Merry Go Round Life for Housewife Career Girls
Feature on Mrs. Frank McMullen and Mrs. Duane Karstens balancing home duties with courthouse jobs in Cass County. They describe hectic mornings and long evenings, the challenge of varied meals and laundry, plus small relaxations like crafts and card parties. The piece notes the value of extra income and the sense of purpose found in work.
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Frank McMullen
Atlantic
Cass County
Duane Karstens
David
Mrs. Karstens
Frank
Pilgrim hardships prompt California classroom moment
A California teacher dramatizes Pilgrim hardships to her class noting their inadequate clothing crude homes and dire need for medical care concluding many would perish the first winter A curious pupil asks why they did not come to California prompting reflection on the era.
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California
East
Candor
River Bank Tax Shift Prompts Iowa Nebraska Boundary Debate
Discussion on the Iowa Nebraska boundary notes that riverbank farms face tax uncertainties as the Missouri channel stabilizes. Land gained or lost by river deposits affects ownership and tax collection, leaving some river farms effectively tax free.
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Missouri
Land ownership dispute over non paying farms in Iowa Nebraska
The text discusses possible tax collection on non paying farms and stresses Iowa and Nebraska must decide land ownership. It adds a personal remark about a domestic dispute and a social card game query.
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Iowa
Nebraska
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Karstens
Schildberg Construction Company
Larry
Minnie
Charlie
McMullen
Career Girls
Wecace
Klen
Jerry Nelson, Harlan
Fritz Johnson
Oakland
Gordon Bills
Ray Pickeril, Harlan
Doug Christensen
Audubon
Squealer
Harlan, Iowa
Everflew
Wyhitney Coffee Shoppe
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