Holidays Visit Notes at Red Oak and Iowa City
Mrs. Maggie Douglas spent Saturday in Red Oak to spend the Holidays at her son's home. Don Farrens and Ethel Fries of Iowa City are visiting the Holidays with his parents Rus sell Farrens and wife. They with Horace Beemer his wife and son Jack were guests at the Farrens home Sunday.
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Maggie Douglas
Red Oak
Don Farrens
Ethel Fries
Iowa City
Russell Farrens
Horace Beemer
Jack
Margaret Nixon Helps at Bedford Beauty Shop
Miss Margaret Nixon assists Mrs. Vera Joy in her Bedford beauty shop, aiding customers and daily operations.
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Margaret Nixon
Vera Joy
Bedford
Meyers Family Dinner Hosts Noted Attendees
Fred Meyers and his wife entertained their children at dinner yesterday. Present were Bert Meyers and his wife and daughter from Northboro, Amsey Hamblin and his daughter Esther and son Lloyd from Sharpsburg, Walter Webb and his wife with son Bernard, Arthur Meyers with wife Lucille and their son Kenneth.
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Fred Meyers
Bert Meyers
Northboro
Amsey Hamblin
Esther
Lloyd
Sharpsburg
Walter Webb
Bernard
Arthur Meyers
Lucille
Kenneth
Funeral in Northboro for Wm Meyers
The funeral of Wm. Meyers brother of Fred Meyers of this place was held at Northboro Sunday. Attendants included Arthur Meyers and wife Walter Webb and Amney Hamblin of Sharpsburg.
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Wm. Meyers
Fred Meyers
Northboro
Arthur Meyers
Walter Webb
Amney Hamblin
Sharpsburg
Des Moines Woman Miss Floy Madden Visits Home Folks
Miss Floy Madden of Des Moines arrived Sunday and will spend the holidays with her family.
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Floy Madden
Des Moines
Corning Man Spends Sunday at Wave Madden Home
Donald Wilmarth of Corning visited the home of Wave Madden on Sunday, sharing time and conversation in a casual social visit.
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Donald Wilmarth of
Corning
Wave Madden
Chandler Family Hosts Weekend Visit in Shenandoah
W. L. Chandler and wife stayed with daughter Mrs. Toby Carson and husband overnight in Shenandoah on a Saturday night. They returned home Sunday morning and visited until Monday morning. Kent Wallace, wife and son Sterling were also guests at the Chandler home.
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W. L. Chandler
Shenandoah
Toby Carson
Kent Wallace
Sterling
Chandler
Apricots at Home and in Canning Traditions
A brief exploration of apricots origins and ascent in California orchards. It notes three Asian native species, introduction to Europe via Alexander the Great, and England's sixteenth century cultivation, then details how canners and housewives use apricots in desserts and fruit cups with practical serving ideas for summer.
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Asia
Alexander the Great
Europe
England
California
Clues of the Past in Petrified Mud
Cornell University scientists study ancient tracks in hardened mud dating to when life first emerged. Tiny salamander like creatures left 6 to 8 inch footprints as they inched onto land. Later tracks reveal rapid evolution and the rise of large Earth roaming monsters from swampy jungles.
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Cornell University
Earth
Pathfinder Magazine
Goat Sacrifice Delights East End Moslem Feast
In a London dance hall an improvised altar received a goat’s throat cut during the Feast of Sacrifice. Some 500 Mohammedans from across the British Empire gathered for their principal yearly feast. The hall’s floor was covered with white cloths and long tables groaned with food. Guests supplied their own meals and cooks, and no nonbelievers touched the items. Large copper Indian cauldrons cooked the meals.
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London
British Empire
Third Degree Confessions Questioned By Courts
Collier's Weekly notes that police torture to obtain confessions is a growing practice. It cites that in 24 percent of appellate cases from 1920 to 1930, decisions were not reversed even after proof of third degree methods.
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Collier's Weekly
Vienna Applies Silence Rules For Vehicle Noise
Vienna imposes a noise control unit targeting rattles and sounds from vehicles. A sound unit labeled phone limits each transportation class to a set number of phones with fines for excess. Police deploy a new device that records passing vehicles sound levels.
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Vienna
Austria
Great Dane in London Weighs 238 Pounds and Sheds Light
Mister the Great Dane owned by a London finance expert weighs 238 pounds and measures seven feet in length. The dog answers to four names, eats about three pounds of raw meat daily with meat costs near four dollars a week, and is friendly to staff but dislikes stock-brokers.
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London
Harbin Plans 320 Protective Villages Along Sungari
The Harbin navigation bureau in Manchuria announces 320 protective villages to be built along highways and waterways across districts spanning 400 miles in the Sungari lower reaches. The model follows railway protective communities established by the state railways authority.
