Legion Post sponsors community hospital election plans
Local Legion Post in Pella votes to sponsor the upcoming election for a community hospital. The Community Hospital Committee from city organizations will draft plans in the coming weeks, seeking broad voter support for a project seen as vital to all residents. The meeting also discussed Junior Baseball for under 18s, Camp Dodge Boys State, and tax exemptions for ex-service members.
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Legion Post
Legion
Local Post
Community Hospital
Pella
Geo. Daly
Oren S. van Niewaal
Iowa Department of the Legion
Iowa
Camp Dodge
C. C. Buer- Kens
Iowa Legionaire
van Hemert
James I. Dolliver
Knoxville
Des Moines
National Legion
Daniel J. Doherty
Auxiliary
Washington
Leo Linder
Bowdle to be buried in suit worn at wedding and funeral
John H. Bowdle aged 92 of Marydel Delaware was laid to rest in a 65 year old black suit he wore for his wedding and at his wife’s funeral five years earlier. One of his last requests was to be buried in that suit.
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John H. Bowdle
Marydel
Del
Penny Singleton Sails In For Four Day Rivola Oskaloosa Run
Penny Singleton, the new Penny-Saver star, arrives in Rivola Oskaloosa for a four day engagement starting Friday February 18. The article notes her frugal habits as she travels with a budget book used to plan expenses weeks ahead and to build savings while filming Swing Your Lady with Humphrey Bogart.
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Penny Singleton
Rivola
Oskaloosa
Humphrey Bogart
Nat Pendleton
Louise Fazenda
Abner Weaver
Smallpox Vaccination Push Urged by State Health Director
A state board of health reply to vaccination skeptics cites smallpox epidemics in 1935 1936 and 1937 in Iowa communities and argues vaccination is essential. It notes higher death tolls in unvaccinated states and urges infancy vaccination and revaccination before school entry to banish smallpox within the state.
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Carl Aschenbrenner
State Board of Health
M. D. Pella
Iowa
Dr. Aschenbrenner
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New York
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Cedar, Rapids
Mason City
Carl F. Jordan
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CCC Boys Enter Golden Gloves Meets in Des Moines
Harold Long Earl Ferguson Dick Koins Vinton Cramer Ray Lee Bill Sharp Chester Jones Howard Rouse and George Price from the Knoxville CCC camp join 2 718 entrants in WHO sanctioned Golden Gloves boxing. Bouts run February 15 16 and 23 at Shrine Auditorium Des Moines.
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Harold Long
Earl Ferguson
Dick Koins
Vinton Cramer
Ray Lee
Bill Sharp
Chester Jones
Howard Rouse
George Price
Knoxville
CCC
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines
Butts Recalls 1876 Circus Visit in Pell City
W A Butts former Marion county supervisor and current emergency relief official recalls the summer of 1876. He recalls W W Cole bringing a circus to Pell City and the public square show, asking how many remember the Knoxville Rock Island line from Evans to Knoxville.
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W. A. Butts
Marion County Board of Supervisors
County Emergency Relief Committee
Mr. Butts
W. W. Cole
Pell
Public Square
Knoxville
Rock Island Railroad
Evans
Letter from 1864 in possession of George family
A grandson William George of Biggsville Illinois finds a 1864 letter by his grandfather W S George. The note to Capt Rankin from Mrs W S Morgan expresses grief over a 15 year old son who died, notes other sons serving, and urges keeping the deceased’s belongings unsold while urging a swift honorable end to the war.
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M. M. George
William George
Biggsville
Ill
W.S. George
George
W. A. Rankin
Pella
W. S. Morgan
Sully
Marion Co
Rankin
S. George
Wm. George
Do Not Pay Large Sum for Lessons In Sexing Chicks
Dr N F Waters of Iowa State College Poultry Husbandry warns against paying high fees for chick sexing lessons. He notes the skill can be learned free and urges interested readers to request literature from the Poultry Husbandry Department Ames or the U S Department of Agriculture Washington D C for free guidance.
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N. F. Waters
Poultry Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Ames
Waters
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Tooth Pulled He Didn't Know It Modern Dentistry Trick
A New Sharon man visited a dentist for a troublesome tooth. After nerve wracking pressure, the tooth finally came out while he believed more time was needed. He later discovered the tooth had been removed without his awareness, leaving him amused by the unexpected painless extraction reported by the New Sharon Star.
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Sharon
Sharon Star
Soft plush car seats for the garage mechanic
The text notes that soft plush car seats feel nicer for a garage mechanic while working hands on.
Naturalization Class News Sparks Newborn Celebration
In a school scene led by Here of Juliana, students discuss a radio-born birth. A daughter named Emma arrived at 4:00 this morning, January 31, prompting cheers and a peppermint drop ritual. The class toasts the newborn princess with playful champagne wishes.
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Pella
Juliana
Benno
Jake
Pete
Emma
Mary
Willem
Orously
Centennial State Fair poster project announced for 1938
The Iowa Department of Public Instruction invites public and parochial schools to submit centennial poster designs for the Centennial State Fair to be judged by Town Art teachers led by chairman Kenneth J. Arisman. March 1 deadline. Awards include season tickets, admission tickets, and honorable mention, with top posters displayed at the educational exhibit in Des Moines.
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Department of Public Instruction
Agnes Samuelson
Des Moines
Kenneth J. Arisman
9 000 000 Cars Are Swapped in 1937
Trade shifts in 1937 reflect a pictorial shift from horse drawn transport to motor vehicles. The piece notes Nellie the horse, once used for milk or bakery wagons, likely retired to a peddler’s cart, with hundreds of thousands of horses affected by evolving mobility and commerce.
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America
Nellie
Trade of Automobiles Surpasses Horse Market in U S
In the horse and buggy era horse trading was limited compared with today’s car swapping. About 9,000,000 automobiles were traded last year in the United States per the American Petroleum Industries Committee. Few owned horses in the old days, notes merchants.
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United States
American Petroleum Industries Committee
Carriage trade shifts as two thirds own cars in US
The piece notes a rapid growth in automobile ownership, describing the shift as the carriage trade expanding until about two of every three American families now own and operate a car of varying vintages. It adds a colorful aside comparing human gaze to a bird, flicking from limb to limb.
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United States
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