Marion county Y M C A doings of past months
The County Secretary reports on nine months of Y M C A activity in Marion County. Highlights include Hi Y and Pioneer group growth, 400 enrolled boys, 65 campers, 7 Father and Son banquets, a $2500 fundraising total, camp programs at intercounty camps, farm bureau cooperation, sports events, and plans for friendship campaigns, a county basketball tournament, and weight-class athletic meets.
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Marion County
Winfield Scott Hall
Farm Bureau
Camp Foster
Skunk River
Pella
Couunty Committee
State County Committee
State County
Lake Geneva
Knoxville
Vera Lukin
Bussey
Tracy
Hi Ys
Chas. E. Ford
Pleasantville
Attica
Charles Baker
Dallas
Glenn Toole
Robert Clack
Pontingfu
China
John Rudd
Clack
Oskaloosa
Dad” Elliott
Chicago
A. E. Roberts
New York
Cleveland
United States
Association
Asbury
Flagler
Pershing
Eklorado
Swan
State College
Ames
Central College
C. E. Atkinson
Local Social Roundup From Cordova Area
Cordova news highlights visits and trips among residents including Mr and Mrs Herman Sneller and children near Otley, J M Hart and family in Monroe and Des Moines outings, Dey Ford car purchases, and attendance at a home talent play in Otley with multiple local families noted.
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Jess Miksell
Des Moines
C. Core
Knoxville
Herman Snellers
1Ehildren
Snellerer
Lou Leuwring
Otley
R. M. Hart
Fifield
Carpenter Pond
S. A. Johnson
Roy Shilling
Johnson
Shilling
Pleasantville
George Daily
Pete van Hemert
Allen de Heer
Pella
Dewey Ford
American Legion
Monroe
George
Harvey de Heer
J. M. Hart
S.A. Johnson
Dex Moines
J. B. Vriezelaar
Clarence Bricker
Roy Wolevers
P. van Gorp
Jen
Harold Nor
Loses Cannon Suit After Long Battle
Washington reports that after seventy one years of controversy involving appeals to congress and court litigation the Supreme Court ruled that William H. Woodbridge deceased abandoned his rifled cannon firing invention and his estate is not owed compensation for government use. Woodbridge filed his patent application in 1852 and later sought issuance in 1861 due to Civil War demand.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Willam
Woodbridge
Patent Office
Opossum Slaughters Birds Then Is Trapped at Bronx Zoo
A large opossum prowling from the Hudson valley to the Bronx killed two wild turkeys two peacocks and several pheasants at the Bronx Zoo before being captured in steel traps set by keeper Stacey and Wahl. Weasels and raccoons had been suspected due to carnage and scents.
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New York
Hudson Valley
Bronx
Bronx Zoo
Stacey
Wahl
Curious feats and domestic tricks from a bygone era
A collection of rapid-fire notes describes moving a 11 000 ton nine story building by 12 horses and girders, tree dyeing in two days, Plymouth Rock’s icy journey, a mirror puzzle, wartime ring symbolism for divorced Englishwomen, sardine tin hacks, and cranking an auto with an electric starter to save the battery.
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Plymouth
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