Democrats Embrace Conservatism in 1952 Campaign Song
The Christian Science Monitor notes Democrats frame the 1952 race as defenders of the status quo. The keynote, platform, and speeches stress preserving gains in social security, housing, education, health, and public works while warning against Republican cuts. The campaign centers on economic security and resisting change.
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Dever
Asia
Europe
Samuel Lubell
Chicago
Christian Science Monitor
Alden News in Brief and Local Updates
Yesterday Charley Newcomer nearly drowned in the Iowa River at Alden but was saved by timely help. Work begins on the C. I. & D. depot brickwork. A new Central Iowa railway survey near Steamboat Rock proposes an eastward route via Elk Creek to shorten the line. Eldora people travel to Clear Lake with a B. C. R. & N. excursion. An iron column at a new bank building fell injuring Fred Brown. Cass Holmes breaks his thigh at Union mill. Dr Stopes settles in Union. Sewage survey urged and approved. Various civic notices include street crossings, school events, and county missions. 25 years ago notes cover wells, remodeling, trips, Boy Scouts, Masons, and Alden council projects. A planned bridge over the Iowa River and a city hall contract are noted amid broader town events.
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Charley Newcomer
Iowa
Alden
Central Iowa Railway
Steamboat Rock
Fair Ground
Elk Creek
Eldora
Clear Lake
Falls
Bank
Fred Brown
Brown
George Moran
Cass Holmes
Union
Dr. Stopes
Rush College
Des Moines Diary: Dome Dream and Market Visit
Mrs Katharine Piper recalls forty years in Des Moines from cloud rooms to Hy mans books, art center to capitol dome. She enjoys a new food market with a long meat case and belt out to cars, wonders about sour cream, and muses on appetite, polish, and local life with weekend topics and casual remarks.
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Cloud Room
Art Center
Hyman
Capitol City
Des Moines
Capitol Dome
Capitol
Shrimp Purchase Sparks Household Debate on Budget Priorities
A reader recalls the family penny-pinching choices from shrimp for cat fish to feed the pets. The narrator notes shrimp as a luxury, contrasting it with meat for dogs eggs baby food and rabbit pellets, and questions the prioritization of pet food over household needs.
Union social notes from Union and surrounding towns
Union residents host guests and attend gatherings across Union, Conrad, Eldora, and Marshalltown. Families visiting include Grellet Dilion, Mabel Young, George Bammsterboer, and the Ukridge family. Local events cover cemetery group elections, church services, reunions, and harvest checks with multiple households mentioned.
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Mabel Young
Waukegan
Ill
Wil) Young
Geo. Bammsterboer
Gurnee
Billy
Linda Young
Paul Walter
Grace Lawin
Minnie Hussey
Walter
John Brindle
Conrad
Henry Akridge
Monte
Edmond
Oklo
Levica Dillon
Maynard Cobb
Ukridge
Grellet Dillon
Akridge
Grellet Piles
Quincy Dilon
Miller Cemetery Association
Henry Williams
Secy
Treas
Earl Holder
Jessie Caster
Marshalltown
Union Friends
Wooten
Eldora From
Union
Lucinda Reece
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Melbourne
Pfe
Charles Collin
Forest
Marietta
Emil Landt
Dale Landt
Louise Land
Arlene Weatcott
Reinbeck
Tare
Maple Hill Cemetery
O. J. Schmidt
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
James R. Speas
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Speas
Floyd Speas
Aid Society
Christian Church
Irma Dighten
Dottie Drury
Glen Lawing
R. V. Hilsabeck
Richard May
Mary Lee
Shelby
John Maland
Pamela
San Francisco
Leslie Craven
Grundy Center
Lloyd Hilsabeck
J. H. May
Liscomb
Kefauver Should Have Won Democratic Nomination
Grundy Register argues Kefauver led in primaries and polls, criticizes Chicago convention for nominating Stevenson who campaigned against and assumes labor bosses dictated the result. It asserts corruption as a fall agenda and calls for reform of how presidents are chosen. It notes Kefauver’s record in crime probe, loyalty to labor, and public trust.
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Chicago
Gov
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Stevenson
Florida
District of Columbia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
New Hampshire
Kefauver
Congress
Labor
Democratic Party
Dwight Eisenhower
Grundy Register
Grundy Center
Providence Notes on Local Family News and Moves
Mr and Mrs Wilmer Cook returned home after a weekend at Bensenville Festival and visits in Chicago. Mrs Cook formerly supervised preschoolers at Evan gelical Home in Bensenville. Mrs Anna Meyers is convalescing at the Cook home after hospital withdrawal. Mr and Mrs Harl Clemons plan to move back to the farm and have rented their town residence to Clifford Lindaman, who will relocate from Cedar Falls with his family for school opening.
