Community Notes From East LeGrand And Area
East LeGrand special correspondent reports visits as Mrs Mabel Rowlison and family called on the C E Richards home Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Glenn Mills and daughter hosted Sunday visitors at the Tenus Olson home. Loretta Humphrey and Virginia Nodland spent last Tuesday at the Tama county fair. Vancil Rowlison was absent from school early in the week after cutting his foot with a corn knife. Edwin Humphrey helps Arthur Thompson with baby beeves at Marshall county fair this week. Indian Village Farm Bureau women met with Miss Jenny Nelson at Mrs Glenn Mills home. Officers for the coming year are Mrs Reba Larson Chairman and Mrs Maude Davidson Publicity Chairman with Miss Nelson demonstrating cheese and fruit drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Humphrey
Virginia Nodland
Tama County Fair
Edwin Humphrey
Arthur Thompson
Marshall County
Indian Village Farm Bureau
Jennie Nelson
Glenn Mills
Reba Larson
Maude Davidson
Miss Nelson
Neighbors Share Visits Across Town Homes
Mrs L C Blodgett spent Tuesday at F I Hines home. Miss Irma Dobson visited Virginia Nodland Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Otte dined Monday at George Coffin home. Mr and Mrs Harry Gibson and son Leland were Sunday guests at Eugene Gibson’s home with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Blodgett
F. I. Hines
Irma Dobson
Virginia Nodland
Lawrence Otte
George Coffin
Harry Gibson
Leland
Eugene
Death of Alva Dougherty in Marshalltown
Alva Dougherty died at 9 15 am at Leacon ness hospital from dropsy and complications after six weeks as a patient, ending a five year decline. Born December 10 1883 near Quarry he lived there most of his life, married Grace Willets in 1905 and had one infant daughter. Survived by five brothers and three sisters, funeral held at 10 30 am Wednesday from Town River Church of the Brethren, with burial in the church cemetery. Rev Guy Harvey officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaconness Hospital
Mr. Dougherty
Quarry
J. L
Mahalia Drury Dougherty
Tama County
Grace Willets
W. L. Dougherty
Bert
L. D
Pearle Dougherty
C. R. Dougherty
LeGrand
Luella Bringman
Monmouth
C. E. Bowles
W. A. Cross
Marshalltown
Town River
Blunder in Law Made King Share Sentence
The London Answers notes puzzling drafting errors in bills. A 1909 board of trade reform would have exposed presidents to penalties, and Anglo Indian divorces were invalid in Indian courts. A long-ago linen theft bill left a fifty fifty fine to the prosecutor and the king, creating the illusion the king shared the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
London
Vancouver Island Named for Prominent Navigator
George Vancouver, born 1758, joined the Royal Navy in 1777 aboard the Resolution under Captain James Cook. He advanced to commander in 1790 and led the Discovery to Nootka Sound in 1791, mapping the Pacific Northwest before dying in Petersham, England, as journals were readied for publication in 1795.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
George Vancouver
Royal Navy
James Cook
Cook
Nootka Sound
Pacific
Raccoon Behavior and Habitat Described in Classic Text
The passage classically describes the raccoon as living near water with habitations in hollow trees and rocky crannies. It notes its tracks resemble small human handprints and that its diet spans frogs fish flesh fowl eggs reptiles insects shellfish fruit nuts grain vegetables and sweets.
Stadium Mussolini statues honor regional donors near Rome
Angio Guidi of il Progresso Italo Americano notes nine teen statues around Stadium Mussolini near Parioli Rome. Each statue was donated by subscriptions from nineteen Italian regions including Piemonte Liguria Lombardia Venezia Giulia Dalmazia Marche Toscana Emilia Abbruzzi Molise Lucania Calabria Puglia Sicilia Sardegna Lezio. The stadium lies half an hour from central Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Angio Flavio Guidi
Il Progresso Italo-Americano
New York City
Piemonte
Liguria
Lombardia
Venezia
Giulia
Tridentina
Dalmazia
Marche
Toscana
Emilia
Abbruzzi E Molise
Compania
Lucania
Calabria
Puglia
Sicilia Sardegna
Lezio
Parioli
Rome
Lifting Power of Hydrogen and Helium Explained
The article explains gas buoyancy noting hydrogen can lift 0.071 lb per cubic foot and helium 0.068 lb per cubic foot under ordinary conditions. It states 144 cubic feet of air weighs about 0 pounds at sea level, hydrogen would weigh about 5 pounds and helium about 12 pounds for the same volume, and that practical lifting power per 1000 cubic feet averages about 71 pounds for hydrogen and 66 pounds for helium due to purity issues.
