B P Club Met at Mrs Simek Home
Business and Professional Women's club met at Mrs Len Simek’s home on Monday evening January 27 with Mrs Clifton Pringle assisting. President Geneva Wells presided. Fourteen members and ten guests attended. After the business session bridge followed with high score to Helen Miller, second to Jane Denniston, and low to Thelma Christianson. Refreshments were served.
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Business & Professional Women’s Club
Len Simek
Clifton Pringle
Jess
Geneva Wells
Helen Miller
Jane Denniston
Thelma Christianson
Clermont Calendar and Local Notes From Past Period
February Toledo calendar notes list town council and local meetings. Various community items follow including family updates, visits, and sick list notes. An old circus history paragraph recounts Philip Astley and the circus origin. Classifieds include piano sales and a home business ad seeking a man and wife to run a local coffee agency with earnings potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mills
Monmouth
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ford Issues Almanac for 1936 Widely Available
Ford Motor Co publishes a new almanac for 1936 aimed at rural households nationwide. It offers extensive information and is likely distributed through local Ford dealers, though distribution details were not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Farmers' Savings Bank to Hold Annual Meeting in Clermont
Notice that the Farmers' Savings Bank will hold its annual meeting at Johnson Hall in Clermont Iowa on Tuesday February 4 1936 starting at 1 00 pm Attendees urged to attend or send proxies.
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The
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Johnson Hall
Clermont
Iowa
Oriental rug design influenced by world faiths across ages
Buddhist influence began over two millennia ago shaping Indian plains and spreading to China Japan Burma and Tibet where dignity given to all led to rich designs. Later Mohammedanism Confucianism Brahmanism Zoroastrianism and Christianity each left design influence on rugs and many ragas cover dowry wedding hearth hospital ity throne and mosque woven under strict rules.
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India
China
Japan
Burma
Tibet
Dividing Convention Votes In Delegation Practices
The article explains how districts may split delegation votes for political conventions to honor individuals or broaden counsel. It notes common divisions of one third, one half, or one fourth per person, with votes added upon recount to meet the total district entitlement.
Creates Life but No Food in Nature’s Cycle
A passage notes that opossums birth 18 young but only 12 survive to wean, as described by Elwell and Finlay in Collier’s Weekly. The survival depends on securing a nipple for six weeks, while the remaining six perish from starvation.
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Elwell and
Finlay
Kalamazoo
Michim Collier
Naming Galesburg Ill Beth Galesburg 1
Galesburg Illinois sits as the seat of Knox College founded by a colonization society led by the Rev George Washington Gale a Presbyterian minister from Whitestown New York. The aim was to promote Christian education and counteract pro slavery influence in Illinois.
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Galesburg
Ill
Beth Galesburg
Knox College
George Washington Gale
Whitestown
N. Y
Illinois
Feed to Produce Good Steer in Market Form
A steer placed in feed lots consumes 30 Dhushela of corn 1000 pounds of hay and 300 pounds of meal or cottonseed cake before market. A prime beef yield is about 60 percent of live weight.
Geysers Name Etymology From Icelandic Word Signifies Violence
The term geysers derives from an Icelandic word meaning to burn forth with violence, tracing the origin of the geological feature's name to its eruptive character.
J A Murphy longtime Stutsman County judge dies at 61
J A Murphy county judge of Stutsman county North Dakota and former deputy state insurance commissioner died Monday January 13 at his Jamestown home after kidney illness. He served as postmaster county clerk and treasurer earlier and practiced law and real estate in Jamestown. Survived by daughter Louise and son Jerome with siblings and a stepdaughter Eva Jones. Requiem mass held January 16 at St James Catholic church. Interment Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Murphy
Stutsman County
North Dakota
Park Board
State Insurance
Third Ave
Jamestown
N. D
Minnie B. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Clermont
Town
Michael
Margaret Houlihan Murphy
Bayliss Commercial College
Dubuque
Fargo
Foster County
Carrington
Cleveland
Minnie B. Jones
Sturgis
Third Ave. South
Murphy
Louise Murphy
Jerome Murphy
Dennis Murphy
St. Paul
Calvary Cemetery
Aztec Capital and Civilizations in Ancient Mexico
In Mexico City, the former Aztec capital lay on flower fringed islands in a lofty lake. Cortez met Montezuma in 1519 as a proud ruler within a culture isolated from the world. The Aztecs had schools temples religion and civilization, with other great civilizations behind them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
D. F
Cortez
Montezuma
Starfish Grow New Starfish From Arm Fragments
Starfish can regrow lost parts and in some species a severed arm can regenerate into a new starfish. The process shows remarkable regenerative biology as both the original creature and the detached arm form new bodies.
