Adaville Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs Lingie Parker broke her arm in a toll two weeks ago. Mrs dD Burkett of Morningside was a day visitor in the W W Zellers home Thursday. The Ladies Aid Society meets with Mrs Joseph Johnson Thursday afternoon this week. Miss Loone Zellers spent Friday and Saturday with her brother Clyds Zellers in Sioux City and Sunday was a guest. In the Frail Thomas home near Newcastle Neb Reuben Hines of near Chatsworth and Mrs Mary Hines of Hintoh were Sunday dinner guests. Everett Orr home Arch and Roy Dreeszen of Milners villa vicinity were callers Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Foster Rowe were dinner guests in the Wesley Brown home in Liberty. Paul Johnson will lead Christian Endeavor services Sunday evening with subject How May We Be.
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Adaville
Sbeédlal Corréapouderiée
Lingie Parker
Dd. Burkett
Morningside
Waaari
W. W. Zellers
Ladies' Aid Society
Joseph Johison
Misa Loone Zellers
Clyds Zellers
Sioux City
Sun
Christian Endeavor
Westfield
Philip van Vieck
JSON
South Sioux City
Mra
Hattie LaGrons
Valley City
N. D
Cave Cassel
Hiaine Olson
Irene McCorkelt
Raymond Conway
Dordas
Knapp
Perry McCorkell
Archer Jilly
Opal Hummel
Oliva Brun«doen
Lynch
Butler
Mapleton
G. Maysdenholder
Dave Cassel
Hattie LaGrone
Amesis
Dava Cassel
Walter Cassel
G. W. Maysonholder
Muscatine
Chicago
Ellenberger
Marshalltown
Heusinkveld
Maurice
Ames
Kentucky
Miller
Spencer
Donde- Unger
Newhall
Dennler
Merrill
Dwight
True to the Missionary Spirit of Jesus Visit Note
Akron resident Harry Attril plans a visit to the Thos Frisch home, reflecting a missionary spirit noted in local church correspondence.
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Jesus
Harry Attril
Akron
Westfield Notes Show Guests and Local Events
Westfield locals report visitors from Valley City and Yankton, PTA meeting highlights, and a busy week of school picnics and exhibits. Gardens, trains, and World Fair plans thread through community updates, with sports news noting the Westfield bantam team win at Rivers Sioux Park.
Union Creek church services and local gossip note
Union Creek news reports Sunday morning services at the Union Creek church and Sunday school at 10. Local residents visited and traveled, including A W Johnson, Wilma Olson, Lenore Boden, Francis Boden, and Elmer Boden who stayed in Rochester after an operation. A birth is noted for Win Vrengdenhil, May 16. Weather favorable for corn planting. several locals visited the Lawrences Ericson home. Various health updates and visits are listed for Ednd Olgon, Milford Anderson, Mrs Wm Olden, Bessie Wilcox, Mrs Clifford Johnson, and Imogene Harrington among others.
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Union Creek
A. W. Johnson
Wilma Olson
Bronx City
Wm. Olson
Ed. Olson
Lenore Boden
Francis’ Boden
Rochester
Minn
Elmer Boden
Win Vrengdenhil
Tuesaday
Mia
George Adamson
Ronald
Marion Hultgren
Evelyn Thiegon
Wayne Waterman
Kenneth Hultgren
Lawrences Ericson
Ednd Olgon
Milford Anderson
Westin
Wm. Olden
Crysipeing
Bessie Wilcox
Clifford Johnson
Imogene
Percy’ Harrington
Second Grade Picnic and Gold Star Spellers at Local School
Mars and Mrs Franks Simeon attend the Ralph Gale home in Akron. Second grade enjoyed a lawn picnic at Dr and Mrs B C Shille. Third grade visits noted. Gold sun spell winners listed among many pupils. Mumps causes absence. Fourth and fifth grade notes include more spelling stars and a farewell poem by Mary Ann Earnest.
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B.C. Shille
Mra
Kerr
Marvin
Marianne
Byron Allen
Orvel Gengston
Lavonne Binks
Jerrine Coleman
Carroll Davis
Sidney Jengen
Phylla Johnson
Dorothy Knelke
Phyllis Kerr
Maxine Lake
Dorothy Parker
Esther Stryzewski
Ferna Shawhnan
Widen Small
Melvin Sorenson
Paul von Hagel
Hidon Johnson
Hervey Lias
June Larsen
Little Parker
Ardon Reemis
Adam Myers
Harriet Lockwood
Baokby Kerr
Florence Thatcher
Marvin Dirks
Clear Mellen
Dorothy Sykes
T Ralph Stryzéwak
Gordon Rossow
Alma Hoyt
Jackie Gunman
Mary Ann Earnest
Emus Outwit Machine Gunners in Western Australia
Emus in the Campion district outsmart government efforts to cull them. Heavy rains drove birds into the bush, then they returned with about 10 000 birds eluding Lewis gun teams. The gunners set ambushes near a dam, but the emus stayed distant, proving sharper than the shooters in a battle of wits.
