Local Social Notes Brighten Amber Area Week
Amber community held a midweek shower for Leona Preston and Clifford Crow at the Presbyterian church. A farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Will Steenhoek followed, as they move to a farm southwest of Amber. Several neighbors visited, gifts were exchanged, and a late lunch was served.
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Presbyterian Church In
Amber
Leona Preston
Clifford Crow
Will Steenhoek
Steenhoek
Mrs. Steenhoek
Carl Harms
John Martin
Will Jansen
Mercy
Margaret Martin
Rockford
Dave Taylor
Raymond
Dick McLaughlin
Glenn Westphal
Ruth Englehart
Leroy Taylor
Dorothy Danneman
Wanda
Shirley Stebels
W. J. Zimmerman
Willis
Carl Schoon
Wilmer
Emil Scheer
O. F. Otten
Hank Hinrichs
Henry E. Dirks
George Siebels
Des Moines
Local Socials And Visits In Sand Spring
Mr and Mrs John Batchelder and Mr and Mrs Glenn Eisler visited Ray Chaplin home last Thursday evening. Farm Bureau achievement day attendees included Mrs Ray Chaplin Mrs W H Berends Mrs Chester Lang Mrs E H Cox and Mr and Mrs Cam Greer. Lang Spring Mutual Creamery paid 39 cents for January butterfat. Several residents visited Florence Helms and other locals while residents moved between farms in Sand Spring vicinity.
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John Batchelder
Glenn Eisler
Ray Chaplin
Farm Bureau
W. H. Behrends
Chester Lang
E. H. Cox
Cam Greer
Lang Spring Mutual Creamery Company
Ernest McDonough
Castle Grove
Florence Helms
Jesse Good
Waterloo
Lester Lang
Dave Wilson
Glenn Eilers
Cap Arduser
Fred Welter
Community gatherings and social events in Center Junction
Center Junction hosts include Center Junction Ate Frank Himebaugh and Mrs Ed Tomlinson gaining roll call items on Jones county. Live and Learn club led by Catherine Thompson discussed Charm and Personality with Mrs Water Koon presenting traits. Methodist Ladies Aid met with guests including Mrs J Serbousek and Mrs Arthur Wilcox. Presbyterian Working Band sewed eleven members at Mrs Frank Dawes home. Beef banquet at Olin drew N. Nelson Dirs Suth erland Cox and others. John Hinrichs hosted five hundred with prizes to Will Ahlrichs John Brokens Mrs Fred Biere and Mrs John Brokens. T E Stanton hosted bridge night. prizes to Mrs R E Beall Mrs R Smith Marion Clausen. Families visited Maquoketa: J R McNeilly son John Newton Peter Prahm Dwaine Max Moses Jack Stingley Lyle Thompson.
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Frank Himebaugh
Ed Tomlinson
Jones County
Catherine Thompson
Water Koon
Onslow
Howard Leech
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
J. L. Serbousek
Arthur Wilcox
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Frank Dawes
Olin
C. H. Nelson
H. J. Dirks
F. D. Sutherland
Herbert Cox
Ray Sanford
Roscoe Easterly
T. E. Stanton
A. D. Serbousek
H. E. Stingley
Merlin Moses
LeRoy Dirks
John Hinrichs
John Newton
Peter Prahm
Dwaine
Max Moses
Jack Stingley
Lyle Thompson
Maquoketa
Local High School Teams Drop Games In Weekend Action
Friday and Wednesday results show Cedar Rapids area matchups with St Wenceslaus and C Y O squads falling to local teams. Center Junction boys beat Olin 21 to 12 while Jones County champions defeated Center Junction girls 29 to 20. District social notes record visits and family weekends across Monticello Hopkinton and Wyoming.
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St. Wenceslaus Sextet
Cedar Rapids
McNeilly Hybrids
Bert Clark
Scotch Grove
S. W. Clark
Maurice McNeilly
Lenox College
Hopkinton
J. R. McNeilly
Claire Decious
Ray Bohler
J. B. Seehusen
C. H. Nelson
Merribel Binney
Stingley
Cascade High Scores in Blizzard Weekend Games at Memorial Court
In Cascade all three Monday night games drew large crowds. Cascade Catholic high girls beat Farley 9 to 6, while Cascade boys defeated Sacred Heart of Monticello 6 to 10 and the reserves of St. Patrick's Dubuque fell 16 to 10. Referees Walley Gaddis and Allan Becker officiated as the city tourney finals near after a blizzard postponement.
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Memorial Court
St. Patrick's
Dubuque
Cascade
Cascade Catholic High
Farley
Cascade Girls
Catholic High
Sacred Heart of Monticello
Walley Gaddis
Iowa City
Allan Becker
Twin brothers D C Richard and Robert survive with extended family
D C Richard and Robert Powers are identified as twins at home with four sisters and a brother and several aunts and cousins listed. Funeral services for a relative were held in St. Patrick's church. Various local residents recoveries are noted including Julia Craft and Francis Aitchison after recent injuries and hospital visits.
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D. C
Richard
Robert
C. E. Schroeder
Westhope
N. C
G. R. Leffert
Chicago
C. W. Tewksbury
Los Angeles
Calif
Irene Powers
Washington, D. C
Raymond Powers
St. Patrick’s Church
John Rogers
Mercy Hospital, Anamosa
Julia Craft
Francis Aitchison
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Scotch Grove Community activities and weather year notes
The Scotch Grove column reports a strong Women’s Community club turnout for a dinner and program led by Mrs. W. B. Henrichs, with talks by Mrs. D. O. Sinclair and Mrs. M. Sinclair on pioneers and the sea. Community events include a Presbyterian Aid Society meeting with a clothing drive for Red Cross, a training school wrap and plans for a spring session, plus local flood and blizzard conditions, road closures, and school disruptions. The piece notes nearby movements, such as Harm Helgens birthday, Moats family moving, and local adoptions, with several residents traveling to Cedar Rapids and Monticello.
