Editorials on chivalry mail service and public ownership views
The piece opines on chivalry and civic virtue, recounts the new highway post office trials with Des Moines officials and Muscatine, and reflects skepticism about nationalizing industries. It contrasts postal expansion with past railway takings and cites historical debate on socialism versus private enterprise.
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Jay Brown
Ainsworth
Muscatine
Levi Conklin
Washington County
Motor Post
United States
EK. FE
Ward
Times
West Branch
Iowa
Mrs Leonard Brinning Enjoys Chicago Trip
Grace Hill March 13 Mrs Leonard Brinning joined a Farm Bureau women’s tour group to Chicago. She reports a cool dim city due to fuel shortages present hotel rooms were cool and lights were few. The group visited several sites during the trip.
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Grace Hill
Leonard Brinning
Farm Bureau
Chicago
Travelers Visit Chicago Business Firms and Shows
A group of 34 ladies toured Chicago sites including Swif Testing Kitchen, Bears Roebuck and Co. labs, and Marshall Field and Co. They saw sales departments, lunched in the Narcissus room, and attended a Welcome Travelers show not on the program. Elizabeth Taylor appeared with six escorts at the Stevens Hotel.
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Swif
Hotpont
Bears Roebuck and Co
Marshall Field and Co
Narcissus
Local social notes from Brighton and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs Max Waterhouse and Mrs Eugene Engel attended events in Brighton and visited the Merle Brinning home. Phyllis Jean Boone watched basketball games in Ottumwa as West Chester played. Families from Coppock Aigourney and Dan Boone hosted dinners and Sunday gatherings with Mr and Mrs Lyle Hayes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Jean Boone
Carl Dean Griggs
West Chester
Max Waterhouse
Brighton
Eugene Engel
Pythian
Leonard Brinning
Ronnie
Linden
Merle Brinning
Occo
Keota
Ottumwa
Howard Zihlman
Phillip
Coppock
Dean Secenbice
Near Aigourney
Lyle Hayes
Preston Harvey
Dan Boone
Earl Chorpening
Charles
Robert Waterhouse
Havre
Ben Boone
Kalona
Nelson
Washington
West Chester Sixth Graders Visit Ronnie Burroughs For Birthday
West Chester March 13 Ronnie Burroughs marked his twelfth birthday by taking nearly all his sixth grade classmates to Washington to see Danny Kaye in The Inspector General at the State theatre. The party met at Ronnie Fisher’s home with many classmates and family members joining the celebration.
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Richard Fisher
West Chester
Ronnie Burroughs
Washington
Danny Kaye
Inspector General
State Theatre
Ronnie Fisher
Janice
Joyce Statler
Janet Ross
Peggy Stewart
Ronnie Brinning
Dick Waltman
Phyllis Martin
Ruth Augustine
Glen Miller
Josephine Miller
Larry Burroughs
Myron Burroughs
Janet Porter
University Hospital
Iowa City
Thursday Visitors at Rev and Mrs Voss Home
Church and Mrs Thomas of St Pleasant were Thursday visitors at the home of Rev and Mrs R G Voss.
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Hubert Lehrer
Washington
Fairfield
Willing Workers Farm Bureau Club
Carl Dunbar
Harry Kyle
University Hospital
Town City
Lauren Thomas
The
Methodist
Thomas
St Pleasant
R. G. Voss
21 Billion Passengers Carried by Transit in 1948
Transit industry reports that in 1948 more than 21 billion passengers were carried on the nation's buses trackless trolleys street cars and subways.
Iowa City Considers City Manager Government
Iowa City voters will decide April 17 in a special election to choose a city manager form of government. The city council set the date for the vote.
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Iowa City
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