Chemicals in body worth more today
Evanston phrase reports that inflation raises the value of body chemicals to 31.04 dollars per person. Northwestern University chemistry curator Nick Dallas says body calcium phosphate now retails at five dollars per unit and the body contains about 3.8 pounds. only water price stayed steady.
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Evanston
Ill
Northwestern University
Nick Dallas
University
Northwestern
Dallas
Iowa Lunch Program Funds Cut Across Iowa Schools
Des Moines August 4 Iowa public schools will receive about 33 percent less money for the school lunch program this year C W Bangs state supervisor says totaling 668000 dollars for Iowa schools this year
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. W. Bangs
School lunch funds cut as Congress reallocates aid
Congress reduced the $65 million school lunch appropriation to limit equipment use and drop the full lunch price to seven cents from nine. A new contract with the U S department of Agriculture continues the program with 791 existing schools and 50 new ones. Last year 13.9 million lunches were served with 103,060 daily average participation and about 739,000 free or reduced lunches. Over 13 million half pints of milk were distributed.
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Eers
Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculure Bangs
Jessie M. Parker
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nevada Ghost Town Offered For Sale Near Beatty
A Nevada town with a railroad station bar casino and bottle house is for sale. Reno Las Vegas realtor says the highest bidder will acquire the famous Rhyolite near Beatty about 150 miles north. The town once belonged to pioneer Wes Moreland.
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Las Vegas
Nevy
Nevada
Beatty
Wes Moreland
The Greatest Siar in the West Died After Mining Boom
The article recalls a famed miner known as the greatest siar in the west who died recently. His career spanned Western mining in Virginia City Tonopah and the Rhyolite district where booming activity gave way to desertion as mines played out. The town's hopes for a railroad failed and the station became a bar casino with a bottle house and ample liquor stock.
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Virginia City
Tonopah
Moreland
Wages Outstrip Output Per Farm Worker Rise
Wages have risen to over three times prewar levels while output per farm worker nationwide has increased by 40 percent, highlighting growing productivity gains alongside higher pay.
Riverside Church Interior Re decor under way in Riverside
The Riverside Trinity Methodist church completed interior redecorating with new carpets in the pulpit and aisles walls repainted and a new ceiling installed. Light fixtures awaiting arrival will be fitted. Basement work and steeple woodwork painting finished. A rededication and home coming are planned for the first Sunday in September with former members invited.
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Riverside
Riverside Trinity Methodist Church
Manns Return From Tipton and Cedar Rapids Visit
Mr and Mrs C D Mann returned Monday from a week visiting Mrs Carl Hamann and family at Tipton and also called on Mr and Mrs Gary Stone and daughter in Cedar Rapids and Mrs B V Garby in company.
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Edna S. Crile
Brighton
C. D. Mann
Carl Hamann
Tipton
Gary Stone
Cedar Rapids
B. V. Garby
Repairs Furniture Shop Opens on West Monroe Street
Dick Baker announces the opening of a furniture repair and upholstery shop at 1003 West Monroe Street with call for and delivery service to surrounding towns. He brings experience from Scott Furniture Company.
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Dick Baker
West
Monroe Street
Scott Furniture Company
Roscoe Eliason To Accompany Farm Leaders To Europe
Roscoe Eliason, a leading farmer from Columbus Junction, will join 19 Iowa Farm Bureau leaders on a Europe trip this fall to study food supply and the Marshall Plan era politics. The group departs Des Moines around Sept 1 and returns about Oct 1, with each member funding his own travel. Nearby business moves include Warnie Moran purchasing the Vern Hanft building for the West Side tavern and Mr and Mrs Roundy relocating Economy food store.
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Columbus Junction
Roscoe Eilason
Here
Letts
Iowa Farm Bureau
Europe
Des Moines
Warnie Moran
Vern Hanft
Main Street
West Side Tavern
B. 9
Roundy
New Columbus Bakery to Open in Norris Building
Duane and Mary Tucker will open the Colum bus Quality Bakery in the Norris building's north room on Monday. Visitors include Mrs. Mary Wykert from San Antonio and Donna Lord from Muscatine visiting relatives in Columbus City. Evan Peters of Los Angeles returns home after a family gathering held in his honor.
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Duane Tucker
Columbus
Norris
Mary Wykert
San Antonio
Texas
Chester Lavery
Lavery
Donna Lord
Muscatine
Howard Kulp
Columbus City
Evan Peters
Los Angeles
Calif
Peeling Apples Lessons From a Quick Boil Dip
A brief note explains that apples like tomatoes can be peeled by steeping in boiling water for about one minute, making the skin removal simple and efficient.
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Custling
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Iowa City
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Ed Smid
George Goetz
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Lester Manasmith
Wellmen
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Henry Jean
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Brighton News
Victor Stacy
Connie
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L. D. Camp
Grant Humble
Washington
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Drish
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God of Creation
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Samuel Gilbert
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Bluffton
Ohio
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Dan Guy
W. G. van Zanten
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Malinda Shafer
California
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Long Beach
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Fred Raney
Fairfield
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Maine
Roscoe Eliason
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Ammiutante Service
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Washington, Iowa
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