Local items mix of people and places in Iowa and Missouri
Dr M R Francis dentist in Bedford Iowa. A rain of .99 inch fell last Thursday night. Mrs Maggie Douglas went to Clarinda Friday evening for a paint up. Rev Paul Crouse returned to Tarkio Missouri to attend college. Frank Clabaugh of Arvada Wyoming visited then left for home. Mrs Helen McKinley and son of Shenandoah dined with Mr and Mrs Albert Levi. Wm Churchill and wife went to Des Moines to visit daughter in law Gail Churchill and baby. Mrs Phillip Liston Mrs Jim Hamilton and Nate Sexton learned their oldest sister Madge died at her home in Cainsville Missouri.
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Wm Churchill
Des Moines
Inlaw
Gail Churchill
Baby
Phillip Liston
Jim Hamilton
Nate Sexton
Madge
Cainsville, Missouri
Local visitors spend weekend in Corning area
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Liston and Mildred Barker made a business trip to Ss. Joe Saturday. Mrs. John Welker visited over the weekend with her brother, Harry Symond and family near Corning.
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John Welker
Harry Symond
Corning
Miss Madeline Smith Visits Omaha With Thummel Party
Miss Madeline Smith of Omaha visited Saturday evening and stayed through Sunday with her parents G. E. Smith and wife. She traveled with Glenn Thummel.
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Madeline Smith
Omaha
G. E. Smith
Glenn Thummel
Miss Leema Walker Returns to Minneapolis After Visit
Miss Leema Walker travels to Minneapolis Minnesota Sunday evening after a week with her cousin Ray Walker and wife who drove her to Blockton where she then boarded the train.
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Leema Walker
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Pana
Ray Walker
Blockton
Homemade land roller and potato spray methods described
The sketch describes concrete cast land roller sections built in a home-made form. It notes cabbage storage on sod or straw under Utter, with heads surviving winter though they may freeze. A sow intruded once, later deterred with chicken wire. The key challenge in spraying potatoes is applying Bordeaux to undersides, solved by a farmer using longer pipe nipples on his nozzle, and a three foot spacing for wagon wheels illustrated in Iowa.
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Iowa
Hesss Visit to Cumberland Family Gathering
Art Hess and his wife visited Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Hess’s brother Guy Clark and family at Cumberland. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Hess’s mother who will spend two weeks in the Hess home.
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Art Hess
Mrs. Hess
Guy Clark
Cumberland
Local notices and light bulb sale at Drug Store
A Drug Store advertises 25 40 and 60 watt light bulbs at 10 cents each. The O E S Chapter plans to meet Monday evening. A rainfall of .23 inches was recorded last night. Edith Mary Ledgerwood is recovering from an illness. The I D U Sunday School class girls host a party this evening at the parsonage.
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Edith Mary Ledgerwood
Weekend Visits Tie Local Kin Across Towns
Arthur Pancake and wife of Omaha spent the weekend here with her parents, Glen Savage and wife, while Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coan visited Saturday at the homes of their sisters, Mrs. J. S. Francis and Mrs. Ray Walker. Preston Sharp and family of Albia visited Saturday night and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. G. E. Smith and husband. George Hinkle and Mrs. L. T. McCaun of Athelstan visited here with their niece, Mrs. Perry Williams, and Geo. Ziegler of Tama with Mrs. Alva Ziegler of Delray. Lews visited their cousin, Mrs. Perry Williams.
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Arthur Pancake
Omaha
Glen Savage
Roy Coan
J. S. Francis
Ray Walker
Preston Sharp
Albia
G. E. Smith
George Hinkle
L. T. McCaun
Athelstan
Perry Williams
Mra
Geo, Ziegler
Tama
Alva Ziegler
Delray
Lews
Perry Williama
Coal fire at high school basement stores thirty tons
A fire swept the basement of the high school last night where about thirty tons of coal were stored. Workmen removed the coal today, preventing further spread as firefighters controlled the blaze.
E I Wilson Opens Bedford Dance Pavilion After Move
E I Wilson moved his portable skating rink and dance floor from Mt. Ayr last Thursday and opened a new dance pavilion in Bedford on Saturday night.
