Northeast Iowa town crafts thriving toy business and river voyage
The article tours Lansing Iowa and nearby communities in 1945 recounting Leo Hufschmidt of Lansing who built a large wood toy industry with 300 workers in former courthouse space. It notes the Mary Lee river boat venture, local leaders Harold Gaunitz and Red Gaunitz, and a social group exchanging hospitality and meals amid a rainy trip up the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mississippi
Leo Husschmidt
Leo
Leo Hufschmidt
Old Court House
Leo Hutschmidt
America
Hufschmidt
Ernie B. Leads Iowa Conservation Commission in 1942
Ernest B known as Ernie chairs the Iowa Conservation Commission which guards fish birds and fur bearing animals. The body oversees 156000 acres of lakes parks and reserves and 25 year development plans include a lake site in Washington County awaiting final reports local backing and more. Washington County is favored for potential progress and local action is urged.
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American Legion
Ernest B
Ernie
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Commission
Washington County
Farm sale notice from A. Richardson clipping
A. Richardson provides a farm sale notice from an exchange newspaper. The clipping reflects a different slant on the sale, but details such as buyer or location are not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Richardson
Exchange
Auction notice at Gobbler Scratch Farms in Oklahoma
A very odd sale listing at Gobbler Scratch Farms in Enid Oklahoma outlines a public sale at 2:30 next week with 18 horses and a large collection of cattle hogs sheep goats poultry and miscellaneous items. It lists numerous humorous descriptions and oddities including a horse with false teeth a bear on roller skates and roosters of the Democratic and Republican varieties. The notice notes terms cash or six months in a strawberry patch with a muzzle and mentions auctioneers and a local supplier contact.
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Jenney
Poland
China
Plymouth Rock
Sampson
Rhode Island
Hampshire
Gobbier Scratch Farms, Inc
Col. I. Ketcheum
Col A. Holdum
I. Sokum
Britt Products CO
aAuto
Enid
Okla
West Maple
Reinterment Policy for WWI Dead Shapes U S War Efforts
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes the lone World War I case where a family chose foreign burial. The article cites the drive to repatriate about 50 000 American remains across the Atlantic and notes more than 30 000 World War I dead still buried in France Belgium and England. Also includes a note on porch floor painting to prevent moisture damage and blistering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopedia Britannica
United States
Atlantic
France
Belgium
England
Quiet Title Suit Over Washington County Land
Homer Eden sues a long list of defendants in district court seeking to quiet title to multiple tracts in Washington County Iowa including the south 30 acres of Government Lot 3 in Section 25 and parts of Section 36. The petition claims open hostile continuous possession for over twenty years ending 1940 and asks that the title be declared absolute and clouds removed with other relief as just. Hearing set for August 24, 1945 at 9:00 a.m. in Washington Iowa with Baldrize Bailey and Swisher as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa
Recorder
Recorder of
District Court of
Distret Court of
Washington
Baldrize & Bailey
West Main St
Iowa City
Swisher
Iowa State Bank
Edward F. Bate
Plaintiff
Lamont Duwa Concludes Furlough At Parental Home
Lamont Duwa ends furlough with his parents in Riverside and Frances O Connor. Mr and Mrs Albert Duwa and son Sergeant Duwa and others traveled to Burlington Saturday. Duwa will depart by train to Jefferson Barracks Missouri after furlough.
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Sioux Falls
Dak
Nordyke
Kathleen
Clevelar
Imings
Dick Jackie Schnoebele
Riverside
Gebelen
Schnoebelen
Des Moines
Lamont Duwa
Albert Duwa
Sergeant Lamont Duwa
Frances O'Connor
Burlington
Duwa
Jefferson Barracks
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Evening Journal
the Home Daily Newspaper
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
Publishers News
United Press
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines, Lowa
IAL
Lainuing SK Limber
God
Clayton
Allamakee
McGregor
Guttenberg
Gaunitz Brothers
Harold W
Red
Feoria
Lll
Morning Star
Big
Bill Albert
George Kaufman
Howard Hayes
Carl Jungbluth
Wm. T. Carson
George Morrison
Roscoe Thoma
Fairfield
Herbert White
Omaha
John Spanner
Leo Thoma
Husschmidt
Harold Gaunitz
Pumpkin Center
Loophole Township
Tightwad
Old Man Brown
Gobbler Scratch iFarms, Inc
DeLaval
Berkshire
Peter Schuttler
Eastor
Oliver
Phillips & Hebner West Side Drug Store
Homer Eden
James LB. Lee
H. Scofield
Hiram Scofield
Amelia Scofield
W. Scofield
Wm. Scofield
Sarah M. Scofield
S. E. Brown
Samuel Lee
Samuel H. Lee
Theresa Maencer
Theressa Maencer
Katie Poor
Frank Burianek
Nehemiah Tunis
Wm. H. Young
Anthony Urban
Daniel D. Emerson
John Smith
Mathias Thommond
Otho Schmidt
Albert
Patrick Dennis
Lydia L. Cavin
Abraham Owen
Henry R. Maxim
Anna Maxim
Kate Wolters
Katherine Mehaleck
Kate Mehaleck
J. R. Laney
Laney
Sidney Coon
J. Lindley Coon
Lulu Coon
James W. Mehaleck
Jesse Lackender
Anne
Velma
My Beranek
Southwest
Edward
Miriam Heitzmar
O. Patterson
Cedar Rapids
River
Tft Engineering
Cedar Wiliam
John Shields & Sons
Pheai
Washington Concrete Company
North 12Th Street
Rock Island
All IN
Dixie Dugan
NA Way
Jud Bradley
Beens
Ty Mevoy
Striebel
Flure
Tae
DUGAN
Joe Palooka
Naatje
Ham Fisher
Naaties Room
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