Twin Daughters Born Across Iowa Cities in 1936 1937
Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Caylor in Cedar Rapids Janet Lane arrived 11:17 p.m. December 31 1936 and Joan Ruth at 12:46 a.m. January 1 1937. Rev. and Mrs. Reuben Anderson of Des Moines had twins Sonia Gall born 7:20 p.m. December 31 and Sandra Jean at 12:45 a.m. January 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Des Moines
Clifford Caylor
Janet Lane
Joan Ruth
Reuben Anderson
Sonia Gall
Sandra Jean
Pair of Onawa spouses die within hours after 60 years married
Mr and Mrs S A Andrews of Onawa Monona county died an hour apart at ages 84 after long illness. They married in Bloomington Illinois and moved to Onawa in 1879 where Mr Andrews worked as a shoemaker and both were highly respected citizens.
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S. A. Andrews
Onawa
Monona County
Bloomington, Ill
Andrews
Tire Theft and Missing Child Incident Report
A Benton county farmer reported a tire theft after buying a stolen tire from a stranger in Cedar Rapids and vanishing. In Hardin county at Iowa Falls Novella Seelemeier sparked a search for a missing girl who hid behind the furnace after fearing punishment, found after 36 hours.
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Ben Stickle
Benton County
Cedar Rapids
Stickle
Seelemeier
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Fatal explosion experiment at Ricketts leaves gun damaged
Louie Hargens and Carl Blunk out on a Crawford county field trip tried a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with a double powder charge. The blast tore off part of the stock and the trigger but left both youths unharmed.
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Louie Hargens
Carl Blunk
Ricketts
Crawford County
Garner's Singing Mouse Delights Town with Tricks
Mrs. B. L. Prouth of Garner in Hancock County captured a singing mouse after it dodged traps and five poisons. She named it Tiny Tim, trains it to sing like Minnie Mouse and to balance on a string and perform on a swing inside its bird cage home.
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Garner
Hancock County
Chicago
Minnie ,Mouse
B. L. Prouth
Tiny Tim
Minnie
Explosion damages basement boiler at West Okoboji home
Mrs Roy Roff in Dick in son county heard a roaring blast at breakfast. She found part of the furnace boiler blown apart with steam and hot water spraying the basement. The blast tore an 11 inch hole in the boiler and damaged pipes likely blocked by lime.
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Roy Roff
West Okoboji
Dickinson County
Fire engine saved as Lacona town hall burns anew
Firefighters in Lacona Warren County rushed to move their fire engine to safety as the town hall burned. The loss is estimated at $1,000 and the town again lacks a town hall after a prior fire destroyed the building about three years ago along with two churches and other structures.
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Lacona
Warren County
Residents Hear Cat Howl in Carroll County Apartment
Residents in an apartment house at Carroll county report hearing a cat wail the other morning. They searched the building but could not locate the animal.
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Carroll
Carroll County
Cat found frozen under car fender after cry in cold
People heard a cat meow and howl near a parked car and checked inside and beneath it. Vapor escaped from the front fender before they located the cat perched on the wheel, nearly frozen, seeking warmth under the fender.
Mayor Faces Two Bandits in Late-Night Hold Up
Mayor Percy Leese of Aredale Butler county was held up by two masked men at about 10 30 p m as he walked on the street. The pair, in a car, demanded his money while he carried only silver change. They wore caps pulled down and handkerchiefs over their faces.
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Percy Leese
Aredale
Butler County
Leese
Dallas County Bonds Unclaimed Worth Fifteen Thousand Found
F C Bengston of Madrid the Dallas County treasurer holds fifteen thousand dollars to settle 1 026 bonds issued years ago at a thousand dollars each. Most bondholders were local buyers but fifteen bonds remain missing and Bengston awaits their owners to present them for payout.
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F. C. Bengston
Madrid
Dallas County
Bengston
Dusty relics of a bygone era fail at auction
In McGregor Clayton county a livery firm auctioned off its old rigs including a lan dau a brougham and a cabriolet once symbols of style in the gay 90s. No bidders appeared and the vehicles were returned to storage as the firm shifts to operating a taxi service.
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McGregor
Clayton County
Farm Home Becomes Snowbound Hotel Near Sulphur Springs
The Tom Keal farm home near Sulphur Springs Buena Vista county served as a temporary hotel for stranded travelers during a blizzard. Twenty eight tourists spent the night there, some using chairs and the floor for seating until a snow plow cleared the route the next day.
