Congregations Shape Faith and Public Welfare Policy
An editorial urges the value of religious gatherings for inspiration and community, praises the Lee Syndicate’s leadership after E P Adler’s death, and analyzes the Iowa community chest as a model for welfare funding. It warns Britain’s socialist shift and cautions against higher taxes and reduced production in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Davenport Times
Lee Syndicate
Middle West
Adler
Lee
Britain
Truman
Riverside merchants donate to suit fund for girls softball team
Riverside Iowa report lists Piper Grain and Milling Co Home Lumber Co Midway Service Jay Armbruster and others donating to buy green and white trimmed suits for a high school girls softball team. Donations to Nicola or Wieland. several local families and groups attend Rebekah lodge meeting and Odd Fellows convention planning in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Robert Nicola
Piper Grain and Milling Co
Home Lumber Co
Midway Ber’ice
Jay Armbruster
M Garage
Kiefer Hardware
Shradel Grocery
Wes and Tillie’s Tavern
Riverside Plumbing and Heating
Victor Burich
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank
Joseph Paillioter
Harold Cress
Riverside Leader
Nicola
John Wieland
Anna Younkin
Verne
Harold
Fannie Meeks
Iowa City
Rebekah Lodge
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Elmo Heitzman
Heitzman
Bernard Heitzman
Janice
Walter Helm
Walter Nicola
St. James
Cobin Norgane
Jerome J. Schnoebelen
United States Navy
Charles Schnoebelen
Sablefish
Carrier Division 17
Caribbean
Larry
Bobby Howard
Addressing rules boost magazine delivery in Washington
Postmaster O J Brown notes a March 1 ruling enforcing correct addresses for magazines and newspapers. Subscribers must notify publishers of address changes via ecards to avoid five week mail returns. Proper box addresses ensure reliable delivery amid carrier retirements and new staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O. J. Brown
Postoffice Department
Washington Post Office
Brown
George Masson, Jr
Byron Snider
Local mail delivery issue noted by Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown called attention to a factor in the mail delivery problem and advised residents with a post office lock-box to ensure mail is addressed properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Davenport death recalls early Iowa gas and electric firm
The obituary of Robert N Carlson notes his Davenport origins and his family's role in the Iowa Gas and Electric company later part of Iowa Southern Utilities. Born in Iowa City, he moved to Davenport in 1894 and returned to Iowa City in 1906, living in Davenport since 1935, and owning the first automobile there. A Collliers excerpt on guide dogs and Tom Swift snow removal adds historical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Carson
Davenport
Washington
Iowa Southern Utilities
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Carsons
Iowa City
Tom Swift
Nebraska
Tom
Local Notes On Movements And Visits In Riverside Area
Dentonized community items record injuries from a coast and ankle sprain, family moves, visitors, and new homes. Redfield teacher Glenys Marner visited her parents in Riverside. multiple families relocate houses and farms near Rock Island tracks, Washington, and Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Howard
Larry
Bobby
Glenys Marner
Redfield
R. I. Marner
John Knittel
Stanley Dutler
Dudler
William Cole
Rock Island Railway
Dale Mottet
Clement Mottet
Riverside
Blairstown
Edward Muller
Wayne Harrison
Donnie
Fannie Meeks
Iowa City
South Dubuque St
Donald Helfrich
Ottumwa
Washington
Martha Ann Yeggy
John R. Yeggy
Harold Griffith
Alicia Shrader
Mary Rita
Amelia Yeggy
Des Moines
George Veggy
Farm Families Move At Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville notes February 28 report several local moves. Glenn Fishers from Illinois are farming the Sherman White farm and are already on site. Mr and Mrs Walter Krantz and daughter will move to the Isom Lantz farm, occupying a house on the Henry Rees farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bomber
Richard Bomber
Robert Henderson
Maxwell
J. W. Evans
Hendersons
Daniel Grosseup
Cotter
Russell Owens
Russell Dunsmore
Grosscups
Alfred Davis
Hubert Evans
Betty Mentink
Letts
Jack Marshall
Davenport
Columbus Bakery
Donald Buxton
Lytton
Iowa
Buxton
Columbus High School
Alma Reed
Fourth Street
Fern Bell
Ruth Jennings
Rock
Burdette Moore
Stephen Bausch
Ruth Ann
J. A. Raymond
Crawfordsville
Glenn Fishers
Illinois
Sherman White
Walter Krantz
Isom Lantz
Henry Rees
Plans for July 4 Celebration at Columbus Junction
The American Legion Allen Wright Hanft post will sponsor a full day July 4 event at Louisa county fair grounds Columbus Junction. Activities include harness races softball tournament free acts band music a large midway and a night fireworks show. Committee chairmen named for finance concessions harness races police track advertising softball and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Allen Wright Hanft Post
American Legion
Louisa County Fair Grounds
LeRoy Hughes
J. E. Henson
W. H. Hull
H. M. Duncan
T. A. Lewis
Earl Schlutz
Harold Edmondson
Cliff Tisor
Kenneth Thomas
Jerry Wil
Largest Idaho pine cut at Bovill in 1911
A 28 900 board foot red pine from Pine Tree National Forest timber claim near Bovill Idaho was felled in 1911. The recorded cutting marked the largest pine harvested in the state at that time, reflecting historic logging activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Bovill
Watering livestock with insulated hot water tank
Advice to heat water for livestock at lower cost using a small insulated tank covered to prevent heat waste.
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Christopher Columbus
Europe
Ler
Suit
R. Nicola
Bruce Cowden
Lois
C. V. Nelson
Stratford Apartments
Stratford
Washington Postoffice
All In
Colliers Magazine
Dixie Dugan
Harley Bloomquist
Vernon Wileys
Floyd Fishers
Larson Place
Eisele
Mr. Larson
Ment
Jessie Wykert
Mildred Harbison
Mary Greene
Hooks
Crooks
Plan Bass
Pfe
Arthur Bass
Italy
Richie Funeral Home
Conesville
Pfe. Bass
Orville Bass
Africa
Donald Bell
Jack Shaffer
Bellevue Hospital, Muscatine
Grimes
Joe
Palooka
Pink
Pinkney
BY Mevoy
Striebel
Blondie
Chic Young
DAG
T. W. Harwood
Chrysler
Plymouth
Miller's
West Chester
Schmidt & Blatter
Highway
Martha
Omize
Southern Utilities
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