Violin Opportunity Brings Change Between Friends
Debra Smith faces a $40 loan to attend Green ville concerts while Delora Smith offers a violin as security. Tom discovers the instrument is a genuine 1760 Richard Duke, worth about $700, changing tensions as love blooms between Geraldine and Tom while Debra’s finances improve.
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Geraldine
Debra Smith
Debra
Greenville
Tom
Delora Smith
Delora
Richard Duke
Miss Delora
Little God of Love
State Capital Letter and Tax Drama Continues
State officials face funding questions as Boone county supervisors seek money to pay a private auditing firm. The piece covers cigaret tax enforcement efforts via post office cooperation and a federal bill, plus Iowa pharmacy board personnel changes and a contested hiring policy for married women.
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Boone County
M. W. Dailey
Beer and
Dailey
Iowa
House Committee On
H. C. Tarver
Georgia
Post Office Department
Tolch ordained pastor at St. Pauls AltaAlt
Elwood C Tolch was ordained and installed as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran church in Alta in a 2 30 Sunday ceremony at the Alta high school auditorium Mission director Rev Ed Wittkopp of Marcus preached the sermon The rite was performed by Rev O Bahr assisted by pastors of the Storm Lake circuit Tolch will preach his introductory sermon Sunday morning in Alta.
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Elwood C. Tolch
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alta
Alta High School
Ed Wittkopp
Marcus
O. Bahr
Lutheran Church of the
Lester Grieme
Wilmer Menke
Black Hills
Ray Johnson
Chicago
Carl A. Larson
Ernest Carlson
Olsen
Anton Larson
Fred Larson
Linn Grove
Simons
The Mysterious River of Saguenay Narrows
The lower Saguenay between Chicoutimi and Tadoussac resembles a fjord at sea level. Indigenous people called it deep and mysterious, and Jacques Cartier is said to have viewed its dark floor before sailing on toward the St Lawrence.
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Saguenay
Chicountimi
St. Lawrence
Chicoutimi
Jacques Cartier
Tadoussac
The London Temple Inns of Court History
The term Temple in England refers to barristers and law students residences. Inner Temple and Middle Temple are two of the four Inns of Court, historic sites linked to Knights Templar houses, guiding law study and practice in England.
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London Temple
Temple
England
Inner Temple
Middle Temple
Inns of Court
Order of Knights Templars
Hen Sits Too Long Sparks Duck Alarm
Mrs Jones seeks chicken rearing tips from neighbor Mrs Smith. A hen is said to sit three weeks for chickens and four for ducks. After two weeks alone she worries the hen may sit too long and fears ducks if not removed within a week.
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Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Smith
Mary
Maid Waxed Kitchen Floor Spoils Aroma
A housewife noticed a pleasant odor filling her home one morning. She traced it to the kitchen where a maid had waxed the linoleum, explaining she likes her kitchen floor waxed because it absolves spots and smells sanitoriously.
Goings and Comings in a Family Dispute
A young woman pleads with her father to authorize her relationship with Henry. The father resists, repeating refusal while noting he dislikes Henry's long stayings more than his shortcomings.
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Henry
Aurelia Council Sets July 24 Hearing On Budget
The Aurelia city council met with Mayor Sig Matzdorff presiding. Members Lighter Bruce Grienke and Grashoff attended. Mummert was absent. Bills across funds were approved for payment, and the budget hearing was set for 8 p.m. July 24, 1939, at the council room in Aurelia Iowa.
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Matadorff
Bruce
Grienke
Grashoff
Mummert
Standard Oil Co
Fred Fassler
Aurelia
Iowa
Sig Matzdorff
H. H. Deyloff
Credit dispute in a butcher shop overheard
A butcher apologizes for an inflated bill and cannot extend more credit. The customer remains cool and agrees to settle the amount that is due if corrected.
Shady Business and a Tramp at the Chicken House
A Stray Stories vignette recalls a tramp asking for food. A woman coldly suggests he could fetch eggs from a chicken house if she trusted him. He responds with wit, asserting he once managed a swimming bath for 15 years and never took a bath.
Banker Questions Negro Chauffeur Applicant in Interview
In a dated scene a banker questions a Black applicant for a chauffeur position. The man responds that he has no wife and that he makes his own living, reflecting historical attitudes and phrasing.
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Nawsah
Too Many to Remember Film Star Married Home Exchange
A newly married couple jokes about a familiar home as the film star asks if they have been married before. The bridegroom confirms the house and the exchange question. The light exchange hints at a playful domestic moment amid celebrity life.
Newspaper Reading and Advertising Reach All Readers
A concise note on how newspapers foster a universal reading habit and how advertising targets the broad audience of readers and buyers. The text emphasizes media reach as a key factor in engaging consumers.
Prophetic Physician Michel de Notredame Known as Nostradamus
The French astrologer Michel de Notredame born 1503 in Avignon studied philosophy, earned a medical degree from Montpellier in 1529, aided plague efforts, published rhymed prophecies in 1555 and an enlarged edition in 1558. Catherine de Medici and Charles IX elevated his influence and role.
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Nostradamus Nostradamus
Michel de Notredame
Avignon
Montpelier
Catherine de Medici
Charles IX
Early Miniatures Materials and Decline With Photography
The text lists early miniature materials including playing cards cardboard and paper vellum and later ivory from the mid seventeenth century. It notes canvas linen and metals as rare supports porcelain painting and oil painting waned by the seventeenth century while watercolors and chalk remained common. The nineteenth century saw a zenith before decline with the invention of photography.
Blame the Ladies in a Writer's Egypt Question
A writer questions what the ruins of ancient Egypt prove. The note hints that Egyptian wives demanded a share in chariot upkeep and garage work, reflecting broader gender roles in antiquity.
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Egypt
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State Pharmacy Board
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John Heerema
Pella
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C. B. Akers
Akers
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
Lawrence Bahr
Lawrence Lenz
Bondon
Houston
Texas
O Bahr
John Geiser
Kansas City
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Bud Fogleman
Chamberlin Bldg
Cherokee
Regey Martin
Gustafson & Johnson Garurelia
A.apole Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo, E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
Geo
E. Blanth
W. F. Hickey
Carlson’s Dairy
W. A. Liebsch
Winfred Moulton
Aurelia, Iowa
Don R. Hankens
Larson’s
State Bank
Paul’s
Stewart-Warner
Sentinel
Council Proceedings
L. Stutz
Salary Co
Merlin Shank
Supplies Water Fund
FB. Scott
Scott
Duane Cram
Iowa Public Service Co
Kenneth Bjorkund
W. C. Waddell
Mummert Home, Co
D. Beeghley
Esse W. C. Waddell
Z. Chamberlin
Robt Groff
Thomas F. Barnhart
University of Minnesota
The
Illinois Central
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