An Iowa Pioneer Remembers Early Edits and Homesteading
Carl Griffin of Winthrop who is 89 recalls leaving Masonville in 1908 to homestead in South Dakota and Alberta, Canada. He profiled hardships, railway changes, and towns like Coytown and Masonville, preserving memories in a scrapbook while noting progress and travel by airplane.
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Winthrop
Carl Griffin
Carl
Masonville
South Dakota
Alberta
Canada
Elsie
Carr
Griffins
Java
Coytown
Cana
Erin
Mudville
Cratinville
Sunny Side
Vista
Focal
F.S. Griffin
Maroney Kelly
Ap Hogan
Wm. Blake
Magatyville Enterprise
Oscar Wallman
DAR
Herald
Frank
California
Eleanor Drs. Herbert Hand
Independence
Monona man crafts weather vanes from broom and mop handles
Norward Kluss, a retired Monona Maytag dealer, collects discarded broom and mop handles to fashion ornamental duck weather vanes. Since starting four years ago, he has sold over 200 pieces shipped nationwide from Tennessee to California. Each vane features a balanced wind-driven design with pine bodies, tempered masonite wings, and colorful hand-painted details.
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Monona
Lona
Noward Kluss
Kluss
California
Helaibor
U.S
Tennessee
Missinnippi
Colorado
Idaho
Minnesota
Michipas
Klaus
Klaas
Iran
Klass
Rhiss
Dear Abby: Counseling changed marriage and renewed happiness
Dear Abby answers a reader who found relief through individual counseling after a spouse refused joint sessions. She credits psychiatry and assertiveness training with transforming her self view and family reactions, noting both partners feel happier now. The letter echoes a plea for affordable mental health care and urges others to seek help when facing marital strain.
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Alligall Veo Buren
Abby
Anit
Safe Camping Tips From Government Guide
Practical safety advice for campers and hikers from a pocket guide by the U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Tips cover planning, signaling, first aid, and building rescue signals while noting a published index of federal consumer publications.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Consumer Information Center
Dept
Pueblo
Colo
Consumer Information Index
Constustier Information Center
General Services Administration
Weleing Consumer Information Center
Puebln
Gnio
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Garote
Howard Kluss
Iowa
Esther Brockling
Trehide
Main Street
Sioux City
Chicago
Maxing Dellarmo
Thy Nulla Coullage
Angeles
Marshfield
Dean Abby
Phi
Luie
Gazette
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