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E. I. Wilson
Mt. Ayr
Bedford
Mrs Georgia King Visits Son’s Family Then Returns Home
Mrs Georgia King, who visited last week at her son Hirl King’s home, returned home Sunday. Her son and family spent the day with her before sending her on her way.
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Georgia King
Hirl King
Mrs Milleson Returns to Clarinda After Weekend Visit
Mrs Pearl Milleson went to Clarinda Friday evening and returned Saturday accompanied by her husband of Clarinda and her mother Mrs Zarah Ecklin of Glenwood who
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Pearl Milleson
Clarinda
Zarah Ecklin
Glenwood
Chariton Family Visits Ill Mother In St Joseph
Don Farrens and his family from Chariton traveled Sunday night to visit Mrs. Russell Farrens, who is seriously ill. Farrens and his sister Mrs. Horace Beemer accompanied Don to St. Joseph on Monday to see their mother.
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Don Farrens
Chariton
Russell Farrens
Mr. Farrens
Horace Beemer
St. Joe
Mrs. Smith Heads to Promise City Then Cantril
Mrs. G. E. Smith departed Tuesday for Promise City to visit her father and proceed to Cantril. She will return Friday with Mr. Smith's mother Mrs. Lee Swank and her husband to stay a few days at the Smith home.
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G. E. Smith
Promise City
Cantril
Mr. Smith
Lee Swank
Smith
Mrs Farrens Operated On After Hospital Trip
Mrs. Russell Farrens and her family were at St Joseph hospital after a Saturday arrival. She underwent an operation Sunday morning with her husband and daughter Mrs Horace Beemer present, and her daughter Fithe arrived from Red Oak to be with her mother.
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Mes
Russell Farrens
Horace Beemer
St. Joe
Fithe
Red Oak
Hefley reunion trip to Indianola and Des Moines
Supt and Mrs Hefley and Ar o drove to Indianola Sunday morning for a high school reunion of Hefley’s class. They were joined by Miss Laura Weller visiting Corwin Hicks and Miss Jessie Laughead visiting her parents in Des Moines.
Leonard Andrus and the first Grand Detour steel plow
Leonard Andrus founded the United States first steel plow factory at Grand Detour Illinois. An inscription recalls 1837 when Andrus and John Deere built the initial Grand Detour steel moldboard plough and notes the plant’s evolution into a plow manufactory until Andrus’s death in 1867. Partners included Deere and several others, with the plow fueling prairie farm development and spawning the steel plow industry.
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Leonard Andrus
United States
Grand Detour
John Deere
Anirus
H. H. Paine
O. C. Lathrop
Amos Bosworth
Theron Cumnins
Prairie States
Superstitious Nail Cutting at the Track
A race track enthusiast warns about nail fragments needing burial or burning to avoid after death. A bystander jokes that if he must be sent back for the pieces, the track is the best place to be searched in.
Labrador Dog Breed Description Features and Color
The Labrador breed standard allows black yellow brown and liver colors. Known for a strong build and short coupling the dog has a wide head chest and an otter like tail with brown eyes. Height ranges 19 to 23 inches and weight about 60 pounds. The breed is rugged and very devoted with an ideal disposition.
Egypts Embalming Methods In Ancient Times
According to Herodotus the internal organs were removed after a seventy day soak in a strong natron solution. The body was then washed and wrapped in linen strips coated with resin, reflecting the elaborate practices of Egyptian embalming.
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Herodotus
Taxed Razors and Beards Across Empires
A historical note contrasts beard tax under Peter the Great with modern American shaving taxes. It claims Russians wore metal beard receipts, barbers shaved noncompliant beards, and asserts every razor blade bears 45 hidden taxes to dull its edge.
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Peter the Great
America
England's Broadway Village in Warwickshire One Street
England's Broadway in Warwickshire is a single charming street of centuries old homes, lined with vines and flowers. Visitors find it a lovely village setting despite being a narrow lane.
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England
Broadway
America
Warwickshire
Deserting for the Front in 1918 Reports of American Doughboys
French papers described American soldiers deserting to reach front trenches in 1918. A doughboy told a French officer he did not travel 3,000 miles to dig but to fight, highlighting the drive to join the front lines during World War I.
