Mate 15 Sea Scout Honored for Quartermaster Rank
C Jackson Von Yeast mate of Sea Scout ship Kaiwanian sponsored by Kiwanis club led by Skipper H M Wies was awarded quartermaster rank at Kiwanis annual dinner dance and bridge of honor. He is a 20 year old Coe college junior and former Eagle Scout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Jackson von Yeast
Kiwanis Club
H. M. Wies
Montrose Hotel
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
R A. von Yeast
Avenue NE
Edward E Haase
Kiwanian
Arthur M. Tschirgi
Chester S Johnson
George Hearn
Joseph Stenner
Walter Denmis
James Bowker
Troop 9
Wies
Robert Kolarik
Erection of a 12 by 20 garage by Olin High School class
The farm shop class led by J. W. Nichols built a 12 by 20 garage on Gilbert Jones property using salvaged lumber from a demolished barn. Cash outlay totaled about $6, including roofing. The group also completed a 20 bushel hog feeder and a large hog crate and is now building a bull pen on the George Slater farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin
Olin High School
J. W. Nichols
Gilbert Jones
George Slater
Cornell Sophomores Name Yearbook Editor
Donald Lawson of Downers Grove Illinois has been chosen editor of the next year's Royal Purple Cornell college yearbook by a sophmore class vote. Lawson succeeds Herbert Kaselow of New York and will select staff before spring closes. He has two years on the Cornellian and contributions to As We Are and the Husk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Donald Lawson
Downers Grove
Royal Purple
Cornell College
Lawson
Herbert Kaselow
New York
Cornellian
As We
Husk
Cornell
Personal Health Service on Soap Antiseptics and Safety
William Brady M D explains soap use as antiseptic, noting plain toilet soap’s efficacy, soap solutions for douches and mouthwash, and differences between soft and hard soaps. The piece discusses infection prevention, dental care, hospital practices, and cautions about soap in medical applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Castile
Soap Remedies and Dandruff Treatments Cited
A 1937 note discusses soap as an antidote for acid burns and as a cleansing aid, advising plain soap for washing and applying medicines separately. It covers soap liniment for sprains, nasal irrigation with menthol soap powder, and a breathing drill used in English schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Pharmacopoeia
B.P
Hickling
British Medical Journal
What Cheer Woman Worked In Fields During Civil War
Mrs. William Elliott, 91, oldest What Cheer resident, born in Louisville and raised in Indianapolis, helped on farms during the Civil War. She married Eliott in Indianapolis. after the conflict they moved west and settled nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta
Kansas
Missouri
Keokuk County
Iowa
Elliott
Robert Rudd
Wilbur Ewing
George Garrett
Dan Grudging
Charles Eliott
John
Kossuth County
Rose Schisler
Lew Miller
Indianapolis
William Elliott
Louisville
Eliott
Bruner Bill Fights for World War I Aviator Honor
The Bruner bill seeks to raise retirement pay for Captain Bruner, a Toledo High School graduate and Iowa State College alum who served in World War I and later suffered spinal injury. The measure, introduced by Sen. Gillette and Rep. Gwynne Bruner, faces opposition from the War Department over policy precedent. Bruner’s wartime service included flight training, aerial work at McCook Field, and time in the Philippines before a crash in fog near Long Island. His wife Effie Hepburn Bruner and son Donald Hepburn Bruner are noted, with the family living in Coral Gables Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Dickinson
Senate
House
John Gwynne
Waterloo
Dickinson
Gwynne
Gillette
Gwynne-Bruner
Don Harter
Ohio
Bruner
War Department
Toledo
Captain Bruner
Monticello
Iowa State College
Ames
Schenectady
N. Y
Ithaca
General Electrical Works
Cornell University
Kelly Field
Camp Dick
Ellington Field
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McCook Field
Effie Hepburn
Glasgow
Scotland
Donald Hepburn Bruner
Philippine Islands
McCookfield
Dayton
Long Island
Grinnell
Rantoulil
David F. Bruner
Tama County
Fremont
Iowa City
Phlox Centennial and Garden Tips From Grinnell
Phlox Drummondii centennial year celebrated with plantings and seed advice. H. S. Coward urges nationwide phlox sowing, describes colors and sizes, and stresses sun exposure and timing for best blooms. Dr. Henry S. Conard contributes gardening guidance from Grinnell College, with notes on germination and delicate seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Iowa
H.S. Coward
Grinnell
Henry S. Conard
Conard
Grinnell College
Late Sowing in Pasture Pond Impacts Teal and Oats
A reflective poem by Jay G. Sigmund contemplates delays in sowing and frost lingering in the pasture. The speaker notes three weeks lost, winter-soft team, ready oats, and scant hay while pondering whether yields will prove the timing of spring.
Cultivating Seedlings and Simple Indoor Frames for Plants
The guide suggests sowing seeds in a buried box or water pail as a protective germination method, with a glass pane or burlap cover acting as a small cold frame. It advises sowing California poppies on sunny house sides for bright foliage and flowers, and reattempting sweet peas with twine supports. Do not fertilize at sowing. fertilize after growth begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Portula
Aphis
Four State Cases On Decorah Docket
Judge H. E. Taylor of Waukon will preside over the May term district court in Winneshiek county which convenes Monday. Four state cases include desertion assault with intent to commit murder and two drunken driving charges plus twenty nine new civil matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
H. E. Taylor
Waukon
Winneshiek County
Damages Sought in City Hall Manhole Incident
In civil calendar many cases include four teen law division and fifteen in equity with five divorces listed. The headline case is Louise MK Burns seeking 15000 for damages after walking into a manhole near city hall, with the city and Ingvoldstad Lumber co. as co defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity
Ruby Topness
Ervin Topness
Stella Anna Reed
Paul Reed
Mary Krivachek
Frank J. Krivachek
Myrtle Aske
Arnold Aske
An Pearl Fox
Lee Foxey
Louise MK. Burns
Ingvoldstad Lumber Company
Ingvoldstad Company
Belle Plaine Man’s Manslaughter Trial Opens Monday
VINTON E E Red Lenninger 52 of Belle Plaine faces manslaughter trial in district court here Monday. Indicted by the April grand jury after a prior failure. Judge B O Tankersley of Marshalltown presides. Lenninger jailed since January for an assault on 76 year old William Hamilton at the Benton county home. Hamilton died five days later. J H Milroy of Vinton defends Lenninger. county attorney Wallace Snyder of Belle Plaine prosecutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
E. E
Red
Lenninger
Belle Plaine
B. O. Tankersley
Marshalltown
William Hamilton
Benton County
Hamilton
J. H. Milroy
Wallace Snyder
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New Ship Charter
Vocational Ags
Olin Boys
William Brady, M. D
Nsa
Alletter
Sean Jers
Deleres
Arare
Dresurg
Kubias Hardware CO
First
Ata Aimy
Phlox Centennial
Flowers and Gardens
J. L. Rhea
Lindley
Jay G. Sigmund
Star Laundry Co
Fourth Avenue SE
DIAL
Tomorrw
Annbeam
Mixmaster
OWA Electric Light and Power Company
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