Electricity consumption and reach in the United States
The past year saw average electricity consumption of 196 milli watt hours per hour per month, higher than in earlier years. Electricity use is nearly universal, with only about two percent of occupied dwellings without power. In over half of households service is available, and nine common electrical appliances are widespread including radio, iron, refrigerator, clock, washer, toaster, vacuum cleaner, coffee maker, and television.
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United States
Le Mars Globe-Post readership and subscription note
Omitted text appears to be a fragmented notice from Le Mars Globe-Post referencing circulation and renewal messages. It mentions subscribers, charges, and automatic renewal without billing lapses, implying a generic subscriber advisory about account status and renewal practices.
Le Mars Electric Rates Higher Than National Averages
A Suney by the Federal Power Commission shows Le Mars residents pay more for electricity than most U S cities. The typical 25 kilowatt hour bill is 1 40, 100 kWh is 5 10, and 250 kWh for cooking is 9 80 compared with national averages of 1 33, 3 81, and 7 10 respectively. The state average is 7 97, with Tacoma Washington at the low and Etna Pennsylvania at the high end.
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Globe- Post
New York
le Maars
Suney
Federal Power Communion
le Mary
United States
le Mars
Tacoma
Wash
Etna
Pennsylvania
FPC
Rainbow Girls Installation At Masonic Temple
Rainbow Girls of Le Murs Assembly held their installation Sunday at the Masonic Temple before about 100 Masons Eastern Stars and friends. Worthy Advisor Gail Reeves was installed as the new officer with formal rainbow color attire and green star emblems bearing the Virtues. Installing officers were Donna Rees Marshall Ruth Schultz Organist Sally Madsen Chaplain.
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le Murs
Masonic Temple
Renee Marvinsky
Francis Gabel
Richard Albert
Gail Reeves
Paul Reeves
Clyde Coppock
Miss Reeves
Carolyn Coppock
Mary Ellen Hammer
Joan Runcie
Judy Laux
Marvin Parker
Jancen Jeys
Margaret Post
Renee Mazvinsky
Russell Green
Donna Rees
Marshall Ruth Schultz
Sally Madsen
Pig Feed Mix Summary
The fragment lists feed components for livestock including 20 percent pig starter 50 pound paper 28 percent one balancer and various concentrates. Mentions sweet baby sugars and stewed pig starter terms. Also references hog concentrate sow supplement hog supplement beet and cattle concentrate with unclear percentages.
Incomplete Feed Ingredient List Fragment
A partial OCR fragment lists feed items such as Chick Scratch Grain, Meal-off, Meal Pellets, Soy Bean Meal, Meat & Bone Scrap 60, and Cothemseed Meal, with prices and codes partially visible, indicating a historical catalog of animal feed ingredients.
Mary Gay Collins Receeder and Officers Installed
Installation of Mary Gay Collins Receeder and officers including Gail Reeves Werthy as Advisor Marilyn Rees Worthy Associate Advisor and others listed. Ceremony featured Jean Mace Edwards and Claude Rees at base, guests in white attire, social hour with refreshments, Janice Guel as chair.
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Mary Gay Collins
Werg
Gail Reeves
Werthy
Marilyn Rees
Carolyn Meyer
Jean Rhuncie
Hope
Karen Krowel
Margaret Post
Dorothy Nicholson
Judy Gunther
Janeen Jeys
Fidelity Joyce Wills
Martin Parker
Mary Ellen Hammer
Joan Runice
Jean Mace Edwards
Claude Rees
Mrs. Reeves
Janice Guel
Momo
Vic Adams
Akron
Josephine Arendt
Auxiliary Drive starts magazine subscription campaign
The American Legion Auxiliary Wasmer Unit No. 241 of Le Mars announces a yearly subscription drive to fund portable sick room equipment for home treatment. Equipment includes Drinker Collins Tron Lung, Vollrath heaters, portable beds and chairs, Nebulizer units, oxygen tents, a baby incubator, walkers, and more. Units will house and loan items in Le Mars and nearby towns at no charge, with representatives validating authorization.
