Inflation and the shrinking dollar threaten American incomes
The piece argues inflation erodes purchasing power, shrinking the dollar from 1940 to 1965 and raising wages and prices. It criticizes monetary policy and presidents for ignoring the decline, calling inflation a stealthy enemy harming fixed incomes and workers.
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France
Russia
Germany
China
Sam Gompers Revisited What He Believed About Unions
The excerpt from Samuel Gompers writings argues that workers may choose not to join a union as a legal right even if it clashes with his central labor ideas. The piece contemplates how such views would fare in today’s industrial climate and hints at potential demands from card carriers to condemn the stance.
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Samuel Gomphers
American Federation of Labor
Clem's Postcards Funny Man Buys Tickets Early
A lighthearted note shows a man who plans to buy football tickets six months ahead and delays a gift until the day after his wife’s birthday. The whimsical habit reflects a quirky shopper's approach to timing.
Monticello area social notes and town notices
Dense social diary lists visits and gatherings across Monticello Jones county. Guests include Pray, Gertrude White, Holdridge, Sands, Wellman, Medulan, Pooler, Nordin, Heiberger, Phillips, Corcoran, Schmidt, Mathews, Helms, Connolly, Diesh, Arthur, Dies, and many families. Community events feature graduations at Iowa City and Ryan, a family picnic for Father John Hargrafen, and a Delhi Woman's Club dinner plans.
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Gertrude White
Puyallup, Wash
Jack Holdridge
V. Je Sands
Manchester
Holdridges
Guy Wellman
Earlville
Stanley Medulan
Ed Pooler
Mayetta
Kan
Louis Heiberger
Claude Nordin
Elizabeth, Ill
Heibergers
Howard Heiberger
Ona Heiberger
Waterloo
Hugh Phillips
Matt Corcoran
Ryan
L. A. Schmidt
University of Iowa
Larry Mathews
Picnic outing and birthday party in Illinois
Amber and Emil Poppe along with Mrs Anna Redmond joined a Prophetstown picnic Sunday hosted by Mr and Mrs Ron Tuesl and family at their home. Attendees included the Tuttle and Redmond families and Herb Martin. Clarence Herren hosted a birthday supper with guests Dane Seely Wayne Bohlken Ed Engelbart and Larry Herren.
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Emil Poppe
Anna Redmond
Prophetstown
Jack Pieray
Ron Tuesl
Charles Tuttle
Mike
Eugene Redmond
Edward Redmond
Herb Martin
Elizabeth Merfeld
Jeanie
Clarence Herren
Clara Herren
Dane Seely
Wayne Bohlken
Ed Engelbart
Larry Herren
Mrs
Everett Engelbart
Confirmation brood honors Debbie Hardth in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Carl Hardth host a family gathering in Chicago for Debbie Hardth s confirmation. Guests include Mr and Mrs William Jansen Mrs Anna Siebels and many relatives visiting Mrs V J Zimmerman at John McDonald hospital and attending granddaughter Shirley Ann Jansen finals and birthday celebrations for grandfather William Jansen.
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Carl Hardth
Chicago
Debbie Hardth
William Jansen
Anna Siebels
V.J. Zimmerman
John McDonald Hospital
Marvin Jansen
Shirley Ann Jansen
Larry Siebels
Cleo Siebels
Anamosa
Merle Jansen
Amber School
Shirley
Clifford Jansen
William, Jr, Jansen
Linda Cook
Alva Gerdes
Marion visitors meet in Hedrick area
Mr and Mrs George Schoon and Robert Schoon visited Friday with Mr and Mrs Leland Smith in Hedrick Iowa. Randolph Kratz of Omaha and brother Theodore Kratz of Lincoln Nebraska visited Thursday with Mr and Mrs George Schoon and with the Poppe family. Mr and Mrs Fred E Poppe and Mr and Mrs Tom Vesey and family were Sunday evening callers in the Emil Poppe home.
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Philip Beyer
Univeristy
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Eldon Beyer
Jon
Peggy
Mary Kay
Jim Burdick
Hopkinton
John Connolly
Waterloo
Leo Quint
Muscatine Square
Roy Stone
Harvey Hines
Toledo
Richard Milligan
Tama
Mr. Stone
John Diesh
Nell Arthur
Edgewood
Russel Keith
Dick Sutton
al Henderson
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Connolly's
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Fletcher Aitchison
Cascade
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Darold O'Brien
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Marion
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Charles Vesey
Erwin Glen
Sioux City
Charles Wendt
Dale Wendt
George Schoon
Robert Schoon
Gladys Black
Leland Smith
Hedrick, Ia
Randolph Kratz
Omaha
Theodore Kratz
Lincoln
Neb
Fred E. Poppe
Tom Vesey
Emil Poppe
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