Faulkner Family Notices and Local Arrivals
Miss Clara Faulkner travels to New York due to the death of her niece Esther Noffsinger a high school sophomore who recently had an appendicitis operation. Ella Faulkner is noted as the late Mrs. Faulkner before marriage. The Fields and Jones families traveled to Davenport where Doris Fields trains as a nurse at St Luke’s hospital. Mrs D Q Davison of Oldy returned home after a day of local shopping.
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Clara Faulkner
New York
Esther Noffsinger
al Fields
Dick Fields
Besse Jones
Davenport
Doris Fields
St. Luke’s Hospital
D. Q. Davison
Oldy
W. A. Gibson
H. A. Reid
Chicago
Charles City
Iowa
Rebekah Lodge Holds Regular Meeting with Guest Speaker
The society reports a well attended Rebekah meeting last Friday with regular business completed. Candidates will be initiated at the next gathering. Mrs. D N Haney of Topeka Kansas, a former member, spoke on lodge work and fundraising, followed by local social time.
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Rebekah
D. N. Haney
Topeka
Kansas
Community Visits and Local Notices From Des Moines Area
Des Moines area residents greet family and friends in town over Easter weekend. Notables include Miss Mildred Patterson recovering from appendicitis at Mercy Hospital Town City and Kathryn Mauthe returning to Ford Dodge after vacation. Several residents travel to Iowa City, Richland, Fairfield, and Oelwein for work or visits. Kayser's Seed Corn advertised as limited supply at Oetjen Seed Store.
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Mildred Patterson
County Auditor's Office
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Kathryn Mauthe
Ford Dodge
Frank Anderson
Ten Years Ago Today Daughter Born to Local Couple
A daughter was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Ragan of this city. Much colder tonight with freezing temperature. Top on hogs, $10.50, Tuesday. We carry standard brands of dyes and offer window glass installation if you bring the frame. A change of color can refresh your dress.
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Mrs
Charlies Ragan
Washington high school stars in Iowa State Teachers meet
Washington high school showed a strong performance at the Iowa State Teachers invitation track meet in Cedar Falls. The two mile relay team of Albaugh Linden Bowes and Stutsman won Class A, while McAvoy finished second in the low hurdles and Ahrens qualified in the hundred yard dash preliminaries. Washington also placed second in the Class A one mile relay and prepared its developing squad for upcoming Little Six and southeastern Iowa meets.
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Washington High School
Cedar FaLls
Shultz
Newton
Hampton
East Waterloo
Washington
Albaugh
Linden
Bowes
Stutsman
McAvoy
Kenney
Mason City
Charlie
West Waterloo
Marshallton
Ahrens
Burlington
Fairfield
Four Iowans Die in Sunday Traffic Accidents
A United Press report lists four dead and six injured from weekend crashes in Iowa. The deceased are Dorothy May of Boone Edward Semerroth of Davenport Mrs J E Swink of Montezuma and Lester Hobbs of Mount Ayr.
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United Press
Dorothy May
O Boone
Edward Semerroth
Davenport
J. E. Swink
Montezuma
Lester Hobbs
Mount Ayr
Charles Litson
Des Moines
J. FE. Swink
Katherine Mildred
Pauline
Kennet Horn
Ammons Enters Adams County Sheriff Race
Corning April 21 Archie Ammons prize fighter announces candidacy for Adams county sheriff. Tipton April 21 Cyril Innes injured when his car struck a guy wire and overturned pinning him beneath it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cyril Innes
Des Moines Man Granted Parole From Fifteen Year Sentence
Joe Cardaro of Des Moines, serving fifteen years for payroll padding, will be released on parole in June, announced by George Simpson, chairman of the state board of parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Joe Cardaro
George Simpson
State Board of Parole
Webster City man held for grand jury on murder charge
J C Johnson of Webster City was held for the grand jury on a murder intent charge. The charges were filed by his daughter who said he threatened to kill her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
J. C. Johnson
Johnson
Local contenders win state declamatory titles
In Reinbeck on April 21 Gerald Giles Chariton Lorraine Gibson West Waterloo and Melvin Bucka Grundy Center claimed state titles at the fifty third annual state declamatory contest Giles took the oratorical prize for speaking on Ropes Gibson won drama with Within the Law Bucka earned the humorous title with Levinsky at the wedding
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Reinbeck
Gerald Giles
Chariton
Lorraine Gibson
West Waterloo
Melvin Bucka Grundy
Giles
Miss Gibson
Bucka
Levinsky
Pratt elected president of Iowa Sons of the American Revolution
H. M. Pratt of Fort Dodge was chosen as president of the Iowa Sons of the American Revolution. He succeeds the Rev. Charles E. Snyder of Sioux City, in a recent election noted in Ames.