Appalachian Trail a Footpath
The Appalachian trail is a rugged footpath for hikers. It takes them from Maine for over 2,000 miles to Georgia through the heart of the mountains. At certain spots, it incorporates old Indian trails over which pioneers pushed westward.
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Maine
Georgia
Mountains
Black Tea Favored in United States Tea Drunk
Black tea accounts for about seventy percent of tea consumed in the United States. Orange Pekoe comes from the smallest tea leaves and is often valued for its quality.
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United States
Why Some Men Are 'Wiser' in Chinatown Sage’s Quote
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown says some men gain a reputation for wisdom by avoiding consequences. He notes luck and fortune influence perceived wisdom in how people are judged by others.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Imagination Word Earliest Use Cited in Psalter
The record notes that the earliest known use of the word imagination appears in 1340 in Hampole's Psalter as cited by James Murray in his English dictionary.
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James Murray
Hampole
Rivers Become Lost In London Tunnels
Rivers flowing toward London vanish from sight as many are diverted into hidden tunnels and long subterranean conduits. The phenomenon renders rivers untraceable after they slip underground and travel beneath the city’s streets.
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London
Seventeen Parises and Other Oddities in Names
Seventeen Parises in U. S. Paris and Paris, France, show at least 17 U.S. places named Paris. Hundred-Towered Golden Prague refers to Prague as a long beloved Bohemian city. England Demanded Sugar notes sugar as Europe’s first colonial agricultural import. Old Men Gerontocracy describes elder-led rule in primitive societies. Flowers Added to Salads mentions flowers used for decoration in Oriental cuisines. Some birds Light Sleepers notes birds that sleep quietly and call at night.
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U. S
Paris
France
United States
Death of Mrs Frank Melon in Des Moines area
Mrs Frank Melon sister of Mrs Riley Lee and Hurley Nickell died Friday in a Des Moines hospital. Mr and Mrs Lee and Mr and Mrs Horace Nickell traveled to Adel to spend the day. Funeral services were held in Adel yesterday. Relatives from here included Mr and Mrs Lee, Mr and Mrs Harley Nickell, Mr and Mrs Herbe Nickell and Homer Nickell.
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Frank Melon
Riley Lee
Hurley Nickell
Des Moines
Lee
Horace Nickell
Adel
Mr. Lee
Harley Nickell
Herbe Nickell
Homer Nickell
Osceola Visit By Burwell Family Ends In New Market
Alda Burwell and wife spent Thursday in Osceola with their son Paul and family. Mrs. Burwell and daughter Paula joined, staying until Sunday. They then traveled to New Market to visit relatives.
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Alda Burwell
Osceola
Paul
Mrs. Burwell
Paula
Burwell
New Market
Misses Fickess and Huntington Return From Stock Show
The Misses Marie Fickess and Jean Huntington who had stayed at the Clay LaPorte home while Mr and Mrs LaPorte and Agnes Mae attended the stock show at St. Joe returned home Friday.
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Marie Fickess
Jean Huntington
Clay LaPorte
Mel, LaPorte
Agnes Mae
St. Joe
Business trip group visits Omaha and Bedford
Lewis Walker and Ed Crowe traveled to Omaha on Friday. They were accompanied home by Donad Coy who is attending college there. He visited over the weekend with his grandparents Lewis Coy and wife. He returned Sunday with Glenn Thummel who visited his parents at Bedford.
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Lewis Walker
Ed Crowe
Omaha
Donad Coy
Lewis Coy
Glenn Thummel
Bedford
Representative wanted for magazine subscription business
Wanted to manage our magazine subscription operation in Gravity and nearby areas. Earn a large share of hundreds of dollars spent each fall and winter on periodicals. Oldest agency in the U.S. offers guaranteed favorable rates, free instructions and equipment. Suitable for full or spare time, especially for shut ins. Moore-Cottrell, Inc. Navlea Road, North Cohocton, N. Y.
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U.S
Moore-Cottrell, Inc
Navlea Road
North Cohocton
N. Y
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Maggie Douglas
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Tarkio, Mo
Frank Clabaugh
Arvada
Wyoming
Helen McKinley
Shenandoah
Albert Levi
Prain, Bry
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Prague
Europe
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Monahan's Grocery
Steve Pipe
R. B. Monahan
Geo. R. Herron
D. C
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McCollum
Johns Hopkins
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Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
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