Notes From Town: Vacations, Visitors And Daily Life
A fragment from a local page recounts a man visiting Des Moines with friends, summer weather notes, traffic reminders, and quiet streets on Main Street. It mentions a neighbor who bakes and works at different times, and previews Greyhound’s 1949 vacation folders available at the depot.
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Des Moines
Lele
Virgil Eliott
Local Greyhound Travel Folders Spark Community Interest
The travel bug sweeps the nation as Greyhound agents report a surge in requests for 1949 travel folders. Overland Greyhound offers vivid, illustrated itineraries to the West, United States, Canada, Alaska and Mexico with day by day travel details, costs, en route stops, and preplanned Amazing America tours with hotels.
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Greyhound
Overland Greyhound
West
United States
Canada
Alaska
Mexico
Stonery
Technique Spotlight Shocks Frankville Crowd
A puzzling new tactic surfaces in the Frankville vicinity as observers note a skunk incident described by local witnesses. Letchford and other parties present offer varied explanations, stirring debate on the method and its purpose.
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Frankville
Letchford
CARD OF THANKS AND SALE AD MIXED NOTICE
We thank Miller's Locker and helpers for bake sale success and express gratitude for support during bereavement. For sale: screen windows in good condition sizes 14x62, 46x62, 24x60, 30x60. Call 44 Anita. Bernard Raper.
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Miller
Donald
Call
Anita
Bernard Raper
Health Dept Warns on Food Poisoning Risks
Iowa health officials warn staphylococcal poisoning is the most common type from custard filled bakery goods and salads. Incubation runs one to three hours with nausea vomiting or prostration. prevent by proper cooking and refrigeration. Botulism, now rare, tied to home canned vegetables. Salmonella infection from contaminated foods shows nausea vomiting and diarrhea with about 24 hour incubation. Warm weather calls for careful feed handling.
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Hoever
Iowa State Department of Health
Heeren
Picnic honors Link Linketttes drive at Sunnyside Park
A June 19 picnic at Sunnyside Park welcomed attendees from the Link Linkettes membership drive. Committee in charge were Bernard Anderson Judy Dasher and Larry Sothman. An annual church gathering follows with a Danish Lutheran Church outing on June 26 and a picnic dinner afterward.
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Sunnyside Park
Bernard Anderson
Judy Dasher
Larry ‘Sothman
Nylon Carpets Enter Home Use With Easy Cleaning
Nylon carpet debuts for home use highlighting easy cleaning with soap and water. The material resists dirt and responds well to shampoo treatment, expanding its practical applications in households.
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