Memorial Day misadventure and town notes in Rocking Chair era
A local column recalls a Memorial Day misadventure when two wives, awaiting letters from overseas husbands, spent an evening at a park and a theater before failing to find a meal or activity. It also praises Rev A E Diddams garden, reports on a successful Methodist rummage sale, welcomes the fountain season, and notes hobby show travels, homegrown strawberries, and a reminiscence about Lanny Watters and his schoolmate Orbanna nickname.
Light Vote Headed for Monday in Local Elections
The notice lists Democratic and Republican candidates for county offices including sheriff, recorder, county attorney, coroner, and boards of supervisors and hospital board. It names nominees H. M. Putnam Harriet Coulter John Owen W. S. Kyle A. L. Griffith and others with towns Washington Brighton Crawford township and Waterloo. The slate extends to state offices with Gary M. Gillette Ernest Seemann Richard F. Mitchell Oscar Johnson Genevieve Nichols Peter Kies James Curran and others.
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H. M. Putnam
Washington
Harriet Coulter
John ©. Owen
W. S. Kyle
M.D
Board of Supervisors
B. S. Rudolph
Brighton
Arthur Wiley
Washington Township
Clarence Fulton
Crawford Township
H. P. Wilen
A. L. Griffith
Gary M. Gillette
Cherokee
Ernest J. Seemann
Waterloo
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Oscar FB. Johnson
Kanawha
Genevieve FE. Nichols
Iowa Falls
Peter J. Kies
Dubuque
James V. Curran
Ottumwa
F. G. Toughman
Bussey
Arch F. McGreevy
Sioux City
Harry F Garrett
Corydon
James M. Bell
Bur
Local Primary Figures Nominate Hospital Board Candidates
In the nonpartisan county race Walter Dietz of Walcott and Claire A Williams of Danville seek seats for Congress while Joseph P Quinn of Riverside and Yaro Sojka of Jackson township vie for hospital board. The board’s two nominees face no Republican opposition after the primary.
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Lingston
Walter Dietz
Walcott
Claire A. Williams
Danville
Joseph P. Quinn
Riveryside
Yaro Sojka
Jackson Township
West Liberty Steers Bring New Top Price
A herd of 19 prime Hereford steers from West Liberty Iowa, raised by Fred and William Hinkhouse, sold at 17.35 dollars per hundredweight at Chicago stockyards on Wednesday. The 1 424 pound group brought the year's high and was among the top prices in decades for eastern shipment.
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Chicago
Fred
William Hinkhouse
Near West Liberty
Iowa
Nile Kinnick Remembered A Year After Ocean Crash
One year after Nile Kinnick vanished in his fighter plane due to mechanical failure off the carrier, Iowa City honors the All‑American halfback with a memorial scholarship. The Kinnick Memorial aims to raise fifty thousand dollars through the Iowa City Junior Chamber of Commerce to support University of Iowa students who embody his qualities.
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Iowa City
Nile Kinnick
University of Iowa
Nile
Kinnick
Univer
Sity
Iowa
Mission Apr 21 Engine Trouble Plunged Crew After Sea Incident
report says an engine trouble mishap to a vessel commanded by Lieut Col M Barnby caused it to plunge into the sea about 300 yards off shore in the Mediterranean. the entire crew were rescued, according to information received.
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Barnby
Mediterranean
Maytag Bomber Lost In Mediterranean Sea
Newton workers learned the loss of the Maytag Marauder a B 26 medium bomber bought in a war bond drive last summer. The plane was on its twentieth…
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Maytag
Mediterranean Sea
Newton—Maytag Co
Newton Paper Sold to Illinois Woman
The Newton Daily News was sold by the James R. Rhodes estate to Mrs. Mabel S. Shaw of Dixon Illinois publisher of the Dixon Evening Telegraph. Possession will be given June 15. The staff and plant personnel will remain.
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Newton
Newton Daily News
James R. Rhodes
Mabel S. Shaw
Dixon, Ill
Dixon Evening Telegraph
L. O. Brewer
the News
E. J. van Nostrand
Prehistoric Man in America Hatched by Southwest Finds
Recent discoveries in the Southwest suggest humans inhabited North America after the glacial period, earlier than previously thought. Scientists point to fossil and archaeological evidence supporting an earlier arrival date.
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Southwest
North America
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