The Rocking Chair Brigade Moves Through Town
A reminiscence piece recalls elderly neighbors and family antics as Mabel and Dave prepare to move. Clock repairs, a scarecrow prank, and humorous aging reflections mix with a nudge about a cash collection scheme and long-standing habits of residents like Mrs Knecht who signs daily without collecting.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Harlan Miller
Mabel
Dave
Charles Gilbert
Pete Chossen
Lost bag returns to owner in Washington tale of memory
A Washington woman proudly displays an under arn bag she believes is her long lost child returned after years. Vernon at a store recalls finding the bag years ago for repairs, revealing its mysterious journey. A missing key with a red ribbon and bargain mail orders also feature as small local anecdotes. John Black spoke at the Fortnightly club and answered questions to a delighted audience.
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Washington
Witting
Vernon
Merrimac Social Notes Chronicle New Year Visits
Local brief records a string of New Year visits among Merrimac residents. Families including Criles Lantz Schafer Amrine Bainard Eshelman McGuire Nelson Baldosier and others travel dine and host gatherings with friends and relatives. A Sharps Corner school group and teacher Irene Stortz celebrated a birthday party.
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Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Ben Crile
New Years
Earl Smith
Boyd Lantz
Donnie
Edd Crile
Glen Schafer
Thelma
Cedar Rapids
Harold
Donald
Mary Amrine
Washington
Charley Griffin
Roscoe Bainard
Francis Smith
Roy Eshelman
Jake Burgero
Roy McGuire
Alvin Beales
Frank Nelson
Raymond Kurtz
Carl
Kenneth Pauls Birthday Celebration at School
Students enjoyed treats on Friday in honor of Kenneth Paul. Kenneth received popcorn balls from classmates and a candy bar gift from the teacher to mark his birthday.
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Kenneth Paul
Kenneth
Mumps Strikes Nine in Detweiller Family Household
Lexington report notes nine Detweiller family members ill with mumps over the holidays. Net items list local residents traveling to Rochester for a clinic, National Guard induction, Farm Bureau and 4-H activities, and several family gatherings and visits across the area including Davenport Business College, Everette Fleming home, and Oskaloosa outings.
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Wade Gardner
Lexington
Ben Detweiller
John Flading
Rochester
Minn
Flading
Marvin Bishop
National Guards
J. W. Chandler
Emmett Gingerich
Four Cornell College classmates host house party in Wellman
A weekend house party at Dr. and Mrs. W. S. McIntosh home in Wellman featured their daughter Jean with three Cornell College classmates from Mt. Vernon Oskaloosa and Marion. Jean will resume teaching in Northwood schools after the holiday visit.
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Frank Wilson
George Foster
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Jadrnicek
Lloyd Foster
Jadrnicek
Mrs. Foster
Dayton
Virginia
Local Social Roundup One Weekend At Home and Travel
Family visits and travel dominate this slice of small town life with Mrs. Naud Owens and Mrs. Clyde Owens visiting the Park Hotel with William Singleman. New Year turkey dinner at the Park. families moving and illness noted as residents return to work and school.
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Burrell Foster
Naud Owens
Newton
Clyde Owens
Colfax
Park Hotel
William Singleman
Andy Blumenstein
Glenn Blumenstein
Norman Spenser
Singleman
Frank Hisks
Frank Wilson
Fred Durian
Helen Ruth
T. J. Moon
France
Iowa City
Keith Wilson
R. W. Wirtz
Larry
Cedar Rapids
H. #. Elliott
Mahlon
EB. Yoder
Francis Shettler
Mercy Hospital
Horseshoe Bend
Yoder
Francis
Dorothy Durian
Odebolt Schools
Henry Durian
Raymond Livzey
Hartzell Spence to Visit Iowa City
Hartzell Spence University of Iowa graduate and author of One Foot in Heaven will spend about a month in Iowa City gathering material for a new book. A journalism graduate on leave from United Press in New York City, he plans to arrive around February 1 and later go to Hollywood as technical advisor for film adaptation.
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Iowa City
Hartzell Spence
University of Iowa
Heaven
United Press
New York City
Hollywood
Caraway Seed Origin and Harvest Regions
Caraway seed comes from the dried fruit of a biennial plant. It is grown in northern Europe and is especially plentiful in Holland.
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Europe
Holland
Kuupers Hosts Correspondents and Social Evening
A. Kuipers hosted a six thirty dinner at Mason Hall for correspondents and friends. The evening included vocal selections by Mrs. Lowell Dodds and piano by Mrs. Arthur Gardner, dances by Virginia and Juanita Schaffer, and talks by several guests led by Professor English of Iowa City. Coffee and cookies followed.
Paiute Tribe Limits Relatives Visits On Fort Bidwell Reserve
The Paiute Indian tribe of Fort Bidwell California enshrined a rule in their constitution restricting visits by relatives or friends of residents to fourteen days at a time and a maximum of thirty days in a calendar year to curb overstays.
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Fort Bidwell
Calif
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Pete
Phillips and Hebners
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Thermis
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Jap Bidwell
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John Black
John
America
John Carroll
Diana Lewis
U. S. Military Academy
Chicago
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Gerard Darrow
van Dyke Tiers
Richard Williams
Cynthia Cline
Joan Bishop
Mary McHugh
Detweiller
Cornell College
AWS
Green ‘Colonial Furnaces
Arizona
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de Lux Jolden State Limited
Los Angeles
el Paso
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Palm Springs
San Diego
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Rock Island Lines
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Davenport
Phillips
Magnesia
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin
Miles
Fletcher’ Gastoria
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Renner
McKesson
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Doan
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Carter’s Pills PT. Norgl Agar
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Upjohn
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Caraway Seeds
A. Kuupers
Ien
Society For Christian
Methodist Church
Edge
Harve Free
Roy Mather
Lora Mae Huber
E. A Wehrle
Pickens
Blitzkrieg
Ross Motor Service
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