Monticello Country Club to Host Golf Exhibition
Monticello Country Club plans an 18 hole exhibition match July 27 at 4 pm featuring two midwest amateurs and two Iowa professionals. Pro Don Young announced Tom Harris George Frohwein Charles Burkart and John Vavra will compete with Harris teaming against Burkart while Vavra pairs with Burkart.
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Middle West
Iowa
Don Young
Tom Harris
Iowa City
Harris
Charles Burkart
Marion
Burkart
Johnnie Vavra
Cedar Rapids
George Frohwenil
Eastern Iowa Association
William Laude
Eastern Iowa Golf Association
Canning Beets and Carrots For Winter Use
The article explains storing carrots and beets is often impractical in many areas and favors canning. It details prep steps for beets including leaving stems, blanching, skin removal, salting, hot water bath processing, and sealing. Carrots are canned similarly, with care to avoid scraping and to can while small.
Jefferson Would Demand Limited Government in Business
In a hypothetical return, the author cites Thomas Jefferson’s aim to keep government from interfering with commerce as federal licenses become a modern obligation for enterprises seeking to operate nationwide. The piece frames licensing as a departure from Jeffersonian principles.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Ideal cabinet member would be shrewd and able not rich
Robert Quillen notes the ideal cabinet member is shrewd and capable yet has never made money and has no wealthy friends. He implies such a figure lacks entanglements with moneyed influence and would act without special interests.
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Robert Quillen
Influenza History From Fashionable Cold to Global Pandemic
The term influenza rose in English usage by 1800 and spread from St. Petersburg to Europe and the United States. A major epidemic followed World War I, with three waves from 1918 to 1919, blamed on Spain by France and traced to eastern Europe. it hit western nations hard, referenced by the Montreal Family Herald.
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Films Helped Police in Round Up of Criminals
A Berlin film producer hired underworld figures to appear in a scene. Police then arrested several wanted men among the crowd, using the actors as real suspects. The stunt provided a striking example of cinematic realism aiding law enforcement.
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Berlin
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England
Guardian
Educational Problems and a Toying Child
A New York Sun note tells how a mother corrects her three year old on pronunciation. The child misreads words like potato tomato banana and runs to explain meals while the mother teaches proper speech and spelling.
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Burt
New York
Cows Must Carry Passports Under Wartime Frontier Rule
A World War era boundary line splits farming areas forcing cows to bear passports. Each animal’s passport number must match hoof marks. Frontier guards ensure papers are in order and a cow may be turned back. An owner could appeal to the League of Nations to claim possession if a call comes from the Romanian side.
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Alexander Powell
League of Nations
Apple Mischief at the Garden Gate
A boy named Tommy hides behind a hedge to take an apple near the garden gate. An old gentleman confronts him and lectures him for stealing. The tale hints the boy's plan was to hollow out the apple and fill it with mustard as a prank.
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Tongue twisters echo in readers scrapbook copies
The piece recalls an old tongue-twister printed recently that stirs a reader to compare with a prior scrapbook item. It riffs on repeated sounds involving Hottentot and related words, reflecting a playful linguistic showpiece from a Bostonirror or similar column.
Chinese God of Destiny Image at 501 Temple in Peking
The Chinese God of Destiny is depicted as a terrifying idol with glaring eyes and sharpened teeth though regarded as a friend. Youths kneel to pray for guidance while the idol’s abode is the 501 temple in Peking, famed for housing numerous mages and worship.
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Masters of the Microphone features George F. Hicks
George F. Hicks of Tacoma becomes highlighted in the August Pictorial Review profile Masters of the Microphone by Corinne Lowe. The article notes his career with National Broadcasting in New York and his roam through saw mills logging camps and freighters before radio. It recalls his October 1931 dirigible broadcast from Lakehurst announcing the presidential naval review at Hampton Roads.
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Odd Organization for Preservation of Trees in Kenya
Article describes the Forest movement led by Hichard St. Barbe Baker, forming the Watuwa MIII or Men of the Trees among Kikuyu natives. It covers sacred trees, a brass tree badge, initiation rites, daily good deeds, and a forest network planting 80,000+ trees in nurseries across districts.
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Kenya
Boy Scouts
Forest
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Birth of the Solar System A tale of a tidal origin
Sir James Jeans argues in a recent work that our solar system formed from a collision about 2 billion years ago. A wandering second star caused tides on the sun creating a massive crest that tore apart, sending fragments into orbit as the planets including Earth.
