Progress, earthquakes, and political shadows in a modern era
Editorial reflects on progress from electricity to fluorescence and the Iowa Southern Utilities store opening. It contrasts modern worries with past simplicity, cites Dr Bailey Willis known as Earthquake Willis, and critiques Truman era ties to the Pendergast machine amid Kansas City ballot theft.
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John Q
Iowa
Iowa Southern
C. J. Jungbluth
Washington
Newsweek
Bailey Willis
Stanford University
A. E. Baldrige
California
Willis
California Coast
China
Bailey
Jericho
Rally Day Sets Summer Prep for County 4H Girls
The bulletin urges attendance at the county 4H girls rally day marking the start of summer activities. Members will focus on clothing projects from now to Achievement Day in August, sewing school dresses aprons and play outfits. Nearby, Tom the cat is described as a cooperative, rat-catching helper with a routine near the square and bus station.
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Tom
Quotable Farm Pleasantries and Local Tales
A collection of humorous anecdotes and anecdotes from farm life. Topics include Mrs. Tom Gerdes trapping rats with a 300 plus yearly haul verified by Dewey Weeks, a Missouri farmer’s dust cloud joke about potatoes, Mrs. Harvey Waggoner admiring granddaughter Trudy Ann Ilyself, and a note on America’s long habitation and ancient vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Weeks
Missouri
Sinbad the Sailor swashbuckling epic at State Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Maureen O Hara star in Sinbad the Sailor a lavish Technicolor romance set in a thousand year East. The tale follows Sinbad rival pirates and Melik as they seek the treasure of Deryabar with Shireen and the Emir in hot pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Slezak
RKO Ladies New Technicolor
Sinhad the Sailor
Alexander
Deryabar
Aga Ahmed
Sinbad
Daibul
Hireen
Sinhad
Ahmed
Aga
Melik
Shireen
Maureen O’hara
Anthony Quinn
Emir
George Tobias
Jane Greer
Mike Mazurki
WCTU President to Resign at International Convention
New York June 2. Ella A Boole will resign as world president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union at the first international convention in 10 years opening in Asbury Park New Jersey. Boole 88 has served as officer for 50 years and led the WCTU for 16 years.
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New York
Ella A. Boole
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Asbury Park
N. J
Boole
WCTU
Average person spends 30 lives a year in front of mirror
A concise claim suggests the average person spends about 30 years worth of time in front of mirrors annually, with a jokey reference to a 1 percent slice of people. The source mentions XYZ as a placeholder.
Four injured in Burlington auto accident last Thursday
Margaret Ann Plumly of Washington was among four youths hurt when their car skidded on wet pavement and overturned in Burlington. She remains hospitalized there.
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Margaret Ann Plumly
Washington
Burlington
Margaret Ann
Investment of state funds in U.S. government bonds
Des Moines June 2. State Treasurer Jol M. Grimes reported an additional 8,736,000 of state funds invested in government bonds. The investment aligns with a second general assembly appropriation for federal aid matching for primary roads, bringing total government bond investments to 382,550. The securities yield interest from seven-eighths of one percent to 244 percent, with a net annual revenue of about 250,000.
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Des Moines
Jol M. Grimes
Grimes
S2nd
General Assembly
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Iowa Southern Utilities
Harry Truman
Pendergast
Kansas City
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Kansas City Court House
FBI
United States
Sam
Santa Claus
Creston News
Greenleaf
Kan
Sentinel
Kansas
All IN
Egethiasy
Poppa
Tom Gerdes
America
Xyz
Flagman
Truman Home
Martha Truman
International Soundphoto
Belle Gray Rice
Charles Kennedy
Los Angeles
Calif
Ventura
Mrs. Rice
Bertha Hathaway
Oakland
George Gray
Florence Hummer
Iowa City
Ida Cavender
Carla Guther
Chariton, Iowa
Jane Turner
James Buck
Ivyl Overton
Keith Ingle
Oskaloosa
Alfred Johnson
Anna Landau
Marion Rinner
Crawfordsville
Frances Armstrong
Willis Johnson
Rinner
C. R. Marcum
Denver, Colo
Ainsworth
Hugh Morris
LeRoy Wilson
J. K. Latta
Betty M. Griffith
R. KE. Griffith
James KE. Holdinghaus
St. Louis
J. Milton Kinney
Wilson
Holdinghaus
Mercy Hospital
Lois Babcock
Richland
Herman Goweys
Mary Lou Coon of
Haskins
William Crandall
Clyde Hillhouse
Cedar Rapids
Ira Amlong
Albcia
Anna Tussing
Mildred Horn
Macomb, Ill
R. W. Spera
Eleanor Deal
Ft. Madison
Mary Johnson
U.S
Trailer Peas
Presto
Blue Star
West Virginia
R. C. Wead
North
Michael Shayne
Hugh Beaumont
PRC
Trady Marshall
Warner Baxter
Fox Wed
Joe Palooka
Gota
Ham Fisher
Porkiuan
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