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Uegeon
Wasmer Unit No
LeMars
Remsen
Kingsley
Hinton
Merritt
American Legion Auxiliary
Wacmer Unit No. 241
le Mars
Akron
Brunsville
Craig
Kinesley
Merrill
Ovens
Struble
Westfield
Charles A. Marcue
Rowe Stackell
Clarence Branch
H. L. Heidbrink
Lee Schipper
J._V. Conway
Cecil Staebell
Ethel Lubben
Fred , Baack
H. F. Groetken
Le Mars Native Eunice Otto Tours Europe This Summer
Miss Eunice Otto daughter of Gust Otto of Osakis Minnesota recent Le Mars resident, describes a two month European tour with 30 students and teachers. They began in London and traveled to Stratford upon Avon Edinburgh Paris Nice Rome Venice Alps Zurich Salzburg to enjoy Bastille Days and the Salzburg Music Festival with foreign students.
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Gust Otto
Osakis, Minn
le Mars
Osakis Review
Globe- Post
Eunice Otto
Ottto
Atlantic
Europe
London
Oxford
Golden Bears
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Edinburgh
Scotland
Paris
France
Nice
Rivieria
Italy
Rome
Venice
Switzerland
Zurich
Minneapolis
Musses
Austria
Salzburg
Memorable European Trip Sparks Family Reunion
The narrator recalls a summer journey from Munich north to Hamburg then Amsterdam, praising Germany’s revival and Denmark Sweden Holland and Belgium. A highlight was meeting three aunts and an uncle in northern Germany where language barriers faded during two unforgettable days. The group, awaiting departure at Amsterdam, felt bittersweet to end an ordinary summer.
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Germany
Munich
Hamburg
Denmark
Stockholm
Oslo
Sweden
Eeryone
Holland
Belgium
Amsterdam
Liberty Extension Club Opens New Season Meeting
The Liberty Extension club opened its season at Mrs M E Atkinson home on September 21 with fifteen ladies present. President led the meeting, officers elected include E Atkinson township chairman, Lowell Phillips wee chairman, Vincent Pavlik secretary treasurer, Connie Lindgren county extension agent taught Floral Arrangement, lunch served by hostesses Mrs Willard Herman and Mrs Vincent Partik.
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Liberty Extension
Liberty Extension Club
M. EB. Atkinson
M. £. Atkinson
E. Atkinson
Lowell Phillips
Vincent Pavlik
Connie Lindgren
Bowling News Standings in Sioux Center League 1954
The Sioux Center bowling league standings for September 17 and 20 1954 list teams such as Midway Tavern Meadow Golf and Brunsville with records around 3 3 and .500. High team series goes to Eagles with 3445, high individual series to Harold Harms 22, and high individual game to Brick Weidenfeller 209. Other entries show players and beer brand sponsors like Blatz Beer and Debonair.
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Shelly
Merle van Roekel
Jim Wineger
Midway Tavern
Meadow Golf
Pantry
Clear-oue TV
Brunsville
Ovens
Craig
Blatz Beer
Debonair
Eaples Fecade Se Yas
Eagles
Harold Harms
Brick Weidenfeller
Pet. Eagles Aieog
Dvcia
Saint
Cleaners
Ay Ae Ya
Grady" Motors
Plymouth Coup
Hansen Hardware
Miners Plumbing
Hoffmann Paint
Hi Elks
Squirrel season notice urges fall walleye fishing tips
Iowa conservation советors remind sportsmen to prepare for autumn walleye fishing as rivers fall to clear, low levels. North of Highway 30 in Des Moines region streams Cedar Wapsie Racoon Iowa and Shellrock offer prime fishing with sand gravel rock habitats. Bait choices include minnows crayfish junebug spinner white bucktails and white streamer flies.
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Iowa
Stace Conservation Commission
Commission
Des Moines
Cedar
Wapsie
Racsoon
Shellrock
Mississippi River
Northwest Iowa group names six farm research areas
The Northwest Iowa Experimental Association approves six main experimental priorities for the Northwest Town farm project. Focus areas include fertilizer use, rotations, crop varieties, erosion and moisture conservation, and windbreak trees, with no live stock trials planned for 1955 due to costs.
