Next Door Neighbors Report Local Happenings
Miss Marge O Neil spent Tuesday at the L C Blodgett home. The Hines family were recently on the sick list. Harry Gibson called on business in Cedar Rapids. Hartman Coffin visited his sister near Garwin. Farmers are busy stacking hay of good quality. The Gibsons visited Eugene Gibson. Leland returned home after a stay with his brother. Woogen shelled corn. Kathryn Jones stayed at the Latham home. Orin Tweed assists with haying and plowing. County Church Day Rally held in Marshalltown Wednesday.
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Marge O’neil
L. C
Harry Gibson
Eugene Gibson
Leland
Toller Woogen
Kathryn Jones
Latham
Orin Tweed
Preston Everts
Marshalltown
Rosfjord Back Home After Hospital Stay
Marius Rosfjord returns home from treatment for an infectious boil after a hospital stay. Mrs. Applegate, sister of Mr. Do N. Thulin, fell at the Thulin home last Thursday night breaking an ankle and receiving other injuries. Her condition is as good as can be expected.
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Marius Rosfjord
Sunday Family Visits Across Towns Mentioned
Quaker Lane Truman Rosedale visited Sunday with friend Stephen Sanders. Nelvin Rasmusens spent Sunday at the Irving Rubenbauer home. Kenneth Graham and Alice visited the Perisho home. H Westre of Gretna arrived for a visit with Knudson and Woogen families. Hoover family trips to Minnesota to visit Arthur Hoover. Keen visit to Marshalltown to see Helen Fisher and hospital-bound Howard Searle.
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Truman Rosedale
Stephen Sanders
Nelvin Rasmussen
Irving Rubenbauer
Kenneth Graham
Alice
Perisho
H. Westre
Gretna
Neb
Knudson
Woogen
Will Hoover
Esther
Clyde Hoover
Maxine
Minnesota
Arthur Hoover
Howard Keen
Marshalltown
Helen Fisher
Chicago
Howard Searle
Tibet's High Mountains Describe Isolated Land and Lama Culture
A Chicago Tribune writer portrays Tibet as a rugged central Asian kingdom with limited arable land supporting about three million people. Lamas dominate religion and state under the Dalai lama, with the Tashi lama as second figure. Tibetan isolation since 1661 limits European access to Lhasa and Shigatse.
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Tibet
Central Asia
Chicago Tribune
Dalai Lama
Grueber and
D'Orville
Lhasa
Shigatse
Parson of Pinhoe Receives English Pension Through Ages
A London writer notes that since 1001 the Parson of Pinhoe and his successors have received a perpetual pension from English kings. The tale recalls how Parson rode to Exeter with a horseload of arrows to revive Ethelred II’s army during a Danish assault at Exmouth.
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Pinhoe
Ethelred
London
Exmouth
Ifitile
Exeter
England
Origins of the Irish People in Celtic Lineage
The Irish are largely Celtic in origin, descended from Celts and not Semitic. Legends recount invasions by Partholonians, Nemedians, Firbolgs, Dadanians, and Milesians, who are thought to have arrived 1700 to 1000 B C from lines tracing Scythia, Thrace, Egypt, Gothland, Britain, and Spain.
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Europe
Ireland
Constantia Maxwell
Oliver Cromwell as Dictator in England
The text states Cromwell, as Lord Protector of England, wielded dictatorial power during his term. He claimed to act with Parliament when it sat, but in its absence he sole1y decided state matters and refused the crown offered by Parliament.
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Oliver Cromwell
England
Invention of the steel pen spans eras and nations
The machine-made steel pen emerged in England around 1822 with earlier hand-made pens preceding it. The quill-shaped slip pen appeared about 1832. Richard Esterbrook produced the first American steel pens in Camden, New Jersey in 1858. The steel pen gradually replaced the quill, though many kept traditional pens for sentiment or personal use for years.
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England
Richard Esterbrook
Camden
N. J
Cats Rule as Rodent Threats Wane Worldwide
Cats and rats play a crucial role in controlling rodent hordes. In Hong Kong households are required to keep a cat. Japan used cats from the United States to combat bubonic plague. France keeps cats on its payroll to protect papers. National offices fund cats in annual expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
United States
France
Marcus Aurelius and his Greek scholarly ties
Marcus Aurelius embraced Greek culture and philosophy. He studied under Greek teachers, admired Athens, and established philosophy chairs for Platonic, Stoic, Peripatetic, and Epikurean schools in the city.
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Marcus Aurelius
Athens
Railroad progress drives cheaper, safer travel across services
J. J. Pelley of the Association of American Railroads cites ongoing advances in passenger service, freight efficiency, air conditioning research, and faster trains while noting overall costs per mile have fallen since 1923. He asserts safety remains a hallmark as many Class L lines report decades without passenger fatalities.
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J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
United States
Dividend Declared by Iowa Electric Light and Power
Directors of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company meeting in Cedar Rapids last week declared a dividend on stock as of record June 30 to be paid July 20. Dividends set at 74 cents on 7 percent stock 14 cents on 64 percent stock and 75 cents on 6 percent stock.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
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Jimmie Valentine
Hartman Coffin
Albert Rohner
Garwin
LeGrand Reporter
Corwin O'Neal
LeGrand Post Office
Polar Star Lodge
de A.F
A.M
J. F. Rylander
W. M. C. D. Harvey
Farmer Friends
Trip
Holland & Holland
Business Man
Weestel Funeral Director
Auto Ambulance Service
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W.A. Kauffman
Lowa
R. H. Whalen
M. D. Tama
Washington News
Washington
William Bruckart
Capital
Bruckart
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