Red Cross Year In Review Tours Tornado Relief Efforts
A national Red Cross report details a year of disaster relief after the devastating tornado across 400 miles in the Midwest. It notes $2,944,055.41 raised, $327,919.85 contributed to the relief fund, and $277,919.85 covering operating expenses. Relief caravans cleared debris from the Mississippi to the Wabash, with advisory committees guiding disaster-victim awards. The piece says towns have been rebuilt and local chapters will continue Red Cross service.
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Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
United States
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Mississippi River
Wabash River
Ita
Pretty Ankle: Exercises for Fashionable Feet
A shoe model shares foot care tips emphasizing graceful posture and walking. She advocates walking freely, leaning forward, and balancing weight on the balls of the feet. Dancing may substitute for walking if performed gracefully, with rope-walk as an advanced drill to align both feet in a straight line.
Des Moines Sunday Register Awards to Local Photographer
Des Moines Sunday Register prizes photos, and Pella photographer Wm J Wagner has won publication for D S Huber on his ninetieth birthday at home. A Wagner image of an old lady fishing in the Skunk River also appeared, significant for its preservation value and merit.
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Des Moines Sunday Register
Wm. J. Wagner
Pella
D. S. Huber
Mr. Huber
Register
Wagner
Sunday Register
Skunk River
University Summer Students Camp at State University
University extends exclusive camp for summer school students at Town City. The camp offers modern conveniences and will be policed during the day at university expense. Rev. M. E. Broekstra of Chicago has declined the call to pastor the Third Reformed church of Pella.
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State University
Town City
University
M. E. Broekstra
Chicago
Third Reformed Church of
Pella
Second serious fire on Van Duren farm near Pella
The William Van Duren residence about ten miles east of Pella burned Tuesday forenoon. It was the second major fire on the place in months, following a fall barn and outbuildings blaze. The house, a modern cement structure with a wood-fired furnace, suffered a total loss of 5 000 to 6 000 dollars with 3 000 dollars insured. contents were insured too. Neighbors saved some ground floor belongings while the house burned.
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William van Duren
Pella
van Duren
Is Income Insurance Worth While Education Value Shown
Boston University College of Business Administration analyzed Massachusetts Labor and Industry reports to compare lifetime earnings. An untrained worker starting at fourteen reaches a peak around age thirty with total earnings near 45 thousand dollars, while a high school graduate earns about 78 thousand dollars from ages eighteen to sixty, illustrating a sizable gap in long term income.
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College of Business Administration
Boston University
Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industry
Value of schooling from the city echoing earnings
A Cincinnati report says four years of high school cost 45000 or 33000 in cash value while a college or technical grad begins at 22 and earns 150000 from 22 to 60, with 72000 extra for college training. A sewer cave-in on Hazel Street injures Peter Bauma, who was treated and released. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Lubberden on Thursday, March 18.
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Cincinnati
Hazel Street
Peter Bauma
Bauma
Adrian Lubberden
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