Al Smith Receives LL D Degree from Dublin University
Alfred E. Smith, former New York governor, was awarded the Doctor of Laws degree by the National University of Dublin in his absence. The public orator praised his international standing and anticipated greater work. It is his fourth honorary degree, joining honors from Manhattan College Fordham University and Columbia.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Alfred Emanuel Smith
New York
National University of Dublin
Dublin University
Smith
Manhattan
Fordham University
Columbia
Thanksgiving greetings and social visits filter through Letts
Thanksgiving scenes unfold with Letts and Rock Island residents visiting relatives and hosting meals. Listings show Mr and Mrs Collins in Rock Island, various households around Letts, and guests from Columbus Junction, Dallas Center, Muscatine, Eldon, and Washington. A duck supper at the Rowe home and travels to see Harriett Curtis and Iowa City visitors are noted alongside school vacation for Marion Gipple. The Panama Canal article notes annual income exceeding costs. The column ends with a light science tidbit about meal worm beetle antennae noses and a plug for Want Ads.
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Robert Barnes
Ed Anwyl
Neal Hanft
Columbus Junction
Alex Barnes
Letts
Harry Gipple
L. L. Mortimer
Ralph
Dallas Center
Albert
Mary
Minnie Storm
Milburn
Thomas Manning
Charley Gipple
Delia Shellabarger
Ralph Lowe
Milt Hildebrand
George Crist
W. E. Zimmerman
Mt. Pleasant
Hazel
Iowa Wesleyan College
Thanksgiving Visits Span Coneville Area Families
Local families and friends gathered at multiple homes around Coneville Letts Morning Sun and Iowa City for Thanksgiving. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Cass Hawkins at Mike Tarpy home near Letts and many from Ames Cedar Rapids and Muscatine joining host households for holiday meals and social events.
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Conesville
Cass Hawkins
Mike Tarpy
Letts
Tracy Miller
Harry
L. D. Miller
Stanford Miller
George Dyche
Minnie Maxwell
Lorena
J. F. Berry
Muscatine
J. K. McKee
Daisy Kemp
Leila Wolford
Margaret Estle
Robert Brown
Iowa State College
Ames
Raymond Lutz
Lone Tree
Glen Nicholson
C. N. Nicholson
Lydia Swailes
George Jarrard, Sr
Elaine Jarrard
George E. Jarrard
Harold Hawkins
Norman
Betty
Vere Walker
Lyle Goldsberry
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Virginia Stauffer
Cedar Rapids
Leon Bebb
John Bebb
Sheldon
Harry Maxwell
Alden Maxwell
Gaylord
Eldred Maxwell
Darleen
Adam Beckey
Charles Goldsmith
Rock Island
A. W Jones
Cecelia Brockway
Roberta
Marvin
Enna
Indoor House Plants For Frosty Nights
Frosty nights signal indoor plant care. Foliage plants thrive in homes, with some flowering varieties. Sansevieria and bowstring-hemp tolerate dark, heat, dust, and limited sun. Rubber plants endure heat and cold with dry air. palms slower. Ferns prefer low light. Boston fern easy, maidenhair more delicate.
Wild Indians Now Tame on Farms
Salt Lake City notes a shift as Utah Indians adopt farming and agriculture. Uintah Basin hosts about 2,000 residents on 15,000 acres turning to crops such as alfalfa seed hay clover seed wheat oats and corn with poultry beekeeping and dairying expanding alongside.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Uintah Basin
Uintah and
Ouray
Lone Tree News Tidbits and Thanksgiving Visitors
Lone Tree reports Mrs Effie Henkley visiting relatives in Lone Pine Montana. Patton and Pruess buy a Victor garage. Wall family hosted Thanksgiving dinner. Cedar Falls student Carl Zimmerman returns for weekend with his mother Mrs Mary Zimmerman. Walter Albright leaves for Iowa Falls with Wilma Baker and Marjorie. Hiebing family and Gertrude Ann join Zinkule for Thanksgiving. Spevachek and June Spevachek guests of the Zinkules.
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Effie Henkley
Joe Henik
William Pruess
Iowa Motor Company
Elard Patton
Victor, Mont
George Wall
Wesley Wall
Carl Zimmerman
Cedar Falls
Mary Zimmerman
Walter Albright
Iowa Falls
Wilma Baker
Marjorie
Joe Hiebing
Gertrude Ann
Frank Zinkule
Charles Spevachek
June
Local Residents Gather for Social Visits and Celebrations
A string of social calls and a birthday celebration highlighted the week. Kenneth Rayner marked his fourth birthday with family dinners and guests including the Rayner grandparents and several relatives. Additional visits were noted with the Ray Mond, Musser, Hennat Wellman, and Jehle households as Mrs. Hinkley prepared for a Rock Island trip and Grace Holmes of Devils Lake was mentioned among the visitors.
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Kenneth Rayner
Frank Rayner
Bess Rayner
Frank Sherburne
Shirley
Robert
H. A. McMillan
Anton Fisher
Effie Hinkley
John Krall
John Musser
Ross Rayner
Kenneth
Diana
Alice Hunt
Wapello
John Laren
Rock Island
John Spangler
Jacqueline
Muscatine
Willi Jehle
Earl Lewis
Fay Lewis
Mark Estes
Ray Lewis
Columbus Junction
Grace Holmes
Devils Lake
Na. D
E. R. Johnson _ Feanmaneina
Washingon
Farmland Vanished After Soil Theft Near London
William Joy returned from a business trip to find his farm stripped of topsoil depth 18 inches, leaving clay and mud. The piece notes extensive local artesian wells and notes on Hudson river bridge cable construction with thousands of wires per span.
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London
Opt
William Joy
Joy
Yankee Stadium seating capacity in New York
The question asks for the seating capacity of Yankee Stadium in New York. Reputable figures place current capacity around thirty thousand to fifty thousand for different configurations, but a precise historical capacity cannot be determined from the prompt alone. Please provide a specific source or year for an exact figure.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
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Rome
Muscatine Jewelry CO
East Ndst
Edward W. Hotka
Nellie Patton
Lone Pine, Mont
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Arctic
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Jack Sherburne
W. J. Houseal
C. C. Raymond
Mrs
Ed. Hennat Wellman
Hudson River Bridge
Manhattan Island
Fort Lee, N. J
Fuel Service CO
National Bellas Hess Co
East Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
Coats
Rus
Morocco
Seeeer
BELLE
Pepperell
Muscatine Radio Store
East Second St
Calldrea
Everetts
Jen
Eva
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