No trains to catch for WW II rail builders
Delhi and Dyersville hosted 30 to 35 surviving members of Company A 728th Railway Operating Battalion for a three day reunion. Veterans recalled rebuilding bombed yards and bridges in France and Germany while learning their trade under U S railroads and Santa Fe training. Jack Wadsworth of Waukon served as photographer and spoke of the unit’s WW II service and postwar reflections on railroads.
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Delhi
Dyersville
Company A
728Th
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Marian Overman
Colonial
Overman
Lake
Eri’s
Europe
France
U.S
L&n Railroad
Santa Fe Railroad
Clovis
N.M
Fort Snelling
Minn
Boston
England
Germany
Jack Wadsworth
Waukon
Jack
London
Bavaria
Wadsworth
Amana Colonies’ early beer brewing history
Ted Heinze recounts Amana Colonies four historic breweries in Upper Middle Amana Homestead and South Amana. From New Ebenezer in New York to Iowa in the 1850s, corn-adjunct beers aided nourishment. Breweries produced about 62,000 gallons annually, peaking during intense colony construction and religious leadership. The Amana brewery at Amana village was famed for its hillside cellar setup and internal piping.
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Amana
Upper
Middle
Lower
New Ebenezer
New York State
Buffalo
Germany
Iowa
Ebenezer
Colonies
Middle Amana
Homestead
South Amana
U.S
U.S. Brewers Association
Encyclopedia Brittanica
Iowa River
Amanas
Paul
Emma Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Gemeinde Brau
Colonie Brau
Concerts in the Park begin July at Hoover site
West Branch Chamber of Commerce and National Park Service host six free concerts on Thursday nights starting July 16 at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site bandstand Parkside and Main. Rain venue is West Branch Town Hall. Performers include West Branch Community Band Sweet Adelines Chorus Charles Gavin brass quintet a surprise act Ed Sarath jazz quartet and West Branch Minstrels with 7 p.m. start.
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West Branch
West Branch Community Band
Sweet Adelines Chorus
Charles Gavin
Ed Sarath
West Branch Minstrels
Coffee consumption ranks Finland highest per capita
Coffee drinkers in Finland top the world with about five cups a day per person, while the United States buys more coffee than any country, purchasing around 1.2 million tons in 1979 despite averaging under half the Finnish per person consumption.
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Finland
United States
New 1933 Code Sets 40 Cents Hour Minimum Wage
In 1933 a new industrial code established a federal minimum wage of 40 cents an hour across the United States, marking a key step in wage regulation during the New Deal era.
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United States
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University of Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Savanna
Ill
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Draft Board
Selective Service Office
State Highway Department
Welfare Department
Iowa Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Wenatchee
Wash
Art Hough
Free Lance
Ted Heinze
ATC
TAL Air Ning Service
Auto & Truck Center
TSC
Hollywood
Kirkwood
Gilbert
Iowa City
Ames
Des Moines
Rusco
Renmiger
Cedar Rapids’ Quality Home Improvement Company
Hise
33Rd Avenue
Cedar Rapids
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