No Action Taken On School Bonds by Board
The board of education held Monday night without resolving the issuance of the $100,000 Wilson junior high refunding issue. A third session was set for Thursday. delay occurred as bond attorneys Chapman and Cutler failed to arrive. Alterations to cafeterias at MecKinles and Roosevelt junior high were approved to improve lighting. changes include telephone conduits and emergency lighting in four junior high additions.
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Board of Education
Wilson
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
MecKinles
Roosevelt Tupter
Sa Arthur Creamer
Teamer 9
Wils
10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette July 24 1924
A round up of brief notes from across the nation including Republican leaders at the White House discussing the pending presidential race. Local items mention remodeling plans for a former funeral home, social bridge at the Fisher home, and travel notes of Miss Olga Sutherland and Miss Iaa Jeffrey. Theodore Roosevelt nomination notification arrangements are reported for Sagamore Hill, with other short notices from New York and Belle Plaine.
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Washington
Univ
Middle West
President Coolidge
White House
Robert Sinclair
Second Avenue SE
John B Turner and Son
Jean
Josephine Fisher
Bridge
Oyster Bay L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
M C Safely
Miss Lulu
Burlington
St Louis
Ady Roy Meade
Self Portrait Puzzle Prompts Portrait Painter Identity
A garbled quiz page presents clues for a self portrait horizontal puzzle. It lists numbered hints about art terms, artists, and related items while asking for the painter of the pictured self portrait. The text includes crosswords style questions and scattered phrases across multiple columns.
Menu For Luncheon And Dessert Cast In Old Recipe
A menu lists items for luncheon and late supper including Creamed Chicken And Mushrooms with biscuit cases and a Biscuit Cases recipe. Also included is a Grape Gelatin Salad with lemon flavored gelatin, grapes, pineapple and almonds.
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Obituaries and Events
North English Mrs Eliza Butler dies after lingering illness at Sac City home. Funeral in North English. she served as North English postmaster and was a charter member of local clubs. Urbana American Legion auxillary picnic at Linger Longer park with 69 attendees. La Porte City girls kitten ball team organized. Epworth League institute at Clear Lake attended by Olin and Hale groups. Wellman Harold Oldfield injured in Rexville Ky car crash. Solon wedding of Marguerite Votroubek and Josef Abrahamson reported. Maquoketa gardens aid program notes 222 subsistence plots. Strawberry Point funeral for Mrs L. G. Lathrop.
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Eliza Butler
Laura Amick
Sac City
Vermont
James D., Butler
Frederick
William
Owen
Mr Butler
Butler
James D
Marengo
Frank
Williamsburg
Laura Aniick
Helen Overholt
Royal and
Mary
Colfax
Eastern Star
Methodist Episcopal Church
North English
Wilson
Urbana
American Legion
Linger Longer Park
Lynn Nickodemus
Olin
Hale
Anamosa
Wyoming
Epworth League Institute
Clear Lake
Earl Hodgkin
Hilma Jones
Jacqueline Kinler
Leona Dean
Winona Wooder
Ethel
Marie Phillipps
Grace
Hazel Wood
Lois Rohwedder
Leonard Sweet
LeRoy Bier
Maurine Hodgkin
Mrs
Clifford Jones
Cook
Wellman
Harold Oldfield
Rexville
Here
Bud Nickell
Oldfield
Solon
Marguerite Votroubek
Della Votroubek
Main Street
Strawberry Point
L. G Lathrop
Congregational Church
J E D Wells
Manchester
C FE Lang
J Stamp
H Campbell
Campbell Alex Porter
N .A. Simmons
Jennie Taylor
David Taylor
Center Point
Red Cross Life Saving Expert To Visit Cedar Rapids Area
A A Murphy of St Louis, representative of the Red Cross life saving service, will visit Cedar Rapids Wednesday and Thursday to review life saving examiners and enroll new ones. He will be at the American Legion pool in Marion Wednesday at 9 a.m and at the Country Club pool in Cedar Rapids Thursday at 9 a.m. Examiners are expert swimmers who have passed Red Cross tests and will promote water safety nationwide. Four Manchester candidates and fifteen from Cedar Rapids are expected to take examinations.
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A A Murphy
St Louis
Life Saving Service
National Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Marion
Country Club
Red Cross
Manchester
Alvina Thede obituary notes Tipton burial and family ties
Funeral services for Mrs Alvina Thede nee Arp were held at the Tipton Presbyterian church with burial in Masonic cemetery. Born September 20 1861 in Scott county she married C W Thede in 1881 nine children were born two died in 1918 Survivors include daughters Mrs Ella Hebteln Davenport Mrs Lulu Krumroy Mechanicsville Mrs Daisy Morden Tipton Charles Nanson Harry Davenport John Martelle Joe Tipton and two brothers Herman and Adolph Arp Davenport and sister Mrs Oberleitner Bellevue Also mention of a German invention alarm clock lighting when the bell rings.
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Strawberry Point
Lloyd G. Lathrop
Greeley
Colo
H. N Poston
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Thede
Scott County
C. W. Thede
Ella Hebteln
Davenport
Lulu Krumroy
Mechanicsville
Lets Explore Your Mind and Intelligence Test Concepts
A 1934 piece discusses science versus morality, gender generalities, and intelligence testing. It references a Serenade article and quotes farm wisdom, notes varying food habits and fatigue, and cites M. E. Broom's School and Society study finding only a slight link between brain capacity and average test scores while warning against predicting individual intelligence.
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M. E. Broom
State Teachers College
San Diego
Calif
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Berlin
Austria
Olga Sutherland
Iaa Jeffrey
Verne Jeffrey
Clinton
St. Paul
Twsmall Wold
Convent Notarr
DRIAI
Moen Gaddess
Galve
Mere Modern
Belgium Iv Company
Holy Land
North Carolina
Louisa
Teirazzini
Allaandle Ulorge
Iowa News
LA Porte City
Clarence Barnhardt
Barnhardt
Helen James
Ruth Speck
Anna Lamies
May Parks
Ida Bard
Lydia McBride
Ivan Anton
Dwight James
Epworth League
Conoco
Essed
Motor Oil
N.B.C
Harry Richman
Jack Denny
Joan B. Kenneedy
Continental Oil Company
Boeing
Cleveland
New York
Owa City
Denver
Los Angeles
San Pranca
Seattle
Aloft
Ina Claire
Current Digest
Serenade
Billy
Wilsam
Albert E. Sage AR
Craemer
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