Smiles and Quips Across Towns and Times
A jumble of quirky exchanges opens with light banter on names and promises, then shifts to a Sunday church piano mishap where Elizabeth Carlson cuts her fingertip but continues. It recalls a fatal cottage fire near Millerdale, a heroic death claim, a buried heirloom jar in Neon, and a sexton’s 17 years tending St John’s cemetery in Tripoli with 149 graves dug and 18 assisted.
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Elizabeth Carlson
Lanyon
Miss Carlson
C. F. Wendi
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Tripoli
Round the World with Mrs Hughes India leg begins
On a long voyage eight days at sea the party stops at Aden and sails toward Bombay. The journal describes Aden as a British colony with 47000 Arabs Somalis Latvians and Jews, notes Solomon wells and saltwater wells, and recounts local customs, water water sources, and shipboard life including a Hindustani traveler and a missionary couple. The India segment covers entry into Bombay Calcutta travel by Allabad Mail Train, Calcutta markets, and vivid observations of Indian life.
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Aden
Lot
Cain
Sheba
Red Sea
Lucknow
Europe
Hindustan
Arabian Sea
Bombay
Calcutta
India
Baroda
Customs Office
Bedlam
Miss Newton
Miss Schroeder
American Express Co
Mildred Drescher
Clara Kleiner
Allabad
American Express
Egypt
United States
Taxes Hidden in Rent Skews Auto Sales Outlook
A historical note argues that in the United States more than 1,600,000 new automobiles could be sold annually if the taxes hidden in rent were acknowledged. The claim links rental costs to potential car demand and tax policy implications.
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United States
Remembering Ernest Bauder and local happenings in Ames
Ernest Bauder a mechanical engineering student from Ames visited the high school Wednesday forenoon. A C R I P crew works north of town preparing a new bridge over the Turkey River near the water tank. Mrs Ward Garner visits Cedar Rapids after a guest stay at Rudy Moser’s. Mr and Mrs C Dummermuth mourn their three month old Helen. Mrs Harry Hadsel recovering from surgery in New Haven Conn. George Miller family welcome a baby girl. Robi Wilson Jr and spouse welcome a girl. Local youths travel to Cedar Rapids to see The Merry Widow. Frane DeSart and Ern Schori do jury duty. Tim Thoman injured and stays home. Ice harvest postponed. thaw carried ice south. Dance at the opera house poorly attended due to weather. Bill’s Orchestra provided music. Elgin homes should be painted for better appearances. T Capper rushed to Chester due to Ed Capper’s blood poisoning from nail injury.
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Ernest Bauder
Ames
Turkey River
Ward Garner
Michigan City
Indiana
Rudy Moser
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Abbey
Lewis Stoehr
C. Dummermuth
Helen
Harry Hadsel
New Haven
George Miller
Robi. Wilson, Jr
Frane DeSart
Ern Schori
West Union
Tim Thoman
Turkey
Opera House
Bill
Elgin
T. J. Capper
Chester
Ed Capper
Makeup of Solar System and Related Facts
The article surveys the solar system as an assemblage of asteroids comets meteoric material and planets with their satellites forming a family of objects linked to the sun and separated from other stars. It notes Bryan nicknamed Grape Juice Secretary for refusing intoxicants, discusses food habits of raccoons, Adirondack lake elevations, birds chewing behavior, and the name David as most frequent in scriptures after divine names.
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Solar System
Notice of Hearing on Final Report of Trustee
In Fayette County Iowa the district court schedules a hearing on the Final Report of W W Davidson as Trustee for the estate of John D Shaffer Deceased. Heirs named include W Shaffer John M Shaf fer Israel F Shaffer Mabel M Gilson Myrtle ODell Ethel Bowers and Hazel Whitford. The hearing at the West Union Court House is set for 10:00 A M January 26 1939 to approve or object to the report.
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District Court of
Iowa
Fayette County
John D. Shaffer
W. Shaffer
John M. Shaffer
Israel F. Shaffer
Mabel M. Gilson
Myrtle O'Dell
Ethel Bowers
Hazel Whitford
W. W. Davidson
West Union
The Street Called Straight in Damascus
In Damascus the street called Straight runs about half a mile where the house of Judas stood, the site where Christian light dawned on Saul before he became Paul. A mosque now covers the site.
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Damascus
Judas
Saul
St. Paul
How Do You Do Origin Traced to 1563 by Dictionary
The article notes that the salutation "How do you do" has unclear origins with an earlier form "How do you" dating back to 1563 as traced by Murray's dictionary. It discusses linguistic history and attribution to older expressions.
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Murray
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The
Elgin Echo
R. P. Strauch
Margaret J. Strauch
Elags
St. Peter
James P. Burkhelder
Zelda
Millerdale
la Porte City
Waterloo
Newsome
Neon
Round the World
Mrs. Hughes
Mooltan
Indian Ocean
Asia
Himalayas
China
Tibet
Turkestan
Ganges River
America
E. L. Whiting
Nebraska
Calcutta Girls’ High School
Miss Whiting
Miss Field
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Adirondacks
David
Cash Store
Feller & Baumgartner
Sunkist
Elgin State Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Dubuque
Rochester, Minn
Davenport
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Ill
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