Slot Machine Law and Civic Reform in Postwar Iowa
A long column discusses slot machine law taking effect next month and various funding ideas like scholarships and memorials. It also notes the death of Fred Cooper, former Fort Dodge athletic director and head of the Eldora Training School, amid a sweep of reforms and shifts in language for public institutions. The piece surveys savings bond campaigns, Iowa quotas, and state naming changes for schools and programs, plus new report forms for highway accident reporting under 24 hour filing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cooper
Eldora Training School
Cooper
Fort Dodge
Eldora
Iowa
Washington
Treasurer's Office
Clark
Nebraska
Fred N. Cooper
Iowa Training School For Boys
Damages in Case 27428 and A Collection of Marriages Filed
Case 27428 names John W. McNamara versus Charles E. Nelson seeking damages of 800 dollars. Court actions include State of Iowa versus Harold Edward Sapp and Clark Schouley for lascivious acts with a child. The list also records numerous marriage licenses issued June 6 to June 12 across towns like Oelwein West Union Oran Techny Fort Atkinson Clermont La Motte and Wadena, listing multiple couples with their towns and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McNamara
Charles E. Nelson
State of Iowa
Harold Edward Sapp
State of Iowas
Clark Schoul+ey
Marriagté
Walter
Block
Oelwein
Norme D. Luther
H. Norman Lehan
Waterville
Elaine Virgil Mark
West Union
Albert W. Youngberg
Virginia
Kilehr
Gené Glen
Rhea
Sumner
Dorath
Marie” Smith
Oran
Alphinse H. Leehtenberg
Techny
Hilda C. Blong
Ralph Knoll
Lawler
Ruth A. Boyer
Elgin
Kenneth J. Huber
Fort Atkinson
Lorraine Franzen
Hawkeye
Community Dinner and Visits Across Grand Meadow
Local residents attended social gatherings across Grand Meadow and nearby towns. Bert Lyngaas Leona and Mrs Albert Stierson and Roger dined at Vernon Anderson home. Evelyn Erickson plans to attend school in Jew City after leaving Sunday. Numerous visits to Hovland Halverson Landsreit Larson and other households are noted along with trips to Chicago Clermont and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Lyngaas
Leona
Albert Stierson
Roger
Vernon Anderson
Louie Hovland
Evelyn Erickson
Siilay
Jews City
Ttend
Alvin Halverson
Gilbert Halverson
Geraldine
Julia Landsreit
Clarence Olsen
Quinton
Mina Olson
George Hanson
Elgin
Larry Walters
Sharon
Mankato
Amanda Nesvick
Ossian
Leo Larson
Caroline Erickson
Selmer
Bethe Veryl Andrews
Cedar Rapids
Afiir
Ed Johnson
Ronald
Clara
Myrtle Petersen
Mrasigulia Landsgard
Willard Martin
Homse
West Union
Oliver Christopherson
Joan
Sunde
Vgaard
Clermont
Ronald Halverson
Julia Landsgard
Doris
Archie Johnson
Chicago
Herman Johnson
Judy
Billy
Mary Kay Swenson
Elliot
Ramoha Olson
Victor Amundson
Ames ‘Olson
Helmer Lynghes
Harold Triem
Selmer Holm
Andrew
Decorah Summer School Visit and Club Tour Schedule
Ragged text notes a Decorah attendee planning summer school and a club tour announced for July 2 starting from Gordon Palisele home Aug 12 at Dale Xlingian’s home. Mentions Ed Wright family of Chatfield Minn and J Harrington in Waterloo with references to family visits and Sunday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rlinnart
Decorah
Ed Wright
Chatfield
Minn
Ea Johnsson
Kathleen and
Gordon
Palisele
Dale - Xlingian
Syria 4-H Club Meets to Plan Fair Activities
Twenty members of the Syria Livestock 4-H Club met June 10 at president Gordon Pollock's home. Roll call named a legume crop. County reader Reuben Stephens answered questions on record books. Plans for a booth at the fair were discussed and Lowell Gehring was nominated to attend the 4-H short course at Waterloo this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Gordon Pollock
Reuben ‘Stephens
Lowell Gehring
Waterloo
Tailor’s Apple Motif Sparks Moral Golf Course Moment
A tailor’s stationery features an apple symbol prompting a light moral lesson from a preacher on the golf course. The minister notes that the players with the lowest scores are not those who swear, suggesting virtue correlates with better play.
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Sherlock Holmes
Bich
ILM Gehring
Dial
Alan
Jacob Hoover
Federal
Feasley
National Farm Loan
Burkhard Riegel
Framevice
Pibge
Avalon Theater
Echo Office
John Deere
Alley Berg
Notiqe
Elgin Oll Company
Eee
Shank and Shovel
Martin Amundson
John Deere Implement Co
Oxford
Arno Mascher
Epi
Tad Gehring, Sr
A. M
D. M. McDonald
Delhi
Elgin Echo
Roland Gruver
Evlain
Mittelstadt
Bowling Cattle Co
Phone
Town
Oldsmobile
Igin
Sam Yost
Elgin Produce
P. Strauch
Armak
Harold Moritz
Bein
D. E. Tinkyet
LEO V. Boleyn
Postville
Waukon
Sunderman City Service
Monona
Mr. Zeigier
Osslan
Cahill
Meryl
Eleader
Jack Sinclair
Lansing
Butch
Roger F. Warin
Warin
State Board of Education
Iowa School For the
Whey
Iowa School For
Anc Redent
al Kahl
Public Safety Department
Grand Meadow News
Lontel
Dolla Green
Colonial
John Tillotson
Deal
Green Colonial Furnace Service
Elgin Opera House
Edward Everett Horton
Gladys George
Harrington
J. Harrington
Iwyria 4-H Club
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Funeral Home
Apple
Seagull
Yale
Gol
Bain
Harvard
Barber
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
Mgr
Elgin, Iowa
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