Illyria farm women plan 1934-39 home project start
Illyria homemakers held a large Wadena church meeting on October 5 to launch the 1934 39 project. Thirty members attended with guests from Pleasant Valley. Township chairman Chas Gehring led singing. reports on state fair Cattle Congress and 4 H clubs were heard. next year’s project Child Development II features home school partnership, library access, landscaping, and opera studies.
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Illyria
Wadena Presbyterian
Adolph ‘Weber
Chas
Gehring
Ella Foxwell
Walter Rothlisberger
Fayette County
Weils
Elmer Lemke
Chas. Gehring
Ella Paxwell
Harold Strong
Hazel Rothlisberger
E-rok Iraq: kingdom in Mesopotamia and rail link history
The piece describes Triq, the Arab name for the Iraq kingdom occupying much of the Euphrates valley. It notes its size, location, climate, fertility, and irrigation potential, with reference to Basra, Mosul, Baghdad, and the Berlin to Baghdad railway. It mentions British mandate history and the 1939 Baghdad treaty recognizing independence and Iraq's petroleum resources and agriculture.
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Iraq
Kingdom
Occidentals
Triq
Euphrates Valley
Mesopotamia
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Persia
Persian Gulf
Arabian
Syrian
Kurdistan
Tigris-Euphrates
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bagdad
Haroun al Rashid
Mosul
Nineveh
Basra
Bassarah
Gulf
General Winfield Scott Prominent 19th Century Military Leader
Gen. Winfield Scott born near Petersburg Virginia June 13 1788 served almost fifty years in public life and led the United States army for twenty years. Known as Fuss and Feathers for strict discipline he rose to fame in the Mexican War of 1847 and helped shape early 19th century conflicts including the War of 1812. He funded an army asylum from local revenues and died at West Point May 2 1866 after serving through the Civil War era.
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Winfield Scott
Petersburg
United States Army
Tecalls Leslie Hartley
Washington Star
Scott
Weat Point
Giant's Causeway Queen of the North Atlantic Coastline
The Giant's Causeway on Ireland's north coast features about 40 000 basalt columns extending 300 feet into the North Channel near Portrush. Formed by Tertiary basalt upheaval, erosion left perpendicular cliffs up to 500 feet high, with columns 15 to 36 feet tall and 15 to 30 inches in diameter, many pentagonal or hexagonal.
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Ireland
Bengore Head
Portrush
Scotland
Staffa Island
Empress of China voyage profits after 1784 voyage
In 1784 Fleet U. 8, Ching Trade Immediately after the Revolution, Robert Morrln and associates outfitted the Empress of China to trade with China. The cargo included gin seng and teas. Chinese learned the Americans were from America, calling them "The New People." Profits reached about 930,000, roughly a quarter of the investment.
Eternal mottoes grace Milan cathedral doors
Over the triple doors of Milan cathedral three inscriptions span the arches. One cherishes that which pleases is but for a moment, another urges that troubles pass, and the central inscription declares that only what is eternal matters.
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Milan
Elgin Local News Highlights Movements and Visits
Elgin residents and visitors are noted with travels to Miami and Decorah, and moves to Fayette. Local trips include Gus Holzer correction, Melvina Buroden visiting Cedar Rapids, and Ernestine Holzer’s illness. A son born to Grant and a hospital update are reported along with a Legion Auxiliary gathering in Mason City. A large Green Mountain potato yields are noted in West Union with a test of local harvest sizes.
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D.R. Roberts
Ern Bauder
Elgin
The
Legion Auxiliary
Fred Cline
E. L. Crowe
Wm. Nelson
Clermont
Mason City
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Baptist Church
Hanford
Soil Conservation Committees Elected in County Meeting
The county dairy group lists top milk yields from Holstein herds and individuals, with Mrs. Bertha Schroeder & Sons and Earl Miller among leading producers. Leaders for 1939 Farm Bureau Home Project and 4-H programs will meet Ed Graff to set a county work plan.
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Farm Bureau
Ed Graff
J. F. Wilkinson
Fayette County Farm Bureau
K. J. Kerr
J. B. Turner
L. A. Kiel
Paul P. Stewart
Grant Lauer
L. C. Surfus
Farm Service Co
W. S. Rothlisberger
Tom Powell
Fayette Co. Union
Walter H
Yucca Uses Across Native American Life
The yucca native to most U S regions served ceremonial and economic roles. Early American Indians used its sharp leaves as needles and thread, fibers for cloth mats rope string and sandals, blades for fire drills, and peeled stems as hearth fuel for fire-making.
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United States
Eddie W. Wilson
New York Times
Ownership Statement for Elgin Fehy 1938
The Elgin Fehy weekly newspaper in Elgin Iowa lists R P Strauch as Publisher and Owner with Edna Hunsberger as notary. It includes bondholders with Mrs F W Hughes named. Sworn October 6 1938. Note refers to Lonus people and their reindeer herding, with perishing winter dangers.
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Elgin Fehy
Elgin
Fona
Iowa
F. W. Hughes
R. P, Strauch
Edna Hunsberger
Aple
Lonus
Self-Esteem Misleading Sage of Chinatown Speaks
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown warns that self-esteem can be misleading. He says a man may claim a fine disposition when he is simply too indolent to resent an imposition.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Lavoisier Dies on the Guillotine in the French Revolution
Antoine Lavoisier, regarded as the chief founder of modern chemistry, was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution, marking a pivotal moment in scientific history.
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Lavoisier
Paper Wheels for H. B. Care Vehicle Refit
Paper wheels for H. B. Care were mounted on steel chassis with a car built from backed straw board. As weight increased, gold steel wheels were installed.
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H. B. Care
Pullman
Cara
Roofs and FHA loans: a patchwork of ads and jokes
A fragmented OCR sample shows Mule-Hide roofing praise, roadside dialogue, a bridal-finance quip, a paint remark, and a child’s school joke, all mixed with soliciting property remodel financing and a “Rebuild, Repair Now” nudge.
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Elgin Echo
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Chester White
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Richard Olson
John Deere Shop
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Oelwein
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Mel Kohler
John Falb
Homemakers Meeting
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Santa Catalina
Calfornia
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Joe Dickinson
Fayette
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Henry Yack
Maynard
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Melvina Buroden
Cedar Rapids
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Nella Capper
John Pfifer
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Ernestine Holzer
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