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Wilmer Cook
Bensenville
I.L
Harl Clemons
Clifford Lindaman
Cliff's Market
Lindaman
Cedar Falls
Property transfers list Iowa Falls and Ackley deeds
A sequence of land transfer entries from Iowa Falls and surrounding areas dated 1942 to 1962. The records cover deed actions among numerous individuals and firms including Marie McEwan, Hensing, Long, Walter Mannetter, Adele Weber, A K Henning, Brown, Engel, Linders Plat, R A Peterson, Fred Mues Sigmann, Bergeson, Loveless, McCarthy, and Gilman’s additions. Locations include Washington Heights Addition, Woods Addition, Union, Ackley, Bliss Riverside Park, and various townships with sections 26 35 36 87. Entries specify lot and block numbers, tracts, and dates of transfer.
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Walter Mannetter
Alfred Mannetter
Land
Adele Weber
Rev
A. K
Poultry House Clean Up Advice from Iowa State Expert
L Z Eggleton extension poultryman at Iowa State College urges cleaning the poultry house while empty before pallets on range are moved in. He emphasizes orderly preparation to ensure smooth transition and hygiene for incoming stock.
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L. Z. Eggleton
Iowa State College
City Council Proceedings July 7 1952 Meeting Notes
Regular meeting led by Mayor Nyquist. minutes approved and reports filed. Treasurer, hospital, street, and public safety items reviewed. numerous warrants authorized. Building permits granted for Theo Swasand lot and J B Smith garage. Myera addition approved. 1968 budget slated for July 11 1962. meeting adjourned to July 23, 1952.
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Nyquist
Brown
Yatfee
Gray
Schlampp
Civuier
Chries Pepat
Bation
Awe
Westinghouse Jupmor
Boeont Senvion Hardin Co
Bendcroft
Theo
Swasand
Pierce Place
Ae Y
J. B. Smith
Donald A. Myera
Liberty Park
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Iowa River
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Board of Supervisors
W. J. Convery
St. Mary's Church
Cleveland
Ohio
W. L. Kuser
Col. Drake
J. BE. Kruzan
Broer
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Devere Manning
Guy Couenhaven
J. Willard Caldwell
Fort Riley
M. Z. Houghes
Iowa Falls
Chas. Nolan
Cedar Rapids
Central States
H. C. Steward
Central States Co
Fred West
Ed. Stebe
Ralph Bright
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Denver
Ralph
John Frisbie
Missouri
Eldora Hospital
Caffee
John Wood Jr
Bob Wehrman
Faye Lee Willig
Wildcat Canyon
Masonic Fraternity
John T. Boy- Jan
George W. Ward
Order of the Eastern Star
Pine Lake Lodge
Eldora City
Hardin County
Ned Fagg
Mrs Katharine Piper
Lil
Don Brown
Ed Hodge
Bie Stokko
Providence
Mrs
Ross G. Reece
Marie McEwan
H. J. Schmitz
H. E. Long
Woods Add
BE. Brown & Wif
D. E. Block
Fred Muessigmann
Bliss Riverside Park Add
A. J. Bergeson & Wfto
W. E. Loveless
I. F
Wm. McCarthy & Wit
Gilman’s
Elon
Martin Skillen
Eldora Bakery
Albert Kennedy
City Council
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Front Dinek Gasminry
Horala + Inde Publishing League of pall
Ta. Tles
Guen. CG
Ge Bales
Petty Rar Gee TL
Withhoigit
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Thorpe Well
Stone
C. Benderoff
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Paul FE. Hodgson
Ferro Isnameling Co
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BR Herald - Index
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Brown & Hodge
39Th Ave
Charles M. Shore
Tns
Curley
Lee Ld
Varat Tiderly
Asthmat Asthmant Drug Co
Resul
Verlran
Teoma Upho
Mra Decker
Herald-Index
Grundy County Fair
Buck Steele
Cal
Ruth Thompson
White Horse Review
Joie Chitwood
Auto
Conrad Junior Legion
Junior Legion
Beaman Midgets
Whitten
Parkersburg
Tellers
American Express
Hardin County Savings Bank
Sound Banking Service
Willis K. Bramwell
Howard Calfer
Eastman W. Nuckolls
V-Pres
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Robert R. Brown
Keith Strother
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