Anamosa Eureka Items Of Interest To Readers
Rena Hubbel, after six months touring Europe, arrives in Anamosa with Florence Curtis remaining abroad until October. H K Heisey of Monticello accepts a position at Stoughton drug store. County supervisors discuss Monticello Onslow gravel district with a hearing set for Sept 20. Laude and Huntoon bus line adds service through Anamosa en route to Dubuque with connections to Madison, Rockford and Chicago. Clyde Chipman’s 1925 Ford Tudor sedan, license 48 306, stolen from Main Street, later found abandoned at Winton. golf clubs missing. Sheriff notified. insurance involved.
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Rena Hubbel
Europe
Anamosa
Florence Curtis
H. K. Heisey
Monticello
Stoughton Drug Store
Heisey
Board of Supervisors
Monticello-Onslow
County Bankers Association
Powers Court
P. J. Quinlan
Jefferson
Iowa Bankers Association
Vigilantes
Laude and
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Madison
Rockford
Chicago
Clyde Chipman
Main Street
Clyde
Bodenhofer
Inquirance
Winton
Drainage District Assessments Finalized After Prolonged Battle
County boards of Dubuque and Jones approve final drainage district assessments. Cascade property owners face costs with the lowest 35 cents and the highest 3413.28 against St Martins church. Dubuque county assessments total 161000 and Jones county 4000 as the project ends after hearings.
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Cascade
Dubuque
Jones County
St. Martin's Catholic Church
Dubuque County
Prairieburg Birthday Gathering and Local News
Twenty five ladies surprised Mrs. Kate Holub for her birthday with music and refreshments. The Whitney family plans a trip to Cole to visit relatives. Miss Leone Walmutt returns to Cedar Falls, accompanied by Miss Ruth Randall. The Truesdells from Glens Falls visit the A. L. Truesdell home. The Prairieburg highway main line was graveled last week. A. M. Clark hosts his mother and sister for ten days.
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Kate Holub
Warren Whitney
Amy Will
Cole
Whitney
Will Still
Leone Walmutt
Cedar Falls
Ruth Randall
Howard Caldwell
Earthquake Shocks in Mississippi Valley 1811 1813
Reports describe a long sequence of tremors beginning December 15 1811 and continuing into 1813. Few deaths were recorded as settlement was sparse, but the landscape altered with new lakes and islands forming.
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Mississippi Valley
Forage Plant Serranel la Found Mainly in Germany
The forage plant serranella is largely grown in Germany but not used in the United States. It is cultivated for hay and soil improvement and needs cool weather with abundant moisture. U.S. experiments show it could grow in Florida, except in cold spells that cause winter kill.
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Germany
United States
Florida
Height of Happiness At Jazz Concert
A lecturer says happiness comes from vibrating with one’s environment. The idea is illustrated by a man with 8t. Vi us dance at a jazz concert, described in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Kitchen cupboard ideas for everyday dishes
Practical ways to elevate cottage cheese with cream chives and greens. Cauliflower served raw with onion tomato and salad dressing. Cook green peas with saved pea liquor and sugar. Sugar enhances roasts and stews. Grapefruit with honey or maple syrup. Tongue and spinach salad with diced celery and mayonnaise. Creamed ham on toast with white sauce and lettuce salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Contempt of Court Rules and Historical Perspectives
The article outlines that contempt includes more than disrespect to the court and notes that in England one can be punished for contempt both in and out of court. It cites penalties, such as costs, and mentions examples like obstructing a witness or destroying documents after writ issuance.
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Sir James Bacon
Ulity
London
Fairy Flowers Fey Fashion Grips London Women
London society women adopt fairy flower motifs as a new fashion fad. At a West End restaurant a woman wore a leaf dress with mauve orchid and a golden-haired fairylet at its center. An American at Covent Garden wore pink chiffon with pink velvet towers and beads resembling tiny fairies.
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London
West End
Covent Garden
Edibles from Flowers and Roses in Historic Home Preserves
A historical note on edible petals and rose products. It describes crystallized violets the poisonous seed-pod warning, rose sugar candy, petal jelly, rose syrup, crystallized buds, and pickling flowers in vinegar with sugar. It cites Elizabethan and Stuart era practices and Balkan rose pickling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Elephant escapes circus fences in Newtown Australia
An elephant escaped a circus at Newtown Australia and walked through fences. Pedestrians and vehicles were narrowly missed and gardens were damaged before the animal was captured in a nearby town.