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Northwest Town
Northwest Iowa Experimental Association Board of Directors
Primghar
Arlie A. Pierson
Plymouth County
Galva
Marcus
Sac
Moody
Wesfield
Castana
Union Two WCTU Holds First Meeting of 1954 55 Year
The WCTU opened 1954 55 with Mrs Henry Dempster hosting on September 23 at 2:00 pm. Mrs William Hoyt presided, naming chairmen for the year including Parli amentary Law Mrs Lowell Dempser Publicity Mrs James Hoyt and Temperance Education in Church School Mrs Roy Bullington. They noted CARE package sent to Korea and a blanket in a Seoul children’s hospital, with plans for scrapbooks for OS Seeds in Sioux City hospital and subscribing members to Caeser magazine for youth.
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Henry Dempster
Thurday
William Hoyt
Lowell Dempser
James Hoyt
William Anderson
Roy Bullington
Flower Mission
Chas Eyres
Denley Ganfield
Christian Citizenshi
Earl Morton
Glenn Reeves
Korea
New York
Seoul
Ee Caeser
Come Youth
Sioux City
Missionary Meeting Notes With Psalm And Amos Reflections
A church report describes meetings for missionaries, noting a time on parliamentary law, a devotional led by Mrs Eurd Morton, and a Psalm 103:1-12 lesson. Amos is cited on social ills and hope in ministry with visitors, guest speakers from Lyons and Glenn Dunningham, and a film for schools. Publicity duties and a post-service lunch are mentioned.
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Eurd Morton
Amos
Olla Podrida Column Writings Amid Domestic Distractions
The author muses on writing a weekly column while family interruptions intrude. He recalls losing his train of thought when conversations start during televised football and reflects on concentration, audience, and the challenge of producing coherent prose at home.
Iowa Memories and California Links across a Family Visit
A long letter recalls visits from Irene Teefey and the Firths to Le Mars and Des Moines, sharing humorous episodes, weather woes, and a corn anecdote. Janet Firth writes about Iowa summers, heat waves, and the California roots that shaped their perceptions. The piece offers a nostalgic snapshot of mid-20th century Midwest life and cross-coast ties.
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Maymond Teefey
Irene Coorer
le Mars
Southern California
Sartoci Drug
Irene
Fort Dodge
Dex Moines
Northwest Iowa Experimental Farm Events Calendar
A sequence of local notices lists events in late September and early October. Highlights include a Boys 4-H readers training at the fairgrounds, an extension office deadline for western families, a hayride roast, a Plymouth Woodbury D H I A meeting in Sioux City, a KVTV TV show in Sioux City, and a Rambling Ram truck appearance. Farm Bureau and RYP board meetings are set, with several residents noted as visitors in nearby homes.
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Fairgrounds
At & P.m
Plymouth-Woodbury
D. H
Vocational Agricultural Building
Sioux City
Farm Bureau Board
RYP
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Firestone Tire
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Rainbow Girls
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Remen
George Taylor
Fount Pblion
Lawrence J. Brown
Westfield Tap
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Cam
Oe Gee Roed
Scheel
Stowx City
Perry Top
Tom Beaulieu
Geo. Y. Pavlik
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Delores Wow
Menween
Norman Newberg
Hereford
Bowling News
Sioux
Maurice Lumber Co-op Creamery
Suffer Produce
Curtis
Candy
Elks
Rudy" Adlerss
George Addison
Union Two
WCTU
Olla Podrida
By Anton J. Sartori
Fremont Avenue
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Anton Sartori
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Belmont High School
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West Coast
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Fane
Sack
Hell
Eisenhower
Robert Becker
Jerry
Tom
Ids Sanow
Don Kaplin
Albert Albright
Rea Morgan Lindoux City
Boyd Kehrberg
Struble Corner
The
Twin-Draulic Co
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Oldsmobile
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Grady Motors
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