Fire destroys major portion of Lime Springs stockyards
A west wind fed a large fire at Lime Springs stockyards yesterday evening. The Lime Springs Fire Department contained the blaze in about 30 minutes, saving the weighing house, loading chute, east cattle pens, and the W. J. Armstrong office while losses included all roofed sheds and Milwaukee Road structures plus a corn crib and hay barn. Five calves survived. one or more firefighters were burned. origin undetermined.
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Lime Springs
W. J. Armstrong
Milwaukee Road
Farmers Coop
European travels of Marian Anderiik 1857 diary note
Marian Anderiik writes from Dijon on June 15 1857 describing eleven days in Europe visiting Liverpool Stratford on Avon London Oxford Paris Brussels and Amsterdam. She notes Rembrandt and Van Dyck paintings at the Warwick Castle visits Shakespeare’s and Eton College sites and a canal boat ride in the Netherlands plus rough weather and a diligent German bus driver through England France Belgium and beyond.
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Mr. Cassidy
Europe
Liverpool
Stratford-on-Avgon
Ann Hathaway
Shakespeare
Royal Ballet
Haymarket Theatre
Wax Museum
Eton College
Stoke-Poges Church
Gray
London
Harwich
Hook
Holland
Amsterdam
Edam cheess
Volendam
Brussels
Paris
Reims
Eiffel Tower
Louvre
Versailles Palace
Arche de Triumph
Paria
Dijon
Switzerland
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Ludwig Schmolz
Scandinavia
Severely Disabled Should Know Of Social Security Opportunities
More than a hundred thousand severely disabled people nationwide will receive their first Social Security disability insurance checks in August. Elmer L. Iske, Mason City district manager, notes many eligible workers aged 50 to 65 have not yet applied. Those disabled for work long enough must apply before June 30 or lose rights to new benefits. People 50 to 65 may have their Social Security record frozen to protect future disability payments and their family's rights to old-age benefits.
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Elmer L. Iske
Mason City
social security office
Howard County
Iske
School Reorganization Meeting At Saratoga Friday
An upcoming Friday, June 28, at 8 00 pm in Saratoga Hall, invites all interested to discuss forming a consolidated district with a high school by 1962. The meeting seeks broad participation, proposals, and cooperation to provide quality education at the lowest cost, with emphasis on unity and local effort.
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Saratoga Hall
Saratoga
Johnson Family Reunion Sunday At J Hoopmans
The annual Johnson family reunion was held Sunday at the John Hoopman home. Attendees included Chas Mills Hastings MN Wil Johnson Wheaton IL Horace Johnson Glen Ellyn NL Mrs Wil Barker Frank Gise and three children Minneapolis MN and others from Kendalville IA Ottumwa IA Mason City IA Lime Springs IA and surrounding towns.
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Johnson
John Hoopman
Chas. Mills
Hastings
Minn
Wil Johnson
Wheaton
Ill
Horace Johnson
Glen Ellyn
Wil Barker
Frank Gise
Minneapolis
Allen Johnson
Kendallyilie
Iowa
Clarice Kaltenbach
Ottumwa
Lucille Johnson
Mason City
John Hoopsman
John A. Johnson
Esten Applen
Fred Latcham
George Johnson
Art Rembold
Carol
Lime Springs
Rev Shaffer reassigned to Lime Springs Chester church
At the North Iowa Methodist Conference announcements list new ministerial assignments for the coming year. Rev H C Shaffer is reassigned to Lime Springs Chester, with other clergy posted to Rudd Riceville McIntire Waterloo St Paul and Cresco Bonair. Lamont C Smith retires. Ruth Husband to cover Elma. F Springis to Dunkerton Mt Hope.
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North Iowa Methodist Conference
H. C. Shaffer
Lime Springs- Chester
C. L. Dellke
Rudd
Luella G. Koether
T. Janet Surdam
Riceville-McIntire
A. H. Sparks
St. Paul
Waterloo
R. D. Butler
Cresco-Bonair
L. E. Bauman
Weat Branch
Springdale
Lamont C. Smith
Lime Springs
Chester
Elma
Ruth Husband
F. Springis
Dunkerton Mt, Hope
Lime Springs Club Seeks July Fourth Business Closures
The Lime Springs Commercial Club requests all local businesses close for the day on Thursday July Fourth and urges the public to plan shopping accordingly.
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Lime Springs
Arrivals at Lime Springs and Cresco Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Clifford Nelson of Lime Springs welcome a 7 lb 7 oz baby boy named Martin Curtis born June 13 at Osage Hospital and home June 17. Mr and Mrs Joseph Salber of Lime Springs announce a son born June 13 at St Josephs Mercy Cresco. Mr and Mrs Jheies M Smith of Lime Springs welcome a son born June 26 at Cresco Hospital weighing 8 lb 2 oz. Mother Sheryl Bowers is the former Sheryl Bowers.
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Clifford Nelson
Lime Springs
Osage Hospital
Nelson
Nelsons
Martin Curtis
Joseph Salber
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Cresco
Salber
eon
Jheies M. Smith
Cresco Hospital
Shery] Bowers
325 REGISTER FOR SWIM LESSONS AT POOL
Registrations for Red Cross Swimming Lessons at Lime Springs Pool total 325 with distribution across Lime Springs Chesteron Cherry Grove Greenleafton Adams and Riceville. Instruction led by La Verne Greenfield with Ja nel Souhrada assisted by several aides. Weather delays and new afternoon hours announced from 1 30 to 4 30 p m Iowa time. Janet Souhrada earns water safety instructor cert with related courses. Larry Christianson also completes first aid instructor work.
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Red Cross
Lime Springs Pool
Lime Springs
Chester on
Cherry Grove
Greenleafton
Adams
Riceville
La Verne Greenfield
Janel Souhrada
Linda Taraldson
Patsy Novak
Betty Johnson
Donna Shoemaker
Adele Adix
Erma Shaffer
Sandy Nauman
Chester
Iowa
Minnesota
Janet Souhrada
Red Cross National Aquatic School
Lake Okoboj l
Milford
Larry Christianson
Cresco
Traffic safety cards handed out July 3 4 by Am Legion
Lloyd C Horton American Legion Post joins state safety effort to distribute traffic safety cards to drivers entering town during Fourth of July. Posts nationwide cooperate as volunteers at intersections on July 3 and 4. The program urges caution and lists common violations, aiming to reduce holiday deaths.
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Lloyd C. Horton American Legion Post
state safety department
Robert Walton
Legion
Farty
Walton
Iowa
safety department
Safety Education Division
Towa Safety Department
Legion Posts
Nehways
Frank B. Ulish
U. Horton Post
Funeral for Alvin Miller 33 in Ogden Utah
Alvin Miller age 33 died in a June accident in Ogden when a sand loading machine toppled into an irrigation ditch. Survived by wife and six children, his obit notes his Ogden partnership in a ready mix concrete business and prior work across multiple states. Relatives from Lime Springs West Union Cedar Rapids Anoka attended the funeral. The Milwaukee Road plans aerial photos of its Midwest properties to aid locating future industrial sites.
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Eddie Muller
Lime Springs
Walter Ash
West Union
Lawrence Miller
Cedar Rapids
Kennneth Miller
Anoka
Minn
Alvin Miller
Ogden
Utah
Bert Miller
Alvin
Miller
Bhirley Sickle
Cresco
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