Editorials on war, politics and progress from Charles City
A collection of dated editorials extols Mr. Herbert Campbell as a Master Farmer, lauds electric starters and progress in science, praises political engagement and U S leadership, and argues for clear victory in Korea. It links past inventions to present peace, notes atomic age anxieties, and champions decisive leadership to end the Korean War.
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Iowa
Herbert Campbell
Ainsworth
Campbell
Waterloo Courier
MacArthur
Questions on church, faith, and families
A devotional note by Blanche Ruth DeKoning urging reflection on church attendance and Sunday school. It asks why adults send children to Sunday school but don’t accompany them, why children leave church after Sunday school, and whether trust should be in God or material means. It envisions every family in church as part of God’s organization to assemble for worship as the Day approaches.
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Blanche Ruth DeKoning
Mrs Ida Page Transferred to City Hospital Address
Mrs Ida M Page moved from the local hospital to 108 East Second Street and invites friends to write. The transfer brings her closer to known contacts and she welcomes correspondence.
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Ida M. Page
East Second Street
With Our Men In Service Pvt Vittetoe at Camp Gordon Georgia
Private Wilfrid J Vittetoe RALT288620 of Company 138 BTG SC RT Camp Gordon Georgia reports he enlisted March 18 and trains in the Signal Corps He is the son of Mrs Marcella Vittetoe and works on the family farm two miles east of Washington with his brother Leo The local list notes birthdays for the month for Clough Robert J Clough and William M Swift and others.
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Wilfrid J. Vittetoe
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Wilfrid
Marcella Vittetoe
Washington
Leo
Army
Signal Corps
Livingston Day Attorneys Abstract Dept Ad
Livingston and Day announce the Abstract Department in Office 204 West Main Street with contact numbers 147 and 964 for legal services.
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Livingston & Day — Attorneys
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day
Abstract Dept
West Main St
Keofa Family Visits Clifford Conklins
Tyrone area notes recount Keofa residents visiting Clifford Conklin and social gatherings hosted by Leland Sheetz with four tables of pinochle. Local families attend indoor track events in Iowa City and community farming concerns note sowing pots amid hopes for fair weather this week.
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Tyrone
Charles Conklin
Keofa
Clifford Conklin
Leland Sheetz
Rolling Green Club
Sikke Temple
Omer Crawford Pegey
Betty Ruth
Mike Spen
Frances Peek
Richland
Leland
Bdear Kay Rer
J. He. Crawford
Low
Lyle Crawford
George Bond
Pat Crawford
Peggy Crawford
Jeanie Stewart
Duane
Billy Crawford
Iowa City
Keota
Pecuny Crawford
Waldo Miller
Shanis
Dale Dunbar
George Dillon
Norma
George Crawford
Dave
Walter
Omer Crawfords Mires
Verda Gillies
Jack Gillies
Tyronne
Hold Postal Employee In 185000 Theft
A 44 year old postal employee, Harry L Ruppenthal, was arrested by the FBI in a Sunset Boulevard motel room after allegedly stealing more than 185000 from the St. Louis postal credit union. Agents recovered 110500 in cash and 875000 in U S treasury bonds in a large suitcase, along with an army trench shovel and waterproof coverings. The location of the loot remains unresolved.
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Los Angeles
Calif
St. Louis
Harry L Ruppenthal
FBI
Sunset Boulvard
U.S. Treasury
Cr. H. Carson
Ruppenthal
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David
Absohom
Stalin
Washington County
Charles F. Kettering
U.S. Patent Office
U. S
New Mexico
Maginot
Charles City
Fort Madison
Presidio
Washington Concrete Co
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Vittetol
Clough
Pfe. Robert
Ord O.C.S. Co
Ord School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Wm. M. Swift S.A
Uls.s. O'Hara
F.P.O
New York
N.Y
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bldg
JHEO
B. Balley
West Main
Morrison & Morrison — Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison Jr
Morrison Bldg
George FF. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Stewart & Shearer
Attoreneys
R. A. Stewart
Paul Shearer
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
DR. R. Q. Eastland
Journal Building
Col. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
M. L. Smith
North Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Charles Swift
Surgical
Duane Shalla
Riverside
Clifford Conklins
Omer Crawford
Karle F. Libe
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