Local notices detail visits and gatherings across Clermont
Mrs Aldora Anderson and L Myra returned home from a Colorado vacation. Numerous guests visited West Union area households including Tostengard, Olson, Amundson and Christianson families. Community groups held picnics and school of instruction events. Nearby residents traveled to Detroit and LaCrosse for family and medical visits.
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Aldora Anderson
L’myra
Colorado
Stanley Tostengard
Sheldon Tostengard
Dovray
Minn
Mary Olson
Kathy
Ruth Tostengard
Hazel Engen
Dooray
Popestone
Evelyn Olson
Gary Anderson
Luther Tostengard
Jon Hongstad
Bob Munson
Arthur Olson
Tre Ore
American Legion Auxiliary
Bess Blake
E. L. Johnston
West Union
Marie Fallows
Elgin
Ill
Vernie Olson
Volga
George Paulson
Clarica
Marilyn Paulson
Ben Frautschy
Oscar Thompson
Clara Christianson
Albert Christianson
Julia Hoag
Mollie Mork
Mellien
Otto
Emory Landsgard
Tommy
Henry Thompson
Castalia
Wayne
Garry
Willett
Miller and Sons
Carmen Swenson
Robert Marvin and Son
Gussie Miller
William Bockoven
Ruth
Beth
Victor Amundson
Ames
Martin
Roger
Norman Amundson
Cedar Rapids
Verla Gunderson
Emma Gunderson
Til
Fallows
Blake
Ruth Collins
H. S. Wright
Elmer Easler
Rochester
John Gass
Merrill Gunderson
Verla
Lanora Shipton
Oran
Wayne Shipton
Alma Nelson
Herbert Haas
Wm. Kozelka
Eddie Kozelka
Postville
Dean Bennett Victim of Auto Accident
Dean Bennett 15 son of Mr and Mrs Earl Bennett of Lansing died from head injuries after an auto crash on the Wisconsin side of the Lansing bridge. Brother Dale 18 lost control and the car hit a bridge abutment. Kenneth Byrnes 16 and another passenger were injured, others were moved to Iowa City hospital. Dean was nephew of Harold Bennett and half brother of Cleve Bennett. Funeral services were held in Lansing with burial at Elgin.
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Dean Bennett
Earl Bennett
Lansing
Waukon Hospital
Wisconsin
Lansing Bridge
DeSoto
Wis
Dean
Dale
Dale Bennett
Kenneth Byrnes
Iowa City
Harold Bennett
Clermont
Iowa Personal Income Changes in Early 1959
The Iowa Bureau of Business and Economic Research reports a 10 percent rise in non agricultural earnings led by manufacturing, while farm income declines and prices received by farmers fell 6 percent from January to April 1959. Construction contracts rose 37 percent, bank loans and deposits increased, and department store sales gained, with total personal income dipping from March highs but expected to stay strong.
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Iowa
State University of Iowa
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Iowa Business Digest
Ethel Vatter
SUI Bureau
Business Week
Economics department cautions on personal income as predictor
A March 1958 note from the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co warns that personal income does not guarantee buying power since it measures potential purchasing capacity without reflecting consumer intent.
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McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Children Need Safety Instructions From Experience Not Forgetting
A writer urges parents to remember painful safety lessons from their own youth. At recent picnics they observed children handling fires tools and engaging in boating in risky ways. The piece emphasizes attentive supervision and teaches caution to prevent injuries.
Proficiency Tests for Child Safety At Home And Outdoors
A discussion on parental oversight and training to prevent accidents with tools fires and water play. Emphasizes teaching children to distinguish hazards like dead limbs from live ones and stresses continued safety instruction before unsupervised freedom. Also notes travelers passing through Schleswig en route to Wheeling West Virginia after a wire injury.
Trip plans for Mr and Mrs Jim Scyphers from Missoula Montana
Mr and Mrs Jim Scyphers of Missoula Montana are traveling, with details indicating a personal trip. The notice highlights their origin and intention without listing dates or destinations due to the fragmentary text. Further specifics are not readable in the excerpt.
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Trip
Jim Scyphers
Missoula, Montana
Heavy Rain in Elgin Area Totals 2.18 Inches Friday Night
A heavy rain hit the Elgin vicinity Friday night totaling 2.18 inches, lifting the monthly total to 7.85 inches. Three showers were noted as quite heavy, with one 3 inch, one 1.98 inch, and the Friday 2.18 inch reading.
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Elgin
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