Birth of a baby boy reported in Hull audience
Mr and Mrs John Douma report the birth of a baby boy on Wednesday. Mr James Vander Schaaf of Hull dies suddenly early in the week from a brain tumor. He planned to operate a Chick Hatchery at Hull after leaving the farm. For sale oak dining room suite. Robt Moret rents Mrs Hessel Dethmers farm for 1927 season and will take possession around March 1. He has leased his Matlock oil station.
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John Douma
James Vander Schaaf
Hull
Robt. Moret
Hessel Dethmers
Moret
Matlock
Value of Milk Through the Ages and Modern Evaporated Milk
The piece traces milk from ancient reverence in India and Israel to its role as a nearly perfect food. It notes evaporated milk removes 60 percent water, making it twice as rich and easier to digest due to heat curd changes.
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India
Canaan
Israel
Ovid
Antique lighting origins traced from petrels to Argand lamps
Popular Mechanics notes historic lamp fuel sources from Shetland stormy petrels to tropical luminous beetles and northwest fish. It credits whales and seals with major lamp oil before petroleum in 1859, and praises the 1782 Argand lamp solution to drafts used at Mount Vernon.
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Shetland
Walter Hough
National Museum
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Tropics
America
Argand
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Museum
Iberia and Hispania Explore Union and Independence Shifts
The text traces how Spain and Portugal formed Hispania under Roman times, notes the Greek name Iberia, and outlines Portugal losing independence in 1580 to Spain before regaining full autonomy after the 1640 revolution.
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Spain
Portugal
Hispania
Iberia
Exam Defines Volcano with Creator Smoking Joke
A pupil defined a volcano as a mountain with a hole in the top and if you look down the hole you can see the creator smoking, as quoted by the London Post.
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Lfe
London Post
Veneering Work Shown in Theban Tomb Carvings
Carpenters in Rekhmara's tomb near Thebes are depicted boiling glue splitting wood into thin sheets for veneer and gluing the veneer onto coarser woods.
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Rekhmara
Thebes
Wealth in Contentment Quote Attributed to Socrates
A philosophical maxim asserts riches come from contentment not possessions. It states that true wealth is being content with the least, reflecting Socratic insight on nature and happiness.
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Socrates
Suez Canal Lengths Compared to Panama Canal
A reader note claims the Suez Canal has no locks and runs about 100 miles, contrasting with the Panama Canal which is about 40 miles long. The statement blends geography with engineering claims often found in transit discussions.
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Suez
Lockiess Canal
Suez Canal
Panama Canals
Insane Hospital Bedlam in London First Regimental Insane Hospital
A fragment notes Bedlam in London as the first regal or regimental facility for the insane in Europe. It references the historic hospital and its early role in treatment and confinement of the mentally ill.
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Bedlam
London
Europe
Boyden and Rock Valley Basketball Victories Highlight Weekend
The Boyden high school notes report Rock Valley girls leading 10 0 after the first quarter, then the home team rallied to win 21 to 12. Boyden boys defeated Rock Valley 22 to 9 with their new lineup. A Tuesday game at George saw George win 27 to 11 as the George players dominated larger, while Girls team aim for Maurice on Feb 5. Juniors receive class rings and Agriculture class tests occur. junior and senior party planned at Will Meyns on Feb 2. Seed oats offered 6 2c, 57c, and 55c per bushel with delivery by Farmers Co- Operative Assn. of Boyden Archer Iowa.
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Rock Valley
Boyden
George
Maurice
Will Meyns
Closing Out Sale of Farm Goods and Livestock
Public auction on February 8 at 11:00 a m. features 4 horses, cattle including 21 HolsteinFriesian herd with 12 cows and 3 yearlings, 100 hens and 100 pullets, farm machinery from McCormick and John Deere, 1915 Ford Touring car, household goods, and more. Terms include cash under $10 and credit terms to Dec 1, 1927 on approved notes. no property removal without clerk consent.
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Ionaca King Ormsby
McCormick
Deering
Stoughton
Hayes
John Deere
Eclipse
H. P. Waterloo
Jantzen Stoehr Wedding At St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Jantzen and Stoehr families announce the marriage of Fredrick Jantzen to Alvina Stoehr at St Pauls Lutheran Church last Wednesday. The bride wore white satin and silver slippers with yellow and white colors, attended by Verna Kline Ethel Stoehr and others. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home.
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Jantzen-Stoehr
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fredrick Jantzen
Alvina Stoehr
Verna Kline
Ethel Stoehr
Bette
Henry Jantzen
Henry LaFrentz
Bernice Oostenbrug
Edwin Quinn
Bernice
Edwin
Henrietta Jantzen
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High School Notes
Adeline Verrips
H. S. Dethmers
Benj. J. Meylink
Farmers Savings Bank
DeJong
Gainsbrough
Parrish
The
Sheldon Furniture Store
Sioux Furniture Co
Sheldon, Iowa
Henry Stoehr
Ella Robertson
California
Tire and Tube Sale
Oldfield
Greoters Tire Shop
Boyden, Iowa
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