Golden Wedding Observed for Moore Couple in Kenwood Park
Mr and Mrs John F Moore of Kenwood Park Cedar Rapids celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last Tuesday June 3 Friends and relatives from Monticello Watertown and Kellogg Idaho joined the celebration including a Sunday open house for sixty neighbors The couple married June 3 1880 at Richland township with Rev Beckett officiating They have nine children and twelve grandchildren The Moores live in Jones County remains their home despite nine years in Kenwood Park and their early farming life in Richland township
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John F. Moore
Kenwood Park
Cedar Rapids
John L. Moore
Kellogg
Idaho
George A. Klein
Watertown
South Dakota
John
Monticello
Ralph Bone
Byard T. Kurtz
Creuz Des Brevine
Canton de Neufchatel
United States
Melchair Moore
Will Moore
Richland Township
California
Wayne Township
Anna Barbara Jacobs
Soybeans as Reliable Emergency Hay Crop Advised
H D Hughes of Iowa State College advocates soybeans as a dependable emergency legume hay crop for Town. 800 kins may be planted early to secure a fair hay return and soybeans can replace alfalfa or clover. They withstand bad weather and yield about 2 tons per acre if planted in June, with seed rate of 2 bushels per acre and minimal cultivation if weed-free.
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H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College
Jilly
Old chair renewed by Pleasanton resident
Mrs. T. A. Payton of Pleasanton transformed an worn-out old fashioned chair into a padded neat chair. The project followed demonstrations by home furnishing specialist Mrs. Edna Gorton Clemenson. Leather was removed and springs tied, backing reinforced with cardboard, and quilting padding applied to arms and back. A slip cover of cretonne was fitted for a smooth surface.
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T. A. Payton
Pleasanton
Edna Gorton Clemenson
Town State College
Sudan Grass Offered as Emergency Pasture Crop
Farmers facing short blue grass pastures can plant sudan grass at 18 to 20 pounds per acre. E S Dyas Iowa State College extension service crops specialist calls it a good emergency pasture crop. Sudan grass may be planted any time after soil warms up through the end of July.
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Sudan
E. S. Dyas
Iowa State College
Tower of Butter Linked to Lent Diet and Health
The article recounts Rouen's Tower of Butter built with peasants money for butter during Lent, celebrated as a health lesson by National Dairy Council authorities. It stresses butter and whole milk as top vitamin A sources and urges dietary focus on building life lasting health, noting medieval peasants paid for a dispensation they enjoyed tasting butter.
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France
Rouen
America
National Dairy Council
Morris Fishbein
Oils and Waxes Best for Refinishing Old Furniture
Iowa State College expert Nora Workman notes oil and oil plus wax finishes give a soft luster and are easily repaired. Varnish or shellac resists scratches but cannot be patched. painted finishes suit poorly grained or badly marred wood. For oil, apply several coats with 24 hour rests, rub between applications. wax optional.
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Nora Workman
Iowa State College
How to diagnose cake failures by symptoms
Mrs. Lou ie Peet of Iowa State College foods and nutrition explains cake faults by symptoms. Overbaked heat causes middle collapse, excess sugar makes a coarse sticky crust, too many ores makes it tough, slow oven prevents browning, too much flour yields a dry coarse cake, excess fat causes crumbly tenderness, and too much liquid leads to a fallen cake.
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Louie Peet
Foods and Nutrition Department
Iowa State College
Ready Soybeans Planting Guide Warns on Soil Warmth and Weeds
Farmers should wait until late May or early June to plant soybeans and prepare soil to suppress weeds. Cool soil delays germination while weeds can gain a head start. broadcasting with sudan grass seed aids weed control. Plant one to two bushels per acre whether drilled or in rows, spacing rows about an inch apart. Seed options include Manchu Dunfield and Ulini, though Ulini seed supply is nearly exhausted.
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E. &. Dyas
Town State College
Sudan
Mr. Dyas
Vertilize Potting Soil With Cautious Nourishment
E C Volz of Iowa State College urges replenishing potting soil for established plants after months in the same mix. He recommends nitrate of soda or sulfate of ammonium with caution, two teaspoons in three gallons of water as a liquid fertilizer, and warns against using tea coffee castor oil beef tea raw meat or cigar ashes.
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E. C. Volz
Iowa State College
Volz
Inside Information for The Busy Housewife
A household article offers sweet and dessert ideas from the bureau of home economics. It details a cinnamon toast topping, peppermint ice cream with chocolate sauce, a cream-based ice cream recipe, and a hot chocolate sauce with chocolate, sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla.
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Bureau of Home Economics
No Complete Leisure Even for Richest Man
A humorous note from E. W Howe's Monthly argues that even a wealthy man with endless leisure would be busy with daily duties. It lists eating, sleeping, dressing, nails, fires, kin calls, shopping, finances, taxes, dentist visits, car care, and taxes as inevitable tasks filling every day.
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Bome
Aoman
E. W Howe
Old Explosive Engine Principles Long Remembered
The text traces early concepts of explosive and steam engines from Huygens describing an explosion driven motor to lift a piston, noting limited or unclear operation in practice and the shift toward rotary motion from piston and cylinder designs after 1700s.
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Huygens
Fractions Lesson Confuses Young Sophia
A mother asks Sophia to cut an apple into halves then into quarters to count pieces. Sophia answers two for halves and then questions the four pieces from quarters. After a pause she asks about tiny snips, prompting the mother to defer the fraction lesson to a teacher.
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Sophia
Mother
Stranger Claims Self-Penned Haydn Works at Bristol Music Shop
A man enters Howells in Bristol asking for piano music. He rejects the latest sonatas and claims to have written pieces by Haydn. The shopkeeper Lowell Howell expresses disbelief but the man insists, and they become acquainted, ending in a strange, fateful connection.
