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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1937
Page
6
Francis, editor, announces a subscription price of 1.50 per year in Gravity Town. The notice indicates the publication is entered at Gravity Town post office as second class main matter.
Dr. M. R. Francis a Bedford Iowa dentist and oral surgeon will host a Rebekah Circle gathering at the home of Mrs. Wm Egleston on Wednesday November 8 hosted by ladies of the circle in town.
The D. M. C. club met with Mrs. L. T. Reed Friday afternoon for a gathering. Members discussed upcoming activities and shared refreshments in a brief social meeting setting.
Mrs I M Damewood and Bernice who had visited Des Moines with the two daughters returned home Monday afternoon. Carl Werner brought them down.
The District Conference of the Methodist church at Creston Tunaday was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Rev. A. J. Bissinger and wife and Mrs. F. C. Dorsey. They were accompanied by Reverend Giles of New Market.
An advertising note touts Gamble's Winter Oil as a positive, effective lubrication for cars available at Gamble Stores. It emphasizes protection in cold weather with a price mention per gallon and references seascan.
Chromium is a silvery hard crystalline metal found in chrome yellow, chrome steel, chrome leather, chrome green, and chrome alum. It is obtained mainly from chromite ore, roasted with soda, washed to yield sodium chromate, then converted to other compounds. The name derives from a Greek word meaning color.
In May 1789 the first U S Senate opened with ten states represented. Twenty senators formed three classes. each class had a lot to determine term lengths of two, four, and six years. No two senators from a state shared a class. As new states joined, they were assigned by lot to keep classes equal and six-year terms for successors.
A Los Angeles Times writer notes that nearly all cacti are native to the Americas. They have spread worldwide, thriving in Africa Mauritius Ceylon Australia and other regions. In the Americas the southwestern United States Lower California Old Mexico and parts of South America host the richest native growth. Some cacti bear edible fruit like prickly pear while others are poison or intoxicants and some cause insanity. The Opuntia nopalea bears prickly pear fruit and Echinocereus species yield alichoches or strawberry cacti for their pulp flavor.
A description of native foods including lichen on pine and fir bark fermented in water and baked, arrowhead roots boiled or roasted, wild rice along the Potomac, jack-in-the-pulpit corn known as Iroquois bread root, sumac fruit used for cooling drinks, and fruits of wild roses eaten fresh or dried.
Prepare leaves by soaking in a small amount of rain water with a trace of yeast until the membranous tissue softens and washes away. Bleach by dipping in a strong sulfurous acid solution or expose while moist to sulfur dioxide vapor from burning sulfur.
Historical note explains how glanders and anthrax, both horse diseases, can infect humans. Glanders causes ulcers in the nose and can spread to lungs or intestines, sometimes deadly in people. Anthrax transmits by direct contact and via contaminated soil or materials, with spores surviving years.
The Pekingese, a pure breed from China, was the court dog for emperors and mandarins. Known as the little lion dog, the Peke is small yet sturdy with a massive coat and a bold fighting heart. Imported to England from China, it remains a cherished toy breed.
Earl King and family and Mrs. King's father visited at Blanchard on Sunday. Leslie Roush and family and Lester Posten and wife visited with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Posten, also on Sunday.
LeRoy Johnson and family attended the funeral of Mrs. Emma Cook, the aunt of Mrs. Johns on, at Nebraska City Friday.
The D. C. C. club will meet with Mrs. Vera Gold on November 4, with Mrs. forest Perehin assisting.
Mrs LC Woodfill and her daughter Mrs Bansie Gresley of Ney California arrived here and are visiting with old friends.
The Leon Leduerwood family leaves as Mrs. Lede erweon'syacent and Mrs. Dillard Warner visit Good Hope Alin. Her sister-in lw, Mrs. Pheodore Warner and Mary Loust Misomd, Niaois arrived Tuesday evening to spend the rest of the week with relatives.
James R. Locke Reid L Hunt attorneys advertise general legal practice at Farmers & Merchants Bank Building Bedford Iowa. They offer services in all state and federal courts with special attention to estate settlements.
Beagles are compact, durable foxhound-like dogs famed for tracking with keen noses. When on a trail they bay loudly, described as clear as a bell by admirers. Short-coated in white black and tan, they hunt tirelessly, penetrating thick brush in pursuit of cotton-tailed game.
Charley Stoner of Cheyenne Wyoming spent Monday night at the home of his sister Ma Les Hues.
Fragmentary note names Mr and Mrs Mra Grate Pate Mogan and Kernan brothers near Bedford with requests and guidance.
Mrs Jay Lovich entertained the members of the Easy Ace club Friday afternoon.
J W Richardson and A M Raff of Akron Colorado arrived here yesterday to spend a few days with relatives and friends.
Forest Pershin and his wife along with Albert Levi and his wife were visitors in Shenandoah this Friday, enjoying a social call and local hospitality.
Mrs. Fred McKune is improving and Mrs. Tom Cunningham has been caring for her. The brief item highlights recovery and caregiving without additional details.
Stuart Jamison and his family visited Sunday at the home of his father O S Jamison near Hepburn.
Mrs Maggie Douglas came home Saturday after a two weeks stay with her son Grover Douglas and family in Red Oak returning in good health and spirits.
Walter Hunt and family of Emerson visited Sunday at the J. D. Moore residence of Riley Richardson and Mrs. William Estle.
The piccolo, a German invention about 400 years old, traces its ancestry to ancient flutes. Flutes were popular in ancient Greece where Athena, goddess of wisdom, is said to have invented them. A myth says she discarded the device after seeing her reflection distorted while playing, and Marsyas later found and mastered the flute.
Dr and Mrs F A Hines attended the Live Stock Show in Kansas City last week, joining exhibitors and visitors at the event.
Mrs Bert Stewart of Sterling Colorado visited Des Moines last week and returned with Mr and Mrs J G Savage and Mrs Stewart. The Savage family met Mrs Savage's sister Mrs Lewis Coy and Mr Coy. They were joined by Mrs Will Chandler who spent the weekend at KE J Posten and wife in the host family home.
Japanese arithmetic is taught to boys and girls in school using bamboo rod slates. Numbers appear as colored beads that slide to count. Letters and numbers are written with a fat brush and black paint, the brush has a fine point for delicate parts of letters and requires much practice to form the alphabet with its intricate design.
Paint prices have advanced but the Drag Store continues selling at the aid price. Local customers get the sustained low rate despite broader market increases.
A Kansas preacher named Rev Hog an visited Misgouci Ve last week. The brief item notes a Gainsy traveler in the area and references city Kansas.
A 1981 Medal A and a Ford pick-up are offered for sale or trade. A LO3L Chevrolet Cabriolet is listed. Glas coal is available at $500 per ton. Seller is Fred Joslyn.
Mrs. Neva Sparks of Buffalo Wyoming visited her brother Jay Brown and wife then stopped at Clarinda and Shenandoah to see relatives. She departed for home on Monday.
Mrs. John Garrett of Hartford Michigan visited T. M. Otter George Garrett and Jim Ackley households from Tuesday to Friday. She traveled with her sister Mrs. J J Cunningham to Ft Morgan Colorado for a visit and will see her brother John Carpenter in Denver Colorado whom she had not seen in 29 years.
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