Mallard News Roundup Highlights Local Accidents and Socials
Tuesday afternoon at Duck Lake Grover and Dale Williams visited with Benny Smith who fell from a porch causing a dislocated shoulder and was treated at Mallard by surgeons. The Mallard community hosted a dance at the opera house with Hemp's orchestra providing music and many attendees enjoying refreshments and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Dale Qilliams
Ray Gruver
D. W
Bert Smith
M. Fredrick
E. A. Albaugh
Nellie Stover
John Dyiig
J. M. Bush
Plover
Bert — Smith
Andy Truelsen
Local library guards history in old newspaper volumes
A librarian praises bound local papers as vital records, comparing them to ancient inscriptions. A town woman reads an 1878 Herald article about a fire and stresses the newspaper as today’s record of events, urging readers to subscribe for Home Town Paper Week November 7 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Lnk
Aps
Fiimsy
Ode to the Community Paper by Bob Adams
A nostalgic tribute letter extols the hometown newspaper as a constant friend across towns and travels. The writer promises lifelong loyalty and even jokes about paying six years in advance with his Sunday pants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Adams
Record
Journal
Gazette
Oshkosh
Found Home Paper in Heart of the Rockies
A Canton Plaindealer publisher recalls a country paper as a pebble casting circles. A rugged mountaineer, reader for forty years, discovers the paper in a distant Rockies home and learns a long lost family connection through it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart OF the Rockies
Willitson Manley
The
Plaindealer of
Canton
Plaindealer
Eis
Rockies
Home Town Paper Week urges subscriptions and community support
A November event promotes Home Town Paper Week from November 7 to 12. The local paper urges residents to subscribe and support, stressing the role of the country newspaper as a community institution and messenger to Garcia, backed by churches schools and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Farm and Home Bureau
Nation
Garcia
Back to Town Crier and the News Paper Plight
A reflection on Macon Missouri losing the Chronicle-Herald for two weeks and the broader risk of towns living without newspapers. The piece argues community life relies on printed notices for auctions, court terms, births, deaths, and public affairs, warning against a return to the old town crier era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Chronicle-Herald
Publishers’ Auxiliary
Old Town
Erler
Alerness
Memorial Tablet for War Mules Sparks Overseas Vets’ Appreciation
A memorial tablet honors the mules that perished in the late war. Overseas veterans, deprived of meals, will appreciate the gesture. The piece notes how praise can mislead and recalls the singer who popularized jazz becoming disliked.
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Ge WW
Shilder
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John Kline
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Sind
Lungardia
Lungardia Co
Dallas
Texas
M. Webb
W. W. Beam
T. R. Campbell
DRS. Beam& Campbell Physicians and Surgeons
Kirst National Bank Bldg
Rolfe
BE. L
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T. D. Jones
First National Bank
Iowa
L. M
Graham
Alls
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Nacke's
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Jon, McEwen
W.S. McEwen
McCewen
Brothers
State Savings Bank
Col
H. H. Grove
Plover, Iowa
Joseph Zimmerman
Gilmore City
Rolfe Phone No
Priscilla
Mrs. Smith
the Community Newspaper
T Peddier
Harold Schaeffer
J. R. McIntire
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Detroit
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Carver
Prince Albert
P.A
P. A
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