Candidate Will Talk on Sunday Morning at Bethel Church
A Wisconsin candidate will preach at Bethel Church Sunday morning after a Friday social. Ruth Gideon reports locals hosting visitors and community notes from Bethel area families including Birka, Horak, Longer, Havel, Wulf, and Plecker.
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Bethel Church
Ruth Gideon
Bethel
Wisconsin
Cy Birka
Frank Birka
Washington
Charley Kolosick
Charley Horak
Norma
Albert Navy Home
Walter Longer
Jesse Havel
Mary Applegate
Alice Wulf
East Prairie
Charley Wulf
Pine Grove
Gladys Wolfe
Marlin Plecker
David
Betty McCartney
Maurice
Mildred Meyer
Keswick
Velma Strasser
Ernest Green
Marie
Mac Wallace
Charley Plecker
Earl
Ernest Gideon
Mary Scranton
Washington Lodge No. 26 Regular Meeting Notice
Washington Lodge No 26 A F M announces a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. William Mobland W M and A W Yard secretary invite members to attend.
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Washington Lodge No
William Mobland
W. M
A. W. Yard
Train timetable snippet with multiple lines and stops
Eastbound and westbound trains listed with departures and regular stops. Regular services include Golden State Limited and Local trains with times, passenger stops at Tucumcari and beyond, and branch line notes. Agents Goodlander and Bell noted with office at Davenport and Kansas City routes.
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Golden State Limited
Californian
Tucumcari
N. M
Bayond
Califoro
California
O.M
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City
Burlington Trailways Westbound Schedule Chicago to Omaha
Daily bus No 1 runs westbound from Chicago to Omaha leaving Washington at 405 pm and 830 am Bus No 8 travels Omaha to Chicago leaving Washington at 888 pm and 1025 am Tickets are sold at the Bus Depot Colensobo fel for any trip east to coast at the local depot Ray C Tracy Agent
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Burlington Trailways
Chicago
Omaha
Washington
Colenso Bo Fel
Ray C. Tracy
Weather outlook calls for snow and continued cold
Frigid conditions persist with likely snow tonight and into Saturday. Expect accumulation limits and widespread cold, with travel impacts and marginal relief by weekend.
Sandy Hook Community Notices and Visits
Mrs. Cal Stevens visited Sunday with Grandma Rider at the Guy home. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Bennett visited Sunday with D. W. Tuckers. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Griffin spent Saturday night at the Lloyd Farrier home. Bill and Joe Baker were Sunday callers recently moving near Richland. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Stout and Josephine Wagoner took Veramella and friends to Cedar PalIe.
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Sandy Hook
Cal Stevens
Grandma Rider
Guy Home
Dan Herseltine
Charlene
Harold de Wolf
Roscoe Bennett
D. W. Tuckers
Charley Griffin
Lloyd Farrier
Bill
Joe Baker
Richland
Taylor Stout
Josephine Wagoner
Veramella
Cedar Palle
Expert Workmanship Yields $450 to Yeggs
Two safe crackings described as expert workmanship yielded $450 to the yeggs. The W. G. Black Coal Co. lost $280 and the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. $170. Nitroglycerine was used.
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Sioux City
Tom Farley
W. G. Black Coal Co
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
Sixteen Miles Added to Washington County Trunk Roads
Washington County Iowa supervisors approve additions to the county trunk road system under state code. The resolution lists five added segments including routes toward Keokuk County, Iowa County, Coppock and Washington, with lengths ranging from 0.50 to 8.00 miles and a request to the Iowa State Highway Commission for approval. The action was passed on April 7, 1958 with county officials Bauer Hanne Wilson Morrow and Ethel Greelan signing.
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Washington County
Clay Township
Lime Creek Township
Wellman
Elm Grove Cemetery
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Highway Commission
Section Thirty-One
Township Seventy-Five
Keokuk County
Township Seventy-Seven
Range Nine
Iowa County
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Leneth
REIT
Itowa State Highway Commission
A. D
FP Bauer
Hanne P. Wilson
NEW Morrow
Riverside Struck by Longest Storm Causing Wire Outages
Journal correspondents report the Riverside area endured a historic storm bringing down telephone lines and blacking out electricity from Cedar Rapids. Electric and Iowa-Illinois phone service remain down with restoration expected by late Friday or Saturday. Trees lost to ice damage line streets and injure several residents while local crews rush to repair poles and lines.
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Estelle Cruz
Riverside
Iowa Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Company
Storm Leaves Salem Area in Ruins After Severe Weather
Mrs Clara Fisher notes a freak storm near Richmond causing widespread damage including broken lines poles and debris disrupting telephone and electric service for days. Nellie Manners reports Crawfordsville saw 2 1 4 inches of rain with downed poles and backed up basements.
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Clara Fisher
Salem
Richmond
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Ice storm damages wires and limbs in Wellman
Rain froze Tuesday night forming a heavy ice coat that damaged electric and telephone lines around Wellman. Many tree limbs fell, blocking streets and causing widespread disruption by Wednesday evening. It notes this as the worst ice storm in years.
