Editorials reflect on politics economy and progress in 1948
A May 3, 1948 editorial discusses the year’s pace and faith in American freedoms and prosperity. It weighs communism, government power, and consumer progress, praising Ruth Foster’s rural kitchen improvements and warning about loyalty and F B I letters in the Condon affair. It also notes small business demands for autonomy against government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Condon
Bureau of Standards
House Un-American Activities Committee
Condon
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Doctor Condon
Department of Commerce
Committee On Un-American Activities
Truman
House
Secretary of Commerce
Congress
Mr. Truman
Indian relics spark study by Rubio teen
Charles Morgan 15 collects and displays about 390 Indian stone artifacts from the Chicagua lake area in a Chambling Bros window. The set includes arrowheads, axes, spears, scrapers, grinders and late moc bullets, hinting at Sac and Fox hunter life and later colonial contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morgan
Rubio
Charles
Richland High School
Orville Morgan
Clay Township
Morgan
Chicagua Lake
Dandelion Trouble and Hair Growth Notes From The Times
A reader reports pulling dandelions after harsh winter damage, planning soil work and reseeding. The piece also notes Nagoya University researchers claiming Vitamin B injections stimulate scalp growth and counter baldness. Other items joke about domestic chores and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagoya University
Tokyo
Human Body Fact Snippet on Electricity and Bones
The text states the body can light a 25 watt bulb for minutes and lose heat to boil half a gallon of water in an hour. It notes a baby has 270 bones versus 200 in adults due to jointed bones. It claims the heart pumps 270 million pints over 70 years and a person can live 20 to 30 days without food.
Quotations on gender roles from Marge remark
The fragment quotes Marge describing women as rag bone and hair and men as brag groan and a tank or air, presenting a sharp satirical view. The line contrasts gendered identities in a compact, provocative phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge
Verse Seeker Struggles to Find a Poem
A narrator exclaims over finding rare verse and vows to obtain it by any means. The quirky couplet about cooking a verse and shouting be gook infuses the piece with playful humor and wordplay.
Mrs. L. G. Roberts Receives Radio Gift From Kin
Mrs. L. G. Roberts shows a new radio gifted by her two sons and families, W. D. Roberts Carl Dale and Everette Roberts with Cherie. The item appears in an AmboY local social column detailing visits birthdays and community notices among neighbors and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Roberts
Ward McCutchen
Carl Greiner
Washington
Ruth Ann Greiner
Harold Gerdes
Billy
Patty
Duane White
Janet
Joe
Carl White
Jimmy
Judy
John Frame
Fred Pfeifer
Preston Edmondson
Methodist Church
Bell and Gevock
George
John Stout
Walter Stout
West Chester
Clarence Kauffman
Bur
Broadside of Brooder Fire Kills 300 Chicks
Mrs Rex Morse faced a spring disaster as a fire destroyed the brooder house killing three hundred three week old chickens. The rural item notes community scenes including visits, weddings and local news across North Xenia on April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lord
North Xenia
Rex Morse
U.S. Livestock Decline Since 1944 Peak
The number of livestock on American farms has fallen consistently since the 1944 peak. In 1947 the dairy herd dropped by 933,000 head, contributing to the overall decline in farm livestock numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
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Kentucky
America
Commie
Red Boys
U.S. A
Ruth I. Foster
Merle Sheetz
Foster
Bruce Cowden
Honey Creek
Washington County
Chamberlin Bros
the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Elder, Shannon & Co
R. FE. Shannon
Dave FR. Elder
Brice CC
Iowa
Stanley Richards
M. L
Bugs
Kipling
All In
LA Guardia Field
New York
MR White
Dixie Dugan
BY Moevoy and
Striebel
Xyz
Mrs. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soestdyk
Holland
Juliana
Maria Christina
Margriet
Roosevelt
Prince Bernhard
Beatrix
Irene
London
International
Lington
Maurice Stone
Linda
Billy Gerdes
Grandpa
Grandma Gerdes
Rev Jones
Cedar Rapids
Roger Colthurst
Mediapolis
Johz
Roberts
Lester Leeper
Jima Clegg
Georgia Reaney
Iowa City
Henry Leffler
Burlington
Manford Rabenold
Herman Wagenknecht
Anna
Henry Wagenknecht
Davenport
Alva Sands
Mae Wallace
Norma Clegg
George Lord Caited
Glen Beenblossom
Maud Wagner
Jim Clegg
Clegg
Bob
Des Moines
Herman
Green Castle
Anna Wagenknecht
Rudy Wagenknecht
Ada Lewis
Columbus Junction
Dave Petersen
Waterloo
Hotel Sherman
Chicago
Hotel Sherman Garage
Dee Fy
Ana Rae
Dee Daa
Jay Jones
Vict Prisident
Gen
Mgr
Miss Flame
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
T. W. Harwood
Grecl i
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