Current Events Across Politics and Local History
A compilation notes that Sindlinger & Co. finds the Democratic and Republican conventions flop with TV audiences due to lack of candidate competition and novelty wear-off. It contrasts with potential fears of no coverage and suggests viewers seek new programming. The piece also offers road safety steps and a long column of 19th and early 20th century local notices, events, and society items from Eldora and Hardin County.
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Sindlinger & Co. Inc
Philadelphia
New counterfeit scam targets housewives in Reinbeck
A Reinbeck Courier warning describes a rogue in a town who visits homes posing as police aid. He distracts a wife, tests her cash for counterfeit bills, and pockets any tested money, leaving before residents realize the fraud. Officials urge not to trust strangers and to call police.
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Reinbeck Courier
Johnny Dio and the Riesel Attack Echoes in Labor Debate
The attack on Victor Riesel Shown as a major underworld plot links Johnny Dio to the acid assault. The piece argues unions face public distrust due to criminal elements, while noting Dio’s role in shaping the negative view of organized labor in the Midwest.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Organized Labor
Riesel
Johnny Dio
Midwest
Dio
In Car Crash Stop and Act in an Auto Accident
A guide on handling auto crashes urges immediate action after a collision. It advises stopping right away, avoiding blockage, and thinking through responses to reduce personal injury and further damage.
State Fair Memories and People We Met
Mrs Katherine Piper recalls a trip to the state fair with friends and relatives. She highlights Bill Longenecker as a social connector, notes playful 50 year old hats, admires a laundry store display, and remembers trains, a missing purse, and a Lindbergh plane exhibit. The piece reflects Iowa pride and reflects on aging, youth, and fashion.
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F. H. Houghton
F. Braman
Houghton & Braman
Des Moines
N. R. van Avery Co
Hardin County
H. L. Miller
T. J. Sheldon
George Whitney
B. Fitzgerald
J. D. Lundy
B. O. Blair
C. F. Hough
B. Wing
G. W. Fowler
Minerva Dudley
Anna Belle Thompson
Robert Smith
Earl Bolden
Wadena
Minn
Harry Marks
H. W. Martin
Myron Seeney
Steamboat Rock
Eldora
Pine Lake
Pammel
Pine Creek State Park
Iowa
Lepley
Lepley State Park
Union
Mary Jane Protheroe
E. R. Protheroe
Bill Longenecker
Jim Foster
Bill
Marshalltown
Charles
Lindberg
Fairgrounds
Fashion notes on crew cuts and toned down attire
A spectator anticipates fashion shifts toward more flattering clothes from Grahams Mutt and Woodward's. The writer dislikes current crew and butch haircuts and predicts they will fade. Included is a remark about Gary Moore amid changing trends.
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Grahams
Mutt and Woodward
Gary Moore
Farm Surplus Problem and Solutions Explored
Officials and farm groups seek to manage surpluses by disposal and production controls. Domestic use and exports are pursued while aligning output with demand. The soil bank program is launched as a tough, time will tell effort to stabilize prices and prevent repeated surpluses.
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Soil Bank
Government limits on yearly guarantees and surplus management
The Fairbury Blade notes that steady rising surpluses may outpace government guarantees and soil bank efforts. It argues that the surplus problem will likely require a renewed and stronger push to attack surplus by marketing, at home and abroad, with greater efforts from both government and farm groups.
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Fairbury (In
Balloon Apt To Collapse In Big Ten Scholarship Debate
The Eagle Grove Eagle argues the real difference in athletic scholarships between the Big Ten and the Pacific Coast Conference lies in non college controlled funding on the coast. At Iowa the university manages all aid through its scholarship committee. Unless cheating is involved the Look magazine sensational story will prove as trivial as a punctured balloon.
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Big Ten
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Look
Eagle Grove Eagle
You Can't Clip A TV Program Dorothy Kilgallen
Dorothy Kilgallen praises newspapers as readable on trains, planes, baths, and buses. She notes their portability, durability, and scrapbooking value while acknowledging radio and TV for work but citing clipping as difficult. The Lake Mills Graphic frames newspapers as a superior advertising medium for commerce.
