Weather Streak, Roads, and Local Life in Iowa Town
WEST CHESTER Sept 5 Summer weather stays ideal with dry roads aiding harvest and fall plowing. Readers note better corn outlook, open air Keota band concert, and visits from Claire Walter and wife from Kalamazoo. Local church, school, barns, stock shipments, and numerous coast-to-coast comments show a busy rural scene with ongoing farm work and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Jiggs
California
Montana
Iowa
Keota
Claire Walter
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Crafts of
United Presbyterian Church
Gray
Mr. Dunn
Harold Miller
Chicago
Mlinois
Oskaloosa
Truck grower field tour probes wilt control on Muscatine Island
Muscatine Island growers and Conesville district participants joined a Monday field tour led by state extension workers. They examined watermelon wilt control methods and seed treatment for sweet potatoes at state experiment stations, beginning with a nine o'clock field meeting at the five acre site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Corwin
Fruitland
Conesville
Wolford Brothers
Wolford Brothers’ Packing
Columbus Junction
Muscatine Island
Island
Crawfordsville notes and Keota feature from local pages
Local column recaps a trip to Monmouth for Earl Barnes college enrollment. Lois Edgar leaves for Phoenix to teach again. United Presbyterian Million Circle meets with leaders elected for the year. WCTU notes dues due. a Chicago trip for Wooley and Buxbaum. Keota segment highlights Minerva Brice moving to Colorado, veterans of Co A memories, and a Keota family reunion during State Fair week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Edgar
Phoenix
Ariz
Million Circle
United Presbyterian Church
Thelma Edgar
James Douglass
Eloise
West Branch
Belle Douglass
Washington, D. C
W. C. Porter
C. H. Fishburn
Whitfield Davis
Miss McCall
Davis
C. M. Strain
Hugh Davis
Lois Rhea
Will Twinam
Fishburn
Dayton Grove School Returns and Local Visits
Dayton Grove notes report school starts Monday as Mrs. Harry Anderson visits Illinois. Families Gardener Dill Thrapp Leet Ferguson Gee attend a state fair, while others go to Dutch Creek fair. So and Sew Club picnic at Keota Park with all but two members present. next meeting with Mrs. Ola Knotts on Sept 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Harry Anderson
Illinois
Roy Garderner
Washington
Earl Dill
Chas, Thrapp
Walter
Mildred
Richard Leet
Orvis Ferguson
Bobby
Gee
Ferguson
Meryle
Tressa
Dutch Creek
So and Sew Club
Keota Jpark
Ola Knotts
Loulan Wombacher
Clay Notes on Visits and Local Happenings
Mrs A J Morgan reports Clay residents visiting Britt Iowa for several days. Lloyd Kracaw funeral attended at Hopewell. J W Owen of Brierton and daughter Mrs W C Morgan hosted. Mrs W V Lloyd of Chicago visited the Stannard home. Phyllis Woodford to teach in Oskaloosa. Dutch Creek fair attendees listed. H A Woodford cow killed by train. O Davison Coppock business call. Wallace Savare hosted friends. Clay school opened with Mildred Woodford as teacher. C L Stannard Washington visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Knapp
Iowa State College
I. E. Methus
A. T. Erwin
C. L. Fitch
R. H. Porter
Extension Service
Illinois State Experiment Station
J. Ford Moore
Robert
Elsie Freeman
Burlington
Walter Cline
Loren
Davenport
J. L. Hildebrand
Harold Thomas
Rochester
Iowa
Verne McCumber
Gayle
Des Moines
Charles Kingsley
Peoria
West Chester
Phyllis Woodford
Oskaloosa
Dutch Creek Fair
H. A. Woodford
St. L
DPD
O. Davison
Coppock
Wallace Savare
Daha
Clay School
Mildred Woodford
C. L. Stannard
Washington
Electricity to Dry Bills Inks Ink Drying by Bureau of Engraving
Electricity is used to dry the ink on bills produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. The process employs electric heat to set the ink on government currency as part of wartime production efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving
Mad
Washington
Bathing Beauty Divorce Hint Frictions in Tharp Shopping Trip
Abe Martin notes a desertion theme and reports Mr and Mrs Leghorn Tharp shopping for a divorce. The quirky column frames the pair amid a lighthearted context. No further details are provided about the dispute or outcomes.
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D. Dayton
Martha
Crawfordsville
Nellie Manner
T. H. Barnes
Louise
Ruth
Maude
Monmouth
Earl Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Minerva Brice
Alice Sheriff
Hot Sulphur Springs
Colorado
Nelson
Jennie Gardener
Moses de Marce
Delta
Co. A. Twenty-Fifth Iowa Infantry
Oregon
Kansas
D. A. Palmer
A. Boyer
J. M. Wright
George Ferguson
W. C. Empree
Irene Oldfield
Oldfield
Icpenney
Marion Ave
Sem
Washington, Iowa
Woo
Canton
Abe Martin
Pert
C. C. Watson
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