Congressmen Plan U S Defense Boost
Washington INS reports lawmakers plan the largest peace time military appropriation in U S history. House War Department supply bill hearings set for December 16 with a request for a liberal increase over 424 7 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
United States
Tilman Parks
Arkansas
House
War Department
Parks
Army Air Corps
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Hugh A. Drum
Hawaiian Department
Lytle Broun
Panama Canal Zone
Paul B. Malone
Ninth Corps
San Francisco
Johnson Hagood
Eighth Corps
San Antonio
Prominent Tipton Woman Flora Porter Dead at 85
Special to The Gazette Cedar county pioneer Flora Long Porter, 85, died Monday. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. W. E. Van Buren officiating. She was born in Tipton November 5, 1850 and lived mainly in Cedar county. Survived by son Charles, sister Mary Moreland, and Robert M Long. She recalled pioneer hardships and a Thanksgiving fire side feast of wild turkey and 24 quail. The article also notes Hale church play School Days performed by Epworth League with cast listing local names.
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Tipton
Flora Porter
Cedar County
Pioneer
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. E. van Buren
Porter
Samuel Long
Robert Long
Flora Long
Hartwell R Porter
Mary Moreland
North English
Robert M Long
Lacy
Deamer Reports Shift in Teaching Staff for 1935
School board hears Superintendent Arthur Deamer report a rise in senior high and supervising staff while elementary and junior high faculties show declines. Total teachers across all units rise from 389 to 392. Enrollment totals noted with 329 signed and 262 average attendance.
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Arthur Deamer
Board of Education
Deamer
Ives-Frana Company
Bright Star
Walter Bledsoe and Company
Middlegrove
Block Company
Beaver Dam Kentucky
Beaver Dam
Bright Star Mine
Hairdressers warn mood driving dyeing boom in gray hair
Emile Rohde of Chicago told a Cedar Rapids Hairdressers meeting that low mood has spurred more dyeing of gray hair as job prospects fade. He estimated personally dyeing about 300 heads a month and urged full disclosure of products and prescriptions used.
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Emile Rohde
Chicago
Hotel
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Rohd
Rohde
Emil Burmeister Elected Worshipful Master of Crescent Lodge
Emil N Burmeister was elected worshipful master of Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M for 1936 at Masonic hall Monday evening. He succeeds Glenn E Norton with Adolph C Barta named senior warden and W Paul Engel junior warden. Frank Filip and Dr C B Whelpley were re-elected treasurer and secretary. installation set for Jan 13 at 8 pm.
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Emil N Burmeister
Crescent Lodge No 25
A. F
Masonic Hall
Burmeister
Glenn E Norton
Adolph C Barta
W. Paul Engel
Frank Filip
C B. Whelpley
Iowa U Announces 17 Day Holiday Break for Students
The Gazette reports the University of Iowa will observe a seventeen and one half day Christmas vacation, the largest on record. The break begins around December and ends the morning of January 7, affecting all students and campus activities.
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Iowa City
University of Tawa
Tor Ec Tn
Frog-hopper Uses Bubble Cloud to Foil Predators
A tiny plant bug called a frog-hopper defends itself by blowing a mass of bubbles. The bubble screen confuses and protects the insect from predators. This behavior highlights a quirky survival adaptation observed in these insects.
Bubbles Made From Plant Juice Alr and Wax Described
The text notes that the bubbles are formed from plant juice alr and wax. This summary preserves the core claim and identifies the materials involved.
Old Zion: Burlington’s First Methodist Church Story
The Burlington settlement founded Old Zion as its first Methodist church. Barton Cartwright helped establish services in 1834 ahead of a formal church building, which opened in 1838 and served as Iowa Territory legislature HQ. The church evolved, was remodeled, renamed, and later replaced by a larger building after 1879, with the bell still summoning worshipers.
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Amassissippi
Flint Hills
Iowa
Mississippi
Barton H Cartwright
Peter Cartwright
Salvation
Illinois
Barton Cartwright
Peter
William R. Ross
Ington
Dr. Ross
Burlington
Ross
Third Street
Columbia
Washington Streets
Territory of
House of Representatives
Iowa City
Old Zion
Robert Lucas
Charles Mason
Charles C. McCabe
Old Zion Church Name Burden and Early Preachers
The notes discuss why Old Zion suits a church, propose a simple architectural model for the Old Zion church, and outline a search for early local preachers. Next week shifts focus to Catholic churches and their history.
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Old Zion
Old Zion Church
Man with Worthless Check Escapes Sears Heist
Police were called to a Sears Roebuck store Monday afternoon when a 24 year old man passed a worthless $19.33 check drawn on an Iowa City bank signed Wayne P Hiel. He fled as a clerk went to verify the check leaving purchased items behind. Also, radiator cap from B J Pardubsky’s car was reported stolen Saturday night.
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Sears Roebuck and Company
Iowa City
Wayne P. Hiel
B. J. Pardubsky
Eleventh Avenue SE
Folgers Coffee Grown on Central American Mountain Plantations
Readable fragment notes Folgers coffee grown on tiny Central American plantations high in the mountains. It mentions fertile volcanic soil and abundant rainfall shaping quality.
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Folger’s
Central America
Reeson
Folger
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