Rural News Coverage Is Regular Part of Star Clip d Tailor Era
Star-Clipper emphasizes rural reporting with a farm editor and multiple correspondents in Geneseo Dysart Dinsdale Lincoln Voorhies Toledo Garrison Crystal Elberon and Garwin. The paper earned statewide and national praise for agricultural coverage and features a weekly farm column by Ford Kyidera.
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E. E. Taylor Sr
Traer
Star-Clipper
Ford Kindera
Geneseo
Dysart
Dinsdale
Lincoln
Clutter
Toledo
Gladbrook
Garwin
Crystal
Voorhies
Garrison
Elberon
The
Fred Gonnerman
Helen Kopecky
Chatier
Ray Merritt
Vernon Sash
Sear] Hayward
Traer Memories and School Days from Mrs Williams
Mrs George Williams recalls early 1900s Traer Iowa childhood with schoolyard tales and family ties. She reflects on trips from Eagle Grove to Traer, influenza year, Chautauqua memories, Epworth League guidance, and the Star-Clipper office, ending with career and retirement notes.
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George Williams
Ilo Congdon
Ruthal Fleming
Traer
Congdon
Eagle Grove
O. B. Congdon
Star-Clipper Office
Spirit Like
Star-Clipper Force
Sered
George D. Williams
E. Morningside
Bloomfield
Tracer
Maynard
Grandma
Russell
Mabel Reid
Ridge Road
Dty
Volney Pinkerton
Epworth League
Marguerite Wallace
Amber Mackie
Clear
Miss Gregg
Clear Lake
Kathryn Bates
Margaret Michael McCormick
Lmits
Tatesdivs
Tom
Cornell College
Paula
Logan
Clemons and Faula Active in Community Service
Logan Clemons, manufacturing manager of Grill Meats in Sandusky Ohio, is featured beside Faula a busy housewife and mother of three sons and four helping hands in local service projects.
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Clemons
Logan
Sandusky
Ohio
Faula
Iisy
Praises Traer School Veterans and Staff Legacy
Former superintendent Herschel K Bennett recalls eight years as Traer school leader and a staff famed for Alf Grege and a gifted student body. He highlights track star Sid Dean, pole vaulter Ralph Martin, a strong football team, and forensics under Marcella Mowery. Transportation, academic progress, and caravan trips shaped school life.
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Herschel K. Bennett
Dunkerton
Des Moines
Tipton
Dearborn
Mich
Bennett
Traer Lions Club
Traer
Alf Grege
Sid Dean
University of Iowa
Ralph Martin
Ralph
Don
Ted Weaver
Leigh Wilson
Wallace Young
Howard Otterman
Eldon Joens
Leslie Vorba
Emery Mahurin
Ralph McLeod
Harold Hagedorn
Leslie Seda
Marcella Mowery
Iowa City
Marione Ross
Marcella Sprole
Jean Smith
Charles Pratt
Ern Franklin
Town City
Madison
Wis
Tracr
Glee Club
Toledo
Traer Centennial Nostalgia From Enid Elliott Harris
Enid Elliott Harris describes Traer’s centennial memories from her youth, notes on winters, sledding and the old opera house, and contrasts California life with her hometown. She recalls family ties, wartime work in Vallejo, and current job at Sonoma Mortgage before converting to a 370 125 computer with Wells Fargo. She plans to attend only via cousins’ reports due to July conversion.
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Greenway
Santa Rosa
Satif
Traer
Dorothy
Tracer
F. L. Eliott
First Street
Second Street
Santa
Claus
Pauline Harold
Viola Moeller
California
Trucr
Marcella Mowery
Vallejo
Calif
Housing Authority
City of
San Francisco
Sonoma Mortgage Company
United States
Wells Fargo Bank
Early Contractor's Daughter Writes
Blaine Washington memoir by Bernice Glaze Haugen recounts her father A M Glaze as a local contractor and builder who drew his own house plans. She recalls school days, a failed dream to graduate, family moves after her mother's death, and early life in Tracy and Boston connections.
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Bernice Haugen
A. M. Glaze
Tracy
Bernice Glaze Haugen
Blaine
Wash
Dad
Trner
Harry Taylor
Ohio
Mama
Boston
Mass
Mabel
Annie
Courthouse history notes 1864 contracts and repairs
The 1864 contract set a 1300 dollar building for the county seat at Toledo. Court sessions began in May 1855 in the initial structure. A larger courthouse was erected in 1866, the current building, later repaired and remodeled at various times.
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Toledo
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Arly
Lake
Chautauqua
Irma Grace Hanes
Tesla
McCoracks
Mike and
Nancy Rickard
Uwiehway 63
H. K. Bennett
Skelly Oil
Skelly Products
Fleming Skelly Products
Fleming
Lewa
Mrs. Harris
Enid Harris
Amos Elliott
Waterloo
Sioux City
Clarence Naylor
Teee
Enid Elliott Harris
Lloyd Elliott
Irma Elliott Naylor
Irma
Quinsy
Traer's Milk Man
la Porte City
Carnation Company
Traer, Iowa
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