Fair visions for 1939 World Expositions loom
The author predicts two grand fairs opening 1939 on opposite coasts New York and San Francisco Each will showcase nations and states with vast exhibits The piece argues fairs educate and inspire while leaving lasting parks and islands as legacies
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Atlantic Coast
New York
Pacific
San Francisco
Suny Francisco
Minnesota
Bell
Dr. Brush
Chicago
Brazil
China
St. Louis
Prince Pu-Lun
Philadelphia
Pairmont Park
Jackson Park
United States
Wallit
Table top humor in amateur photography by John van Guilder
The article explains table-top photography as a creative shortcut for still lifes and humorous setups. It covers constructing scenes from everyday materials, using small toys vegetables and simple props, and emphasizes close work, lighting, and arranging until perfect. It suggests tools like portrait attachments or double extension bellows for closeups and notes enlargement for too-small subjects.
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OST
Btul
Carrot
John van Guilder
Iowa cattle feeding up twenty percent
Cattle feeders in Iowa showed a 20 percent rise in cattle on feed January 1, 1938 compared with a year earlier. Western and southern areas, hit by drought in 1936, posted sharp increases while north central to east central regions remained about the same as last year, reflecting varied corn supplies and feeding levels.
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Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
North Central
North East
Central
East Central
Fifty-Five Die by Autos in Iowa in November
Iowa motor vehicle department data show fifty five fatalities from automobile accidents in November with 1861 total crashes and 297 injuries. Most crashes occurred on rural pave ment and daylight hours, with 312 cars on the wrong side, 207 off the highway, 173 skidding, 112 right of way violations, and 108 losing control.
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Iowa
Motor Vehicle Department
V.R
North Central teachers plan sociable convention banquet
The North Central Teachers association opens its annual Fort Dodge meeting with a banquet stressing sociability over instruction. A panel discussion on inter school contests will follow, presiding by Miss Agnes Samuelson with ten members from districts including Humboldt Spencer Laurens Emmetsburg and Buffalo Center. Officers are C L McDowell president C H Tompkins vice president Miss Florence Lynch secretary and R E Nyquist treasurer.
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Good Fellowship
North Central Teachers Association
Fort Dodge
Agnes Samuelson
W. H. Whips Wep Abparintendant
Manly
Catherine Osa Humboldt
W. Truesdell
Ottosen
Thorrel Fest
Spencer
Norman Norland
Laurens
Gerald F. Ryan
Mason City
Edwin E. Swanson
Humboldt
Clara B. Olson
Winnebago County
Forest City
F. G. Stith
Estherville
C. T. Feelhaver
Harris E. Dickey
Minard W. Stout
J. Howard Orth
Fred N. Cooper
All of
Knights of Pythias to Give Work to Class at Odd Fellow Hall
Knights Of Pythian will assign first rank positions to a class at their meeting Thursday evening at the Odd Fellow hall. The meeting is called to convene at eight o'clock.
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Knights OF Pythias
Knights of Pythian
Odd Fellow Hall
Understanding 1oWA: Home study spaces for students
A short feature notes that a dedicated, disturbance free study area is essential for all students. It describes a chaotic home scene with siblings and noise and recommends a simple, well lit, ventilated study space with shelving to keep materials safe. Sponsored by the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station.
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George
Fath
Mother
Father
The
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Emmet County Faces Menace by Grasshoppers
Emmet county soil shows heavy grasshopper egg infestation warns county agent M A Balkema. If late spring and summer are favorable 50 to 75 percent of cropland could be infested or destroyed. Entomologists plan a county meeting to discuss control and arrange a poisoning campaign. Also noted is Mildred Ankrum visiting relatives in Chico California with her mother Mrs John Smith and brother Merton Ankrum.
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Emmet County
M. A. Balkema
Balkema
Mildred Ankrum
Chico, Calif
John Smith
Merton Ankrum
Early Plans For Ball In Estherville And Armstrong
F J Kennedy county chairman plans the presidents birthday ball program with two events in Estherville and Armstrong. Estherville hosts at Dancing Land with the Night Hawks band from Spencer. Proceeds fund infantile paralysis research through a national foundation. Estherville has 170 71 on hand for local use.
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F. J. Kennedy
Estherville
Armstrong
Danceland
Nighthawks
Spencer
Local marriage licenses issued in January reports
On January 12 Walter Russell Dunn of Rolla Missouri and Fay Hill of Minneapolis Minnesota obtained a license. Francis Dahne and Marjorie Wilbour received a license the same day. On January 18 Russell Lastine and Arlette Neve, both of Ringsted, were married by Rev. C S Kloth. January 13 saw William Meyer and Mollie Loos wed, with ceremony by Gertrude M Nipher. John Ries of Shakopee and Lorraine Hover of Shakopee were married January 14 with attendants Mary Svea and Lawrence Douroe.
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Walter Russell Dunn
Legal
Rolla
Fay &, Hill
Minneapolis
Unclear fragmentary wedding notice from local paper
The readable bits describe a wedding or ceremony on the fifteenth day involving a couple and a mayor, with names like Jahary Helberg and Mrs Oscar Helberg. The text is heavily garbled but indicates a marriage or union performed at a house with local officials present.
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Cof
Jahary
Robert Helberg
aison-of-Me
Oscar Helberg
Changes at Arnolds Park Signal Park Redevelopment
Arnold's Park prepares major changes before summer with the old ball park and amphitheatre torn down for a parking lot and a new service station. The rear alley will close and access altered. Park Theatre is leased to L. H. Hooker, who will build four structures for new rides while the Park Theatre itself will be removed.
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Arnold’s Park
Ball Park
L. H. Hooker
Park Theatre
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