County state nation notes and local alerts in 1932 era
Refused driver licenses total 87 with habitual drunkenness the leading cause. Winneshiek county taxes cut 93,264. Decorah radio announcer Charley Greenley injured by falling through a plate glass window. A safety code for motorists issued by the Iowa American Legion. Clay ton county papers named official for 1932. Fairbank newspaper defunct after owner sale. Luther College boards reject co education. Three autos stolen in Monona Luana and McGregor. Four eclipses, two solar and two lunar, predicted for 1932 by Prof Underwood with visibility details for North America.
Republican nomination announcements for Fayette County officials
Republican candidates announce for Fayette County offices with primaries in June. John Falk seeks supervisor in 1984 term subject to voters. P Lauer seeks El dorado and Thore Thompson seeks state representative. all invite vote and support in the June primaries.
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Elgin Echo
Fayette County
John Falk
Elgin
Iowa
Thore Thompson
Wadena
Be an Optimist The 1932 call to bright outlooks in 1982
Davis County Republican urges a shift to optimism for the coming year. The piece contrasts pessimists with sunnier thinking, urging readers to greet others with a smile and face the sun to avoid doom and gloom headlines. It frames optimism as a practical mindset to seize future opportunities.
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Davis County
Republican
Too Bad They Can't Get Together in Oelwein Trade
Local column notes show traders from Oelwein lamenting the failure of shoppers to buy locally while merchants say increased home trade would boost volume and widen selection at lower prices. The Fairbank Advocate reports the sentiment.
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Oelwein
Fairbank Advocate
Dentist’s Complaint On False Teeth From Deceased’s Family
A group of men debated business annoyances when a dentist confessed a common gripe. He recalled a patron asking him to rework a set of false teeth once used by a deceased mother-in-law for another family member, only to be told later that the teeth never fit.
Fairbank buttermaker earns strong contest scores
Geo Nydegger of Fairbank creamery placed second in scoring and tied for second in judging at the Arlington Sectional Buttermakers meeting last month. His scores included 94 in scoring, 93.75 in January Ames contest, with winners around 94.50. Nydegger also won first at a recent Oelwein contest with 94.5. Also notes a post office appeal urging rural carriers to abstain from outside work to protect employment as normal conditions return.
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Geo. Nydegger
Fairbank
Arlington
Nygegeger
Ames
Fairbank Advocate
Nydegger
Oelwein
Post Office Department
Pioneer Ballonist First Lift Elevates 80 Feet by Montgolfier
Paris, October 15, 1783. Pitaire de Rozier becomes the first man valued aloft when eight balloons built by the Montgolfier brothers lift him eighty feet into the air, marking a landmark in aeronautics.
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Ballenist
Paris
Pitaire de Rozier
Montgolise Brothers
Oak Grove Social Roundup and Visitors Reach West Union
The Oak Grove community diary lists numerous social visits and family gatherings. Guests include the Duremermaths, Brabhams, Nydegger, Kohls, Boyle, Reed, Bennett, Wilson, and others visiting homes in West Union and Mason City area, plus a birthday party for Grandma Allen and sleigh ride and ladies’ circle activities. Names and locales reflect a busy leisure-focused sequence among local families and neighbors.
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Albert Duremermath
Herbert
Dummermath
Ben Brabham
John Nydegger
Walter Kohls
Ed Boyle
Howard Boyle
Lucas Holm
George Dursacher
Ralph Reed
West Union
L. W. Reed
Harold Bennett
Henry Matthys
Palmer Bartholomew
Lloyd Peterson
Mra
Lyle Wilson
Earl Bennett
Ed Lehman
Herbert Dumsermuth
Lawrence Welch
Reuben Howard
Hazel
Louis Dennler
George Boyle
Frank Boyle
Melvin Boyer
John Howard
Chas. Peters
George Howard
Walter Nydegger
Mason City
Wayne Gilson
Jack Shafer
Wm. Kohls
Bert Allen
Grandma” Allen
Prohibited Christmas Observance in Russia
The text notes that Christmas is officially banned in Russia and that from infancy children are taught there is no God, reflecting a state ideology that promotes a godless nation.
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Russia
Elgin Iowa Council Proceedings January 6 1952
Elgin Iowa town council met in adjourned session at the town hall with all members present. Minutes approved. Bills totaling modest sums were audited and allowed by unanimous vote. A poll tax for 1982 was set at 3 dollars and Mrs Nella Capper appointed to fill the unexpired term of her late husband FP L Capper.
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Elgin
Iowa
Rob't Henderson
Atate
Code of Iowa
John Etter
Otto Topp
Y. W. Doan
G. H. Kiple
Elgin Echo
Schori & Kuster Shr. Co
C. J. Harrington
Central States Power & Light Corp
Elgin Furniture Store
J. D
Shaffer Estate
C. S. Knniel
W. E. Baumgartner
Sas Town Ry
Gmt Corp
Crescent Electric Supply Co
L. G. Lehman
Stoshr’s Drug Store
E.G. Fahey
Fred Gehring
Grimm & Hellum
Aup
Nella Capper
FP. L. Capper
New Washington Bi-centenary Stamps Issued
The local post office received a consignment of new Washington stamps in one to ten cent denominations. The stamps feature a likeness of George Washington and the inscription United States Postage Washington 1782-1992 recognizing the birth bicentennial. Trade at home among friends.
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Washington
George Was
United States Post’age
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