Prefabricated House Goes Up in Anamosa
Special to The Gazette Anamosa begins a postwar prefabricated housing program with the Boedecker home on South Ford Street. The 27 by 40 foot five room and bath house features waterproof paper interior finish insulation and interchangeable windows. Mr and Mrs Boedecker WW II veterans and their two children expect to occupy by Sept 1. Electricians plumbers and painters are on site as carpenters install cupboards with four other veterans awaiting prefab deliveries and two planning conventional homes once lumber arrives.
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Harry Boedecker
South Ford Street
Anamosa Lumber Company
Iowa Trailing in Mental Hospital Care in 1944
The 1944 census report shows Iowa’s four mental hospitals were overcrowded with a 28.9 percent excess versus neighboring states. Iowa spent the least per patient among adjacent states and had 1,477 more patients than capacity. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska also report varied overcapacity and staffing figures.
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Flower and Garden Show at Iowa Centennial State Fair
Special postwar floral exhibits and the choicest blooms from Iowa gardens headline the Iowa Centennial state fair event from August 23 to 30. The show features 160 classes for flowers and floral arrangements with contests and total prizes of 1778.50 dollars.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Record Crowds Expected At Iowa Centennial State Fair
DES MOINES AP Iowa anticipates a record attendance of 500000 for the Iowa Centennial state fair August 23 to 30 secretary L B Cunningham notes postwar prosperity the centennial celebration and a first fair in five years boosting interest entries up about ten percent since 1941 plus historical peaks in 1919. A staff of 20 clerks will enroll entries as the 1946 preparations begin with extended hours and space freed by canceling the poultry show amid Newcastle disease concerns.
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L. B. Cunningham
Sons
Cunningham
Iowa
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