Beaver Beavers Cut Logs Near Prairie du Chien Bridge
Travelers over the Marquette Prairie du Chien bridge can watch a beaver colony at a slough north of the dirt dike between the spans. The beavers have felled several trees, some daytime activity noted, with a 15 inch diameter elm shown. Officials warn beaver trapping will open later this winter but dates are not set.
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Mississippi River
Marquette
Prairie du Chien
Florence Clark
Gazette
McGregor
Marquette- Prairie du Chien
Veral
Harold H. Burgess
Guttenberg
Lynxville
Wis
Burgess
Books by Katharine Ellis Barrett Enrich Iowa Authors Collection
Fifteen out of print works by Katharine Ruth Ellis Barrett, a Charles City native, were added to the University of Iowa Libraries Iowa authors collection. gifts include two volumes edited with her husband Robert LeMoyne Barrett, covering travel, poetry, and local history of Cedar River area.
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Iowa City
Charles City
Iowa Authors
University of Iowa
Katharine Ellis Barrett
Sui
Pasadena
The
University
Robert LeMoyne Barrett
Grace Wormer
Katharine Ruth Ellis
Iona Ba
Cedar River
Barretts
Patagonia
SUI Iowa Authors
Vassar College l
Wisconsin Library School
Iowa Bar Association To Conduct Tax School
The fourteenth annual tax school of the Iowa State Bar Association will be held in Des Moines from December 25, drawing about 900 Iowa attorneys. Walter R. Brown of Des Moines, chairman of the taxation committee, says the event expands to 40 speakers over four days with IRS and Iowa State Tax Commission officials honored at the opening. Clinic sessions run until noon December 5, with a banquet planned.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa State Bar Association
Iowa
Walter R. Brown
Association
Internal Revenue Service
Iowa State Tax Commission
Iowa To Pay Bonuses To Servicemen's Kin
Des Moines state official announces $500 bonuses for relatives of 26 WWII servicemen killed in action. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling granting payments to guardians of abandoned children who died in the war. The decision cited a Sioux City case where an uncle reared the boy since age seven and thereby qualified for the bonus.
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Des Moines
INS
Chet B. Akers
Supreme Court
Akers
Sioux City
Anzio
Italy
State Bonus Board
St Joseph Gough Strup For Ghilorer Cures Coughs
A fragment suggests a product called St Joseph Gough Strup designed to ease bronchial irritation from colds. The note frames it as a remedy for children, with a printer’s odd wording indicating a cough relief claim.
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ST. Joseph Gough Strup
Ghilorer
Mason City Jury Awards $400 in Civil Rights Suit
A federal jury in Mason City awarded Mrs. John Amos $400 against Prom Inc. operator of the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake for denying her admission because she was a Negro on December 18, 1951. The judge ruled ballrooms fall under Iowa civil rights law and the company may move for a new trial within 10 days.
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Mason City
Ohn Amos
Clear Lake
Henry N. Graylon
Amos
Prom, Inc
Chicago
Kenneth M. Moore
Carroll Anderson
State contracts awarded for Ames area highway upgrades
Contracts totaling 619 065 dollars fund three projects to relocate U S highways 6 and 63 east of Grinnell in Poweshiek county. R B Burch Inc Cedar Rapids lands the largest 286 588 dollar grading job, with Olson Construction Waterloo 201 210 dollars culverts, A P Munson Marion 103 512 dollars, Easton Ames 27 754 dollars. A 363 505 dollar second package covers 7 114 miles of work in Grundy and Butler counties on Iowa 14 paving from Grundy Center to U S 20, with Booth and Olson Sioux City to start spring 1954 and finish by August 1954, financed by a new one cent gas tax for primary roads.
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AMES
INS
U. S
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
State Highway Commission
R. B. Burch, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Olson Construction Company
Waterloo
A. P. Munson Construction Company
Marion
Easton Construction Com
Grundy
Butler
Grundy Center
U.S. 20
Booth and Olson, Inc
Sioux City
Iowa
County Officials to Convene Monday on Sex Crimes and Drunk Driving
Iowa sheriffs and county attorneys begin a three day joint convention Monday to study sex crime investigation methods and courtroom behavior. Alan Canty of Detroit will discuss abnormal perception. Sheriffs Hodgson and Lucas will show drunk driver film methods. Judge Moore will preside with state officials also on the program.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Alan Canty
Psychopathic Clinic
Recorder’s Court
Detroit
Paul Hodgson
Hardin County
Harry Lucas
Taylor County
Polk County
C. Edwin Moore
Polk County Attorney's Office
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Leo Hoegh
Istate Civil Defense
C. E. Fowler
Pearl W. McMurry
William Williams
Omaha
Nebraska
FBI
Notice of Estate Executor Appointment in Linn County
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed on this 34th day of April as Executor of the estate of Linn County. All persons indebted to the estate should contact Linanty, O'Reiley & O'Reiley, Attorneys.
