State Capitol Letters and Local Social Notes
Des Moines officers discuss hotel mix up with Guy H for state convention. Iowa Republicans debate air feeder lines and Willkie showing after Wisconsin primary. Tax deadlines loom with estimates due April 15 and possible refunds in 1945. Mt Olive news reports social events, church service, 4 H Club, and local visits across Cherokee Storm Lake and nearby towns.
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Guy
Harry IF
Kelly
Michigan
Fort Des Moines
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Sioux City Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Moves
Cattle hogs and sheep posted moderate gains on Monday with hogs retreating Tuesday while steers and yearlings climbed to 11.50 16.50 and feeders to 9.50 10.50. Cherokee county shippers include Ebert Zwick Dorr Selk Hohbach Grauer and others with prices ranging from 11.78 to 18.65 for hogs and 12 to 15 for steers amid overall market strength.
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Sioux City
Cherokee County Shippers
Earl Ebert
George Zwick
Wesley Dorr
Harry Selk
Fred Hohbach
Pete Grauer
Edna Simmons
Benny Buenger
Afton Vicinity Social Notes Highlight Local Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Jones of Plainview Texas and Mrs. Foote with Miss Gertrude Jones of Cherokee visited Afton relatives. A family dinner at Will Kludas hosted honorees and numerous friends from Aurelia Cherokee and Sutherland with several local hosts and 4 H girls attending Achievement Day in Cherokee.
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Ellis Jones
Plainview
Texas
Will Kludas
Foote
Gertrude Jones
Cherokee
Ray Jones
Richard
Cecil Bainbridge
Kenneth Jones
Harold Anderson
Sgt
Wilmer Anderson
Omaha
Rex Whitney
Aurelia
George Zwick
Laurine
Anna Hill
The Window in Chrums and Barrie’s Village At Glamis
A tour through a Semtish mining village in Thrums, a Kailyard tale setting. Barrie’s fictional Barrieries hills overlook the village market, with tourists seeking glimpses of the famed Glamis castle four miles away and Macbeth lore.
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Seotecih
Girriemuyir
Bieore
Chrums
Barrie
Barrie From Behind Almost Any Tree Tourists Expect To See the ‘‘Little Meemster
Glamis Castle
Macbeth
Queen Elizabeth of England
Plogs Celebrate Golden Wedding At St John’s Parish
Hanover news notes Mr and Mrs L C Plog of St John’s Lutheran observe their Golden Wedding with open house April 12 from 2 to 5 pm for neighbors and friends and a relatives reception at 7 pm. They have three sons Ernest Walter Son of Alta and Phyllis Ann Plog as granddaughter.
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L. C. Plog
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Albert Moschell
Alta Hospital
Harold Hogrefe
Haran
Richard Near Newell
Charles Zwemke
Arthur Wogahn
Larry
Fred Wogahn
Auelia
Herman Wrede
East Afton and Elk Social News Update
Mrs. Wm. Booth reports visitors in East Afton and Elk as Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Tigges of Spencer and John Kreadt call on Fred Tigges and red Kolpin homes. Elaine Booth spent Easter with her parents. Sioux City callers included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kolpin and Fredrick. Emma Waldo visited the M. Hines home. Earl Waldo also called. Carl Ammons shopped in Sioux City.
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Theodore Tigges
Spencer
John Kreadt
Fred Tigges
Red Kolpin
Elaine Booth
John Booth
Fred Kolpin
Fredrick
W. M. Booth
Sioux City
Emma Waldo
M. Hines
Earl Waldo
Carl Ammons
Enshrinement of Queen Marie of Romania’s Heart
Royal chapel holds the heart of the late Queen Marie of Romania in a solemn enshrinement ceremony. The event marks a traditional relic transfer amid royal rites and church observances.
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Marie of
Romania
Flag Description From Concord Battle Inscribed Liberty Tree
A Civil War era description notes a yellow battle flag carried by minute men at Concord. It had narrow blue stripes at top and bottom with a central tree and the inscription Liberty Tree An Appeal to God.
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Tne
Concord
Easter Hospitality Scenes Across Iowa Homes
Wayne Wrede and Miss Geneva Juer of Storm Lake were supper guests Sunday at the Lietz home. Mr and Mrs Wm Glienke and son Everett near Truesdale and Misses Marion and Gladys Glienke of Chicago were dinner guests Easter Sunday at the Martin Hinkeldey home. Misses Esther and Hulda Schuelke and Verna Winterhof of Des Moines joined their parents Mr and Mrs Henry Schuelke and Mr and Mrs Henry Winterhof for Easter.
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Wayne Wrede
Geneva Juergen
Storm Lake
Harry Lietz
Wm. Glienke
Everett
Truesdale
Marion
Gladys Glienke
Chicago
Martin Hinkeldey
Esther
Hulda Schuelke
Verna Winterhof
Des Moines
Henry Schuelke
Henry Winterhof
Diamond Center Social Notes Hint Weekend Visits
Mrs. O C Hickey notes social life at the Diamond Center with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Radke and family visiting Walter Radke, and Edmund Radke hosting Erik with the Ervie Johnsons. Orville Hickey and family stopped by Edmund Radke’s and A B Lindsay also called Sunday.
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Diamond Center
Mrs. O. C. Hickey
Lewis Radke
Walter Radke
Edmund Radke
Erik
Ervie Johnson
Orville Hickey
A. B. Lindsay
Petersons Host Navy Furlough Visitor At Home
Donald Peterson from Great Lakes Naval Training School spends a furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peterson. Many relatives join C A Petersons for dinner including Leeds Galvin Swanson and Dubes families. Wilmer Dubes returns to Farragut Idaho after furlough with Cliff Dubes family.
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O. C
Rena
Esther
George
Milo
Elmer Swanson
Frank Peterson
Afton
Roy Ohlson
Art Qohlson
Cliff Dubes
Lawrence Boothby
Wilmer Dubes
Farragut
Idaho
War Bonds Our Best Guarantee of Keeping America Free
A wartime public note extols defense funding through war bonds as the nation’s best pledge to preserve freedom. It urges citizens to purchase bonds to support troops, production, and national security amid ongoing global conflict.
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U.S. Treasury Department
America
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