Local Items Highlight Cedar Rapids Visitors and Bargains
Cedar Rapids area shoppers hear of fine watches and diamond values from Keyes and Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co. Residents like Mrs. James Shirley and Mrs. Alva Zimmerman visit Cedar Rapids while others plan Christmas gifts from Burrichters and Frank Locher Music Store. Prices on silk hose radiate mohawks and toy wagons drawn to Jos. George and Oswald families amid holiday notices.
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James Shirley
Cedar Rapids
Keyes
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co
E. J. Drury
Tabor
Edna Rhodes
Christmas holiday notices and local updates in Monticello
A long list of local notices reports residents traveling for Christmas holidays and hospital consults. Readers learn which families, teachers, and students are visiting relatives, along with reminders about Christmas shopping, local business promotions, and a few community happenings.
Lovell township farm bureau to meet in Monticello
The Lovell township farm bureau plans its year end gathering next Tuesday evening December 27 at the home of Mr and Mrs John Smith just west of Monticello. A fine program has been arranged and members are urged to attend.
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Lovell
Travel and Christmas Visit at Templetons
Miss Ruth Malinda Byers visits at the Templeton home with grandparents while a Davenport student from St Katherine's. Mr and Mrs Don Merrill of Chicago are due late in the week to celebrate Christmas Day at the Templetons with Don's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfreda Reed
Toledo
E. E. Reed
Alice Miriam Reed
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Ruth Malinda Byers
Edward Templeton
St. Katherine's School
Davenport
Don Merrill
Chicago
Templeton
Local Poultry Exhibits Win at Dyeresville Show
Dr A M Maurice entered two Single Comb Rhode Island Red cockerels in the Dy ersville poultry show and won first and second place in the breed. He plans to move several chickens to the state show in Des Moines in the last week of the month.
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A. M. Maurice
Rhode Island
Dyersville
Des Moines
Two New Babies Reported in Jones County
Dr. Paul E. Gibson notes two new births in Jones county. A seven pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mreeb on December 18 and a first child son to Mr. and Mrs. George Heiken of Castle Grove born December 20. R. T. Moore, Monticello high school instructor, served as referee for basketball games in Anamosa and Hopkinton, officiating a 15 to 10 county seat win and a 22 to 7 Hopkinton edgewood victory.
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Paul E. Gibson
Jones County
F. W. Mreeb
George Heiken
Castle Grove
R. T. Moore
Monticello High School
Anamosa
Viola
Hopkinton
Hopkinton-Edgewood
Cedar Rapids Shoe Store To Open In Davidson Building
A new five year lease has been signed for a store room in the Davidson building at Eighth and Walnut, Cedar Rapids, to house a new shoe store. Matson, a former Monticello boy, will operate Cedar Rapids largest shoe store and may run the Des Moines outlet as well. Miss LaVetta Perrine will supervise Monticello public school kindergarten beginning January 24 with about thirty beginners, following a mandatory state law. She recently completed kindergarten training at Iowa State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Longstreet
New Sharon
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Davidson
Eighth and
Walnut Streets
Eighth Street
Matson
Monticello
LaVetta Perrine
John Perrine
Board of Education
Miss Perrine
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Letters for Santa Claus from Iowa children
Two Christmas letters from Monticello and Anamosa children dated December 1927 describe each child’s wish list. Paul Gerdes asks for a farm with cattle horses and pigs a hay swatter and notes his age and school grade. Delite Folkerts requests a new dress and a dot and her brother wants a new suit or a bicycle.
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Monticello
Iowa
Lorna
Loii
Paul Gerdes
City Property for Sale by City Council Bid
The city council will receive bids at 8 p.m. on January 2 1928 in the corner rooms for the property familiarly known as the old fire station on First street opposite the Presbyterian church. The brick building now on the site covers the property. Offers may be written or verbal. Ray Echternacht 252 City Clerk.
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At & P.m
First Street
Presbyterian Church
Ray Echternacht
Germ-Proof Upholstery Odor Study Claims Plant Mix
An English expert reports that upholstery scented with plants such as cloves thyme wild verbena geranium and cinnamon can remain germ free for 18 months to 2 years. He says cloves kill microbes in 35 minutes cinnamon in 12 minutes and its essence is fatal to typhoid fever bacteria after 12 minutes.
Grenville Fights Across Odds in Revenge Ballad
Alfred Tennyson’s The Revenge describes Sir Richard Grenville aboard the Revenge facing 63 Spanish men of war at the Azores. Grenville refused withdrawal despite signals and fought 15 hours with 150 men as 5,000 Spaniards pressed the melee. Wounded, he surrendered aboard a Spanish ship where he soon died. The Revenge later sank with a Spanish crew after a storm.
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Alfred Tennyson
Richard Grenville
Azores
Thomas Howard
Paet
Grenville
Tle
Kansas City
Mes
Naked Neck Fowls From Austria Draw Attention
A peculiar breed, Naked Neck, travels from Austria to this country. They lack feathers on the neck and shoulders, leaving smooth red skin exposed in sun. The birds are hardy, unattractive to touch, and kept mainly as novelty stock in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Indian Fishing Methods Through History
The article traces native fishing techniques before European contact, outlining a progression from bone or wood gorge hooks to oblique shaft hooks, plain hooks, and barbed variants, with variations due to fish species and habits. It notes Adlion and Abell used natural cactus spines as improvised hooks.
