Oxford rural letter carrier marks 40 years of service
George A. Saxton, a lifelong Oxford resident, retires March 1 after 40 years delivering mail on a 44 mile route that keeps him within nine miles of the post office. He traveled over 390000 miles by horse, sleigh, motorcycle, and car, recalls winters of 1928 29 with 89 straight days of sleigh work and ice blinded horses, and notes changes from fence cutting to a policy of mail first.
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Johnson County
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Saxton
U.S. Post Office Department
Post Office Department
Ray Harper
Ray
Jim
Post Office
North Liberty
Lizzie
Ford
George W. Lies
J. W. Floerchinger
Joe Crissinger
D. E. Worthman
J. G. Floerchinger
Noted Churchman Chalmers to Speak at Cornell Chapel
Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, Yale Divinity School graduate and longtime church leader, will deliver daily chapel talks during Religion in Life week at Cornell college Mt. Vernon from Sunday to Thursday in February 1923.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Allan Knight Chalmers
Boston University School of Theology
Robert W. Smith
Chalmers
Jean Listebarger
Fairfax
Beverly Betts
Strawberry Point
Stanley Grant
Dr. Chalmers
Cleveland
U. S. Army
Yale Divinity School
New Haven
Conn
Buffalo
N. Y
Broadway Tabernacle Church
New York City
Boston
Syracuse University
Springfield College
University of Vermont
New York
Riverside Church
Broadway Tabernacle
Vocational Training Expands in Iowa High Schools
About 30 percent of Iowa high schools now offer vocational training. 253 of 861 schools have such programs this year, up from 239 in 1948 49. Growth mainly comes from added agriculture plus other upgrades funded by federal money and local supplements. state aporte ends at administration and supervision.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Earl R. Cope
State Department of Public Instruction
Cope
Governor Determines Travel Mode for Prisoner Transfers
Iowa Attorney General rules the governor controls how prisoners are transported in extradi tion cases. The opinion clarifies the governor can dictate execution if requisition is granted. Beardsley reportedly limited mileage allowances amid rising transport claims since 1949 amendments.
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Des Moines
INS
Robert L. Larson
Larson
William S. Beardsley
Missionary DeShazer Seeks Eternal Life For Japan
Jacob DeShazer, once a Doolittle raider, now a Christian missionary in Japan, claims about 30 000 converts from 120 000 attendees across 420 services in 1949. He vows to remain in Japan for life, preaching brotherhood and challenging prewar Japanese beliefs while noting ongoing Christian upswing under occupation data.
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Tokxo
Doolittle
Jacob DeShazer
DeShazer
Japan
United States
Seattle Pacific College
Tokyo
Free Methodist Missionary Board
Winona Lake
Ind
Brotherhood of Man
Iowa farmers study world food problems in Washington
Iowa delegates to a 10 day Quaker seminar on world food problems press learning over assauage. They aim to study U S world food needs with officials from government and farm groups while stressing no handouts or single interests. The group remains off the press and intends a grass roots approach.
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Joe Mooney
Gazette
Washington
Ashington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Charles Brannan
Iowa
E. Raymond Wilson
Morning Sun
Friends Committee On
American Friends Service Committee
Tall Corn State
Raymond Wilson
J. Ralph Wilson
Eves Cadwallader
Oskaloosa
Dairyman
Farm Bureau
Polk County Farm Bureau
Sai’ Wilson
FAO
Farm Organization
Boundaries of U S Public Lands Based on Star Observations
A historical note explains that the delineation of American public land borders relied on celestial navigation and star observations to establish territorial extents. The method linked navigators to precise locations using the night sky.
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U. S. Public Lands
New Hearing Device Lets Deaf Listen Without Ear Button
Chicago company Beltone introduces an almost invisible device Phantomold and Beltone that frees users from a visible ear receiver. They offer a free brochure and home trials with no risk, urging readers to write for details.
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Chicago
Ill
Phantomold
Beltone
Dept
19Th St
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