First American Shoemaker Beard Arrives in Massachusetts
Pathfinder Magazine notes Thomas Beard, a first shoemaker to reach the American continent, arriving in Massachusetts in 1620 from London with tools and leather. It says early shoes were crude and settlers often wore moccasins until footwear became available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Beard
Massachusetts
London
Pathfinder Magazine
Brown Bear Knows His Bedtime
The brown bear shows instinct in delaying hibernation after scarce food seasons. It stays active at season end, seeking nourishment to build fat reserves needed to survive winter.
High School Enrollments and Early Baseball Season Report
The report lists new enrollments in Miss Chinn and Miss Tweet rooms, visitors to the high school, and the start of baseball under Mr Kennedy. It notes seniors’ past kindness with a donated radio, and announces the season opener against Montour with a 4 to 1 Le Grand win after a lineup featuring Leech Keen Specht and Cutler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Qutland
Eugene Royak
Miss Chinn
Vivian
Dorothy
Louis Leech
Stephen Sanders
Basil Tow
Clyde Hoover
Kate Sanders
Dillman
Humphrey
Miss Tweet
Kennedy
Charles Specht
Beryl Keen
Raymond Blood
Carl Kouba
Lloyd Cutler
Orley Leech
Leonard Hibbs
Neil Perry
Floyd Cutler
Clyde Long
Walter Blood
George Coffin
John Perisho
David Erickson
Donald Dunham
Edwin Jones
Verlyn Tweet
Wendell Thomas
Montour
LéGrand
LeGrand
J.buchanan
Leech
Hill
L. Cutler Adams
Hibbs Avery
Specht
Davis
F. Cutler
Kouba P.carter
Ef Keen
Crank
Adams
Lynnville
Carter
M. Buchanan
de France
le Grand
Mills Family Tune Up Again at Dr. Mills Home
A LeGrand group led by Dr. E M Mills hosted a Sunday afternoon concert for O C Vreeland who has been housebound for three weeks. Performers included Ralph Mills Des Moines Marian Mills Durland Ames Andrew Vandervelde Cylinder L E Johnson Glenn Mills and Kathryn Mills LeGrand with Mrs Johnson at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Mills
Des Moines
Marian Mills Durland
Ames
Andrew Vandervelde
Cylinder
L. E. Johnson
Glenn Mills
Kathryn
LeGrand
Johnson
Vreeland
Mills
E. M. Mills
Rosamond Mills
Lucetta McConnauguey
Clairmont
Calif
City Named for Gorky in Soviet Name Change
Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga was renamed Gorky by the Soviet government to honor Maxim Gorky born there. Officially the city is Gorky, though locals sometimes say Gorod Gorky to distinguish it from the village of Gorky near Moscow. The word gorod means city, with grad as an alternate spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorky
Nizhny Novgorod
Volga River
Maxim Gorky
Gorod Gorky i
Moskva
Moscow
Gorod
Grad
Leningrad
St Petersburg
Shakespearean Metaphor of Courting in Much Ado About Nothing
Pathfinder Magazine cites Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 to illustrate wooing as a Scots jig quick and wild, a wedding as a measured, dignified pace, and repentance as a swift cinque pace. The passage contrasts hot, fanciful love with restrained marriage and a rapid decline toward ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder Magazine
Paintings From Clinton Prison Attract Attention
The Society of Independent Artists in New York has received a dozen paintings from Clinton Prison Dannemora created by convict students in the prison art class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Independent Artists
New York
Clinton
Dannemora
Welded Bridge Saves Weight at Pilsen
A bridge in Pilsen Czechoslovakia claims to be the world’s longest all welded steel span of 161.4 feet with no rivets or bolts used in construction. A spiral ramp serves as the approach due to space limits. The total weight is nearly 21 percent less than a riveted design for the same stresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Ancient Custom of mounting on the left side
The practice dates to when men carried swords on the left and mounted on the horse’s near side. To swing the right leg over the saddle, horsemen kept to the left flank, a habit rooted in armed days.
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Depository
Chas, W. Dunham
Store
East LeGrand
Mabel Rowlison
C. E. Richards
Tenus Olson
Vancil Rowlison
W.A. Kauffman
Warshalltown
East Main
Lowa
iPhone
Iwfeestel Funeral Director ‘Auto Ambulance Service
Marshalltown, Ja
LeGrand Reporter
Corwin O'Neal, Eéster & Mannewr
Polar Star Lodge
A.fi
A.M
John R. Manship
W. Mi
D. Harvey
Alva Dougherty
Iowa
Holland & Holland
Leona Jubeck
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