Letter to Aunt Sadie from Muscatine May 16 1964
A Muscatine letter from Cousin Emil Tram jokes about aging relatives and a man who claims a long life of whiskey tobacco and women. The piece notes local mosquito season, a quip about tranquilizers, and political mentions of Goldwater Lodge and the Republican nomination. Weed Park adds garden notices and two All-America rose selections to be announced June 5.
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THE
Muscatine
Sadie” Orday
Emil Tram
Conesville
Dietz
Park Drive
Finger burn peril from trio of highway fires east of Muscatine
Three fires were found Thursday night and Friday morning around a highway construction site on No 22 east of Muscatine. Authorities investigate and consider link to tampering with barricades and removal of warning flares. Officials warn vandalism of protective barriers endangers motorists and demands stern action if suspects are caught.
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Muscatine
As Others See It. Our South Pacific Failure
A critical editorial-essay argues the United States bears blame for neglect in the South Pacific trust territory. It cites postwar governance, UN inspection critiques, and overdue funding and follow-through, urging equal application of laws to government workers and private citizens.
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South Pacific
Pacific Islands Trust Territory
United States
Legatie of Nations
United Nations
Kenedy
White House
Kennedy
Leo O'Bren
D-N.y
House Interior Committee
Saturday Evening Post
U.N
Peoria
TournalStar
Truman's unlikely rise reshaped history and end of WWII
A nostalgic appraisal credits Harry S Truman with saving WWII, halting expansionist aims, and shaping U.S. foreign policy. The piece notes his blemishes yet calls him a great American president with enduring influence beyond FDR’s era. It cites varied comments from The Regina Commonwealth and The Albens Times.
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Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Europe
United States
Truman
The
National Observer
Muscatine Journal Ad Rates And Contact Info
The Muscatine Journal announces subscription rates and delivery details with daily and weekly options. It lists staff roles, AP affiliation, and advertising contacts, including pricing for local and long distance areas and office hours.
Sea salt and trace chemicals spark medical debate
A Hopkins Syndicate column argues tiny sea salt traces may boost health, citing iodine in salt and fluoride in water as proven benefits. It recounts reader interest, professional input from Dr. Miller and others, and a wartime Gestapo-like incident in Columbus over booklet placement, ending with a call to request “The Ocean's 44 Trace Chemicals.”
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Joseph Muhter
Indiana University Dental College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
A. L. Miller
U.S. Department of the Interior
Columbus
Columbus Cpytzen-Journal
Dr. Crane
Gestapo
Scripps-Howard
Citizen-Journal
Sail Cannons
Boukle
Columbus Grocer
Hitler
The
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Deeds Recorded for Zeug and Westbrook Properties
Florence G and Henry C Zeug transfer lot 77 Oak Ridge addition Muscatine to B H and Mabel H Westbrook. Spencer Chemical Co transfers part of outlot 4 and 5 in a subdivision of section 12 78 4W to Gulf Oil Corp.
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Florence G
Henry C. Zeug
B. H
Mabel H. Westbrook
Oak Ridge Addition
Muscatine
Spencer Chemical Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Sec
Flee From Relatives Attending Fair in Queens
A Flushing couple plans to escape the World’s Fair shadow as relatives, including Lou from Chicago, visit yearly. We learn of a three room Brooklyn home, minestrone critics, and a letter suggesting leaving a key under the doormat to save the house near the Unisphere. Tony’s brother faces a harsh wish for the fair’s fate.
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Flushing Meadow
Mrs. G
Queens
New York
Angela
Lou
Tony
Chicago
Wrate
Hin
Dinner Honors 24 Couples at Buffalo Prairie
Buffalo Prairie church hosts the 16th annual dinner meeting with twenty four couples married 50 years or more and sixteen other attendees from Rock Island and Mercer counties. Fred Moffitt and Ernest Speer led chairs and program. Will McHard and Mrs. Moffitt sang. memorials observed for deceased spouses. Roy Shires and Oscar Petersen received honors for longest marriage.
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Buffalo Prairie
Presbyterian Church
Lower Rock Island
Mercer County
Fred Moffitt
Aledo
Ernest Speer
Will McHard
Oscar Petersen
Roy Shires
Rock Island
Wan
Ap, Elizondo
Buffalo Prairie ‘Church
Prayer Todhat and Yesterday's News Bits From The Era
Prayer Todhat from The Upher Roottts urges witnessing Christs love beginning at home. The 75 years ago column reports Lee surrounded at Richmond and Potomac losses, plus notes on local business, homes, meals at YWCA, and a church Ladies Aid gathering.
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Lee
Richmond
Beauregard
Lev
Petersburg
Army of the Potomac
Ror. Pearson
Stella Pearson
Grace Lutheran Ladies Aid
Verne F. Roof
Hershey
Retired Husband Wives Split View on Independence
Abigail Van Buren addresses a letter about husbands who retire and shadow their wives. A reader laments loss of personal space and urges retirees to stay active outside the home. Another asks about delaying college for a diploma, while a caller presses a private matter for a reader in Philadelphia to inform the mother.
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Abby
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