Jolly Miss Fletcher Heads La Crosse Children’s Home Lawn Party
The La Crosse Home for Children led by Miss Fletcher hosts a lawn party June 16 from 3 to 6 at 609 South 11th Street. The article praises Fletcher’s 17 years of service, her bond with 25 children, and a school principal’s glowing letter of appreciation.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Jolly
la Crosse
Oe Fletcher
Miss Fletcher
Rockford
United Charities
Chicago
Ergy
Fletcher
Lincoln
D. R. Kinney
Lincoln Junior High School
South 11Th Street
Tribune
Dorothy Pengra
Charlene Torgerson
Lincoln School
Deaths in Iowa Wisconsin and New York area farms
Obituaries from Waukon Sparta and Galesville report Albert Thompson 83 at home near Waukon with six children surviving and two grandchildren. Belle Gray 68 dies in Farming ton Long Island with funeral at Sparta Methodist church Saturday. Elsie Nelson 90 oldest Zion Lutheran member dies in Arcadia after 56 years on Trempealeau valley farm. survivors include three daughters and one son.
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Waukon
Albert Thompson
S. R. Crowley
la Crosse
Carrie Johnson
Selma
Mabel
Herman
Alvin
Lloyd
Minneapolis
Sparta
Wis
Belle Gray
Francis
Farmington
Long Island
N. Y
E. E. Clark
Woodlawn
G. W. Chase
Lawrence College
Edmund S Gray
Methodist Church
WCTU
Helen Gray
Seeley Gray
Galesville
Zion Lutheran Church
Elsie Nelson
Andrew Auseth
Arcadia
Hamre
S. E. Verang
Ampoth
Ettrick
Norway
United States
Nels Nelson
Trempealeau Valley
Ladies’ Aid Society
Julia
Whitehall
Hilda Johnson
Andrew Anseth
Thomas
Deaths in Whitehall Mrs. Albert Ronnei 67
Mrs. Albert Ronnei 67 died at her Northfield home after five years of illness. Funeral Friday 1:30 p.m. at home and 2 p.m. at Upper Pigeon Lutheran Church with Rev. E. B. Christopherson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Born Ida Haugen December 21, 1878. Survived by husband four daughters one son two sisters and 14 grandchildren.
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Whitehall
Wis
Albert Ronnei
Northfield
Jackson County
Upper Pigeon Lutheran Church
E. B. Christopherson
Ida Haugen
Ronner
Work Week Shorter for Manufacturing Averages
The work week for all manufacturing averages 41 hours, almost 10 percent below 1945.
Funeral a Dollar to Coffin Mourners List
The Estes funeral home of Marshalltown says 112 mourners who attended the funeral of Charles Coffin, 58, will each receive one dollar. Coffin, a retired farmer with no immediate survivors, arranged before death that mourners be listed and paid.
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LE Grand
Charles Coffin
Estes
Marshalltown
Coffin
Railroads Invest Record $563 Million in 1945 Upgrades
Capital expenditures by Class 1 railroads in 1945 reached $562.98 million for equipment and improvements, the highest annual total since 1930, signaling a major postwar investment push across the industry.
Russians Denounce American Hysteria Over Argentine Pact
Izvestia denounces sections of the American press for hysteria over Argentina and the Soviet Union agreeing to establish diplomatic relations. The paper says the U S press exaggerates the iron curtain while the democratic press welcomes the move.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Argentina
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Few Trees Live Long in Modern Cities
Stamford report quotes F A Bartlett of Bartlett Tree Research Lab who says most trees die early from neglect or pests. He notes elms can live about 400 years and hemlocks about 600, but 250 years is rare due to unnatural living conditions and poor care.
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Stamford
Conn
F. A. Bartlett
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
Bartlett
Orchids To Indiana At What A Price
Honolulu report describes Mary Longshore of Brazil Indiana receiving a 12 orchid lei at graduation. The lei cost 126 dollars flown from Hawaii and would have been 500 dollars in the United States. Florists note orchids sell for 15 cents each in groceries.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Mary Longshore
Brazil
Ind
United States
$40 000 Hesse Gems Recovered in Reich Trial Planned
In Frankfurt the army reported recovery of $40,000 to $50,000 worth of the Hesse family jewels and said three officers will be tried there. Col J W Durant and his wife Capt Kathleen D Nash to be brought from the United States with Maj David F Watson. charges not yet settled. Missing portion of a $1,500,000 haul was recovered after a four day search.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hesse
J. W. Durant
Kathleen D. Nash
United States
David F
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