Editorial tackle postwar thrift and relief in a nation in debt
The piece rails at postwar dependence on relief, warns of rising debt and social security strain, and contrasts American thrift with government promises. It cites Ross Roy’s figures on life insurance, homes, and farms, questions relief dependence, and calls for renewed personal responsibility and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Roy
Homer Ferguson O
Michigan
Mr. Roy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joe Stalin
Local families attend basketball game and Christmas gatherings
Mrs Harriet Coulter and Ralph Kleese family tour Kentucky visiting Captain Coulter. Cedar Rapids guests Mrs Al Lindsay and Betty Cunningham join Christmas vacation with Mrs John Cunningham as Iowa-Oregon game draws locals in Iowa City. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Day, Henry Schwarz, Dr Emermers, John Lee, Dr Eicher, Marek and Knotek families at multiple Christmas Day gatherings in Riverside and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Coulter
Ralph Kleese
Kentucky
Ohn Coulter
al Lindsay
Etty Cunningham
Cedar Rap Es
John Cunningham
Iowa City
Iowa
Robert Day
Henry Schwarz
Cortland
N. Y
Robert McLaughlin
William Day
G. Merrmers
John Lee
L. B
John Knotek
Mary
Ralph
Lucille
Linda
Charles Dautremont
Ed Knotek
Clem Dautremont
Riverside
Welsh tailor in Washington visits Iowa and recalls wartime
Bruce Cowden profiles Sidney Coles a Welsh tailor visiting his daughter in the United States. Coles explains his six month stay, life in Barry near Cardiff, wartime service with nineteen wounds, and work at Martin's Cleaners while abroad. He notes Welsh coal mining nationalization, high British prices, and food abundance in America contrasted with shortages at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Coles
Washington
Britain
Mr. Coles
Martin’s Cleaners
United States
Wales
Mauretania
Barry
Cardiff
America
Robert C. Varney
Keota
Coles
Mr. Varney
Varney
Lawrence J. Varney
L. J. Varney
Robert Varney
Mr. Cole
France
Martin
Iowa
Ralph Martin
Allison Family All Home for Christmas
Brighton notes describe Mrs. J R Allison hosting a cooperative Christmas dinner with children and relatives from Fairfield Washington Tipton and Davenport plus visits by others including Keith Hoskins from Norfolk Virginia and local families. The column also mentions Mr Coles praising his daughter's marriage and the community’s connections to his homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Crile
Brighton
J. R. Allison
Russell Allison
Fairfield
Merle Allison
Washington
Harold Lynn
Ronald
Joe Deutsch
Richard Allison
E. L. Edmondson
Kenton Mangold
Mangolds
Columbus Junction
Mr. Edmondson
Keith Hoskins
Norfolk
Seaboard Airline Forest Conservation
F. A. Hoskins
Dinner Honoring Mrs. McCracken and Family
Mrs. Alfred McCracken and family hosted a dinner Saturday for her daughter Jane in Oskaloosa. Attending were Mrs. Georgia Manning, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Teeter, Paul and Shirley Teeter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramsey, and Janet Ramsey of Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Oskaloosa
Alfred McCracken
Georgia Manning
Bernard Teeter
Paul
Shirley
Charles Ramsey
Janet
Fairfield
Milk Cows Fetch $250 At Ritter Farm Sale
In Columbus Junction the John W. Ritter sale on the Mrs Homer Vincent farm featured milk cows at $250, steers to $170, a sow with ten pigs at $80, fat hogs $28 to $29, hay and grain prices, and farm implements selling well including tractors and a corn picker. Story and Alsip sale reported higher cow prices and other items sold briskly with John Deere picker bringing $500. Klotz and Duncan acted as auctioneers. Paul Heindel was clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
John W. Ritter
Story and
Alsip
Columbus City
John Deere
Klotz and
Duncan
Paul Heindel
Weekly Farm Sales and Closing Out Auctions Listed
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock sales weekly at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction. Kalona Sales Barn hosts livestock sales Thursdays. Ollie Livestock Exchange adds Tuesday 1:00 p.m. sales. January 2 closing sale near Brighton starts 11:00. January 5 public sale near Wayland starts 12:30. January 9 closing sale southeast of Washington near Havre. January 10 closing sale near Keota starts 11:00. January 10 closing sale 8 1/2 miles SW of Washington. January 11 closing sale near Brighton starts 11:00. January 12 closing farm sale southeast of Washington or northwest of Crawfordsville starts 1:00 a.m. January 12 closing sale near Dublin starts 11:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Brighton
Black Top Highway No. 1
Chris. Mann
Wayland
Raymond Good
Sale
Washington
Havre
Grover C, Walton
Keota
Meeker Hess
Miles S
Lee Stacy
Crawfordsville
Claude T. McCoy
S. W
Dublin
Benge & Smith
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John L. Lewis
Bruce Cowden
Allison Family
Carl Hamann
Ruth of
Tipton
Earl Dickinson
Scott Dickinsons
Wayne Dickinson
Harry Bekel
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Bekel
Carrie Godwin
Harold Coop
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L. E. White
Norman
Lucy Freak
Harold Stephens
Tommy
Jack Robertson
Omaha
Charles Robertson
Joel Arnold
Richard
Davenport
Everette Hallock
Gilbert Hoskins
Harry Hoskins
Dixie Dugan
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
Dugan
Jerry
By Ham Fishe
Joe Palooka
Walsh
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Areody
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West Chester
Ritter Farm
Martha Butler
Stanley G. Newton
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Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey
Theo. B. Bailey
Leet
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D Morrison Jr
Morrison Bldg
S. W. Livingston
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
McCreedy
Wendel L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
Eves
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
F. G Liveiesay
D. C
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Journal
EGG Markets
Rock Island Produce Co
Reisters
Evans
Welding
John C. Klein
Kkeota
Thomson Phosphate Co
S. Dearborn
Chicago
Bordwell
Bordwell’s
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