South County Line Notes From Our Special Correspondent
Herman and Marius Rosfjord shelled corn Monday and Tuesday. Harold Tweed's nephew Master Hokel of Stanhope visits at the Tweed home. Delmar Latham and children drove to Oskaloosa Sunday afternoon for baccalaureate services at Penn College. Harvey Bowers returned to Chicago Friday after visiting his wife and baby daughter at the Cyrus Tow home. Mrs Cyrus Tow and son Kenneth drove to Atkins last Friday to visit Elmer Tow. Margaret and Jean Tow accompanied them for visits at the Cyrus Tow and Conrad Roseland homes.
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Herman
Marius Rosfjord
Harold Tweed
Master Hokel
Stanhope
Tweed
Delmar Latham
Oskaloosa
Penn College
Harvey Bowers
Chicago
Cyrus Tow
Kenneth
Atkins
Elmer Tow
Margaret
Jean Tow
Gonrad Roseland
Local Social News From Marshalltown Area
Mrs Louis Lasson visited her mother Mrs Filloon Monday at the Soldiers Home hospital. Families from Marshalltown Liscomb and Green Mountain held a Sunday picnic at Paps Park. Mrs Alice Sloat and Miss Cora Hoover travel to Atlantic to visit an aunt Hill. Raymond Manship returned from Newhall where he taught three years and soon entered St Thomas Hospital for appendicitis surgery during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lasson
Filloon
Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Ed Meier
Barmim
Rudy Snyder
Martin Lamer
Marshalltown
H. O. Harrison
Paps Park
Liscomb
Alice Sloat
Cora Hoover
Alda Hoover
Montour
Atlantic
Hill
Key
Gus Devig
Martha Devig
Donald Yetley
Green Mountain
Yetleys
Raymond Manship
Newhall
The
St. Thomas
Weekend Gatherings Across Quaker Lane and Iowa City
Sunday visits highlighted by gatherings at multiple homes on Quaker Lane and the Walter Hoover and Perisho residences. Commencement and baccalaureate trips to Iowa City featured several families. A large picnic at Oliver Rosdale’s drew forty relatives and friends, listing numerous attendees and family groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar
Thos. Keen
Will Hoover
Clyde Hoover
Emmett Rubenbauer
Howard Searle
Iowa City
Howard Keen
George Keen
Leland Keen
Irving Ruben[baper
Russell
Blanch
Adeline
Oliver Rosdale
A.C. Bryngelson
Henry Bryngelson
Mabel
Ole Bryngelson
Leslie Bryngelson
Arthur Bryngelson
Martha Johnson
Walter E. Carey
Cecil
Lloyd Barlow
Roy Webb
Jens Hanson
Carney Meltvedt
Caroline Meltvedt
Alvin Rosedale
Eneas Sawyer
Betty
Senate Probe of House of Morgan Shapes Roosevelt Era Faith
Open Up the House of Morgan Temple City Calif Time. The Senate Investigation of the House of Morgan will have a great bearing as to the faith of the people of the United States in President Roosevelt. If he forces it through to a definite conclusion, regardless of results to men of high estate, the common people will stick with him through thick and thin. If he permits it to drop without any definite con clusion he will lose prestige enor mously. It is not only Morgan and his associates who are on trial before the people, but the entire financial structure of the country. It is a sad state of affairs that conditions have been allowed to exist and enlarge that would al low a few men to accumulate such immense fortunes at the ex pense of the populace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Morgan
Temple City
Calif
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Morgan
Comey Leech Undergoes Operation at Deaconess Hospital
Comey Leech underwent a morning operation at Deaconess Hospital to relieve bladder trouble and is progressing as well as expected. Friends who visited him note the weather has cooled from recent heat, and well wishes are offered for his continued recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comey Leech
Deaconess Hospital
Emigrant Steam Propeller Trial Trip of 1843
Clevelanders completed and readied the steam propeller Emigrant for a trial in 1843, reaching 8 mph with potential for 9. On June 5 it left harbor for Buffalo loaded with flour and passengers, while a Buffalo Gazette note praised the craft as neat and trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Hercules
Buffalo Gazette
Abner Stone
Cleveland
Harris
Stone
Floyd
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Noonday Sunlight Far Outshines Moon and Starlight
The Smithsonian meteorological tables show the noonday sun at zenith delivering 9 600 foot candles on Earth, 465 000 times brighter than the full moon and about 120 million times more luminous than all stars on a clear night. Sunset drops to 83 foot candles while starlight reaches eight hundred thousandths of a foot candle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
Weather Bureau
Taylor-Tycos
Rochester
Residence of Presidents and the Twelfth Amendment
The article notes the constitution allows residents of the same state to hold President and Vice President roles. It cites the Twelfth Amendment forbidding electors from voting for both offices if from the same state. It argues no party has nominated such a pair and explains a state could block one candidate, while electors from other states could still vote for both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rise of Drama from Greek to Renaissance Eras
The earliest Greek drama grew with the Dionysian festival in Attica, where a tetralogy of one comedy and three tragedies formed. In Medieval Europe mystery and miracle plays emerged with church festivals, paving the way for Renaissance drama and the modern forms of tragedy, comedy, melodrama, and opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionysius
Attica
Europe
Cannon Recall 1807 Muzzile Cannons Found Near Buenos Aires
Brass cannon remnants marked Woolwich Arsenal and dated 1801 were recovered from the Riachuelo river near Buenos Aires. Believed spiked and thrown by British forces during the second River Plate invasion, they were placed in the National History Museum in Buenos Aires in 1807.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Arsenal
Rischuelo
Buenos Aires
River Platte
National History Museum
Wind drives wires into natural harmony with wind induced vibrations
Wind causes a telegraph and telephone wire to vibrate at its natural frequency, producing audible harmonics though the fundamental tone is inaudible. The wire’s whole length vibrates for the base frequency, while sections vibrate to produce harmonics, often many at once.