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Western Australia
Compton
Lewis
Commonwealth Defense Department
Campion
Detroit News
Ancient Tower of Babel Found in Mesopotamia
An archaeologist from a University of Michigan Cleveland museum expedition reports discovering a mound in Mesopotamia believed to be the Algurrat or Tower of Babel in Alstinat. The 60 foot high structure shows a circular sun-dried brick wall, reeds and earth layers, with unburned brick work on the north side and inscriptions dating to about 3000 B C. Legend notes the Babel builders aimed to reach heaven but were halted by confused speech.
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Tower of Babel
Babel
Hawke Rat Killers and the Plea for Hawks
A fragment argues against killing hawks as sport claiming it harms poultry and disrupts local ecology. It notes farmers shoot hawks when pests threaten crops and mentions an increase in rats mice and rabbits due to hawk removal. It critiques citizens who justify the practice as duty.
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Hawka
Early state leaders bore the title president in colonial times
Pathinder Magazine notes that New Hampshire Delaware and South Carolina used president for the chief executive under their first constitutions. South Carolina switched to governor in 1778 while 1792 marked New Hampshire and Delaware’s change. Pennsylvania’s executive council from 1776 to 1784 was led by a president. Texas stood alone as an independent republic with a president at statehood.
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New Hampshire
Delaware
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Texas
Pathinder Magazine
Women Workers in the Soviet Union Form Vast Workforce
Russia's Women Workers Russia has more than six million women wage earners and nearly every grown woman works for a living. They fill roles from government positions to heavy industrial labor, including writers, engineers, doctors, and Arctic explorers.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Dry Ice Facts from Historical Source
Dry ice is carbon dioxide used as a refrigerant. It is colorless and odorless, heavier than air, and can be squealed under pressure below 31 C. Liquid CO2 has a specific gravity of 0.83 and boils at -78.2 C, turning into a snow-like solid as it evaporates.
Worlds Deepest Rivers Deepest river is the Amazon
The article states the Amazon is the deepest river in the world, reaching below 1,200 feet at its mouth, about 625 feet at 1,000 miles from its mouth. It also mentions the Suziehay river in Quebec as the next deepest, cited at 60 to 600 feet deep.
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Amazon
Wouth
Suzue Hay
Quebec
Crying Woman's Right Man Who Weeps Is Weak
A Columbus Dispatch reader letter argues that women exercise power through emotion while men should show defense of home and property. The piece notes a man crying over a family death and contrasts it with a woman calling him a cry baby, framing gendered expectations of stoicism and protection.
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Ne Hla
Gotto Voce
Columbus Dispatch
Michigan Indians Benefit From 1842 Land Deeds Near Athens
Deeds from 1812 and 1846 enable Calhoun County Indians near Athens to use about 120 acres they reside on. One deed transferred 80 acres from William Booths to John Booth with a trust forever for the Indians, while another deed moved land from the government to the state. Most Indians around Athens are industrious. a few moved to Oklahoma years ago and became wealthy on land acquired from the government.
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Calhoun County
Athens
Michigan
County Register of Deeds Office
Detroit
Athena
Okiahoma
Not Many Get ta See Postum
The opossum is an animal rarely seen on trips afield. Many people have never seen an opossum. It is described as coarse-haired grayish white with a white face and dark eyes. Ears naked and black with white outer half. Feet black with flesh-colored toes. Tail oak and scaly. A large female weighed 12 pounds and a male eight pounds. The opossum is common in the southern United States and now extends into Connecticut, Lake Ontario, southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
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United States
Connecicut
Lake Ontario
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
The German Republic Origins and Early Constitutional Steps
The German Republic forms after November 9, 1918 with a council of people's commissioners in Berlin. Princes abdicate, imperial parliament dissolves, and a national assembly is planned. Weimar assembly meets February 6 1910 and elects Friedrich Whert president. Constitution adopted July 31 1919. Voting rights extend to all citizens over twenty.
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German Republic
Berlin
Weimar
Friedrich Whert
Forgetful Plumbers and the Tool Dilemma
The Kansas City Star notes a long standing myth that plumbers forget tools and must return to the shop. The error stems from the vast variety of pipe valves and fittings, with over 5,000 types in daily use, making precise tool lists by homeowners very rare.
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Technical Information Department
Plumbing and Heat Industries Bureau
Kansas City Star
Chalk and erasers added to Tokyo station board
Japan adds message boards at large stations enabling travelers to leave notes for others. At Tokyo station the board measures about 6 by 3 feet and anyone may write for free. Recipients read and erase, then leave a note in return, though a porter clears all messages after a few hours.
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Japan
Tokyo
Birds Keep Young in Nest for a Year in Cantur
The article notes global variations in bird maturation. While many species mature quickly after hatching, Cantur keeps its young in the nest for 12 months because they cannot fly or feed independently until a full year passes.
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