Editors Comment on New Liquor Law Prospects
Editors reflect on the liquor by the drink bill in Iowa. They note party dynamics, enforcement hopes, and fears of increased drunken driving. Advance commentary warns the law may be harder to obtain a drink after July 4 and highlights strict rules affecting clubs, lodges, and country clubs with Sunday bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hughes
Republican State Central Committee
Des Moines
Senate
House
Iowa
Duane Dewel
Algona
Remarkable Zearing Grower Shares Giant Poinsettia
Russell Golly of Zearing is praised for a extraordinary poinsettia with six branches including one at 8 feet and others over 42 and 40 inches. Sam Steigerwalt of Nevada is honored as Story county's only engineer for 50 years, serving through five decades in the same appointive post amid changing politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Golly
Zearing
Sam Steigerwalt
Nevada
Story County
Sam
City settles firemen strike with funding and arrest incident
City officials and firemen reached arbitration ending the strike. The conflict led to arrests and a brief jail stay before dawn departure. M A Moore Lumber Co buys Seney yards from Edwards Bradford Co. Closing exercises of St James school were held at the opera house. A Iowa Telephone Co solicitor canvassed the city from Davenport, promoting phone installations and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Moore Lumber Co
Seney
Edwards Bradford Co
St. James School
Opera House
Iowa Telephone Co
Davenport
Le Mars Afton 1913 items mix dust petition and local changes
A 1913 Le Mars recap notes a petition by many women to sprinkle South Main Street, granted after council debate about dust elsewhere. It reports changes in the post office staff, threats at Singer saloon, W S Freeman becoming Grand Army of the Republic department commander, Hirsch Bros replacing a frame building with a brick garage, hospital status as Protestant Community hospital, and a Plymouth county teacher surplus with only four rural schools meeting standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main St
Ethel Eyres
Anton Sartori
Fred Nelson
L. Andrews
Remsen
Singer Saloon
W. S. Freeman
le Mars
Grand Army of the Republic
Hirsch Bros
North Central Ave
Plymouth County
It Happened in Le Mars Thirty Years Ago
A compiled Le Mars nostalgia column recalls events from 1933 1943 and 1953. Highlights include golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs John Bogen record heat waves with 106 degrees and local market prices for corn wheat eggs and cream. Also noted are marriages births and civic notes such as band director changes and transit repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bogen
Theodore Love
le Mars
H. J. Harms
Brunsville
L. A. Weidauer
O.P.A
Tra Vail
Western Union College
Remsen
A. A. Delperdang
Della Fokken
Kingsley
Hartingen
Tex
Five Generations Bless Osceola Child
Brenda Reish, age 16 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gary Reish, Osceola, is described as part of five generations. The family lists eleven grandparents and includes Brenda, her mother Connie Reish, grandmother Ivalee Shepherd, great grandfather L D Karns, and great great grandmother Mrs B R Karns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Eign Reish
Gary Reish
Osceola
Brenda
Connie Reish
Ivalee Shepherd
L. D. Karns
Daily Dilly Detours From State Highway Detour Maps
Detour updates cover U S 20 in Sioux City with a one mile bridge construction detour along marked city streets. IS 29 detours around the Big Sioux River in Sioux City for 0.3 mile via south bridge and lane. IL 29 near Wall Street interchange in Sioux City lists a 3 mile bridge construction with a runaround detour. TA 141 about 15 miles southeast of Mapleton notes a landslide with detour via IA 175 TA 37 and IA 183 totaling 31 miles paved. IA 33 runs one mile north of Ritter to Ashton for shoulder construction. U S 75 junction 18 75 north 17 miles to Rock Rapids includes tar pavement resurfacing. US 59 and IA 10 from two miles south of junction 59-10 for five miles north to Primghar for resurfacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Sioux City
Big Sioux River
Wall Street
Mapleton
Ritter
Ashton
U. S. 75
Rock Rapids
U. S. 59
Ia. 10
Primghar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liquor Commission
FRY Jewelers
Wyler Watches
Health’s
Lovely Rexall Drug Co
Detroit
Martin Luther King
U. S
King
Oscar Schindel
Merrill Friday
Louis D. Christensen
le Mars Tyre Service
Selma Sandren
Leonard Ludwig
Omaha
Janet Mary Parker
Hale Parker
William L. Green
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Joseph D. Salter
Municipal Park Pool
Alton
Worthington
Mavis Claussen
R. L. Claussen
Donald Roache
Ozona, Fla
First Methodist Church
Dallas Stilley
Nashville
Stilley
Aya Hi
LeMars
New York, M. D
Dennis the Menace
By Ketcham
R. Karns
New York Life
Acloan
Joel T. Shepherd
Central Ave
le Mare
Little League Cardinals
Little League Yankees
Westfield Little League
Floyd Valley
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