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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
7
The piece surveys 1948 like scenarios with President Truman possibly seeking re nomination and facing rivals Taft and Eisenhower. It notes Truman's drive to justify his policies, Taft’s strong convention position but weak electability, and Eisenhower’s elusive party alignment and broad international appeal.
Opinion pages from Buffalo Wyoming News- Bulletin Roseburg Oregon News Review and Sycamore Ohio Leader criticize federal spending and price controls. They argue inflation stems from government waste and call for reducing spending and deflating public office inflaters.
Iowa's highway death toll climbs with 266 fatalities in the first six months of 1951, up from 239 in the same period a year earlier and 231 in 1949, as vehicle registrations soar to a state high. Speed and inattention cited as major causes. auto insurance hearing set in Des Moines. new Veterans hospital director named for Iowa City. Iowa population 2,261,073 over 56,045 square miles.
A combined list of church services, confirmations and mission rallies across several Davenport area churches on August 12. It includes schedules for S.S. classes, English and German mission sermons, confession times, and a fellowship dinner. Local social notices cover picnics, visits, and family events with multiple families in Davenport, Lisbon, Monticello, and surrounding towns.
Center Junction correspondent reports Aug. 2 marked the tenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Plueger. A large group of relatives arrived unannounced in the evening to help celebrate. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. William Plueger and Bertha Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Siebels and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Null and daughters of Monticello, and Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Plueger and sons.
A brief verse contrasts two attitudes toward liberty. One voice mourns foreign bondage while the other endures confinement with quiet acceptance, lamenting neither pain nor struggle for true freedom.
USUC as Ta 3 and Mrs. Larry Rieken and sons, Scotch Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Andrews and family, Ora Andrews and Delores. A lunch was served by the self invited guests and Mr. and Mrs. Plueger were the recipients of many useful gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Elsasser of Long Beach California visited in the home of his uncle Carl Seehusen. Elsasser, known as Artie James, is a professional speed skater who will appear at the All Iowa Fair August 12 to 16. The Ray Plueger family attended the Doden reunion at City Park in Monticello. Mrs. Haak and daughter from Guckeen Minnesota called on Henry Badberg’s family. They came for the funeral of Mrs. Badberg. Mrs. Imm, formerly Elsie Eggers, spent time with the Badbergs and Dr. Paul Ferguson family in Lake City before leaving for further travel.
Readable item lists social visits and travel in the region. Dwaine Grant of Central City and William Clark of Wyoming were injured or bruised in a Sunday automobile accident near Central City. Mrs. Belle Watson hosted Chicago friends as T. S. Richardson and family visited Cedar Rapids and area. Numerous relatives traveled to or from home in Waterville Clinton Waverly Monticello and other communities for visits hospital care and fellowship.
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