Wayland School News Highlights Talks and Baseball Wins
Rev Smucker spoke at the Wayland assembly recounting camel caravan travels in Asia and lessons on spiritual reserves. The Wayland Dutchmen won two of three baseball games, beating Olds Raiders 9-8 and Crawfordsville 14-9, amid upcoming play and a fire drill with plans for a January 20 home game against Winfield.
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Wayland
Rev
Ucker
Bethel
Kan
Smucker
Asia
Mucker
Wayland Mente Church
Olds Raiders
Rich
Raiders
Olds
Gracie
Bowlsby
Des Moines
Crawfordsville
Wayland Dutchmen
Long
Cyclones
Pleasant Plain
Winfield
Wolves
Samuelson
Burlington
Nazis Claim New Successes in War in Russia
German armed forces reportedly stormed a strongly defended park on the outskirts of Leningrad. An unofficial spokesman predicted spectacular new successes soon in the eastern Ukraine as General Karn Von Rundstedt’s southern armies pressed toward the front.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Ukraine
Karn von Rundsdt
Chicago Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Outlook
Markets roundup shows 9 000 hogs 240 lb and down weak to mostly 10 cents lower. 270 to 300 lb 11.70 to 11.80. sows 9.40 to 10.65. Calves 700 yearlings 12.75. best steers 12.40. vealers 14.00 to 14.50. Sheep 3,000 natives bid 11.75, few ewes 9.25. Estimated tomorrow: hogs 9,000 cattle 5,000 sheep 4,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Quotes Seeks Market Clarity
Chicago price report lists corn and oats bids with mixed grades and sample grades. Corn ranges from 72 to 75 percent with various yellow classifications. Oats show mixed and white samples around the upper 40s to low 50s, reflecting unsettled trading signals.
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Chicago
Grain table from Chicago opens with low closes
Chicago rain update shows a grain table with Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Soybeans for Sep and May contracts. Prices fluctuate with small percentages listed for each month and maturity.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Summary
Chicago market report notes steady to easing demand across produce and poultry. Receipts include 5 830 cases with mixed firsts. current receipts 27 percent, dirties 2514, checks 244 percent. Poultry shows steady to eased market with receipts of 52 trucks. small hens 19146, heavy hens 20 percent, springs 18 percent, and young tom turkeys 22.
Thursday Prices at Powers Produce
Delighted shoppers in Washington Iowa can expect current listings from Powers Produce. Heavy breed hens Leghorn and other fowl are priced per dozen and per pound with sweet cream and old roosters noted among the offerings.
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Eclipse Lumber Co
FHA figures show garages in four of five insured new homes
The article notes a decade long shift in home building with garages becoming central as FHA data for last year reveals four in five new insured mortgages involved homes with garages. It also mentions the Don basin's industrial growth pushing toward the Crimea's Perekop isthmus.
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Federal Housing Administration
Don
Perekop
Crimea
Continent
New Cotton Stockings Stir Hosiery Market in Iowa
The article describes attractive full fashioned cotton stockings as a solution to silk stock shortages in Iowa. It notes nylon shortages, new mercerized cotton yarns, and improved fit via full fashion shaping with back seams, French heels, and ring toes. Innovations include two way stretch tops, gassing, and water repellents to boost elasticity and snag resistance.
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Iowa
U. S
America
McCall Letters From China to Hawaii in 1941
A pair of letters from Lloyd F. McCall describe conditions in Shanghai Hongkew under Japanese occupation, travel by river and ship, and plans to reach Honolulu and then Washington. He notes boats, limited trains, and travel constraints, with updates on the Coolidge voyage and potential stopovers.
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Hongkew
Tokio
Shanghai
Manilla
Frisco
Hong Kong
India
Lucienne
Whangpoo River
Lloyd F. McCall
Local social notes from Mt. Vernon area
Mt Vernon residents and visitors share news of visits, travels, and arrivals. Mrs George Slosser visits her parents in Mt Vernon while Helen Alcorn plans to enroll in Philadelphia after a welfare career in Wapello county. Newly born babies and local club planning also appear along with trips to the State Fair and a Phoenix return.
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George Slosser
Mt. Vernon, Mo
J. A. Porter
Helen Alcorn
W. L. Alcorn
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania School of Social Welfare
Wapello County
Martha Foster Youngdale
Ottumwa
Naomi Wilson
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
L. E. Wilson
University Hospital
Hubert L. Kolosick
Phoenix
Ariz
E. F. Kolosick
Hubert
Winnie Kolosick
Mr. Kolosick
Founding of Boy Scouts of America in 1910
The Boy Scout movement began in England in 1908 by Baden-Powell. In the US Ernest Thompson Seton started Woodcraft Indians and Dan Beard created the Sons of Daniel Boone. In 1910 these groups merged as Boy Scouts of America chartered in the District of Columbia. February 8, 1910.
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England
Robert S. S. Baden-Powell
United States
Ernest Thompson Seton
Woodcraft Indians
Dan C. Beard
Daniel Boone
Boy Scouts of America
District of Columbia
Whisky Jack The Canada Jay Of The Great Woods
The gray bird known as whisky jack or Canada jay is a bold thief that steals food and camp cutlery, all while chattering softly. Despite its raiding, it is popular in the Big Woods and considered good luck by Canadian camp cooks.
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Canada
Credit Buying And Farmers In Ames Iowa
Iowa State College economists report credit buying affects farmers lightly, with exemptions aiding low income farmers for essential farming operations. The Home Economics Bureau has developed 150 cotton stocking designs and nylon rayon blends to improve hosiery options, while nylon hose remain popular though in short supply.
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Ames
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Home Economics
Iowa State College
Federal Reserve
Home Economics Bureau
Opal Belief in Bad Luck Shapes 19th Century Perception
Opals were undervalued in the 1800s as a common belief held they brought misfortune to wearers. The era’s mood and market reflect concerns over opal luck impacting value and appeal.
Beauty queen Mrs Licklider challenges Miss America
Ruth Licklider 19 of New York City is crowned Mrs America and challenges Rosemary LaPlanche of Los Angeles to match charm and measurement. Licklider was selected in a contest at Palisades Park New Jersey.
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Ruth Licklider
New York City
Rosemary LaPlanche
Los Angeles
Licklider
Palisades Park
N. J
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