Local Happenings Roundup from Sibley and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Joe Kline and B H Meyer visited the Huisingas at Sibley Sunday and reported them well. R Schutter is adding a sun porch to his home. A M Petersen builds a garage and breeze way at Henry Franzen Sr’s home. Titanka girls softball to face Wo den next Tuesday July 29 at the local diamond. Edw A Sathoff and family visited relatives in Fort Dodge Sunday. A new sidewalk will be built in front of the Ed Zwiefel and Mary Michaelsen homes on the town's west edge.
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Joe Kline
B. H. Meyer
Henry ‘Huisinga
Sibley
A R. Schutter
A. M. Petersen
Henry Franzen Sr
Titanka
Woden
iMr
Eddie
Marie Sathoff
Bill Stebeng
Fort Dodge
Ed Zwiefel
Mary ‘Michaelsen
Local residents attend summer school and visit relatives
Folkert Stecker bought the former George Oaken home near the post office and plans improvements before moving in. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Oliver visited Ed Brandt relatives and plan to continue his medical work in Rochester after fellowships in Minnesota. Mrs. Ollie Bruns won a conservation district scholarship and will attend Springbrook Summer School. Geraldine Bruns will attend the State University of Utah as a junior this fall. Dr. and Mrs. Fleming of Alexandria spent Sunday with the Reiths. Rev. Albertson buys Spirit Lake lot for a cottage. Community members join a large potluck. Dallas County’s oldest resident Catherine Johnson marked her 102nd birthday.
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Folkert Stecker
George Oaken
Steckers
Folkert
Richard Oliver
Ed Brandt
Oliver
Mrs. Brandt
Dr. Oliver
Iowa
Japan
Korea
States
Rochester
Minn
F. L. Raymon
Austin
Raymon
L. F. Callies
Ollie Bruns
Conservation District of
Springbrook
Guthrie
Geraldine Bruns
State University of Utah
R. G. Fleming
Alexandria
T. J. Reith
Spirit Lake
Hank Harms
Amos Krominga
Diane
Roger Amid Paul
Gene
Krominga
Vaughn
Russell
Harlan
Vic Hammond
Lavonne Barrett
Ruth Phelps
Relative weight and size shift with attitude across ages
A study at Emory University shows a child perceives a candy jar as heavier than a sand jar of lesser mass. Among 8 to 10 year olds real coins appear larger than gray disks of equal size and poorer children see coins as larger than rich peers. Finish trends announce furniture that emphasizes wood texture with light to tawny tones and aging effects.
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Emory University
Georgia
Life insurance payments rise in January across categories
January life insurance payments totaled $389.502 million, up 5 percent from last year. Death benefits reached $167.995 million, living policyholder payments $221.507 million, with other categories including matured endowments and cash surrender values also higher. The increase reflects 8 percent more outstanding policies.
Age of Hotu Man may be pinned by radioactive dating
University of Pennsylvania researchers excavated Hotu Man in northern Iran, estimating ages from 15 009 to 76 000 years. The Horu remains include two skulls and bones found about 40 feet underground beneath Iron Copper and Stone Age layers. Scientists suggest a rockslide crushed two or more men in a cave.
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Iran
University of Pennsylvania
Double Trouble At Grade Crossing In New Zealand
A motorist hit by a train at a grade crossing faces potential legal trouble for careless driving and failing to keep lookouts for trains. If a vehicle crosses ahead of an approaching train after warnings sound, the engineer may press charges, possibly using the license number. Livestock killed on the rail right of way are not paid by the railroad. owners are liable for damage to trains and, if no railway damage occurs, may be billed for carcass burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Smoking on English Trains Sparks Parliamentary Fight
England banned train smoking by law in December 1867. Viscount Ranelagh defied the rule, was fined, and publicity sparked public debate. A bill to repeal the act was introduced and fought in Parliament, ultimately passing by a small margin.
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England
Viscount Ranelagh
Advancing Room Makeover Through Strategic Rehanging
While repainting a room plan rearangement of pictures and wall decor. Try picture groupings higher lower or new layout. If nails misshapen holes can be spackled and smoothed. Once the effect is achieved rooms can be set to rights quickly after the paint dries.
Great Blunder in Early Transcontinental Rail Build
One of the greatest blunders in U.S. railroad history occurred during the first transcontinental railroad construction. Union Pacific and Central Pacific crews continued building side by side for 305 miles after passing the same point, failing to stop when they met.
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U.S
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Fight Thistles And Quackgrass
E P Sylvester Iowa State College weed control expert urges farmers to start now against quackgrass and Canada thistle. He prescribes shallow plowing, spring-tooth harrowing, regular reworking, and smother crops to exhaust roots, with 2 4-D and T C A as supplementary controls, aiming for two-year eradication followed by fallow and crops like sorghum or soybeans to smother regrowth.
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Iowa
E. Pr Sylvester
Iowa State College
Sylvester
Canada
T.C.A
Armyworm outbreak warning prompts crop watch in Iowa
Iowa State College entomologists warn of larger armyworm flights this summer risk to crops in northern Iowa. Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson urges town farmers to watch for damage as worms move from pastures to corn. He recommends toxaphene spraying, two pounds per acre by air or 14.4 pounds per acre by ground.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Gunderson
Boy survives fall from window in Blanchard
Three year old Dennis Lane, son of Mr and Mrs Carroll Lane, suffered a skull fracture after falling from an upstairs bathroom window in Blanchard. He is expected to recover. His father served as secretary of the senate in the 1951 legislature.
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Dennis Lane
Carroll Lane
Blanchard
Senate
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