Mrs. Melvin Benson Visits In Iowa Towns And Hospitals
Mrs. Melvin Benson of Salem Oregon arrived Thursday for a visit with Lloyd Eigler in Postville Also visiting and visiting in Decorah were Ruth Schupbach at St Josephs hospital New Hampton where she is recovering after surgery. Members of local families hosted dinners and birthday celebrations including Mrs Marie Krueger Mrs Jack Gehring and Mrs George Miller among others. Several guests traveled to La Crosse Wisconsin Pepin Wisconsin and Cedar Rapids for family events and hospital visits.
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Melvin Benson
Salem
Oregon
Lloyd Eigler
lPostville
O. Torkelton
Belva Snyder
Snyder
Decorah
Morris Woldum
Lyle Light Family
Mel Kohler
Ruth Schupbach
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Hampton
Ruth
H. D. Yack
Silvis
Tom Desmond
Carl Hackmann
Gus Krueger
Marie Krueger
Albert Bergier
Chicago
John Grumm
Whitney
Garner
Jack Gehring
Charles Gehring
Milton Miller
LaFonda
J. 8. Miller
George Miller
Estella Feller
Hot Springs
Ark
Dallas
Texas
L. J. Cooley
West Union
John Tinker
Strawberry Point
D. E. Tinker
Bernard Natham
Postville
Schneider Bros
Brainard
Jud Conner
Arthur
Robert Schneider
Harry Palmers
Detroit
Mich
Lena Baumgartner
Pepin
Wis
Thos. Pollock
Rose Baechler
Selma Schneider
George UL. Miller
Ervin Metzger
Fred J. Schneider
Archie Schroeder
Pruning Shade Trees Before Spring Growth Commences
Late winter offers an ideal window to prune shade trees while their structure is easy to observe and before new growth begins. Removal choices are clearer when the plant is dormant and materials to be shed are visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch
John Dennier
Iind
Marriage License Costs Rise In Iowa Legislation
The Iowa House approved a bill to raise marriage licenses from 1.50 to 3.00, sending it to the Senate for consideration. The piece notes civil defense training efforts, including a goal to train 300,000 first aid responders, and reports on awards for legislators by the Des Moines Press and Radio Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idwa
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Town Safety Congress
Jowans
Red Cross
Iowana
Des Moines Judge Resigns to Lead Moose Lodge
Des Moines' principal court judge To Moose Fost Andowar will resign his bench duties to become general governor of the Loyal Order of Moose. He will assume the new role on May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Fost Andowar
Ralph D. Moore
Des Moines
Loyal Order of Moose
Street Cars Leave Des Moines For Bus Service
Des Moines switched its last operating streetcar line to buses last week, marking the end of streetcars in the city. Iowa remains without in-city trams except on intercity routes Cedar Falls to Waterloo and Iowa City to Cedar Rapids. Labor leader Austin Finnessy resigns as public relations director for the Iowa State Federation of Labor to become labor relations supervisor at International Minerals and Chemical in Chicago, effective April 1. He has four years with the AFL and has worked to improve labor relations in Iowa.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Austin Pinhessy
Towa State Federation of Labor
AML
Finnessy
Willl
Chicago
International Minerals and Chemical Company
AFL
Towns OPS Aims Education Effort Against Inflation
The town's newly established office of price stabilization plans a public education program to explain its primary aim of curbing inflation and how it will operate locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Birthday salute to Iowa's centenarian Anna Boyles
One of Iowa's oldest residents celebrated her 98th birthday on February 2. Mrs. Anna Boyles of Center Point, born in 1853, marked the occasion with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Anna Boyles
Center Point
Ohio
Pigs Suffer Electric Shock at Hemingways Farm
Three pigs at the Hemmingway farm in West Branch were shocked when they rubbed noses on a damaged wire. Neighbors and the Hemingways seek to determine the source of the fatal current and its origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemmingway
Wall Ware
Learry Electric
Hatchery Chick Production Rises in December 1934 Beating 1949
Production of chicks in hatcheries was 19 percent higher in December 1934 than in December 1949. The figures highlight a stronger hatchery output during the earlier period, reflecting shifts in breeding and supply dynamics across the two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Naturalized U S Citizens Barred from Presidency
A historical note states naturalized citizens of the United States are entitled to all privileges except the right to become president, underscoring the long standing constitutional provision restricting presidential eligibility to native born citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Stage Tights Dress Sparks Humorous Quip Talk
A jumble of lines from a lively amateur theater scene features a hesitant performer asking about tights, a revivalist railing about sin, and quips about debts, love, and aging. Edna and a professor intersect in a comic exchange amid dating jitters and stage humor.
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Chris Schweitzer
West Elgin
Fred Schaer
Dial
Elgin
Clermont
Avan
Franklin
Town
Miginal Casualty Co
R. F. Strauch
Pioneer
Emil Johnson
E. K. Mark
L. T. N. Wilson
West Union Appliace Service
State University of Iowa
Gardustes
Joames Morrison
SUI Linotype School
Bolson
Bolson’s
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
Thos. E. Howard
Handy Jim
Burnell Andersons
Nels Iverson
West Union Appliance
Oscar Jonsberg and Son
Noel Brockway
Union
DELCO
Kowler Coleman
McDonald
Eldorado
Karen ‘Wiechmann
Karen
Wadena
G. W. Alderson
Kenneth Baldwin
Orvin Thompson, Auctioneer
Gus Kruegen
Arthur Lantz
Jocelyn Ittermann
Jeanette
Janette
Krueger
Supreme Court
H. Roe Bartle
Kuheesity
Towa
Bartle
al Love- Hand
Ee Ee
Ictredestery Saboship
Sabie Canter
John
Edna
Scotland
Moses
Rastus
Harley
Clive Helms
Lee Marquette
Will Heick
Hawkeye
Maynard Buroden
West Union Auction Exch
Orvin Thompson
George Schi
Jim Niles
Mgr
Elgin, Iowa
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