Library Lines from a Busy Librarian Column
A reader shares recent library reads and book notes from Rolfe Library. Mildred Ives discusses Is It Ever a Good Book by Clair Huffaker and Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne W. Dyer, plus several Book Digest excerpts including The Rockefellers and Lindbergh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Ives
Clair Huffaker
Utah
Mildred
Orlean
Clair
Wayne W. Dyer
Peter Collier
David Horowitz
Doris Ddy
A.E. Hotchner
Leonard Mosley
United States
U.S. News and World Report
Edward Kennedy
James MacGregor Burns
Papa
Gregory Hemingway
Jerusalem
Colin Thubron
Jim Bishop
Rolfe
Bill’s Body Shop
Many Families Share Labor Day Weekend Visits
A flurry of visits marked Labor Day weekend with relatives gathering across Iowa and nearby states. Charles Koncker and family hosted in St Paul, while Elmer Leadley and Emma Brock traveled to Black Hills with friends. Gertrude Kipfer's 86th birthday brought kin from Stockton and California, and the Lempke reunion drew 128 relatives in Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Koncker
St. Paul
Minn
Jim Shelgrens
Elmer Leadley
Emma Brock
Hazel Leadley
Black Hills
Badlands
George Lanus
Danny
Brenda
Bonnie Wolfe
August Anderson
Cylinder
Labor Day
Gary Wolfe
Atlantic
Bertha Kipfer
Arlen Hansen
Laura
Kip
Jim
Stockton
Calif
Norman Funk
Deb
Heidi
Candy
Graettinger
Kenneth Hansen
Eldridge Kipfer
Paul
Carl Hansen
Dick Bierstedt
Lempke
Fairmont
Morris Webb
Amsterdam
Holland
Hamburg
Joe Johnson
de Fade Pape Norman Johnson
Anoka
Dennis Weller
Blair, Nebr
Arlen Johnson
Jeremy
Omaha
Virgil Peterson
Shelley
Art Smith
Belmond
Joel Freeman
Kim
John
Jeff
Grundy Center
Warren Freeman
Dale Freeman
Chris Pedersen
Dave’ Hobbs
Sioux’ City
Ray Lambertson
Robert Puff
Bob
Storm Lake
Otto Esser
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joe
Spirit Lake
George Smiths
Harlan Beach
H.A. Kaiser
H.G. Calligan
Earl Kerns
Plover
Gene Sweeney
A.E. Obrecht
Rita Derner
Algona
Charlies
Dick Habeger
Arlington
Minnie Shimon
Denver
Colo
Jim Wulgan
Liz
Beth Ann Pohl
South Dakota
Wyoming
Utah
Nebraska
Early Iowa Churches and Pioneering Clergy Chronicle
The piece recounts Iowa’s first church building in Dubuque 1834 funded by Johnsons fundraising across homes. It details Old Zion Burlington, early Presbyterians, Catholics led by Father Mazzuchelli, Bethel vale songs, and notable ministers like Asa Turgeon shaping early education and temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dubuque
Johnson
New Purchase
Black Hawk Purchase
Father
Mazzuchelli
St. Raphael
Old Zion
Burlington
Ion
Allamakee County
Des Moines
West Point
Lee County
Fort Madison
Launcelot G. Bell
Michael Hummer
John M. Fulton
Enoch Mead
Danville
Old Bradford
Nashua
J.K. Nutting
William Savage Pitts
Wildwood
Dale
Little Brown
Vale
Church of Christ
Lost Creek
Salem
Henry County
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Muscatine County
Asa Turgjey
Denmark
Yale
Freshen Fiberglass Curtains With Milk Rinse
A simple home tip suggests adding one half cup powdered milk to the final rinse water to refresh fiberglass curtains after washing. The milk powder purportedly softens and deodorizes the fabric, leaving a refreshed feel and scent.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marlon the Librarian
Anna McIntire
Jim McIntire
Charles City
Forest City
Lehnus
Twin Lakes
Reuben Lehnus
Glendon
Reddick
Illinois
Clarence Lehnus
Kankakee
Herman Hertz
Bradley
Hubert L. Moeller
the Rolfe Arrow
Evite
D.M. T. Ballroom
Hwy
Kenneth Larson
Tacie
Jack Schultz
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Reca
Eno
Faia Ee
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