Modern housewives gain time with electric housewares
The article argues that today’s housewives face a heavier overall load from family duties and civic obligations yet gain freedom through electric appliances. It highlights juicers, percolators, mixers, toasters, skillets, roasters, and grills as time saving tools that enable quicker breakfasts, lunches, and meals, allowing more attention to children, church, and social events. It notes thirty “servants” at her beck and call including hair and fashion care, enabling impromptu gatherings and continued civic involvement.
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Parent-Teachers
Witch-Hunting in Iowa Targeted By Citizens
Decorah Journal condemns Iowa’s two year continuous residence rule for legal settlement as a cruel system. warns that county boards of supervisors overseers of the poor and sheriffs issue forced departure notices to needy newcomers seeking help. calls for immediate legislative change to stop this Gestapo like practice.
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Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Decorah Journal
Eldora area notes from the week in review
Yesterday's Agricultural Society meeting was postponed due to a blizzard and rescheduled for Wednesday. Twins arrived at Dan Bushman's home weighing 12 pounds. A street altercation required bystander intervention. Ray Hall suffered a broken nose and a facial cut from a falling tree while Dr Whitney treated the wounds. The Gethmans returned from Texas noting blossoms and hopeful signs of spring. A runaway carriage near the Union house prompted Dr J C Alexander to rescue the driver and horse. Whitten mayoral bond issue led to vacancy and M McLain replacement. Local politics weave through visits of George Haynes and plans for home construction on a lot near Dr Sheffield. Various residents travel for school, auctions, and family events as Wright and Hardin counties report local happenings.
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The
Agricultural Society
Dan Bushman
Dick Wells
Wm. Garget
Ray Hall
East Side
Dr. Whitney
C. C. Gethman
Grapes of Wrath scarce in Eldora library
A reader laments the absence of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath in Eldora libraries while recounting a search that spanned relatives friends and night-school participants. The writer shares a humorous digression about repairing a troublesome davenport and the social duties of explaining delays to callers.
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Eldora
Meat Follows Income Across Livestock Consumption
A USDA survey shows consumption rises with income. Less than $2,000 yearly income averaged 7.58 pounds of red meat weekly, while $4,000-$5,000 households consumed 11.87 pounds. Turkey rose sharply with income, milk cheese and ice cream up, butter down, margarine up, and potato use higher in higher earners.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wallaces
Brains or Common Sense Which Education Will It Be
University of Iowa educator Professor John Haefner urges a balanced education blending intellectual development with social and economic preparation. He warns narrowing to either pure thinking or life adjustment risks elitism or mediocrity and calls for better funding, facilities, and qualified teachers to reconcile philosophy and practice.
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Grant Tyler
Wallace - Hagenback
Eldora
John D. Reed
Hubbard
Otto Kruger
John Haefner
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Eldora Herald - Ledger
Hardin
Towa
Herald-Ledger
Hardin County Index
Iowa Press
Cublisher
George BR
Clarence Sallee
Mgr
Doyle Felton
Katharine Piper
Paul Mason
Linotypes
Dale Peshio
Charles Davis
Ady, Mgr
Don McMillen
Grace_Protheroe
Marcella Parker
Union House
J. C. Alexander
Whitten
M. McLain
George Haynes
North Tipton
Will Moir
Fay Sheffield
Grinnell
State College
Washington
Waterloo
Hardin County
Chicago
Geo. Vigats of
Gifford
Moville
Co. M. Haas
Wright County
C. A. Wilcox
Inc. Hess
Grundy Center
James W. Sapp
Abbott
James Manning
South
Mae Megan
Ackley
Sacred Heart Academy
C. W. Townsend
Frances
New Providence
Quinlan Short
Adel
James L. Brown
A. E. Short
Des Moines
R. R. Hadley
Central States Electric Company
Highline
Morris Dreier
Birney F. Jackson
Jackson
Leo Knight
Steamboat Rock
Long Beach
Calif
A. D.willams
Williams
Ee Piper
Steinbeck
Ralph Bright
State University of Iowa
Haefner
Lowh Boat
Robert Brown
Ins. Ass’s
Ass’n
R. R. van Potter
Wilce E. Ward
O. H. Peglow
W. E. Peterson
D. Thornton
R. A. Scott
Elmer Olson
E. H. Kaufman
J. L. Ruby
Chris Leerberg
L. A. Roland
Ralph Eller
William Dunn - Hubbard
James O. Bales
Farmers Mutual Insurance Assn
of Hardin and Franklin Counties
R. R. van Patter
Towa Falls, Iowa
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