Edmund Booth Deaf Pioneer chronicled in new book
A forthcoming book by Harry G. Lang titled Edmund Booth, Deaf Pioneer recounts the Anamosa man born in 1810 who lost hearing and sight in one eye, journeyed to California in 1849, and returned with wealth. The tale compares a diary rich life with an earlier 1953 family biography.
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Edmund Booth 49er editor and Anamosa paper founder
Edmund Booth returned to Anamosa Iowa in 1854 with gold wealth from California. He edited the Anamosa Eureka starting 1856, later bought it, with son Thomas joining and taking over in 1895. His other son Frank taught the deaf. Edmund died at 94 after his wife’s 1898 death.
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Downey Labor Day fund raiser for House 79 candidate
Sally Pederson will speak at Secrest Barn near Downey for Mike Owen of West Branch a House 79 Democratic candidate from 3 30 to 6 30 p m The event is public with several Democratic officials invited Hot dogs and apple pie donated suggested donations 25 per family 10 per person Culver Campaigning at a Cedar Rapids Labor Day picnic AFSCME endorses Rod Sullivan for Johnson County Board of Supervisors Local AFSCME Council 61 represents over 30 000 workers including 6 000 in Johnson County
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Ms. President PAC backs Senate hopeful Art Small
Ms. President PAC endorses Art Small of Iowa City for the U.S. Senate as part of its backing for the Kerry-Edwards ticket and broader Democratic majorities in Congress.
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University of Iowa virtual soldier program adds VICON motion capture
The University of Iowa College of Engineering Virtual Soldier Research program partners with VICON to create more realistic digital humans for simulations. The alliance includes VICON cameras and software to drive Santos the intelligent virtual human in real time and test new tracking tech. The project is funded by a 2.5 million dollar Army contract and aims to reduce real-world prototyping costs.
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