January subscription offers and local Humboldt snow notes
Del Marks discusses January as prime time for readers to subscribe due to post holiday and Labor Day reading patterns. He recounts a Christmas giveaway miscount that omitted a winner and notes Ollie Stoll of La Verne as grand prize recipient. The column also covers snow removal, Humboldt street work, and efficient license plate sticker purchases at Humboldt County Treasurer Pat Albrecht’s office ahead of the January 81 deadline.
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del Marks
Aephy
Fagen
del Sendgig
Ollie Stoll
la Verne
Ralph
Sil Humboldt
Humboldt
Fort Dodge
Humboldt County
Pat Albrecht
Wardy News Christmas Decrees in Vorland Homes
Fragmented notice lists residents including Mr and Mrs Bill Rosch Des Moines Mr and Mrs Guy Taind Mark and Wendy Clanan Mr and Mrs Gary Lynd Corey Chad Eagle Grove Mara Lund Humbold Binks McCurry Renwick and others with unclear final details. The text is garbled and partially unreadable.
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Chrismas Deyrees
Herman Vorland
Bill Rosch
Des Moines
Guy Taind
Mark
Wendy
Clanan
Mize
Gary Lynd
Corey
Chad
Eagle Grove
Mara Lund
Humbold Binks
Letter to the Editor Sparks Vexed Advice on Jails and Taxes
A Humboldt County reader derides jail policy, taxes, and local governance. He argues officials should make jails harsher, contesting ongoing costs and post voting expenses. He criticizes supervisors, a landfill deal, a hospital wing, and proposed parks, urging beware higher taxes.
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Humboldt County
Jet
Law Center
Iowa Public Service
Radio Today
Claybaugh
Earl
Ball Park
B.A. Skaugstad Humboldt
Energy independence progress and solar ethanol outlook
Berkely Be outlines steady gains in energy independence through conservation, solar photovoltaics and alcohol fuels while warning of potential funding cuts by the Reagan Administration. He stresses targeting waste in public utilities and government energy use, and optimism about photovoltaics becoming economical by the mid-1980s and alcohol fuels providing transport fuel by decade's end.
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Midwest
Congress
Question Corner on Sourdough and Down Insulation
A reader asks about sourdough starter with a liquid on top and how to tell if it is still usable. The answer says liquid separation is normal, stir well, use normally, and discard only if the starter becomes entirely liquid or loses its sour aroma. It notes improper handling kills starter. The second query asks what down is and if it is warm. The response explains down is waterfowl undercoating, fluffy without quill shafts, and that federal rules require at least 80 percent down with remaining feathers. duck and goose down are warmer.
Humboldt Alumni Banquet and Local Happenings Recall
About 80 Humboldt High School seniors and alumni attended the annual alumni banquet. New officers were elected including Mrs K J Smith as president and Clayton Foster as secretary. Local changes include L H Beach resigning as manager of Bode Creamery and weather-related farm notes. Several township welfare and church activities, plus 10 years ago and 1872 retrospectives, fill the page.
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Humboldt High School
Mra. K. J. Smith
Mra
Tilda Nelson
Clayton Foster
Theodore White
Jesse Wiuff
Lilien Arent
Catherine Osia
Ronald Berkhimer
Reginald Berkhimer
Otis Nelson
L. H. Beach
Bode Creamery Company
Fred Buscher
Humboldt
Bradgate
Avery
Walter Turley
Ivan Godden
Myrtie Burr
Humboldt Republican
Bruce Edward Full
Humboldt County
Gilmore City
Lestie J. Full
Pamela
Douglas
Midwest Limestone
Bruce Edward
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Mary McArthur
Twin Rivers Community School
Livermore
Ottosen Presbyterian Church
Ralph Richarda
Roy Telford
LeRoy Worby
Lawrence
Telford
Alfred Schultz
Lawrence Telford
Jesse van Buskirk
Essie Cooper
W. G. Cooper
Albert Thorsen
Ralph Richards
Marilyn Sadler
Renwick
Thor
Richard Hoke
Gordon Hanisch
Jean Kieve
John van Horn
Nancy Jensen
Russell Christensen
Harold Peterson
Harry Strong
Karen's Quips 1981 Look Ahead With Hope And Caution
Karen reflects on a turbulent start to 1981 with recession fears for the Midwest, plummeting farm prices affecting farm oriented businesses, and a tense world climate from the Middle East to Poland. She notes the Rose Bowl and Hawkeyes, contrasts regional economies, hopes for spring, and jokes about a new appliance becoming a yearly rite.
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Midwest
Middle East
Poland
Hawkeye
State
Hawks
Washington
Clean air machine sells well this season and calendars noted
By Karen May notes the clean air machine sells for about 20 dollars and is made by several firms. She mentions snow on the ground causing travel issues over New Year holidays and roads becoming snow packed. Nielsen John Deere of Humboldt issues an attractive 1982 calendar with brid ge scenery.
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Nielsen John Deere
Humboldt
United States
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Richard F. Blomker
Kevin Tellier
Wiley Mayne
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Tellier
Howard Tellier
Karen
Karen May
Iboyle Electric
Humboldt-Dakota City
Gary Halarud & Family
Roger & Marilyn
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