Express Company Caretaker For Animals In Transit
Eliza Hickok profiles Cedar Rapids based express company workers who handle a wide range of cargo from bees and goldfish to snakes and horses. The piece highlights unusual shipments, like a 22-foot python named Ular from Indo China, and notes ongoing work transporting animals, perishable foods, and even racing cars, with local supervisor Irwin Noblett sharing anecdotes about daily shipments and care routines.
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Eliza Hickok
Texas
Cedar ‘Rapids
Lucky Snake
Iowa
Ular
Express Company
Harry Paar
Don Cook
Express
Brownsville
William
Irwin Noblett
Cedar Rapids
Blue Boy
Mr. Noblett
New Dances Reflect Politics At Dance Congress
From Maine to Catalina dancers react to politics with four new dances. The Inaugural Glide and Merry-Go-Round mirror the times, while the Olympic hop challenges even seasoned dancers. The Inaugural glide features a diplomatic incline and Yale position. the Merry-Go-Round is a fast fox trot sequence. Olympic Hop is collegiate and brisk.
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Maine
Catalina
Hoover
California
United States
Boston
Edna K. Dieman
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Marie Vea
West Coast
Rudolph Valentino
Sokols Mark Founder Dr Miroslav Tyrs Birthday
Cedar Rapids Sokol society to celebrate the founder’s birth with a Oct 9 event at the Cc S P S hall Jarka Kosar of Chicago secretary of the American Union of Sohols will be principal speaker Music includes a calisthenic number The Porter family of 1910 C Street SW traveled to Portland Oregon for six weeks visit Other civic notes mention South Side Commercial club social Cedar Rapids No 262 Z C B J to meet next Wednesday at 7 0 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids Sokol Society
Miroslav Tyrs
Sokol
Jarka Kosar
Chicago
American Union of Sohols
Sheriff Roles Blending Law and Business in Modern Counties
The sheriff’s office functions as both enforcer and administrator, handling writs, attachments, levies, and service of process, while maintaining jail operations, fingerprint records, and driver license issuance. It oversees jury care, court bailiffs, and the conveyance of prisoners, with duties expanding into highway clearing and traffic aid following accidents.
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Sheriff
Linn County
Iowa
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
Fossil Starfish Find Reported in Inyo Mountains
Dr. John H. Bradley Jr of USC unearthed two fossilized starfish specimens dating to at least 200 million years old from an Ordovician formation in the Inyo mountains California.
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John H. Bradley, Jr
University of Southern California
Inyo Mountains
California
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