Local Subscription Rates Set for Kossuth and Titonka Territory
The paper lists subscription rates: $2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, $2.50 elsewhere in the county area, and $3.00 per year for Canada and foreign countries. All county and Titonka territory subscriptions are treated as continuing yearly subscripts unless canceled by the subscriber or at the publisher’s discretion.
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Kossuth County
Titonka
Canada
Home Loans and Savings Promotion in Algona Iowa
Advertises low interest home loans including GI and FHA options for buying building remodeling or repairing homes. Promotes 2 percent earnings on insured savings and urges readers to contact Home Federal Savings and Loan Assn in Algona Iowa. Mentions fuel savings from Green Colonial heating units and displays hardware store highlight.
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Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Algona
Iowa
Wilemssen Hardware
Willemsson Hardware
Rural Roads Modernization Needed
A survey of county highway officials estimates America's rural highways require about 39 billion to modernize. Replacing 430000 miles of road and rebuilding 72000 bridges would occur on 68 percent of 630000 miles carrying most rural traffic. Truck haulage rose from 50 to 15 billion ton miles in ten years.
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ST. Louis
America
Fruita town aids Minter family ending segregated law
The Fruita Colorado community offered shelter, medical aid, and funeral funds after a truck crash involving the Minter family, a Negro family from Louisiana. Women provided care and furnishings, the town paid medical and funeral costs, and the city council unanimously abolished a Jim Crow ordinance.
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Fruita
Col
Minter
Melvin Minter
Louisiana
Washington
Margaret
Mrg
Model Town to Rise As a Mining Center
Prince Albert Saskatchewan reports a planned boom town Uranium City will house 5000 by 1958. Construction soon begins on 150 acre site along Predetle River near Martin Lake. The town will serve as residential center for uranium developments north of Lake Athabaska with an airport completed nearby.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Uranium City
Lake Athabaska
Saskatchewan Resources Department
Martin Lake
Black Bay
Eldorado Ace Lake
Film clubs proposed to boost small town cinema
Urbanac Champaign Illinois reports J F Raines surveyed rural moviegoers and urged University of Illinois support for Book of the Month style clubs. A committee of teachers professionals and citizens would underwrite screenings of cultural films beyond the current one picture town offerings.
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Urbanac
I-Town
Raines
Ramah Builds Own High School With Community Labor
In Ramah New Mexico a 275 resident town mobilizes to fund a $100000 high school. Parents, teachers and 120 Navajo children drive the effort aided by volunteers from an Albuquerque steel firm and local workers. Community spirits push excavation to walls with shared labor and fundraising.
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275
Ramah
N.M
Lesia Clawson
Jennie Johnson
Albuquerque Steel
Clawson
Small Communities Can Fluoridate Water Supply
Wisconsin Dental Society says communities of all sizes can fluoridate water to fight tooth decay at annual costs from four to 14 cents per person. Pioneering Wisconsin towns under 1,000 population show feasibility and affordability. Initial equipment costs range from 500 dollars in small communities to several thousand in large cities, with no extra gear needed for those already feeding purifying chemicals.
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Madison
Wis
Wi. Dental Society
Wisconsin
Foreign Students Experience Small Town Life in Brandon
Fourteen foreign students from India Pakistan Belgium Holland Thailand Haiti and Nigeria visited Brandon Wisconsin. The group, from the University of Wisconsin graduate school, stayed with Kiwanis hosts for two nights and toured local farms and industries. They attended church and community events to learn how Americans live in a small town.
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Brandon
Wis
University of Wisconsin
India
Parkistan
Belgium
Holland
Thailand
Haiti
Nigeria
Kiwanis
America
Survey Finds Egyptian Villages Most Unsanitary Worldwide
The Rockefeller Foundation after a three year global study ranks the average Egyptian village as the most unsanitary place to live. Across 4000 Delta villages health and diet reveal widespread disease, malnutrition, and high death rates, with most residents suffering dysentery bilharzia intestinal worms pellagra and limited access to fresh foods.
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Cairo
Egypt
India
China
West Indies
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller
United States
Clarksdale Builds City Auxiliary Police Force
In Clarksdale Mississippi residents push to enforce laws through a civilian auxiliary police unit. Originating in 1949 the program grew after the National Guard was called to active duty. The 20 member force now assists at events with weekly training and shifts nightly and on weekends. All pay is returned to the department to fund training as chiefs praise the trained manpower for every position from chief to radio operator.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Ark
Mississippi
National Guard
A. P. Terry
Police
Police Department
Anit Treasury
Harpers Ferry Reemerges as Tourist Destination
Historic Harpers Ferry, WV with about 790 residents draws visitors after a century of quiet. Once famous for Civil War battles and John Brown raid, the town’s scenic beauty now attracts travelers, while it sits on the old B&O railroad and C&O canal.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Maryland
Virginia
Jackson
John Brown
Brown
Federal
Jefferson
Spain
Carl Sandburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Arsenal
Rural Mailboxes Increase Despite Fewer Carriers
Washington reports growing rural mailboxes as more farmers move to towns while populations near cities expand. Rural routes still serve 23 000 carriers, down from 45 000 a few decades ago, aided by better roads cars and closer boxes. Easter week marks National Rural Mailbox Improvement Week to address deteriorating boxes.
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Washington, D.C
Ed Cooper
Rural Mail Service
Cooper
Cornstalks and Cobs Boost Cattle Beef Yields
Wise Burroughs of the Animal Husbandry Department at Town State College reports roughages raise beef per corn acre and can lift total beef output 55 to 70 percent across feed crop acres. Tests show corn only lots yield 363 pounds per acre versus higher yields with stalks, cobs, and supplements. hay lags behind. Cattle feeders also examine urea and pelleted supplements with varied results and cost per pound of gain. Separate note: William Davis, 3, injured when struck by a moving machine on a farm near Pella. foot injury treated.
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Wise Burroughs
Animal Husbandry Department
Town State College
Burroughs
Ames
Iowa
Cabs
Purdue
Bur- Troughs
Cc. C. Culbertson
Two Aplington Sisters Share Century Ages
In Aplington two sisters mark a combined age of 204 years Mrs Frey turned 100 on June 1 and her sister Mrs L B Pookes was 104 as of December 27 last year.
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Aplington
Even Frey
L. B. Pookes
Fatal Tonsillectomy Death at Emmetsburg
A 20 year old Jo Scott died during a tonsillectomy in Emmetsburg. Official report states pulse and operation conditions appeared normal and death credited to heart failure.
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Emmetsburg
Jo Scott
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