Farmers Sign Up Rapidly for Rural Electric Coop
Harvey Schultz coordinator of the Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative reports farm memberships rising fast with 120 signed applications by Saturday. He will meet township committees soon to canvass rural homes without delay, aiming to increase one mile applications if committees verify their townships. Schultz led a Makee Jefferson Ludlow and Union Prairie meeting at the Farm Bureau office Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Schultz
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative, Inc
Schultz
Makee
Jefferson
Ludlow
Union Prairie
Farm Bureau
Postville Herald
Congressman Tate Leaves Decorah for Washington
Henry C. Tate, congressman elect from the Fourth District, departed Decorah Thursday evening for Washington D C to attend the opening session of the new Congress. His secretary George Banta and stenographer Albert M Cloud Jr both of Manchester had already gone ahead to arrange offices and preparations for his arrival. Tate's three daughters Helen Marjorie and Mary Jane will stay in Decorah with school while Mrs Ida Iverson of Decorah will oversee the Talle home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Tatte
Decorah
Washington, D. C
Congress
Tate
George Banta
Albert M. Cloud, Jr
Manchester
Washington
Taile
Helen
Marjorie
Mary Jane
Ida Iverson
Talle
Frank Bauder Reaches Coe College Oratory Finals
Frank Bauder of West Union, a sophomore, advances to the finals of Coe College Bever oratorical contest. Announcement by Prof. J Dale Welsch lists Bauder Barbara Elder and Adele Weymouth as finalists. Final round at Sinclair Memorial chapel with Dr A Craig Baird as judge. Bauder’s topic is Shall America Pay for the Next War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bauder
West Union
Coe College
J. Dale Welsch
Coe
Bauder
Ed Bauder
Near West Union
Barbara Elder
Freeport
Ill
Adele Weymouth
Rockford
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
A. Craig Baird
University of Iowa
America
Argo-Gazette
Round the World with Mrs Hughes Cairo and Nile Journey
The writer recounts a Cairo visit with sights from the Coptic church to the Jewish synagogue, bazaars, and the Pyramids. Descriptions cover street life, beggars, camel rides, and a moonlight Sphinx visit. They note heat, cleanliness, and vendor hawkers, plus a desert sunset over the pyramids and a censorship fee for film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Mary
Jesus
Herod
Moses
Sultan Hassan
Napoleon
Cairo
Giza
Egypt
Miss Schroeder
Tanta
Pyramids of
America
Egypt Excursions and Desert Echoes Across a Nile Journey
Narrator details a travelogue through Egypt with goats along dusty roads, banks in yards storing grain, and colossal alabaster statues of Rameses II and I. Visits extend to Saqqara, the Step Pyramid, and excavations revealing tombs, sacred bulls, and underground chambers. A lunch break at the excavation HQ recalls a friendly desert dog, while distant sandstone hills resemble marble palaces. The piece shifts to Iowa publishing gaps and a reflection on writing from suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Egypt
Memphis
Ramoeses II
Ramyeses I
Saqqutara
Old Temple
Egypt
Abraham Lincoln
Miss Schroeder
Dag
Desert
Nile
Remembering Valentine Wonder and Local Notes of 1938
Valentine Wonder broke his left arm Tuesday morning while on a hay load at the Melchr Luchsinger place, suffering a fractured arm and bruises. The issue also mentions Sam A. Boleyn and Sarah J. Boleyn obtaining a marriage license, the 87th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Robbins, and various local notices including residents visiting, moves, cattle shipments, dairy plans, and that in 1938 Iowa drivers faced numerous license revocations for drunken driving and related suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Wonder
Melchr Luchsinger Place
Sam A. Boleyn
Sarah J. Boleyn
Boleyn
Wadena
Echo
F. K. Robbins
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Chas. Grover
Intermediate Department
C. N. Klingman
Highland
Harold Rogers
Elgin
U.S. Army
United States
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Ben Schori
Citronell
Alabama
Cuba
Schori Bros
Chicago
Knudtson
Otter Creek Bridge
DeSart & Falk
Butter to the Army and Civilian Corps in War Effort
The piece notes large butter supplies to the military and civilians, stating 3,260,000 pounds went to the army and 1,196,955 pounds to the Civilian Conservation Corps last year. It references mud baths as beauty aids and comments on public talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Navy
Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
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The
Elgin Echo
R. P. Strauch Margaret
Fayette County
Cong
H. O. Tate
Coe College Oratory
Mrs, Hughes
Harvard
At & O'Clock
Gut Dragoman
Sagquara
Times of McGregor
Fayette Leader
Waukon
EC Ta
Elgin State Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Stenehipsing Mattress
Ostermoor
Elgin Furniture Store
F.C. Muzhlethaler
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