14 Mar 1922
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Newspaper
Cedar Valley Daily Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1922
Page
1
Cedar Rapids and nearby towns figure large as residents travel for funerals, visits, and business. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Dorlan of Minneapolis visiting Vinton, Mrs. Mow and Mrs. Barkey in town, and several Cedar Rapids guests and day trips. Hospitality, funerals, and social events dominate the scene with numerous mentions of relatives and neighbors from both Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities.
A former nurse recounts how her improvised house dress and quick thinking deterred a rough stranger who entered through the kitchen. She warned him with a firm line about hiring a senior fever patient, causing him to retreat through the back door.
Excerpts reflect Beebe on perception and wonder amid shifting political geography, paired with medical reports. Dr. F Neufeld reviews strategies to immunize against tuberculosis, concluding no vaccination method applies to man and that infection offers the sole immunity, with corroboration from von Wasserian clues.
Astronomers note the moon is steadily approaching Earth at about fourteen feet per year. Despite extensive study, no explanation exists for this secular drift and it remains a perplexing celestial occurence.
Sugar plums and sugar almonds stand among the oldest sweets, with burnt almonds also noted in early confectionery. The passage traces traditional confections as enduring holiday treats and culinary curiosities.
A Galveston News report notes that an ideal can have feet and arches that fail, using a vivid metaphor to discuss the fragility of perfection and the limits of human or abstract achievement in a concise civic tone.
All Masons are requested to be at the hall Thursday afternoon at 15 to attend the funeral of Asa B. Dowell H. E. Wells W. M.
Extra meals may be served at Mrs Britt's to those phoning her in advance 657 3 Over Farmers Mercantile Co.
Four year old reveals to his uncle he has begun school life. The boy deflects comments on being youngest with a boast about a bigger gentler traveler on the road. An advertisement promotes eggs for hatching Barred Plymouth Rocks from I Smith in Keystone Iowa with prices per setting and yard eggs. Also a rental notice offers light housekeeping rooms close in at 534.
Mrs Gerald Palmer and Mrs Andrew Mowbray from the countryside near Garrison spent today in Waterloo. Mrs Roy, Stuf and daughter Virginia of Bruce township visited Town City. Mrs Stout will receive treatments at University hospital and her daughter will have tonsils and adenoids removed. Saturday evening Floyd Dake brought home from Cedar Rapids hospital after several weeks there following a serious operation.
A contract for 14 miles of paving on the Grant Highway from Jesup to Winthrop was awarded to Western Asphalt Co. of Sioux City. The $432,000 project will start May 1 and finish November 1, with concrete paving 18 feet wide and eighteen inches deep, reinforced with steel.
A program and box social will be held at Eden No 1 school house on Friday evening March 17 1942. Bertha L. Fry is the teacher. A H Oppelt 610 8th Ave phone 553 J. Buy tires at factory prices direct from Amana Society High Iowa. Classified Ads work like little bees.
Henry Ralston was called to Kansas City Wednesday due to the serious illness of his little son. Mrs. Ralston and the baby are staying with her mother, Mrs. Barah Gee. The baby has improved and the Ralston family plans to return today or tomorrow.
County Treasurer L. O. McMillan reminds that taxes for 1921 are due. a penalty attaches April 4, 1922. The notice urges timely payment to avoid additional charges.
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