Editorials on entertainment for soldiers and on 4-H clubs
Editorial urges support for U S O to provide wholesome entertainment for soldiers, noting costs and sacrifices. It also defends 4-H projects as valuable hands on education with record keeping and practical skills, while reporting on unsuccessful local United Service Organizations organization drive and subscription campaign results.
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Kodak Pictures
Des Moines
United Service Organizations
Rolfe
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Opinion: editors debate rest and honesty in business life
Humboldt Republican notes a reader suggestion that business people lie in bed one morning each week to relieve nerves. The column reflects on fatigue across ages from the young who exhaust themselves to the old who sleep seven to eight hours and cannot sleep longer.
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Humboldt
Liberty and Freedom Cherished in Iowa Supreme Court Ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously reversed William Sentner’s criminal syndicalism conviction tied to the 1988 Maytag strike in Newton. Judge Bliss authored the opinion, underscoring that liberty and freedom of speech are paramount beyond prejudice or personal feeling in this state.
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Lou Gardner
Iowa Supreme Court
William Sentner
Newton
Bliss
Sentner
Iowa
Census Shows Improved Farm Condition in Iowa
Census data indicate Iowa farmers reduced average mortgage debt on owner operated farms by about one third from 1930 to 1940, now 6 500 with equity down to 35 888. Of 213 318 Iowa farms only 88 206 are owned outright, 31 859 debt free.
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Lowa
Federal Census Bureau
Iowa
Dairy Day Talk Ends With Brown Beverage Debate
A Bremer county farmers gathering discussed dairy month while sharing a brown drink from South American berries. Despite owning dairy cows, none drank milk, prompting humor about weaning as they planned observance of Dairy month at home.
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Bremer County
South America
John
Poultry Markets Shift to Bigger Birds Says Frank Priebe
Frank Priebe explains how postwar milk and cheese trends echo poultry prices. Demand now favors large chickens, with buyers preferring birds over 3 pounds and chicken by the piece booming, as producers shift from small broilers to bigger, meatier birds.
Hailstones Found in Prussia Township Include Coin
In Prussia township Adair county hailstones measuring 11 inches in circumference were reported. Mrs. Frank Miller claimed a notable find when a hail stone contained a dated quarter from 1854, brightening the storm's odd souvenir.
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Prussia Township
Adair County
Frank Miller
Lang and Miller Families Hold Reunion at Rolfe Park
The Lang and Miller families gathered at Rolfe Park for a Sunday reunion with about 100 attendees. A picnic dinner and games followed, as attendees from Man son Pocahontas Laurens and nearby towns planned next year’s gathering and shared news from extended families.
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Lang and Miller
Lang
Leon. Sauter
Frank Schreier
Jake Schreier
Clarence Koster
Therese Donahoe
Manson
J. J. Ryan
John Lang
Marcella
Frank Miller
Kathryn Becker
Pocahontas
Joe Lang
Remsen
Roy Myers
Gillet Grove
Genevieve
Anthony Lang
Laurens
Paul Logan
Pauline
Spencer
Leo Lang
Sioux Rapids
Andrew Miller
Rockwell City
al Koster
Sutherland
Joe O’brien
Palmer
Elder Peterson
Donna Lee
William Schreier
Rolfe
Harold Hovey
Johnnie Johnson
John Lawman
Donald Hertz
Elmer Hertz
Des Moines
Joe Hertz
Clarence Johnson
Les Johnson
Earl Johnson
Bradgate
Delbert Johnson
Lena Perkins
Verle
Marjory
Henry Schmidt
Nain Lutheran Ladies Aid
Ray Isacksen
David Henderson
Hilda Nielsen
Virgil Henderson
Clarence Watson
Pioneer
Art Kilbourn
Jens Thompson
Gweneth Thompson
Ronald Carmichael
Mallard
Otto Naeve
Humboldt
Earl Cooksey
Larry Lee
B. J. Rutgers
Robert Ritgers
Sam Christensen
Dale Spencer
Karen
Harry Spencer
Nick Lokerse
Jim Bruce
Milton Munson
Cade Smith
Okoboji
Paul Graham
Betty
Grundy Center
Lyle Kilbourn
Graham
Kilbourn
August Nielsen
Emmetsburg
Department Urges Early Premarital Blood Tests in Iowa
The Iowa health department urges couples to complete premarital blood tests early to avoid delaying weddings. Delays occur when specimens go astray or hemolyze in transit, leaving only 40 days to obtain a license and marry.
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Iowa
State Health Department
Marriage date announced as Iowans plan ceremonies
The text indicates Iowa couples plan marriages with an early test schedule and required examinations. It notes the marriage date announcement and urges obtaining the proper form from the state of marriage and completing requirements early.
Broken Bones Suffered by Emil Kramer in School Incident
Emil Kramer of Defiance broke the right wrist after slipping on a school slide. Two days later he fractured the same bone in the left wrist when he fell downstairs.
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Emil Kramer
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J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Natio Aleditoriales Association
Hitler
Russia
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Wheeler
United States
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Linding
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Frank Priebes
Weekly Letter
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Rolfe City Park
Crawford Kauffman
Russell
Swea City
Earl
Armstrong
Anna Majorowicz
Sabury
Dean Stowell
Lester Thorson
Robert Wilderman
Berkely
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Mary Snook
T. O. Thorson
Melvin Thorson
Roger Ives
Thomas Ives
Virgil Thorson
Ruth Thorson
Fort Dodge
Lester
Thorson
Janet
Bill Fisher
Bruce
Barbara
Lake Okoboji
George Schurr
Henry Joens
Kathryn
Conrad Majorowicz
Fred Joffert
Donald Jacobs
West Bend
Harrison Knapp
Plover
Harvey Nielsen
William Hoffer
Hawthorne
Calif
Ralph Robinson
Graettinger
Bert Osking
Donald Carlton
John Phillip
Lutheran Hospital
Mike Olberding
Havelock
Nellie Bendixen
Clarence Bendixon
Alvin Freel
John Howe
Arthur Strachan
Leo Montag
N. A. Nelson
Donald
Hans Nielsen
Guy Kerns
George Lehnus
Art DeVaul
O. E. Lehnus
Martin Langseth
Bertha
Ottosen
Alfred Lemke
Carol Ralph
Rodman
Jane Ralph
Milton Meyers
Sioux City
Pearl Lehnus
Wesley Lehnus
Roy Schonberger
Gilmore City
L. A. Ripperger
Leonard
Central City
G. A. Everson
M. D
T. D. Jones
Lester Leserman
Jones Shop
H. Molyneux
Savage Block
Carl J. White
Auto Bonds Kennedy Agency
T. J. Raynes Insurance of All Kinde Rolfe
L. M. Graham
First National Bank
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Rolfe Monument Works
R. B. Ranney
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Rolfe State Bank
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