LeGrand Social Notes Include Visits and Baseball Game
Miss Sylva Ensminger of Des Moines spent a couple of days with the Beane family. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nodland and daughter from Stratford visited Mrs. Nodland’s mother. LeGrand’s team lost to M. & St. L. 5 to 1 in Marshalltown. Rev. and Mrs. Crawford and son Billy visited Kelloggs and plan relocation from South Dakota. Kathryn Denniston and Elizabeth Morales, college instructors, visited LeGrand and Manship family before heading to Ames for summer courses.
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Sylva Ensminger
Des Moines
Raymond Beane
Marvin Nodland
Stratford
Dena Nodland
LeGrand
Marshalltown
Herman Crawford
Billy
C. W. Kellogg
Ferguson
Aberdeen
South Dakota
State Teachers College
Mansfield
Manship
Ames
Willard Ruby
Quaker Lane Couples Attend Hampton Picnic
Mr and Mrs Charles Rubenbauer spent Sunday June 3 with friends in Hampton. The Quaker Lane Club picnic was held Wednesday at Shady Oaks with almost a full attendance.
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Charles Rubenbauer
Hampton
Quaker Lane Club
Shady Oaks
LeGrand Reporter Rates and Postal Classification
LeGrand newspaper lists subscription periods of one year six months and three months with local post office classification and postage details. The notice references second class matter status and printing or distribution terms in LeGrand.
Masonic Meetings Regular Communication Details
Polar Star Lodge No 113 A F and A M holds regular communications on the third Monday of each month. W M J F Smaha and Secretary C D Harvey are listed as officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar Star Lodge
A.F
A.M
J. F. Smaha
W. M. C.D. Harvey
Banks Repaying Loans From R F C
Banks and trust companies have been the largest borrowers from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and now lead in repayments. Since February 1932 loans were authorized to 7 080 banks totaling 1 995 000 000 with 442 000 000 not drawn and 1 553 000 000 advanced. Through April 40 1934 repayments reached 925 000 000 about 60 percent while all borrowers averaged 37 percent. Observers view this rapid repayment as a sign of returning normal financial conditions.
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Banks
Trust Companies
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bankers Finance Scholarships Milestones Report
The American Bankers Association Foundation for Education In Economics, founded in 1928, has awarded 354 college loan scholarships. Loans repaid total $262,000, with $86,900 outstanding. Total investments of its funds amount to $540,008.
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American Bankers Association Foundation For Education In
Man’s House As Castle In Legal History
The note traces the origin of the saying a man’s house is his castle to Sir Edward Coke, an English jurist born in Mileham Norfolk in 1552 who died in 1633. It outlines his key roles including solicitor general in 1592 speaker of the commons in 1593 attorney general in 1564 and chief justice positions at the common pleas and king’s bench.
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Sir Edward Coke
Coke
Mileham
Norfolk
House of Commons
the Common Pleas
King's Bench
Iia
Townsend Henry Hathaway Townsend Obituary in Wichita
Henry Hathaway Townsend born October 18 1851 in Frederickstown Ohio died May 19 1984 in Wichita Kansas aged 82 years 7 months 6 days He taught over 40 years mostly in Friends academies married Anna Rowland Hunt June 28 1887 She survived nearly 46 years of marriage The obituary notes his pioneer teaching spirit honesty optimism humor and faith with final words Love and Pray J L Harrison visits daughter Mrs Walter Howard
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Townsend Henry Hathaway Townsend
Asa Mosher
Elizabeth G. Townsend
Frederickstown
Ohio
Wichita
Kan
LeGrand
Iowa
LeGrand Academy
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Damascus
Anna Rowland Hunt
Henry Townsend
Friends Academies
Friends
Palestine Life and Water Struggles Revealed in Travel Note
A travel writer describes Palestinian daily life, water scarcity, and house customs. He compares outdoor living, simple one to three room homes, and communal meals to American norms, noting women carrying water on their heads, long lines for water, and minimal housekeeping duties. The piece contrasts native routines with Western expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Standard Oil Company
Palestine household life contrasts with American freedoms
The piece contrasts a Palestinian home, where the father rules and daughters inherit subservience, with American ideals of women’s rights. It notes Western men are mocked as slaves to wives, while American women enjoy broad privileges compared with Palestine. It argues no country matches America for women’s advantages, though some share similar lack of consideration elsewhere.
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Palestine
West
Abraham
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. W. Dunham
Kathryn Denniston
Uniontown
Elizabeth Morales
Keyport, N. J
Corwin O'Neal
Baker & Mamage
LeGrand Posterites
Bankers Finance Scholarships
J. L. Harrison
Walter Howard
Waterloo
C.D. Harvey, Agt
Solomon
Jerusalem
Wfestel
Auto Ambulance Service
Marshalltown, Ia
Holland & Holland
W.A. Kauffman
East Main
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