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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
4
The Sunshine club met for its regular monthly gathering on Nov 31 with Ma Shal Beemer presiding. Ten members and two visitors attended as the program focused on peace. lunch included fruit salad, tea and coffee served by the hostess.
Darren Baker thanks the Christian Sunday School and all who sent gifts and cards during illness. The thoughtful messages made the hours seem shorter and will not be forgotten.
Miss Beulah Brand and her mother Mrs. Emer Dutton visited over the weekend in New Market with Mr. Dutton. John Houston of Hopkins was a visitor in the Dutton home Sunday. Dr. A. C. Deach of Omaha was a business visitor here last Thursday. Aladdin lamps advertised at Gamble Stores with a toy value wetting doll set. The Rebekah Circle plans a meeting November 24 at the home of Mrs. Louisa Perry with Mrs. Faye Adams assisting.
The piece notes that three fourths of child motor vehicle deaths occur when children are pedestrians and urges drivers to treat every moment as if a child may dart into the street. It argues that safeguarding youngsters is a fundamental right and calls for vigilant driving and safer habits to prevent injuries.
Afton mayor J R Mc Cuen has unearthed a town ordinance compelling a nine o clock curfew. Beginning November 15 all persons under sixteen must be off streets and alleys unless with parents or guardian, with parents urged to aid enforcement amid late night loitering concerns.
The article explores healthier cooking methods for fish, favoring dry meat for broiling and baking, and oily meat for quick oven methods. It notes overcooking harms fish and highlights canned salmon as a standout option, offering two recipes: a salmon salad on crisp lettuce with a creamy mayo dressing, and a salmon souffle with strained cereal, eggs, and butter.
A Johannesburg report says visiting bushmen from the Kalahari spurned pennies tossed by a crowd. They toured the city, transported in lorries, wearing leopard skin loin coverings, and their families viewed streetcars trains and planes with awe and surprise.
The Terje Viken, the world’s largest whaling factory and tanker, departed Spithead for the Antarctic. Capt. Gullik Jensen commands a 320 man crew as the ship, with 43 000 ton displacement, can steam 18 months at full speed. It will operate from South Georgia until spring, loading fuel oil at Curacao and joining seven 330 ton whale catchers to hunt with explosive harpoons.
Scotland Yard demonstrated a televised surveillance system that captured a wanted man within 45 minutes. The experiment showed television could help arrest suspects and is planned for widespread police use with cameras, transmitters, and squad car receivers. Experts transmitted images over a fifty mile radius and the mini camera can be hidden in a room to monitor actions and conversations from another location.
In Ka goorlie Australia the Great Western express halted when a female passenger pulled the emergency cord. She dashed to the waiting room, recovered her baby left on a bench, and reboarded the train unaware her child was missing until arrival.
A Kingston study cites Carnelie Institution asserting Indians in Central America generate more energy for life than North American whites, while a separate ruling confirms pre annexation Hawaiian money remains valid at face value after a collector found an 1886 $50 bill in an estate safe.
Juno a three year old Alsatian guides Miss John son to church at Aintree England each Sunday Miss John son went blind five years ago and was once housebound before the dog’s training and service enabled her to attend worship again
The six weeks study span covers American Literature Civics Algebra Typing Home Economics Manual Training and Reading. Freshmen with scarlet fever out. perfect attendance noted. seventh and eighth gradersDorothy Grubb returns. Wigwam band formed with elected leaders. Fifth and sixth grades build a colonial village. several students earn perfect spring scores. Basketball results against Conway. Bus team close loss. Gravity Girls win. Also notes on typing bookkeeping physics and second six week exams ahead.
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