William the Conqueror and Viking Origins
The text notes William the Conqueror’s Viking heritage and cites Rolf the Ganger, a Norwegian-origin chieftain, as an ancestor who was displaced as Harald Hairfair pursued national unification.
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William the Conqueror
Rolf the Ganger
Normandy
Norway
Harold Hairfall
Flowers Bloom in Odd Quantities in Japan Trade
In Japan flowers are sold only in odd counts such as three five seven nine or more. Each bouquet is described as having a bud a full blossom and a third intermediate blossom, never an even number.
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Japan
We Like Our Sausage Country Per Capita Eating Leader
The article notes per capita sausage consumption is highest in this country with an average of 11 pounds per person annually. It estimates total annual sausage consumption at about 7.4 billion pounds.
Clermont Luth Church East and West Services and Meetings
East Church will hold English Sunday divine services and Luther League at 7:80 o’clock. Mission Society meets Thursday February 6 hosted by Mrs. Martin Amundson Mrs. Henry Helgerson Mrs. Anston Helgerson and Mrs. Emma Gunderson. West Church in town holds a 2 o’clock service. Priscilla Working Band meets Wednesday February 6 hosted by Mrs. Cornel Anfinson Mrs. Peter Lofte Mrs. Arnold Stumme and Esther Paulson. All friends and visitors are welcome. G Gunsten, Pastor.
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Arnold Stumme
Esther Paulson
Columbus Birthplace and Ancestry Claims
Detroit News reports on disputed claims about Christopher Columbus lineage. It notes his father Do menico Colombo a woolcomber and weaver and his mother Su gannah Ventanarossa both Italian Roman Catholics. Some investigators allege Jewish ancestry and Spanish exile, while others dispute birthplace and origins.
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Columbus Christopher Columbus
Domenico Colombo
Sugannah Ventanarossa
Spain
Genoa
Columbus
Portugal
Kholumbian
Armenia
Detroit News
Naming Sandwich Islands Explorer Captain Cook’s Legacy
Captain James Cook, famed British navigator who charted the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, is among history’s greatest marine explorers. He was killed on Hawaii, a year after discovery, and his voyage preceded Hawaii’s path to statehood. Cook named the islands the Sandwich Islands after Earl of Sandwich. He sailed aboard the Discovery with William Bligh, who would later command the Bounty.
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Sandwich Islands
James Cook
Hawaii
United States Union
Earl of Sandwich
Discovery
Wiliam Bligh
H. M. S. Bounty
Tuhiti
Peaks of South America and Its Volcanoes
South America contains 288 summits above 10,000 feet with 42 above 20,000 and 18 above 22,000. Sixty-eight are extinct and five are active volcanoes. Eleven peaks remain untouched by living beings, possibly only the giant condor may have flown there. Coto pax, the softiest of the active volcanoes, has never been climbed.
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South America
Cotopax
The Bury Retina and its Long Service to the Body
A Hygeia Health Magazine excerpt explains the retina with its hundreds of nerve strands carries sight to the brain and serves many years, enduring life’s misbehavior and occasional organ malfunctions throughout the body.
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Bury Retina
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
American Legion Auxiliary Radio Schedule
The Auxiliary reports a series of radio broadcasts with dates and stations. January 31 at WOI Ames 4 to 4 30 p m travelogue. February 3 at KRNT Des Moines 9 15 to 9 30 p m second act of play For Gods and Country by Dallas Center high school students. February 4 at WHO Des Moines 10 45 to 11 p m junior amateur artists program.
