Local residents share travel notes and hospital updates
Locals report visitors from McBain Falmouth Mahaska and Leighton. many relatives travel to Chicago Clear Lake and Michigan for family gatherings and training. Several surgeries and hospital stays noted. names include Van Zee Baas Brinks Terlouw Sneller Vande Voort Nelo De Gooyer and others. Nearby towns cited include Pella Des Moines and Rochester Minnesota.
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Charles Mitchell
Mahaska Hospital
Apollas Terlouw
Mahaska
Max Hoeksema
Gerrit Sneller Sr
Dale van Wy
Daughter
Leshton
William IT. Vande Voort
Leighton
Ona Nelo
Pella
W. W. Sadiers
John de Gooyer
Sanborn
W. H. de Gooyer
Sioux City
Nettie de Gooyer
Prairie City
Thorvald Sheldon
Clarks Grove
Minnesota
G. E. Robertson
Okaloosa
Anie de Gooyer
Des Moines
Charles Vander Ploeg
Mark Vander Ploeg
Town National Guard Air Force
Michigan
Russell van Zante
Sara Klyn
Bert Vande Kieft
Clear Lake
Mae Thomassen
Don van Wyk
Wally Kooyman
Chicago
Philadelphia Eagles
Soldier Field
Martin Paardekooper
Ilinois
Warner Vande Voort
Main Street
LH. Vander Linen
Inspection Shows Marion County Bees In Better Health
Marion County beekeepers show improving hive health per county inspector Gerald Mains. Cooperation among beekeepers supports continued improvement as pollination needs rise across Iowa. Researchers note at least fifty plant species rely on honeybees to set seed and fruit. Red clover yields may increase greatly with adequate nearfield bee placement, as experiments show most pollination is by honeybees.
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Marion County
Gerald Mains
Iowa
Opening Dates For Pheasant And Quail Season Set
The 1940 opening for quail is set for November 1 and pheasant season starts November 11 at noon. The Conservation Commission will announce bag limits opening counter and season length after population studies in September. Commission spokesmen explained that pheasants will include cock birds.
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Conservation Commission
Opening Commission
Biologists Predict Liberal pheasant Season in GK Counties
Biological studies suggest shootable surpluses exist though total populations remain uncertain. With open season planned to accommodate vacations, biologists are optimistic about pheasant counts and believe quail numbers are at least as high as last year. Nesting and brood productivity, plus ongoing counts, will determine allowable harvest for fall.
Safety Saturation Posters Reach 25000 Iowa Firms
The civic groups back a Safety Poster Service to place stop sign shaped containers in 25000 Iowa businesses offices and public places by August 17. Each Thursday the poster with a safety theme will be displayed for a full week aiming to inject safety into daily life statewide.
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T Two
Safety Congress
The
Congress
Iowa
Employment Office Supplying Workers For Agriculture
1103 people visited the Employment Office in July a slight decline from 1169 in June. New unemployment rose to 45 in July from 38 in June and 39 in July 1949. The Service placed 86 people in non agricultural jobs and made 283 agricultural placements including 229 hybrid corn detasselers. Women clerks are sought for housework and store sales. 330 unemployment compensation claims were filed, up from June and July 1949. A coal mine request signals rising mining work as construction jobs stay high through early fall.
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J. J. Krenmyre
Tragic Train Crash Leaves Child Severely Injured
A Rock Island train struck a family car near Allerton injuring Frances Everman, 3, who was thrown onto the tracks and run over by the locomotive and three cars. She survived but was left in serious condition after the fall, while other family members escaped with minor injuries.
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Rock Island
Little Frances Everman
Allerton
Town Crier musings from Taxco and local notes
Town column recounts a Taxco gift from Mr and Mrs Pietenpol praising its cobbled hills and silver craft. Nellie Van Arkel receives an government cash award and certificate for a water bottle filling method at Veterans Hospital. Letters from Gerald Mokma in Budapest and Herman Rietveld in Los Angeles share hopes and meals, with praise for Clifton Cafe and Marion County Bank window boxes.
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Taxco
Mexico
Pietenpol
Mexico City
Nellie van Arkel
Veterans’ Hospital
Nellie
Nellie O. van Arkel
Herman Rietveld
Clifton Cafe
Los Angeles
Hungary
Goodne
Taste-rite Cafe Adds Window Box In Public Square
A local note records Taste-rite Cafe installing a window box in the square as Kenneth leads the project. The Cook Insurance Co plans to move into a room east of the hotel by September first, creating a small office space with coffee service. Various townsfolk in the piece anticipate social activity and a cheerful outlook.
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Kenneth
The
Cook Insurance Co
John
If I cannot be a violin in life’s symphony
Poetic line recalls desire to fit a unique role in life’s score, choosing unlikely instrument imagery. The speaker voices acceptance of being a different voice, using drum or flute as a metaphor for individuality and contribution.
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American Courier
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Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
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Gene
Steve
Beane
Lowa Hospit
Gerrit Popma
New York City
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Edward H. Vos
Gamble
Peter Heerema
Dick van Zomeren
Tacoma
Washington
John Heerema
Ralph Grundman
Susan
Harry Holst
Grundmans
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Vivian Weirather
Ted
Farmer City
Margaret
Hammer
Cora Meisenbach
California
Meisenbach
John F. Dykstra
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Holts
Tampa
Thersteles
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Pella, Iowa
Bob Hallikand
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Budapest
America
Marion County Bank
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Brooks
RFUL
Brom
Franklin Street
Bigelow Axminster
Haiftree
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Kent Radio
Gerrit Witzenburg
Klyn Brothers
Cornie van Roekel
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Ford
New York
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Florida
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