Cascade and area church and community notes
The Cascade community shares a church picnic at St. Martin's on Tuesday with a chicken dinner from five to eight and an evening dance. Local residents visit relatives, attend funerals, and celebrate birthdays while vacationing in nearby areas and returning from trips to Monticello and the Black Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin's Parish
Georgia Fall of Dubuque
O. J. Winters
Silver Creek
Frank Swindle
Sara Conlin
Des Moines
Lanbrary
Sylvester Otting
William Davis
Donna
Margaret McCarthy
Cedar Rapids
James P. Lane
F. Cassidy
St. Martin's Church
George Zimmer
Dyersville
Clarence Zimmer
Mary Dahlem
Dubuque
Patricia
Lulu Mae Faber
Marion
Cascade
Sacred Heart Parish
Monticello
Faith Barrett
Little Friends
L. F. Barrett
Gailen Thomas
Black Hills
Paul Cary
New York City
T. J. Lane
Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society Meeting Highlights
Center Junction hosts Thursday afternoon gathering with Mrs. Paul Smith as hostess and Mrs. S. G. Thompson presiding. An all day meeting with picnic planned near Monticello on July 29 features speakers including Mrs. Willis Martin’s event. Numerous locals from Olin, Monticello, Mechanicsville and Cedar Rapids attend social visits, travels, and family health updates.
Local families join for Baxters Oneida reunion note
Land Spring and many relatives from Prescott Hastings Amber Marion Ogilvie Mallard Curlew and other towns return home after funerals and gatherings. Henrietta Bohiken visits Batchelder home. Baxter family reunion at Oneida marks 81st birthday with thirty two members present.
Scotch Grove Concerts And Local Society Activities
Scotch Grove hosted a band concert in Onslow with a large turnout and repeated the performance at home the next evening. The Presbyterian aid society held a Friday stand and the Women’s Community club plans a July 21 family event at Royden lawn. Local visits included Cedar Rapids resident Galen Morse recalling childhood in the area. Standard School No. 4 in Scotch Grove township earned state aid status with Miss Mary Bohlken as teacher. Miss Eloise Sutherland with Miss Esther Sinclair and Laura Sinclair visited Center Junction Onslow Monticello and Castle Grove for centennial work. Eighteen Sunbeam Mission members met as Beryl Blewood led. Ruth Ann Zirkelbach and Deane Zurkelbach were elected secretary and treasurer for the season. The group shows rotating leadership with Mrs Clark Miss Hughes and Mrs Sinclair directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Onslow
Presbyterian Aid Society
Women's Community Club
Royden Lawn
Galen Morse
Cedar Rapids
Morse
Walker
Rock Island Railroad
Ola
Scotch Grove Township
Mary Bohlken
Eloise Sutherland
Esther Sinclar
Laura Sinclair
Center Junction
Ruth Ann Zirkelbach
Deane Zurkelbach
Clark
Local Social Roundup of Sunday Visits and Guests
Miss Lucile Livingstone attended a class reunion in Olin hosted by Miss Charlotte Swensen. Willis and Mrs Martin and family and Stewart of Newhall visited J. B. Sechusen and family. Gerd Antons returned from Laurel Nebraska after a week with relatives. Haggerman guests in Marion and with H. E. Stingley. Carolyn Haggerman returned home with her parents. Mrs John Carson visiting Wavern and family in Wyoming. Ed Fadley and Marvin visited Harvey Townsend. Sam Alexander of Olin called on his father Will Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
Presbyterian Ladies’ Missionary Society
S. G. Thompson
J. M. Moses
Ethel Courtney
Willis Martin
Monticello
Ella Schrader
Hollyce Stingley
Carolyn Haggerman
Marion
F. Chitterton
Denver
Colo
Eva Waggoner
Waggoner
John Livingstone
Frank Ivory
Little Wells
Ol'n
Chicago
Ernest Ayler
Joe Mead
Beverly Ann
Dale Dodge
Rice Lake
Wis
Herbert Cox
Clifford Batchelder
Raymond Batchelder
Olin
Cedar Rapids
James Bennet
Kenosha
A. R. McDonald
Jane
Julie DeShaw
Peter Prahm
Cass Lake
Minn
Thomas Bell
Laura Jane Bell
Davenport
George Lake
