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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1936
Page
1
Readable fragments show a local event notice with names and places missing. The item hints at a community update or brief notice, featuring a few proper nouns and dates partially visible, but essential details remain unclear in the fragment.
Subscribers are urged to promptly send changes of address to the post office and newspaper offices. Under new postal laws, notices of address changes incur postage due. Submit address changes in advance to avoid delays or missed issues.
Editorial cites hot weather and Fourth of July celebrations in Malvern. It notes burning fireworks outside town limits, urges limiting rather than repealing the local ordinance, and calls for a rural fire truck funded by farmers to protect outlying areas. It compares to Glenwood's model and mentions railway crossings and political activity slowdowns.
Fragmentary note indicates ongoing grasshopper and chinch bug issue affecting a portion of cropland. Language suggests concern over crop damage though specifics are missing. The partial text implies agricultural impact and calls for remembrance of the pest’s reach.
The article stresses cooperative action to prevent spread of loppers and protect crops, noting current preventive measures lack effectiveness. It argues for soil conservation and tariffs on imported grains, urging reduction of domestic crops to meet needs and shifting markets to Argentine producers. It also discusses vacations as a source of rest and broadened knowledge.
A Mills County Iowa sheriff sale notice cites an execution issued January 2, 1936, in favor of J. R. Hall Stockholders Trustee of Farms & Merchants Saving Bank against Lavina and George L. Thacker. The land described includes parts of NW SE sections and SW parcels, totaling over an acre, with sale to satisfy $1,612.72 plus $76.30 costs. Public sale set at the courthouse in Glenwood, Iowa, with bidding details and due process outlined.
Gen Mellor’s new sign and heat jokes headline a busy Malvern period with indepence day bells broken and a hot town thermometer. The Johnson Van Doren wedding marks Rev St Clair’s 79th ceremony here. Fires, Chautauqua success, and Mills County Veterans Reunion accompany reports of a crunched horse foot, hayfield blaze, and a flag presentation by Daughters of Veterans.
Reports from the county Democratic convention at Hegan note delegates adjourned quickly to secure meals at legal restaurants, leaving Republicans with what remained. Other items mention an Osceola inventor designing a collapsible stainless crate for industry, and various local happenings such as a beer license purchase and shifting election discussions.
Official notice to citizens that Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Company seeks a franchise to erect and maintain electric lines across Mills County lands and waterways. Hearing set for July 22, 1936 in Des Moines. Objections must be filed five days prior with the board.
The fragmentary reminiscence recalls 1910 celebrations with Newt Jacobs and Frank Degenhart, porch decoration, and odd anecdotes including a Parthenon reference and a Richard Bogue promotion stunt. It touches on nostalgia, a nudist colony rumor, and local figures like Jim Graham, Vattor Choate, Cecil Hoover, and Ft Madison warden, ending with banking reforms and Home Owners' Loan Corporation notes.
In June 1936 Congress discussed banking reform as the session ended. Speaker Bankhead noted efforts to address the crisis of closed banks and restore confidence. The 73rd Congress had passed a bank guarantee act protecting deposits up to $2500, later raised to $5000, with further changes tied to the Glass-Steagall bill.
The M26 duck stamp will carry a vivid image of three Canada geese. The design highlights wildlife and promotes conservation.
A Washington announcer says the administration will launch a publicity drive to recruit 26000 more men for the Civilian Conservation Corps. The corps was cut back earlier on presidential orders and now would be expanded again. The move, seen as tying relief to political support, targets those who vote or have voting-age families.
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