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James Jeans
Cambridge
Earth
Boy Promoted to A Class Confesses Desire to Study Math
Six and a half year old Bill boasts of first grade promotion but next day his teacher reports he refuses to cut paste or color. He argues he should be learning reading writing and arithmetic and would walk out if not. The mother notes his boast contrasted with his stubborn stance.
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New York Sun
Emerald of Nero Legend Sold in London for 11250
An ancient emerald once linked to Nero and gladiator scenes sold in London for 11250. The gem, likely an octagonal specimen, was recut and mounted as a ring after being housed in an Austrian ecclesiastical monstrance following a Turkish origin.
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London
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Tyler Sets Precedent for Vice Presidency Succession
The Constitution does not declare that the Vice President becomes President on the death of the President. Instead it says the powers and duties of the office devolve to the Vice President, a precedent set when John Tyler took the oath as successor, shaping future transfers of power.
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United States
John Tyler
Age Gauge Acoed Hints At Her Forties In Old Song Clue
During a weekend visit one of Age Gauge Acoed's instructors stayed as a house guest. After departure relatives speculated about her age. Grandmother claimed she was nearly fifty, noting a hum of a familiar tune about the Old Apple Tree.
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Grandmother
Washington Not Hailed an "Second Cincinnatus
Washington has been called the second Cincinnatus for being summoned from Mount Vernon to lead the nation and then return to his plantation after resigning as commander in chief. The label is tied to Livy’s tale of Cincinnatus, though historians deem the most compelling part fiction.
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Dense sulphurous fog and plague precursors in 1694 Scotland
Hugh Miller cites scenes where an August 1694 dense sulphurous fog darkened fields with mildew and floury whiteness. By November a bout of infectious fevers struck, killing many. in West Calder 300 of 900 died, and in Craigs village 30 corpses appeared in days.
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London Mall
Why airplanes cannot fly like birds says Washington Star
The Washington Star notes that bird wing design offers lessons for aviation. It cites tests showing lift increases with separated primary feathers and high drag in tight flapping, praising bird wing flexibility for control and warning the difficulty of mechanical replication.
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Washington Star
Study of Languages Ancient School on Mediterranean Shores
Archaeologists uncovered a 4000 year old school near Zapuna on the eastern Mediterranean coast. It reportedly taught up to six languages as a center for philologists, using clay tablets that served as early school books and forming one of history’s first libraries.
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Plow Monday Dinner Traditions Amid Fading Customs
The London Morning Post notes that old customs fade under stress, yet some remnants linger in London. Farmers once held a Plow Monday Sup per to mark plowing season, now rare, though the lord mayor still hosts a Plow Monday dinner for city officials acknowledging the festival.
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Ely Corporation
London Morning Post
Vision of an Ancient Slave Ship Unearthed at St Croix
A fragmentary report describes a vessel named Vieiont linked to Commodius Pouthony, claimed to have carried enslaved people around North America. The ship reportedly operated during a period when slavery was legal in territories including the Virgin Islands and nearby regions.
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Turret Spiders Observe From Burrow Mouths
Nature Magazine notes that wolf spiders hunt from hidden burrows underground. Some tunnel builders form watch towers around burrow mouths to scan for insects, earning the nickname turret spiders.
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Open Road and Summer Meaning in a Poem
A reminiscence of open highways and the sea as the meaning of summertime and life. The speaker longs for dusty roads, breezes, shade trees, and honest courage to wander toward the hilltop and distant ocean.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Good Housekeeping
Can All Berries Same Way By Ida M. Shilling
Berry canning guide explains cold pack method for red and black raspberries blackberries huckleberries and elderberries. Pack hot jars with hot fruit and hot medium thin syrup three to two sugar to water. Process 20 minutes in a hot water bath then seal. Also notes making berry juices jelly desserts and floats.
Report of Holding Company Affiliate Monticello Iowa Bank
Holding company affiliate of The Monticello State Bank reports under the 1933 Banking Act. Details show 2,000 shares outstanding, zero ownership by the affiliate, and a balance sheet as of June 30 1933 listing assets of 300 357.65 with farm lands 223 975.00 city property 60 000.00 cash 2 636.65 and liabilities including capital stock 20 000.00 with mortgages and other items.
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Monticello
Iowa
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G. Matthitessen
Change With Weather Hygroscopic Devices Color Shifts Reveal Humidity
A note on hygroscopes that rely on color to indicate humidity. Colored by cobalt chloride, gelatin, and water in a pink to violet to blue scale. Washington Starr reports that figures or flowers crafted from materials like muslin show these changes with air moisture.
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