G I Joe Longs To Be Home For The County Fair
The Jones County Fair draws G I Joe returning from service with the locale described as a magnet. The piece notes modern fair attractions including a fat steer contest, an aerial performer, horse races, and a ball game featuring the Cedar Rapids All Stars. It predicts a bigger fair in 1946 as returning service members enjoy midway amusements, bingo, vaudeville, and rides.
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G. I. Joe
Jones County
Monticello
Schick Hospital
Cedar Rapids
G. I
Joe
Armed Services
15,000,000 Homes Seen In Next Ten Years
Monticello faces a surge of new housing as estimates from postwar officials project 15 million homes nationwide in the coming decade. Hugh Potter, head of the Interior agency committee on re conversion, says the pace may reach 500,000 homes in the next three years.
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Monticello
United States
Hugh Potter
Interior Agency
Potter
Rickshaw Boy by Lau Shaw Seen as Modern Classic
Lau Shaw’s Rickshaw Boy, selected by the Book of the Month Club for August, follows Happy Boy a country lad who comes to Peking to own a rickshaw. He endures theft bandit capture and family tragedies while remaining faithful to a dream of a better world.
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China
Lau Shaw
Tse
Happy Boy
Peking
Liu
Human Harmony
Ehouch
Tiger Girl
Lucky One
Towans Divided Over Unemployment Benefit Proposal
The Iowa Poll finds Towans split on Truman's proposal to raise unemployment benefits to 825 a week with federal supplement. Roosevelt and Dewey voters show differing supports, city residents favor more, and union members lean toward higher aid while farm residents are more approving. The poll also tracks views on who should decide eligibility and moving expenses for workers returning home.
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Towans
Trumin
Federan Governoent
Rovertment
Iowa
Roosevelt
Dewey
Truman
Spa
Amon
Towa
Weshinwona
Rnosevelt
Washington
Jowans
George Wilson
Rep
United States
Front Page Thoughts On Education And Media Influence
Northwestern University professor argues children must learn to avert textbook content and that emphasis should shift to newspapers radios and movies. The piece critiques sensational advertising and questions the impact of media on future generations.
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Ao Northwestern University
McSwain
Winterset
Madisonian
Lawmakers Mave The Travel Itch
The Manchester Press notes many U S senators travel abroad at government expense making it hard to secure a quorum. It adds that both Town senators remain on American soil, despite the issue.
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United States Senate
Manchester Press
Grandma's Pipe Sparks Women Smoking Uptick in Shortage
Reinbeck Courier notes a rise in women pipe smokers amid cigarette shortages. The column recalls the old adage that habits cycle across generations as three generations return to prior norms.
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Reinbeck Courier
Could Be Knoxville Express
The remark notes the war bonds are being put to good use amid the ongoing attack on Japan, suggesting strong support from Knoxville.
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Knoxville Express
Japan
Monticello Awaits Building Boom Attracting Residents
In Monticello vacancies fill rapidly as premium dwellings attract buyers and renters. The city anticipates ongoing construction and a thriving housing market, signaling an improving, more vibrant community to live in.
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Monticello
Cooky Dougn Rolls Dough In Icebox For Sliced Cookies
A cooky dough roll is placed in the icebox to harden enabling easy slices into cookies as desired.
Prominent Center Junction Woman Dies at Home
Nellie Amelia Moses of Center Junction died at her home on Sunday August 19 after a life spent in the area. She taught in rural schools and at Center Junction, was active in the Presbyterian church, and served as school board secretary. Burial followed in Scotch Grove cemetery with pallbearers Gus Dreibelbis JF Sutherland Greg Dreibelbis Sam Thompson Frank Jones Frank Himebaugh. Surviving are husband J M Moses and two sons Dwaine Center Junction and Max serving in the army.
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Scotch Grove
Gus Dreibelbis
JF. D. Sutherland
Greg Dreibelbis
Sam Thompson
Frank Jones
Frank Himebaugh
Nellie Amelia Moses
William and
Jennie White
Center Junction
Hoehtland Park College
Des Motors
Tice
Presbyterian Church
Christian Services Guilds
Church Heair
Woman'’s Club
Wyoming
The
Eastern Star
Dwaine
Max
Seehusen
Luella Seehusen
Merry Maids
Jean Storm
Jones County Fair
Janice Foster
Mary Jane Alden
Leslie Balster
Misa Ruth McNeilly
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Monticello
Onslow Savings Bank
Mr. Jamieson
Teenagers Urged To Return To School This Fall
The Back-To-School drive aims to enroll 250000 more high school students this fall, led by the Children's Bureau and U S Labor Department with support from the Office of Education and other agencies. The appeal targets teens in summer jobs at risk of dropping out, urging them to finish high school for postwar opportunities and citizenship duties. Katharine F. Lenroot notes war pressures reduced enrollment and raised child labor, calling for reconversion and community support this fall.
