Weekly Chicago Grain Review Highlights Open Trade Shift
The European war boosted grain prices last week but trade was limited until limits widened by 100 percent. Wheat rose 18 to 19c, corn 14 to 1c, oats 9 to 11c, rye 16c, and soybeans about lée, supported by higher hog prices and farmer wealth. Reports note Britain and France bought Argentine wheat. Canadian crop maturity accelerates with a large movement and a big Canadian visible stock increase. Soybeans are forecast at 1,684,000 bu vs 7,655,000 bu official 1938.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Poland
Great Britain
France
R. O. Cromwell
Dr Homan Family Moves to G White Tenant Residence
Riverside notes list Dr and Mrs Leo Homan and children relocating from Crit estate to Dr G A White tenant residence in east Riverside. Also visits by C E Rosene of Moline and Phyllis Kleopfer nurse trainee, plus Fred Kron family trip to Washington Missouri and St Louis Labor Day game. St Marys parochial school opens with 180 students and staff assignments.
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Riverside
Leo Homan
Crit
G. A. White
East Riverside
C. E. Rosene
Moline
Ill
Elizabeth Kiefer
Phyllis Kleopfer
Mercy Hospital
Iown City
Ralph Kleopfer
Fred Kron
Washington
Missouri
Leo Linder
Iowa City
Krons
St. Louis
St. Mary's Parochial School
Mary Naomi
Mary Anslem
Mary Agnes Celine
Mary Yvonne
Mary St. Ralph
Mary Henriette
Mary Clarissima
Mary Franzeline
Tower idea borrowed as expo plans fade in 1876 show
The idea for an elevated tower originated in America and inspired a French version for the Philadelphia 1876 exposition. Though a similar tower was designed, it was never constructed.
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France
America
Philadelphia
Thirty Five Attend Rural Indian Creek School
In Brighton township Indian Creek school district No 2 opened with 35 pupils in nine grades. Teacher Elmina Williams starts her third year. A county baseball tournament at Sid ney Johnson field drew a nice crowd with West Chester and Indian Creek as hosts, the home team beating Coppock by one run. Rome defeated Haskins and then won the final against the home team by one run. A Dublin tournament is planned next Sunday. Betty Jean DeWolf broke her arm while playing by her grandpa’s water tank.
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Sandy Hook
Sept. S
Indian Creek
Brighton Township
Elmina Williams
R. L. Dunbar
Geo. Martin Family of Hannibal Visits John Martin Home
The Geo Martin family from Hannibal Missouri visits the John Martin home. George Jones of Whiting Indiana spends Saturday with Mr and Mrs Harry Jones. Mr and Mrs Philip Marshall return from Des Moines with Eleanor joining them. Mr and Mrs Bert ...
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Geo. Martin
Hannibal
John Martin
East Sunset
George Martin
Missouri
George Jones
Whiting
Indiana
Harry Jones
Philip Marshall
Des Moines
Eleanor
Bert
Washington Lodge Meeting Notice and Rail Schedule Fragments
Fragments show a Washington Lodge meeting notice with names Ray Cox and W M A W Tard, plus Knoxville Branch numbers 4239 and 429 with daily schedules. Rail schedule lines list Davenport to Kansas City locals No 8 and No 25 Southwest Limited departures and eastbound No 8 No 24 Southwest Limited with partial times and agent names Goodlander and W C Bell.
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Washington Lodge
So. Be
Ray Cox
W. M
P.&p. RR
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest
W. C. Bell
Warriors Husbands Bid Goodbye Spangler
Mr and Mrs Merle Twinam and children attended the Hale reunion in Pleasant Grove. Many neighbors and relatives visited at various homes Sunday and Monday, including the Schlatter, Krabill, Graber, Widmer, and Owens families, with greetings and gatherings across multiple towns.
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Fern Klophenstein
P. J. Graber
Jason Wolford
Jerry
Conesville
Ernest Ekiseles
Jocelyn
Archie Hower
Washington
Clarence Fultons
Fred Weekly
Edith Miller
Mediapolis
W. J. Hartzell
Slater
John Widmer
Rex
Chris Widmers
Olds
George Yeager
Vera
Latimer Davis
Boyd Twinam
Arthur Littrel
Davenport
Harold Littrel
Leo Littrer
Deep River
Velma McGuire
Tom Miller
Ollie
Joe Schlatter
Clara Holmes
Widmers
BE. E. Fergus
Ralph Howell
Willard
W. M. Montgom
Harry Jones
Jone Vie
Scranton
Water
Mranil Motley
Bert Spangler
Ross Porter Family of Oklahoma Calls at E Frame Home
Ross Porter and family from Enid Oklahoma visited the John Adama and Emmet Frame homes in Am Boy. Porter once lived on the Frame farm thirty one years ago while Heesie Frame resumed schooling at Wead lexander Ohio. Emmet Frame and family were Washington visitors midweek. Will Dea and John returned from a week with Mrs Dea’s aunt H B Stone at Centrada Missouri. Franklin Dea resumed school duties in Washington. John Nickle of Colorado was noted in the report.
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Muscatine
S. H. Northey
Wayne
Spirit Lake
Roger Colthurst
Jim Stewart
Everette
Everette Stewart
Omaha
Ray Rathmell
Earl White
Amboy
Ross Porter
Enid
Okla
John Adama
Emmet Frame
Porter
Frames
Heesie Frame
Weadlexander
Ohio
Washington
Will Dea
John
Medicine Bill Costs Nation Billions From Illness
Every year business and industry in this country loses ten billion dollars due to disruption of operations by sickness and premature death, most of which is preventable.
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Mary
Jimmy
Mother
Richard Alter to Attend School at Coppock This Year
Coppock Iowa report notes Richard Alter staying with grandparents I E Alter and attending school here. The item lists local families visiting fairs and attending reunions while wartime news and radio updates are mentioned.
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Richard Alter
Coppock
Claude Carpenter
Seaton
Ill
Ronald Deld
Marsh
Emma Merrick
Glenn Hesser
Ben Neff
Arlis Vansant
Ben
Lester Neff
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R. R. Noonan
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Marion
George County
Lester B. Krabil
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Washington Independent School District
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Second Ave
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Fred Reid
Erry Library
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Roy Whiteman
Women’s Territorial Service
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Oklahoma
E. Frame
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Dixie Dugan
Dixie
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