Looking Back at Life Fifty Years Ago and 25 Years More
A long retrospective notes daily life and events from July 1910 and July 1935 in Readlyn and nearby towns. It records job changes, marriages, church happenings, medical cases, and local business investments, plus farm markets prices from the eras and a note that over 44 million U.S. households will receive a newspaper today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Edmunds
Readlyn
Roth
Tripoli Mercantile
John Carstensen
Auto
Otter Tail County
Minn
Bertha Pries
Kelsey
Winkler
Leroy Township
H. Toppe
H. Littig
Westgate
Alice Geffert
William Jacobsen
St. Paul
St. John’s Lutheran Parsonage
E. A. Hanff
E. F. Byers
Congregational Church
Tripoli Canning Co
U. S
Iowa Republicans Shake Hands With Richard Nixon
Iowa delegates who returned from Chicago with Nixon handshake photos under a mass production plan to push campaign outreach into every precinct. Nixon pledged strong farm policy and a robust Midwest campaign, recalling his Ottumwa naval base posting and inviting Norman Erbe to campaign with him. Miller won the U.S. Senate nomination at Des Moines on July 19 as the Iowa GOP eyes fall campaigns. The Iowa Democratic party has...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Iowa
Erbe
Jack Miller
Sioux City
Miller
United States Senate
Des Moines
Transfers Record of Property Deals in Various Towns
Legal transfers list Rae Sewell to Orville Fox for west 19 acres and smaller parcels, Wisner & Burns Builders to James H Dirksen, Caroline Jahnke to Paul Bast, Henning to Bearschel, Rathe and Leinbaugh to Perry and Alma Crittenden, Monte Miles to Russell Miles, and Howard Eggleston to Ronald and Donna Matthias with revenues ranging from 1.10 to 23.10. Transactions cover multiple towns and plot details with overall modest sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Sewell
Orville Fox
Wisner & Burns, Buiders, Inc
James H
LaVonne L. Dirksen
Waverly
Caroline Jahnke
Paul
Hulda A. Bast
West
Denver
Henry W. Henning
Leon W
Esther A. Bearschel
Tripoli
Reinhold H. Rathe
Mabel Leinbaugh
Perry
Harmon & LeValley
Speed was idle blamed for 1960 traffic deaths
A National Safety Council study finds speed contributed to 12,980 highway deaths in 1960, over 43 percent of total, with 2,910 pedestrians killed and 66,030 injured on U S roads. It says motor vehicle accidents kill more than other major hazards and estimates 5,000 lives yearly could be saved if seat belts were installed and used in every car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
National Safety Council
United States
Hunting couple marks 63rd wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs J H Hunting of Montezuma celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. Mr Hunting is noted as the first living white child born in Woodbury County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hunting
Montezuma
Mr. Hunting
Woodbury County
Iowa
Iowa Debate on Constitutional Convention and reapportionment
The Iowa scene features support for a constitutional convention to reform legislative apportionment. Democrats back a population based House and area-based Senate with a 50 district plan. Lieutenant Governor McManus proposes districts of two counties each. Norberg wins re election as state chair. Arch McFarlane dies at 66, former speaker and lieutenant governor. Halleck Jr. appears in national spotlight at Eisenhower event. Highway 30 remains the busiest highway in the state with Cedar Rapids and Ames areas showing highest loads. plan to relocate segments discussed between Apayoy and Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Edward McManus
Keokuk
House
Senate
Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Apayoy
Ogden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary E. Bopp
H. H. Lorg
Hawkeye, Fayette and
Sumner
Carl Kirchhoff
William Geraghty
McGregor
North Iowa Times
Leader
Reuben J. Topp
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Buck Creek
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Clarksville
Darwin Bull
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Lloyd Warnke
Fredericksburg
William Duenow
Frederika
Methodist Church
Ray Fink
Velda Huebner
Paul Huebner
Lester Leisinger
Emil Leisinger
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Reinhardt Rucker
Sylvia Johnson
C. T. Johnson
Cedar Falls
Eugene Klonglan
Bernie Klonglan
Nevada
Bricelyn
Miss Johnson
Tripoli Community Schools
David Block
San Diego
Calif
Ray Block
Harry Schmidt
Donald Pockels
Mandel Kramer
Mary Stowell
Nathan Heise
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Victor Gaede
Amarillo
Tex
Louis Gaede
Robert B. Love
Emmett Steele
Janesville
Helena B. Clayton
Janesville Lumber Co
Carl Thompson
Raymond Lauterbach
C. Carpenter
Clayton J
Lydia M. Stokes
A. P
Robert I. Isaccson
General Mortgage Corp. of
Corkery
Russell
Edwin
Betty Jean Westmeyer
Engstrom
Robert R. Gersonde
George
Mary Dedor
Gersonde
Otto Korman
Herbert Bodermann
North
Wescott Heirs
Edwin Bang
Herman A
Clare Biermann
Edgar Kuethe
Shield Bantam Co
J. J. Heinmiller
Edward Vosseller
Security Service Co
Robert L
Mildred L. Richmond
L. J. Carver
A. Edward Heins Jr
Audrey L. Heins
Crestwood Park
Arthur Hennings
Fred Budweg
Richard Nixon
Chicago
Iowa Democratic Party
Nbc-Tv
Esther Williams
Fernando Lamas
Joey Bishop
Dick Pope
THE
Aquamaids
Cypress Gardens
United States Brewers Foundation
Howard M. White
Iowa and National Water Well Assn
Cornwall
S’brien
Tripoli, Iowa
Iowa House
Norberg
Donald
Duke) Norberg
Demo
Cratic
Albia
Jake More
Arch McFarlane
Robert Halleck Jr
Dubuque
Eisenhow
Cowde
Ily
Kuhri Ins
Dave West
Colburn Feed Mill
al Porter
Doughboy Service
Doughboy
Colburne
Ames Reliable
Tosk
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