Sun color meaning and its call to action for travelers
The text explains that yellow signifies the sun and its power to trigger activity in nature and people. It states that yellow also serves as a warning or prompt for travelers by road or rail to act promptly to use and support green growth.
Meaning of Soviet in Webster and International definitions
The Webster and Kew International dictionaries define Soviet as a council and one of two governing bodies in the early USSR. They describe village and town Soviets as the main local authorities, comprising workers soldiers and peasants, with deputies to higher soviet congresses from local to union levels. The Union Soviet Congress is the highest body, electing the central executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union of Socialist Soviet Repubics
Guberniyas
Union Soviet Congress
Union Central Executive Committee
State of Liechtenstein Becomes Principality in 1719
The minute European state Liechtenstein was formed as a sovereign principality in 1719 by Emperor Karl VI of Austria. It comprises Schellenberg and Vaduz, covers about 63 square miles, lies east of the Rhine from Switzerland, and stretches along the upper Rhine for over twelve miles. Its capital is Vaduz with Schaan Balzers Bendern Trüggen as key villages. about 10,000 inhabitants. It belonged to the German Confederation 1813 to 1866, became independent after the Austro Prussian war, and used Austrian stamps for postal services until later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liechtenstein
Carl IV of
Austria
Schellenburg
Vaduz
Rhine
Switzerland
Lake Constance
Yaduz
Schaan
Leap Year Rules and Calendar Precision
The Gregorian system has 97 leap years every 400 years not 100. Century years are not leap years unless divisible by 400. The solar year averages 365.2425 days, reducing error to about 0.00026 day per year, requiring roughly 3,846 years to accumulate a day of error.
New Plymouth Fishermen Fail Bite After Seaquake
A party of New Plymouth fishermen aboard a launch in a choppy Monkay sea hauled three to five fish per catch before the biting suddenly stopped. They returned ashore to learn an earthquake had coincided with the lapse in bites, origin said to be under the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Montreal Herald
No Seigniorage on Gold Coinage Amid Mint Claims
The Philadelphia mint superintendent states there is no coinage charge on gold. Gold coins of standard weight contain gold equal to their face value, with no seigniorage. Example: an eagle weighing 258 grains holds 2329 grains of fine gold, the remainder being copper alloy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
What has become of LeGrand Friends Academy
Local News recounts reflections on LeGrand Friends Academy and its former students and community impact. It then lists a series of short notices and social updates from LeGrand, including motor trips, visits, and residents’ activities around Cedar Falls, Marshalltown, and nearby towns.
Paste Jewels Through History And Technique
The manufacture of paste jewels has grown in modern times. A glass called strasa is made from white sand, red lead, borax and other elements. Colored gems are created by powdering the pieces, adding coloring substances, then fusing and annealing.
Desert Animals and Desert Adaptation
An analysis argues desert fauna resemble those from fertile regions, suggesting desert dwellers are outcasts of species from better environments and adapt to desert life due to necessity rather than choice. The discussion reflects on evolutionary and ecological pressures shaping desert ecosystems.
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Chas. W. Dunham
LeGrand Reporter
Corwin O'Neal, Edler
LeGrand Poat Office
Polar Star Edge
A.frand A.M
John R. Manship
W. M. CG
D. Harvey
Claire Omundson
Walter Hoover
Paris Green
Holland & Holland
Academy
Dr. Reiterman
LeGrand Friends Academy
Kenneth Perry
Joe Kennedy
Cedar Falls
Elgin Powers
W. M. Gaunt
Viola
Earl Hedstrom
F. Houseman
Anna Rozak
Mary Jane Perry
Dunkerton
Chester Levine
Kansas City
Frank Houseman
John Ralston
Omer Stevenson
State Center
Cecil Baer
Mildred Gaunt
Bertram Sawyer and
Smally Son
Midway Services Station
Walter Weitzell
Barnum
Fred Zednieek
Cedar Rapids
Raymond
State University
M. Gaunt
Fairfield
Edith
Parsons College
Roy Hilsabeck
W.A. Kauffman
Iowa
Iveestes
Auto Ambulance Service
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