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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1936
Page
4
A Seney couple donated their farm to Morningside College, part of its endowment, which will be tax exempt up to 160 acres per township. If ownership exceeds 160 acres in a township, excess lands lose exemption. Mr Rayburn served on the Seney Methodist church board and led Sunday school. The donation shifts ownership to the college and is recorded by county auditor L A Ludwig.
Local dealer presents a feature program titled Talkie with lean fun and romance, a tour of steel and wire mills showing 145 tons of molten metal in open hearth furnaces, ingots, and 450 foot long white hot serpents, followed by wire and fence products. An animated cartoon and a Keystone Barn Dance Party with the Hoosier Hot Shots provide entertainment. All Talkies run over 6,000 feet of sound and film, admission free, with children required to be accompanied by adults.
The brown trout is described as easy prey for spawning turtles due to its habit of seeking refuge under stones and in crevices when disturbed.
The passage notes that Siberia is not a separate political entity but largely constitutes the Soviet Union's Russian state framework. It highlights Siberia as a vast region within the USSR, described as the largest and most important component among the Russian states forming the union.
Tahiti, famed as the gem of the South Seas, stands apart for its people. Tahitian girls are described as charming in appearance and merry in song, dance, and laughter, yet the article notes they do not recognize love as a quality.
The term layman derives from Greek meaning of the people, applied to nonmembers in churches as lay deacons preachers and readers. Lay brothers and sisters perform domestic or manual work in religious orders while lay actors appear as outsiders in professions like law or medicine.
Discoverer Sir Joseph Banks funded a voyage with Captain Cook in 1765 and joined the first circumnavigation. He first described eucalyptus in Australia then called New Holland, naming them Gum trees. He introduced Araucaria from the Society Islands and Streltzia or Bird of Paradise from South Africa, honoring Queen Charlotte Sophia.
The Valamo Monastery on a Lake Ladoga island group, Finland, reportedly founded in A D 902, rose to prominence late in the 19th century with many pilgrims. Its notable feature is the Church of the Transfiguration built as two churches stacked one above the other, plus several smaller sanctuaries and hermitages.
In Vienna Prater known as the citys Coney Island a machine gun was installed at a public rifle range to let visitors fire bursts at tin soldiers. Proprietor Wichard Zieselkern offered priced bursts and crowds flocked to the gallery, making him prosperous after years of modest earnings.
In Omaha Nebraska police were called to capture escaped steers four times in one week as they were trucked to market. Ear gas shells were used but only angered the animals. an ex-ranch hand eventually roped the steer to end the fracas.
A historical account describes matte as a drink favored in several countries including Cali and Uruguay. The piece details plant origin, growth conditions, leaf preparation methods, and two traditional infusion styles, mentioning cultural uses and purported health claims without graphic detail.
The Vireau of animal industry explains a rasp on a handle six feet long known as a float trims horses teeth by removing sharp edges. The piece uses water jets to reveal wet cloths darker and brighter as drops fill the spaces between threads.
Des Moines prepares for a landmark dirt track night race on June 17 with a vast turnout expected and drivers from across the nation racing in a 100 lap event. Emory Collins, driving the Miller Special, will contend as Des Moines rises to a status akin to Indianapolis in speedway racing.
The column ponders political shifts as Kansas voters weigh Alf Landon against drought fears while invoking a party plank on money power. It also celebrates Mrs. Clair’s 100th birthday, recounting a century of memories from Civil War to World War I. The piece riffs on Rotary and Lions rivalries with light humor.
J W Putman of Angheim California recalls a hot humid day off China's coast when a typhoon struck. A mess boy tried to pour coffee on a ship and a 46 foot wave swept him across decks, delivering him to the next ship’s officers with a joking command about coffee.
Marine biologists note some fish roam widely in pursuit of nutritious fare. A second-year grilse salmon marked near Bergen and later caught off Montrose would have swum about 400 miles if traversed directly. Sea trout and riverweed trout also travel far, with Scottish fish commonly wandering the farthest.
A compilation notes that many male Indians kept smooth faces as a religious duty, with some exceptions among certain tribes. It describes Sioux razor use, cultural norms on facial hair, and references to certain tribes in 1650 known for beards or mustaches.
Compiled snippets discuss women in education in Japan and clerical labor in London, with figures on missing women, married exchange staff, and colonial staff roles. Also noted are temperance views, naval recruitment pressures, a saloon woman who bred recruits, and postwar automobile tire life spans.
A review of diverse scientific ideas includes a solar powered hot water heater, a pine pulp process yielding artificial silk, a 30 foot steel ball for deep sea work, neon found in stars, atmospheric studies via earth surface detonations, and Canadian weather balloons reaching minus 994 degrees in the upper air.
The term yellow streak stems from aging or disease yellowing material or skin and later shifted to describe mean or cowardly behavior. A further sense emerged linking the phrase to sensational or disreputable press coverage.
A 100 foot tall giant bamboo grass was reported in East India. A house sold at auction in Schifferstadt Germany for 3.25 dollars. Czechoslovakia to add a small fee for special telegram envelopes matching the message design. A
Mongolia hosts the Mongol peoples who formed large military empires including the vast Mongol empire. Tribesmen live in yurts and rely on sheep horses and camels, with a significant portion of men serving as Lama priests.
The article states Romans used branding irons to identify cattle or similar methods. It suggests the practice likely originated before recorded history and probably followed domestication milestones, with ownership marks closely tied to livestock.
Wood and fiber board porosity varies from 25 percent in ebony to 75 percent in balsam wood or fiber boards. The statement notes textiles also show porosity variations, highlighting material differences in absorptive capacity.
Bertram pitched a strong game allowing five scattered hits with 13 strikeouts as Hub City defeated Merchant 8 to 1. De Boer started the scoring with a four-base hit, and in the sixth inning Carlson DeBoer and Bertram contributed circuit drives as the home crowd booed yet cheered his dual prowess at bat and on the mound.
The mound produced a timely homer with two on base as Hub City added two ninth inning hits to seal their win. Le Mars scored eight runs, aided by two errors and a walk, as Lloyd Hanton leads a promising but crowd-dependent Merchants club this season.
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