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Dorothy Kilgallen
Miss Kilgallen
Lake Mills Graphic
Delinquency Inquiry Touches Carthage Musings
Samuel comments on juvenile delinquency and reveals a shift to adult delinquency study in Carthage Missouri. He discusses visiting beer joints and taverns to observe behavior and notes most adults are not delinquent, though some juveniles share the issue.
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Samuel
Quincy
Ill
Ocean Beach
Calif
Carthage
Patrick Pernambuco
Pat
Evening Press
Johnny learns to read through shared baseball magazine reading
A teacher said a boy from Oregon had a brilliant mind but could not read. His parents pursued two methods, one involving a baseball magazine. The father reluctantly shared, the boy asked questions, debated, and soon beat his dad to the magazine. The mother noted reading improved when meaningful to him and pressure-free.
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Johnny
Oregon
Pella Chroncle
Uncle Bud Still Remembers Past Women Carrying Out
In the Augusta Daily Gazette a line recalls a time when women carried out in fainting fits or death. The piece reflects on long memory and social expectations from earlier eras.
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Augusta
Kan
Daily Gazette
Bud
Man of Distinction Faces Extinction in Iowa
Waverly Independent comments on temperance questionnaires dominating Iowa politics and warns that being a man of distinction may lead to becoming a candidate of extinction in the current arena.
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Iowa
Waverly
Politicians Push Votes Over Farm Prices, Prices Rise
Unhappy lawmakers who favor votes over farm price support. In six months farm prices rose 11 percent with corn up 31 percent, soybeans up 42 percent, and hogs up 47 percent, per Marion Sentinel.
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Marion Sentinel
A Tip For Smart Parents Discusses Reading Methods
An article explores how one pair of parents solved Johnny's reading challenge amid a heated debate sparked by the book Why Johnny Can't Read by Rudolph Flesch. The piece centers on whether reading should be taught by word recognition or by letter, syllable, and word methods.
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Johnny
Rudolph Flesch
Columbia University
New Town Daily News Item Briefly Notes Popularity
A terse blurb from the New Town Daily News notes the widespread presence of unspecified items with a playful tease that nobody has one while everyone does. The short item reflects a light community moment without details.
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Newton Daily News
The Greatest Undeveloped Territory Quote
Mason City Globe-Gazette quotes a remark that the greatest undeveloped territory in the world lies under the average man's hat. The line reflects a perspective on thought and potential ideas carried by everyday individuals.
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Mason City Globe-Gazette
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LD - Ledger
Hardin
Cot Town
Herald Ledger
Hardin County Index
States
Iowa Press
Cee Ees Primmr Verrin
Hite
Digesta Ag
George R. Advertising
Max van Derveer
Katharine Piper
Wenmo Stauffacher
Paul Mason
Linotypes
Dale Peshia
Charles Davis
Don McMillen Society
Grace Protheroe
Marcella Parker
Jim Ruby
Gene Peshia
Hardin County Veteran Association
W. J. Moir
Messers. Krebs Bros
Cedar Rapids
Liberty
National Union
Bensons Cornet Band of Union
Peisen
Co. C. Wakeling
Pierce
C. S. Newcomer
W. S. Elliott
Margaret Smallpage
Agnes Todd
L. V. Ficke
South Eldora
Golden Rule Club
Jefferson
Grant Highway
U. S. No
C. A. Reaver
James Nuckolls
The
Hardin County Savings Bank
Iowa Bankers Association
Jane Sanders
Marie Vigars
Arlene Whitehead
Vera Jakobs
Marilyn Whitehead
Donna Jean Cooper
Phyllis Smitherman
Betty Lauterbach
Piper
Mrs Katharine Piper
Olsen and Johnson
Eldora Ideal Laundry
Lintree Ag
Kansas
Florida
Tiful
Garacsta Peach
Bobby Sone
Gulf of Mexico
Bobby Jones
Sarasota Terrace
P.O
Sarasota, Florida
TEL. Ringling
Kent Feed
Hardin County Fair
Kent
Bert Moore
Iowa Falls
Bert
Hadley Grain CO
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