Local notices from Oelwein and area community life
Mrs. Glen Minger underwent surgery at Mercy hospital in Oelwein and returned home later the same week. Various local residents were guests, visits occurred, and funerals held for Mary Allen. Community groups met, with the mothers study club and Delt-a-Deck card club hosting events and special celebrations.
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Glen Minger
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein -Wednes Gay
Richardson
Cascade
S. V. Carnock
Leonard Hummell
Epworth
Mary Allen
Ern Welch
Ellen
Ruth Normington
Oelwein
Harold Hermen
Blanche Aeschliman
Libby Oldfather
Arizona
Orville Oldfather
Alice Corkery
Delwein
Loretta Mattocks
Hartley
Alden Gell
Doris Bemis
West Union
Carnock
Mayme Molumby
Don Henry
HH. Whitcher
F. H. Felder
Frank Welch
Homemade Toys for The Toddler
Parents can craft simple toddler toys at home from common materials. Ideas include pull toys from boxes or cans, wooden blocks, a dry goods box storage, and a handmade pull or push train and wagon. Simple, low cost items spark creative play and keep young children busy.
Notice of Final Trustee Report in Fayette County Iowa
State of Iowa Fayette County notice informs all heirs and interested parties that Samuel Mosby as trustee for Emma Reinhart now deceased has filed a final account and requests authorization to pay last sickness and burial expenses, erect grave markers, fund perpetual care, and distribute balance to five children. A hearing is set at the Fayette County Court House West Union at 10:00 AM on April 15, 1988. Objections must be filed by that time. Y B Antes, Attorney for Trustee.
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Emma Reinhart
Court House
West Union
Fayette County
Laws
Y. B. Antes
Detour on No. 18 to Resume Paving Contract
The detour between Fredericksburg and Hawkeye is reestablished as Union Construction Co resumes paving No. 18. More than three miles were paved last fall. work will continue to Fredericksburg and extend to the Fayette-Chickasaw line connecting with pavement north of Hawkeye. Materials base at Hawkeye. grading remains for spring progress.
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Fredericksburg
Hawkeye
Union Construction Co
Des Moines
Fayette-Chickasaw
Fayette County
Sumner Gazette
Orinoco River Fed by Hundreds of Tributaries
The Orinoco in South America spans 2006 miles of main course and is joined by 496 tributaries and over 2000 smaller waterways, highlighting its vast watershed and complexity.
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Orinoco
Pedestrian traffic safety urges adherence to rules
The text notes pedestrians caused nearly half of auto injury and death in 1937. It urges walking on the left facing traffic, using semaphore lights, avoiding jaywalking, and walking on rural roads with caution. Schools and clubs should stress obeying traffic rules to reduce fatalities. Stop Look Listen promotes safer behavior.
Editor Hopes One Liar Will Be Left When He Takes Off
A veteran editor reflects on writing obituaries with humor and honesty, admitting to praising merits while concealing flaws in many cases. He notes the tightrope of truth and fiction in memorials and wishes someone to lie for him after life ends, in a piece from On the Air in the Independence Conservative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styx
A Reflective Riff on Politeness and Humor
A wry critique of social manners and movie going culture. The speaker mocks overworked laughter at the polite, elevating crude humor over wit and the urge to overreact to a film hero. The cadence links proverbs about prudence to everyday vanity.
Elgin Iowa Town Clerk Reports 1937 38 Finances
Town Clerk C F Marrington files the annual financial report for the Incorporated Town of Elgin Iowa covering April 1 1937 to March 31 1938. Receipts total 13179 97 with sources including county transfer water rents licenses fines and sale of assets. Expenditures list salaries printing elections hall water works street work and bonds. Balance on hand April 1 1938 4080 52.
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Elgin
Iowa
Wadena
C.F. Marrington
Weather Prediction Amid Vernal Equinox Report
The Sa bula Gazette notes a forecast based on Sunday to Tuesday readings that April and May will be dry with above average temperatures. June is expected cooler with average rainfall. The report ties sun crossing the vernal line to day length changes and seasonal trends.
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Sabula Gazette
Bog Walk Jamaica Name Origin
Bog Walk in Jamaica is a gorge of the Rio Cobre near Spanish Town. The name survives from Spanish rule, with Boca de Agua later corrupted to Bog Walk during British control.
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Jamaica
Rio Cobre
Boca de Agua
Mouth of
Mad Anthony Wayne as Washington's Second Choice for Ohio Campaign
Report notes that Mad Anthony Wayne was George Washington's second choice to lead American troops against Native forces in Ohio after Gen Arthur St Clair's defeat. The president's first choice, Light-Horse Harry Lee, might have been appointed if not for lower military rank than Wayne.
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Anthony Wayne
Plague Evidence Found in Bricks at Mission Ruins
Adobe bricks from ruins of a Dominican mission in Lower California preserve evidence of a smallpox epidemic that ravaged the Indian population in 1781.
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Lower
California
Sequoyah Honored Across Nation and Landmarks
Sequoyah, born about 1770 and died 1842, is celebrated as the creator of the Cherokee alphabet. A bust stands in the Capitol, Collier's Weekly notes giant Sequoia trees in Sequoia National Park bear his name, and Sequoyah County Oklahoma preserves his cabin within a stone walled building.
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Sequoyah
Capitol
Washington
Collier's Weekly
Sequoia National Park
Sequoyah County
Oklstoma
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