Reflections of an Iowan on the West Coast
On a San Francisco visit, a group of California journalists witness a transformed Chinatown. The area has modernized after 1906, with Chinese Americans integrating, thriving in business and politics, and contributing to American society. The writer notes assimilation, progress in housing, education, and commerce, and a shared optimism for the future.
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Chinatown
San Francisco Mecca
Chinatown Federal Housing Project
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
San Francisco
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Chinese Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mae Conley acts as chaplain at Gold Star Mothers meet
Mrs. Mae Conley of Long Beach California and former Anita Atlantic resident visits her sister Mrs. Ella Worthing in Atlantic. She attended the National Gold Star Mothers convention in Boston as Long Beach chapter delegate and served as national chaplain in the absence of the regular chaplain. She was elected national committeewoman and the convention adopted a resolution opposing sending American soldiers to foreign battlefields. Her son Cecil was killed in action and she attended a Des Moines dinner honoring Major General L. D. Ross. Conley will visit Atlantic before returning home.
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Anat, Ya
Mae Conley
Long Beach
Cal
Anita
Atlantic
Ella Worthing
Conley
C. O. Conley
Boston
Avocan Delegate to Convention of NEA at Milwaukee
Miss Agnes Samuelson announces that 12 Iowa state delegates and many teachers will attend the National Education Association convention in Milwaukee from June 30 to July 5. Attending also are Jessie M. Parker and Mary A. Baker along with state teachers from various schools. The 12 delegates include W. Dean McKee Shenandoah O H Rutenbeck Avoca H H Boyce Mason City Georgia Quigley Des Moines A B Grimes Monticello Ruth Myrland Onawa L E Johnson Centerville Lucile March Deanna Crowell Sioux City Esther Helbig Dubuque Dorothy Hatch Ames and T G Burns Clear Lake.
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Des Moines
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa
National Education Association
Milwaukee
Samuelson
Jessie M. Parker
Mary A. Baker
W. Dean McKee
Shenandoah
O. H. Rutenbeck
Avoca
H. H. Boyce
Mason City
Georgia
Quigley
A. B. Grimes
Monticello
Ruth Myrland
Onawa
L. E. Johnson
Centerville
Lucile March
Deanna Crowell
Sioux City
Esther Helbig
Dubuque
Dorothy Hatch
Ames
T. G. Burns
Clear Lake
Audubon Approves Soil Conservation Demonstration Sites
Audubon Iowa June 27 Eleven watersheds including nine farms and 15712 acres approved as soil conservation demonstration sites under the Soil Conservation Service. Audubon CCC foremen and crews to carry out work. 29 farm owners have signed cooperative agreements. Total acreage across 24 farms is 576. Watershed establishment petitions require approval by the Audubon county soil conservation and improvement association led by Chris H. Jensen.
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Audubon
Audubon County
The
Soil Conservation Service
Audubon CCC
Weekend visits and travels around Shenandoah and Des Moines
Mrs. Mable Sheets and Mrs. Walter Burnside of Lewis and Mrs. Gerald Sheets of Atlantic traveled to Waterloo for a weekend at the Smart home. Others visited relatives in Shenandoah and Des Moines area hospitals, with Miss Marcella Trent returning home. Funeral attendance noted in Anita for Ross Bruner.
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Noel Orcutt
Frank Hofmeister
Ross Porter
Robert Graham
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Wilbur Pierce
Veterans Hospital
Edna and
Mable Kennedy
Omaha
J.C. Kennedy
J. W. Zike
Neal
Lincoln
Neb
Zike
W. G. Minser
Elmer Krohn
Bert Beebe
J. T. Riekena
Maggie DeLean
Helen Ruth
Margaret
Spirit Lake
Doan's Kidney Remedy for Kidney Health
Doan's offers relief for kidney discomfort and supports cleansing of the blood by flushing waste from the kidneys. It has been used by millions for over 40 years to ease backache fatigue and urinary symptoms, with druggists recommending the product.
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Doan
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