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Children’s Bureau
U. S .Department of Labor
U. S. Office of Education
Federal Security Agency
Department of Labor
Katharine F. Lenroot
Jones County Fair Highlights and Local Notices 1935
The 1936 Jones County Fair plans a 21 act vaudeville program, midway shows, a new livestock exhibit and ball games. Monticello mayors call for a special election on bonds for a swimming pool site, with 600 signatures backing Aug 28 vote. Obituaries, marriages, land sales, and local events feature residents like Robert Topping, Anna Heiken, Belle Markovitz, Irene McAready, and Leo Locher.
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Jones County
Monticello
Robert James Topping
Hopkinton
Robert
Margaret Topping
Richland
Anna Heiken
Castle Grove
Cedar Rapids
Fred
Denver
Cole
Belle Markovitz
Town City
Opal Dee Porter
DeWayne Zumbrunnen
Ed Zumbrunnen
McDonald
Ryan
FE. J
Age-old Fruit Drying Becomes Modern Home Practice
Modern home dehydrators help fruit dry quickly and evenly without sugar. Sulfuring preserves color and vitamins, while salt baths and pre cooking prep fruits. Drying requires 125 to 160 degrees start, trays moved every 30 minutes, and about six hours total. Store in moisture-proof, cool, dark places.
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Monticello Empresa
Charles A. Doxsee
Owa Pres WA
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Beaves
R. Mokown
State Conservation Commission
Maurice Brookeshirr
Hamburg
Maurice
Europe
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Vicksburg
United States of
Ameria
Sibley Gazette-Tribune
Wis
U. S. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Joigny
France
517Th Regiment
Paris
Army
Malcolm Evans
Rye
N. Y
Dwaine Moses
Frank Schroeder
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Lyle Thompson
T. K. Stanton
Scott McDonald
Coralville
J. A. McDonald
EK. F. Kleineck
Beth Glick
L. A. Downing
Anamosa
Ore le Christensen
Helen
Marjorie
Northboro
Boyd Christensen
John Ross
Fred Brokens
Manchester
Brokens
Ben Heiken
Pomeroy
Marie Doyen
C. R. Sutherland
Chicago
Nelson
Clifford McDonald
Jack
Robert Guthrie
JoAnn
W. H. Chamberlain
Sarah
Lucy
George McDonald
H. F. Breed
Verle
Marion
George Burch
Ray Price
Henry Hanken
Olin
Norman Johnson
Monticello E Express
McGregor Heights
Wildlife School
J. Reed
Guardian
Rudolph Langer
Irma Rohr
Myrtle Rockstad
Alfreda Reed
Laura Koop
Janet McNeill
Catherine McAleer
Gertrude Cropp
Camille Goings
Alice Reed
Mildred Pulver
Winona Bishop
Margaret Bucher
Ruth Cropp
Olive Slauson
Betty Kingsley
Eloise Gardner
Madge Dickey
A. G. Rohwedder
Leo Locher
Besse Chnetik
Tama
Henry Freese
Bowen’s Prairie
William Brazelton
G. EB. Conn
Henry Peck
MonticcHo
Cascade Pioneer
Gertrude Bureh
Henry Rickels
Charles Hardesty
J. W. Coxsee
Fifth District
Spirit Lake
Inx
William Hogan
Galesburg
Ed Hicks
Dave Sampter
Rob Stirton
Ernest H. Hicks
Doc” Kempf
Charlie King
Charlie Shipman
Fred Stahler
H. M. Carpenter
L. T. Alexander
Jake Coldstone
Dicker
Soetje
Charles Northrop
Lon Jennings
Elmer Hicks
A. J. Jackson
W. F. Rohn
G. FE. Bishop
Bob Young
Orange Lawrence
W. D. Magee
T. A. King
G. Cooper
Dr. Rundle
Joe Vernimont
Marion Sleeper
J. A. Deutrick
S. KF. Sarles
G. W. Eastwood
Dr. Hefner
C. P. Henderson
George Wilkins
Meyers
Hunter
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