Moment of Decision in a Doctor turned Funeral Director
Charles A. Beckman from Hull faced a life change in 1908 choosing funeral directing over medicine. He trained at Hohenschuh Carpenter school in Des Moines, earned his license in 1910, and ran a town funeral service with furniture sales and phonographs, delivering services across churches homes and rural cemeteries.
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Iowa City
Hull
Sioux County
Charley Beckman
Chance
Charles A. Beckman
Capitol City Commercial College
Des Moines
Beckman
Hohenschuh-Carpenter School
Baldwin Pianos
Edison
Iowa
Beckman a Iowa City funeral director honored by Golden Rule
Charles Beckman a veteran Iowa City funeral director with a 50 year career is noted for pioneering an automobile funeral car and leading local and state professional groups. The feature highlights his service in Iowa City, family, community roles, and 1960 Golden Rule selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles Beckman
John H. Donohue
Beckman
Iowa
New York
Chicago
Charley Beckman
Iowa Funeral Directors and Embalmers Assn
Chamber of Commerce
First Methodist Church
Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias and
Elks
John Thede
Cloudcroft
N. M
W L. Vetter
John C Murphy
Charles
Kalona
Beckmans
Citian Charles Beckman
Order of the Golden Rule
Fly control in the dairy industry and residual insecticides
As fly season begins dairies should review sanitation and consider residual insecticides for barns loafing parlors and shelters. Diazinon provides longest-lasting control when applied properly malathion and Korlan last about ten days while lindane and methoxychlor face resistance. Do not spray on cows and follow label directions. whitewash pH affects duration of effectiveness.
Health for a and l the shock of your life
A jumble of household safety notes warns about electric shocks from frayed wiring and wrong fuses. It urges calling an electrician, using outlet covers for children, and avoiding DIY splices while noting wiring loads in old and new homes. It also covers postal service funding and how registered letters may be signed for.
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Postal Service
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Mission
Ake
Ibs
Ta, Rae
Sunkist Lemons
Duncan Hines
Peter
Gateway Store
Peter Vis
Boyden
Ceidar Rapids
John Reynolds
Health For A&l
I. Q
Post Office Department
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Norelco
Remington
Sunbeam
Dimite
Just
Chlorodane
ACME
Terra Ant Bait
Rexall
Hull, Iowa
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