Emmetsburg Boosters July Meeting Reports and Events
Emmetsburg Boosters held a July 4 H meeting at the common school with Eugene Newith reporting on the Okoboli camp and Bol Murphy on Town State College short course. Lunch was served by Mrs Joe Currans and Mrs Lloyd Yergier. The group will meet again in August.
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Emmettsburg Boosters
Emmetsburg Boosters
Eugene Newith
Okoboli
Bol Murphy
Town State College
Joe Currans
Lloyd Yergier
Boosters
Paul Currans
Church Notices and Sunday Schedules Across Local Churches
Various parish announcements from Immaculate Conception, St. Pauls, First Lutheran, Our Saviors, and the Methodist Church list service times Bible studies Sunday School at 10:00, 11:00 worship, and special events. Also notes a Joint Sunday School Picnic at Lost Island State Park and a weeklong North Iowa Bible Conference at Lake West Okoboji with multiple bishops. African violets care tip included.
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Immaculate Conception
First Lutheran Church
Lost Island State Park
Jens Kirkegaard
Kirkegaards
Allen Birklands
Ladies’ Aid
Magdalene Circle
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Home Mission Society
A. C
Methodist Church
North
Ralph E. Dodge
Graettinger Lon
Africa
Medical Scientists Trace Radioactivity to Lone Call
Medical scientists at the University of Rochester School of Medicine announce the first photograph of beta particle tracing from a single cell. Autoradiography uses Kodak plates to locate radioactive isotopes in tissue, expanding radioactive tracer research in biology and medicine. The method builds on the 1898 discovery of the first autoradiograph.
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Atomic Energy Project
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Kodak Research Laboratories
When Does Child Reach Safe Age to Own Bike
Guidance on safe bicycle use depends on child training and local conditions. The council recommends sizes and rules by age: 5-7 years use a 20 inch bike off the street, dismount to cross streets. 8-10 years use a 24 inch bike with limited riding on quiet streets. 11 years and older use a 26 inch bike with full freedom except on busy arterial streets.
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Cosity
Vanishing Flat Foot Patrols Move Toward Motorized Police
The International City Managers' Association reports in the 1950 Municipal Year Book that motorization is replacing foot patrols. Thirty four cities patrol entirely by motor vehicles. others mix foot and motor. Smaller cities show higher motorization with 13 patrol cars per 100 workers in 10 000 to 25 000 populations versus 5.2 in major cities.
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International City Managers’ Association
First White House Architect Chosen for President's House
President George Washington approved a site at David Burns farm for the President's house on the Potomac. Major Pierre L'Enfant had selected the site. A $600 prize attracted many designs, with James Hoben of Dublin, Ireland, then in Charleston, South Carolina, winning. Hoben became the first White House architect, drawing on the Duke of Leinster's Dublin palace as a model.
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White House
George Washington
Pierre L'Enfant
David Burns
Potomac River
James Hoben
Dublin
Ireland
Charleston
South Carolina
Duke of Leinster
Dairying in Puerto Rico Faces Rising Challenges
Puerto Rico dairy farmers confront rising costs and aging herd numbers as the industry struggles to maintain output. Local cooperatives seek funding and new practices to stabilize milk production and support rural livelihood amid economic pressures.
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Puerto Rico
Television Cat Screened in Washer
In Paris Illinois, Darry Tisdale’s sons Barry and Gregory staged a pretend TV show with a cat in a washing machine as the screen. The boys left the cat inside. their mother later rescued a soggy, dazed feline after the load began washing.
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Paris
Darry Tisdale
Tisdale
Barry
Gregory
Pied Piper tale turns new path in rat plagued Hammelin
Hammelin, Germany faces a fresh twist as city officials seek another Pied Piper to curb a rat and mouse infestation. Health authorities report no decline in pests despite modern extermination methods. The arc from ancient legend to current effort colors the town’s struggle with its famed tale.
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Hammelin
Germany
Weser
Harmmelin
Hamr
Expert Claims Springtime Birds Sing War Not Love
Athens Ga day by day more beliefs are detunked the spring birds sing not of love but warn territorial claims. University of Georgia expert Dr Eugene P Odum says male birds stake out territory in northern springs while females migrate north later.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Eugene P. Odum
Young Doctor to Lead Leper Colony on Tinian
A 30 year old doctor volunteers to take charge of the leper colony on Tinian in the Pacific. He goes with his wife and two children to assume duties at the remote station.
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Washington
Pacific
Tinian
Hand’s Park
Gorlars Creoles
S. Schaller
Iowa
Secomd
Hawaiian Island Pests and West Indies Harbor Note
The text lists Formosan frit fly as a key Hawaiian pest alongside Mediterranean fruit fly and melon fly. It mentions Iscatt harbor at Charlotte Amalie, named for King Christian Vo of Deith, noting its busy port in the West Indies Golden Age. It also cites Miami as one of three large U S cities with high 1948 building permits, surpassing 1946 totals along with Detroit and Cleveland.
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Hawraiian Island
Hawaiian Islands
Iscatt
Charlotte Amalie
Christian Vo
West Indies
Miami
Fla
United States
The
Public Administration Clearing House
Detroit
Cleveland
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Elbert Powers
Laverne’ Petersen
Frances Mills
Graettinger
Ernie Andresen
John Nelson
Carl Rosburg
Ray Rosburg
Rosburg
First Lutheran Aid
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Bride
Emmetsburg
Mrs. Bass
Emmetsburg Hospital
Riverside Club
Fof
Pilgnie
Mission Society
Lost Island Mission Society
A. C. Christiansen
Oliver Osher
Lakes
Two Tabla Bridge Club
Watson Theatre
Galettiner, Wow
Man On the
Eiffel Tower
Charles Laughton
F. Tone
Jasy
Lassie
Edmund Gwen
Donald Crisp
Cinderella
Walt Disney
Mi Asrest
Albert Suss
Pittsburg
Robert Simonsen
Herke & Lundgren Grastinger, Iows
Inlian Harbor
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Roy E. Masters
District Court
HR. A. Elsenrast
Joseph P. Hand
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Shirley Bay
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Sharon Elaine Ray
Joseph Hand
Lowe
Grein Electric
NORGE
Fairbanks Morse
Melvin Peterson
A. H. Hobson
Optometrist
Broadway
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Graettfinger
B. E. Dappen
Sehen No. Ik
Adolph Spies
Plymouth
Russell Westfail
Mia
Ed Miller
Pat Brown
Estherville
Einer
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Ambel
Inquire Times Office
Johm Deere
Ringsted Co-Op Grain Co
Thoreson Hardware
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Irene Montgomery
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Campbell
H. A. Elsenhast
Gus D. Rath
Spencer
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Baling
Dale Garber
Don Moore
International Harvester
J. J. Low, Graettinger
Joe King
Osgood
Hand's Park
Mirth
Mack
Maxine Carroll
St. Paul
Lowell Stewart
Mary Saegan
Mrs. Hard
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R. C. Biggs
Emmet Co
Dennis Graettinger
Emmetab
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Ad Brendfather
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Martin
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