Memorial Day Picnic Hosts Broad Clermont Guests
Emma Olson entertained a large Clermont group at her home for Memorial Day including Otto and Ashe Olson from Waterloo and several Olson relatives from West Union and Crosby. Visitors included A J Durr of McGregor and LeRoy Durr and family. Many neighbors and friends joined, with tales of hospitalities and shared dinners across towns. The piece lists numerous names and travels, reflecting a community social calendar and local movement between residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Olson
Otto Olson
Ashe Olson
Waterloo
Melvin Reinhart
Hiram Olson
West Union
Gerald Texley
Weschester
Ill
Arlean Olson
Clarion Olson
Dennis Larson
Normal Olson
Texleys
A. J. Durr Af McGregor
Frank Frautschy
Carl Frautschy
Madison
Dak
Edna Miller
LeRoy Durr
Janice
Woodburn
Jimmie Durr
Milo
Ival Smith
R. G ‘Wilson
West ‘Bend
Len Simek
Gerhard Halverson
Aldora Anderson
LiMyra
Cedar Rapids
I Believe in Humility and Freedom Across Time
An essay fragment reflecting on belief in humility and pride, Emersonian and Lincoln references, and the interconnected duties of freedom and responsibility. It presents a stream of thoughts on humility, pride, vigilance, and the earth as cradle and tomb, interwoven with quotes and musings on humanity, mortality, and the toil of life. The text closes with a non sequitur agricultural note about tillage tools and weed control.
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Cad Seediurg
Mmereais Bos
Ceci
Sendharg
Advan
Morus
Selue
Lincoln
Louisiana
Washington and Small Business In White Paper Review
Mutal Security Agency findings circulate in Washington describing a White Paper used to justify worldwide cartel arrangements. The report criticizes U S spending abroad and argues against shielding small business or agriculture while urging continued taxpayer funding of Europe, with limited public disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Security Agency
Marshall Fian
Washington
U. S
Home-made rolls and butter offer bargain dairy dining
A guide highlights butter’s low price as 16 cents a pound with a coupon program reaching 750000 homes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Grandmother's Dinner Rolls recipe yields three dozen, using scalded milk, butter, sugar, salt, yeast, enriched flour, and steps to mix, rise, knead, shape, butter, and bake.
Iowa Farm Price Index Rises for Fifth Consecutive Month
Iowa's index of prices received by farmers for all farm products rose 15 points to 283 percent of the 1910-14 base for the period ending May 15, the fifth monthly gain in a row. Hog prices led the advance, with corn and beef cattle also higher, while dairy products fell. The meat animal index jumped 22 points, the largest rise among commodity groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
The Joy Of Summer Learning For Children
Summer offers fun ways for children to learn through leisurely trips and in town visits. Short trips, historical Iowa sites, and library resources like the Traveling Library and Ames pamphlet spark curiosity. A girl kept her own trip log for a class report, proving learning can be enjoyable.
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Iowa
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Iowa State Traveling Library
Des Moines
Story Hour and Summer Activities for Children
The community offers storytelling at libraries or schools, children's plays, gardens, crafts, and scouting trips as summer learning activities for fun. Parents must provide the opportunity, as a child cannot find them all alone.
Millville hunter is bitten by rattler. snake killed
Ratiler Tred Schrunk of Millville stepped on a rattlesnake in the Turkey River bottoms and was missed as he reached a mushroom specimen. He and companion Bob Walker killed the snake. A note on strawberry patch yields suggests pinching blossoms to boost next year’s fruit production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratiler Tred Schrunk
Millville
Turkey River
Bob ‘Walker
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Clermont
Robert Steele
Robin
Dubuque
Ann
Pat
Bess Blake
Lerzinne Crowe
Cathryn
Denver
Cale
Dan Dahmen
Avalon
Red Skelton
Jane Greer
the Clown
Cruise
Cat
Pete Smith
Humphrey Bogart
June Allyson
Paramount News
Virginia Mayo
Gene Nelson
Washington and
Wilson
MSA
National Federation of Invrepesd
Paris
Italy
Aig Alee
MBA Information Services
Louis Schutte & Son
Postville
Funers
Reusser Chiropractic
Monona
Richelieu
Raggedy Ann
Bartlett
Briardale
Ocofere Biardale
Graf
Rae-Becks
Forest Green
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