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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
2
Le Mars Globe-Post appears with an advance rate and year price figures. The notice notes second class matter status at Le Mars Iowa post office under the 1879 act.
A quoted fragment reports Sara Flatbush, described as a bride, shot her husband late last night following a dispute over a guest towel. The remark notes it was the third such incident in succession, with an old man named Pearson referenced.
A Michigan businessman recounts tales from Texas, praising a Virginia waitress at a Fort Worth hotel. He notes her efficiency after 32 years of travel, saying she anticipates customers' needs and serves precise coffee refills with exact sugar and butter expectations.
A reader recounts two Texas sermons from a trip. Virginia’s tireless service elevates her, while farmer Barnes responds to frost by ordering replanting and singing in church. The tale links daily work to enduring faith and community impact.
Miss Mary Sieverding and F. P. Moeller of Remsen are to wed next Tuesday morning. They were honored at a Sunday dinner hosted by J. F. Walz and wife, with roses as a centerpiece and a pink and blue color theme. Mrs. J. A. Becker hosted a linen shower for the bride-to-be on Wednesday afternoon.
A springtime social scene features the Sieverding Moeller pre nuptial dinner with pink and white colors and June flowers, served at 6 o'clock. A large American Legion and Auxiliary picnic followed at Bolser grove with a flag ceremony and children activities. Mary Sieverding receives a gift at a brief Auxiliary meeting as she prepares to wed next Tuesday.
Mrs Hershberger hosted Young People's Missionary society gathering with a social hour and refreshments. Ruth Rothschild returned from Alton Ill to Monticello Seminary duties, visiting with Miss Fanny Keller. Margaret Blackburn of Chicago and other out of town guests attended bridge and tea. LeMars golf and bridge clubs hosted meetings. Royal Neighbors and Presbyterian Aid groups held events. Local residents hosted dinners and picnics. Decorah club named new officers. Stanley Miller visits the Miller families. W R C held Flag Day program. Elk Point visitors Marilyn Joan Peterson and mother returned home after a Le Mars visit.
Mrs Jay McAnish hosted the Odette Bridge club at her home Wednesday evening with husbands as guests. Auction bridge was the main activity followed by a light luncheon.
A Wednesday afternoon recital hosted by Mrs. Anna Bellaire featured pupils performing for mothers and friends. Pupils included Helen Thoma Leo Groetken Shirley Schultz Margaret Nemmers Dorothy Schaeffer La Vonde Utecht Frederick Schafer Bonnie Youngbluth Arthur Bellair Laverne Walsh Mary Ellen Kilker Armella Dreckman and Lillian Hannasch with Armella Dreckman and Lillian Hannasch also singing.
Hildreth Memorial Evangelical, The College Church, St. John's Lutheran and St. John's Evangelical plan Sunday services. Children’s day program at 10 45 with students and teachers. school at 9 45. youth service 7 00 led by Mildred Schroeder. Daily Vacation Bible school program at 8 00 at the high school for 179 pupils. an offering for the school. ice cream social June 30. No worship at St. John's Lutheran Sunday morning. Sunday school 9 30. D V E S closing program 8 00. John Perl, Pastor.
Letter from a Globe-Post reader discusses the Chicago American editorial calling for a veterans bonus or employment. It argues millions of men uprooted by war lost their jobs and wages and now face hardship without postwar opportunities.
An article urges immediate action by the United States government to honor its commitments to American soldiers by paying their promised bonus or finding them jobs, criticizing the current indecision and stressing the need to support those who served in Europe.
A reader letter argues that luxury and wartime excess caused present woes, urging devout frugality fasting and temperance. The author claims adversity reveals virtue and cites scripture and Pangloss to advocate moral reform and avoidance of radical agitators.
The Schneider Bowers company announces a new arrangement for its home furnishing department with basement staff moved to the main floor to improve service for customers and reduce costs, promising better values while preserving its status as a popular Northwest Iowa shopping center.
Firestone dealer John Held announced prices will stay unchanged until June 20 when a new excise tax of 14 to 15 percent on tires and tubes takes effect, the highest tax on any auto accessory. He urged buyers to act before higher costs hit due to the bill signed by the president.
A statement from Mr Schneider of Schneider Bowers announces closing of the bargain basement will not reduce service but may boost efficiency. With low prices on quality goods, all items move to the main floors eliminating stock duplication and overhead. Discontinued basement lines will be found on the main floors in dry goods and clothing departments.
Auto owners are urged to buy now to lock in the savings on Firestone tires. The company advertises prices at the lowest level ever known, valid until the tax becomes effective, while stock lasts.
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