4-H Work Proves Constructive At Jones County Fair
The Jones County fair highlighted 4-H programs with 22 clubs showing top livestock and household projects. Donald Ketelsen of Center Junction won the swine class and plans to stay involved as an advisor, while families shared pride in top honors and the program’s growth in facilities and demonstrations.
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Jones County
Jones County Fair Assn
Donald Ketelsen
Center Junction
Donald
OPA Ceilings Hold Meat In Check
The restoration of OPA ceilings for meat delayed price adjustment by supply and demand. Producers fear slower farm production and renewed meat shortages, while observers warn of a potential black market. Union leaders criticize high cattle prices and note ceilings discourage cattle production and feeding operations. Eventually prices may be freed when market forces resume.
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John
Uncle Sam
OPA
Tardy Punishment Abolished In Seattle High School
A Seattle high school ends after school detentions as punishment for tardiness and requires tardy students to arrive before school next day. Officials report a one third drop in tardiness and say the policy raises parental responsibility for punctuality, noting some resistance from students and parents.
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Seattle
John
Mary
Milwaukee Journal
Reading and Writing Gertrude Stein in Postwar America
Gertrude Stein, 72, died recently and was famed as both personality and writer. The piece notes her France years, renewed interest during the GIs visit, and her book Brewsie and Willie born from GI conversations. It also covers Icelandic author Halldor Laxness praising writers and receiving stipends, plus his translations of Hemingway.
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Gertrude Stein
France
America
Paris
Brewsie
Willie
Miss Stein
Gallup
Iceland
Halldor Laxness
Laxness
Ernest Hemingway
Iowa Poll Finds Strong Interest in Home Food Freezers
The Iowa Poll shows nearly 200000 Iowa families intend to buy home freezers with over 59000 willing to spend 400 or more. Farm homes account for much of the demand while 79 percent favor any make and 60 percent are unsure of size. Respondents cite economy and convenience as main reasons with regional variations.
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Iowa
Lloyd A. Mumford
Council Bluffs
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Eugene Mannheimer
Temple B’nai Jeshurun
Fred Maytag
The
Maytag Co
Newton
Samuel N. Stevens
Farm
City Town Farm
Cattle Breakout Delays Morning Train on Rail Line
Matt Becker reports five Holstein cattle escaped overnight from a pea farm and wandered onto the pavement toward the railroad tracks as the morning train approached, causing a brief delay.
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Matt Becker
Floral Hall Winners at Jones County Fair
Sacred Heart School led with 38 entries in Floral Hall as the largest exhibitor. General superintendent Mrs. Leonard Iverson oversaw displays with assistants including Mrs. Cornelius Steck and Mrs. M. J. Hogan. hundreds of individual entries listed by name and prize form a detailed record of fruits vegetables breads and crafts across multiple exhibitors.
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Jones County Fair
Sacred Heart School
Leonard Iverson
Cornelius Steck
M. J. Hogan
Mabel Corbin
Frank Walker
Ava Main
R. P. Clark
Minnie Butler
Esther Sinclair
Real Estate Transfers in Iowa Churches and Town Lots
A compilation of property deeds and transfers in Monticello and Anamosa Iowa. Transactions include the Methodist Church Society Hopkinton to Frank E and Jennie T Stimson. Myrtle Armstrong and Charles T to Edna Mae Cropp. F B Sigworth and Rose to Albert and Mary Benadom. Albert O Benadom and Mary F to Willard Boxwell. Thomas Hirtz to Josephine Hirtz. and various lot transfers in Anamosa and West Cascade.
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Board of Trustees of
Methodist Church
Monticello
Iowa
Frank E
Jennie T. Stimson
P & P RR
C. M St
P & P Ry Co
Methodist Church Society
Hopkinton
Myrtle
Armstrong
Charles T
Edna Mae Cropp
F. B. Sigworth
Rose
Albert O
Mary F. Benadom
Scott & Skinner’s
Anamosa
Albert O. Benadom
Mary F
Willard H
Esther Mae Boxwell
Strawberry Hill
Towa
Thomas Hirtz
Josephine Hirtz
Jones County
Casement
Maquoketa Valley
Hicks
Hicks Addition
Nadine Ireland
Fahey
John
Albert
Helen Carlson
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Elmer Storm
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Martha Davidson
Shirley Furst
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Louie Hanken
George Turnis
Roy Reuter
John Zimmerman
Fred Heiken
Bonnie Hinrickson
Robert Wahl
San Witham
Janet Heiken
W. E
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B. H. Behrends
Elizabeth Hopkins
Charles Luette
Loren Bronneman
Lucille Locher
Harry Dierks
Sam Bronneman
R. S. Bronneman
Martin Burrichter
C. J. Matthiessen
Irma Fagen
L. J. Hughes
Jake Dietiker
Chauncey Robinson
Frank Kiburz
John Stiffler
Georgia Belle Davis
Ida Iverson
Reuel McColm
Cleo Reuter
Joan Zimmerman
Anna Linda Kiburz
Edna Jean Zimmerman
Carol Reuter
Hansetta Hinrichsen
Donna Ketchum
Gretta Budl
Carolines Locher
Alice Jones
Zinnias
Doris Zimmerman
Ruth Spahr
Janice Freese
Jeanette
Neil
James Rickless
Glen Heeren
Raymond Heeren
David Cartano
Judy Johnson
James Davidson
Clarence Turnis
Lyle Behrends
Max Dirks
Norma Hintz
George Harris
Merle L. Hutton
Sisters of St. Francis
Grover Miehe
James Morrissey
George Good
Carrie Janzig
Georgene Turnis
Dewey Petersen
Phyllis Heyen
Susan Glenn
Delbert Wood
Edith Baker
Betty Johnson
Jack Beeks, Jr
Oliver Furst
Emma Zimmerman
Carl Hodson
Dick Locher
Albert Lasack
Harold Swartzendruber
Florence Roberts
Emil Burrichter
Mary Doxsee
James McMurrin
Ethel Bailey
George Doxsee
Albert Schrader
C. Steck
Ray Naylor
Irving Eilers
Jimmie Adams
Charles Davis
Glenn Cass
Tommy Maire
Stanley Maire
Health Magazine
Regina O’rourke
Shirley Bartels
Lucille Cass
Clair O’rourke
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Monticello Express
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Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
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