02 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
1
An author urges renewed tree planting across the countryside to restore timber areas alongside arable fields. Government offers many free tree types for planting, benefiting landowners rebuilding woodlots. A second note criticizes U S stance toward Germany, suggesting little change until German policy shifts.
Leader readers are urged to notify the subscription department promptly of address changes. Under new postal laws, newspapers may incur postage due on notices of changes supplied by the post office. Delays or missed deliveries may occur. The best plan is to send address changes in advance.
The piece reflects on February as a time to finish New Year’s resolutions and consider aging, noting 26.42 percent of Milla county’s elderly received old age assistance in 1938. It praises the program’s handling while arguing taxation funds aid, stressing independence and the moral balance of providing support to many who still wish to live without financial stress in later life.
A rambling reminiscence recounts a staged banking caper tied to the Ladies Missionary Society funds at a defunct town bank. The narrator describes interactions with bank staff, a tentative loan of funds, and a flurry of checks and indorsements, ending with a sensational sense of false prosperity.
From The Leader of agram to tee SER Pc currences of the season was a surprise party at Mrs Foster's in Hastings. About 75 of the town's best citizens invaded her house on last Monday evening and spent several hours in hospitality. A fine supper was served and the gathering was praised as a bright social moment. Mrs Ruth Roberta's home became a hospital last week with several ill at once. Edmund was single man at home for full duty. Mr Powell bought five horses. there are many more available. January 20, 1914. The Mulholland Co piano contest at the store ended in a screaming success with Marie Hammond and Maude Raines as top contestants. the winner’s prize included a piano for each winner and a gold watch ring for the second. A fire at a Berra building spread to the First National Bank. February 7, 1880. Henry Donner bought a new two seater carriage from Foulks Bros. and Co. and plans to enjoy it. On February 2 the groundhog saw his shadow, suggesting six more weeks of winter, a sign some take as spring’s omen.
Un tabernacle revival meetings draw crowds while Malvern students excel at inter county declamatory contest with Miss Buffington earning top honors. A large benefit auction for the college is planned for Feb 14 with items from wholesalers. Handel’s Messiah returns to Stanton for a second annual performance led by Vance Leininger. Land leases surge in Villisen territory with core drilling planned after frost. Strawberry Point's Horse Thief Protective Association renews officers, expands bylaws to include chicken thieves. Can wok Wilsoot area gains new cold storage and a 300 locker facility with a butcher for meat processing and related rooms.
A wildlife survey reports that tigers inhabit hot and cold climates but are absent from temperate regions. Researchers note that tiger distribution aligns with specific ecological zones and prey availability.
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