Meet Fred Smith Four Places At Once In Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids feature explores four men named Fred Smith living there who share initials to stay distinct in directories and phones. The piece notes how each man keeps to a middle initial and recounts funny mix ups with Santa Claus gifts and family ties among Freds.
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Fred Smith
Beyer Park
Sixteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fred Smiths
Order
Fred
Merchants National Bank
Smith
Fred Conway Smith
Santa Claus
Fred William Smith
Fred George Smith
Fritz
K Avenue NW
Cedar
Vernon Chapter installs officers in O E S
Vernon chapter No. 329 of the Order of the Eastern Star held an installation Friday evening naming Beatrice Wilcox as worthy matron and George Wilson as worthy patron with a full slate of officers listed including Daisy Novak as associate matron and Glenn Rogers as associate patron.
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Mount Vernon
Vernon
Beatrice Wilcox
George Wilson
Daisy Novak
Glenn Rogers
Nanny Hannen
Anna Mueller
Ethel Wilson
Elizabeth Kimball
Lueida Hoodmaker
Hazel Pirkey
Thumbnail History of Lucretia Mott by Dale Harrison
Lucretia Mott, born January 3, 1793, described by phrenologist Coombe as having the finest head he ever saw on a woman. A Quaker preacher, she championed abolition and women’s rights and lived to witness early successes of those causes.
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Lucretia Mott
Coombe
Mrs. Mott
Anniversary of the first successful appendectomy
The note recalls Dr. William W. Grant born in Alabama who performed the first successful appendectomy in Davenport on January 4, 1885. He opened the abdominal cavity and removed the appendix, a procedure said to have been the first of its kind in the United States or Europe, and the patient reportedly lived many years after.
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William W. Grant
Alabama
Davenport
United States
Europe
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Tale Reexamined
The 1608 capture by Chief Powhatan supposedly ended with Pocahontas saving Captain John Smith, a claim historians doubt as unreliable self glow from Smith. Scholars note most data comes from Smith himself and question the veracity of his account.
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John Smith
John Smith John
First telegraph line proves its spark in 1838
On the sixth day of January, 1838, William Baxter, hatless and coatless, announced the completion of the first telegraph instrument at Stephen Vail’s residence. Alfred Vail and Samuel F. B. Morse tested the line connected by three miles of wire and transmitted a message. The text read A patient waiter is no loser, likely the earliest telegraph message, predating What Hath God Wrought.
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William Baxter
Stephen Vail
Mr. Vail
Alfred
Samuel F. B. Morse
Young Vail
Washington elected first President of United States
On January 7 1789 George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States by the Electoral College and inaugurated as the nation’s leader.
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George Washington
United States
Inventor Minister Isaac W Lamb Built Pulpits in Small Towns
Isaac W Lamb born January 8 1840 in Livingston County Michigan invented a knitting machine. His invention spawned several companies that made him a comfortable fortune, yet he kept business from hindering his preaching and favored pulpits in small towns.
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Isaac W. Lamb
Livingston County
Michigan
Paine Born on January 9 in Historic Musical Legacy
The piece notes John Knowles Paine born on January 9, highlighting his contribution to American music and his status as a gentleman who labored nobly in higher fields of harmonics during a period of Swing era reflection.
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America
John Knowles Paine
Doe Killed by Bullet Striking Buck Antlers in Mass
In Brookfield Massachusetts AP report trooper Arthur Desmond fired at a large buck the bullet ricocheted off the antlers and struck a nearby doe killing her. The incident occurred ten feet from the animal and prompted an investigation by state authorities.
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Doe
Buck
Brookfield
Mass
Arthur Desmond
Origin of kissing tied to men's check of wives’ wine taste
The belief holds that kissing began as a way for men to verify whether their wives and daughters had sampled wine, a test of fidelity and propriety in historical contexts.
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Naomi Doebel
Fred L. Smith
George
Louis
Fred Leon Smith
Bandit
Lasswell
Fred C. Smith
Pressman
Fred G. Smith
Fred W. Smith
Gwynne
Stelle Burgess
Charles Kingsley
ITV
Dale Harrison
Associated Press
Penney’s
Urey
Cannon Towels
Stove
Wards Grainbuster Hammer Mill
Montgomery Ward
Second Street
Cedar Rapids, Ia
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