May 1, 2014
In THE NEWS this week...
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Nature Center celebrates 20 years! • • • • •
At first glance, the thick envelope that arrived in THE NEWS office in late April appeared remarkable only in that it was reused Iowa Newspaper Association envelope. A closer inspection revealed there was no name on the return address, only CVP, #129, 52222, a zip code associated with Deep River IA. There was no letter of introduction to explain the treasure trove inside, but there were letters and clippings – more than a dozen, each nearly
100 years old. We at THE NEWS are puzzled as to where they were for the past 90-plus years. Age has made the documents teacolored and some have barely discernible handwriting. There’s a letter to the editor addressed to THE WINTHROP NEWS with a postmark of 1919 from Virginia. There’s a creased, faded postcard of Eads Bridge in St. Louis with trolley cars sent from Little Rock AR in 1918. There’s even a public
statement, typed on fragile onion-skin paper, from a man defending his draft deferment to the people of Winthrop and Buchanan County in the summer of 1918. As Memorial Day approaches, it seems fitting to share some of these echoes from the past with readers of today.
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