New Years in Iowa Through The Years In Memoir
A retrospective tour of Iowa New Years from 1876 to 1945 highlights festive cheer and tragedy. Des Moines residents sought neighbors in 1876 while 1930 brought a nose loss after a downtown altercation. Prohibition, bank insurance, rationing, and shifting roles for women mark the era.
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Mark Glorgini
DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
America
J. H. Kennedy
Kennedy
Keokuk
Benjamin Harrison
Chicago
Oskaloosa Herald
What Cheer
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Lutherans to offer parent training program starts Jan 2
A new nationwide course, Dr. Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training, debuts January 2 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington. Rev. Roy Satre will lead eight Sunday sessions from 7 to 10 pm, open to parents and adults working with youth. Tuition is 50 per person or 90 per couple for 24 hours of instruction with books.
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Washington Area
Roy Satre
Burlington
Thomas Gordon
Immanuel Lutheran Church
F. Washington
Washington
P.E.T
California
Gordon
Dennis Becker
Ernest Caltvedt
Birthday dinner honors Isaac Kleese in home of Kleeses
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kleese were dinner guests in honor of Isaac Kleese's birthday Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Kleese. Dale Kiesey of Mayfield Kentucky, a former Washington resident, was scheduled for major surgery at University Hospital Iowa City this morning and visited relatives over Christmas. He is in room SE 424.
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Isaac Kleese
Mrs
David H. Kleese
Dale Kiesey
Mayfield
Washington
University Hospital
Iowa City
Russell Knott
Paul Spalding fills in as Bethel pastor
Ruth Gideon reports Bethel Church will hold communion on Sunday January 9 after worship, with a noon annual dinner and congregational meeting. Paul Spalding of Iowa City fills the pulpit in place of Rev Milan Thompson. Christmas services and visiting relatives are noted, along with New Year wishes.
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Ruth Gideon Bethel
Bethel Church
Paul Spalding
Iowa City
School of Religion
Yale Divinity School
Milan Thompson
Bethel
Allen Wulf
Nathan Allen
Wheatridge
Colo
William Wulf
Kenneth Wulf
Velma Jarrard
Davenport
Henry Bradbury
Amy Jo
Marshalltown
Mark Campbell
Doug Campbell
Campbell
Ralph Melville
Walter Longer
May
Ruth Gideon
Randy Payne
Valerie Jean
Bernard Payne
Rose Anne
Dean Sandburg
Dean
Florang Sandburgs
Mt. Pleasant
West Burlington
Mediapolis
Gary
Alice (Rothlisberger) Saforek
Jane
Wendell Marsh
Nashville
Ken
Minneapolis
Terry
San Francisco
Donna
Katona
Diane
John Thompson
John
Lynn Alvine
Gene
Linda Alvine
Pat (Peiffer
Kent Morrison
Indianapolis
Shaklee Co
Washington
Kitchen Writing Shapes Iowa Novelist Jeanette Eyerly
Des Moines author Jeanette Eyerly writes teen fiction from a domestic vantage point in her kitchen where she juggles family life and craft. Her work for J. B. Lippincott spans twelve novels addressing teen issues, with translations abroad and a career starting from a young byline in a newspaper.
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Iowa
Jeanette Eyerly
Des Moines
Mrs. Eyerly
J. B. Lippincott Company
New York
Mitchellville
Eldora
Eyerly
Frank
Des Moines Register
Tribune
Roosevelt High School
Drake University
Collier's
Ladies’ Home Journal
McCalls
Pageant
Redbook
Collier’s
Author profile: Mrs Eyerly talks writing art and life
Washington Evening Journal profiles fiction author Mrs Eyerly describing her research methods and settings for novels. The piece notes her Midwest action, a Midtown Manhattan tale, and Eastern European settings. It highlights her honesty about resemblance rules and her community readers in Mitchellville and Eldora schools.
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Child Guidance Board
Polk County Mental Health Center Board
Eyerly
Sam
Subscription Rates in Washington and Iowa Areas
The notice lists subscription prices by delivery method and region. In Washington and towns within the area the monthly rate by carrier is 2.40 dollars. By mail the yearly rate in Washington and adjoining counties is 18 dollars, elsewhere in Iowa 20 dollars, and in the United States 24 dollars.
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Washington
Iowa
United States
Car flips after missed Salina Road intersection near Brighton
Thomas F. Fleming, 22, was eastbound on a gravel road half a mile southwest of Brighton when he failed to notice the Salina Road intersection and tried to turn at high speed. The car skidded on loose gravel, rolled end over end into a ditch, and rested on its top causing about $2,050 in damage. Fleming injured minor and was treated and released at Washington County Hospital. A fence owned by Larry Mineart sustained about $50 damage. No charges were filed.
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Brighton
Thomas F. Fleming
Salina Road
Fleming
Washington County Hospital
Larry Mineart
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