Nostalgic Linn County Atlas Maps Old Roads and Settlements
Gladys Shelley recalls Linn County township maps from 1938 to 1941 showing roads mills fords post offices and early settlements. It traces name changes for Yankee Grove Lisbon Manhattan Coggan Centre Point Ashe's Grove Mt. Vernon and notes the atlas derives from auditor road records and supervisors proceedings.
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Old Linn County
Rip van Winkle
Yankee Grove
Manhattan
McGonigle
Linn County
Lisbon
Coggan
Bruce’s Mill
Nugent’s
Linn
H. Raymond Koob
San Diego
Calif
Behrens
Harry A. Gillette
Iowa
Covington
St. Mary’s
Mt. Vernon
Ivanhoe
Wolfe's Ferry
Lafayette
Westport
Newark
Bertram
Wapsle
Central City
Flemingville
Franklinville
Alburnett
Prairie Bird
Prairieburg
West Prairie
Spring Grove
Gillette
William H. Behrens
Romantic History of the County and Landmark Atlas Project
The passage recalls Standing Rock near Mt. Vernon once marking a Black Hawk treaty boundary from 1832 and Eve's Breast near Central City as an early landmark. It notes an unfinished atlas begun as a WPA project, offering sidelights on Iowa's historical development.
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Standing Rock
Mt. Vernon
Central City
Iowa
Women War Bond Workers to Meet Wednesday Noon
Linn county women involved in the state war bond and stamp sales organization are invited to a Wednesday noon luncheon and 1 30 p m meeting at the Crystal room Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Robert T Lubbock county chairwoman will review last year’s educational program and outline upcoming work. Reservations to Mrs. Lubbock or Mrs Edward Sheehy Jr. Junior League handles registration.
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Linn County
State War Bond and Stamp Sales Organization
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Robert T. Lubbock
Lubbock
Edward Sheehy, Jr
Cedar Rapids Area
Andrew Peterson
Howard Henderson
Mary Ann Warren
U.S. N.R
W. R. Armstrong
Charles Gunn
M. R. Nassif
W. F. Hruska
Alden Griffin
J. W. Ballard
B. T. Perrine
Edward N. Breen
Soviet Charge of Nazi Atrocities in Russian Inquiry Indictment
A Russian inquiry commission accuses German troops of mass poisonings executions and torture in Kursk and Kharkov regions before the Red spring offensive. Eyewitness testimony supports the charges as reconstruction and repopulation efforts proceed in reconquered areas including Stalingrad and Voronezh districts.
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Moscow
Kursk
Kharkov
Tass
Stalingrad
Volga
Voronezh
German Atrocities Reported in Kursk and Kharkov Areas
A 2000 word commission report charges German forces poisoned 1000 psychiatric patients at Sapo govo Kursk, with victims forced to swallow poison and buried in trenches. In Kupyansk Kharkov they found eight pits with 248 tortured and shot bodies, some bound with iron wire and buried alive.
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Tass
Commission
Sapogovo
Kursk
Kupyansk
Kharkov
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gladys Shelley
Iowa Territory
Iowa City
Dubuque
Prairie du Chien
Marengo
Cascade
Blue Banks
Marion
Rome
Wapsipinicon
McCloud’s Mill
NIKE
Pittsburgh
C. V. Shepherd Agency
Dows
Robert O. Bickel
C.L.A. Welcom
W. Beams
John B. Heidel
Fred Wodrich
National Life Insurance Co
Montpelier
Vermont
Penney's
Men's Dept
Thayer
Smulekoff’s
Kroehler
Davenport
Smulekoff
Ave
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