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Harbin Navigation Bureau
Harbin
Manchuria
Sungari
State Railways
No Fear of Air Bombers, Navy Air Defense Impresses
Collier's Weekly notes the United States Navy’s strong air defense with anti aircraft guns firing rapidly at high altitude. The piece claims shells explode in the air and threaten any aircraft within 268 million cable feet, illustrating confidence in coastal and fleet protection.
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United States Navy
Collier’s Weekly
Nose-Powdering Time Merchant
A fragment notes a character asking about watching a clock while a stenographer powders her nose and someone answers he watches the clock to time his ebook activity. The source text is a humorous fragmented line from Detroit News.
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Detroit News
Poet Email Prompt Sparks Publication Hope
In a witty exchange the caller asks if their poem could be published, and the editor replies there may be a chance, joking they won’t live forever. The brief highlights a light publishing quip and the editor’s candid humor.
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Qver
Christmas Visit Near Mt Ayr Reported
Glen Warner and family spent Christmas with Mrs. Warner's sister and family near Mt Ayr, sharing holiday time with relatives in the area.
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Glen Warner
Warner
Mt Ayr
Mrs Millie Lyon Visits in Gravity on Sunday
Mrs Lyon of Glenwood visited Gravity on Sunday in what appears to be a social or calling outing. No additional details are provided about the event or attendees.
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Millie Lyon
Glenwood
Christmas Dinner Guests From Topeka and Boulder
Tom Nethery and family from Topeka plus Dr. Robert Nethery of Boulder, and Kent Wallace with family visited Robert Wallace and wife for Christmas. Alma Brown of Boulder joined as a guest. Monday evening a six o'clock dinner west of here at Kent Wallace's home included Ralph Bailus and wife from New Market.
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Tom Nethery
Topeka
Kansas
Robert Nethery
Boulder
Colorado
Kent Wallace
Robert Wallace
Alma Brown
Here
Ralph Bailus
New Market
Free Methodist Church Sunday Services Schedule
The notice lists Sunday School at 10 a.m and preaching services at 11 a.m and 7:30 p.m Each Sabbath except the last Sabbath of the month Prayer Meeting is at 7:30 p.m Wednesday evening Pastor W D Groesbeck conducts the meetings.
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W. D. Groesbeck
Notice of Probate of Will Iowa Taylor County 1936 case
In the District Court of Taylor County Iowa a last will and testament of Nellie Norris deceased dated October 25 1932 has been filed opened and read. A hearing to prove and probate the will is fixed for January 14 1986 at 10 o clock A M at Bedford Court House before the District Court or the Clerk. All interested persons must appear and show cause if any why the instrument should not be probated. Dated Bedford Iowa December 16 1935. 24-81 Frank Herriott Clerk of District Court.
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Nellie Norris
Bedford
Iowa
District Court
Basketball Schedule for 1935 36
Clearfield January 1 Nodaway January 8 Sharpsburg January 10 Conway January 17 Nodaway January 81 Waubonsie Tournament February 6 7 8 Gravity February 6 7 8 Lenox February 11 Maloy February 14 Taylor County Tournament February 20 21 22 Bedford February 25 Blockton February 25 Girls and boys teams listed with locations and dates for the season.
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Clearfield
Nodaway
Sharpsburg
Conway
Bedford
Waubonsie
Lenox
Maloy
Taylor County
Blockton
Time for a Laugh Laughing Couple Dialogues on Belief and Circulation
A humorous exchange plays on church lotteries and marriage in church. The couple jokes about belief in religion and blood circulation with a pun about feet. The light banter ends with a playful quip.
Just in Time and Hoboken Roadsters Headlines
A fragment from Tit-Bits Magazine hints at themes of romance and abandonment with brief lines about leaving at the altar and courage, followed by notes on Hoboken roadsters and a query about travelers from the native town. The text signals entertainment trivia and miscellaneous blurbs.
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Tit-Bits Magazine
Sure Enough Teacher Who Was The Greatest Character
Willie responds with Huckleberry Finn as the greatest character the nnns contributed to the world.
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Nnns
Willie
Huckleberry
Dad and son swap horse sense in a humorous exchange
A jokey dialogue plays on a pun about when a man truly has horse sense. The father questions his son with a playful line about saying nay, while the boy responds in kind, delivering lighthearted rural humor.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Old Dominion
Witty Exchange Quips on Affection and Temperament
An Answers Magazine line portrays a sharp exchange about care and likeness. One speaker asks if the other will care for him and the reply dismisses the idea as unacceptable if he resembles the other person.
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Answers Magazine
Take Your Fall
A quirky Answers Magazine exchange notes that banana peels are oddly practical, joking that even skins make good slip pers in a lighthearted autumn theme.