Mechanicsville
Central City
Frank Woodard
L. A. Dreibelbis
Mary Eleanor
Roy
Wisconsin
Washington, D.C
Milton Henderson
Washington, D. C
Capitola Courtney
Dale Jones
Julia Jean
Elkader
Ben Lorton
Edgewood
B. W
J. R. McMullen
Maquoketa
Kate Logan
Clinton
Scott McDonald
Henry Rittmer
J. L. Serbousek
Joan
Henry Seehusen Jr
Cecil Perkins
Charles Bottomstone
Wyoming
Leroy Dirks
Jones County Soil Conservation Board
Lucile Livingstone
Charlotte Swensen
Stewart
Newhall
J. B. Sechusen
Gerd Antons
Laurel
Neb
Robert Haggerman
H. E. Stingley
Holyce Stingley
John Carson
Wavern
Ed Fadley
Marvin
Scotch Grove
Harvey Townsend
Sam Alexander
Will Alexander
Centennial Pageant Seeks Help and Costumes
Civic centennial notes report ongoing pageant work and appeal for volunteers and loaned garments. Chairwoman Mrs. R A Naylor invites those willing to assist. costuming committee seeks usable articles. Historian team includes Mrs W B Clark Miss Esther Sinclair and Miss Eloise Sutherland with Eloise Kuhns as assistant director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Frank Brelema
Russell
Franges
Fulton
D. K
Henry Bartels
Lucile
Elinor
Will Brokens
Monticello
Paul Paulsen
Rice Lake
Wis
Debert Husman
Eva Cass
Monmouth
Bernard Cass
Cass
Thomas Park
Marton
Wais
R. A. Naylor
M. M. Sinclair
W. B. Henrichs
John Jacobs
W. B. Clark
Esther Sinclair
Eloise Sutherland
Eloise Kuhns
Father of American Navy Claimed by Jones Barry
A writer in the Indianapolis News notes John Paul Jones is called the father of the American navy for key revolutionary actions. Born in Scotland in 1747, he commanded the Alfred and defeated the Drake, later serving as a Russian admiral and dying in Paris in 1792. Barry, born in Ireland in 1745, captained the Lexington Effingham and Raleigh, later becoming a Navy commodore in 1794 and shaping its early organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Jones
Indianapolis News
Scotland
Virginia
Drake
Paris
Annapolis
John Barry
Ireland
Philadelphia
Lexington
Effingham
Raleigh
Alliance
Most Ancient Corn From Pre Inca Peru Described
The article argues there is no primitive corn and traces domestication to ancient Peru and Ohio Valley mounds. It notes preserved ears in tombs resemble modern varieties and links teosinte as the nearest wild relative. It closes suggesting future genetic insights may solve maize origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ohio Valley
Feet of Clay in Biblical and Cultural Interpretations
The phrase feet of clay derives from biblical imagery and denotes human weakness or fallibility. It is used to describe disillusionment when an idol reveals earthly flaws, drawing on Daniel's statue and the idea of a fragile foundation beneath greatness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel I
Benares
India
Ganges
Djuka Tribes of Dutch Guiana And Their Queer Customs
Hendrik de Leeuw describes Djuka marriage etiquette in Dutch Guiana. A man may not sleep in his in laws home or eat with them and cannot pronounce his wife's parents names. A stranger observed a tribesman cover his face and avert his eyes when in laws approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrik de Leeuw
Djuka
Ghosts in Photography and Stone Sermons in Aberdeens
An essay contrasts ghost photography with double exposure tricks and notes how early images create synthetic spooks. It then describes Aberdeen Regional Museum exhibits of sermons carved in stone, Carlyle related relics, Scottish artifacts, and evolving tools like axes and windmills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frv
Aberdeen
Scotland
British Isles
Carlyle
Completon
Cats and Dogs as Rat Catchers Compared
The article argues female cats outperform toms in catching rats with small females most efficient. It notes terriers excel among dogs and cites terrier records of slaying over 1,000 rats annually and a dog killing 80 rats in one warehouse night. It contrasts cats’ caution with dogs’ decisive methods.
