Safety drive for children ends in cautions and wreckless tales
A feature urges parents to teach safety from infancy, listing common hazards indoors and outside. It cites incidents including a girl killed after falling from a car and a boy burned by hot starch, plus tips on gates, lighting, and supervision. It also notes a local letter praising telephone service and small town anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Wardle
Folke
AAA
Dangers Warned Insecticides May Hurt Home Gardeners
Iowa State Department of Health cautions that newer insecticides containing parathion or phosphate compounds can be dangerous if inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Home gardeners should follow strict precautions, including avoiding dust, washing exposed skin, cleaning clothing, and keeping sprays away from children and pets. The benefits are noted but awareness and care are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Department of Health
State Health Department
Small business finance calls for new tax and loan options
Clark Bloom of the State University of Iowa argues small firms face financing limits and tax structures that favor mergers with larger firms. He urges more progressive corporate tax rates, faster depreciation, and loss offset rules, plus government and private loan programs or new specialized agencies to support independent small businesses.
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America
Clark Bloom
State University of Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Bloom
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Monticello Telephone Service Sparks Opinions and Facts
A Monticello column recalls local chatter about telephone service. Complaints and praise mix as operators and aging equipment come under scrutiny while manager Tom Hamilton signals modernization efforts. The piece notes turnover among operators and reflects on the journalist's role in opinion.
Des Moines Man Falls From Roof on Memorial Day
Sam Sandy of Des Moines fell from his roof while removing storm windows and suffered a broken back on Memorial Day.
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Sam Sandy
Des Moines
Onslow Alumni Elects Officers and Community Notes
The Onslow high school Alumni Association elected officers: Alice Becham president Daryl Jansen vice president and Paul Heeren secretary treasurer. A flurry of local visits birthdays dinners and gatherings are reported from Cedar Rapids Davenport Clarence Hopkinton Monticello and other area towns. A 2 percent mill tax levy for school purposes passed 64 to 0 in a special election.
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Onslow
Onslow High School
Alice Becham
Daryl Jansen
Paul Heeren
Harry Bramer
Madison
Wis
Fred Bramer
Nina Fuchs
Nancy Westphal
Will Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Carol Stickley
Davenport
Grand Assembly of
Jens Jensen
Fred Martens
Stans Christensen
Clarence
M. F. Klinkhammer
Ben Christensen
Stanwood
Jack Chaplin
Hopkinton
Russell Chaplin
Gene Hanken
Harley Streeper
Tobe Hanken
Portwig
Mary
Donald Jansen
Tom Lathrop
Neal Paulsen
Mary Ruth Rumler
Ralph Rumler
East Moline
Rumler
June Palmer
Spencerville
Joy Ann Allen
Howard Propst
Tennessee
John Paulsen
Jerry Edwards
Chicago
Edna Wright Walraven
Monticello
Washington
Tama
Delbert Wright
Scotch Grove
Ray Walraven
Center Junction
Ryland Dreibelbis
Santa Monica
Calif
Clara Chaplin
Marvin Hanwardson
Stevie Orr
Clarence Orr
Rockford
Ray Chaplin
John Jansen
Florence Wherry
Five Hundred Club
Jesse Allen
Mabel Paulsen
Fannie Hicks
Gerald Green
Harry Paulsen
Ray Miehe
Ernie Hartwig
Library Notes and New Books in Brief
Lyle Ehlis leads the Cir cus Reading Club with nine books read. Thursday story hour runs 1 30 pm for an hour. New non fiction title Return to Paradise by James A Michner joins the library. Pearl Buck novel Gods Men contrasts two men raised in China. New York 22 by Ilka Chase follows Georgiana Goodyear and family. Lets Go Camping by Harry Zarchy covers family camping gear and packing.
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Circus
Lyle Ehlis
Paradise
James A. Michner
South Pacific
Pearl Buck
China
America
Clem
William
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-shek
New York
Ilka Chase
Georgiana Goodyear
Vasser
Harry Zarchy
Campfire Skills and Youth Reading List Highlights
The items include campfire and first aid basics for outdoors, edible plants, knots, and lashings. Youth reads feature Emily by Maud Hart Lovelace with dances and skating parties. Also listed are The Boy Electrician revised by A P Morgan, Everyday Machines and How They Work by Herman Schneider, Popular Mechanics Radio TV and Electronics Handbook, One Swimming Hole by Jerrold Beim.
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Emily
Maud Hart Lovelace
A. P. Morgan
Herman Schneider
Popular Mechanics
Jerrold Beim
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Wilbur Coxsee
Wilbur
Central Girls
Frank A. Royden
Irv Husman
Frank Eilers
Wales Addition
Main
Casey Jones
Jim Croker
Casey
Jim
Old Smoky
A. M. Maurice
Des Moines College of Dental Surgery
Doc
Smoky Mountains
Bill
Martha
Indianapolis
Ind
William Feather
Imperial Magazine
Anna Frederickson
Elk Horn
Cobia
Monticello and
Jones County
O. A. Doxser
Mra
Alma EK
Doxsee
Rzecutriz
W. K. Doxsee
Tone Scott
Kenneth Ahlrichs
Victor Richardson
Emma Stadtmueller
Raymond F. Luckstedt
Monticello Express
Clution
National Editorial Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations
Iowa Press Asso
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Jackson
Clinton
Cedar
Dubuque
United States
Tilaing Service, Inc
Chicago, IL
By the
Way
Bill Coxsee
The
Express
Bev Beeks
Yvonne Wolf
Fine Hospital
County Fair
Tom Hamilton
Tom
Monticello Exchange
Northwestern Bell Company
Ronald Paulsen
Irvie Gross
Georgie Hinrichs
Bemidji
Boot Lake
Minn
C. M. Ripperton
Ralph Edwards and
Isaac Edwards
Emma Garnett
Alva Edwards
Vadena Edwards
Bernice White
Anamosa
Kansas City
Eileen Paulsen
Iowa University
Fred Ladehoff
West Chester
Frank Snyder
Mrs
Monty Cafe
Hope and
Ray
Library Notes
REM Electrical Service
R. E. Monk
FAUST
Conoco Service
Nikens Shoat
Hatchery
Nilona
Studebaker
Freese
Plueger
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