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Howells Music
Bristol
Howell
Bam Haydn
Lowell
Kansas City
Stur
Jen King’s Quirky Repair Lesson Attracts Attention
A Boston Globe anecdote recalls Jen King’s odd method of diagnosing a broken typewriter by sniffing exhaust and jury rigging a radio from hay wires and spark plugs. The piece notes his cleverness and ends with a twist about a repairman replacing a typewriter ribbon.
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Jenking
Loston Globe
Life's Evening For Som Woman's Home Companion
Woman's Home Companion describes a balmy evening scene with a sky afire in sunset colors and a sense of quiet anticipation as life unfolds in the calm hours.
Noted Wisdom on Aiming at True Goals
A Bos top Transcript argues achievement alone is not success unless the aim matches what one ought to achieve, stressing purposeful goal alignment over sheer progress.
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Bostop
Battlefield Seeks Past Secrets From Visby Pits
historians uncover two vast graves outside Visby Gotland filled with medieval armor and skeletal remains from the 1631 battle when King Valdemar’s Danish forces overtook the island. A Swedish archaeologist excavates the pits as authorities plan memorials to the fallen.
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Visby
Gothind
Valdemar
Vindemar
Valdenmr
Gotland
Pleasures of Table Dear to German Heart
In a Saturday Evening Post piece Isaac Fo Maarcesson notes German dining habits with a second breakfast around eleven, showing pervasive snacking from street cleaners to bankers. He describes constant eating and coffee drinking in cafes, where many menus center on sausage sandwiches and fruit.
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Teuton
Isaac Fo Maarcesson
Saturday Evening Post
Liberty Bell replica cast by Meneels Bell Co at Joy NOY
The Columbian Liberty bell was cast by Meneels Bell Company at Joy NOY with a weight of about Tia pounds, diameter 88 inches, and height 7 inches. It replicated the 1876 Independence Bell and was made from the same material. Each thousand pounds symbolized one of the thirteen original states. The exact cost is unknown as records are missing. The bell was bought by a committee of patriots led by the late W O McDowell of Newark ND. After Chicago World's Fair, the bell toured several U S cities.
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Meneels Bell Company
Joy Noy
Bn Tse
Independence Ball
Philadelphia
Pitriothie
W O. McDowell
Newark
N.D
United States
Musical comedy talk on a train ride home
A couple discuss a recent musical comedy they saw in town as they travel by train. The girl praises a natural bad man and curls in hair, while the young man clarifies the chorus line, noting most performers were older than thirty.
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Tle
London
Quakers and World War Service Under Selective Draft
The selective service law allowed exemptions for Quakers organized before May 18, 1917 whose creed forbids participation in war. Many Quakers qualified, yet a substantial number served in active combat roles during World War I.
Village bachelor eludes wedding with anxious widow
A village bachelor who courted a spinster finally agreed to marry a widow but vanished on his wedding day. The next day he sheepishly explained he feared it would look like ruin to come at noon.
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Atom
Jack
Ansiety
A True Wife and Her Role in His House
A Ruskin quotation proclaims the wife as servant yet queen in her husband's home. It asserts her duty to purify darkness, strengthen truth, and sustain his praised peace amid worldly clamor and warfare.
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Tim
Ruskin
Probate Notice of George M. Hein Will in Jones County
In State of Town Jones County the District Court sets June 13 1930 at May term for final proof and probate of the last will of George M Hein deceased. The clerk Warren Rees notes the filing on May 26 1930 and invites interested parties to appear and contest probate. Doxsee Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
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Jones County
George M. Hein
Said County
Warren Rees
Jones Co
Iowa
Doxsee & Doxsee
Final reports filed in Kellogg estate in Jones County
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees for estates listed have been filed in Jones county district court and a final hearing is set for June 6 1930 in Anamosa Iowa with rights to appear and file exceptions. The administrator is J J Locher for the estate of W F Kellogg deceased. Dated May 26.
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District Court
Jones County
J. J. Locher
W. F. Kellogg
Anamosa
Iowa
Air Temperature Depends on Sunshine and History
The air temperature at a location is influenced by recent history as well as present sunshine. Southerly winds on cloudy days can feel as warm as northerly winds on sunny days, especially when winds bring warm moist air. Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Grains Devastated by Locals Feeding on Crops
A living age note reports in Tlentain Peking China the locals devastate Meldk crops to shorten food supplies while also supplying tables with the same delicacy. Rich and poor alike esteem the practice a great delicacy while outsiders fear food shortages.
Proposals for Erection of School House in Jones County
Proposals for building a school house in Rural Independent district of Lowell No. 6, Jones County, are due by 1 pm June 9, 1980. Plans seen at the bidder's district home. Bid bonds of 6 percent required. District may reject all bids.
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Lowell No. 6
Jones
Notice of probate and estate appointment in Jones County Iowa
The district court of Jones County Iowa appoints Myron K Harrard executor of John A Hubbard deceased and requests creditors to file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time. Maria Leesekamp probate hearing set for June 24 1980 with final proof at May term. interested parties may appear.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
John A. Hubbard
Monticello
Myron K. Harrard
Doxsee & Doxseer
Five room rent on N Cedar street with garden
For rent a five room house on N Cedar Street with a good garden. Inquiries directed to Reuben Ely 43 if good sized boy 14 wants farm work contact Marcus J Lahey Monticello. Lost fox terrier male white with tan notify J B Brokens Scotch Grove Iowa. Will sell piano by wholesale 550 later model upright Baldwin Piano Co Des Moines Iowa.
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N. Cedar Street
Reuben Ely
Marcus J. Lahey
Monticello
Pd-1
J. B. Brokens
Scotch Grove
Iowa
Baldwin Piano Company
Walnut St
Des Moines
Towa
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