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Answers Magazine
Odd Message Sends Sparks in Detroit News Column
A playful, suggestive exchange appears in the Detroit News cartoon or society page, featuring flirtatious banter between a lyric voice and a curiously named artist Dearest, with punning responses about meals and romance.
On the Fly Paper Manager Where is the Human My
An odd quarrel described with a wife swatting her husband after an argument becomes the centerpiece of a brief notice in Answers Magazine. The tale hints at domestic tension without graphic details.
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Answers Magazine
Economical Percy I Dream of Marriage with Gwendolyn
A playful exchange shows Percy and Gwendolyn debating married life and shared savings. The dialogue hints at frugal plans and domestic partnership as a clever solution to make two people feel one.
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Percy
Gwendolyn
Britain’s Moira the Largest All-Welded Ocean Ship
The Moira, Britain’s largest all welded ocean going tanker, was launched on the Tyne. It measures 245 feet in length with a 42 foot beam. Riveting was eliminated with electric arc welding and it features electric hydraulic steering operable from the bridge, reducing deck chains.
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Britain
Moira
Tyne
Oyster Shell Used to Amplify Sound in Government Auditorium
The oyster shell proves valuable for acoustics after tests by the Bureau of Standards. It is ground and cemented to enhance sound in a government building auditorium, marking a shift from a silent role to a functional acoustic material.
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Bureau of Standards
Pathfinder Magazine
Monkey bounty in St Kitts to curb raid on sugar canefields
Monkeys landed from a stranded French trading ship on the island of St Kitts have become a menace to sugar planters. A bounty of six pence per tail funds "monkey gunners" who stalk the simians in Mount Misery forests.
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St. Kitts
British West Indies
Mount Misery
Who Fired the Gun Test Described by Scientific American
The German nitrate test helps identify the shooter by revealing unburned powder deposits in the hand. Tiny nitrate particles linger on the shooter’s hand and can be developed into violet spots using chemical reagents.
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Scientific American
Not Single Long June You Promised Not to Mention
A Detroit News humorous line notes a vow about not discussing a long June. Alice quips she told only her fiancé who will be single for two more days, highlighting a playful social moment.
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June
Alice
Detroit News
Japan Expands Sheep Raising Amid Bamboo Grass Challenge
Japan accelerates large scale sheep farming despite past issues with bamboo grass injuring grazing flocks. Authorities aim to boost production using new methods and grazing plans to address the stubborn obstacle and meet demand.
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Japan
Swedish Shark Fisheries See Demand Shifts
Shark fishers report falling world demand for shark meat while calling for leather from shark skins to supply women’s shoe makers. This reflects a shift toward utilizing byproducts amid market changes and industry efforts to reduce waste.
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Sweden
Bavaria Makes Football an Official School Subject
Bavaria adopts football as an official school subject by decree of the education minister. The ruling also requires accident insurance for boys who participate in the game.
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Bavaria
Minister of
Answers to a troubled mind
A reader asks about memory loss and seeks practical help. The response urges evaluating memory lapses with caution and considering professional assessment, while offering general coping tips such as routine, sleep, and stress management rather than encouraging excessive borrowing or risky actions.
Not So Often Peggy Arguments With Second Husband
A light anecdotal line from Stray Stories Magazine notes Peggy has few disputes with her second husband while he is paid monthly rather than weekly.
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Peggy
Stray Stories Magazine
That's the Reason Washington Pride Quote
A brief Washington paper item notes a remark about keeping promises with a strong assertion that no one else will take the word. The quote underscores a pledge or personal assurance tied to a public figure.
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Washington
Pnet
Economy Lesson
A Pathfinder Magazine snippet shows dialogue where Johnny and Man discuss adjusting bread with a putter for balance. The brief exchange emphasizes practical kitchen problem solving in a light domestic context.
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Johnny
Pathfinder Magazine
Insomnia Interruption Sparks Confused Exchange
A fragment portrays a tense exchange about sleep distress and time. The speaker mentions worsened insomnia and a jittery sense of racing time, hinting at fatigue and frustration in a brief dialogue.
Here's a Fine Red Here's a Fine Red Tomato Timbales with Cheese Sauce
A recipe describes making tomato timbales with cheese sauce using tomatoes onion bay leaf cloves salt sugar pepper and beaten eggs baked in timbale cups in a water bath until firm served with rich cheese sauce. Also outlines Oriental Onion and Tomatoes layering onions with butter canned tomatoes honey paprika and seasoning baked until tender in a slow oven. Serves four and six respectively.
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Hoboken
Bobby
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Hee
F. A. Hines
Frank Wisdom
Kirkete
Bedford National Bank
Elmer Brown
Gravity Public Library
Epworth League
Albert Levi
Omaha
Mia
Levi
Tomatoes
Ad Service
B. J. Flick
J. A. Lucas
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Clarinda
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