Tracks Removed After Abandonment In Tama County
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad plans to remove rails from a long-abandoned double tracked main line in Tama County to cut taxes and reduce expenses. Ties are being sold, with Elberon buyers paying about six dollars per mile for twelve miles of track from Keystone through Elberon to Vining. About 2,700 ties per mile are estimated. The railroad seeks removal within thirty to sixty days and will haul away ballast rock. Rumors say a nearby highway may be built along the grade for the railroad’s buses and freight trucks.
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Tama County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
W. P. Wilson
Riley Kepler
Elberon
Keystone
Vining
Elberon and
Milwaukee Railroad
Tama News
Christopher Columbus Hen Tracks Iowa Farm Tale
A Daw son Iowa tale jokes that Christopher Columbus might have found the voyage easier if he had access to a hen fruit from Albert Summerson’s farm. The quip suggests a humorous anachronism born from local lore.
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Dawson
Iowa
Christopher Columbus
Chris
Albert Summerson
East LeGrand Social Notes Reach Across Towns
East LeGrand notes show Thorval Thomp son family at Peter Thompson home in Dunbar and Delmar Latham family at G E Mills. Yorks from Grinnell and Knudson of Quaker Lane called, while Richards family reunion drew Mabel Rowlison and kin to Homer Harrison home in Marshalltown. Betty Adair Barbara Adair Darrell Richards joined for visits, with Summersons discussing eggs.
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Thorval Thompson
Peter Thompson
Dunbar
Rockpile adds specimens from many states to LeGrand quarry display
Collectors and locals contribute rocks and fossils from Missouri to Washington and beyond. Franklin Ludwig of Dawson and others donate shale and stone specimens while visitors like Dr. C R Keyes of Tucson inspect the LeGrand quarries. The assemblage includes agate from Montana, rose quartz, honeycomb coral from Yellowstone area, and a commemorative display of rocks from West Virginia and Oregon.
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C. R. Keyes
Tucson
Ant
LeGrand
Beane
Egg that stands upright sparks hatchling mystery
A hen laid a second such egg this season that always remains upright when placed on end. Egg experts say the specimen has most of its mass in the heavy end with shell mostly space, which may explain its behavior.
Specimen of Brain Coral Adorns Reporter Office
A six inch brain coral resembling a toadstool was brought to the Reporter office last week. Owned by B. H. Beane, it draws admiration for its beauty. A Geographic Magazine piece also features coral but does not match this specimen. Readers may visit to view and judge. Sweltering winds from the southwest have caused corn to roll and vegetation to suffer.
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B. H. Beane
Geographic Magazine
Beane
LeGrand High School Class of 1938 Picnic Reunion
The LeGrand high school class of 1938 held its first annual reunion at Pine Lake Eldora with fourteen members present. Kenneth Perry presided over the noon basket dinner and officers were chosen: Mildred Rasmussen president, Mrs. Donald Hoover secretary, Ruth Guthrie Marian Kouba and Kenneth Perry on the invitation committee, Kenneth Hoover Mildred Rasmussen and Mrs. Donald Hoover on the menu committee. Present were Mildred Rasmussen Norman Dunham Kenneth Hoover Kenneth Perry Kenneth Cutler Wayne Dobson Ruth Guthrie Marian Kouba Eugene Hoover Stephen Sanders Truman Rosdale Mary Perry Loretta Humphrey and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Graham Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoover Thomas Naig Stephen Guthrie and Clement Thompson.
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LeGrand High School
Pine Lake
Eldora
Kenneth Perry
Mildred Rasmussen
Donald Hoover
Ruth Guthrie
Marian Kouba
Kenneth Hoover
Norman Dunham
Kenneth Cutler
Wayne Dobson
Eugene Hoover
Stephen Sanders
Truman Rosdale
Mary Perry
Loretta Humphrey
Kenneth Graham
Thomas Naig
Stephen Guthrie
Clement Thompson
Local social visits and upcoming political events noted
Marshalltown visitors include Mr and Mrs Lewis Beane and Miss Leova at Specht home. Gilman near Arlo Jones family and Van De Venter home. Betsole and Leova visited Higinbotham. Hilda Rylander staying with sister Glen Sloat near Ferguson. Betty Gaunt visiting Carlton and Mrs Poduska Straka. Oskaloosa visitors to LeGrand. Lena May Erickson to Des Moines for summer work with parents and relatives. Nodland visit to Stratford. Glidewell visitors from Marion township. Garwin and Marshalltown celebrations feature Willford and Gwynne speaking. I M Gaunt hosts include Elmer Colebaugh and Vera Friend. relations noted.
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Lewis Beane
Marshalltown
Chas. Specht
Arlo Jones
Gilman
van de Venter
Floyd Batesole
Leova
Betty Gaunt
Dena Nodland
Marvin Nodland
Stratford
Dan Glidewell
Marion Township
Garwin
Willford
Gwynne
Elmer Colebaugh
Des Moines
Joe Ganniger
Vera Friend
Charles Hanlin
Butlerville
Walter Kellogg
Lamoille
I. M. Gaunt
Mesdames Colebaugh
Hanlin
Ganniiger
Gaunt
Miss Friend
Jennie Friend
Red Riding Hood Story Origins Linked to Old French Tales
Tit Bits Magazine presents Red Riding Hood as a solar myth linked to a 17th century French collection Histoires ou Contes du temps passe with moral lessons. The volume, credited to Perrault though published under his son’s name, also included Cinderella Bluebeard Puss in Boots Tom Thumb and Sleeping Beauty. The true authorship and the balance between original tale and folklore remain uncertain.
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Red Riding Hood
Tit- Bits Magazine
Louis XIV
Bluebeard
Pussy- Boots
Charles Perrault
Three Pillars in Lee’s Home From Constitution’s Masts
The Leeland mansion at Shepherdstown built in 1820 by Edmund Jennings Lee ties to the Lee family of Virginia. Its three front pillars are said to be the original masts of the frigate Constitution, salvaged after the ship’s dismantling in the Revolution. The mansion, later destroyed by fire before the Civil War, linked to Old Ironsides and later to a mast gifted to Topeka high school via Charles Curtis.
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Lee
Constitution
Leeland
Virginia
Shepherdstown
Edmund Jennings Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Robert B. Lee
Kansas City Times
Old Virginia
Humidity Rooms Save Wine Cellar Studio Instruments
In a London wine cellar converted into a BBC studio dry air cracked wooden instruments kept for orchestras. To preserve them the British built water-filled trays around the walls to maintain required humidity.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
London
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