Editorials on faith, finance, and policy across Iowa
A June 1947 editorial column surveys life’s lessons from truth seeking to church caution. It notes high bond purchases in Washington County through 1946, doubts about compulsory military training, and CPA roadblocks to a Joyce Inc. shoe factory. It cites a proposed highway realignment and ends with a public appeal from Dr. A Herbert Marshall urging peaceful political action.
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U. S
Washington County
War Department
CPA
Joyce Inc
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
CPR
Joyce
Washington
Brighton
State Highway Commission
Fairfield
Richland
A. Herbert Marshall
Charleston
Missouri
M. D
United States of America
Marshall
Quotable Snippets From City Newspapers
A collection of brief satirical lines from the Mason City Blobe Gazette Memphis Commercial Appeal Clarion Monitor and Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune. Topics range from political digs about Uncle Sam to jokes about marriage log cabins garages and optical licensing tests.
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Mason City
Storm Lake
Legion Celebration in Wayland Planned for June 26 28
Bain Hulme post of the American Legion at Wayland sponsors a three day homecoming from June 26 to 28. The event opens with a four team baseball tournament and ends with a Saturday finals. Activities include a horse pulling contest, band concert, picture show, street carnival and nightly dancing in Central park. Jack Shelley will speak Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in Central park.
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Wayland
Bain Hulme
American Legion
Jack Shelley
Central Park
Iowa
Emperor Sinking Leaves 10 Seamen Missing After Collision
Sault Ste. Marie reports the Canadian freighter Emperor struck Canoe rocks in Lake Superior and sank with iron ore. Twenty one survivors and two female crew members’ bodies were recovered. Captain Eldon Walkinshaw perished. Coast Guard pilot Lt. Thomas MacWhinney warned no further survivors likely. US Coast Guard and Ontario officials coordinate statements for US authorities. Survivors were taken to Fort Williams after rescue by the cutter Kimball.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Hope
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Isle Royale
U. S. National Park
Michigan
Eldon Walkinshaw
Thomas MacWhinney
Coast Guard
U. S. Coast Guard
Ontario
Fort Williams
U. S
Kimball
Mould Heads Polynesian Babies by Massaging Shapes
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes Polynesian practices where infants' heads are moulded by massage to achieve flat-backed, dome-topped, sloping browed, or round forms. The custom reflects cultural beauty standards and child-rearing beliefs in those communities.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Parading memories and town tales from Washington Iowa
A breezy hometown column recalls Cloyce Stewart in a Memorial Day parade uniform and neighbors joking about midriff, jokes from a Hollywood clerk, and a floodlit night with a crashing car window. Readers share letters, Rotary talks, and old friendships, plus weather and community humor.
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Cloyce Stewart
Jessie Radda
Dayton Grove Social Brief Sees Visitors and Travel
Dayton Grove notes show Mr. and Mrs. Merle McDowell hosting guests Mr. and Mrs. William Estey with family and Mr. and Mrs. Haroldweet with family. Ruthe Dowell visits her parents Walter Powall before Cedar Falls summer school. Marion Kerron of Des Moines spent the weekend with local residents.
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Dayton Grove
Merle McDowell
William Estey
Harold Weet
Ruthe Dowell
Walter Powall
Cedar Fells
Marion Kerron
Des Moines
Local Families Host, Visit Across Towns
Mr and Mrs Harry Dusenbery host guests Friday. Comrade class Sunday school party and Railly Day in Washington are noted. Families from Glenwood Missouri and Washington visit and shop in Iowa City with multiple Merz relatives visiting grandparents in Washington.
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Harry Dusenbery
Walter Duvall
H. D. Dusenbery
Donald Griffith
Glenwood
Missouri
Paul Griffith
Clement Griffith
Lester Merz
Jim Lehman
Billy
Iowa City
West Point
Protective antidotes for arsenic and mercury poisoning
A British developed substance designed for gas warfare Lewisite is noted to have peace time use in treating arsenic poisoning. The antidote converts arsenic to easily eliminated substances. Mercury poisoning may also respond to this remedy.
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Russia
John L. Lewis
Ogo
America
cDo
Memphis
Clarion Monitor
All IN
Hollywood
Madison Street
Mr. B
Journal
Carl Jungbluth
J. Wes
Claire Deweys
Heaven
Don
Helen Welch
Alen Parths
Lansing
Charles Arthur
Towa
Nerman J. Lipp
C. A
Herman J. Lipp
Lavy
Gilds Tower
Rotary
Terry
Perry
Ted
Fred
Nanny
Fanny
Myrtle E. Speer
Chamber of Commerce
D. A
Chamber
St. Johns
Szegedy Maszak
Aladar
H. D
Usenberg
FOX Bill
John Laurenz
James Warren
the Fox
Sonja Henie
John Payne
Glenn Miller
Sun Valley
Smithway
S. Side
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Division
United States
Tucker Chevrolet
West Washington St
Hine
Sec
Chevrolet Truck
W. Washington
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