Darktown Fire Brigade Puts Out Longing For Carrier And Ives
David Turner, a collector in Cedar Rapids, bought ten Currier and Ives prints titled The Darktown Fire Brigade. The set depicts humorous firehouse scenes from 1884 to 1899, featuring Niagra the water wagon and the brigade in comic emergencies. Turner recalls first seeing the prints in Westphalia, and his fascination grew into a personal passion for displaying them in his library.
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Darktown Fire Brigade
Carrier
Ives
Cedar Rapids
Niagra
David Turner
Turner
Mr. Turner
Rehagen
Proprietess
Currier
Mr. Ives
Great West
Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps
Darktown Fire Brigade at Hobby House Exhibition
Mr Turner paints the black frames fire-engine red for Currier and Ives prints. The Darktown Fire Brigade collection will hang at Hobby House for ten days only, offering a brief display of age-defying colors.
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Ing
Turner
Darktown Fire Brigade
Hobby House
Shatt al Arab Trade Artery of Near East
The Shatt al Arab links Iraq and Iran through Basra Abadan and Al Qurna. Dates dominate exports with 114 300 tons in 1933 34 and Iran ships 40 000 tons to Britain in good years. Basra, Abadan, and al Qurna form a busy river port belt supporting caravan trade and oil refining at Abadan.
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Iraq
Shatt-al-Arab
Basra
Iran
Abadan
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Great Britain
Mediterranean
England
India
Bagdad
al Qurna
World Day Of Prayer At First Presbyterian Friday
World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at 2 30 p m in the chapel of First Presbyterian church A special service has been arranged The public is invited The program includes hymn Lord s Prayer solo But the Lord is Mindful of His Own Mendelssohn Ruth Ebling Massey address by the Rev C H Brook of Central Park Presbyterian church The Stranger of Guiles Mrs Esther Krabbenhof devotional period and other readings Note includes stray sentence about windshield wiper blade replacement
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First Presbyterian Church
Mendelssohn
Ruth Ebling Masseyddress
C. H. Brook
Central Park Presbyterian Churcho
Stranger
Guiles
Nortis
Esther Krabbenhof
the Tey
Robert Ling
Ymn
Boondoggling Troubles Recalled By Aluminum Pioneers
Howard W. Blakelee recounts the early misadventures of Charles Martin Hall and Arthur V. Davis as they struggle to perfect and commercialize aluminum extraction. From kitchen stoves to Pittsburgh trials, the tale covers failed weighs, dubious workers, and the quest to prove a century’s prize while shaping a fortune.
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Howard W.blakeslee
Associated Press Sciences
NEW York
Arthur V. Davis
Aluminum Company of America
Charles Martin Hall
Hall
Oberlin
Davis
Amherst
Pittsburgh
Boston
Qoveland
Aluminum
Toy Engine Of 1849 Placed On Display
A tiny self powered walking beam steam engine from 1849 by Cyrus Chambers Jr is shown at Franklin Institute weighing half an ounce and made from two of his mother's spoons. Archeologists uncover flint arrowheads older than 30 000 years.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Cyrus Chambers, Jr
Dr Gage To Speak At Iowa Reunion Picnic In Los Angeles
Dr H M Gage president of Coe college and Mrs Gage will travel to California for the Iowa association winter picnic at Lincoln Park Los Angeles scheduled for February 29. He will relay greetings from Iowa to former residents and attend a Coe alumni reunion that evening. Gov Frank Merriam and Mrs Merriam are honor guests. Over 100000 are expected to attend the picnic with a miniature Iowa map display.
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H. M. Gage
Coe College
Gage
California
Iowa Association
Lincoln Park
Los Angeles
Calif
Iowa
Frank F Merriam
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