Community celebration praised for orderly success and promotion
Local businessmen organized a large town celebration with top quality entertainment and rides. Police reported no disorders, merchants advertise widely, and observers urge repetition. A reward is offered for vandals damaging signs. Fire losses and property damage are discussed alongside rising auto sales in farm states.
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Jay Gould
Rolfe
Central States Electric Co
United States
Newspaper advertising holds top place in industry survey
An Emmetsburg report notes that a national survey of store networks shows newspapers are the most productive ad medium, with 58 percent of ad spend across 33,000 stores. The Cedar County News and Kossuth Advance discuss fashion and booms, while the West Union Argo Gazette critiques radio war reporting.
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America
Emmetsburg
Radio Voice
West Union
Argo-Gazette
Walter Lippman
Des Moines Register
Lippmann
Mr. Lippman
Louisa County farmer swindled by fortune-teller
Ed Schlopkohl lost 5200 after meeting a carnival fortune-teller in Lone Tree who promised to bless the money. She urged him to withdraw cash, then returned a wrapped bundle containing only paper. The incident echoes a warning about cons and scam tactics. A separate Sioux County report notes a sparrow shorting a REA substation near Orange City, causing a seven hour blackout before power was restored.
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Louisa County
Ed Schlopkohl
Lone Tree
Schlopkohl
Barnum
Sioux County
Rea
Orange City
Printer's Mistake Type Talk Highlights Printing Errors
Type-Talks notes the 10 000 type pieces in a newspaper column and seven possible wrong positions per letter. It cites 70 000 chances for errors and millions of possible transpositions. In To be or not to be there are 2 759 022 transposition errors possible.
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Washington
Publicity Boost Praised By Iowa State Fair Board
The Iowa State Fair board extends thanks to Iowa newspapers farm papers and radio stations for wide publicity and daily news reporting of the 1939 exposition. The board commends the cooperative press and broadcasting entities and hopes for continued support in the future.
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Iowa
Iowa Culture Studied At State University Centennial Course
Prof. Luella Wright of the English department will teach a new course on how Iowa culture has developed over the last century. The class surveys literary groups newspapers periodicals lyceums singing schools and pageants sparked by centennial celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State University
Luella Wright
Flyer story of radio shipment by air and local dealer
An Iowa local dealer loaded eight radios in his plane and flew from Hopkin ton to Davenport to pick up stock, returning home for dinner. The note highlights how aviation speeds future distribution of new radios and calls it news. The item reflects a quirky mix of local profiles and odd facts from various towns.
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Frank Irish, Jr
Hopkin[ton
Davenport
P. O. Peel
Keosauqua
Local High School Team Leads Fall Season Prep
In town, a team from a local high school is preparing for the fall season. Administrators note an expected rise in stall numbers and attention to a larger roster as they adjust plans for the new academic year.
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Aparne An
Stall’ High
Farmers show low grade fuels cut plow costs
A Pilot Rock Cherokee plowing contest reported by Don Struthers shows tractors using low grade distillate averaged 11.3 cents per acre in fuel costs at 8 cents per gallon, while 8 gasoline machines averaged 22.13 cents. Rubber tires saved fuel compared with steel wheels, and past tests suggested similar gains.
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Cherokee
Don Struthers
Extension
Town ‘State College
Struthers
Kansas State College
Captured Buzzard, Aviary Incident and Early Air Raid Casualty
Report from Davis county describes a buzzard wedging into a coop at M. K. Martin farm south of Savanah, with a six foot wingspan. Separate note says Andrew Arent of Harlan claims Iowa's first air raid casualty after a toy airplane dive struck him on the head. A third item notes a collision between unlit cars with no serious injuries.
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Robert Aukes
Davis County
M. K. Martin
Savanah
Aukes
Andrew Arent
Harlan
Iowa
Europe
Arent
Affidavit of Ownership for Rolfe Arrow Newspaper
An affidavit of ownership states publisher editor and owner M R Soth of Rolfe Iowa certifies the Rolfe Arrow weekly as the publication. It lists Henry L Sawyer Hartley Iowa as a bondholder or security holder owning over one percent of stock. The affidavit is sworn September 22 1939 before Notary Public C A Walner.
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Rolfe Arrow
Rolfe
County of Pocahontas
Iowa
Henry L. Sawyer
Hartley
M. R. Soth
C. A. Walner
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Iowa Daily Ik
John Jones
Charles van Doren
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Charlie Ross
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Maquoketa
San Diego
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G. A. Everson
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Carl J. White
Kennedy Agengt
Long
Toni
T. J. Raynes
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Iji
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Philga
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