Thoughtful driving and WPA relief deny jobs in Winneshiek
An essay argues that thoughtful driving equals careful driving by focusing attention on road safety. The Winneshiek county relief director announces private employment refusals for WPA relief. In McGregor area, two COC boys killed ten rattlesnakes in a forest preserve fight, one boy stepping on a large rattler’s head and both escaping bites.
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Winneshiek County
Director of Relief
McGregor
Atute Forest Preserve
Senator Robinson Dies in Washington After Heart Trouble
Senator Joseph Robinson Democratic leader in the senate dies July 14 from heart trouble. The article notes mounting congressional deaths since 1936, cites Robison as a rugged fighter, and mentions related figures like Thomas Walsh Woodin Dern Rainey and Byrnes, with reference to the Knickerbocker theatre collapse and Marconi.
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Robinson
Joseph Robinson
Senate
House
Wheeler
Joe Robinson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas J. Walsh
Shunned Death Valley’s brutal profile described
The passage notes Death Valley’s extreme heat, its status as the nation’s lowest point and a vast, harsh basin. It describes a mile-wide heat belt more than 250 feet below sea level, a hundred miles long and up to twenty miles wide, with sheer mountains rising to 6,000 feet along its sides as 1849 Forty-niners dreaded crossing it.
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Death Valley
United States
California
Common Beech Trees and Their Beech Nuts
The beech, a common eastern North American hardwood, is in the genus Fagus. Beechnuts are gathered across Europe. deer, bear and grouse eat them. Beech trees do not fruit yearly. good nut crops occur only every three to four years. The beechnut is a small triangular nut with a tough husk and sweet meat.
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North America
Europe
Genius Is Intensity in Life and Being
A compact meditation on genius as the overflowing vitality that floods a continent and makes nature vibrant, while most men remain partial and fragmentary.
China Learned Sugar From India Emperor’s 600 A D Mission
A historical note states that the Chinese emperor sent a delegation to India around 600 A D to study and learn the art of sugar making. The account highlights early cross cultural exchange in culinary technology.
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Marconi
Fred Biermann
China
India
To Salt an Invoice Phrase Means Inflate Values
The term salt an invoice denotes assigning the highest possible value to goods in business practice, signaling salted pricing to exaggerate value. The phrase illustrates how salt serves as a metaphor for inflating figures in commercial transactions.
Pulling Wool Over the Eyes Quotation Origins
An etymology note explains the phrase to pull the wool over his eyes traces to English courts where judges wore wigs. Lowering a wig over the eyes supposedly blinds judgment and perception of the situation.
Headlines Invented in 1628 The first known headlines
In 1628 the earliest newspapers began using headlines to summarize news items. This innovation marked a shift toward concise front pages, guiding readers to the key stories inside. Authors and editors adopted a bold, period-appropriate tone to attract attention.
Hate Is Negative to Positive Growth in Work Life
A brief aphorism warns that hatred harms personal growth and professional prospects. It emphasizes that hating one's job leads to job loss, while harboring hateful talk about others invites mistreatment and downfall. The piece urges constructive thinking over negative emotion.
Path of Duty Follow Daily Duty Leads Life and Conscience
A terse moral line urges steadfast daily duty guiding life and keeping the conscience clear as work proceeds under steadfast resolve.
Movement of Praying Palm Leaves in Temperature Shifts
A daily movement of the praying palm foliage occurs as temperatures change. The plant responds to warming and cooling by adjusting leaf orientation, reflecting typical tropical plant behavior in varying climates.
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Orients
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Clermont Enterprise
Clermont, Iowa
Elizabeth Priest
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Clermont
Fayette County
Iowa
Farmers’ Savings Bank
J. F. Miller
J. A. Erickson
I. C. Jerdee
Clermont State Bank
L. L. Carr
Alka-Seltzer
AashiingtoniNe
Knickerbocker Theatre
Washington
Harry M. Crandall
Sordell Hull
Turkey River
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Tennessee
Mississippi Nine Foot Channel
Cedar Falls
Preston
J. L. Knutson
Julius Paulson
Betty
Decorah
Dayton
Ohio
Schwartz
Paulson
Havana
Cuba
Paulsons
Burr McCord
Waterloo
Ed Krueger
Oscar Knutson
Sumnert
Argo-Gazette
Micky” and
His
Micka
Lionstigars
By Sam Iger
Saul
Princes Theatre
House of Better Pictures
Weat Union
Harry Pace
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard
Gene Autry and
Betty Bronson
Pine Ridge
Claudette Colbert
Robert Young
Melvin Douglas In
Paris
Dwig
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