Presbyterian Ladies Aid entertains at Roy Leonhart home
The ladies' club of the Presbyterian church met at Mrs. Roy Leonhart's home with assistance from Mrs. Margaret Bigler and Mrs. Mart Frey. Rev. Russell Nelson led a missionary program after the business meeting. Numerous local families and visitors were noted in attendance and various social activities were described.
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Ladies’ Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Roy Leonhart
Margaret Bigler
Mart Frey
Russell Nelson
Mary Sniffin
Mary Fennell
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Elmer Dye
Vida
Mont
Frank Everett
Richard Phelps
Shirley Phelps
Michael Markwick
Edgewood
W.R. Phelps
John
George Wood
Edwin Loving
Minneapolis
Minn
Will Frey
Warren
Hans Baumgartner
Strawberry Point
Springfield
S. C
Dempster
W. F. Moore
Amelia Faye
Burdenand
Francille
Spooner
Wis
J. S. Moore
Volga
Moore
Robert Heffner
Toledo
Louise Schmidt
Keith Jennings
S. M. Jennings
Stella Whittenbaugh
Liyal Whittenbaugh
Donna
Ilo Mae Johnson
Bud Ashley
la Porte City
A. G. Herrling
Ray Welch
Elkader
Frank Welch
Lyle Welch
Rita
Theresa Ann Felder
Guttenberg
Francis Whittenbaugh
Lincoln adopts permanent traffic lane lines on streets
Permanent traffic markers cover all asphalt streets in Lincoln Nebraska with permanent lane lines crafted from white stone chips.
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Lincoln
Neb
Chinese Reading Taboos and Bath Etiquette
A Chinese columnist claims reading in the bath is taboo because the written language is sacred, created by a saint Chong Chieh in the manner of Confucius. Reading in bed is also improper, though less severe. The piece notes strong cultural rules on where reading is appropriate.
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Chong Chieh
Confucius
Automobile Operation Costs for Rural Iowa Carriers
A survey of 293 Iowa rural mail carriers shows pavement cost 3.34 cents per mile for 15 000 miles annually, gravel 4.19 cents, dirt roads 4.54 cents. The cost rises by 0.50 cents per mile in snow and ice.
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Iowa
Puzzle of the Jungle Ends in Three-Way Skin Split Refusal
A South African farmer, G B Cilliers of Maribashoek, faces a dispute after a leopard kills a goat. A borrowed trap leads to three natives claiming the leopard skin: the goat owner, the trap owner, and the man who set the trap. Cilliers proposes dividing the skin into thirds, but the claimants refuse, fearing loss of value.
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G. B. Cilliers
Maribashoek
South Africa
Solomon
Cilliers
Farm Tories Farm Tories U. 8
A Cornell study of nearly 3,000 farmers finds most belong to one or two organizations, with 20 percent in none and 30 percent in only one. Church leads among single or dual memberships, while "joiners" own larger, more stable farms and show higher schooling. Organization-mindedness rises after age 30. younger men are still establishing themselves and may be overlooked or not invited.
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W. A. Anderson
Department of Rural Social Organization
Cornell University
United States
Church
Grange
Dairymen's League
Farm Bureau
Lodge
Farm Women Improve Family Health Diets Nationwide
U S farm women and 4 H club girls promoted healthier family diets through the home demonstration program. Extension agents reported 70 million quarts canned, 407 thousand families adopting balanced meals, 169 thousand following food-buying recommendations, and hot noon meals in 16,138 schools. Child health clinics were held across hundreds of communities with public health and medical support.
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U.S
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
4-H Club
Rural fire alarm service through telephone networks
Farmers throughout the United States benefit from a unique telephone service that relays fire alarms to local fire departments and neighboring farmers at no charged cost. This volunteer-like effort, supported by operator diligence and farm directories, strengthens rural fire protection and reduces losses without adding income for telephone companies.
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United States
Hair from farm animals valued for cushioning furniture
Farm animal hair has a definite use for human well being. Even a single animal’s hair may be worth a small fraction of four cents, but processing and sales in the United States last year exceeded $2,000,000. The main use is cushioning furniture seats.
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United States
Yale Linguist Traces History of Alphabet
Yale linguist Dr Eva Fiesel presents new evidence from three Etruscan inscriptions in American museums supporting the view that the Latin alphabet derives directly from Greek. The inscriptions reveal an early use of a letter resembling x as sorsh, aligning with six early Etruscan texts from southern Italy and Veli, dated before 600 B C.