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Women’s Community Club
W. B. Henrichs
M. M. Sinclair
Our Old Pioneers
D. O. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Irene Schrader
Aid Society
Presbyterian Aid Society
John Otten
Red Cross
Alva Streeper
Onslow
L. J. Schlemme
F. D. Sinclair
L. A. Oltman
Maquoketa
Fashion Firsts Signal New Spring Wardrobe Trends
A lively preview of the coming season highlights casual silhouettes, Saville Row tailoring, and brighter colors. Men’s wear features softer construction, gusset sleeves, a slimmer waist, and a fuller trouser with cuffed ends, plus new single breasted coats and sport model plaids.
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Main Street
Saville Row
Lovat
Homburg
Finland At Risk If Big Power Tests American Resolve
The commentary urges caution in foreign policy while warning that a major power might threaten Finland. It argues the United States should avoid entanglements yet stay prepared to respond if aggression escalates.
Vital Omission Danbury Review
The scribe is swamped with government blanks of all kinds to make out. They are accompanied by information of all kinds excepting on how to make a country newspaper pay out now adays.
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Danbury Review
Variation in Kissing Customs Across Cultures
A survey describes diverse greetings around the world from the shoulder kiss in Moors and sovereigns to gesture traditions in Quebec parish life and Tongans bowing to chiefs. It notes nose rubbing in Polynesia and Eskimo groups, and Hebrew, Arab, Chinese greeting forms.
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Europe
Quebec
Samoa
New York World-Telegram
China
Cathedral of Trees a Scottish Heritage Feature in Glencrutten
A Boston Globe dispatch describes a hidden cathedral of trees on a Glencrutten estate in Argyll Scotland. The 380 foot long structure is entirely grown from living trees with a 206 foot nave and 180 foot transepts. the central aisle is flanked by heather mosaics and a grassy altar area framed by dwarf junipers and red maple screens.
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Scotland
Glencrutten
Argyll
Boston Globe
Cruachan
Loch Awe
Realistic Saint Painting Sparks Deathlike Pose
An Italian ancient painter bound a model tightly to force agony in the face and body. A skeptic friend burst in with a knife shouting death. The model panicked and contorted to vividly show fear, after which the friend declared the look achieved and left the rest to the artist.
Bull Terrier Gladiator Of Early Dog Ring Fame
The bull terrier is described as a fearless, agile canine bred for fighting in historical dog pits. It highlights its plucky nature, loyalty to the owner, and refusal to quit, portraying the breed as a notable figure in those events.
Sold Down the River Expression in Modern Usage
The phrase sold down the river, rooted in antebellum slave sales to plantations along the Mississippi, is described as a marker of severe degradation. Literary Digest notes its revival to signify demotion to menial routine or servile drudgery in contemporary usage.
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Mississippi
Literary Digest
Insects Show Extraordinary Strength and Adaptability
The insect, though small, escapes many enemies and exhibits remarkable mechanical strength. For a human to jump in proportion would require a broad jump of a quarter mile. Insects have efficient respiration, use food resources well, adapt to diverse habitats, reproduce rapidly, and possess flight.
Searsport Maine Shipbuilding Era Highlighted
The Maine coast town of Searsport, excluding Bath, was famed for its shipping center era with seven shipyards building square rigged vessels for foreign trade. About 250 wooden ships were launched there in the 1800s and in 1880 one tenth of all American square rig shipmasters hailed from Searsport.
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Maine
Bath
Searsport
American Sailing Marine
Arab and His Pipe in Bedouin Life
A portrait of the Bedouin Arab of Arabia focusing on his elusive personality and his affection for the pipe called beeba. The pipe features a bowl carved from soft stone and a long stem, with a tobacco pouch made from the skin of a newborn kid.
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Arabia
Kinds of Courage for Great Men
The text contrasts physical courage which fears danger and moral courage which defies opinion. It argues that physical courage suits military life while moral courage suits leadership, but a truly great man requires both for complete bravery.
Marco Polo Tales Sparked Westward Quest for Asia
A Washington Post writer credits Marco Polo with inspiring Europe to seek the riches of the East. Polo traveled with his father in 1270 along a perilous overland route to China, ruled Yangzhou for three years, then returned with tales that fired imagination about silks and gold. Columbus later sailed west seeking the East Indies, influenced by Polo’s stories.
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Marco Polo
America
Washington Post
Columbus
China
Armenia
Palestine
Persia
Marco
Yang Chow
Far East
Europe
Africa
Indian Ocean
East Indies
West Indies
Devil Traps in English Places Seen at Bly Cathedral
A Collier's Weekly writer notes long kept chalk patterns called devil traps on doorsteps across provincial England. One example lies in the west entrance of Bly Cathedral where the design was set into the floor centuries ago.
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England
Collier's Weekly
Great Bly Cathedral
Understanding Iowa Children Understanding Iowa Children
Four year old Billy claims he was shooting lions in play in his cowboy outfit. His father explains the difference between imagination and truth, noting play can feel real to children and imagination fuels great art and literature development.
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Billy
Willy
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W. J. Powers
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Washington
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A. B. Nichols
Kansas City
Clifton Abbott
Bernard Cass
County Farm Bureau
Montrose Hotel
Scotch Grove Township
W. B. Clark
Charles Nelson
Lee Streets
H. H. Carson
Lyman Moats
George Moats
R. P. Clark
Lovell Township
Moats
Harm Helgens
Otto Powlishta
Mitchell
Edge
CHIC
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Uncle Sam
Polo
Tales of East
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