The Term Quipu Inca Knot Records and Commands
The Quipu or knot records of the Inca Empire used a main cord with colored subordinate cords. Red signified soldiers yellow gold white silver green corn. Knots denote tens hundreds and used for reckoning census births deaths army orders and cattle records. Knot-officers managed the system and conveyed war census crops notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
London
Smelting of Metals Began Around 3500 B C
Historians report metal smelting started about 3500 B C after ancient people found gold native to the earth and hammered it into objects. Gold’s malleability and wide distribution spurred early mining, leading to copper discoveries in native form in northern Michigan Minnesota and an ancient copper mass found in upper Minnesota showing early Indian activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Cox
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Michigan
Minnesota
Upper
Armenia's cliffside monasteries and cave refuges described
The article notes monasteries in Armenia including Gerart where four churches are hollowed into a cliff. It mentions cave dwellings, passages, secret paths, and refuges. From Delizhan to Akstafa, it lists Agurtsin and Gusti yank monasteries on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
Gerart
Delizhan
Akstafa
Agurtsin
Gustiyank
Origins of the American iron and steel industry
Traces of American iron and steel roots to early English furnaces. The first English steel 1523 forged by John Glande at Ashdown Forest Sussex. John Rowley took over in 1525 and ran the forge thirteen years. By 1565 steel was produced at Robertsbridge Sussex by Sir Henry Sydney father of Sir Philip Sydney famed for Arcadia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
John Glande
Ashdown Forest
Sussex
John Rowley
Robertsbridge
Henry Sydney
Philip Sydney
Arcadia
History of the Piano and the Legend of Robin Hood
The modern pianoforte arose just over two centuries ago, evolving from plucked predecessors like the spinet and harpsichord. A grave near Huddersfield in Yorkshire is claimed as Robin Hood’s tomb, while the earliest Robin Hood mention appears in Piers Plowman 1377, depicting him as a yeoman and popular hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Hood
Calder
Kirklees Hall
Huddersfield
Yorkshire
England
Piers Plowman
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Motor Trucks Maintain 300 Foot Spacing
Drivers of motor trucks on public roadways must keep 300 feet of separation from other vehicles when traveling on streets or between business and residence zones. The provision allows overtaking and passing but requires a defined towing hitch standard approved by the commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Mete Trek
Skunk Attacks Boy. No Scent Detected
Near Kensett Worth County a skunk mauls Alden 8B years old as rescuers struggle to free him. The animal dies without releasing a scent. The report also notes Iowa girls urged to develop a perfect Aeure and mentions a Dutch East Indies law forbidding men from working in a village under threat of public thrashing by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arville Asbiohnenn
Kensett
Worth County
Alden
Iowa
Teneganan
Dutch East Indies
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Thomas J. Lane
Spencer Tracy
the Monte
O. C. Watson
Ed Duncan
Anamosa
Charles Luett
Frank McNeilly
Springville
Frank Himebaugh
J. F. Livingstone
John Alexander
St. Luke's
Alexander
Elmer Seurader
Elmarie
Harry Chase
Henry Bader
Andrew Bader
Harry Townsend
Mires
Charles Stevenson
Adolph Hanken
Raymond
Henry Bohlken
Loretta
Paul
Prescott
John Herren
Blanche
Ogilvie, Minn
Gerd Grafe
Mallard
Henry Grafe
Walter Marten
William Smith
Curlew
Fred Bohiken
Iane
Earl
Howard Glass
Milo
Phyllis
Claude Batchelder
Leo Bohiken
John Bohlken
Bill
Carl
John Meyers
Hastings
Dick Bohlken
Henrietta
Lucille
Louis
Amber
Bohiken
Henrietta Bohiken
J. L. Batchelder
Fred Welter
Jeanette Baur
Waterloo
Mary Jean Sleeren
Deer Grove
Til
Fred Heeren
Perry DeShaw
Duane DeShaw
Ryan
Nick Clement
McDonald Hospital
Margaret Murray
Dave Wilson
Lester Lang
E. H. Cox
Donna Jeanne
Blanche Moser
Colesburg
Ray Chaplin
Ernie Schmidt
Bertha Baxter
Baxter
Mary Jane Baxter
Oneida
Mrs. Baxter
Era
D. C. Sindely
Clair
Jones
Barry
Spook Pictures
John van Guilder
McDonald
Aia
ST. Martin’s
Parish Grounds
Cascade, Iowa
Frigidaire
Express
the McDonald Stoker
Furnace Freedom
Allo
Eve Vone
Expores
The
Eran
Tient Estate
Arid Bienne
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