Plymouth county picnic notes and Kass family reminiscences
The Plymouth county picnic in Lincoln Park drew a small crowd with baskets of lunch and old-home connections. Remsen hosted a Kass family reunion as Nicholas Kass and family traced arrivals from East Dubuque in 1876 and recount Remsen store ventures starting in 1884 with an inaugural Sunday haul of 112 dollars in groceries.
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Plymouth County
Lincoln Park
Alvarado Street
Old Home County
Kass
Burg & Hentges
Remsen
Blake House
Remsen to Los Angeles: The Kast and Koch Journeys
In his 87th year Mr Kass recalls good years and a great 1836 fire in Remsen that ended the Kass store. Fred Koch moved from Remsen in 1887 at sixteen, farm work for 30 years, then a short lived Grand theater venture. He moved to Los Angeles in 1942 with wife, settling for climate in Glendale at 535 Myrtle Street.
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Remsen
Kass
Los Angeles
O.d. Fred Koch
Koch
Mrs. Koch
Myrtle Street
Glendale
Memorial Day talks and summer invasion plans reference
General Mark W Clark addressed Memorial Day services in Italy praising crosses as signs of victory and the war effort. In Washington President Roosevelt hinted the big invasion would occur in the summer, likely June to August, as the nation irons out labor disputes at Parke-Davis over plasma and penicillin production. Meanwhile shortages and hunger rumors surface from Myers cafe customers, and a note of thanks is given for a poem about soldiers.
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Mark W. Clark
Italy
Roosevelt
C. I. O. Chemical
Parke-Davis Laboratories
Detroit
Myers
Louie
Camouflage Paints Concentrated for Overseas War Needs
Paint chemists have devised concentrated camouflage paints to save space on ships as the armed forces expand overseas. Camoufleurs thin the paints with water or approved thinners, enabling use in varying conditions and allowing repainting in different colors at short intervals.
Glass Wool Camouflage Netting Materials
Steel wool and glass wool long used for insulation are coated with colored protective coatings and applied to nettings as camouflage materials.
Spots Before Eyes: Shadows Seen When Eyes Strain
The article explains that spots before the eyes are shadows of white blood particles moving in the eye interior feeding tissues. Normally unseen, these shadows become noticeable when the eyes are tired or strained due to jumpy visual nerves.
Expensive Dutch Guiana highway built with mahogany and aluminum
United States army engineers constructed a highway in Dutch Guiana using mahogany for the base and aluminum for surfacing. The materials were chosen as the cheapest and most available locally. Dutch Guiana is noted for its rich aluminum ore deposits and abundant mahogany.
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United States Army
Dutch Guiana
Lincoln quote origins traced to Barnum and Pliny
A historical note traces the saying Fool Some People to Abraham Lincoln in Bloomington on May 29, 1856. Historian Spotford credits Barnum as the source, while Pliny the Younger first expressed the idea over nineteen centuries earlier.
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Abraham Lincoln
Bloomington
Spotford
Lincoln
P. T. Barnum
Pliny the Younger
Causes of potato losses in overfilled storage facilities
Reports indicate early decay of potatoes stems from badly overloaded storage facilities and improper ventilation. Overfilled bins block air, alleys, and ventilation equipment fail or are poorly installed, leading to storage losses.
Women Workers Counted After War Era Shifts
After World War I, during the January 1920 decennial census, there were over 80 million women workers. The figure reflects wartime curtailment in war industries, demobilization of troops, and a leveling off from the wartime employment surge.
Advantages of Trucks in Army Supply and Costs
The text notes bigger trucks cut personnel needs, reduce home and field maintenance, and lessen road congestion by using fewer units. It also explains human vision dominance in understanding, locating brain areas for sight, and briefly describes how the eye captures images like a camera, with the retina forming quick successive pictures.
Train Cover Girls Train as Postwar TV Announcers
Conover cover girls undergo training to act as announcers and demonstrators for emerging television services after the war.
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Conover
Tangy Peel to Elevate Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Finely shredded tangerine peel is suggested to enhance mashed sweet potatoes and pairs well with puddings and jellies. The note offers a simple flavor lift for dessert accompaniments and related dishes.
Chas Darville Came To Seney At Age Of 1 Year
Chas Darville who moved to Seney as a one year old has died. Surviving are wife Laura and children Oscar and John plus six daughters and a sister. The family resided in Iowa and Oregon and Wisconsin over the years. Funeral services were held at Christy funeral home in Sioux City with Rev Bassett officiating and burial in Le Mars cemetery. Pallbearers were five sons-in-law and a grandson.
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Laura Muffett
le Mars
Gayville
S. D
Darville
Sioux City
Laura
Oscar
Portland
Oregon
John
Ventura
California
Irving McArthur
Vern Burris
Jas. Cgunderston
Mission Hill
Roy McArthur
Harvey Buss
Edward Kromrey
Middleton
Wis
Arthur Emery
Ore
Christy
Bassett
James Gunderson
Donald Gunderson
Hinton Social News Recap of Local Visits
HINTON residents welcomed visitors from Nebraska and nearby towns. Vern Torbert, Ollie Beth of Norfolk and Mrs Jennie Richards spent time with relatives, while other guests included Carl Muecke family Shirley Papenhaus Mildred Hahn Darvin Richards at Ralph Stake home. Piano pupils Marylan Brehm gave a Methodist church recital. Rev H D Stahmer and family visited Fred Blankenberg.
