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Sandman curiosity and community notes from Salem
A Salem column shares a child's question about the Sandman, plus a roundup of local winter life. The piece notes canning meats from five hogs, help with butchering, and visits from family. it mentions a robin sighting, electric line expansion to serve homes, and mumps affecting a dinner, with various neighbors and a birthday at Dolores Horak’s. It also reports on flu pneumonia recovery, a two month old Judith Anne Kline, a cooperative dinner, and a rural schoolhouse thermometer reading ten above zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Dawn Corner
Celia Eseher
Tony Redeker
H. J. Club
Oscar Sheetz
Dave Sheetz
Fred Kline
Iowa City
Judith Anne
Kallous
Joe Knotek
Washington
Des Moines
Zeck
George Zeck
Annabelle
Wolfe
R. C. Keagy
Joe Wolfe
Tom Wolfe
Agnes Krotz
Dolores Horak
Roy Krotz
Norma Jean
Frank Krotz
John Horak