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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
1
Subscriptions payable in advance for one year eighteen months or three months with prices listed. Advertising rates shown for display per column inch reader locals per line and classified ads per line with minimums. Card of thanks charged at fifteen cents per line. Names appear obliquely in the OCR text.
Editorial urges passage of a speed limit bill in Iowa with evidence linking speed to accidents. It notes a suggested blanket limit around 69 mph for day and night driving, provided existing special zones remain, while acknowledging other factors in road safety.
The text describes John Field proposing a new approach to farm policy, urging focus beyond cotton peanuts and tobacco to include corn and dairy. He critiques Congress for treating the farm issue in narrow terms and suggests a broader strategy to relieve hardship faced by farmers.
Fragmentary text discusses Tepes, basic health or age issues, and a general note about employment and a developed plan. Mentions Houston and a person’s effort toward walking again with a different approach. No clear event, date, or identifiable organizations are present.
The piece notes improved traffic safety in Nebraska and TowA and recalls Mills county crashes that cost four lives and a separate fatality the previous year. It urges careful driving and a plea for divine aid, quoting Thoreau on companionship and solitude.
A reflection on growing library use despite TV literacy fears. Mills County libraries at Henderson, Henwood, Silver City and Malvern, tax supported, serve their communities and surrounding areas with access often at no cost. The piece notes per capita library tax cost, and cites John Foster Dulles on law, order, and justice.
Gov Loveless appoints Herschel Loveless to the Town Board of Revents amid broad state support. The list includes citizens from Mills County and nearby areas, highlighting education and leadership roles.
An unclear OCR text fragment mentions names and dates in a jumbled way. It references a Wednesday or Thursday event, individuals such as Mrs Sita and Mr Genel, and a scene with foods like cream. Details are largely unreadable, with many garbled words and nonsensical phrases.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Horn were held Saturday with interment at Crawold. Survived by husband Harry, nine children and numerous relatives, she was noted for kindness, garden work, and family devotion amid years of residence in Council Bluffs and surrounding towns.
Hastings News Briefs report a February club gathering in Hastings with Ruth Bowen leading a program on Abraham Lincoln and a Valentine exchange for 29 women. Upcoming events include a church meeting March 29 open to the public with Jack Steele on Civil defense, and a plant and bulb sale. Nick Hodge celebrates a birthday with family active in the community.
A fragmented list reads like a grocery or kitchen menu with items including perfection salad fractured gram puter and tomato related foods. It mentions maidities, teesa, potato sandwiches, parsley, and buttered milk references lingering in garbled OCR.
Hastings Iowa council met February 4 at the mayor’s office with Mayor Turner presiding. Present were G Clark G Perkins R Jefferies C Dons. J Dobbins absent. Last meeting minutes read and approved total costs 8000. Motion to adjourn. Clerks note Mervin Turber acting. Hastings Methodist Church notices list church school worship schedule and events. Attendees visited Rev England’s Tiverton home and Riverton rest home. Rance Wheeler remains inpatient in Omaha Veterans Hospital in bed but improving.
A pasted list of local social events and visits in Hastings and surrounding towns. Mr and Mrs Viredi Curtis hosted, Collette Crotta from the University of Nebraska visited her parents, Merritt Cronse and Pearl Cary attended gatherings, Red Oak and Malvern residents were guests, birthday dinners for Regan and Kay Rydberg noted, and the Hastings Womens Club met at Fred Martins home.
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