Candidates for 1947 House Speakership and Iowa leg action
Iowa lawmakers brace for 1947 session with talk of fire law reforms and transfer of hotel inspections. Polls show continued liquor debate and calls for school funding, teacher pay, and driver testing. Christmas plans for Iowa Training School boys include gifts, plus a busy school calendar and sports results from Elgin Clermont handalia.
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John Strohm Haseen
Garnaville
Department of ‘Agriculture
Ure
Iowa
Fred N Cooper
Purple and White Tattler Supports Elgin Spirit
The note urges Elgin to boost school spirit by chanting at home games and learning the school yell and song. It calls for all 225 voices to cheer the team, turning the old gym into a roar of enthusiasm and unity.
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Besketchell
Elgin
Cute defined and traced from acute to modern usage
A humorous explainer traces the word cute from its origin as acute with the a cut off to its current flexible meaning. It notes its historical shifts from quick sensibility to sharp wit to attractively dainty in manners or appearance and cites Merriam Webster and Mencken. The piece highlights how women use cute across daily life and mirrors on linguistic drift.
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San Francisco
Europe
Noah Webster
DeVere
H. L. Mencken
Iowa Poll Shows Majority Support Auto Safety Testing
The 1974 Iowa Poll reports about 93 percent of owners favor mandatory annual safety testing for all cars statewide. Respondents across cities rural areas and demographics support checks of brakes lights and other safety features.
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Towa
Iowa
Poll Finds 78 Percent Favor State Highway Speed Limit
The Iowa Poll shows 78 percent of Iowans favor setting a state highway speed limit. Daytime limit 60 mph and 50 mph at night attract majority support, with 25 percent backing a lower limit. Overall, 56 percent with licenses approve the new plan and 23 percent approve with a lower limit.
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Iowa
Foustry
Postwar Flying in Your Town by C C Campbell
National groups aid airpark planning as towns prepare community landing facilities. Civil Aeronautics Administration and state aviation boards provide diagrams and data, while groups like the National Aeronautic Association assist towns in locating suitable sites and arranging runways. Local chapters and national associations endorse model airparks and pioneer work nationwide.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautic Administration
State Aviation Execuives
Sion
al Park
Aod
National Aeronautic Association
Utwd
National
Aviation Trades Association
Kansas City
Missouri
Personal Aircraft Council
Aircrafi Incountries Association of America
Washington, D. C
Eldon
The
American Road Builders Association
American Public Works Association
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
American Association of Nurserymen
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