Bible Thought Tuesday 1941 Arbor Day Notes and State News
A pastor reflects on safety and duty with quotes from scripture and comments on Iowa traffic deaths 1940 637 dead 12037 injured Arbor Day April 11 urged tree planting state folklore and public notices. Mentions Governor Wilson proclamation and planting trees per family. Notes State Fair treasurer salary and tuberculosis decline 1920 4.8 percent 1940. Discusses labor radicalism and fishing lure display in national magazine.
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Iowa
Iown
Geo. A. Wilson
Seo
Cactus Buds After Oaths and Bethel Meeting
A passage notes a cactus blooming in the cellar and hints at upcoming buds and watering. The piece also reports Bethel church’s annual meeting, local visits, and community news including illness, teachers’ meeting, and residents’ activities in Jackson township.
Gardener R M Boileau Plants Potatoes First
As at First As Usual R M Boileau for many years one of this city's foremost gardeners planted his potatoes last Saturday. He puts his garden in first and then talks about it, while too many others talk first and do the work second.
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R. M. Boileau
Mr. Boileau
Red Brucie’s Lineage Ties Local Cocker to Zodiac
Donald Kerr and Roderick Kerr celebrate their Cocker Spaniel grand champion at New York dog show. Mr and Mrs J E Lemmon reveal their pet Zodiac is also a Red Brucie descendant, surprising local owners with the distant kinship.
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Donald
Roderick Kerr
Red Brucie
New York
Roderick
J. E
Bell Out of Order and Other Snippets Love and Laughs
The note shows a sign reading Bell out of order and recalls a joke about a green clerk who gave honey instead of milk. A playful voice riffs on love rivalries and barroom quips with casual, humorous tone.
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Sam
Belle
Close Call at Gettysburg Monument Hinting at History
A guide leads soldiers at Gettysburg near a small foot high monument. The group jokes about the spot where over a thousand brave men fell. The exchange includes odd anecdotes about a lie detector and a quip about marriage in a joking, historical voice.
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Gettysburg
Exports Rise as War May Boost Trade Returns
The commerce department reports American exports climbed 38 percent in value in the first six months of the European war and imports rose 27 percent over the same period in 1939.
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Commerce Department
Sage Sayings From The Press Patched Life Span Talk
A brief note from the Indianapolis News mentions a chemical rumored to extend human life to 185 years, about 31 more Celnis. The item reflects speculative science chatter and newspaper tone of the era.
The Thief of Baghdad Opens at State Theatre
The Technicolor spectacle The Thief of Baghdad opens Wednesday at the State Theatre. Sabu leads a cast including June Duprez John Justin and Conrad Veidt in a romance of Bagdad with Jaffar the vizier as antagonist and dazzling effects such as the flying horse and magic carpet.
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State Theatre
Ludwig Berger
Michael Powell
Sabu
June Duprez
John Justin
Conrad Veidt
William Cameron Menzies
Vincent Korda
Bagdad
Basra
Jaffar
Corps de Ballet
Newspaper dated April 5 1917 reaches Belleville reader
Alfred S. Kunze of Belleville HL sits to read the weekly, noting war pictures in the paper. He spots the date line and sees the issue is dated April 5, 1917, delivered by the postman.
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Alfred S. Kunze
Belleville
New York
Dushan Popovich
Police Radio Glitches in Middletown Movie House Fixed
Police calls from Middletown Connecticut new radio system briefly intruded into a cinema sound system near headquarters. Experts examined the interference and repaired the fault.
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Middletown
Conn
The Rocking Chair Brigade Fan Letters and Notes
Reader snippets celebrate small amusements from cinema to coins and fashion trends. A three year old's movie reaction prompts gentle humor while notes cover Serbians in America, the two billionth nickel, and playful social observations on nylon and gloves.
Sobered Up Explains The Bald Spot Significance
A figure recounts calming down and interpreting a bald spot as a sign of prior events. The narration clarifies its meaning and implications in the broader situation.
Public sale in Washington County of Albert Janecek property
By writ of special execution the clerk directs a public auction of two mares and an iron gray mare in Washington Iowa on April 15 1941. The sale runs 9 am to 4 pm with a 2 pm start for the described livestock to satisfy the judgment in favor of Everett Tobin and Joe Tobin. Cash terms. Sheriff H M Putnam announces the sale.
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District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Albert Janecek, Jr
Albert Janecek
Court House
Washington
A. D
Towit
Everette Tobin
Joe Tobin
H. M. Putnam
Walter L. Kiesey
Two City Savings Cut Taxes with Centralized Buying
The National Consumers Tax commission reports that universal adoption of centralized purchasing and strict civil service controls could save 748 million dollars annually. The savings could fund 8,000 pursuit planes and nearly 6,000 tanks.
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Civil Service
National Consumers Tax Commission
Women's Organization
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