Quads Birthday, Beach Skirt, Windmill Mare Highlight Iowa Snaps
Public interest swirls around the Wycolf quadruplets on their first birthday with weights listed for Lester Laverne and Laverne. Emil Uchytil pushes for a Toledo beach and wears a Ha waiian grass skirt gift from Bill Mohler. A mare on the Mitchell farm topples a windmill as a colt is born, and a boy's hunting accident ends in tragedy for Ward Harder in Dysart.
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Larry Wycolf
Sac City
Bay County
Wycolf
Lester
Laverne
Toledo
Tama County
Emil Uchytil
Emil
Bill Mohler
U. S. Navy
Hawaii
German professor to wed in Hamburg after engagement
Prof Theo dore Nickel of Luther College De corah Winneshirk county kept his marriage plans secret. He proposed by cablegram to Irma Von Hafen of Hamburg and plans to marry this summer in Germany. Meanwhile prospectors near Steamboat Rock Hardin county report gold potential as they camp on the G W Haynes farm.
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Theodore Nickel
Luther College
Decorah
Winneshirk County
Nickel
Irma von Hafen
Hamburg
Germany
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
G. W. Haynes
Local legends of veins in Haynes farm and long fishing fame
The article recalls prospectors finding pay dirt near Haynes farm and notes Hardin County angler William Marske of Edora, aged 92, securing fishing licenses for another season while praised as central Town's fishing dean. It also mentions a Sheldon robbery, Corydon tunnel collapse undoing three months of work, and ongoing heating project setbacks.
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Ewe
Leenses
Harding County
William Marske
Edora
Marske
Central Town
Corydon
Wayne County
Oddities and Local News From Spencer and Surrounding Areas
The piece describes Snitzie the Persian cat that healed after a gold-bonded repair and a vertebrae splint, a Manson hotel register dating to 1879, Lavell’s English call ducks used as decoys, seven ducklings weighing up to 28 ounces, and Nellie Galbraith’s nine room house moved intact to Spencer by Goodrich Construction over five days with one broken window.
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F. A. Lavell
Waverly
Bremer County
Mr. Lavell
Lavell
Nellie M. Galbraith
Dickens
Clay County
Spencer
Goodrich Construction Company
Cleghorn
Cherokee County
Spencer Business
1936 Philco Radios Feature Long Distance
The 1936 Philco radios offer new technical developments headlined by an automatic aerial selector. This built in feature acts like a separate aerial for each wave band and automatically switches in the right values to maximize power, enabling thrilling foreign reception. Advy Pan Klaus and family visited Frank Podhiaski in Manchester, returning from a Sunday visit.
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Philco
H. D. Eagan
Monticello
Philea
Advy
St. Matthew's Church School Closes After June Term
The Daily Vacation Bible school at St. Matthew's Lutheran church ends Friday with a pie in the city park. The school ran for June with 64 children enrolled led by Pastor H. L. Adix and assistants Miss Marie Schatz Kathleen Carlsen and Herbert Adix. Kinder garten pupils will sing two songs at both festival services this Sunday.
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St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Marie Schatz
Kathleen Carlsen
Herbert Adix
Handsome Women of Ball And Bali Beauty Taste
A New Health writer praises Ball women for skincare and beauty routines. It extols Balinese fashion and dress sense, noting routine bathing, exercise, and cultural styles that shape their figures and attire.
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Bali
Australia’s Tropic Belt Shapes Population and Industry
The article notes that nearly half of Australia lies in the tropics with a tropical climate marked by summer rainfall and a long dry winter. Population concentrates in a southeast crescent around Sydney and Melbourne, with Perth as a major hub. vast areas are pastoral or arid. Wool production dominates sheep husbandry, while cattle rearing thrives in the north. A second item discusses a giant chromosome in the salivary gland of the yeast fly, about 70 times larger than normal, aiding gene identification along with typical chromosome length estimates and gene counts per cell.
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Australia
Great Island
Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Queensland
Montreal
Merald
Tail sizes reflect usefulness in animals and region references
The passage notes horses and cattle rely on large tails to swat flies while elephants and swine with thick hides are less bothered. It then mentions Yellowstone River as Missouri River tributary rising in Wyoming and Yellowstone Lake nearby. It lists Yellow Creek near Altoona Pennsylvania and Yellow House in Nerris County near Boyertown.
