Local Timetable for C M & St P Ry Through Rock Valley
Daily passenger No 4 fastward 38 42 A M for Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton. Sioux Flyer daily 5 16 P M Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago. Freight No 98 10 2 10 A M Tue Thu Sat to Sanborn. Sioux Flyer 8 55 A M daily Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell and North Black Hills. Passenger No 3 daily local to Mitchell and north 7 24 P M No connections for Sioux Falls. Way Freight Mon Wed Fri local to Canton 10 30 A M. Tickets baggage checked ahead. Coupon tickets to destination. Sleeping car reservations day or two in advance. C W Jacobs Agent Phone 1b.
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Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon Spencer
Mason Ciy
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Wey
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
North
Black Hills
East
Jacobs
Gerrit Lay Announces Run for Congress in Iowa District
Gerrit Lay of Orange City Iowa announces candidacy for Congress as a Republican subject to approval at the next primary in Iowa's siege district. The announcement positions Lay as a candidate for the Republican ticket in the upcoming election.
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Congress
Towa
Gerrit Lay
Orange City
How Orange Flowers Became Ornaments for Brides
A Moorish chief gifts an orange tree to the Spanish monarch signaling fruitfulness. A French ambassador learns of the trees and seeks one through a gardener’s daughter who loves a poor suitor. They marry, acquire land, and the tree travels from Spain to France and England. The flowers then become bridal wreaths but costly for long.
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Spain
Dido
Gare Dener
Merk
France
Royal Garden
England
How East Indian Holy Men Make the Grade
In India becoming a Sadhu requires harsh trials. Hair grown disheveled, body smeared with grease and ashes, tree-swing, nail bed, ground burial, long fasts, and pilgrimages define the path. A recent report claims a Sadhu sat on nails for seven years while traveling sacred rivers in a perambulator.
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India
How to Control Floods in Memphis Perspective
The Memphis Commercial Appeal argues flood control requires setting a maximum water height and outlets to prevent overflow. It defers to engineers for methods such as spillways reservoirs and reforestation, but insists a firm limit on flood waters is necessary to prevent disasters.
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Memphis
Rivers Reversed for Brazilian Hydro Plant Elevates Power
Engineers near Sao Paulo altered river flow to run east through a system of dams and siphons, lifting waters over a mountain range to penstocks. The plant now delivers 708 meters head, 100,000 horsepower, and 800,000 annual output, preventing floods that once inundated ten square miles of land.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Naming of Anesthesia By Holmes At A College Convention
A description of how anesthesia got its name. After 1840 physicians could not describe pain control terms until Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the Greeksourced term anesthesia. Holmes’ linguistic flair popularized the word among American surgeons and colleagues attending a College of Surgeons convention.
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American College of Surgeons
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Origin of the Rival Name From a Brook Border
The term rival derives from Latin rivus meaning brook or stream. Historically rivals were people living on opposite sides of a stream claiming exclusive use of the water.
How to Clean Photos with Alcohol and Cotton
When photos appear specked or soiled, dampen two pieces of absorbent cotton with pure alcohol and rub them gently over the surface to remove marks without damaging the image.
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Northrup King & Cas
Farmers Elevator Company
Rock Valley Grain CO
John: Coert
Iowa
Izuxn
Stege & Walpole
John Vander Poel
Lady Cease
Aeloon
Uis
Kessler
Ex-Ray Service
John Kersbergen
Peter Spruyt
Phot Mo
vito _ yFendee
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
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Cyrdler
Impany
Necemary
Ford
California
Dodge
Henry Blankespoor
Hamilton Beach
Powelfie
Iowa Public Service Co
Farmers Lumber Company
Jay Bee
Huntting Elevator Company WH
Schouten
Farmers Lumber
Rock Valley, Iowa
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