Tama County Heritage Exhibit Shines at Toledo Courthouse
The Tama County Historical Society showcases 19 cases with 10 000 items at the Toledo courthouse. Artifacts include Mesquakie war clubs ox yokes Civil War and World War II uniforms flags and a surveyor's compass. Mrs W G MacMartin organized the society in 1942 and leads ongoing loans and a 200 page scrapbook.
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Tama County
Toledo
Thomas B. Wood
W. G. MacMartin
Tama
Tama-Toledo
D.A.R
Bill Leaf
George Youngbear
Gordon Cory
University of Iowa shows fall enrollment at 10 550
The University of Iowa reports a fall preliminary enrollment of 10 550, a new record, with 7 779 men and 2 771 women on campus. Veterans total 4 937, down 564, though processing may raise this figure. Graduate students total 1 671, Liberal Arts leads with 5 955 plus 150 possible last minute registrations.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil Hanchey
Wom
Hancher
College of Liberal Arts
Medical School
College of Dentistry
College of Commerce
College of Engineering
Law College
School of Nursing
College of Pharmacy
Famed West Bend Priest To Note 50th Anniversary
The Rev. P. M. Dobberstein, famed for the Grotto of the Redemption, will mark 50 years as parish priest in West Bend on October 12. The grotto, begun in 1912 and built with help from Mathew P. Szerenscse, features stones and relics from around the world and depicts Christ's redemption. Plans for 1952 include completing nine life scenes, adding gold domes, and a soldiers memorial fountain with a 26 foot obelisk.
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West Bend
P. M. Dobberstein
Father Dobberstein
Mathew P. Szerenscse
Father Dobberstein H
Jesus
Germany
Grotto of the Redemption Built With Stones From Many Lands
Sionaries and friends of the Priest in various countries contributed stones for the grotto. A Brazilian jeweler sent an uncut blue amethyst valued at over $5,000 and weighing more than 300 pounds. Father Dobberstein praises the grotto as an imperishable monument and a silent sermon of Christian truth.
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Dobberstein
Election of Allamakee Educational Council Officers
Paul Reher of Lansing elected president of the Allamakee county Educational Council. Curtis Webster of Waukon becomes vice president. John Spoelstra of Lansing is secretary and Emil Miersen of Waukon serves as treasurer.
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Waukon
Paul Reher
Lansing
Allamakee County Educational Council
Curtis Webster
John Spoelstra
Emil Miersen
Unclear Fragment Affects Oklahoma Town News
The readable text fragments mention an Oklahoma town, a distance or lane reference, and scattered terms like chariot and harvest. Missing context prevents a clear event, person, or organization identification. Further readable content is needed for a precise summary and proper 2-line record.
Toddville Opens Own Post Office Building and Returns to Service
Toddville’s fourth class post office moves from Wilson’s general store to a new 14 by 20 foot concrete block building on Oct 1 with Ivan Oliphant as postmaster. The facility features a sorting room, lobby, and 40 to 50 postal boxes, while Oliphant plans a barber chair addition and his wife assists. Oliphant, a 90th Division veteran, helped organize Toddville’s first American Legion post in 1945.
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Don Padilla
Ddville
Toddville
Ivan Oliphant
Oliphant
Grace Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids
Wilson's General Store
Linn County
Frank Roy
John Cumberland
Stick's Grocery
Mrs. Oliphant
Postal Service
Wilson's
Gazette
W. C. Wilson
Beulah Wilson
Des Moines man tops six thousand eggs in fair guess
At the Iowa state fair a basket egg guessing contest crowned James McClelland of Des Moines as winner after his 843 guess beat 6,000 entrants. Final count showed 844 eggs in the basket.
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Ames
Howard Bayles
Iowa State College
James McClelland
Des Moines
McClelland
Davenport Woman Loses Suit To Evict Her Son
District Judge W A Newport ruled against Mrs Estella Quinn 75 in a suit to evict her son Francis from a Davenport area farm near Donahue. The judge found that a disagreement over sharing a portion of the farm's corn crop income does not prove rental delinquency.
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Davenport
W. A. Newport
Estella Quinn
Francis
Donahue
Manchester Pair Donates Land for City Swimming Pool
Manchester residents Will and Mrs. Condon offer four acres south of the fairgrounds for a municipal pool. The city would use existing funds and future contributions to build and ready the pool in 1949, with a 90 day acceptance window. City Manager Hoag will survey sewer extensions estimated at about 10 900 dollars.
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Manchester
Will H. Condon
Fairgrounds
City
Francis Hoag
Hoag
Marengo Hosts Atomic Energy Lectures Series
The Marengo evening school offers an atomic energy lecture course with topics on Modern Medicine and Biology October 18 and later sessions. Prof Arthur Roberts speaks October 25 on The Secret of the Atomic Bomb and November 1 on Modern Warfare. A final November 8 lecture aims to include a U S Atomic Energy Commission member.
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Marengo
Thial
Arthur Roberts
Roberts
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Bellamy
University of Iowa
Shel Brook River Basin Improvement Association Forms
The Shelbrock River Basin Improvement Association in Greene Iowa aims for 25 000 members to support conservation flood and pollution control and recreation in the Shellrock river basin. Robert Fisher of Greene elected permanent chairman with directors from 26 municipalities.
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Greene
Shelbrock River Basin
Farm Fatalities Rise as Home Deaths Lead
A report shows more farm residents are accidentally killed in their homes than in any other location, highlighting household hazards on rural properties and the need for safety measures.
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Fred Guy
Tama Grocer
Paris
Czechoslovakia
Nellie Gebers
Lincoln
Les Pushetonequa
Don Malin
Tama Jim” Wilson
Tama Jim
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
the Historical Society
S.U
Christ
Gazette-Reynolds
Central City
City Sales Company
Oklahoma
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Tuey
Dale Gand
Gibson
Deepwell Kockall
Cartwright
Third Avenue
River Basin Association
Bob Smythe
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Woerderhoff
Loafer Sox
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