09 Feb 1925
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Newspaper
Cedar Valley Daily Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1925
Page
1
A fragmentary rail timetable lists multiple trains on northbound and southbound routes between Minneapolis Waverly and St Louis lines. Times noted include 9:15 9:30 am and 11:57 pm with several cast hound and no numbers. The legible items show station references and varying times.
City News reports numerous Cedar Rapids visitors and local visits from Miv. 6 to the week’s end, naming Geo. McIroy, W. Petro of Denver, and many area residents. Social events include Pastor’s Aid, Women’s Foreign Missionary society, and a Cedar Rapids College student visit, with several families hosting relatives and friends.
A jumble of social notes from Vinton to Cedar Rapids. People visiting relatives, teachers, clerks, and merchants are named, with mentions of pneumonia recovery, church conference plans, and travels to Anamosa Mechanicsville Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. A vandal fired at a northbound Rock Island train near Vinton, breaking a storm sash. detectives investigate.
Two Iowa inspectors Henry A Stearns of Cedar Rapids and F A Doolittle of Manchester visited Vinton to inspect motor vehicle tax delinquents and remind residents to pay licenses. They warned delinquents face monthly penalties and criminal charges under state law. The article also notes displays of county treasurer certificates and chauffeurs licenses to be enforced, plus local social notes about hospital visits and residents.
Major Ulice prepared to issue a warrant for Lex Hite, a young farmer between Snelisburg and Vinton, charged with reckless driving after a Ford coupe driven by Hite first stalled on railroad tracks near Book Island station and then plunged eight feet from a viaduct. Mrs. Pritten and Mr. Tritgen sustained minor injuries while Hite reportedly escaped unhurt.
The American Legion Auxiliary invites members to a regular meeting at the public library on Tuesday evening February 10 at 7 30. Attendance helps the squad in the contest. The executive board meets at 7 00 prior to the session.
A grammatically quirky quote from Angle Jud Tonkin is cited by the Kansas Star noting that trying to please others makes them feel important, and implies a critique of insincerity in public or social behavior.
Otto Oppelt was transacting business in Waterloo today. Work in rank of Wight tomorrow evening. Ady.
Lloyds announced no new information on the Robert Dollar steamship President Harrison after distress signals from Athens. The vessel was near Crete on Sunday bound for New York from Shanghai. Company officials denied a call for help.
Consular reports from Canton state that Dr Sun Yat Sen's troops are aided against Chen Chuung Ming's forces by an armored train. It comprises a locomotive and two cars manned entirely by red Russians.
Dorothy Dix notes a Burmese belief that the soul leaves the body as a butterfly during sleep. People fear disturbing a sleeper for fear his butterfly cannot find its dwelling once the soul returns to habitation.
If electric fixtures are spotted and discolored a coat of flat brick paint will modernize them into a wrought iron look Popular Science Monthly notes shades can be made from sheet iron and parchment with simple steps for home crafts
The United States has emerged as the world's leading consumer of chromite due to its heavy use by American leather and steel industries, signaling a major share in global chromite demand and domestic production patterns.
Rev. William F. Cronk and evangelist Percy lead daily services in the week long program at 7:30 pm. Percy plans evening talks on The Whitendd Fields and The Conditions of Power with other topics to follow. Public invited to attend.
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