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Wellman
Martha Adams
Storm damages Kalona. power outage extends days
Ernestine Grady reports Kalona suffered a Tuesday night storm causing a long power outage. Electricity was off since eleven o'clock Wednesday morning and may not return until Saturday. Trees, shrubs, and telephone lines were damaged. the Kalona locker plant closed to preserve storage. Neighbors share warmth as oil burner users rely on hospitality.
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Ernestine Grady
Kalona
Pilotburg Residents Endure Storm Damage to Utilities
Residents in Pilotburg report loss of electric service telephone and radio use after a week storm. Mail carrier maintains routes while trees suffer the worst damage and homes sit in darkness awaiting restored power and communications.
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Pilotburg
Frank Stransky
Haskins News Notes Visitors and Weekend Travel
Mrs. Tit terington of Pekin visits daughter Mrs. Willkins in Haskins and family. Several relatives and friends travel to Des Moines Ottumwa Viola Ill Ainsworth Gladwin Muscatine and Ottumwa for visits. Weather turns wintry with ice and a cold wind in early spring.
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Clara Godlove
Hiaskins
Titterington
Pekin
Willkins
Theodore Meyers
Lee Sands
Sands
Des Moines
Jennie Keating
Frank Embree
Lee
Helen
Washington
Una Gordon
Owen Webb
Niae
Maxine
Alvin Lee
Olda
Owen
Ralph
Wehr
D. H. Peters
John Erickson
Martha Jean
Viola, Ill
A. E. Sands
Ainsworth
G. C. Ebner
George Murphy
Marilyn
Tom McGraw
L. M. Boughtin
Columbus Junction
Death mourned by tears in horses nostrils
Collier's Weekly notes a centuries old Persian funeral custom where horses shed tears for a great man by having mustard seed placed in their nostrils during the procession. The practice extended to family and friends sharing grief.
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Persia
Collier's Weekly
First Synthetic Molecule in Modern Times Described
A terse historical note claims the first synthetic molecule of modern times was vulcanized rubber, dissected in 1R percent, highlighting early synthetic chemistry achievements and their impact on materials science.
DeMille Epic The Buccaneer Plays At State Theatre
The Buccaneer stars Fredric March as Jean Lafitte with Franciska Gaal Akim Tamiroff Margot Grahame Walter Brennan Ian Keith and Hugh Sothern in a Cecil B DeMille epic about the 1812 era New Orleans and the Caribbean legend Lafitte The film features a stage to screen debut for Budapest native Franciska Gaal and a noted cast portraying pivotal figures of the era.
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Cecil B. DeMille
America
State Theatre
Lafitte
Fredric March
Jean Lafitte
Caribbean
DeMille
Budapest
Franciska Gaal
March
Gretchen
New Orleans
Akim Tamiroff
Hollywood
Moscow Art Theatres
Dominique You
Napoleon
St. Helena
Margot Grahame
Walter Brennan
Ian Keith
Hugh Sothern
General Jackson
Sauted Oatmeal Apples For Breakfast Or Lunch
A simple dish uses two large apples butter cooked oatmeal and cinnamon. Core and slice the apples then cook gently in butter until tender. Plate with a slice on each plate, top with well cooked oatmeal, dust with cinnamon and sugar, and serve with cream.
R. V. Davis Returns from Eight Weeks in Hospital
Crawfordsville reports R. V. Davis came home Monday afternoon after an eight week stay in an Iowa City hospital. He traveled well and will be up part of the time with a nurse staying for a while. Lee Lease leaves for Davenport to serve on the federal jury. Rev and Mrs T F E Voss take daughter Ruth back to Indianola to resume at Simpson College after vacation.
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Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
R. V. Davis
Iowa City
Davis
Lee Lease
Davenport
TF. FE. Voss
Ruth
Indianola
Simpson College
Guaranteed Treatment For Tender Stomach
Adla Tablets promise quick relief from acid stomach pains between meals and indigestion due to excess acidity. If not satisfied, money is refunded by Geo. L. McDaniel, Druggist.
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Geo. L. McDaniel
Candle Light Service to Install Society's Officers
In Crawfordsville on April 6 the Young People's Society of the United Presbyterian church held a candle light installation service for new officers during Sunday evening meetings. Six candles formed the word Christ with letters C H R I S T denoting leadership values. New officers include May White as vice president and Jane Maxwell as secretary treasurer.
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Crawfordsville
Donald White
Union
Burlington
Dutlee
Pierce Manley
Young Peoples Society
United Presbyterian Church
Young Peoples Meeting
Christ
No May White
Jane Maxwell
Rose Moorhead
Champaign
Mrs Lillie Blue Curtis Sentenced to 495 Years
In Center Texas on April 8 Mrs Lillie Blue Curtis was sentenced to a total of 495 years for the murder of five children as they slept. A five year suspended sentence for the killing of her husband three years ago was continued. She was to be taken to the state penitentiary by guards to begin serving.
Word Connoisseur Origin and Meaning Traced
The word connoisseur is of French origin from the Latin ce cere meaning to become acquainted with. It traces through linguistic history as a term for someone skilled in judging quality.
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Cecere
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