That's an interesting one. I'm not sure whether
Dawson ever had its own paper. My guess is you'll want the Perry paper, the
Daily Chief or whatever its incarnation was at that point. I know that the issues a year or so before that are not in existence but I think your period has been filmed and would be found at both the
Iowa State Historical Library in Des Moines (but not in
Iowa City), and also at the Roy
Estle Memorial Library in
Dallas Center. If it were me, I'd contact the
Dallas County genealogical society and ask them about a lookup. It might be $15, but they're going to know what to look for where.
Dallas County GEN SOCIETY, PO BOX 264,
Dallas CENTER, IA 50063-0264
IADCGS@YAHOO.COM