Stepping Out Boldly Thought of the Week
The Herald discusses national mood and hope amid discontent. It notes a belief in a better world as dawn follows darkest times and praises bold moves toward world leadership. It also reports the Senate's 65 to 7 vote granting the U.S. president power on the new UN Security Council and the shift away from the League of Nations.
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al ‘Oskaloosa
United Nations Security Council
Senate
Council
London
Ate
League of Nations
Sam
What's in Your House practical insurance tips
An Des Moines talk advised homeowners to itemize household goods for insurance. Agents often under insure property, with many clients under $1000 in coverage. Create a detailed list, store it in a safe place, and update it to ensure proper settlement after a fire.
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Des Moines
Farm Finances Sound Optimistic Despite Debt Decline
A study by Insurance Companies of America on American farmers shows debt down from ten to nine billion between 1940 and 1945 while liquid assets rose from about five and a quarter billion to seventeen billion. The relief comes from wartime gains in deposits, savings bonds, crop receipts, and co op investments. The piece notes 1919 to 1929 lessons and urges continued prudent investment rather than gambling to weather future trouble.
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L ™ Insurance Companies of America
End Products of the Farm News Highlight 4 H Club Gains
Chicago Fat Stock Show record price for the Shorthorn steer tops farm headlines while the 24th National 4 H Club Congress awards scholarships totaling one hundred thousand dollars to seventy eight boys. Ora Callahan Don Mc Knight Eldora Janz Homer Smith speak on teamwork and learning through 4 H. The feature contrasts end products in livestock and club members with broader farm life.
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Chicago
Indiana
Ora Callahan
Don McKnight
Mad
Eldora Janzhoma
Roadside billboards face ban in Chile reform drive
An article notes Chile pioneering roadside ad bans after government limits billboards to improve traffic safety. It cites automobile and tourist groups urging complete removal, calls current ads a traffic hazard, and claims public opinion may push similar moves elsewhere in the region.
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South America
Republic of
Chili
Editorial Comment Belmond Independent excerpt
Editorial notes John Lewis, coal miners’ boss, halted strikes claiming public interest. The piece contrasts public concern with past actions and questions spending on weapons versus social health research, urging redirected funds to alleviate disease and improve public welfare.
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Belmond
John Lewis
Full Employment Bill Critique from Marion Sentinel
The Marion Sentinel argues against a full employment bill in Congress. It states only ten senators voted no, Iowa’s senators were not among them, and warns the bill creates mass shirkers, burdens government, and weakens moral fiber. The piece urges voters to reject what it casts as political manipulation.
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Marion
United States
Congress
Iowa
Take a Victory Bond It’s Free by Bruce Barton
This piece argues a victory bond is not a purchase but a transfer to the Treasury, funding war efforts and aiding returning soldiers. It praises bonds as safe deposits, linking them to national success, medical care for the wounded, and postwar recovery, urging readers to take and hold bonds regularly.
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Bruce Barton
W.B. Bachman
Detroit
U. S. Treasury
Wainwright
Boyington
George Lott
Lorraine
Lott
France
England
United States
George
Ge Ting
Hac
Ten Years Ago Holiday Echoes From 1936
A 1936 retrospective notes prophetic Ed LeCocq cartoon showing Santa with a newspaper about near trans Atlantic air service. County CCC camp near Tracy reopens lime quarry, 40 tons daily. dinner marks start of operations. WTO Barn Dance Frolic performers at Pella High School. Federated Club women and others deliver fifty Christmas buckets to needy families. Hog prices reach 8.95 per cwt. Film Mutiny on the Bounty features Laughton and Gable. Gerrit Brand buys East Third Street property for 1300. War toy suppression trend noted. Three Capacity Days crowned an improving mood from 1935.
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Ed LeCocq
Santa
trans-Atlantic Air Service
New York
London
CCC
Tracy
Marion County
WTO
Pella High School
Emmy Tweet
Tillie Boges
Tom Sawyer
Federated Club
the Legion and Auxiliary
Charles Laughton
Clark Gable
Gerrit Brand
Leathy
East Third Street
Chicago
Reasnor Business Men Plan Regional Power Line
Twenty years ago a group of Reasnor businessmen traveled to Grinnell to meet with Iowa Southern Utilities Co. officials about bringing electric service through Sully and Galesburg to Reasnor. They pledged two thousand dollars to fund the project, to be refunded once six rural electricity patrols were secured for the area.
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Reasnor
Grinnell
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Sully
Galesburg
Robert Lautenbach
Ames
New York City
Rosscreen Co
Philadelphia Ofice
Merchants Call for Cooperation in 1915 Community Buildin
The final 1915 issue carried a full page merchant advertisement urging cooperation and good will to aid community building. The slogan proclaimed Not all building is done with ne and lumber, reflecting a civic message beyond construction.
30 Years Ago: Court Finds L. H. Sherman Guilty
In Newton a court found L H Sherman guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses. Sherman and his brother ran a Sully bank that failed. The piece also notes a transfer debate over Central College to the Reformed Church of America and a small Pella Christmas scene with a whiskey cache caper.
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Sully
L. H. Sherman
Newton
Sherman
Jenyth
Central College
Reformed Church of America
J. W. Bailey
Pella
Albia
Main
Franklin
Santa Claus
Adrian Donai
R. J. van’ Drimmelen
N. L. Baas
Kryn Ver Steeg
Ordinance Establishing a Restricted Residence District in Pella
Ordinance No 97 designates and establishes Blocks 24 and 41 in Pella Iowa as a restricted residence district under Chapter 325 of the 1939 Code. The measure follows a petition by over sixty percent of local property owners and council approval on November 20 1945 with penalties for violations.
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Iowa
Pella
City of
Pell
Pella Adopts Restricted Residency District in Scholte Heights
The City of Pella declares Scholte Heights a restricted residence district. Only residences allowed with permits from the City Council after a 60 percent owner objection threshold. nonresidential construction banned. Violations incur misdemeanor fines up to 100 dollars per offense and enforcement by the prosecutor. The ordinance takes effect after proper publication.
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Marion County
Pella
Towa
Owa
Iowa
Scholte Heights
Schlote Heights
North Anne
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