Soldier Josbaker Named Top Artillery Soldier in U S
Corporal Ergo Josbaker, 21, of Cirqueuil, a member of Headquarters Battery, Sixteenth Field Artillery, at Fort Des Moines, is judged the best artillery soldier in the United States. He was born in Grinnell, where his mother Mrs Louis Josbaker still resides. Josbaker attends a Fort Sill school preparing to enter West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Artillery Record Corp
Ergo Iosbaker
Cirlqueil
Highteenth Fild Artillery
Fort Des Moines
United States
Edgar A. Sirmyer
Corp
Josbaker
Grinnell
Louis Josbaker
Corporal Fosbaker
Fort Sill
Oklo
Legion Meeting Brings Former Enemies Together
Lloyd L Updycke of New Hampton recounts a Fredericksburg gathering where about 20 men who served in German and Austrian arm ies attended a postwar meeting. He calls the event unusually cordial and praises the spirit of reconciliation despite past hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lloyd L. Updycke
New Hampton
Iowa
Fredericksbu
State Rural School Choir Plans Big State Fair Chorus
Samuelson announces a country school choir at the state fair next summer. It will include 3000 to 5000 rural students from across Iowa. Miss Jessie M Parker will supervise. Professor C G A Fullerton will direct. County superintendents back the effort and will develop it locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guess Samuelson
Nounces
Jessie M. Parker
Department of Education
CG. A. Fullerton
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Proposal for Airplane Flight Height Law in Des Moines Debate
A proposed law would bar planes from over cities and towns unless landing outside the municipality in case of engine failure. Recent weeks saw planes forced to land on building roofs with risks to pilots and residents. Night flights over Des Moines at low altitude alarm residents as propeller noise disturbs thousands. officials warn a tragedy could occur if a control mistake happens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buldings
Des Moines
Contras
Landlubbers and Sea Talk in Stanley Rogers Quote
A criticism of nautical diction notes that writers misstate sea terms and sailors feel nausea reading such works. The piece discusses phrases like cast anchor versus weigh anchor, explaining proper usage and the correct imagery of an anchor being let go or raised from the bottom to the bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Stanley Rogers
Deadliest Of Poisons Is Unguarded Tongue
An antique admonition extolls the tongue as a lethal weapon, comparing its cruelty to torture and flame. It warns that reckless words can wound families deeply, shaming even a mother and piercing a father’s heart, as conveyed by the Montreal Family Aeraid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bag
Hell
Rey
Montreal
Just What She Wanted at the Glove Counter
Mrs Latllapo visits a fashionable department store glove counter seeking black kid gloves. The clerk notes the stock is limited and explains the term vice versa meaning one is the opposite of the other. The exchange reveals fashion jargon and shopper confusion in a light, humorous scene.
Translation mishap of hymn yields odd English rendition
A crude translation by two Hindu men of the hymn Rock of Ages produced a phrase about a "pit blasted stone bisected to suit my taste" that sparked discussion. The translator and friends aimed for literary flair in their language, but the result amused and puzzled readers.
Elevator chat raises safety fears in old building
A jovial old lady talks with an elevator operator as the lift ascends. The operator relays risky incidents, noting a head injury from an early exit, past breakdowns injuring two, a weak rope, and an ill engineer adding danger, making the job seem oddly exciting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamatoors
Weekly Scotsman
Butterfly Heart Beats Backwards Says Entomology Expert
An eminent professor of entomology notes that a butterfly’s heart often beats backwards. He explains the insect’s heart lies in the back, expanding a long blood vessel. A beat begins at the rear, moves forward, pauses, then reverses to push blood backward. Occasionally a beat starts in the middle, sending blood both ways.
Waterproof Drawing Ink Formula From Standards Bureau
The bureau of standards describes waterproof drawing ink as a suspension of carbon black in water with dissolved shellac and borax. A formula uses 28 parts orange shellac and 7 parts borax per 1000 parts water, heated gently, cooled, filtered, yielding a colored solution. Bleached shellac dissolves poorly unless freshly prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
For Sale Live Stock Wanted Spot Cash
Notice reads I will pay spot cash for any live stock injured on my property. Pure bred White Wyandotte Daughters for sale cheap if taken soon. Also 10 head of good feed steers and two good boars. King Jy 42-13 potential mark. Mrs H Barfman 12-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny Uuyden
H. Barfman
Through Rock Valley C M and St Paul Ry timetable
Local timetable for the C M and St P line through Rock Valley lists daily passenger services to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton and the Sioux Flyer to Chicago Milwaukee Madison Spencer and Sheldon with other connections to Sanborn Canton Mitchell and the Black Hills. Notes advise early ticket purchase baggage check and two day advance sleeping car reservations through to any destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
Mitchel
C. W. Jacobs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rock Valley
Huntting
Kearns’ Radio Shop
Rock Valley, Iowa
America
Sterry
OWA Publ
C. M
ST. P. RY
Peter Spru
ACME
John Vander Poel
Ague
Rie
Ben W. Mouw
Serpaa
Wagner, Garrison & Abbott
Sigux Falls
S, D
Sioux City, Fowa
Chase Lowery CO. Inc
Frances
Sioux City
Harry de Haan
Ibxerree
Elie Asd
Zo Lefore
Kith and
Kin
Milwaukeee Road
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!