Birthday Dinner at Will Hoover Home
From Our Special Correspondent Mr and Mrs C Hoover and daughter Mr and Mrs Donald Hoover and baby and Miss Shirley Teeters were guests Sunday at the Will Hoover home. The dinner was in honor of Miss Esther's birthday. Mr and Mrs Walter Hoover accompanied by Mrs Ella Duval Mrs Alice Sloat and Miss Cora Hoover went to Grand Meadow Minn for a visit at the Arthur Hoover home returning Sunday evening.
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Hoover
Donald Hoover
Shirley Teeters
Will Hoover
Esther
Walter Hoover
Ella Duval
Alice Sloat
Cora Hoover
Grand Meadow
Minn
Arthur Hoover
Neighbor News Roundup From LeGrand
Next Door Neighbors notes visitors and social visits in LeGrand Iowa with mentions of Ray Bailey L C Blodgett Otto Hartman Coffin family and a party for Mrs Sam Kanter. The piece also cites local home improvements by Mrs Beechout and Max Duncan and notes visits by Dr Lowell Landon and Prof Lewis Kline with local scientist B H Beane.
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Lowell Laudon
Tulsa
Okla
Lewis Kline
Ames
LeGrand
B. H. Beane
Landon
Tulsa University
University of Towa
Kline
Towa
Continental Bills of Credit and their Decline in Value
Continental currency issued by the Continental congress from 1775 to 1779 totaled 250 million dollars in face value but rapidly depreciated. Promises to redeem in Spanish dollars or gold and silver failed as Congress lacked fiscal power and tax authority, leading to drastic devaluation and eventual withdrawal from circulation.
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Continental Body
Continental Congress
Rocky Mountain Herald
Congress
Water Holds Heat and Humidity in Atmosphere
Water acts as Earths heat reservoir requiring large energy to raise its temperature and to melt or vaporize ice. Vapor pressure rises with temperature, reaching 0.2 inch at 32 degrees and 1.2 inches at 85 degrees, while the atmosphere typically runs at about 70 percent saturation.
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Earth
Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
Crocodiles and Alligators Compared by Washington Post Writer
A Washington Post writer notes crocs cannot stick out their tongues and are distant from lizards. The main difference with alligators is snout shape. crocs are typically vicious and many prey on sea and Nile regions. Orangutan defends against crocodile jaws yet crocs still attack apes.
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Washington Post
Samson
Jungle
Eagles Do Little Harm in New Findings
The Washington Post notes that bald eagles, once counted among major predators, now cause little damage as their numbers drop. They favor dead fish and clean streams and have been known to steal from fish hawks in a fierce swoop.
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Washington Post
China Apple Oranges Travel from Orient to Americas
A fragmentary note traces oranges from the Orient to the Americas via Spanish explorers and missionaries. It claims the United States leads in orange production and describes an orange tree reaching about 30 feet, living centuries though typically around six.
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Orient
South America
California
Florida
United States
The Ballad of Annie Laurie A Prairie Town Dog’s Fate
A lost pampered dog named Annie Laurie wanders to LeGrand. Local mayor orders the village marshal to shoot the stray. Children plead for mercy as the dog dies from a sunset execution, her white coat stained by crimson. The tale recalls Scotland and a pet’s place in a hurried town.
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Annie Laurie
Marshalltown
LeGrand
Lillian
Doris
Prairie
Scotland
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Thompson’s Store
Vernon WN. Thompson
LE Grand
Iowa
Chester Morris and
Marget Graham
Carter Yield
Washington
Field
Waleington
Mr.Fiekrs Isttera
Carter Field
LeGrand Reporter
Ray Bailey
L. C
Sam Kanter
New Orleans
Albert Rohner
Garwin
East Main Street
Beechout
Blanche Emley
Max Duncan
Westinghouse
Kitch
Asec
Public Works Administration
Amily Albu
Seal OF
Minnesota
Aluminum
Holland & Holland
Wees
Estel Funeral Director
Auto Ambulance Service
Marshalltown, Ia
W. A. Kauffman
East Main
Chaillot
Paris
Spain
Tate
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