Golden Wedding Hailed in Hubbard Open Home
Rev. and Mrs. EKC Granner celebrated their 1900 marriage with a large open house in Hubbard. Family and friends from Cedar Falls Nevada Renwick and beyond attended the event, sharing tales of the couple’s 46 years of ministry and 14 grandchildren. A piano program, guest book, and courteous toasts marked the afternoon and evening gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. C. Granner
Eheo Yackel
Merle Faust
Mra
Ralph Streyfeller
Henry Faust
Cedar Malls
Granner
Tau Granner
J. W. Musser
Mildred
Waterloo
Paul
Charles City
Harold
Freeport
Ill
Howard
Gilmore City
Glendine
Mont
Laster
Renwick
Sumner
Silver Creek
Meservey
Sheffield
Sumner Union
Luverne
Hubbard
Gueata
Cedar Falls
Nevada
Towa
Falla
Radcliffe
Steamboat Rock Residents Gather and Visit
Steamboat Rock residents including Alvin DeNeal returning from Town City University hospital and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Frerichs with Kar ila and Gary and Maz joined Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gast in Marshalltown. Doreas society met at the Baptist church basement for an all day sewing meeting to support the Tobert family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin DeNeal
University Hospital
Town City
Ed Frerichs
Karila
Gary
Maz
Roger Gast
Marshalltown
Gene Huffman
Linda
Carolyn
Cleves
Ray Potthoff
Doreas Society
Baptist Church
Tobert
Pete Luiken
Harold Luiken
Martin Kruse
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Marketings Boost Business in Late 1949
Iowa farm marketing, especially livestock, spurred business activity in late 1949. The Iowa Business Digest notes a slight rise in the state's composite index while bank debits and department store sales drifted. Electric power output rose through 1949 offsetting year end income drops. parity ratio for leading industry fell 11.5 percent year over year.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
Iowa
Recipe for a Happy Birthday Cake and Coffee
A playful birthday guide shares a simple cake idea using two boxes of white cake mix and frosting to form eighteen cupcakes and a nine inch layer. It suggests arranging cupcakes around the layer, topping with candles, and serving with fragrant hot coffee. The text offers basic frosting tips and notes the celebrant’s joy.
January Construction Contracts Jump in Iowa
Construction contracts awarded in January reached 11.7 million for building and construction of all types, led by educational and science facilities. The figure nearly doubled the January 1949 total. Iowa’s composite index stood at 300 while the U.S. index remained at 280, using 1989 as the base. Since early 1946, Iowa’s index has outpaced the nation, reflecting agricultural prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digest
Iowa
U.S
Pulse Says to Plan Farmstead Work
Pulse urges laying out spring farmstead plans in advance with a black and white list. Start with the good points of the yard, then list changes such as grounds cleanup and new plantings. Create a scaled map to avoid hit and miss planning and involve the whole family for ideas. Assess changes by improving looks and practicality to work. If changes are minor and no buildings move, consider several factors.
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Pulse
Farmstead Pathways And Grounds For A Modern House
For farm sidewalks plan direct routes to the farm yard and from visitor parking to the living room entrance. Home faces the drive, walks align at right angles centering on living room and parking. Recreation space may occupy the far side of the house or between house and road, 30 by 60 feet suits croquet and games. Five foot borders suit back and side fences for flowers. A pamphlet Our Home Grounds by Miss Margharita Tarr, extension landscape architect at Iowa State College, explains spring farmstead improvements.
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Miss Margharita'Tarr
Iowa State College
New Books Add to shelves with wartime titles
A regional library adds wartime fiction and religious works such as The Lonely by Paul Gallico and The Treasury of the Christian Faith edited by Stanley, Stuber, and Clark. Other notable volumes include The Home Book of Bible Quotations, The Man From Nazareth by Fosdick, Mary by Sholem Asch, The Cardinal's Story by Stephen K. Swift, Parson Austen's Daughter by Helen Ashton, and This I Remember by Eleanor Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Mckifresh
Paul H. Dobbins
Scott Finley
Paul Gallico
Stanley
Stuber
Thomas C. Clark
Charles Clayton
Morrison
Burton Stevenson
Harry Emerson Fosdick
All America
Nazareth
Jesus
Mary
Sholem Asch
Stephen K. Swifht
Cardinal Mindszenty
Swift
Hungary
Helen Ashton
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jane Aussten
The Burns Mantle Best Plays of 1948-49 and Labor Story
A notice highlights The Burns Mantle Best Plays of 1948 49 edited by John Chapman as a yearbook of drama in America and previews The Labor Story by Aleine Austin on coal strikes, unions, and workers’ rights, noting her balanced view on unions without glorification.
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Inerica
Burns Mantle
John Chapman
Drama In
America
Aleine Austin
Miss Austin
United States Supreme Court
Labor movement praised for heroes and flaws alike
A fragment notes the labor movement contains racketeers and heroes, combining opportunism with idealism as part of its complex history. The brief hints at internal conflict and moral ambiguity within organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Movement
All Types Printing Seeks Next Job Quote Offer
Local printer advertises full service printing for business letterheads invoices receipts show cards and direct mail literature. Invites potential customers to request a price quote with no obligation for future work.
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Hertha Zichalt
Herb Neubauer
Ziebella
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bess Kaslachke
Amanda Kulow
Gydia Kuhlman
Ruth Topp
Hogleskes
Fred Zoske
Amos Slinderaker
Orley
Cox
A. T. Janssen
Jimmy Reidel
Atlantic
7. H
Robert Simpson
Iona Falls
Ervin Kuhlman
Bunte
Zast Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grands Club
Tisac Bucy
Elmer Helm
Belmond
Helm
George Chamelain
St. Anthony
Chris Blome
Russell Freese
Laura Rehards
Rex Kuhlman
Helen Doering
Anna.Larson
Dean Andrews
Andres
Carl Bekemeier
Finday
Ta Porte
Ind
John Deihl
Strother
J. H. Haffercamp
Cedar Fally
James McCreath
Primgher
Monroe Russell
Bigelow
E. C. White
New Providence
Sinclair
Sinclair Dagler's
Rust Sinclair
Correll & Stielow
Sinclair Service
Eldora
Maas Super Service
Union
Weapenieret
the Herald-Index
Eldora's
Lowe Brothers
Marks
North Side Square Phons
Herald-Index Publishing Co
Nclive Beautifen
Love Brothers
Tia
Laun
U. S
Westinghouse Laundromat
Westinghouse
Fins
Central States Electric Co
Ted Malone
ANC Network
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