Iowa Republicans seek senate and GOP roles in state politics
Glidden Graphic editor Bill Ferguson plans to run for the senate seat of Alan West with Republican backing. Carroll Lane of Carroll, former Iowa senate secretary and former legislator, may also run to succeed West. The story notes political moves alongside science staffing concerns in Iowa and discusses hopes for future legislative action on pari mutuel betting, and Legion and fair associations planning conventions and policies.
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State Senate
Bill Ferguson
Glidden Graphic
Alan West
GOP
Ferguson
Vest
Senate
Glidden
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Carroll Lane
Carroll
Iowa Senate
Iowa House
West
Lane
Legion
Iowa State Legion
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Des Moines
Iowa
Fair Managers Association
Standard Gred Horsemen's Association
Wadena News Women’s Guild Meets at Church Parlor
The Women’s Guild of the Presbyterian Church met Thursday afternoon in the church parlors with hostesses Mrs. Don Gardner and Mrs. Richard Ott assisting for Mrs. J. Q. Probert. Seventeen members answered roll call, with one guest present.
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Women’s Guild
Women's Guild of the
Presbyterian Church
Don Gardner
Richard Ott
J. Q. Probert
Christmas Program and School News From Sumner
Community items recount a Christmas program in progress with Mrs Lindy Frey and Mrs Arthur Herrling organizing scenes and music. Several families received Christmas cheer funds. School notes cover dances, plays, library plans, and band booster efforts including new clarinets.
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Will Frey
Lindy Frey
Star's
Mdrms
Laura Herrling
Madge Murray
Francis Laughren
Sid Corbin
Gardner
Harold Popenhagen
Arthur Herrling
November Iowa milk production falls 3 percent
Iowa farms produced 425 million pounds of milk in November, down 3 percent from November 1956’s 439 million. The monthly total is 6.103 billion pounds for January to November 1957, up 44 percent from the year prior and 7 percent above the 1946-55 ten year average of 6.692 billion.
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Iowa
November Iowa egg production falls short of 1956 record
November 1957 egg production on Iowa farms totaled 371 million, down 6 percent from the 393 million produced in November 1956. The rate of lay was 11 554 eggs per 100 layers, compared with 14 97 the year earlier and 1 466 in October 1957, while the ten year November average is 323 million.
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Iowa
Nome Nugget Price Notebook From Alaska Daily
Clyde Wenger of Moses Point Aleks seeks to share a copy of Nome Nugget, Alaska's oldest daily tabloid. It costs $16 per year. Milk 87 cents a quart in November, lettuce 62 cents a pound, TV sets $30 a month. September prices include flour 5 pounds 95 cents, bread 14 1/2 cents per loaf, sugar 10 pounds $2.03, round steak $1.53, pork chops $1.04, butter $1.07, eggs $1.23 per dozen.
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Clyde Wengers
Moses Point
Aleks
The
ECHO
Nome Nugget
Alaska
Christmas Party for St Paul Lutheran Ladies Aid
The Ladies' Aid of St Paul Lutheran enjoyed a Christmas party in the church parlors Friday evening. Ivanell Carpenter of Elkader visited her grandmother at the Frank Oldfather home Saturday afternoon. Catherine Jennings had the
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Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul Luthéran
Ivanell Carpenter
Elkader
Frank Oldfather
Catherine Jennings
Christmas party notes and local visits in 1940s Iowa
The column lists numerous social visits and events across Iowa towns including study clubs, hospital and nursing visits, and holiday gatherings. Notable mentions include Ruth and Walter Roys, Len Hummel and family, Mrs. Prideaux visiting Marion Ohio, births in Waterloo and Oelwein hospitals, Christmas cash drawings by Volga merchants, and community club activities at Sacred Heart and Legion hall. Observed movement includes visits to Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Webster City, Dyersville, and Fayette, with multiple family and extended family travels noted.
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Walter Roys
Glen Bloyer
Wisconsin
Ruth Roys
Len Hummel
Gladys
Fayette
William Holsman
Webb
Prideaux
Francis *Forester
Marion
Ohio
Raema Frances
Walther School of Nursing
Chicago
Lucille ‘Moore
Sanborn
George
Tom Bordan
Jay Bruns
Martha Probert
Jerry Jones
Joyce Huebsch
Joe Spielbaur
Walter Adams
Sacred Heart ‘Church
Ladies of Sacred Heart Study Club
Charla Jones
Sunshine ‘Club
Dalene Whitford
Ruth Smith
Walter Merriman
Cedar] Rapids
Oscar Lamphier
Will Chase
Kenneth Smith
Center Junction
D. Crain
Howard Taylor
California
Hans Boenish
Dyersville
Paul Boenish
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
Business Club
Legion Hall
Mervyn Puffett
Farm and Home Club
Flirtation without intention could draw attention
A brief note suggests flirtation may attract notice even when intent is unclear. The idea explores how casual romantic teasing can surface attention or rumors despite lacking deliberate purpose.
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Dubuque
Elgin Furniture Store
Echo Office
O'Neill Drug
Elgin
Nelson
Clermont
Leonard Moore
J.L. Trautman
West Union
Postville
Xfp
Fie
F. D
Welch
Iowa Hardware Mutual
Elgin Insurance Agen
F. D. Welch Dial 3001
Son County
Russia
Sputnik
George Marchi
Division of
Motor Fuel Tax
Claude Appleby
Monticello
Tows Fair Managers Association
Eugene R. Moore
Tiptton
Jean M. Kleve
Humboldt
Appleby
Jones County
Wadena News
Leallen Knox
Mardell Keifer
Arlene Corbin
Hervey Aeschuman
Rhonda Notbohm
Sumner
Walter Notbohm
Elwin Notbohm
Lee Aeschliman
West ‘Union
Lena Aeschliman
Fred | Hieden
Charles Gehring
Five Hundred Club
Alta Bond
Daty Johnson
Lester Gehring
Burdette Anderson
Kathy Gehring
Santa Claus
Chi Anedau
Francis Baldwin
Ralcall
Wilder ‘Mattocks
Lyle Patterson
Don Leomiart
Dale Woods
Oclwein
Arlington
Mdms
Jennings
Aeschliman
Ort
Erickson
Rubens
Looby
Volga News
Linda Smith
Webster City
Mix
Ronald Bushkofsky
Otto ‘Bushkofsky
George Pattison
Ted Whitford
Robert Putz
Germany
Putz
Darlene Barnes
Lamphiers
Owen Cummings
Bill Cummings
Art Frederick
Mainard Druecker
Frieden’s
Ball Room
Jim Johnson
Wadena
Carl
G. W. Alderson
Orvin Thompson
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
FELCO
Ae Felco
RTL
Schori & Dial
Eata Place
Kuster
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