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Yale
Eva Fiesel
Yale Linguistics Department
Italy
Rome
Metropolitan Museum of New York
University Museum
Philadelphia
Fiese
Fiesel
Veli
Giglioli
Nogara
Etruria
Gold Mines of Australia and Their Industrial Impact
The piece argues that Australia’s gold mines have driven immigration, exploration, and civilization, noting early reports in 1823 and a 1851 fever. It details regional discoveries, with Victoria producing over two thirds of output, followed by NSW and Queensland, and WA rising after 1897. It mentions alluvial deposits waning and quartz veins growing in importance.
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Australia
New South Wales
Ballarat
Victoria
Cancena
Queensland
Western Australia
Coolgardie
Perth
Tasmania
South Australia
Vicctoria
Starlings Aid Bulgarian Town in Locust Battle
Starks Assist Over 5,000 storks arrived from multiple directions to help Assenovgrad and nearby villages fight swarms of locusts. The insects damaged crops, and two garrisons along with residents killed ten tons of locusts after days of combat. Reinforcements of storks appeared on the third day, circling and then feeding on advancing locusts.
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Assenovgrad
Bulgaria
Couple Marries for Free as Justice Covers Fee
A Pueblo Colorado couple wed by Justice of the Peace Perry C. Dunlap found the groom's pockets empty after the ceremony. The only payment he could offer was a hearty thanks, and Justice Dunlap himself paid the $1.50 state fee for the ceremony.
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Justice of the Peace
Perry C. Dunlap
Pueblo
Colo
Justice Dun-lap
Public Health Rising Deaths and Diseases in Germany Reported
A German language Paris newspaper and a German weekly in Zurich analyzed public health trends in Germany. Official figures show infant and maternal deaths at childbirth rising over 10 percent since Hitler's rise, while incidences of certain communicable diseases surged as much as 1,000 percent.
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Public Health
Paris
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Hitler
Celtic Tongues and Squirrel Amnesia Found in California
A Columbia University Press study notes Celtic tongued peoples like Gaelic Irish and Welsh. In Miranda California, rancher John D Bushnell cut down a giant 1300 year old redwood and uncovered a squirrel cache of acorns hidden long ago, revealing amnesia in the animal.
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Monks
France
Columbia University Press
Miranda
Calif
John D. Bushnell
Local Real Estate Transfers End July 19
Local real estate transfers reported with two weeks ending July 19 from W J Rogers abstract office B C Gruver trustee to Leo Beucher WD $1 Ls 17 18 and 19 B 14 Clermont Don L Love to Frederick Larrabee Qed $1 SW 1-2 Of L 5 and Ls 6 7 8 9 and NE 1-2 of 10 B 8 and B 88 and B 94 and SW 20 ft of B 64 and Ls 20 21 22 B 17 and Ls 23 24 B 14 Clermont and only 297 ft of out L 48 Clermont in 34-35-7 and N 1-2 SW and NW 13-95-7 and NE SE and £ 1-2 NE 14 and 1-2 SE 11 and 1 acre in S part of SW SE and SW SW 12-95-7
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W. J. Rogers’ Abstract
B. C. Gruver
Jurstee
Leo Beucher
Clermont
Don L. Love
Frederick Larrabee
Qed
Mrs Dewey Watkins Honored at One O Clock Luncheon
Mrs Clarence Becker hosted a Wednesday luncheon at one o clock to honor Mrs Dewey Watkins on her birthday anniversary with close friends in attendance and warm wishes.
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Clarence Becker
Dewey Watkins
Study Claims Foreign Schools Boost Language Mastery
A Columbia University Press report argues that students in foreign schools gain stronger language proficiency than their American counterparts, suggesting curricular and immersion differences contribute to higher mastery levels.
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Columbia University Press
Swinging doors become common in new homes
Double acting doors between kitchen and dining areas are popular in modern house plans with concealed closers and standard hold open features. Older homes may retain regular doors, while easy to install self contained mechanisms require no floor cutting.
Franklin Disliked the Eagle in 1784 Letter on Birds
Benjamin Franklin wrote to Saray Bache on January 26, 1784 that the Bald Eagle was a bird of bad moral character while the Turkey is a more respectable and native American bird. He argued the eagle stood for sharping and robbing the poor.
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Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Saray Bache
America
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