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Ames
H. M. Pratt
Fort Dodge
Iowa Sons of the American Revolution
Charles E. Snyder
Sioux City
In a Nutshell Friendship Is a Cadence of Music
A reflective line likens friendship to a divine melody that moves through the heart, describing it as a cadence that resonates emotionally and spiritually.
Marble Tourney Opens This Week Under Y M C A Direction
The 1980 marble tournament in Washington opens this week directed by Edwin Griffith of the Y M C A with David Fulton as first assistant. Games will be after school at grade schools, then junior high rounds next week to determine the city champion for a Journal trophy.
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Washington
Edwin Griffith
David Fulton
The
Journal
Griffith
Centennial
Clinton Stewart
Richard Simmering
Don Mitchell
Richard Turner
Jack Haven
Jack Swift
John Benson
Robert Simmering
Stuart Bell
Frank Jarrard
Lyle Godfrey
Robert Spera
Kermit Spera
Clarence Haifley
Gifford Morrison
Paul Brewer
Lauren Work
Wallace
Robert Palmer
Joe Greenfield
Vernon Beenblossom
Pat McDole
Walter Anderson
Truman Hysall
Lloyd Taylor
John Bidwell
Hadley Edmondson
Hvereite Burham
Omer Palmer
Williard Edmondson
Leonard Harvey
Wayne Wilson
Otis Messenger
Keith Glider
Maurice Putman
Dale Curl
Luther Ballew
Mathew Gambill
Kenneth Lovelett
Rex Hazen
Robert Spirs
Ralph Lemley
William Crandall
Heights
Junior Nelson
Leonard Lovelet
Donald Walker
Walter Little
Junior Wallace
Robert Varney
Harold White
Harry Fulerton
William Kelsey
Maynard Bower
Lloyd Scott
Delmer Miller
Hilton Mathews
LeRoy Harvey
Billy Rawn
David Pearson
Richard Long
Cloyce Maxwell
Clifford Long
Donald Miller
John Kendrick
Charles Walker
Lincoln
Robert Masson
Junior Birney
Dayle Schwachner
Francis Alibaugh
Robert Pease
Carl Jungbluth
Wayne Durst
Bobby Frink
Cros and Edison Vie for Early Sound Recording Patent
French inventor Cros described a device for recording and reproducing acoustical vibrations to the Academy of Sciences in Paris on April 80 1877 but failed to gain interest or funds for patent. Meanwhile Edison pursued a preliminary patent in December 1877, marking parallel efforts in sound recording history.
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Charlies Cros
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Cros
Edison
Medical Definitions and Etymology in Hygeia Magazine
The article explains the origins of quarantine as a forty day period, notes sinus derives from a bent surface, and traces vaccination to vacca meaning cow due to involvement of cows in vaccine production. It presents etymology in a concise educational tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hygeia Magazine
Origin of Common Words Explanations in Hygeia Magazine
The Hygeia Magazine notes etymologies for delirium tremens as trembling delirium from Latin dellare to rare depilatory from pilus hair lumbago from Latin lumbus loin and morphine from Morpheus the sleep god. It explains origins of terms in concise etymological form.