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Abell
Cocoa or cacao spelling explained in Pathfinder Magazine
The article notes cacao is the original tree name and that cocoa became the accepted English form. It mentions cacao is native to tropical America, with the Gold Coast as a major modern supplier, and clarifies that cacao is unrelated to coconut palms.
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Tropical America
Tropical
America
Gold Coast
Africa
Samuel Johnson
South America
Pathfinder Magazine
Tunnel Brushes Clean Trains In French Passage
Popular Mechanics reports a French tunnel lined with brushes and vacuum-cleaning attachments that automatically brush and vacuum the exterior of passing trains. The system cleans almost every surface as the car is pulled slowly through, saving labor and time over hand scrubbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Exploded Principle Sparks Humorous Weight Confusion
An overweight woman reading Archimedes shouts Eureka and dives into a neighbor’s pool. She weighs herself after the plunge and finds no change, declaring Archimedes a darn war for saying a floating body loses weight in water.
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Archimedes
Eureka
Cultivate Patience Reflects Self Control and Foresight
A reflective note cites patience as a strength of character and self control. It argues patience yields rewards and is a sign of intelligence, quoting Humphrey J. Desmond on time and consequence.
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Humphrey J. Desmond
Iguana Versatility Noted in Northern Australia
Field notes describe the iguana as a versatile reptile capable of running, swimming, climbing, digging, and fighting. It reportedly sleeps for months and can endure long fasts, while sometimes swallowing unusual items such as snakes, socks, or jam tins when hungry.
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Australia
Poet's Glider Almost Too Eager in Action
In Algeria a French poet Moult lard built a glider from birds study and tried a takeoff on a raised road. He ran to jump skimmed the ground and ditch edges, then crashed, breaking his wings and narrowly escaping injury.
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Algeria
Air Station News
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Moultlard
Remains Found in Ancient Underground Grotto near Jeru salem
Wrof William Bade of the American archaeological expedition reports human remains buried under debris seven miles north of Jerusalem. The site, Tel el Nasheth, is linked to Solomon era treasures. A natural limestone cave was enlarged to form a vast chamber near a wine press with seventh century Jars unearthed.
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Jerusalem
Wrof
William Bade
Pierre van Paassen
Atlanta Constitution
Tel el Nasheth
Solomon
Bade
Ephraim
Antiquity of Gent Abbreviation Sparks Reader Debate
A Croxley Green reader questions why judges object to the abbreviation Gent in legal papers noting it appears in 16th century inscriptions as Ye body of ye worthy gent. The letter cites views by O W Holmes warning against such expressions and references to vulgar Cockney usage.
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Croxley Green
Shropshire
O. W. Holmes
London Morning Post
Auspicious Meeting and Quiet Wedding Plan Recalled
In a candid exchange Callie the cook describes her engagement lasting nearly ten days and identifies the bridegroom as the departed's widower Exchange. She confirms knowing him for about two weeks and recalls Miz Aronoff letting her off after dinner to attend a funeral of a female friend.
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Yassum
Callie
Wellum
Miz Aronoff
Children at Play in the Suburban Quiet
A reflective paragraph on the sound of children playing near Shacklewell seen from a suburban retreat. The author compares their voices to music that softens labor and inspires a kinder, gentler mood amid grave speculations. The tone echoes Charles Lamb’s praise of youthful poetry over harsh adult prose.
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Shacklewell
Charles Lamb
Scottish actor defends thrift amid view of his race
In a Lambs club gathering the Scottish actor challenged tales of penury. He argued thrift is a virtue his nation should prize and, noting his pawnshop visits, claimed he has never seen a bagpipe there.
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Lambs Club
Ocean Heaters Proposed at Westerland Resort
Artificial ocean heating to enable year round bathing at Westerland Germany. Large electric heaters will raise water temperature and remove winter chill with heated cabling and covered promenades for bathers.
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Westerland
Germany
Time to Laugh Bufkins Laughs Over Vet’s Meal Delay
The comic tale describes Bufkins laughing at a doctor’s instruction to laugh before meals. In a restaurant a man at adjacent table confronts him and joins the joke, claiming he ordered his meal half an hour earlier.
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Bufkins
Biffkins
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Napoleon recalls happiest days as liberator and youth
In a dinner conversation Emil Ludwig quotes Napoleon saying his contentment came with his marriage and his son's birth. He recalls Italy victories at twenty six, when crowds shouted Viva il Liberatore, feeling lifted with the world vanishing beneath him.
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Napoleon
Ttsk
Preussisch-Bylau
Prussia
Italy
Emil Ludwig
Young Magazine Salesman Barraged by Doorstep Refusal
An Indianapolis youth in his early twenties faced a comical setback when a teenage magazine seller rang his bell. The boy asked to see his mother and, after no answer, offered Youth's Companion as an option, met with polite decline.
