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Newspaper
Mt Pleasant News
Location
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1947
Page
1
Fragmentary notice from 1876 records carriage rates per week and monthly charges. Mentions second class mail status and activation under Congress act of March 3 1876. Contains garbled terms and marks for periodical services and postal entries in Mt Peasant.
Babson discusses air transportation as a rapid, expansive system linking cities and airports, noting jets, helicopters, and future troop transports. He highlights safety progress with radar, anti collision devices, flight recorders, pilot selection, and strict health inspections to prevent disease transmission amid expanding air travel.
Snippets from five and more years past note a 17 year old Dwayne Neil of Mt. Onion died. Jeai Turner and Lloyd Sampson wed in Scaille Washington. 10 years ago Eastman S Wears died, Finch J Wagner and Murial Mathews issued a marriage license. Martin J Hall and Leon Luzadder wed, Frank Wright and Mary Ontlon married. 25 years ago Elbert Rogers welcomed daughter Irma Libby in San Diego. La Verne Wright and Velma Fonbolt wed. WWI veteran Maryey Stunter died near Lowell. 30 years ago Farmers Union convention drew over 700 members and visitors to Mt. Pleasant with Copp as main speaker. 15 years ago Aven Duyhall wed Myrtle Wyatt Goth.
A jumble of visits and health updates: Dillavou and Postel family members from Waterloo and Detroit stay with relatives in Salem and Mt. Pleasant. Several area residents recover at Memorial Hospital and Veterans Hospital Des Moines. The Merry-Go-Round Club hosts a family supper at McMillan Park. A town gathering at Salem Township Furn Bureau with 27 members features Fritz Mayor of Union speaking on boils. Vivian Long returns to Salem after a year at Colonel Place near Walla Walla Washington and college in Salem.
Marion Township Rural Women met at Mrs. B. K. Bates home on Tuesday June 24 for a buffet luncheon. Menu items include Chicken Loaf with curry cream gravy, buttered peas, fried baked potatoes, relish plate, nut bread, butter, dessert plate of Wille Cdcunnut cake with fresh strawberries. Lesson titled The Family Entertains. plans for next year announced.
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