for others.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Journal Sale Date Column at Midway Sale Co
A weekly notice from Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction announces a Journal Sale Date Column with community sale events scheduled every Wednesday and a munity sale every Friday at Peet Yard in the city.
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Journal
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Munity Sale
City Peet Yard
Veterans quit Iowa home over pension deduction protest
In Marshalltown a group of Spanish American War veterans and one Civil War survivor left the Iowa Soldiers Home protesting pension deductions up to 35 dollars for maintenance from monthly checks. The board of control approved rules on July 25, with plans to charge those with pensions or income above 16 dollars a month, while married men with wives retain 26 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marshalltown
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Maintenace
D. E. McCreery
Roy Pullen
P. F. Hopkins
Frederick J.) Swift
Hopkins
Marshalltown Institution
American Royal Live Stock and Horse Show set for October in Kansas City
The 41st annual American Royal in Kansas City runs October 14 to 21 at the American Royal building. It features 65,000 in premiums, cattle sheep hogs and poultry classes, a Royal queen, new horse show divisions, and special days for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Royal Building
2Nd Cavalry Dragoon Platoon
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Aug Cow Testing Report Highlights EKash Swartzendruber Herd
The EKash Swartzendruber Holstein herd won both herd and individual cow honors for August. Their cow Snow produced 1705 lbs milk with 60+ lbs fat, while 339 cows averaged 683 lbs milk and 26.0 lbs fat. High herds listed include Bush & Swartzendruber, Maplecrest Farms, and Eli King with W Miller. The T A picnic was held August 23 in Wellman with judging at Maplecrest Farms, Claude Hopkins, and Wellman Park. Matthes posted a perfect score in judging. Matthes and Brenneman to represent the association at the State Contest September 39 in Waterloo.
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Ekash & Swartzendruber
Bush & Swartzendruber
Wellman
Eli King
W. H. Miller
Guernseys
S. Bush & Gingerich, Wellman
Louis Mekhardt, Wellman
Emil Pete Washington
Washington County
Maplecrest Farms
Claude Hopkins
Well Man Park
Association
Wellman Co-op Creamery
Marvin Matthes
Higher AAA Payments in County Seen
Washington county farmers still receiving 1938 conservation payments expect total to exceed 1937’s 109540.88. National 1935 payments around 500 million versus 1987 payments 325,856,887. Delays push final county figures about eighteen months as 1936 and 1956 data show higher totals under soil conservation acts.
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Washington, D. C
AAA
Washington County
Supreme Court
A. E. Mark From SAE on Engines and Oils
The letters A. E. on automobile engines and oils indicate testing and approval by the Society of Automotive Engineers, signaling quality and conformity to standards for automotive products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Automotive Engineers
Contact Lenses Popular in US and Germany
About 6 000 Americans wear contact lenses while in Germany roughly 50 000 persons use them. The figures reflect growing popularity of invisible glasses as a vision aid.
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Germany
Two Escape From Gasoline Truck as Explosion Occurs
Doyle Frame and his son Billy Frame escaped a gasoline truck after it skidded on gravel near Letts and burst into flames. Both suffered minor cuts and bruises, while the vehicle was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Sept
Doyle Frame
Loulea County Farm Bureau Service Company
Billie
Mr. Frame
Letts
Snake River Canyon Safety Margin Defies Canyon Experts
A historical note claims the Snake River Canyon in Idaho is the deepest on the continent at 7,900 feet, surpassing the Colorado’s depth which the text places at a much lower measurement. The report contrasts common belief with a striking figure for Idaho’s canyon depth.
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Grand Canyon of the
Colorado
Canyon of the
Snake River
Idaho
Augustine and Luers Add Cement Piers to East Elevator
West Chester reports Augustine and Luers placing cement piers on the east approach of the east elevator. Mr and Mrs C C Niffeer hosted the Will Rew family at dinner Wednesday honoring Reif family members preparing to move. Grace Reif heads to Gilman to teach, Sue Reif to Chicago suburbs to teach, Betty Reif to Fairfield Sept 11 to attend Parsons College. Melvin Booth returns from an eastern bus touring trip. Ruth Wells to Ames for I B C study. Frances Booth to Des Moines for business college enrollment.
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West Chester
Augustine
Luers
C. C. Niffeer
Will Rew
Reif
Grace Reif
Gilman
Sue Reif
Chicago
Betty Reif
Fairfield
Parsons College
Melvin Booth
Ruth Wells
Ames
Frances Booth
Des Moines
Business College
Home Owners Equal Renters Across Rural Villages
In most U S villages the numbers of home owners and renters are about equal. The observation notes the balance between ownership and tenancy in small communities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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J. D. Rabenold
Mrs. Ainsworth
Audra Pearson
Albert Lay
Louis Baird
A&v Black
C. E. Phillips
C. S. Lemmon
Jefferson St
Chas. Hebner
H. B. Askew
N. Ave
Gall
Nicola
Cunningham
Wm. Sloat
O. E. Campbell
West
Monroe
Reister’s Markets
Washington, Iowa
V. S. Reister & Sons
Pearl Amlong
the Journal Office
Washington
the Evening Journal
Yours Truly
John Bauer
Smart & Parrish
Washington Oil Company
Grige
Loran Palmer
W. J. Augustine
H. L. Walker
D. F. Sayre
Harley Bloomquist
Cooper Davis
Calhoun City
Miss
C. Dewey Davis
Pearl Bitting
Wayne
Memphis
Ralph McKean Tome
BE. V. Humphreys
Calvin
Adeline
David Johns
Rosina White
Davenport
Anna Mae White
Russell Zickefoose
Dewey Davis
K. C. Davis
J. R. Reese
Deg Moines
Ewes Farmers Livestock Co
Milwaukee Stockyard
J. D. Hanna
Crawfordaville
Cloyee Horsey
Yaro Sojka
ST Eee
John E. Long
Evan L. Edwards
Stewart & Crone
EB. Griffith
Pioneer Streamlox
Klein Lothing Ko
Brinton Brighton
Picker
Earl and
Louise Barnes
Tion
Towa
A. E
Morning Sun
West End
Mt. Pleasant
Nebraska Sandhills
Freddie Chandler
Chariton
R. C. Ferguson
D. F. Macon
Hoover & Porter
Columbus Junction, Iowa
Anger
Monroe County
R. F. Smylie, Mgr
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