Pipe Dreams and Community Picnics Amid Classic Jests
A columnist laments hitting Hitler HQ in Berlin versus Washington jackpots, notes small towns hosting summer picnics including Elgin and Clermont, and considers reviving the old Little Eight baseball league with open territory towns like Hawkeye and Wadena. Other items poke fun at marriage humor, aging proprieties, and light quips about religion and labor. The clipping blends jokes and brief notes on local life and regional sports history.
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Nae
Elgin
Clermont
Hawkeye
Waua Tona
Wadena
Volga
Arlington
Fayette
Maynard Westgate
Mask of Hypocrisy and Parachute Jokes at Anamosa Flit
The Anamosa Journal items poke at social quirks and local wit. A girl’s faith, a married woman’s hope, and an old maid’s charity become masks in jokes. Office boy asks for time off as a grandmother prepares for a parachute jump. A saleswoman test drives dresses to size by mail order. Local notes mock water rates, car tourists, and a preacher’s hell talk. The dial telephone rollout trims central operator workload as Tilbet central stays busy.
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Alice Pye
The
Anamosa Journal
Anamosa
Bank to Expand as Lot Purchased for New Building
At a June stockholders meeting Citizens State Bank decided to enlarge its premises. The bank bought the adjoining lot to be part of the new building site and will remodel the old structure to match the addition.
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Citizens’ State Bank
Bank
F. W. Hughes
M. W. Kiple
Hunsberger
8. W. Kuster
Ida Schori
Anna Harmon
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Hulda Schori
France DeSart
Elgin
Sonoma City
Calif
DeSart
David Moats
Trout Restocking in Glover Creek Reaches New Total
Last week 900 rainbow trout were released into Glover Creek, bringing the annual total to 2,900 fish in that stream. Ossian business leaders aim to secure a state liquor store in town. Allamakee County pays a 50 cent rattlesnake bounty per dead snake. $41.60 has been paid so far this year.
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Glover Creek
Ossian
Allamakee
Exemption filing deadline set for WWII tax relief
World War Veterans and ex service men are notified that Senate File 333 changes the exemption filing deadline to July 8, 1941, with earlier July 3 for those who did not file with the assessor. If already filed with the assessor no action is needed. County Auditor LB Cline 4th district.
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Senate
49Th General Assembly
LB Cline
Start Renewing Drivers Licenses Next Week Iowa
About 1,044,374 Iowans will renew their driver licenses starting June 2 1941. The State Department of Public Safety will station clerks in county seats to accept renewals and fees and issue receipts that extend the 1939-41 license until renewal. Renewal should be processed through department representatives to ensure proper forms, receipts, and prompt issuance of the new license, which will be a photo graphic reproduction without stubs from 1939-41. The 1941-43 license will carry a renewal stub for 1943-45.
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State Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Safety
Soldiers Cannot Strike In The Army
The Sioux City Journal notes that soldiers cannot strike or form unions. Uniformed personnel cannot lay down weapons or negotiate working conditions with superiors. No organizers may push for a soldiers’ union or federal recognition in military posts.
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Sioux City Journal
Unusual House in Guthrie Center Area Featured
A 30 year old rustic home near Guthrie Center uses native stone held with river mud. Its interior walls are hazel brush plastered with mud, offering a secluded, neighbor-distinct dwelling option.
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Guthrie Center
Des Moines Auto Racing Opens with Death Dodgers Show
Auto racing starts at the Iowa State Fair half mile dirt track in Des Moines on Sunday June 1 opening the 1941 national circuit. Jimmie Lynch's World's Fair Death Dodgers join the program with a 90 minute daredevil display before eight race championship events. Twenty one cars qualify for the eight races with speed trials preceding the main program.
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Jimmie Lynch
Midwest
Ing
Lynch
Death Dodgers
Georgia Lou Grimes to Teach in Erika Public Schools
Georgia Lou Grimes a sophomore at Upper Iowa University from Elgin will teach next fall in Erika Public Schools. She will oversee the 5th and 6th grades and receive a two year normal certificate at commencement on June 2.
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Georgia Lou Grimes
Upper Iowa University
Elgin
Frederika
Miss Grimes
Upper Iowa
Uniformity Could Save County Expenses
A newspaper publisher argues for unified county bookkeeping in Iowa after reviewing county forms. He notes current nonuniformity causes waste and believes a standard system would save money for counties, though it may not boost profits for book houses.
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Iowa
Volga River Fishing Ban From Fay Paul’s Bridge To Lima Bridge
The Volga river is closed to fishing until June 15 along a 2 mile stretch from Fay Paul’s bridge to the Lima bridge. The area is closed for a spawning area by order of the Game Warden.
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Volga
Fay Paul
Fayette
Lima Bridge
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Fayette County
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Washington
Little ‘Eight Baseball
Little 8
Dora
Eittor
Northwood
Lses
Canada
Office Boy
Mr. White
Hitler
Tilbet Central
America
Mary Ann Keiser
YOU and Your Child Magazine
Mary Ann
H. R. Keiser
West Farwell Avenue
Chicago, IL
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Des Moines
Schick
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Love Brothers
O'Neill Drug CO
Elgin, Iowa
the Echo-Enterprise
R. P. Strauch Elgin, Iowa
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