Deny Santa and Read the Bible This Christmas Message
A young writer rejects material gifts, recounts family Bible reading from Isaiah and Luke about God's promises and the baby Jesus, and vows to give rather than receive. The piece, tied to Iowa pheasant season and holiday greetings, notes hunting seasons and weather as context. Merry Christmas from M. R. Elman.
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Liddy shakes Iowa agriculture with mass layoffs
Major personnel purge hits the Iowa department of agriculture as secretary-elect Liddy discharges nearly 60 workers effective December 21. The moves include 38 more dismissals after an initial 11, mainly clerks and auditors, as political debate swirls around the staff reductions.
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Democracy Means Freedom to Me in a Teen's View
Judy Blackburn wins first in the VFW Fest 4924 essay contest with a personal reflection on democracy. She asserts democracy as life, granting rights to vote, worship, speech, and personal liberty, and urges daily effort to preserve freedoms for future generations under God.
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Judy Blackburn
Buffalo Center Tribune
Noah Webster
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Way Back When: December Highlights from Tribune Files
Ten years ago December 20 1956 Des Moines couple Edwin and Ruby James welcomed daughter Michelle DeAnn with Ruth Davide hosting a 12th birthday party. Bert Meyer Jim Murra couples celebrated silver anniversaries at a Baptist Church open house.
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Des Moines
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Ruth Davide
Bert Meyer
Jim Murra
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Thelma Jean Frandle
Osear Frandle
John A. Sener
Krulls Celebrate Church Ceremony in Rake Iowa
Krull, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tjark Krull, was married at Zion Lutheran Church in Rake with Rev. R. L. Holleque officiating. A 30 Years Ago note recalls Anton Rank and wife attending a Des Moines Hotel Savery dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Hay Murray, a farewell party by Iowa department of agriculture employees.
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Local notices from historic Minnesota edition mix events
The page records a December 23 1926 free movie event for 650 youths sponsored by Chas Becker names Esther Kramer Henrietta Green Lois Yahnke and Jake Frey Northwestern Bible School students return home for holidaysAmerican Legion prize winners Merle Brickey Claude Claassen Evert Letcher Pete Robinson Shelby Stevens Births baby boy to Mr and Mrs Kors Elman Oscar Price husks corn for Henry Honken selling spring shoats and farm sale of Reed place to Ida Doege of Iowa Falls wedding at Bethany Lutheran Church in Bricelyn Royce Wempen and Nancy Helgeland
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Tribune Files
Esther Kramer
Henrietta Green
Lois Yahnke
Jake Frey
Northwestern Bible School
Minneapolis
American Legion Post
Merle Brickey
Claude Claassen
Evert Letcher
Pete Robinson
Shelby Stevens
Oscar Price
Henry Honken
Henry Patterson
John Friesenberg
Reed Place
Ida Doege
Iowa Falls
M. C. Skutle
Felend
Robert Edwards
Mark
Bruce
Royce Wempen
Nancy Helgeland
Bethany Lutheran Church
Bricelyn, Minnesota
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