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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1938
Page
4
Auto racing experts at speedways like Indianapolis emphasize safety through caution and judgment. The piece notes that accidents arise from haste and urges proper right of way. It also recounts a historical reenactment with Quaker costumes and family ties to Captain Hussey, highlighting attire from 1856 and later.
Advertising rates will be made known upon application. All advertising remains in until ordered out unless otherwise arranged.
A sequence of social notes lists Mrs. Tom Magee suffering rheumatism, visits by Mrs. Harry Miles to Harry Larson, Mrs. Charles Coffin visiting her mother, and a Dobson reunion at Garwin. Lyle Dobson visits Tama, while Tom Miles family dine with the Holmes. Several Marshalltown and Grinnell area families, including the Wolfe, Prazak, Meyers and Coffin households, stopped by the George Coffin home for Sunday visits.
Sequoyah born about 1770 in Tennessee develops an 85 character Cherokee alphabet by 1821. He travels to Washington in 1828 with congress supporting his tribe’s education. He dies near the Southwest around 1843. The name Sequoyah means guessed it. the sequoia tree honors him.
The Suez Canal, begun by De Lesseps in 1859 and opened in 1869, remains open to all nations and free from blockade. Its historic concept predates Christian era. the canal spans about 100 miles with a 33 foot depth and 120 foot bottom width, a sea level route without locks. In 1936, 5,877 merchant ships totaling 32,379,000 tons crossed in about 18 hours. total cost to 1925 estimated at 150 million dollars, boosting Britain by significantly shortening the England to India route by 6,000 miles.
Ancient aboriginal inhabitants vanished before Columbus and built cliff and cave homes in Mesa Verde National Park. Tree ring dating places the earliest cliff-dwellers around AD 1066, with later people possibly driven from the region during the AD 1276–1299 era.
Ecologists describe natural forest succession where oaks hickories beach and poplar replace pines. Periodic fires, by removing invading species, allow pines to dominate and hinder progression to a more diverse climax forest. Without fires the sandhills would eventually become rich oak and beach forests within two thousand years.
The name Rebecca meaning en snarer is examined and traced to its Hebrew roots. Florence A. Cowles notes the literal cord with a noose, while the figurative sense implies a binding snare. The Genesis narrative of Rebecca at the well shows her generosity and suitability as Isaac's wife.
The narrative recalls a late night repair stop near Albert Lea Minnesota and a long wait at St Paul as emigrant cars form trains to Canada. A Guardian nails a lab handkerchief to identify the car amid crossing papers, then a blizzard in North Dakota contrasts prior Iowa heat as the trip proceeds along the Soo Line.
Seventeen Garden Club members and friends traveled by auto to Ames on Tuesday invited by the Ames Garden Club. They toured the campus and Horticultural farm visiting the rose garden, greenhouse and buildings. The day featured bee keeping demonstrations and a rose show with heavy sunburned feet among the group but a wish to return. Committee thanks chauffeurs J F Rylander M J Caputo J M Gaunt and L C Knudson.
The text notes cockfights among ancient Greeks and Romans, mentions Charlemagne's soldiers carrying birds, cites Chinese game bird fans, credits Fernando Cortez with introducing cockfighting to Mexico, and highlights the English breed of gamecocks as world famous. The passage asserts cockfighting as a sport with a long and diverse lineage.
White envelopes of good quality offered at 5e per package. Come in and see them.
Miss Mary Davidson and Dale Keen wed in a candlelit home ceremony attended by 80 guests in Toledo. Dr. Oliver Stevenson read the double ring service as the couple stood before a white carnation bell. The pair plan to live near Marshalltown after a three week honeymoon trip, with Mary a former teacher and Dale a farmer.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Kellogg of Ames visited C W Kellogg's home Sunday. Mrs C W Kellogg learned her aunt Miss Etta Stocking died Friday at her Crofton Nebraska home. Misses Hilda Rylander and Louise Johnson returned to Ames after a year at Iowa State College.
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