National Newspaper Week reflections and community focus
A nostalgic column celebrates National Newspaper Week, praising local papers for chronicling everyday life in towns. It recalls weddings, obituaries, births, and shop sales as the moving record of Your Town, and reaffirms three grass roots principles: publish aloud in the family circle, tell the truth with kindness, serve and enlighten the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Korea
G. I
Joe Barnes
Joe
Grass Roots
October Declared Gun Safety Month by Iowa Council
The Iowa Safety Council and the State Conservation Commission designate October as Gun Safety Month to address high fatalities last year. The campaign expands from a week to a month and includes radio broadcasts posters literature and gun safety demonstrations by conservation officers and cooperating agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Safety Council
State Conservation Commission
Safety Council
Asking Permission Before Hunting on Private Iowa Lands
The article urges hunters to seek permission before hunting on private Iowa lands as seasons open. It highlights farmers welcoming respectful hunters, notes that wildlife is common property but access rests with landowners, and warns that trespass or mistreatment can lose access. It promotes courtesy, care, and building goodwill with farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rumblings From Town Pump On Local Happenings
Local page notes include an AP release on IKE BACKER GIVING TO ADLAI'S FUND with Edward Burling Jr a Washington lawyer backing Stevenson for governor due to Green Machine concerns. Also mention Iowa State vs Iowa football debate, fishing tale of Les Vinton, and Soviet farm system notes from Rotary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Ike Backer
Adlai
Stevenson
Edward Burling
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Burling
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Edward
Ned Burling
Eldora
Towa State
University of Iowa
Towa
1902 Eldora News Highlights W E Rathbone Baby Depot Work
Fifty years ago W E Rathbone and wife welcomed a baby girl born last Sunday morning. Iowa Central railroad improves the depot with a new platform. Sheriff Mitterer seized beer from two halls in Ackley and will have it condemned. Maccabees elect county officers. Marriage licenses issued for Frank Pickens Lizzie McAfee and M R Gehrke Cora M Axtell. C L Hays sells property to Zerah Hayden for a future modern residence. Eldora and Whitten Mutual lines discuss joining Eldora system. The town’s philanthropic citizen E S Ensworth noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Rathbone
Warren
Iowa Central Railroad Company
Maccabees
Iowa Falls
Tom C. Meader
G. W. Parks
H. G. Phillips
Lem Harris
Frank Pickens
Lizzie McAfee
M. R. Gehrke
Cora M. Axtell
C. L. Hays
Zerah Hayden
Town Falls
E. S. Ensworth
Furs Reach Wales Alaska as Winter Looms
A lone sender reports furs safely arriving in Wales Alaska for warmth against a long cold winter. She notes fuel oil mail by air every six weeks, limited fruits and vegetables, tuberculosis fears, and a church and school as town centers while awaiting summer. The piece also mentions a trek by the Woman's Club to Des Moines for culture and a local library reading room usage concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Alaska
Hill Dun
Des Moines
Art Center
Louis Darzes
Is This a 52 Version of Storage Bin Hoax
Mason City Globe-Gazette questions a 1952 storage bin hoax style tactic used in political propaganda. The piece accuses a Committee for Agricultural Progress of being a front for Administration outreach and alleges farmers on the Department of Agriculture payroll are being targeted for pamphlet distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Globe-Gazette
Committee For Agricultural Progress
GOP
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Brannan
Department of Agriculture
Mason City Globe-Gazette
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Eiford
Hardin County Index
Herald Ledger
Hardin and Association
Hardin
Mamber Lowe Press Association
Mary Smith
Mary
Northern Minn
Les Vinton
Les
Vinton
Burlin Hamer
U. S
Moscow
Ussr
Rotary
Emmert’s
Mouse River Farmers Press
Towner
N. D
William Jennings Bryan
Marlene Deitrich
Marlene
Algona
Don Coleman
Eldora Oil Co
Vilmont-Longenecker
Albert Kennedy
Frank Kephart
Kennedy
Spencer
Puritan
Kephart
Alameda
Calif
Roosevelt Drive
Jake Hoeksema
Howard Duncan
Duncan and Sherbon
Merle Sherbon
Ankeny
Mr. Duncan
Earl Thomas
Duncans
Mr. Sherbon
Duncan
Frank Jackson
J. F. Hardin, Jr
Hardin County Savings Bank
Jackson
Howard Caffee
Guy Jones
E. B. Crosley
New Providence
E. P. Davis
C. O. Ryan
Herbert Ruff
Hardin County
Huff
Ackley
Petty
Schafer
Vigors
Nazor
White
Fagg
Jay Gilman
Strother
Hamilton
Captain Welch
Sol Tyrrell
Riley's
McNeil
Paul Hagenstein
Sol
St. Louis Cardinals
Cole
Ethridge
Riley
Vilmont
Edick
Hough
Strickler
Keeneman
L. Powell
Hepburn
Reed
Upton
J. W. Perkins
Young Trotter
Upholder
M” A Pacer
T. W. Scurry
Bert Lane
Columbus
Wright
Fort Dodge
Fred Stellow
Gladys Stellow
Omer Lundy
Frieda Diener
Myron M. Martin
Eva Baker
Glen Shafer
Pearl Biscel
Wm. J. Teboy
Myrtle A. Basten
George M. Stevens
Marie M. Pabst
Odd Fellows
Eldora Lodge
Order
Union Horseshoe Club
Union
Dows
Co. G
Freedom of Information Committee
Herald - Index
Wildlife Gun Club
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Pontiac
Cas
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