President Truman chats with neighbor in White House visit
Johnie Throckmorton from Springfield, Missouri meets President Truman in the White House Oval Room after a late-night arrival. Throckmorton, a rail switchman who lost both legs, shares his wartime service and postwar hardships while Truman offers a handshake and sympathetic conversation.
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Edgar A Guest The Poet of the People
The verse discusses Christmas gift choices for a wife and the contrast with a man’s simple desires. It explores how a wife frets over gifts like shirts gloves and ties while he already has much, pondering what would truly please him this season.
Town honors stonecutter for carving memory
Hastings Minnesota honored Mathias Karpen a 62 year old stonecutter as eminent citizen of the year for giving his leisure time to carve 846 names into a marble war memorial. He opposed a wood and paint memorial saying marble will last as long as the town.
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Mathias Karpen
Executor notice for Elizabeth Knight estate in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on the fourth day of a month the undersigned has been appointed and named Executor of Elizabeth Knight, late of Linn County Iowa. All persons indebted are required to pay the amount due to the undersigned at the Clerk of Linn County Court. Lon E. Lewis, Executor. C. W. Lawrence, attorney.
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