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Newtown
Australia
Trade Between Indians Shown Across Columbia River Valley
Smithsonian collection documents ancient trade links among Pacific Northwest Columbia River Indians and distant groups. artifacts include catlinite pipes from Minnesota and Pueblo region pipes, Alaska abalone charms, California halotis shells, and Pacific coast dentalian beads. Krieger notes cultural continuity from British Columbia to the Pueblo. horse arrival around 1750 ends the old era.
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Baltimore
America
Columbia River Valley
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Herbert W. Krieger
National Museum
Smithsonian
Mr. Krieger
Minnesota
Pueblo
Alaska
California
Pacific Coast
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
Columbia River
Krieger
British Columbia
Southwest
Asia
Holland Refuses to Yield on Cleanliness
In Zaandam Holland cleanliness lags as traditional methods erode. Constables are described as carpeted and windmills used to power scrubbing are disappearing. A new national society for windmill preservation forms to counter the shift to motorized cleaning.
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Holland
Zaandam
HERERO Kiddies' Evening Story Grasshoppers Stage Fairies Circus
In a 1927 Western Newspaper Union piece, grasshoppers present a circus for fairies on pine needle benches. A grasshoppers band, clown acts, policemen grasshoppers, and a star Greeny Grasshopper perform feats on grass-ropes and blades, delighting the audience with jumps and leaf parasol tricks.
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Grasshoppers
Greeny Grasshopper
Cosss
Western Newspaper Union
World and American population rise yearly
The world population grows by about twenty million annually while the American population increases by about one million each year, indicating steady demographic expansion.
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World
America
Yesterday s Dead Forget It
A brief, philosophical note from Exchange urges readers to seize the present and not dwell on yesterday, emphasizing action today and calm attitude toward time.
Rearing Rules Backfire As Child Speaks At Bath Flood
In a domestic scene the parents enforce quiet as Ethel bursts in after ten saying she cannot turn off the bath tap and water runs down the stairs. The father reads while the mother mends stockings, and the child reveals the aftermath.
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Ethel
Mother
Daddy
Nthel Caldly
The Man Who Carried a Spear for King Charles
A tall royal bodyguard once saved a king or heir by spearing an assassin during battle. Knighted on the field, he walked before royalty for three generations, received scarlet silk yearly, and was granted an estate near London kept for years. He was bound to court duties and to wave a spear to deter harm to the sovereign.
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Shakespeare
London
Visiting Its Always a Gamble to Take Children Calling
A Philadelphia Record item notes a mother with five year old Dorothy visiting and being served tea. Dorothy prefers cakes to sandwiches, replying she likes cakes better but the sandwiches will do, highlighting a child’s candid response during social calls.
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Hoyle
Dorothy
Yungster
Philadelphia Record
Alligator Chases Bathers at Gallipolis Beach
A young alligator surfaced at Gallipolis bathing beach on the Ohio River causing women bathers to scream and flee. Fisherman Frank Gothard captured the reptile, believed to be part of a Mississippi southward migration into the upper Ohio river.
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Gallipelis
Ohio
Schoomers
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Frank Gothard
Mississippi
Dry Cream Coating for Candies Crystallization Method
Confectioners prevent cream candy drying by crystallizing surface sugar. A sugar water syrup is boiled to 33.5 Baume, then kept warm about 24 hours. The drained syrup leaves a fine crystal skin on the creams which greatly retards further drying.
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Prairieburg
Hebel
Nellie Maxwell
Dalles
Oregon
North America
Coronado
Columbia River Archeological Society
Great Northern Railroad
Walla Walla
Wenatchee
Quincy
Seattle
Kiddies’ Evening Story
Mary Graham Bonner
Sererereol
Grasshopper Circus
Sage Advice
Chicago Evening Post
Center Junction, Iowa
Martins Yaa
YU Ee
Sal
Martin Corn King
A. T. Martin Orwslnator
Corm King Seed
William Schoon
Coats
New
Palmer
Beery’s Dry Goods Store
Colonial Furnace
Cross Hardware Co
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Diana Wonvicelige
Iowa
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