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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1926
Page
3
Published Friday of Each Week Entered at LeGrand post office as a second class matter Advertising rates will be made on application All advertising remains in until ordered out unless otherwise in pan.
Ruth Piper has German measles and Jeannette Perisho has been sick for a week. Families visited and attended gatherings including a Ladies' Club picnic. Merle Perisho from Waterloo visited, and L. C. Knudson attended a funeral in Des Moines. Wm Hoover's home hosted Rev Biddlecum and others. Quaker Lane picnic at Newton Camp on June 3 drew good attendance.
The school board invites bids to operate five hack routes at LeGrand consolidated school. Bids may be horse or motor driven. motor bids require the driver to furnish the chassis while the school board provides the body. Bids must be received by July 1, with details from any school board member.
Gardening columnist E. G. Volz from Iowa State College advises immediate water when flowers are cut and changing water daily. For best results, move blooms to cool basement each evening, cut stems in the morning, and use deep vessels. hot water dip can revive wilted stems.
Our bills for light and power service rendered during the past month are now due and payable. Late fees may be found at the LeGrand Savings Bank until the first of each month. Bills not paid by that time are returned to our Marshall town office and posted as delinquent. To insure continued service please pay promptly. Visitors in Marshalltown are cordial invited to use our office as a rest room or to meet friends.
The London Post reports John Logie Baird has perfected television after years of work. A central station may be built within months, with demonstrations showing spoken words and facial expressions transmitted to another room. A company is forming to construct and sell limited televisors once government permission is obtained.
An Ohio inventor claims a modern Damascuslike steel made by a secret process that blends iron and carbon to yield ultra sharp, tough, and hard edges. A 15 inch bar tempered in five degrees cut glass, shaved hair, and bent without breaking. vanadium is a key element in the steel.
Dr Morris Viteles of the University of Pennsylvania devised a miniature roadway with tiny cars operated by levers to test the alertness and quick-thinking powers of chauffeur applicants. The lever controls a car through real highway like curves crossroads and ditches, requiring intelligence and mental alertness to drive without mishap.
Peter Portener, once a Delphos resident, left town in 1884 without paying an $8 grocery bill to John Roth. A Dayton postmark letter opened by Roth revealed an 85 cent note and three $1 bills with an apology for the long overdue debt. Roth, now retired, noted the resolve of the old account.
William J. W. Room reports a Central Africa discovery of a tribe of 2.6 million giants with average height between six and seven feet. Their ruler is said to be seven feet tall. The tribe is depicted as athletic and potentially surpassing existing sport records, per Popular Science Monthly.
A gale ripped the porch roof from a Horckanum house and hurled it onto the main roof, toppled the chimney, and covered the flue with debris. Smoke filled the home as James I Harrison and his family rang East Hartford fire department, fearing a chimney fire.
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