New Worlds Opened In Writing To Foreign Friends
Hilton Consolidated High School freshmen in Conroy write to peers in Lithuania Belgium England New Zealand Germany Brazil South Africa South Australia and France exchanging photos stamps and greetings. Letters describe schooling languages and daily life with Mild Lithuanian weather and a South African Afrikaans English tension. A photo feature shows Amana pupils printing tiny photographs at home using a metal printer setup.
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Pate Aers
Hilton Consolidated High School
Conroy
Lithuania
Belgium
England
New Zealand
Germany
Brazil
South Africa
South Australia
France
Shirley Temple
Correction on Dorothy Schmidt address in Cedar Rapids
The note corrects a Cedar Rapids hobbyist entry. Dorothy Schmidt collects dogs and her address should read 410 Sixth Avenue SW instead of Sixteenth Avenue as previously published last Saturday.
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Dorothy Schmidt
Cedar Rapids
Sixth “Avenue
Sixteenth “Avenue
This Youth Wins Ribbons With Calves
Jack Gill age 13 near Marion cares for five calves and works on his farm. He earned a blue ribbon at the International Livestock exposition in Chicago and placed well in Iowa fairs. He milks, hayes, builds, tends garden, birds, and fosters hobbies while attending Picayune rural school.
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Jack Gill
Marion
Jack
Central City
Des Moines
Chicago
Iowa
Marion Plainsman
Picayune Rural School
Marion High School
John Gill
Alburnett Road
Rich Stove Ownership in 19th Century Guides
The passage notes that stoves were uncommon enough to merit separate instructions for "rich stove owners" and those cooking at open hearths, a distinction appearing in recipe books as late as 1865.
Little Princess in Technicolor with Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple stars as a top box office favorite in a technicolor adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story The Little Princess. The tale is set in late Victorian England amid the Boer War, as Shirley endures Miss Minchin’s cruel regime after her father’s supposed death and loss of money.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Shirley Temple
Victoria
Shirley
Miss Minchin
Heidi
First Names in Jugoslavia Spark Popular Trend
In Yugoslav regions the name Kitchen Range has become common for children while Philadelphia and Chicago rise in popularity. The unusual naming trend reflects local tastes and cultural exchange shaping newborns across areas.
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Jugoslavia
Philadelphia
Chicago
Future Teachers Good At Boners
Peterboro Ontario group cites exam missteps by schoolboys and aspiring teachers in music instructions. Roy Fenwicke notes humorous responses from normal schools, including claims about vocal range of fifty feet and singing high without ease, with jokes about taking children apart or humming tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterboro
Marion Girl Collects Menus As Her Hobby
Dorothy Ford of Marion 17 collects menus from hotels cafes and ships in the United States and Europe. Her 50 plus menu books come from Cedar Rapids Muscatine Little Rock Hawaii Florida Germany and Europe via friends and relatives. She is a Marion High sophomore who hopes to be a nurse and sings in school choruses. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Irvin Ford.
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Dorothy Ford
Marion
United States
Europe
Dorothy
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Belvedere Hotel
Little Rock
Ark
Belvedere
Florida
Royal Hawaiian
Hawaii
California
Germany
Marion High School
Glee Club
Irvin Ford
Tenth Street
New Dictionary Adds Many Words From American Business
The sixth section of the forthcoming dictionary from the University of Chicago highlights extensive business terms. It traces origins of phrases such as country store department store delicatessen and more to dates from 1795 through 1893 and lists terms like cutrate cutthroat dead broke and demoralize with their first appearances.
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Chicago
INS
University of Chicago
Freneau
Crossroads
Crossroads Store
Harper’s Magazine
Molalla Sets Display of 125 Foot Button Chain
R W Davidson features a 125 foot button chain amassed over thirteen years from Europe and the United States. The collection includes buttons of many shapes, some dating back over a century.
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Molalla
R. W. Davidson
Europe
United States
Lone Eagle Sherwood Anderson Leads Calamus Cub Pack
Sherwood Anderson, 16, pressed on after Calamus Troop disbanded in 1938 and formed a Cub pack. He earned Eagle Scout Feb in Clin ton after joining Dec 15 1935 and rising through ranks from second class to life. He is son of Harold and Mrs. Anderson and a Calamus High School junior who plays basketball and swims.