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Upper Mississippi
Astor
Wee Tee
Lows Linn
Tate
Linn Couny
Linanty
November note hints at aleatory names and dates
Fragmentary OCR hints at names and dates related to November. The text mentions Maccarone and Reeodrateis with unclear roles and a general time reference to November, but lacks a coherent event, action, or outcome to report.
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Eo. Ieee
Draft Registrants In Iowa Reminded To List Changes
Iowa selective service headquarters reminds registrants to inform local boards of changes in address employment or family status that could affect classification. Boards reclassify for service if changes are not reported. deferments are time limited and classifications reviewed periodically. Ralph Lancaster stresses registrants must report births deaths moves or any change impacting their class.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
Ralph Lancaster
White Baby Abandoned in Korea Finds Iowa Home
George Ascom, a blue eyed blond infant found in a Korean factory district, was adopted by Lt. Edward Riley and will travel from Yokosuka to the United States next month. He will grow up in Iowa, while the origin mystery of the white baby remains unsolved.
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Korea
Iowa
Seoul
George Ascom
Inchon
Sisters of the
Star of the Sea
Ascom
Riley
Japan
Point Cruz
Yokosuka
Fathr Riley
United States
George
Unemployment Plan Aired For Quad-City Area
Davenport reports officials from federal and state levels met with CIO representatives to map a plan against industrial unemployment in the Quad-City area. Col. Walter Warener of Rock Island Arsenal led the proposal to expand operations to employ thousands of farm input workers, contingent on defense contracts. Rep. Robert Chipperfield says he will work with Senators Dirksen and Douglas to secure more defense work for the region. Illinois State Labor Director
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Davenport
INS
Everett Dirksen
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Cummins Promised Help With Unemployment Claims
Cummins pledged assistance to process more than 7,100 unemployment compensation claims filed in the Quad City area. The promise follows a surge in pending cases and aims to speed benefit distribution for affected workers across the region.
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Oy Cummins
Quad-City
Movie Shown at Trial In Des Moines Court
A Des Moines district court transformed into a screening room as a $50,000 damage suit trial opened. Montes L. Hockett sues George Sansone over a car crash claimed to have caused permanent injuries to Mrs. Hockett. A 24 minute film introduced by Sansone’s representatives aimed to show her movements were unimpaired. Judge C Edwards Moore noted it was his first time admitting such evidence.
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Des Moines
INS
Montes L. Hockett
George Sansone
Cancer Society To Continue Its Nurse Campaign
The American Cancer Society Iowa division will renew its nurses scholarship program in 1954. President Frank B. McTigue of Fort Dodge said 50 scholarships will be available for Iowa young women, marking six years of operation. Iowa leads in nurse training with 136 nurses at 23 schools. Scholarships cover tuition, fees, books, and uniforms for three years. applications close in April 1954.
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Fort Dodge
American Cancer Society
Iowa
Frank B. McTigue
McTigue
Clean Plates on Dirty Car Put Two in Jail
Iowa City two men James I R Wright of Peoria and Er ie L Durrance of Fort end Fla were jailed after a traffic stop where the dirty car contrasted with clean plates. A check-protector machine was found and they admitted forging checks for 1500 dollars in Monroe Louisiana. They were charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper registration.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
James IR. Wright
Peoria
Erie L. Durrance
Fort End
Fla
Iowa Highway
R. J. Reddick
Monroe
Iowa City Firm Low Bidder on Repairs at SUI
Burger Construction Company of Iowa City offered the lowest bid of 44 500 to seal the fire damaged chemistry building at the University of Iowa. Six bids were opened by George Horner in Old Capitol with state approval pending. Other bids ranged from 48 500 to 59 275. Weather will affect roof work duration. later stages include rebuilding about 20 classrooms and offices.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Burger Construction Company
Old Capitol
George Horner
State Board of Education
Horner
R. H
Wildman
Connor Brothers
Sigourney
Jensen
Albert Lea
Minn
Weitz
Des Moines
McCreedy
Iowa’ City
Notice of Will Hearing in Cedar Rapids Iowa Probate Court
A notice states that on November 20 1953 at 9 00 am a hearing will be held in Cedar Rapids Iowa for probate of a will. The Gray Attorneys firm is listed as counsel for the involved party and the matter is before the probate district court.
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Igreogame
Said
Cedar Ra Lowa
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Gray
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Travel Books
Iowa Bar Association
Higley
St. Joseph
Gett. Joseph
C.R. and Marion
O'Rieley & O'Rieley. Attorneys
OAL
J.g. Edward O. Riley
Dubuque, II
Father Riley
Star of the Sea Orphanage
Cancer Society
Desoto
de Soto
America
Swab Motor Company
Second Avenue
Plymouth Dealers
NBC
CBS
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