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Vern Torbert
Ollie Beth
Norfolk
Neb
Hinton
Jennie Richards
Torbert
Carl Muecke
Shirley Papenhausen
Mildred Hahn
Darvin Richards
Ralph Stake
Ed Gorman
Duane Casper
Joan Gormen
Merrill
Charles Fish
Herbert Ludwig
Arthur Casper
Leeds
Frank Richards
Marylan Brehm
Methodist
H. D. Stahmer
Fred Blankenberg
Mrs Lowell Marbach Leaves for Riverside with Son
Mrs Lowell Marbach and her son Larry depart early Thursday for Riverside California to join Pvt Marbach stationed at Camp Haan. Sam Sampson returned last week from California where he had visited for some time.
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Lowell Marbach
Larry
Riverside
Calif
Marbach
Camp Haan
Sam Sampson
California
Graduates Plan Summer Work and Later Teaching
Accompanied by his son Otto Miss Colleen Lunchen and Miss Luella Popken plan to leave for Washington DC soon to work. Miss Carleen Pagelar will attend Western Union college at LeMars this summer and teach in the fall. All three are Treton high school graduates. Miss Naomi Schmidt and Miss Darlene Johnson who attended LeMars school return home for summer. Miss Hermina Baack from LeMars will be employed there during the summer.
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Otto
Colleen Lunchen
Luella Popken
Washington, D
Unique Program Crip pled Children’s School Continued
A unique program pledges support for Crippled Children’s School, with free will offerings invited for the institution. Mrs. Jos Menhall returns to Edgarton, Wis., from visiting her father R. B. Dalton. Petroleum Jump coke offered at 15.50 delivered for Friday and Saturday only by E. F. Nelle Lumber & Coal Co.
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Crippled Children’s School
Navy Leave and Assignments From Farragut Navy Yard
Soldiers News lists Herbert Weber Red Pecks and Clarence Cowan arriving Sunday from Farragut Idaho for a 15 day leave after boat training Norman Braune assigned to radio technician school for five months son of E E Braune of Merrill Stanley Boyens completed boat training at Farragut visiting wife and father and will report back June 8 Willis Bolser photographer's mate 3/c resumes navy duties after 10 days at home will report to Norfolk Va stationed on a ship his work is secret He entered the navy last year in June W C Hartman family heard from son Alvas stationed at Bremerton Wash who met Leonard Schultz at church near Merrill both boys like the navy Pfc Marvin Harms left Saturday
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Herbert Weber
Red Pecks
Clarence Cowan
Farragut
Idaho
Norman Braune
E. E. Braune
Merrill
Stanley Boyens
Navy
Herman Boyens
Farrrgut
Willis Bolser
N. J. Bolser
Seaman Bolser
Norfolk
W. C. Hartman
Alvas
Bremerton, Wash
Leonard Schultz
Richard. J. Lauters
Frank’.A. Lauters
LeMars
RAF
Training Command
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Army Air Forces Base Operators Group
Richard
Central High School
Serrce
Camp Dodge
War correspondence of families and servicemen in Iowa
Morning reports from California to Sioux City detail servicemen on furloughs and leave, family reunions, and training notes. Melvin Hathaway returns to Toledo after 15 days with his wife and Ernest Hathaway. Orville Flynn and Richard Lauters undergo training and prepare for base duties. Doroth A Kitterman joins Red Cross staff. Seaman Second Class Stanley Boyens and others plan time with families while awaiting further assignments. Casual notes mention promotions and ongoing duties at bases in Texas and California.
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Ollla Podrida
Anton J. Sartori
Nicholas Kass
Fred Koch
Mr. Kass
Sanborn
Alta
Marcus
Edgar Allan ‘Poe
Central Avenue 5. E
Vincent Harker
Sunkist
Armour's
Kellogg's
Pillsbury
Willer’s Grocery
Arctic
Mediterranean
Europe
L. A
Seabee
South Pacific
Colyum
Women In Industry
Cerebrum
Better Vision Institute
Robert D
Blue
Iowa
Chas. Darville
Seney
Craig
Pfc
Marvin Harms
Satur
SmartMan
St. Clair - Kovaleske
Jantzen
Jurgen. Harm
Melvin Hathaway
Toledo
Ohio
Ernest Hathaway
Colville
Orville Irish) Flynn
Farragut, Idaho
Jennie Flynn
Phil. Rush
Doroth
A. Kitterman
Kingsley
American National ‘Red Cross
Sn Overseas Clup
Mo ‘Mer Kitterman
Brasks
Joe Munlesch
John’ Munlesch
Frank
Isles
Judson
4Ermay
Attarn
Tony Wings
Commisgiox
Army Air 43
Williams Feld
Chandley
Marlin
McDougall
Sng
Saa
Pfe
Ray Scheitier
van Scheitler
Stilla
Hamilton Field
Califorfe
Henry H. Dirks
Cate
St. Clair - Kovalesit
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