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Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Yellowstone Lake
Yellow Creek
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Yellow House
Nerris County
Boyertown
Voyage of Vitus Bering and Alaska Discovery
The 1740 voyage to northwestern North America was ordered by Empress Elizabeth and added Alaska to Russian possessions. Thirteen years earlier Bering had sailed northward, proving Asia and America were not connected.
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Vitus Bering
America
Elizabeth
Bering
Asia
Items Of Occurrences Forty Years Ago
Forty years ago notable events included Mrs. W. A. Mirick and her three children visiting Bozeman Montana and the Cherry Sisters gaining notoriety after whipping a Center Point editor. A Mormon elder in Monticello sought school board permission to pitch a tent for proselytizing on school grounds. Oscar McGinnis, postmaster at Sand Spring, died after a long illness. Burglars dynamited J. G. Suter’s safe, stealing $10 to $15. tools taken from Starks’ carpenter shop. A fatal car train collision near Oelwein killed Mildred Medlock and her brother Joe. the father suffered a fractured skull. Mr and Mrs G A Moore and Mr and Mrs H E Moore visited Will Burichter’s home.
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Cherry Sisters
Monticello
Oscar McGinnis
Sand Spring
J. G. Suter
Starks
Mildred Medlock
Oelwein
Joe
Dock Medlock
Great Western
Portrait Corner Reveals Monticello Bachelors Leader
A portrait mentions John Liddy of Monticello as a jolly Bachelors Club member and Casketeers figure. Born in Oxford Town he studied in Wyoming schools and worked for a national firm in Davenport before starting an independent business with a partner. Rex Rickless and family visited Roy Liddy in Town City. Roy attends summer school at the state university.
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Bachelors’ Club
Casketeers
Oxford
Wyoming
Davenport
Monticello
John Liddy
Fof
Rex Rickless
Josephine
Roy
Town City
the State University
Old City Name Tokyo Yedo Explained
The text notes Yedo as an old name for Tokyo. It states the name change occurred in 1868 when the imperial court moved from Kyoto to the present site. Tokyo means eastern capital.
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Tokyo
Kyoto
Borneo Flying Frog Uses Webbed Toes for Gliding
A tree frog from Borneo leaps between trees using unusually long toes linked by webs. The spread toes provide enough resistance to support the frog’s body during its glide to the next perch.
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Borneo
Birds Guard Sheep In Venezuela
Venezuelan shepherds do not use dogs to guard flocks but train cranes to herd and drive scattered sheep home at night. The trained birds reportedly display doglike intelligence and round up the flock with little effort.
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Venezuela
Plans for 600-room Tokyo hotel with 10 million yen cost
Construction plans outline a Tokyo hotel project consisting of 600 rooms and a total budget of 10 million yen. The project details include anticipated development scope and financial framework for the Tokyo site.
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Tokyo
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Jarnagin
Iowa
J. W. Jarnazin
Des Moines River
Moingona
Boone County
Wuh
Carl Fritz
Henning
The
Ledges State Park
Geist
Fort Dodge
John Langfeldt
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Langfeldt
G. C. Wallace
United States
Mare Wrecks
Don Quixote
Charles E. Mitchell
Cloverdale
Osceola County
Mitchell Farm
Hampton
Franklin County
Audubon County
Walter Hansen
Albert Murray
Audubon
Chris Gude
Ward Harder
Dysart
Nels Larsen
Harder
Nels
Ward
Larsen
Yzeld
Angler
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Frank Uittenbogard
Uittenbogard
Snitzie
R. W. Hemer
J. O'Leary
Manson
Calhoun County
H. H. Marsh
Pan Klaus
Benjamin
Manchester
Klaus
Frank Podhiaski
St. Matthew's Church School
Yellowstone River
Lake
Russia
Alaska
Agricultural College
W. A. Mirick
Bozeman
Montana
G. A. Moore
H. E. Moore of
Baldwin
Will Burrichter
Joe Fisher
Gents
Iowa Nighthawks
Princess, Theatre
Princess Theatre
With Tim McCoy
Pny el Re
Siorts
RIMAC
Rumba
Colored Rhapsody
Edmund Lowe
Clare Trevor
Smart Wear
Ford
Coments
Ava Pitt, Slable
Ol Mote
San Diego
Madsen Motor Company
Monticello, Iowa
Oldsmobiles
Packards
Phon Monticello
M.&s. Motor Company
Anamo
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