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American Legion Auxiliary
WOI
Ames
KRNT
Des Moines
Gods and Country
Dallas Center High School
WHO
Hyde Park London Site of Historic Royal Park
Hyde Park, nearly 900 acres, once Abbey of Westminster property, became crown land then public property. Noted for free speech and open debates, frequent orations. The bridle path long favored by British royalty, with promenades drives and shady walks. Marble Arch and the Achilles statue cast from Waterloo trophies honor the Duke of Wellington reside there.
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Hyde Park
London
Abbey of Westminster
Achilles
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Be elusors: Bees and Spiders Compared in Web World
Bees are insects while spiders are not, since insects have six legs and spiders have eight. In spider society the male is smaller and weaker, and females are ferocious enough to eat any male that fails to please them.
Big Butter and Egg Man term defined for stage use
The phrase big butter and egg man describes a wealthy small town man who visits a big city and spends freely. It is a term familiar to chorus girls and reflects showroom era slang.
Clermont Union Church Service and Local Notices
Worship service at 7 30 p m Mrs Hazel Johnson mourns loss of her baby born at West Union hospital Sunday morning and died Monday burial Tuesday afternoon Salesmen wanted Rawleigh route serving 800 families in west Blackhawk and Wisneshick counties. Reliable hustler to earn 25 weekly and rise. Write Rawleigh Department 1AA 109 5 Freeport Illinois A birthday gathering for Mrs Cornelius Olson included Mr and Mrs Hans J Larson Mrs Irene Ostlic and family J A Erickson Mr and Mrs W B Miller and family Nels Kioster An oyster supper for a wedding anniversary at Will Schweine rus home hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Jones Opal and Blaine Ossian J O Hegland Admiral Sask Ganids Mr and Mrs Melvin Stee and Harlan Mr and Mrs Merle Stee Zona and Elvin Mr and Mrs Clifford Stee Ardith and Greta Cas Italia Hazel Tatro All report a enjoyable evening.
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Hazel Johnson
West Union Hospital
Rawleigh
West Blackhawk
Wisneshick
Freeport
Illinois
Cornelius Olson
Will Schweinerus
Frank Jones
Opal
Blaine
Ossian
J. O. Hegland
Admiral
Sask
Ganids
Melvin Stee
Harlan
Merle Stee
Zona
Elvin
Clifford Stee
Ardith
Greta
Cas- Italia
Hazel Tatro
Reed Nesting Birds Face Nesting Enemies in Alps Area
Birds nesting among tall reetls near snake margins suffer from many enemies, mostly their own kind. The water hen acts as a major egg thief, roaming to find unguarded nests. The Alps region spans about 15,7387 square miles.
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Area of the Alps
Land of the Alps
Baswood From Linden Tree Source Overview
Baswood, derived from the American Linden tree, reflects notes of oak and ash in historic timber usage. The term appears in regional horticultural records as a wood sample descriptor linked to Linden species.
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O. E
Priscilla
Royal Neighbors of America
Philip Astley
Lois Erickson
J. A. Erickson
Florence Schissel
Cedar Rapids
Schupnitz
T. F. Shipton
Alta Vista
Louie Olson
Elgin
J. D. Hegland
Canada
Will Schhweinerus
Eva and
Ruth Sasders
Louis Olson
Frank Shipton
Luella Miller
Shellsburg
John Ferring
Decorah
Leo O'Connell
Frances Halverson
Mrs
Albert Halverson
Baldwin Piano Factory
Farmers Savings Bank
J. F. Miller
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation
Clermont Luth. Church
Gunsten
MNE
Anes Neo Petrer
Dwig
Detova
Manut
Tev
American Legion Auxiliary News
Clermont Union Church
Presbyterian Church
J. J. Snyder
Wm. Nelson
Santa Clara
Schup’s Cash Grocery
Cash
Owa
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