OQueration Gypsy travel column by Marj Vandervelde
Marj Vandervelde writes a weekly travel column in the Times titled World at Our Feet. In her Caribbean and Mexican journeys she notes life, markets, and people from an outdoor village market. She describes colorful stalls, baskets, and foods as she and her husband Pilot travel by road and sail a small cabin cruiser.
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Andrew
Birch} Vandervelde
Palo Alto County
Emmesburg
Vandervelde
Marj
Mexico
Tropics
Ani
Bordor
Unclear Text From Market Scene Describes Odd Fruits
Fragmentary OCR describes a market moment with fruit baskets and a man named Banas. The passage mentions women, a pilot, and several strangers exchanging items like tangerines pineapples papaya and a sackless remark. The reading remains incoherent with numerous misspellings.
Loans Available For Cribs And Bins On Farms
Government loans remain available to help farmers add partial storage space on their farms. The program offers a down payment up to 50 percent of a new grain storage structure at 4 percent interest, five year terms, and annual installments beginning after the first year. Applications are at the county ASC office. since 1949, several thousand Iowa loans, including about 1200 in Palo Alto county, have been made. Chair John Lynch urges storage expansion to maximize price supports and harvest-time marketing flexibility.
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Jon Lynch
Palo Alto County
ASC
Iowa
Palo Alto
Lynch
Gap School Bus Warning Signs Posted in State
The Iowa State Highway Commission announced new school bus warning signs at 600 locations on the state highway system. Motorists are warned it is unlawful to pass a stopped school bus from either direction. Signs were approved by the Governor's Safety Coordinating Committee and placed beyond city limits, near intersections and state roads to inform the public of the law.
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Gap School
Towa
Bss
Towa Qwintery Highway
Governor's Safety Coordinating Committee
Algona Fireman Suffers Heart Attack on Roof
Fireman Henry Hauptly of Algona collapsed from a heart attack while working on a roof about 40 to 50 feet high. He was secured by the Algona crew after 15 to 20 minutes of emergency effort.
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Henry Hauptly
Algona
Algona Uremen
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Marj’ Vardervelde
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Vandergelides
Hudson Bay
Times
Mary
The
Mary Vanderveld
Peter
Alexion
Pholo
Wallaces’ Farmer
Grand Ave
Graettinger Insurance Agency
Graettinger, Towa
Des Moines
Graettinger
Glenn Ford
Gia Seala
RADIO
Fairbanks Morse
Phono Records
Grein Electric
City
Lowa
George Keplogie
Dodge Social Security Office
Jonson's Drug
Forman
Ford
Coatorman Ford & CO
Lars C. Petersen
Signa
Graottinges
Social Security Offices
Replogic
Ray
Merle
Cierco
Thoreson’s
T. Pege
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