Tenth Annual Report of John McDonald Hospital
The Monticello Iowa hospital reports its tenth year of service since Sept. 5 1927 with endowment growth of 20000 from Peter C Smith and Helen Smith estates. It details finances receipts and disbursements patient counts births staff and training program updates and notes ongoing establishment improvements including a nurses home memorial plan.
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Monticello
Iowa
John McDonald Hospital
Réedlinck Conseer Cbse
Peter C
Helen Smith
Peter C. Smith
John McDonald
Monticello State Bank
Smith
Albion
Joseph Porter
Kansas City
Jennie Henderson
Answers on Page One Trivia List
A compact set of responses identifies: 640 acres. Deutschland Uber Alles and Die Wacht am Rhein. the sun. Saint Nicholas. Latex. 0 Mongolian. Anne Nichols. Genoa Italy. Bridal Veil Falls. 1807.
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Rhein
Vine Planted Before Revolution Bears Fruit
George Shaffer highlights a San Gabriel mission grapevine planted by Father Junipero Serra before the American Revolution. The vine reportedly still grows in the inn yard, claimed as the world’s largest with a trunk diameter of feet and a trellis covering an acre. The piece notes the vine sparked an industry worth millions and employment for thousands.
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George Shaffer
Liberty
Junipero Serra
San Gabriel Mission
California
Francisega
Father Serra
San Gabriel
Albany
Fragmented reminiscence on Cotton Mather and Yale naming
Text traces a garbled note about Cotton Mather and Yale College name origins. It references Yale origins, Harvard, and diary entries from January, with distorted phrases and unreadable segments suggesting disputes over institutional naming and affiliations.
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Cotton Mather
Yale College
Fragmentary Scene Describes Traveler and Valet Exchange
A cryptic passage depicts a traveler named Niehard Miaustodd wither to a Grand Coentem in Wisconsin. Pedix Showy and Hubbard appear in a muddled dialogue with a clerk, ending with the actor and valet exiting with luggage near a door.
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Albert Hubbard
Auroringie
Mansfield
Ohio
Public Health Notes on Inheritance and Reversion Traits
The Mendallan house of Inheritance notes that inherited traits such as race and other characteristics follow definite patterns. Recurrence, or reversion to ancestral traits after two or more generations, can occur though exact causes are unknown. Blood traits cannot be eliminated but may become undetectable.
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The
Public Health Service
Damocles Sword and Its Modern Fame
The sword of Damocles, once a dinner table illusion used by Dionysius of Syracuse, has become a lasting allegory in literature. The piece notes how Damocles never owned the blade and how the image haunts writers and readers as a symbol of looming danger.
Christian Names All Had Their Meanings
A discussion of the origins and meanings of given names across languages. It explains Amnos as Hebrew for strong and courageous, Albertus as nobly bright, Kenneth as Gaelic for leader, Luke as from Lacus the beloved physician, Meredith as sea protector, Norman as Norse native, Wenpy as home, and related forms in Latin French Italian Spanish German and other tongues.
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Amnos
Phebrew
Albert
Albertus
Kenneth
Luke
Lacus
Meredith
Aules
Norway
Wenpy
Aurman
Holme
Lenrleus
Penri
Enrico
Enrique
Lewis
Louis
Warrior
James
Jacob
Diteob
Jacobus
Jacques
Jacoba
Devo
Jago
Jaime
Jiteats
Sardine Industry Uses Tunny for Protective Phase
In the Mediterranean Popular Mechanics notes tunny are watched by coast guards on high ladders who relay catch news by telephone. Sardine baited fish are driven into a death chamber of netting where fishermen on a dinghy use spears to kill tunny as part of an ancient protective practice.
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Mediterranean
Popular Mechanics
Palms and Willows Featured in Old Pula Church Customs
Transcribed notes describe palms or willows used in church rites at Pula with a Sunday procession of choristers and clerics. The text questions what the palms really were and suggests flowering willows were likely favored in village church ceremonies and churchyard displays.
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Pula
Choice in Chess The Vast Space of Moves
The article notes the enormous number of possible first four moves in chess and asserts that no one in history has played every possible move. It explains the vast combinatorial growth is so large that if every person in a city of 500000 played constantly, it would take over a year to exhaust all options on the board.
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Sromore
Alugus
State University Hospital of
Towa
Thei
State Board of Nurses
Capitola Younestrom
Damocles
Dionysius
Syracuse
Mediterranean
Christ
Jekwick
Kaigeran
Vancouver
Colorful hospital rooms claim faster recovery
A report claims replacing white walls and red bed covers with greens yellows and mauve improves patient mood sleep and recovery. It notes a chronically insomnia patient fell asleep within an hour in a mauve room and that patients left the hospital about three days earlier under the new decor.
Maple Sugar Roots and Early Production
The earliest maple sugar production dates to the Napoleonic wars era in Bohemia with government support. The industry declined there as sugar beet rose in prominence, while early American explorers noted Indians making sugar from maple sap.
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Bohemia
For Sale Crushed limestone and livestock near Monticello
For sale an assortment of items including crushed limestone sold by Adolph Kernen. Also Jersey bull two years old, a gentle saddle pony, hay and straw stacked by G. J. Heiken Route 2 Monticello Iowa. Public notice from Ethel Berlin Bartels denying responsibility for debts not personally contracted.
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Chester White
John Benesh
Monticello
Adolph Kernen
G. J. Heiken
Iowa
Ethel Berlin Bartels
First Iron Rails Arrive for U S Railroad Beginning
In May 1820 the ship Alexander arrived at Baltimore from Liverpool with 60 tons of iron and equipment for the construction of the first railroad in the United States marking the start of America’s rail era.
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United States
Europe
Alexander
Baltimore
Liverpool
Dedication Note Reveals Humble Regard for Wife
In a Capper's Weekly excerpt, Arthur Loll of Oxford University writes a playful dedication on the flyleaf of his music book. He confesses his wife's lack of interest has been his constant despair, presenting a frank personal aside within a formal dedication.
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Arthur Loll
Oxford University
England
Capper
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Ernest
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Supt
Youngstrom
H. M. Carpenter
Board of Trustees
Porter
Geo. L. Lovell
Peter and Helen Smith
Bull
G. L. Lovell
Montierito State Bank
P. & H. Smith
Eneineer Cook
Irg
Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
First Congregational Church
George W. McNary
St. Matthew's Ev
H. L. Adix
Luther League
J. B. Zimmerman's
Ladies Aid
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church
Trinity
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
U.S
Saint Nicholas
Anne Nichols
Genoa
Italy
Harvard
William E. Barten
Dearborn
Pharviard
Los
Wolfe
Coliese
New Haven
Abyssinia
Choice
Cecil B. Curtis
Bulls Rock Roosters
Will Siebels
Palmer Drug Store
J. Ll. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Iowa
Thos
F. Stimpson
Monticello Exchange
Anamosa
M.E.C
Husman-McCrea Clothing Store
Castle Grove Township
Park Sheridan
Gillen Hotel
L. J. Schlemme
Richland Township
John D. Sani
Jocal
Monticello Express
Globe
TOS
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