Local notes from Hawarden to Emmetsburg and beyond
Short clippings report hometown moves reunions and small events across Iowa towns. Frank Jacobs visits Dickeyville Wisconsin but finds no familiar faces and a changed street layout. Mrs Emil Dietrick and her brother Wm Gelhorn reunite after 48 years. A boy alerts his mother to a rattlesnake in Stuart. An Emmetsburg woman chases a hat with a dog through the streets. Rev C G Rynen to guest preach in Rock Valley and Glenwood. new radio and Quaker heaters promoted at local homes.
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Iowa
Frank Jacobs
Hawarden
Dickeyville
Wisconsin
At Hubbard
Emil Dietrick
Wm. Gelhorn
Colorado
Gary Barr
Max Barr
Stuart
C. G. Rynen
Fultog
Ill
JC. Postma
Rynen
Rock Valley
Boyden
C. Postma
J. van Aalsburg
Glenwood
Lyon Co. Presbyterian Church
Fire destroys barn on Brewster farm near Bell Schoolhouse
A Thursday afternoon blaze at the Donald Brewster farm two miles north of the Bell Schoolhouse destroyed the barn but spared the hog house machine shed and one straw pile. Firefighters from Boyden and Sheldon saved the other structures.
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Onald Brewster
Bell School House
Boyden Fire Dept
Sheldon Fire Dept
Rise of synthetic fibers in US textile economy before WWII
The U S department of agriculture notes synthetic fibers other than cellulose, such as early nylon types, rose from about 4.5 million pounds in 1940 to 53.3 million pounds in the following year, outgrowing silk and flax but still far below cotton, rayon and wool.
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United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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