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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
3
Edythe Mary and Virginia Ledgerwood host this week with guest Misa Marjorie Giliette of Bedford visiting.
The Free Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10 with morning worship at 11 led by the pastor. Evening worship is at 7 80 with a 7 30 prayer meeting. Carson offers Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11 60 in charge of class with prayer meeting Thursday at 8 00 led by Pastor W Ff Biggzerstaff.
Gordon Wallace a student at Union College in Lincoln Nebraska arrived home Wednesday of last week to spend his vacation with his parents Kent Wallace and wife.
Dr. M. and Francis, a local dentist and rat surgeon, operate in Bedford Iowa. Mary Petera remains in hospital in the state, with a return date expected the first of the week.
Witty O Det and Ralph Price headlined a holiday gathering at the Barker home where Owen Pinte and C W Barten with Frances Clemena were among guests. An ad wit led to a stir over final seating arrangements.
The article recalls how sea otter pelts fueled exploration of Alaska. It notes 18th century trade with Asia, Vitus Bering’s 1728 voyage naming St Lawrence Island and mapping Bering Strait, and the 1741 mainland Alaska discovery near Prince William Sound. It mentions first skins sold for nearly 30000 dollars and the fur rush echoing later gold fever.
Many cloth names originate from foreign places. Calico comes from Calicut India, Madras cloths name from India, and Damask from Damascus. Linsey-woolsey derives from English terms, while melton and worsted name wool fabrics after towns in England.
The text explains a red herring as a heavily salted smoked herring used to mislead. It notes the phrase originates from sport traditions where a red herring was dragged to divert hounds from a fox’s scent, a practice described in Cox’s 1686 Gentlemen's Recreation.
A New York Herald Tribune writer notes Alexandretta as the first of 17 cities Alexander the Great named after himself. The Syrian harbor town, called Hatay by Turks, lies near Antioch and sits in a mixed Turkish Armenian Greek Kurdish Circassian population district.
The text explains owls as not wing-limited predators, feeding mainly on mice and rabbits with occasional birds or poultry depredations. It notes variables in species economic status, cites great horned owls as particularly fierce, describes monogamous nesting behavior, reuse of nests, lack of nest-building, and bold, sometimes stupid defense of nests. It also mentions feeding habits, nest perches, and high meat needs for chicks.
The article notes a bright light feature in the southern Mexican locuyo or cochuyo with two green eyes that illuminate, enough to read a paper at night. It also mentions the camel’s hump and the alligator’s tail fat serving as sustenance when food is scarce.
The term Scandinavia has two meanings. One refers to the northern European peninsula of Norway and Sweden excluding Denmark and Finland. The other denotes the region where Scandinavian languages dominate Sweden Norway Denmark and adjacent islands including Iceland. Finland is sometimes grouped due to cultural influence over eight centuries, though Finnish is not a Scandinavian language.
The cathedral in Winchester stands as Europe’s longest Gothic church and a historic heart of Wessex royal residence and early English parliamentary life. Notable burials include Jane Austen and Izaak Walton.
James R Locke solicits general legal services in all state and federal courts from the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building in Bedford Iowa Special attention given to settlement of estates and related matters.
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