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Tom Keal
Sulphur Springs
Buena Vista County
Keal
Accident Ends In Explosion At Newkirk Garage
Henry VerDoorn, a Newkirk area garage operator in Sioux county, tapped a malfunctioning acetylene welding tank with a hammer to loosen the mechanism. The light tap caused an explosion that shattered windows, badly damaged the structure, and left VerDoorn with both legs broken and burns before he could be moved.
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Henry VerDoorn
Newkirk
Sioux County
VerDoorn
Picked Wrong Door Causes Fall at Bank Office
Mrs. Jacob Garf of Rock Rapids Lyon county misjudged a door at a bank deposit area. She stepped into the basement stairway and tumbled to the bottom injuring only bruises. A doctor was summoned and she was sent home.
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Jacob Garf
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Tragic Tow and Crash End Winter Outing Near A gona
Howard Seeley was dragged behind a car on an icy highway as his wife drove, entangling in the tow rope and breaking his collarbone after a quarter mile. A second crash followed when the car slid into a ditch. Mrs Seeley was unhurt.
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Agona
Kossuth County
Howard Seeley
Seeley
Widow’s Mite Contingent Donates to Red Cross
Carroll county home residents under the widow’s mite story listened to Ohio river flood reports on radio and scraped together 150 pennies from 18 residents to aid the Red Cross. Some pennies were hoarded for years as funds were contributed in a humble act.
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Carroll County
Red Cross
Black Cat Superstitions Found in Many Regions
The piece surveys wide spread beliefs about black cats across the United States and international notes. It mentions cures allegedly tied to a black cat’s skin or blood and folk omens linked to a cat washing its face, facing the fire, or sneezing on a wedding day, plus Scots lore about misfortune after killing one.
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Los Angeles Times
Middle West
South
Scotland
Galapagos Islands Discovery and Pirate Lore
The Galapagos were first found by a Spanish expedition diverted from Panama to Peru. Pirates used the isles as a stopover for looting ships carrying Inca treasure. Legends of buried silver and eight reales caches were noted by a New York Herald Tribune writer. The group has twelve main islands, with Albemarle also named Isabella, similar to Long Island in size.
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Galapagos Islands
Panama
Peru
South America
New York Herald- Tribune
Archipelago de Colon
Galapagos
Albemarle
Tisabella
Long Island
Delaware
Antarctic
Pilgrimage of Gypsies and Blessing of the Horses
Notes on the semi annual Pilgrimage of the Gypsies at Les Saintes Maries de la Mer near Arles with caravans from Europe and tourists. Frederick Babcock of the Chicago Tribune discusses the nomadic Gypsy life and origins traced to India and the Sundras untouchables. Alexander the Great era travel likely spread the group into Persia and beyond.
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Les Saintes Maries de la Mer
Arles
France
Europe
Frederick Babcock
Chicago Tribune
India
Indus
Alexander
Persia
Mixed Jacks Across English Life in Tit-Bits
A Tit-Bits Magazine piece catalogs a wide range of Jacks from Jack Spratt to Jack Horner, noting diverse traits from wise to foolish and listing many Jack compounds. It portrays how these names appear in phrases, objects, and social images, ending with the idea that all live together in the House that Jack Built.
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Tit-Bits Magazine
Jack Spratt
Jack Straw
Jack Fool
Jack Bray
Jack-a-dandy
Jack-anapes
Jack-in-the-green
Jackin-office
Jack Frost
Jack-tar
Jackass
Jackdaw
Jack-the-giant-killer
Jack Horner
Jack
The Praying Mantis Insect Description
The praying mantis is a peculiar insect that attracts attention. Its name hides its predatory nature as front legs wait to seize and devour prey. They are voracious and beneficial, eating harmful insects, and harmless to humans. The egg mass is shaped like a short broad cornucopia with a brown dried foam like substance.
Peculiarity of Owls and Their Head Turning
The text explains that owls see with both eyes and have fixed eye sockets, requiring them to rotate their heads. It notes their ability to turn their heads almost fully around to watch what's behind, and that the owl can follow a person and snap its head quickly without obvious movement.
Percheron Horses and Medieval Warriors in La Perche
Medieval fighters rode Percheron mounts in La Perche France as a key feature of the disputed region. Percherons were established in the valleys and uplands of the ancient province, their presence well documented in historical records.
