School Notes Ail Celebrate Christmas With Gifts and Games
The text describes festive decorations, a Santa distributed candy, and a high school program with a Christmas tree, box, games, and refreshments. D. M. T. boys lost to Manson 32 27 after a stormy trip. rematch set Jan 11. Ware game planned for Dec 28. Teachers judged a West Bend declamatory contest. Primary grades prepare orphan gift boxes and crafts. Bulbs bloom in rooms. fourth and fifth grades work on hygiene booklets. perfect attendance noted in second and third grades.
Various local notes and incidents from Cedar Rapids area
Mr and Mrs A J Harrington found an eight day old baby on their back step and may keep it if the mother does not claim it. Coe College received 50000 from the A L Adams estate. A Sigourney jury freed a man in a liquor case with three women on the jury. Northeastern Iowa counties plan to revert to pre war road work wages. Lamont has installed a night watch after ten years. Dr G Baldwin of Ruthven died after car troubles led to exertion. he was a longtime Mason and friend of Dr W W Beam. Waterloo mayor and police chief resigned amid scandal. a new mayor and chief appointed. Claybourn Marshall was held up for a $1000 diamond ring and two dollars. Iowa drownings totaled eighty nine last bathing season. comment on perils and regulation.
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A. J. Harrington
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
A. L. Adams
Sigourney
Iowa
Lamont
G. Baldwin
Ruthven
Baldwin
W. W. Beam
Rolfe
Waterloo
Claybourn Marshall
Holiday excursion fares announced by Chicago and North Western
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers reduced excursion fares for the holiday season. Round trips are one and one half times the one way fare for points with a one way fare of 25 dollars or less, with a minimum return of 2.50 dollars. Tickets on sale December 22 to 24 with a final return by January 4, 1922. Tickets and full details available from any ticket agent.
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Chicago & Nort Western Railway
Beauty and heritage in Mexico beyond popular myths
Oliver Madox Hueffer argues in the North American Review that Mexico offers unparalleled artistic treasures beyond stereotype. He highlights churches and cathedrals, pyramids rivaling Cheops, Talavera and Mudéjar wares, and an equestrian statue of King Carlos IV as a testament to deep cultural wealth across the country. He warns that materialism and rapid modernization threaten this beauty and Mexico’s artistic heritage.
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Gott
Mexico
Rio Grande
Nineveh
Naples
Ishpahan
National Museum
Carlos IV
Spain
America
Bartolommeo Colleoni
Venice
Western Hemisphere
New World
Oliver Madox Hueffer
North American Review
Rules of the Road and Solar Eruption Descriptions
English resident in Japan shares municipal driving rules from Tokyo police urging courteous driving and horn etiquette around pedestrians and animals. Separate article notes a major solar eruption with flames arching up to 990000 miles, a four month prominence, and a later 800000 mile event forming a stretched isosceles triangle.
Literati rejects weekly best sellers invites cellar dining
Abe scoffs at the week's best sellers yet confesses openness to a first class cellar invitation. The remark carries a humorous tone as a literary gent endorses refined tastes over mass trends in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Abe
Richmond Times-Dispatech
Ames Area Faces Large 1922 Tax Levy And Notable Local Crimes
Ames residents face a 200 mill levy for 1922, about forty six mills higher than last year. The Iowa article notes numerous crimes and incidents including robberies, shootings, a murder confession, a man burned in an explosion, and a fatal ice accident, with names such as Frank J. Bushaman Ossian Alfred Weber Osage Clarence Hanson and others. The state fair admission drops to fifty cents and a court case results in a man being sentenced after a kerosene fire. The piece mixes crime notes with civic updates and local curiosities.
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Lake Park
Ames
Frank J. Bushaman
Ossian
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Claus
Manson
D. M
Ware
Supt. Byerhoff
West Bend
Des Moines
Misses Smith
Loveridge
Brunswick
Brunswick Records
Nacke’s Pharmacy
Relfe, Iowa
Chicago & North Western Railway
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Land OF Beauty
Traveler
Old Mexico
Japan
Tokyo
London
Literati
Alfred Weber
Osage
Clarence Hanson
Sioux City
Denison
M. J. Whisler
Centerville
Peter Kleinow
Cecil Kersten
McGregor
Kersten
Miss Kersten
Kleinow
Fred Stover
Newton
Wade
Hutchinson
John C. Johnson
Cherokee
Gus Adrions
Mason City
Louis Seger
Rockwell City
Seger
Joseph Barkalow
Atalissa
Christ
Mas
Clarion
Hamburg
E. L. Clark
Wesley
Charles City
BE. &. Hughes
The
Boone National Bank
Pasadena
Cal
Long Grove
Yeggs
Davenport
Rock Island
Geo. R. Cook
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Mr. Edsel B
Ford
Mr. Ford
Rolfe Auto CO
Iwa
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