National Home Week Observed Across United States
The nation marks National Home Week from September 14 to 20 highlighting home as a source of security, discipline, and well being. The piece recalls poets and writers linked to home themes and stresses home’s role in shaping character, cooperation, and a stronger society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Howard Payne
Stephen Foster
Kentucky
Federal Hall
Foster
Francis Scott Key
Patent car coupling draws railroad conduct discussions
The 1887 item notes George W. Lawton, a barber at the National Barbershop, securing a patent on a stand-on coupling for cars that allows automatic engagement when the drawhead rises. It highlights railway interest and broader industry implications. Further, Central Iowa branch lines were sold to Stickney, with the main line sale set for September 28. The Radcliffe fire damaged the Charles Hough elevator and related structures, but the hotel was saved. The Hardin county mill received repairs and resumed operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Lawton
National Barbershop
Central Iowa
Hardin County
Radcliffe
Charles Hough
Thomas Hollis and Co
Piper Co. by Mrs Katharine Piper
John Moehrl of Marshalltown places a flag for neighborhood children when a TV program airs. A ringside ticket system was used during fights, with adults invited by cards. The writer recalls Crosley’s store, bean shooters, and unwanted seeds. Reflections on life lessons, family milestones, and aging with a tea cart reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moehrl
Marshalltown
Mr. Mochr
Judge Jebousek Endorses Girls Over Boys In Family View
E E Jebousek of the Conrad Record argues that girls are preferable to boys, praising their cleanliness, innocence, and ability to persuade fathers. He cites examples of daughters correcting fathers and notes a boy would misplace or hide items like golf balls, while conceding some defense of his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Jebousek
Conrad Record
Conrad
Editorial View on 1952 Election Choices Reflects Party Divisions
The editorial debates whether to endorse Eisenhower Nixon or Democratic candidates Stevenson Sparkman. It criticizes the Democratic platform as a repeat of 1948 policies and praises the fresh approach of the Eisenhower Nixon ticket. It urges fiscal restraint and a firmer foreign policy if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Humphrey
Moody
Roosevelt
Harriman
Williams Et al
Stevenson
Sparkman
Harry Truman
Quaker Travel Through Germany and Switzerland in 1952
Dear Editor recounts a four week journey starting in Oxford and Paris, visiting Fon taine-le-Port and St Nazaire, then Basel Zurich and multiple Quaker centers in Germany. Describes winery region trips, Rhine boat ride to Cologne, Wolfenbüttel work camp, Hanover, Berlin return, and refugee camp work in Oldenburg with Quakers aiding five camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
Paris
France
Fontaine-le-port
St. Nazaire
Henri Schultz
Basel
Switzerland
Hans Guyer
Zurich
Hans
Marion Rains
Darnstadt
Germany
Neustadt
Bad Koenig
Frankfort
Mainz
Rhine
Cologne
Brunswick
Wolfenbuttel
Hanover
West Germany
Berlin
Oldenburg
Support for Republican Ticket Cited with Hope for Limit on Power
In Winfield Alabama the editorial notes support for the Republican ticket while expressing hope that the party does not remain in power for twenty years, signaling a push for balanced long term governance.
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Winfield
Ala
Journal
Ind
Family Ruckus for Adlai headline note
The Bloomington Panta graph, partially owned by Adlai Stevenson, cannot support Stevenson for president, citing the need for a national housecleaning and arguing that 20 years of Democratic rule have not been cleaned up. The Rock Rapids Reporter calls for sweeping those in control out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Pantagraph
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Stevenson
Rock Rapids
Financial scale joke about debt and status
A Clarion Monitor quip contrasts debt levels with social standing, noting that owing $50 marks a piker while $50 billion places one as a tycoon. It likens a massive liability to leading the United States, as in a tongue in cheek observation about power and money.
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Harry Truman
United States
Clarion Monitor
Journey through wartime travel and themes of communism
The writer describes a journey from Bremen to Bremerhaven by boat train to the Greek liner Columbia bound for Montreal, noting Oldenburg's pre war population of 40 000 now doubled by refugees and its opera, then attending Lohengrin with American Quaker hosts before a Russian film in east Berlin. The observer reflects that communism rests on understanding and love, not force, and resolves to consider the visit’s issues.
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Bremen
Bremerhaven
Columbia
Montreal
Oldenburg
East Berlin
OWASA Community Social Notes and Visits
Mrs Minnie Swift of Valrico Fla stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs C A Jackson on Monday and Mrs W H Platts also stayed Tuesday. Mrs C A Jackson and Mrs Minnie Swift visited Buckeye with Mrs Leonard Hoffman on Wednesday. The W S C S of Owasa Methodist Church met Thursday afternoon with Ruth Fuller teaching. Mr and Mrs Gene Hansen hosted a birthday supper for Mr Starr with Sylvia and Mrs B H Starr Thursday evening. Mrs Mary Wood spent days visiting Mr and Mrs Floyd Beattie at Jewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Swift
Valrico
Fla
C. A. Jackson
W. H. Platts
Leonard Hoffman
Buckeye
C. S
Owasa Methodist Church
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Eldora Herald-Ledger
Hardin
Iowa
Herald-Ledger
Hardin County Index
Iowa Press
Amigetefions
H. W. Benson
Union
Frank Jackson
Owasa
Estherville
Collins Ice
Peter Jensen
Lynn Ruby
van Nolte
Steamboat
Rock
Camp Dodge
Supt. Kuser
F. J. McGreevy
H. W. Emeny
T. J. Downing
Dean Persen
C. A. Bryson
H. A. Huff
S. D. Moser
Emeny
G. F. Whorrall
Percy Sheller
Steamboat Rock
Central States Electric Company
Ford
Hunt
Eldora Motor Co
Band Boosters Club
Jband
W. T. Stewart
Fowler
Eldora
Roblin
Glen Whorrall
Ackley
R. R. Griffel
Fred Wehrman
Pine Lake Country Club
Eldora High School
Eldora Mill and Manufacturing Company
Ross Starn
Roy Ryan
Dale Chinburg
Janet Schmidt
Marvajean Jones
Robert Steinfeldt
Edwin Anderson
Margaret Hoyt
Peggy Schlampp
Jerry Donner
Beverly Petty
Dorothy Dickinson
Douglas MacRae
Crosley
Eastern Star
Ike
Open Forum
Guy Brown Cleaners
Marshall and Swift Furs
I. C. C. F. Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Brown Insurance Agency
Hardin County Savings
Eldu
Owa
Adlai
Ayu
Herald - Index
Large's
Helen Curtis
Herald-Index
Mama
American Express
Hardin County Savings Bank
Sound Banking Service
Willis K. Bramwell
Howard Calpee
Eastman W. Nuckolls
Robert R. Brown
Keith Strother
Glark D. Bramwell
W. K. Bramwell, Jr
GCG
Bramwedy
F. Bramwell
America
Sinclair
Texas
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Sinclair Fuels
Correll & Stielow, Eldora
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