LeMars Board Adopts Bond Cancellation and Tax Adjustments
LeMars Town boards adjourned session on June 24 1931 approved cancellation of the first 100 000 of the primary road bond issue and interest coupons and ordered a $225 warrant to owners. Minutes cover township tax adjustments drainage matters widows pension cases and a tax hearing schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Timmins
W. H. Boyd
LeMars
Timmins
Zimmerman
Ahtmann
Miller
Twogood
Sane
Bertha Madison
E. L. Downing
Kiesling
Social Worker
P. E. Held
James Ridge Telephone Company
Twopood
Miker
Bedell
Bord
Diler
Trustees of
America Township
Elgin
Hancock
Sardine garnish on potato salad lunch plate
A quaint luncheon description features a mound of potato salad on a lettuce leaf with four sardines placed boneless and skinned against it, creating a novel deli style plate described as very delicious.
Radar and Rail of Risky Ventures in Aviation and Submarine
The article opines on dangerous experiments like the Nautilus undersea voyage and early radio energy transmission by Hammonds radiodynamics, arguing risks lack humanitarian value. It notes declining interest in college football and cites Prof Goddard with patents on a rocket propelled airplane, awaiting lift off from the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Patent Office
Congress
Hammond
Yale
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Robert H. Goddard
Clark University
Pioneering rocket work and pigeon flight feats spark intrigue
A report on Robert Goddard's rocket propulsion experiments in New Mexico notes his plan to use gas from rockets amplified by a turbine engine. The piece also covers a blue homing pigeon journey from Salisbury to New York City in 13 hours 11 minutes, explaining how pigeons navigate by learned landmarks and visual memory rather than a mysterious sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Goddard
New Mexico
Prof. Goddard
Salisbury
N. C
New York City
Casey Wood
Westfield Notes From Special Correspondent
Westfield reports harvest under way with yields below average in most fields. Local residents include Chas Harrington recovering after adenoids and tonsils surgery in Akron hospital and J D Bliss substituting on his mail route. Visitors include G A Young from Honolulu giving a talk at the Congregational church and local social calls occur among Miss Alice Maysonholder and Mrs T McDougall families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Schrunk
Wayne, Neb
Chas. Harrington
Vessy Harrington
Akron Hospital
Cc. E. Lowry
Storm Lake
Alice Maysonholder
Arch Lilly
Ben
Crystal Lake
J. D. Bliss
Harry
John Chapman
Sioux City
Chapman
G. A. Young
Honolulu
Sarah Young
LeMars
Grove
Morris, Minn
Lilly
Congregational Church
Islands
Maysonholder
T. McDougall
Dorothy
Lillie Mae
Earl Schultz
Near
Elk Point
Craig From the Independent
Residents of Canby Minnesota visit at the Martin Harms home. Louis Borchers suffers heat illness while mowing. Northern excursion rates entice travelers to Belle Fourche South Dakota for a visit. New Chevrolet coach owned by George Popken. Francis Taylor relocates to Milbank South Dakota for dry cleaning work. Mrs. Taylor linked to Hazel Elliott. The Van Steenwyck family from Clear Lake South Dakota visit A P Noble home. Irene Noble joins a trip to H B Norria’s in Correctionville Iowa. Johnson family reunion at Sherman Park Sioux Falls. Mrs Herman Johnson suffering with prior leg amputation complications, age seventy. Hot winds yield 100s temperatures, with a northwest shower bringing relief. drought and heat take toll on people animals crops across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will. Kaiser
Canby
Minn
Syere
Martin Harms
Louis Borchers
Frenton Township
Bernice “Bukhby
Belle Fourche
George ‘Popken
Gerd Popken
United States
Spotlight on Frank Craven and The Gratitude Play
A theater feature recalls Frank Craven visiting his own home after a performance of That's Gratitude. The piece notes Craven's collaborative approach and lack of star ego, and reflects on a Cameron McKensie story about leadership and credit, illustrating the value of shared authorship and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Craven
Mrs. Craven
Grantland Rice
Frank
Serge
Cameron McKensie
Local residents visit Chigputt home Sunday
Mr and Mrs H B r and Mrs Brows of aeon Iowa visited in the Chigputt home Sunday with Warren and son Warren and Mr and Mrs Jay Shearer of Sioux City leaving Monday for Rodheater MiHing where doctors are in regard to high ned Catherine Martin and daughter Mrs M W Conway and Martin Conway motored to the city Wednesday The Maysonholder family will spend the fourth in the home of Mrs Maysonholder's parents at Mapleton Town Mr and Mrs W Brundeen returned Monday from their vacation spent at the Minnesota lakes Mr and Mrs Joe Hummel and family motored to the city Tuesday Misses Annie and Clara Chapmann motored to Council Bluffs Glenwood and other points last Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Aeon
Towa
Chigputt
Warren
Jay"Shearer
Sioux City
Atte
Rodheater
MiHing
Catherine Martin
M. W. Conway
Martin Conway
Maysonholder
Mapleton
Town
W. Brundeen
Minnesota Lakes
Joe ‘Hummel
Annie
Clara Chapmann
Council
Bluffs
Glenwood
Local Social Notes from Brunsville and Vicinity
A roundup of neighborhood visits and events includes Grant Bill Plueger and daughter Lil Nan visiting Bob Ruble, Elizabeth Rosopp at Henry Ommen, and Elizabeth Lammers returning from Madeira. Social calls continue with Herman Marqmen, Carl Ahrendt Jr. showing off a new birthday gift coach, and gatherings for Martha Janasen and Lucille Heeren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Plueger
Lil Nan
Bob Ruble
Elizabeth Rosopp
Henry Ommen
Brunsville
South Grant
Elizabeth Lammers
John von Hagel
Madeira
Minn
Herman Marqmen
Mammen Brothers
Carl Ahrendt Jr
Margaret Weyen
Albert Collmann
H. D. Heeren
H. W. Vennigs
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Plymouth County Board
Frank Tiumings
Artest
By Nancy Hart
Ser Ree
Nautilus
America
England
Gnard Charles Kinnison
Westfield
Craig
The
Independent
Europe
Sam
Grant
L. A. Downs
Illinois Central System
Ilinois Central
Chicago
Chevrole
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
G. MA
Vaine
Lemars, Iowa
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