Wayland Girls Plan Luncheon Event for Mothers
The Wayland Girl Reserves announce a Friday April 15 luncheon with a program including songs such as When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver and When you and I were young Maggie. Speakers include Mrs. Omer Boshart and Miss Dorothy Kammuller with music by Maxine Sinclair and Mabel Wenger.
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Wayland
Mathers
Girl
Maggie
Wilma Alston
G. R
Ezra Wittmer
Mabel Wenger
Omer Boshart
Carolyn Basinger
Esther Meyer
Dorothy Kammueller
Maxine. Sinclair
Jacob Roth
Branch
Mt. Pleasant
Ike Neff
P. P. Wenger
Iowa City
Ida Fritz
Fritz
M. KF
Burtington
Max Sinclair
A. W. Wenger
Orus Boshart
Omett Boshart
Josephine Lyons
Betty Sinclair
Alice Goldsmith
Mayrjorie Rinner
Lillian Alliman
Dorothy Hensley
Mabel McGuire
Maxine Sinclair
Leonard Martin
Excelsior Springs
Miles Payne
Work of Many Inventors in Electric Meters
The article notes that electric meters were central to electricity development and came in three kinds. It mentions the first ampere hour meter the idison zinc sulphate electrolytic type, then the shift to mechanical meters. Inventors cited include Ferranti Elihu Thomson S S Evershed Chamberlain Hockham and others.
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Ferranti
Elihu Thomson
Ss. Evershed
Chamberlain
Hockham
Salt in Sea Water Variations and Salinity Levels
The salinity of ocean surface waters averages about 35 parts per thousand, with variation by locality and temperature. The North Atlantic shows the highest salinity at 87.9 and the South Atlantic at 37.6 per thousand. some freshwater streams flow through the ocean.
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Ocean
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
History of Iowa to be recalled during Iowa History Week
Des Moines reports Iowa History Week will honor Chief Black Hawk and the 100th anniversary of the 1832 treaty ceding part of Iowa to the United States. The event, sponsored by the state historical society and the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs, will feature a reprint of Chief Black Hawk’s 1824 autobiography dictated to Antoine Le Claire.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Black Hawk
United States
Mississippi
The
State Historical Society
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Historical Society
Chief Black Hawk
Antoine le Claire
Haskins Bank Declares 10 Percent Dividend
The Farmers and Merchants Savings bank at Haskins will pay a 10 percent dividend within days, totaling about $9,000 and bringing liquidation to 50 percent six months after closing. The court order is expected later this week and checks will follow.
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Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Haskins
Raymond Sinn
Dry Agent Suspended in Iowa Prohibition Enforcement
R C Reko a federal prohibition agent in Mason City Iowa for two years was indefinitely suspended by order of national prohibition director Amos W Woodcock. The action followed an investigation opened months earlier at the request of Cerro Gordo sheriff G E Cress.
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Mason City
Iowa
INS
R. C. Reko
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition Enforcement
G. E. Cress
Cerro Gordo County
Cut Glass Origins in Bohemia and England
The invention of cut glass arose in Bohemia in the seventeenth century and spread to England in 1719. Some authorities argue that ancient peoples knew of cut glass, suggesting earlier, primitive production methods.
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Bohemia
England
Dogs Free From Taboo in American Indian Ceremonies
Dogs were used in ceremonial contexts by American Indians as a clean animal not taboo to their gods, reflecting a cultural distinction between sacred and common animals in their religious practices.
Second Session of Cooking School Draws Large Crowds
Washington housekeepers attended the second session of the Journal cooking school led by Mrs. Nancy Rowe. Attendees followed demonstrations with printed recipes as Mrs. Rowe explained methods, discussed new foods, and answered audience questions from the stage. Gifts from town merchants were displayed around the hall. Doors open at one tomorrow for the third session.
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Washington
Journal
Nancy Rowe
Mrs. Rowe
A J. Franzen
New Locks for Lange in County Jail
Elmer Lange who laughed to himself when jailed will face new locks to test his ability. He escaped from the county jail after a 90 day liquor sentence and was sentenced to a year at the state reformatory for jail breaking.
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Lange
State Reformatory
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