Boy Scout Week Marks 47th Anniversary of Scouting
February observances celebrate Boy Scouts of America entering its 47th year during Boy Scout Week February 6 to 12. Since 1910, over 26 million American youths have embraced Scout oath and law, with 4.5 million boys and men active in 546 councils. A national jamboree at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, will host 50,000 Scouts Explorers and leaders this summer, signaling future national leaders.
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Thomas Edison
All America
Boy Scouts of America
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Valley Forge
Eighteen for all ages? Humboldt Republican column argues policy shift
A Humboldt Republication columnist suggests eighteenth birthday as the age for voting, while retaining twenty one for other legal purposes. He argues youths mature quickly, military service eligibility at eighteen, and the country should grant voting rights to eighteen year olds.
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Humboldt Republican
Hampshire Swine Breeders Meeting and Local Anniversaries
A roundup of small town events from Creston and Eldora notes multiple anniversaries and milestones. W. O. Chaney advertised Hampshire sale at the Creston gathering. 130 guests attended the Bruen meier silver wedding mock ceremony. W.C.T.U. hosted January meeting at Training School chapel.
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W. O. Chaney
Creston
Hampshire
Henry Bruenmeier
W.C.T.U
Blessed Chores and Farm Memories In Winter Evening
A nostalgia filled reminiscence of farm chores from dawn to night. The speaker recalls milking, gathering eggs, feeding animals, and the warmth of family routine, praising rural duties as shaping character and memory.
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Uncle Henry
Community notes and local odds and ends from Eldora region
Reports on Bud Reagan promoting the polio walk from Iowa Falls to Eldora via Ackley and Steam Boat Rock with D&R Radio. Jack Gorman aided Bob Allen on a sub zero Eldora cross country trip. A gym auditorium referendum gains ground amid a packed crowd. The school board nears hiring an architect signaling bond petitions. Eldora Rotary Club notes birthdays and a humorous coffee pot mystery. A unsigned postal item laments farmers’ plight and a state official’s arrest. Late items include sensational headlines and a proverb from a Wisconsin paper.
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Bud” Reagan
D&r Radio and TV Shop
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Ackley
Steamboat Rock
Citizens’ Committee
State Center
Radcliffe Social Notes and Visits Across Des Moines
Radcliffe and area residents attended visits and family gatherings in Des Moines and Ellsworth. The Busy week included church events at the Methodist church, a study series on Southeast Asia, a turkey supper, film showing from Russia, and ministers attending a school in Indianola. A birth was announced in Denver, and several residents welcomed visitors from Boone, Wa terloo, Rolfe, and Alden while others relocated for work near Radcliffe.
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Lonnie Mason
Hubert Gaard
Des Moines
Joe Mason
Jeffrey Joe
Gaard
David Rees
Cooper
Coper
Flouence Mason
Kenneth Fitzreim
Oscar Swenson
Ellsworth
Southeast Asia
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Ellsworth Methodist Church
Ralph Olson
Russia
Charles E. Birchmier
Radcliffe
Charles Birchmier
Indianola
Iowa
Herman Bruns
David Larson
Denver
Colo
David Paul
Tucker Dream Ends Amid Postwar Car Plans
Postwar era editorials reflect on Preston Tucker and his ambitious automotive project. The report notes Tucker, a Michigan creator, sparked excitement with a new design before his career ended with his death, as summarized by the Independence Bulletin Journal.
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Tucker
Independence Bulletin Journal
Government purchases rise from three to forty five billion
The Independence Bulletin Journal notes that federal government buying has grown from about 3 billion dollars in the 1920s to over 45 billion today, shifting from under two percent to roughly eleven percent of total national output.
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Independence Bulletin-Journal
Community Social Roundup at Alden Church Parlor
Berlin Ladies Ald will meet at the church parlors tonight with a basket dinner. Numerous local families and guests visited, dined, or attended events in Alden, Iowa Falls, Ackley, Steamboat Rock, and Eldora including birthdays and open houses.
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Dean Johns
Ackley
Merle Johns
Steamboat Rock
Wilce Ward
Wilford Hartkopp
Larry McConnell
Iowa Falls
Kathy Baker
Mary
Jim .Lee
Wilee Ward
Arthur Terry
Des Moines
Pearl Carr
Chicago
Ill
Paul Carr
Ernest Frisble
Lee Sanders
Neil Williams
Leo Williams
Ilo Granzow
Blue Earth
Minn
J. F. Russ
Russ
Grantow
Gene. Schutter
Pam
Charles City
Bob Fuller
Donald Polley
Bernard Rudolph
Owasa
Albert Hazelwood
Bob Hazelwood
Dale Meeker
Eldora
Harlan Frerichs
Wilbur Wheat
Joyce
Carrie Ward
Otto Filbrandt
Alden
Albert Albers
Charles Polley
Judy
Gary Fuller
Henry Jensen
Hubbard
Sanford Thorpe
Waterloo
Ralph Bright
Mr. Bright
Eldora Hospital
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Bud Davis
Jim Ruby
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Gene Peshia
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State University of Iowa
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W. H. Hoelscher
L. F. Wolcott
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Jesse Clay
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C. Q. Short
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Norell
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Joe Rorem
Amos Rorem
This Place
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Boone
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Frank Hartkopp
Jimmie Rankin
Alfred Axtell
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