Earth Tremor Confounds Scientists Across Cities
March 2 report notes scientists at Fordham and Harvard could not locate a center for the tremor and appealed to Oxford observatory. The Saginaw river area in Michigan and Logan's fault hypothesis are cited, with tremors lasting about one and a half to two minutes. Residents in New York and Sidbury to Florence and Chicago report pranks of the awakening quake.
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New York
Fordham
Harvard
Oxford Observatory
Lorton
Michigan
Saginaw River
M. B
Hill
Muwum of Natural History
Logan’s
Sidbury
Canada
Florence, & C
Chicago
Postmasters and Carriers Get Boost Across Towns
Rural route carriers and postmasters in several Iowa towns will gain modest salary increases as the postal pay and rate bill, signed by the president, takes effect January 1. In Cumberland and Brayton, gains run about $100 yearly and four cents per mile for maintenance. Other towns report carriers and postmasters benefiting, including Adaire, Exira, Griswold, Massena, Anita and more, with specifics varying by office.
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Iowa
Congress
Cumberland
News - Telegraph
D. A. Archer
Griswold
News-Telegraph
Massena
Coolidge
Ida Garside to Try Movies with Pathe Omaha Studio
Miss Ida Garside, a popular Atlantic girl, will audition for Pathe Film Company’s Omaha studio without beauty contest preliminaries. Officials say she photographs and could act well, though she has no experience in theater. Filming begins April 5 with her among first to present before the public.
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Ida Garside
Atlantic
Pathe Film Company
Omaha
Miss Garside
Iowa Teachers in National Education Association
A tally shows that among Iowa's 26 000 teachers more than 3 000 belong to the National Education Association based in Washington D C Most memberships come from city teachers with Sioux City Des Moines Waterloo Council Bluffs Burlington Cedar Rapids Fort Dodge Davenport Keokuk and Cedar Falls among the leaders in membership counts.
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Iowa
National Education Association
Washington D.C
Sioux City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Exira Items Report Local Happenings
Charles Fulton, a focal painter, is seriously ill with stomach ulcers. Clara Pauline Bensley, the young daughter of Luther and Mrs Bensley, is ill with pneumonia. Mrs M D Newton arrived in Fairbury Nebraska for a friend’s funeral. The Pythian Sisters hosted members of the Extra Knights of Pythian lodge that evening. Mrs Petar Gude remains in unchanged condition.
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Exira
Charles Fulton
Clara Pauline
Luther Bensley
M. D. Newton
Fairbury
Neb
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythian Lodge
Petar Gude
Antiquity Man Recalled In Early Childhood Reflections
Fragmentary lines evoke Plutarch on the celebrated man of antiquity and a life kept in perpetual childhood. The text hints at a philosophical meditation on memory, education, and the ease of remaining in a preformed state. Names, dates, and clear events are not provided in the readable fragments.
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Plutareli
Griswold High Schools Commencement Speaker Chosen
Griswold Ia March 2 Prof Clarence Bunny Wassam dean of men at University of Iowa will deliver Griswold High School annual commencement address on May 18. Wassam is regarded as a leading orator on the American platform, prompting early booking by local authorities.
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Griswold
News-Telegraph
Clarence
Bunny
Wassam
University of Iowa
Griswold High
Services Today For Mrs Martha Ingram At Wiota Church
Funeral services were held today at the Wiota M E church for Mrs Martha Ingram who died Saturday at her home. Rev B McEldowney of Anita officiated. Interment followed in the Wiota cemetery in the family plot with pallbearers listed as Chas Sherritt Marion Heff Chas McDermott Willis Taylor Clause Barnholdt and Dell Spry.
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Wiota
Wiota M. E
Martha Ingram
B. McEldowney
Anita
Chas
Sherritt
Marion Heff
McDermott
Willis Taylor
Clause Barnholdt
Dell Spry
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Mi News
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Adair
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Clyde Edwards
Tura
Mai
Newton Aa
Oye
Jess M. Thomsa
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National Educational Assn
Bunny” Wassam
Ine
Griporenza
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