German sentence with 280 words tests syntax feat
The German language reportedly formed into one long sentence with the verb at the end, a structure joked about since Mark Twain's era. A recent example is said to contain 280 words, showcasing extreme syntactic length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Iowa Farm Lands Pay Largest Tax In State
A 1929 tax survey shows Iowa farm land valued over 4.4 billion dollars paid 57.7 percent of state taxes, more than double town lots, with schools receiving the largest share of the levy and the state taking about 9.19 cents of each dollar. Personal property, railroad property, and transmission lines contributed smaller shares, while funds for soldiers' homes and other services consumed the remaining pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Assessment and Review
Ijowa
Heseltines Visit Patterson in Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Stuart Heseltine motored to Cedar Rapids Sunday to visit Mrs Haseltine s sister Mrs Mary Patterson. The note ends with an unrelated storefront memory of Quetjen Seed Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Heseltine
Cedar Rapids
Livestock Receipts Forecast for Chicago Market
Chicago April 21 estimated receipts report tomorrow includes 24 000 hogs 6 000 cattle and 14 000 sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Easter Vacation Notices and Local Births in Washington
Local seems from Washington: Hazel Siberts and Anita Tellin spent Easter vacation with families. A baby boy Graham Hamilton Bogle was born to Cloyce H. Bogle and Maurine McLaughlin in Long Beach. Kathel Jean born to W. A Carr's family in Charles City. Marriage licenses issued to Brock Hesseltine and Hunter Long. Auctioneer PD Macon listed. City spring cleanup announced for April 28-29.
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C. W. McLaughlin
Cloyce H. Bogle
Long Beach
California
Graham Hamilton
Paul H. Brock
Hazel Hesseltine
Washington
Frank Hunter
Leota Long
Winfield
Cleared Up To Maintain Prosperity We Must Spend
Editorial quip from Detroit News argues that national prosperity requires continued spending while individual prosperity relies on saving, concluding with the satirical line that the distinction is now clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Local residents visit during spring break in Michigan and Iowa
Gwendolen Long leaves Washington after spring vacation at her parents home as Alice Meek arrives from Detroit for a short visit. Detroit visitors James Meek and Betty join relatives, while Carl Meek family and Baja Boller from Columbia, Missouri stay with O F Boller’s family. Clarice Meek travels from Detroit to visit her mother Bertha Meek. Raymond Rittenhouse returns from Des Moines for Easter. Local shoppers advertise Curlee Spring suits and top coats at Schmoeller Bros. Tailors.
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Gwendolen Long
Washington
Charles Long
Benon Harbor
Michigan
Alice Meek
Detroit
M. R. Meek
Carl Meek
Betty
Clarice Meek
Bertha Meek
Clarice
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Gallup
Geo. H Gallup, Jr
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F. N. Flanders
Keota
Eva Ballard
Wayland
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Creston
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Will E. Jones
W. C. Hedges
Richland
A. S. Allen
J. E. Kupka
Iowa City
Mr. Kupka
State University Hospital
John Belville
City
Late Coop
Belville
Glover Farrell
Oelwein
Kayser
Oetjen Seed Store
Hans
Iowa Briefs
Graham
Quetjen Seed Store
Lowa Southern Utilities Co
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
Wisie Long
Hazel Siberts
University At
Anita Tellin
William Tellin
Hgis
Curlee Clothes
Schmoeller Bros. Tailors
Margaret Henke
A. W. Henke
Macon
Louise Nichols
Glenn Kennedy
Conesville
Ferne Lovelette
John Applegate
Thompson’s School of Beauty Culture
Locust St
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Axminster
Taupe
Palmer Wilson
Dalas Center
Baja Boller
Stephens College
Columbia, Mo
Haster
O. F. Boller
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Baja
Oettoit
Raymond Rittenhouse
Westphal
Owen McGovern
Congress Hotel
A. D. Sanders
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