Grandstand Acts Set For Iowa State Fair
Exposition officials announce daily attractions for the Iowa State Fair August 26 through September 2 featuring a three ring circus with the Zacchini sisters shooting from a cannon to 70 feet high and landing 75 feet away. Afternoon and night performances include tight wire walkers acrobats comedians and 14 headliners such as Arturo and Heddy the Tien Tsi Liu troupe Paoli Frankoni Captain Tichour and more. Each afternoon shows differ from the night shows in a star filled program for grandstand crowds.
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Zacchini
Daina
Victoria
Binet
Arturo and
Heddy
Tien Tsi Liu
Paoli Frankoni
Tichour
Dak Hung
Lightning Rods curb Iowa farm fire hazard says safety expert
Norval Wardle of Iowa State College notes farmsteads on high ground are prone to lightning damage. He reports that unprotected buildings suffer far more hits than those with rods and that about half of local farms use rods, with many installations inadequate. Wardle urges two opposite grounds and full circuit grounding.
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Iowa
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Wardle
Lightning rod grounding and spacing cautions issued
A safety note states that any hay track or metal construction within six feet of the lightning rod circuit must be grounded. It warns against sharp turns in the lightning rod leads. Wardle cautions and recommends a distance of six to eight feet between rods.
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Wardle
Community Notes from Salem Kept Busy Over Weekend
Local residents and families from Salem spent weekends and weekdays visiting relatives across Knoxville Ottumwa Fort Madison Centerville Hilton Rockford and Des Moines. Gatherings included the Hellyer Argo Lewis and Tarr households with several toasts dinners and calls reported.
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Jess Gladfelder
Leanne Main
Earl Main
Knoxville
Robert Jennings
Charles
Arthur Lewis
Des Moines
Delbert Calhoun
Richard
Dell Hellyer
Monnie Rose
Hazel Hellyer
George Hellyer
Patty
Ottumwa
Lloyd Brown
Jerry
Russell Brown
Robert Tarr
Roberta
Claude Magee
Fort Madison
William Spencer
Leroy
Dale Sonnenberg
Bertha Martin
Alicia
Horton Potts
Guss Luse
Guy McKern
Donna Rose
George Argo
Blanche Argo
Hilton
Emergene
Jerry Rohy
Centerville
Ralph Rose
Jackie
Darlene
Rockford, Til
Hellyer
Cass Hamilton
P. D. Ankeny
Raymond
Gary Perry
Elbert Perry
Weekend gatherings and farm duties across Van Dorin circle
Families and friends gather at multiple homes in Des Moines Centerville and Udell for picnics, reunions, and weekend visits. Oats cutting and haying dominate farming tasks amid hot weather as several households share meals, ice cream, and farm chores.
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Albia City Park
M. E. Followwill
Floyd Broshar
Harold Hawk
Claude Hawk
J. Ty
Drs. Wheeler
Centerville
Roth
Dallas
Dean Faber
Waterlow
R. S
Dallas Faber
Annabelle Walter
E.G. Hawk
Birdie Main
Glen Fowler
Alva Fowler
Udell
Sylvan van Dorin
Marie
Mearl Walter
Annabelle
Withrow
Charles Withrow
Charles Thompson
Dexter
Chester West
Earlem
Walter Home
J. C. Lockman
Troy
Flora Jones
J. T
W. H. van Dorin
Floyd McFall
Jerry
Faber
Leo van Dorin
Einfred Johnson
Carolyn
Ed Tubbs
Ladder to dreams with U S Savings Bonds ad
U S Savings Bonds promote a payroll savings plan or Bond a Month Plan to invest through work or bank. The program promises a return of four dollars for every three invested over ten years, highlighting a safe automatic savings option from the U S Treasury.
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U. S
U.S. Treasury Department
Annual Financial Statement of Moravia ISD 1949
The Moravia Iowa Independent School District publishes its annual financial statement for year ending June 20 1949 certified by President H G Firkins and Secretary Chester Broshar The report shows on hand overdraft from July 1 1948 of 17617 06 total receipts 68022 78 less overdraft 17617 06 and total expenditures 72496 00 resulting in balance on hand June 30 1949 overdraft 22079 94 The document dates July 7 1949 and lists tax tuition transportation and other receipts The text also recounts a light vignette about a six year old girl trading a dollar bill for a dime and a wrap of paper with the president of Fleety Wleet Express.
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Moravia
Iowa
H. G. Firkins
Chester Broshar
Fleety Wleet Express
No Land Boom in Iowa up to Date
W G Murray head of the Iowa State College Department of Economics and Sociology argues Iowa shows no land boom. US Department of Agriculture data show farm mortgage debts up 0.5 percent in Iowa in 1948 while US debts rose 4.6 percent. Iowa land values March 1949 at 154 percent of 1912 14 base, far below US 176 percent.
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Iowa
Iowa I
W. G. Murray
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Georgia
Colorado
Murray
Farm mortgage indebtedness rises nationwide in 1948
The country shows a 9.1 percent or over 425 million increase in total farm mortgage indebtedness since January 1, 1946. North Central States reduce debt, with Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Illinois posting small declines. In 1948 gains come from private lenders while government supervised lenders fall.
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North Central
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois
United States
Federal Land Banks
Diploma Earned After Early Departure at Cornell College
J. W. Bowdish, a Cornell College senior, quit a month before graduation to join First National Bank in Marion, yet he received his diploma. Bowdish left school in 1872 and had his diploma personally delivered by college president Russell Cole on Bowdish's 100th birthday a few weeks ago.
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J. W. Bowdish
Cornell College
First National Bank
Marion
Mr. Bowdish
Scchool
Russell Cole
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Sale Pavilion
Albia
H. C. Peterson & Sons
Paul Morehead
FFA
Kenneth Cheatham
Greenville
Ill
Future Farmers of America
Raymond C. Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
FFA Foundation
Kansas City
Judy Canova
Cheatham
Raymond Perry
Clarence Whitehead
Sandra
Rudy Whitehead
Edward McCord
Bussey
J. Z. van Dorin
Uncle Sam
Ford Tractors
Dearborn Farm Equipment
Briggs Motor
Tractor Division
GLOBE
Rae Ceom Tay
Tat National Bank
Phung
Harry Cluse
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I. J. Hickman
Raymond Forbes
Inez O. Campbell
Mary M. Roberts
Lucille Hackett
Janet DeMotts
Clarence Sheldon
Jack Penfield
Dayne Taylor
Joy
Sudan
G. Newton
P.O
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St. Albia
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E. Prairie St
Micés Lasowaronigs, Inc
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Veach Drug Store
Town Southerntilities Company
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