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Calamus
Sherwood Anderson
Lynn Sampson
Kenneth Drummond
Donald McLatchie
Eddie Nelson
Donald Meier
Bruce Anderson
Jack McLatchie
Sherwood
Clinton
Star
Life
Harold Anderson
Calamus High School
Nutty Recipes Favored by Hollywood Personalities
A newspaper snippet lists nutty candy and dessert recipes tied to Hollywood figures Virginia Weidler Irene Dunne and Jimmy Ellison. It details a candy recipe with sugar corn syrup peanuts vanilla and soda and offers a light sand tart and a chocolate nut cake recipe plus a hamburger with chopped nuts.
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Virginian
Weidler
Virginia
Irene Dunne
Jimmy Ellison
Anne Shirley
Johnny's World at the Fair Captures Kids' Imagination
A Junior Gazette summary describes the New York World's Fair book Children's World Johnny's So Long at the Fair. It highlights features for children including a milk bat pet show Studio theater playground toys a globe travel exhibit and a dog house with many dogs inviting kids to spend all day exploring.
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Junior Gazette Office
Johnny
Little Johnny
Tiny Sue
Egypt
Switzerland
Mexico
England
Gas-Powered Model Plane Replicates Akron Winner
Decorah youths Bob and Tom Lynch built a duplicate gas powered plane of the 1937 Akron contest. The 68 inch wingspan craft weighs three pounds with a one fifth horsepower motor and ten ounce fuel tank. The propeller is duraluminum and it will be tested this spring when weather allows.
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Decorah
Akron
Ohio
Bob
Tom Lynch
Min
A. C. Lynch
Cedar Rapids Pupils Enter Youth Contest
Cedar Rapids art and literary students prepare entries for the American Youth Forum Contest offering 306 cash awards. Last year 231,384 students entered. this year themes focus on democracy and America. First prizes are 1000, with 300 and 100 for second and third, plus 150 other prizes. Instructors share a 100 prize. top winners and instructors receive a week at the New York World's Fair. McKinley High School students ready to compete. entries due by midnight March 31.
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Cedar Rapids
American Youth Forum
American Magazine
United States
America
McKinley High School
Margaret
School Children Learn About Diet From White Rats
In West Bountiful Utah PUPILS draw conclusions about diet from 11 white rats borrowed from Utah State agricultural college. They feed the rats themselves and compare health effects of different foods noting rats died on poor diets while those fed properly thrived.
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Bountiful, Utah
INS
West Bountiful
Utah State Agricultural College
Davis County Planning Board
Monaco stamps lead a colorful mini collection
The miniature principality releases 15 new stamps with varied views from Monaco. Separate Panama plan outlines 16 stamps for 1935 to mark the canal’s 21st anniversary including eight airmail and eight regular issues featuring Gatun lake Gaillard Cut and canal pioneers like Roosevelt Goethals and de Lesseps.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Gatun Lake
Gaillard Cut
General Gorgay
Manuel Amador Guerrero
Belisaris Porras
William Howard Taft
Pedro J. Sosa
Lucien Wyse
E. Reclus
George W. Goethals
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Theodore Roosevelt
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Hilton
Madora Heitshusen
Williamsburg
Ann Nivison
Grey Court
Downview Road
Worthing
Sussex
Ann
Kaunas
Margarita Rotcaite
Helen Maas
Margarita
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette McDonald
Tyrone Power
Molly Berry
Pretoria
Transvaal
Molly
Formai
Jeanne
Merchtem
Lucille Hopp
Marengo
Dale Hadenfelt
South Amana
Yvan Dieleman
Yvan
Pecole de Guermantes
iVillage
Paris
Marie Noe
Emma Marie Hertel
Amana
Marie
Emma Marie
William F. Noe
Theodore E. Hertel
Movieland
Anita Louise
Tirana
Albania
Oslo
Norway
Rome
Italy
Quito
Ecuador
Marion Girl
Lorna Lynn
New York
Central Park
Lorna
Lone Eagle Scout
Narait
Amabal
Loos
Waryon
Ylant
Oquit
Eudreao
Rasip
Carten
Dean Gabbert
Monaco
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