Iowa Political Events and War Campaigns Highlight Capitol Notes
Iowa leaders await Jackson Day dinner remarks by Paul McNutt and debate June primary candidacies. Lester S. Gillette contemplates governor bid while Gillette family figures in education. Trailer fires prompt four-point safety plan. a Des Moines group seeks a Negro guard unit. waste paper and scrap metal drives continue to aid war effort with concrete recycling outcomes.
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Jackson
Democrats of
Iowa
Paul McNutt
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
McNutt
Gillette
Lester S. Gillette
Fostoria
Iowa Board of Education
Iowa State Guard
Surprise 30th Wedding Anniversary for Will and Maude Hahn
Mr and Mrs Will Hahn were honored in a surprise party at their Mt Olive home on February 16 celebrating 30 years of marriage. The event featured bingo prizes a decorated table a floral and candle centerpiece and gifts including a purse of money.
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Will Hahn
Lincoln Hahn
Oscar Smith
Earl Crippen
Louis Stellish
Hahn
Sioux City cattle market shows mixed steady to upturn trends
Slaughter steers and yearlings fetched 12.00 to 16.25 dollars, fed heifers 11.50 to 15.00, cows 6.76 to 12.25, bulls 8.50 to 11.60, stock and feeder cattle 9.00 to 13.50, steer calves up to 14.00 and heifer calves to 12.00. Swine rates held steady with hogs 18.45 at best. lambs in mixed moves, sheep 7.00 to 8.50. Monday’s Sioux City sheep run reached 14,000, a national top for the day.
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Sioux City
Cherokee County
Walter Plagman
G. W. Challman
Fred Marsh
C. J. Johnson
Henry Alesch
C. A. Bugh
John Peterson
Louis Shea
Steers
Enoch Nelson
Ralph Plagman
Cliff Ohlson
Frank Huseman
Lee Geister
Not Dead The Emmetsburg Butcher Suffers Injuries
Walt Davis of Emmetsburg attempted to butcher a steer on a farm. He shot the animal, then when he believed it dead tried to slit its throat. The steer reared, throwing Davis to the ground, leaving him with broken ribs and unconscious briefly.
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Walt Davis
Emmetsburg
Davis
Christening and family notices from Hanover area
The little son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Holtz was christened David Allen at St John s Lutheran with Rev O Bahr presiding. Sponsors included the baby s great grandmother Mrs Kahl and Mrs Kenneth Lewis of Davenport. Sgt and Mrs Lambert Bredehoft welcomed a son born February 18 at Sioux Valley hospital Cherokee while Sgt Bredehoft serves overseas. Various local families hosted dinners and visits at the Hinkeldey Holtz and Grieme homes with guests from Davenport Lakefield and beyond.
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Marvin Holtz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
O. Bahr
David Allen
Kahl
Kenneth Lewis
Davenport
Lambert Bredehoft
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Sgt. Bredehoft
Bredehoft
Mildred
Jon
Kenneth’ Lewis
Henry Hage
Lakefield
Minnesota
John, Holtz
Harold Hustedt
Lorenz’ Wendell
Ronald
Oswald Nielsen
Evelyn Anderson
Harold Jacobson
Community plea to save paper for Boy Scouts monthly drive
A local note urges residents to avoid waste and save paper for the Boy Scouts upcoming collection drive on the last Saturday of each month, supporting recycling and youth service efforts.
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Boy Scouts
Farewell Surprise for Will and Mrs Sleezer in Afton
Nearly one hundred neighbors gathered Tuesday evening February 22 to bid Mr and Mrs Will Sleezer farewell. Guests played cards at fourteen tables and shared a two course lunch near midnight. George Zwick presented twelve Fostoria Sherbets as a token of good wishes for their move to Cherokee.
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Will Sleezer
George Zwick
Cherokee
Diamond Center Farewell Parties and Local Notes
Diamond Center notes a series of farewell gatherings for residents moving away including the Ferris family and Donald Peterson enlisting in the Navy. The item lists neighborhood entertainments, birthdays, 4 H activities, Red Cross sewing, and farm bureau events, with social visits across Afton Aurelia Washta Storm Lake and surrounding areas.
Neighbors Host Surprise Party Near Afton
A neighbor gathering in northwest Afton ended with a pleasant evening and a lunch, a purse of money given as a remembrance from friends. The hosts plan to move to a farm near Larrabee.
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Northwest Afton
Larrabee
Little and Big A child’s view of home furniture and self sufficiency
The piece reflects on how a child perceives oversized furniture and suggests small, accessible items like a low chair and table to foster independence. It urges adults to remember their childhood and to mirror that perspective by lowering themselves to a child’s level.
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Wayne
W. G. Whitney
Aurelia
State Capitol
John Strohm
Linn County Safety Commission
Bond Drive
A. B. Lindsay
Winfred Moulton
Don R. Hankens
Sargon’s
State Bank
Gr. W
Aurelia, Iowa
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of Aurelia
Fred Radke
HH. H. Lockin
H. H. Lockin
C. H. Kaskey
Col
A. A. Woltman
Regey Martin
Ida Grove Rendering Co
C. A. Rodine, Jr
MT. Olive
Frances Hahn
Dan Hahn
Donald
Lorne
Robert
Delores
Quimby
Irving Hahn
Clifford Bruce and Sons
Beverly
Gerald
Edgar Johnson
Bernhard Buenger
Maggie Fritz
Emma Herold
Albert Radle
Mr. Olive News
Charles Galvin
Near Aurelia
Tom Hanley
Olive
Edith Gillet
FE. H. Gillet
Oscar Gustafson
Gustafson
Franklin Fritz
John Leber
Near Good Hope
Frances
Helen
Cliff Simmons
Harve Allen
L. C. Bengtson
Cliff Bruce
Frank Laposky
Ruth Hartwig
Barbara Jean Glawe
Betty Peterson
Betty
George Schafer
Storm Lake
Paul Anderson
Gary
Harry Anderson
Lester Peckenschneider
Caorline
Gunner Osterling
Baby
John Swanson
Near Alta
Everett Nelson
Johnson
Mt. Olive Church
Trigg
Miss Gillet
Stanley
Philadelphia
H. N. Harrison
Clarence Fuhrman
Ed Hinspeter
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
Afton
Earlwick
Warewell
Mrs
Robert Ferris
Clyde Kudrle
Ruth
Ferris
John Hasenwinkel
Red Cross
Hasenwinkel
Russell Parks
Gladys Grayson
Earl Zwicks
Ruth Kudrle
Laurine Zwick
Betty Brewster
Carl Hanson
Sweden
John Lawniczak
Veterans Hospital
Harry Carlson
Larry of
Peterson
Earl Zwick’s
Anderson-Nelson
Burt Mummert
Afton No. 6
Paulson
Jean
Donald Calderwood
Rex Whitney
Delmar Ducommun
Diamond Center
D. C. Hickey
George Flick
Cincinnati
Ohio
Orville Hickey
A. E. Stutz
C. A. Peterson
Kenneth Leeds
Amy Hanson
Washta
Ben Galvin
Bonnie and
Nona Peterson
Lena Swenson
Donald Peterson
George Swanson
Navy
Morris
Farm Bureau
Walter Radke
Art Ohlson
Roy Ohlson
LeRoy Hench
M. EB
the Sentinel
THE
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
T.R
Trace
Porter Hempstead & DeMaranville Commission Company
Illinois Central
I Ilinois Central
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