Cedar County road work showcases efficient use of limited equipment
The High way Commission Service Bulletin lauds Cedar County for productive road and bridge work with $85 000 available this year and $60 000 in bridges and culverts. Engineer J C MacLean and the board, backed by 55 miles of tractor blade grading, prove that heavy machinery isn't essential for solid progress.
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Cedar County
Iowa
J. C. MacLean
MacLean
Cedar
Rochester
West Branch
Downey
Springdale
Tipton
Clarence
Telford
Cedar County Limestone
Cedar Bluff
Cass Township
Board of Supervisors
Jement
Raina
A Marriage Contract Sparked a Hidden Romance
Emma Cunningham discovers a back page contract between her mother and Mrs Forbes arranging a match for Emma with Edwin Forbes when they turn twenty three. Edwin and Emma later fall in love during a visit to Mrs Forbes, only to learn the contract was a mutual past romance idea. Edwin says the contract was a garret find, not remembered by his mother, and the couple end in a tender reconciliation.
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Miss Cunningham
Mary Cunningham
Sarah Forbes
Emma
Stdwin Iforbes
Chum
Imma Cunningham
Edwin Forbes
Mrs. Forbes
Mrs. Cunningham
Mr. Forbes
Mrs. Korbes
Forbes
Edwin
Imma
Local Items and Notices From Prairie Creek Township Area
The new electrolieres will be placed when work permits. Mrs Dennis Lynch died at home in Prairie Creek township Friday at 5 30 am after brief heart trouble. Births: Frank Takes Jr Temple Hill November 2. Thomas Rogers October 29. Hugh Duffy Temple Hill October 29. A barn on John Brown's farm near town burned with loss of building and contents Sunday evening. Masons held a special lodge meeting with Master Mason degree conferred upon Thomas M Martin led by Julien Judge of Farlay. Neighbors surprised Mr and Mrs William Featherston East Cascade for their 20th wedding anniversary with a luncheon and social hour.
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Dennis Lynch
Prairie Creek Township
Frank Takes, Jr
Temple Hill
Thomas Rogers
Hugh Duffy
John Brown
David McGee
Masonic Lodos
Thomas M. Martin
Julien Judge
Farlay
Wm. Featherston
East Cascade
The World Should Slow Down
A reflection on modern life driven by noise and constant motion. The piece laments loss of leisure and silence amid phonographs, movies, and autos. It argues culture is threatened by speed and urges society to slow down for true thoroughness.
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St. Louis Republic
Thackeray
Trollope
College Football Schedule for Iowa This Week
Iowa hosts Ames in Iowa City and Drake meets Missouri in Columbia. Cornell faces Coe in Mount Vernon while Highland Park clashes with Leander Clarke in Toledo. State Teachers plays Wisconsin Normal in Cedar Falls and Ellsworth meets Penn in Iowa Falls. Simpson takes on Iowa Wesleyan in Indianola. Morningside vs Dakota Wesleyan at Mitchell and Central vs Parsons in Fairfield.
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa City
Drake Va
Missouri
Columbia
Cornell
Coe
Mount Vernon
Highland Park
Leander Clarke
Toledo
Wisconsin Normal
Cedar Falls
Ellsworth
Penn
Iowa Falls
Simpson
Iowa Wesleyan
Indianola
Morningside
Dakota Wesleyan
Mitchall
Central
Parsons
Fairfield
Shrapnel Shells and Their Lethal Velocity Facts
A study notes three inch shrapnel shells are most effective in modern warfare. They carry 210 to 360 half inch bullets and use a precise time fuse to explode at range. The shell velocity reaches miles in seconds and bursts create a cone of bullets over a wide area. Different governments vary in size and fuse design. Also included is a cartoonist tip from Pearson's Weekly advising to cultivate talent, discipline, and practical approach to drawing.
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Pearson’s Weekly
The Scorpion's Wonderful Ear
The text discusses scorpion sensitivity to sound, noting antennae as hearing organs near the thorax. It cites physiology and enzymology claims that in insects antennae sense vibrations including inaudible sounds. It asserts even the slightest atmospheric vibration moves the antennae, enabling danger detection and social recognition.
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London Spectator
Where Scotland Joins England Across Britain
The article describes the border between Scotland and England along Great Britain. It notes the contact width at about sixty miles and highlights the river weed dividing the two nations near the east, with the Cheviot hills forming most of the boundary thereafter.
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Scotland
England
Great Britain
Ingland
Were somebody says that electric currents can be mde to take the place of food
A Baltimore American letter remarks on a theory that life could be sustained by electricity instead of food, noting the idea as a shocking concept and reflecting on its impracticality.
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Baltimore
Shakespeare and Shoes in Browning’s Quote Ledger
A compact note discusses Browning and Shakespeare’s footwear imagery. It counts nineteen allusions to boots, thirty-two to shoes, and seven to slippers and pumps, framing a playful link between literature and fashion terms.
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the Highway Commission
Ders
Fellowa
Iowa Electric Company
Amber
Monticello
Ruth Lowe
Edwin A. Austin
Lemon
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Miss Lowe
J. H. Lowe
Anamosa
LeRoy Bunce
Methodist Episcopal Church
Webster
Clarence Wood
George Potter
Wood Farm
Imade
Dwin Forbes
Cascade Pioneer
the Wyoming Horse Buyer
Bart’s
Monticello, IA
C. B. Larkey
Wyoming
Zim
Cartoons Magazine
Oo.b. Rundle
Opera
Trouse
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