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Indianapolis
Indianapoli News
Jury Seeks Beer From New Medical Director
In a reminiscence, Sir James Critchton-Brown recalls an inquest at an asylum where the coroner asked a laborer jurors for a verdict. They found natural causes in the death and, with permission, added a quip that they hoped the new medical director would buy them beer.
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James Critchton-Brown
Sleep and death blur in Cervantes quote on dreams
A quoted meditation on sleep likens it to death and the all consuming cloak of rest. The passage notes sleep nourishes the hungry and warms the cold while contrasting the timeless divide between rulers and commoners. It ends with a wary remark about the sameness of first and last sleep.
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Cervantes
Treasure Tale of African Cave and Hidden Diamonds
An Africandersti seeks the cave of gleaming gold described by a Kaffir near Krugersdorp. In the Orange River country a Boer family hunts for a parcel of diamonds once given by an Englishman fleeing justice. A hidden packet with big stones was buried to evade mounted police and later forgotten.
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Africandersti
Krugersdorp
Orange River
Australian miner’s doomed quest ends with skeleton found
A miner and his partner sought a buried mine in the bush but failed to locate it. The miner died, leaving his skeleton in the desert. A separate expedition of scientists narrowly escaped death while seeking traces of a lost caravan of precious stones said to have perished in a sandstorm near Timbuctoo.
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Timbuctoo
When Trees Grow By The Seasons Says Tree Association
The American Tree Association says trees do not grow main height in spring only and frost marks autumn colors. In southern Pennsylvania latitude native forest trees reach 90 percent of their height in 40 days of spring and early summer.
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American Tree Association
Pennsylvania
How Wheels Stay on Rails
The piece explains that wheels ride on a rounded rail edge, not on a flat contact. The wheel’s inner rim is larger than its outer circumference, causing the wheel to press outward and balance as it rolls atop the rail. This balance keeps cars on the rails without relying on the flange.
Three Kicks in a Dollar, Says Hmparia Resident
A leading resident of Hmparia Knn states there are three kicks in every dollar. The first occurs when earning the dollar, the second when saving it, and the third when it is given away. He cites philanthropy as built, in part, on this last principle.
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S. J. Rice
Ludington
the Express
Mr. Rice
Hmparia
Knn
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Winchester Paint
McNeill Holn
Charles Hayward
George Timmins
J. J. Locher
William Smith
J. W. Hoult
Monticello, Ry
James Anderson
Katherine Kasper
The
Vollard Books
T. J. George
Frank H. Locher
Pat Jarrett
Center Junction
Sarah Hilers
Lisbon
Henry Eilers
Loretta McDonough
Burrichters
James Redmond
Ralph Redmond
Iowa City
Barane Nee
Donna Lewis
Lyle Tompkins
Wyoming
Mohawk
Frank Locher Music Store
Thomas Rhatigan
Edwin Baker
Ethel Bammer
Focal Public
Frank Locher
James Darrow
Russell James
Regina Oswald
Council Bluffs
Mrs
J. B. Oswald
S. M. Adamson
Frank DeWald
St. Luke's Hospital
Burrichter’s
Ioa George
Milwaukee
G. H. George
Stickford’s Drug Store
Helen Hoag
Elmer Hoag
W. A. Roben
Gon Kenneth
Anna Thoen
Lowell E. Black
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Arthur Hanssen
Iast
Minnie Lewis
Lois Cowan
Charles City
George Cowan
Kate Maurice
James Bowie
Mabel Nimtz
Town City
Dr. Foster
C. G. Thomas
Herman Hanken
Hanken
Mare Siemering
Minneapolis
Minn
Henry Siemering
Gerald Vernimont
Columbia College
Dubuque
John Vernimont
Robert and
Richard Thompson
Fred Matthiessen
Dewey Rhatignan
Des Moines University
Mrs. T. Rhatigan
Campion Academy
Prairie du Chien, Wis
T. M. Redmond
Bernice Redman
Chicago Heights
I. M. Rodman
Laura Koop
Miss Laura
Ottumwa
Adolph Johnson
Edna Ahraken
Wyandotte
Oklahoma
Henry Ahraken
Albert Britting
Amarillo
Texas
Henry Britting
Lee Bohren
Mabel Heisey
Uv Verstudtuohain
Dorothy Montgomery
Florence Noble
Miss Montgomery
Stickford's Drug Store
Henry Che
Harm Schatz
Adix
Dolores Mae
Margaret Clara
Crass Hardware
Alice Cowan
Oskaloosa
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Robert Wilcox
Sterling
Austin Wilcox
John Liddy
H. 8. Richardson
Mary Lovell
Frank Kavalaski
and DeVere Minehart
J. A. Donahoe and Sons
Donald and
John
Carson
Chloe Carson
J. G. Pennington
Williamsburg
Mass
Mrs. Wallace
J. E. Bateman
Pennington
Coggon
Yankeeland
Santa Claus
CITY
Zeigler
Little Ash
Hoag Duster Co
Paris
Lovell State Bank
Harry
You
Merry Christmas
A.J.H. McNeill
Winchester
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