Afton and Vicinity Society Notes From Harl Zwick
Afton and vicinity report a 4-H girls event at Ray Jones home with a luge crowd. Clif Coombs family of Aurelia visited Joy Mummert and others in the area. Families from Larrabee and Sutherland traveled to events, visits, and gatherings, with Ed Ware hosting an A F A meeting and several residents attending Epworth League in Aurelia. Ed Weise and Clifford Gould left for Seattle after recent work in Afton.
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Weir
Ray Jones
Clif Coombs
Aurelia
Joy Mummert
Raiph Ducummun
Roger Leru Chursday
Cleghorn
Sioux Civ
Nebraska
Russell Parks
Clifford Godld
Larrabee
Karl and
George Awick
Ed Ware
Gilbert Clow
Chris Montgomery
Sutherland
Mesdames
Earl Zwick
Wm. Sleezer
Glenn
Sioux City
Lena Brady
St. Josephs Hospital
Ed Weise
Clifford Gould
Afton
Seattle
Washington
Hurl Zwick
Earl Knight
Spreng Township
Leslie Pauls
Aurelian Baledy
Regingl Ger
Fuver Ter
Silas Clark
Telerson
Walter Meinking
Janice
Robert Litz
Peterson
Arlene Mummert
Galen
First Steam Engine Milestones From 1698 to 1807
The article traces early steam engine use from 1698 with Lavery’s water-raising device to 1705 Newcomen, Cawley, Watt improvements, and 1786 Rumsey river boat tests. It notes Watt’s 1782 double action, 1801 paddle-wheel towboats, and Robert Fulton’s Clermont in 1807, linking steam to industrial rise.
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James Watt
Thomas Lavery
Pathfinder Magazine
Thomas Newcomen
James Cawley
Savery
Watt
James Rumsey
Potomac River
James Fitch
Worth and Clyde Canal
Robert Fulton
Unambledon Claims as Oldest Cricket Ground
In a village named Unambledon England locals assert it as the birthplace of cricket with records showing the game played on the Down there in 1780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dampshire
Unambledon
England
Down
Lights of New York by L L Stevenson
A vivid essay discusses New York summers away from Broadway crowds. It contrasts seashore bungalow colonies and lakes with tenement heat, noting mothers muscling through long nights and kids seeking relief. A sobering note recalls Ramon Million aiding thirsty children then breaking the law.
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Lights of
New York
L. L. Stevenson
Broadway
Aikuda
Coney Island
Palisades
New Jersey
Inkies
Ramon Million
Ils Nine
One Hundred Eighth Street
Dinner scene at fair shows air travel exhibit
The report describes a dinner scene with references to United Air Lines three into one minute transports similar to a model shown in a pavilion of the fair. It notes air travelers dining in New York and lunching on the fair grounds as part of the event.
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ML T. Donneles
United Air Lines
Ivayel and Transport
New York
Youthful Fisherman Uses Toy Sailboat as Bobber
In Waltham Massachusetts eleven year old Vaud Milyk shows how to catch many fish using a toy sailboat as a bobber. Paul uses a toy sailboat rigged with four hooked lines. the boat trolls about sixty feet out as the lines trail behind. When a fish bites the boat bobs and the boy reels in the catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobber Waltham
Vaud Milyk
Paul
Surveyors harassed by mountain goats at Glacier Park
A pair of mountain goats in Glacier Park, Montana, are said to disrupt survey work by biting and gnawing at white survey ribbons used to mark brush and twigs for new trails, hindering park development efforts.
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Glacier Park
Mont
New Tralla
Winter Socials and School Breaks in Aurelia Area
Local notices describe birthday celebrations, Christmas gatherings, and bake sales. Families from Mt. Olive, Aurelia, Washta, and surrounding towns hosted parties, visited relatives in Sioux City and New York, and attended church events and Farm Bureau meetings. Schools plan holiday recess beginning Friday with Christmas programs and gift exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Gidstitson
G. A. Simmons
Mars
Baat Hulmes
Cherokee
Fal Gano
Donald
Olive
Raymond Sawvell
Sioux City
Raymond
Chas
Sawvell
Melvin Anderson
Lowell Gano
Washta
Mt. Qlive
Aurelia
Chris Hendrickson
New York
Will Hahn
Good Hope Ladies Aid
Mrsod
G. Porvey
Vince
Torrey
Paulina
Margaret Juber
Juber
Duuntie Cenoe
Forney Dubes
Allen Neville
Amelia
Will Hall
Hahn
Cushing
Leber
Glenn Leeds
Carl Herold
Frank Radle
Early notion of stock exchanges and brokers in history
The article notes that stock exchanges and brokers have existed for many years with a historical reference citing Nelson and an English act of parliament from 1285. It frames the term brokers as an ancient designation linked to early financial markets.
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Nelson
England
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Paulson-Finkbine Lbr. Co
Aurelia, IA
Afton and Vicinity
Mrs. Harl Zwick
Parrott
Sycamore
Saime
Coney
Hia
Ieee
Sineemey
Byerly
Diet Ee
Tive
Newport
Syosset
S. 1
Alvo Elvens
Mr. Olive News
Carl Johnson
Mr. Nelson
Good Hope
Enoch Nelson
Carl May
Near
Alta
Pierre Tingtson
Femn
Aura
Oscar Gustafson
Ivan Wilson
Estelln Blanch
Pitcher Township
Farm Bureau
Mathews
Edgar Johnson
Pitt
John Leber
George Schafer
Everett Radle
Paraland
Guarantee Oil CO
Aurelia, Iowa
G. R. Wharton Undertaking
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