30 Dec 1958
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Newspaper
Iowa Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1958
Page
1
The Le Mars Sentinel discusses General de Gaulle cutting French farm subsidies and the potential political and economic shock. It contrasts 1944 franc value with today, warns of a possible revolution among small farmers, and draws a cautionary parallel to U.S. price supports and drug policy.
Local paper lists numerous visits and returns across towns and states. W F Arendt and two sons depart Omaha after stay with Miss Josephine Arendt. Barbara Potts visits family in Le Mars while Dallas Karr recovers at St. Vincent Sioux City. Merritt family from Carroll Iowa visits in Le Mars. Joan Belk visits parents from Minneapolis. Mrs Roy Hill returns to Seattle after care for ill sister. Bayles family guests include Francis Bayles and Genevieve Bayles from Denver. Wilson from Washington DC visits in Le Mars. The Eyres family, Laura Mae O Banion and Leland Eyres travel between Winnetka Chicago and Le Mars. Louise Scott of Waukesha visits Lydia Adler and Dennis Stelpflug. Scott hospital stay ends. Warren Mayer and children visit Ed Buss in Le Mars. New Year parade watch at Club Debonair. Neil Duffy and family from Minneapolis stay with Ed Nelle. Benson family from Jackson Minnesota visit. Charles Pierson of Detroit trips to aunt Ethel Eyres. J Johnson and C T Johnson family Christmas at Spencer. Rosalie Brouillette returns to San Francisco. she is a dancing instructor there. Darrell Scholer family from Omaha visit. Bert Myers and Rapid City relatives holidaying with Mann family.
In The Mail Bag readers thank the publishers of Le Mars Daily Sentinel for a bright December 23 section two with Bethlehem pageantry. The writers, Mr and Mrs B F Zuchl of Le Mars, extend best wishes for 1959 and mention keeping a copy for Westmar campus groups on vacation.
A museum guide and a visitor spar over a display as Gabby questions a small skull. The guide retorts that the skull belongs to Montezuma in his boyhood, deflating the guest’s curiosity with a blunt remark.
In 1918 Le Mars notes report S. L. Plath selling a Milan farm trade and moving, a theft at Mickley restaurant, influenza impacts on Union Consolidated schools, and a county treasurer race where Andrew Langhout won by 34 votes. Also: post office flood, local marriages licenses, new ice business, furloughs for servicemen, and holiday weather.
A quip reflecting on changing views of frugality. It contrasts past ideas of saving with modern perceptions of thrift. The line plays on seasoning as a metaphor for prudent management and adds a touch of humor about money-saving reputations over time.
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