Iowa Editorials salute roads race and winter woes
A 1949 Iowa page editorial mocks excess laws and praises practical concerns. It notes southern road funding disputes, Carl Anderson's legislative committee slots, and the harsh western winter with heavy sheep losses and a blown blast of arctic cold.
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Iowa
Plains
Harry Boice
Rock Springs
Wyoming
C. A. Boice
Boice
Kansas
Kansas City
Denver
Final Rites Held For Mrs. Susan Lambert
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan R. Lambert 92 who died at Bellevue hospital Muscatine will be held January 22 at Fairview Church near Newport Rev G B Pooley will officiate and burial in Fairview cemetery The Stephens funeral home Columbus Junction directs This obituary notes her birth in 1856 in Grandview marriage in 1878 and survivors including two daughters and a son with several siblings and parents named.
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Columbus Junction
Susan R. Lambert
Harley Lambert
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Fairview Church
Newport
G. B. Pooley
Methodist
Fairview
Stephens
Lambert
Grandview
Jackson
Margaret Kutler
James P. Lambert
Frances Risinger
Sardis
Edna Vogt
Fulton
Kans
Dwinell
S. A. Dwinell
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Charles Billings
Cecil Billings
Local health and social notes from Muscatine and environs
A surgical patient at Bellevue hospital Muscatine is identified as Mrs Louise McCleery. Mrs Louise McCleery and family moved her to St Francis hospital Grinnell on January 17. Russell Cuthamp and spouse welcomed a son at Bellevue hospital Muscatine on January 24. Chapter R Tri-T met at Mrs Lyrel Norris home after a 6:30 buffet. National president Mrs Doris Smith of Fort Dodge attended. Next meeting February 10 hosted by Mrs Fern Marshall and Mrs I aes Hawkins. Mrs Roger Cothurst of Ainsworth is a patient at Restopia nursing home.
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Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Louise McCleery
St. Francis Hospital
Grinnell
Hugh
Laurel
Russell Cuthamp
Tri-T
Lyrel Norris
Doris Smith
Fort Dodge
National Presi
Roger Cothurst
Ainsworth
Restopia Nursing Home
Red Salmon Traveled 1300 Miles From Alaska to Siberia
A red salmon marked by the U S bureau of fisheries in Alaska in May was later found in a Siberian stream, having swum about 1300 miles over 44 days, illustrating long distance migration in Alaskan waters.
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U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Alaskan
Siberian
Nature
Gineral
President Roosevelt
Georgia
Lourdes
France
Greece
Mercules
Alarm clock-itis and new ideas in education
The excerpt jokes about alarm clock troubles and introduces pseudacousma and ergo phobia as types. It questions openness to new ideas and asks if one can entertain others and themselves, linking education to attitude and humor. It mentions a racist joke about a Black father and notes tall tales from the Reds about Georgia.
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Soviet Georgia
Mamsir Kiut
George Washington
Presi
Fragmented prose about parents and courtesy in a fourth grader’s essay
The text quotes Mary Lou on parental aging and habit change and contrasts courtesy with a departing guest. It mentions a January gate blowing through a house and dismisses claims about George Washington being a communist.
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George Washington
Mary Loushe
Foxes and a Collar Mystery in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville reports a fox hunt yielded five foxes last Tuesday with one wearing a dog collar that had grown tight, suggesting it had been a pet. The incident follows local updates including Jess Raymond attending a Thermogas service school in Ottumwa and recent moves and visits involving area families, a funeral in Marsh for C. M. Bolon, and relatives noting Richard Kratter's return from army service in Germany and Arabia.
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J. A. Raymond
Crawfordsville
Clayton Lintz
Jess Raymond
Ottumwa
Thermo Gas Company
I. Joe Johnston
Eben Davis
Washington
Duane Johnson
Walter Rich
Johnson
C. M. Bolon
Marsh
Clarence Lowes
Richard Kratter
Iowa City
John Mitchell
Richard
Hog care guidance to prevent pneumonia in winter
University of Illinois swine specialists advise farmers to protect hogs from winter pneumonia by housing them in dry draft-free shelters. Proper bedding and ventilation are stressed to maintain animal health and reduce disease risk.
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University of Illinois Swine
Hat Boosts Morale Sparks Welcome Home Moment
A woman buys a new hat to lift her spirits and wears it home proudly. Her husband greets her with a kiss and returns to reading his paper, turning back with a question as the scene ends.
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Appropriations
Carl Anderson
Lewis Gough
Legion Post
Susan Lambert
Martha Butler
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Radio & Appliance
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BY the
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Tibet
Germany
Arabia
Phillips, Pioneer
Osincup
Walgreen
Bruggist
Oeta
Thor Glad
Farberware Coffeemakers
Lustre Grill
Cory Electric Coffee Grinder
Atic
Eureka
Cleaners
Cory
Uestai
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Schmidt & Blatter
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House of
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Porter Bros., Imacists
Concord
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