Word: anamosa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chase. In Iowa, investigation showed why an Anamosa-Clinton branch line freight train had been consistently running late: its crew had taken to stopping in the country to pot rabbits and quail...
...arrived in Washington a quarter century ago from Anamosa, Iowa to catch on briefly with the Washington Herald before landing a small job with Pathfinder (a news weekly which circulates mostly to farmers), where he ran a question & answer column that predated the radio quiz shows. Other reporters who had vaulted to fame and fat contracts wondered what kept...
Better 'Ole. In Anamosa, Iowa, a paroled convict pondered the state of the world, asked to be readmitted to prison, got an extra 15 months...
Publisher John Sanner of Anamosa (Iowa) News got a wire from Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne, offering him $236 to run a series of ads, part of B.B.D. & O.'s whirlwind enlistment campaign for the Navy. Publisher John, aged 10 and now in the fifth grade, wired back that he couldn't handle 8,000 lines in his 3 by 7 in., four-page, rubber-type weekly on which, last issue, he netted $1.38. Result of the ensuing publicity: News circulation rose from 75 to 100 and Publisher Sanner decided to buy a new press...