Uninvited guest column slips into headlines in Iowa
A rambling Iowa column mocks colleagues and shares odd local anecdotes from Oelwein to Davenport. It notes a nude painting dispute, an upside down venetian blind prank, a 20 foot pylon farm model in Davenport, and other humorous vignettes including Bermuda shorts lore and tinted windshields.
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the Gazette
Martin
Davenport
Chris Kroening
Telegraph Road
Durant
Chris
Forty-Year-Old New Comfort Talking Machine Found in Lisbon
Richard Radl of Lisbon preserves a spring-wound Cedar Rapids New Comfort Talking Machine from ca 1914 15 in his Illini Molded Plastics shop. He praises its advanced design sturdy construction and refined cabinet features including a felt spring-record rack to prevent scratching.
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Jazette
John Reynolds
America
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Richard Radl
Radl
Illini Molded Plastics Company
New Comfort Talking Machine
New Comfort Talking Machine Company
Iowa
Chicago
Fayette Man Spent 70 Years in Iowa Banking History
Fayette’s C R Carpenter, longtime president of the State Bank of Fayette, recounts seven decades in Iowa banking from private beginnings to FDIC era. Born 1866, he joined Fayette in 1887 as sole employee, later guiding the bank through a 1920 incorporation, depression eras, and modern lending practices. Carpenter, turning ninety, remains active in banking and insurance, with FDIC membership noted and a family tied to public instruction.
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Fayette
Iowa
Hawkeye
C. R. Carpenter
State Bank of
Carpenter
Buchanan County
Buffalo Grove
Arlington
Brush Creek
Arlington Bank
West Union
W. A. Hoyt
M. Y. Baker
T. A. Duncan
Mr. Carpenter
West Union Club
Larsen Elected President of United Evangelical Lutherans
Cedar Falls AP The Rev William Larsen longtime director of the Lutheran Students Foundation at the University of Minnesota since 1947 was elected president of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church at the national convention Larsen won on the sixth ballot for a three year term succeeding Dr Hans C Jersild of Blair Nebraska who headed the church for six years The convention also decided to meet next year in Racine Wisconsin and adopted a budget of 339317 for the next fiscal year an increase of about 72000 mainly for a Dana College Blair Nebraska building program and college support
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William Larsen
Lutheran Students Foundation
University of Minnesota
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Larsen
Hans C., Jersild
Blair
Neb
Racine
Wis
Dana College
Reminder of Grim Era Stands at Solon Camp Remnants
In Solon at the corner of Iowa and Rock streets the remains of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, once home to 250 men who built Lake Macbride, linger from the 1930s. The camp opened in 1934 and operated four to five years, leaving several buildings moved or repurposed with many structures in disrepair.
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Solon
Iowa and
Rock Streets
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Iowa Lakes
Myron Ellison
O. L. Ellison
Mary K. Ellison
Mt. Vernon
Ellison
Stinacher Post No. 460
American Legion
Marion
Gazette
John Reynolds
Lake Macbride
Signs of CCC camp linger in ruined structures
The derelict camp shows marks of animal use rather than human activity. A sign notes it was built for occupancy by 34 men, and another reads kitchen. The chimney for cooking ranges is gone while a corner sign boasts days without an accident, implying injury took no note in the tally.
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CCC
Larsen Considered for Church Headquarters Move
Larsen a Dana college and Trinity seminary graduate who did graduate work at Boston University and Harvard before joining the University of Minnesota as a post holder, is a naval reserve commander with World War II Pacific service. He studied at Blair and Dana and Trinity connected institutions.
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Larsen
Blair
Dana College
Trinity Seminary
Boston University
Harvard
University of Minnesota
Naval Reserve
Iowa VFW backs National Teachers Day proposal plan
Iowa VFW leaders urged Congress to establish National Teachers Day to honor teachers and their service to American youth. The group also pressed for adequate teacher pay and funds for new schools, and called for each post to appoint an educational officer to work with schools.
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Iowa Soldiers
Marshalltown
VFW
Wesleyan Student Named Pastor at Lone Tree Church
Jerry Brown of Wesleyan college Mt. Pleasant is named pastor of the Lone Tree Methodist church succeeding the Rev Finley who moves to Missouri.
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Lone Tree
Jerry Brown
Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church
Finley
Missouri
Mental Health Study Started in Iowa with Hearings
A Des Moines report says a state mental health study is under way with a professional survey and hearings planned across Des Moines Atlantic Spencer Oelwein and Iowa City the week of September 10 to 14. Dr Daniel Blain says staff will gather data through the summer and report to Governor Hoegh by December 1. The American Psychiatric Association will fund a 17000 dollar survey of Iowa mental health needs and facilities while state hospitals will be inspected.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Daniel Blain
Iowa Association For Mental Health
Atlantic
Spencer
Oelwein
Iowa City
Leo A. Hoegh
American Psychiatric Association
Middle East origins of Judaism Christianity and Islam
Judaism Christianity and Islam all trace their roots to the Middle East with shared landmarks and historical developments. The statement highlights a regional genesis for these Abrahamic faiths and their emergence amid ancient Near Eastern cultures and civilizations.
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Isia
The
Middle East
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