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la Perche
France
Children’s Corner Questions Answered By Short Explanations
A series of quick Q and A pieces on trees telegraph insulators diving boots and spider silk. Questions include whether a tree called an angel exists whether a fly can hear how many legs a centipede has why white cups on poles and if spiders can produce usable silk for cloth. Answers cover tree height telegraph use insect hearing centipede leg counts pole insulation diving equipment safety silk production and spider husbandry.
Hypnotism Definition and Uses Across Fields
Hypnotism is defined as an artificially induced sleep or trance resembling sleep. Its duration and intensity vary with subject and operator. While used medically in part, it has also been employed by stage exhibitors, among others.
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Parran
Towa
City of Porkopolis Earned Its Famous Name in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio earned the nickname Porkopolis due to large hog shipments from southeastern counties. Streets remained crowded with hogs on the way to packing houses, a sight common in the mid 1800s.
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Porkopolie
Cincinnati
Ohio
Porkopolis
Transvaal as World Gold Leader With Rich Witwatersrand Mines
The Transvaal province of the Union of South Africa is by far the greatest gold producer, yielding nearly half the world supply. It houses the Witwatersrand mines, the richest in the world, in an area about 30 miles long and 5 miles wide around Johannesburg.
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Transvaal
Union of South Africa
Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
Self Forgetting and The Rise of Natural Interest
When a person is deeply engaged in a subject outside himself his self awareness fades and he becomes natural and engaging. If self becomes the central focus true modesty dignity and ingenuousness disappear.
Fighting Cattle of South France
The fighting cattle of South France resemble the extinct aurochs and are native to the Rhone delta especially the Island of Camargue. They are small, swift, and used in bloodless bull fights across Provence. Their coats are typically black in color with long winter hair, and their horns bend to the side then forward. They are bred to retain wild primitive traits rather than domestic cattle.
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South France
Rhone
Camargue
Provence
Definition of Arab and Ishmael in Religious History
A writer in the Indianapolis News explains that Arab denotes Muslims of any dark skin and notes Abraham as the progenitor of the chosen people. Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar, is seen by Mohammedans as their ancestor and the forefather of twelve desert tribes.
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Indianapolis News
Abraham
Ishmael
Hagar
Desert Rangers
Canaan
Isaac
Arabia
Castle Grove Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Weather
Castle Grove residents had social visits with the Hosfords and Black sisters in Manchester. The week included farm bureau meetings in Anamosa and scout leaders’ gatherings, with travel by Howies to Cedar Rapids and Monticello. Snow and wind blocked roads, plows struggled, and local illnesses and a small insurance claim were reported.
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Lyle Hosford
Atio
Gladys Hosford
Stella
Margaret Black
Kenneth Hosford
Manchester
W. D. McLaughlin
H. A. Deischer
Anamosa
Farm Bureau
Clarence Hosford
Monticello
Boy Scouts
O. R. Howie
Cedar Rapids
S. M. Hosford
Sand Spring
John Hasler
McDonald Hospital
John T. Kula
Boulder Township
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Carl Caspers
Princess Cafe
J. H. Perrine
Carl
Gundlach
John McDonald Hospital
Olin Howie Jr
James Hubbard
Otto Hubbard
Glacier priest longs for milder climes
The Rev. Father R. Hubbard known as the glacier priest plans a return from Alaska to the frozen north, noting winters are too strenuous. He recalled Iowa lectures as he shivered saying he hadn’t been so cold in ten years. He cited Alaska’s low last winter at 15 below zero.
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Father R. Hubbard
Alaska
Father Hubbard
Iowa
Butler County Sherriff's Office flaunts large staff
Sheriff Frank Neal of Allison weighs 255 pounds and is pictured with a deputy Hugh Hinkle of Greene at 245 pounds. The item emphasizes unusually large figures within the county law enforcement team.
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Butler County
Frank Neal
Allison
Neal
Hugh Hinkle
Greene
Free Tests Are Needed To Find Syphilis Cases
A public health appeal stresses the need for free diagnostic blood tests for syphilis to detect congenital and acquired cases early. It condemns test fees that bar low income individuals and urges universal access to routine screening to prevent serious outcomes.
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Iowa
Towa
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C. W. Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Guy Gale
Sidney
Fremont County
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Oliver and Hart-Parr
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Cass Motor Express Building
Oliver
Oliver, Hart-Parr
Oliver, Hart- Parr
Peter Meyer
Joe E. Messerli
Castle Grove
Hosford
New Orleans
Duluth
Minn
Frank Nugent
Hayes ST. S. W
Town Crier
Ford
Ford Rouge
United States
Pensive Cars
Childress-Hoag Motor Co
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