Dean Marshall Wins Local Spelling Contest at School
Dean Marshall a junior high student won the local spelling contest on Friday and will represent Columbus schools in the Louisa county contest at Wapello on April 1. Donna Fry placed second. Other notes include Presbyterians church officers elected and local moves and engagements.
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Dean Marshall
Martha Butler
Columbus Junctig
Columbus
Louisa County
Wapello
Donna Fry
Presbyterian Church Calendar
B. Cline
Catherine May
C. E. Lavery
C. A. Stephens
Margaret Huston
J. A. Sprague
Cedar Rapids
Blair Woods
Ainsworth
Charles
Richard Jenkins
James Helmick
William Greene
Russell Newell
Iowa State College
Ames
Ruth Walker
Waterloo
John H. Shannon
Fred Shannon
The Washington Cleaners Southeast Iowa's Modern Plant
The Washington Cleaners promotes itself as the largest and most modern cleaning plant in the area with 11000 dollars of equipment. It cleans rugs curtains upholstery hats dresses suits and clothing with one day service where possible and guarantees hat cleaning.
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Iowa
War Preparedness Fever Hits Members of House
DES MOINES Iowa lawmakers approved a 30600 appropriation for Camp Dodge repairs after Rep James A Lucas Jr Bedford said it may be badly needed in the future Camp Dodge served as a key training base in the world war
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Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Camp Dodge
James A. Lucas
Bedford
Stan Stanley and His Orchestra To Play At Rendez Vous March 1
Stan Stanley and His Orchestra, featuring Evan Maple, has a rich record including 20 weeks in the Florentine Room at Hotel Gibson Cincinnati and engagements at The Steel Pier Atlantic City Jefferson Hotel St. Louis Mayo Tulsa Skirvin Oklahoma City Crystal Beach Ontario Totem Tate Boston St. Paul Hotel St. Paul and more. They have performed in 38 states plus Canada and Mexico and consist of 11 musicians. The group can be heard Thursdays over WMT at 2 40 p.m.
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Tine
Gibson
Cincinnati
Steel Pier
Atlantic City
Jefferson Hotel
St. Louis
Mayo Hotel
Tulsa
Skirvin Hotel
Oklahoma City
Crystal Beach
Ontario
Canada
Totem Tate
Boston
St. Paul Hotel
St. Paul
Mexico
Evan Maple
Stan Stanley
WMT
Tulip Town’s Park Project Needs Shared Funding
Local editor argues Iowa law allows larger park levies and Pella should join Tulip Town into the park system. He urges cooperative funding by all citizens to ensure park care year round and a beauty spot for spring tulip season through autumn.
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Pella
H. Sadler
Iowa
Park Commission
Catherine Caldwell of Shiloh Improves After Illness
Catherine Caldwell of Shiloh is gradually recovering at home and thanks friends for cards letters and plants. The piece records community visits, family dinners, spelling contest participants, and local spring chores among Shiloh residents with names such as L. B. Donaldson Silas Caldwell and the Caldwell family.
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Catherine Caldwell
Shiloh
H. J. Schoonover
L. B. Donaldson
Harry Donaldson
Orville Caldwell
Silas Caldwell
Glen Thompson
L. FP
Howard Sigafoose
Moline
Ross van Nostrand
Louis Anderson
Clyde Lambert
Darlene Schantz
Grace Schoonover
Donald Coats
David
Owen Blick
Joe Amline
Dave Sechantz
Fanny Christner
Grace
Joan
Edd Showalter
Gladwin
Bernard Swift
William Caldwell
Caldwell
Margaret Pratt
U S Faculty Urged to Aid German Refugees
The American Friends Service committee urged Iowa townspeople and University of Iowa faculty to assist in Americanization of German refugees at the scatterhood project near West Branch. Albert Martin asked professors to lecture to refugees and communities and return lectures plus provide musical concerts.
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American Friends Service Committee
Iowa
University of Iowa
West Branch
Albert Martin
Martin
Hold Two Boys on Robbery and Theft
Robert Cram, 15, and Dennis Pierce, 1%, both of Cedar Rapids, were held on robbery and automobile theft charges. State Patrolman Carl Winff arrested them near Lewis. Sheriff P. P. Edwards noted the pair confessed to several Cedar Rapids robberies and admitted taking a car owned by Charlotte M. Klima. A small quantity of merchandise was found with them.
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Atlantic
Robert Cram
Dennis Pierce
Cedar Rapids
Carl Winff
Lewis
P. P. Edwards
Charlotte M. Klima
Mrs. John Fladung Keeps 500 White Rock Chicks in Lexington
Lexington report notes Mrs. John Fladung owns five hundred White Rock baby chicks, the neighborhood's first flock. It mentions limited news due to bad roads and phone lines, flu cases improving, and updates on local residents and travel, with a final line on alloy production estimates of over eight thousand standard alloys.
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John Fladung
Lexington
White Rock
Mort Emde
Charles Wahl
Hoyt Gardner
Chicago
Ten Lost Tribes Claim by Falashas in Ethiopia
The Falashas of Ethiopia assert they descend from the ten lost tribes of Israel, a claim highlighted in discussions of Ethiopian Jewry and origin narratives. The report notes the historical and religious context shaping these assertions within Ethiopian communities.
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Ethiopia
Israel
Diseases Among Indians Measles and Smallpox
Measles and smallpox are noted as the first recorded diseases to prevail among Indigenous peoples. The text documents early health challenges faced by Indians and references the spread of these illnesses in historical contexts.
Master Editor Award Named Three Iowa Leaders
Iowa Press association honors three master editors for 1989. Jesse M. Beck of the Centerville Towegian, John M. Grimes of the Osceola Sentinel, and Scott Snyder of the Dallas County News in Adel receive the awards at the organization's 24th annual banquet. Blair Converse presided, noting Beck’s 36 years as editor of the Iowegian. Grimes has long worked in Iowa papers.
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