Amana Colony Through Time and Transition Described
A historical overview traces the Amana Society from its German Inspirationist roots in Europe to its 19th century settlement around Amana Iowa and later modernization in 1982. It notes communal living, shared property, centralized leadership, and shifts to class A shares, individual homes, shops, and diversified industries while preserving religious life and pastoral village imagery.
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Hess
America
Christian Meta
New York
Buffalo
Germany
The
Ebenezer Society
Kansas
Iowa
East Amana
Amana
Amana Society
Church Society
Iowa River
Homestead
Colony Welcomes Visitors To Mill And Shops
Members of the colony invite visitors to tour their mill and shops, which are in full operation all week except Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Courthouse Briefs Highlight Transfers and Plea in Mt Carroll
County court records show a marriage license issued for Robert G Hoekman and Allen M Fulton of Mt Carroll. Walter Kutz 26 pleaded guilty to petty larceny. case continued for sentencing. Circuit Clerk notes a surge of recorded instruments including numerous land transfers to the state along the state aid route south of Lanark and many warranty deeds across Mt Carroll Savanna Chadwick and Savanna areas.
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Robert G. Hoekman
Allen M. Fulton
Mt. Carroll
Walter Watson
Kenneth L. Wood
Irene. Kneesa
Walter Kutz
Klitz
John Gelwicks
Clarence Voeckel
Lanark
William W. Johnston
Edward Hamilton
J. W. Cary
Nora Ramner Harter
Spurgeon
Snow
Chadwick
Pearl K. Shanabrook
John O. Kerch
Martha Albert
Joseph Marchesi
Jeanette Hammond
Peter Spinoso
Morton’s Add
Savanna
John Co. Hinebaugh
Jaco B. Hinebaugh
Jacob B. Hinebaugh
Alta Weatherall
William F. Haas
Clifford A. Ritchie
Stransky’s
Cora E. Hepfer
Edgar Rabuck
Rock Creek
Farmers State Bank
Arthur A. Calkins
Fair Haven
Marchesi Bros
John Adams
Mr. Carroll
S. B
L. A
Raymond E. Clifton
Miller School Perfect Attendance and Honor Roll
Twelve pupils had perfect April attendance including Roscoe Hubbard Adell Hubbard and Billy Hubbard plus Erma Lee Lovell Roy Lovell Marie Geiger Lucille Geiger Viola Miner Clara Belle Miner Imogene Morris Jeanette Smith and Gladys Ready. Bi monthly exams earned high honors for Wesley Bailey Viola Miner and Clara Belle Miner. Honors were earned by Marie Geiger Erma Lee Lovell Roy Lovell and others. Mother's Day gifts were made and first second graders planted cheese box gardens. Easter party Good Friday. visitors and school news notes. Picnic planned for May 29 at the schoolhouse.
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Roscoe
Adell
Billy Hubbard
Jeanette Smith
Gladys Ready
Imogene Morris
Robert Lloyd
Marie Geiger
Viola Miner
Erma Lee Lovell
Lucille Geiger
Alyce Jobe
Clara Belle Miner
Roscoe Hubbard
Donald Gehrts
Roy Lovell
Lloyd
Jerry
L. Bailey
Patricia
Jobe
Sanderson
Grand Rapids, Mich
C. Ready
Dorothy
Mary Annwell
Jone, Vada
Mary Miner
Gene Gehrts
Lucille
Marie Geigjer
Libbie C. Rupple
Little girl solicits war relief funds for wrapping paper
A young girl asks a passerby for donations to aid war relief. The man offers several coins and a dollar, but the girl declines excess giving, choosing a nickel and requesting paper to wrap the money, saying she does not wish to be piggish.
Ideal Job Paymaster Reels Off Wisecrack And Wages
A gas company collector prankster steals coin box contents by master key, returns for a new key claiming he lost the other one. The manager notes the cashier waited for wages each Friday night. The piece then mentions two lengthy novels of the past year totaling 826 and 938 pages.
Chadwick Quartet Wins First Division Rating in Regional Meet
Four Chadwick high school girls Bernice Honberger Emily Ann Harter Phyllis Harris and Doris Phillips earned a first division rating in class C girls vocal ensembles at Flint Michigan regional contest They previously placed first division in the Forreston district and Glen Ellyn state contests The quartet is coached by Anton Wold Chadwick schools music instructor for two years.
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Chadwick
Flint
Michigan
Bernice Honberger
Emily Ann Harter
Phyllis Harris
Doris Phillips
Forreston
Glen Ellyn
Anton Wold
Contract For 1942 43 License Plates Awarded
Illinois 1942 and 1943 automobile license plates will be made by Hemp Manufacturing Co. of Macomb after the secretary of state reported the low bid. The firm offered 9 1 4 cents per pair for 1942 and 9 1 2 cents for 1943, with next lowest at 10 2 5 cents. The two year contracts reflect steel demand from the defense program. 1942 plates are expected to bear orange numerals on a black background.
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Illinois
Hemp Manufacturing Company
Macomb
Silent Radio Quiets Junior’s Homework Night
A Papa reads the paper while Junior struggles to finish homework. The household taps the radio but must keep noise low as the paterfamilias concentrates on current events.
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Paterfamilias
Junior
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Amana Colony
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Lowa
West Amana
South Amana
Hieh Amana
Middle Amana
Christian Metz
Barbara Heinemann
Milwaukee Road
By Hopkins
Hopkins
Martin
Clinton, la
Thomson
Thomson, Illinois
Wolverine
Don Mathewys
230Th Avenue
Clinton, Iowa
Home
Frank J. Geller
South Savanna
Minnie Schnee
Bessie M. Paul
Lima
Mary E. Halderman
Nathaniel Halderman
Rexall Store
Fulton
Considine’s
Lincoln Way
Richard Vogel
Fulton, Hlinois
Illini
Farmer’s
L. W. Kreider
Milledgeville
Fulton, Ill
White Rock
Hartman
W. A. Hartman
Prop
Ill
G. H. Thompson
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Fulton Paint & Paper Store
al Faber
Mer
Fulton, Il
Ford
Chevrolet
Robert W. Acker
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Purina
M. C. Crouse
Behan & Helfert
Sabula, Ia
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