Captain Jay Brown Speaks at Y's Men Meeting
Captain Jay Brown of Troop F 123rd Cavalry spoke at the Y's Men meeting last night describing troop divisions and noting the value of horse cavalry. Bob McFarlane chaired the playground project report and committee members planned a full update in weeks.
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Jay Brown
123Th Cavalry
Brown
Bob McFarlane
Milo Sorden
Mike Logan
Marty Sizer
Dave Elder
Phil Antonoff
Washington
New Clothier
County Road Men Put New Floor in The Lost Bridge
East Highland April 21. County road workers put a new floor on a lower Davis Creek bridge known locally as The Lost Bridge. Mary Weber and son Willie, wife, and Lucile visited Henry Prymek. several neighbors dropped by Frank Mincer home the same week. James Swailes hauled sand for a sawmill foundation plus numerous others called at various homes.
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Frank Mincer
East Highland
Lower
Davis Creek
Mary Weber
Willie
Lucile
Henry Prymek
Frankie J. Mincer
Gary
Anna Lear
Thresa
Edd
Frank Minecer
Duane Donna
Gerald James
Evelyn Minecer
Florence Forbes
James Swailes
Anna Rath
Harold
Omer Rath
Lily Weber
Wilma Mineer
Bessie Dvorak
Connecticut Boundary's Southwick jog Explained
Connecticut's northern boundary features a deviation called the Southwick jog. The adjustment corrects earlier compass errors along the Connecticut Massachusetts line by granting Connecticut a long narrow strip and ceding an equivalent area to Massachusetts.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Milton Reflects Blindness in Paradise Lost
The text notes John Milton’s affliction and blindness referenced in lines about seasons returning yet days and sights failing to return, including the imagery of vernal bloom and summer's rose. It emphasizes his personal struggle while writing Paradise Lost and the contrast with cyclical nature.
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Milton
Fred Ashmead Passes State Barber Examinations
Fred Ashmead of Bloomfield, a barber at Raperta, has passed the state barber exams held at the state house last week. He joins the Master Barbers of America after two years of experience required before eligibility. The tests include a written and a practical portion.
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Fred Ashmead
Bloomfield
Raperta
State House
Fred
Master Barbers’ of America
Voluntary Bankruptcy Filed by Jefferson Cock erill
Jefferson Cockerill, a former banker from Jefferson, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court listing liabilities of 170000 dollars and no assets.
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Jefferson
Charles G. Cockerill
United States District Court
Boy Loses Four Fingers After Striking Dynamite Cap
Mason City Donovan Gene Myrick 9 son of Mr and Mrs D Myrick is reported recovering after losing four fingers from his left hand. His fingers were amputated when he struck a dynamite cap with a hammer.
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Mason City
Donovan Gene Myrick
D. Myrick
Neal Dow the Portland Temperance Pioneer
Neal Dow born in Portland Maine in 1804 was a prominent temperance reformer and twice mayor. He secured the Maine law in 1851 and helped enshrine it in the state constitution in 1884. He served as brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War and ran for U.S. president in 1880. He died in 1897.
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Neal Dow
Portland
Maine
National Prohibition Party
United States
Exchange Chief William McChesney Martin Jr Named NYSE Chairman
William McChesney Martin Jr a 31 year old St Louis broker and son of the St Louis Federal Reserve president is chosen by the liberal element to lead the New York Stock Exchange. He graduated from Yale in 1928.
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William McChesney Martin, Jr
St. Louis
New York Stock Exchange
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Yale
Labor Federation backs tax reform to aid U.S. recovery
The American Federation of Labor executive council urges repeal or modification of undivided profits and capital gains taxes as a step toward restoring private sector confidence. Matthew Woll says labor seeks fair profits sharing and lower prices for consumers while jobs come from private industry growth. The group calls for a complete tax law revision and closer cooperation among business, labor, and government. Local notes mention visits and social gatherings in Rome New York, with residents McCreedy Rebe O Connor at the O Connor home and a cooking school trip.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Miami
Matthew Woll
A. F. of L
Tinue
Well
A. F. of 1
Federation
Mrs Alton Rebe and Son Return to Rome N Y
Mrs Alton Rebe and Terry started for their home in Rome New York on Monday leaving Towe City by train. Community notes record numerous Sunday visits and social calls among local families including the Murphy Krotz McCreedy and Coon households across Highland Center and nearby towns.
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Eula Mae Coon
Highland Center
Alton Rebe
Terry
Rome
New York
Towe City
W. R. Murphy
Lucille
Delbert Blumfields
Haskins
Joe Krotz
William Krotz
John Skubal
Julia Jean
Burke McCreedy
Ralph Nicholson
Columbus Junction
Vanella
Charles Rothlisberger
John
Harry Maxwell
Don Maxwell
Washington
Milford McCreedy
Jimmy van Kirk
Sauday
William McCreedy
Ben Harrison
William Murphy
James Murphy
Donna
Rel
Edith Henderson Visits Parents During College Break
Edith Henderson, a Cedar Rapids college student, returns home for a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Tenderson and Mr and Mrs Alex McCreedy in North Oregon. Loren Hazen reports his brother Glenn from Muscatine visited Friday.
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Edith Henderson
North Oregon
Loren Hazen
Glenn
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Frank Tenderson
Alex MccCreedy
Elect Two Men as Delegates to Iowa Church Conference
Henry Witthoff and Everette Finke were chosen as delegate and alternate to the Iowa Conference convention to be held in Londen Iowa May 3 4 5. The move was decided at a St Paul s Evangelical church service on Sunday morning.
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Iowa
Rrairie Flower
Had Huber
Aileen
Harry Sizer
Henry Manning
Coppock
Elmer Horning
Dorothy Humston
Henry Witthott
Frances
Ernest
Ralph
Wilbur
Wayne Witthott
St. Paul's Church
Sigourney
Turnipseed
Leonard Booth
Stanley Jarrard
George, Jr
Lloyd Miller
Roy Finke
Alice Marie
George Miller
Margery
Mary Walker
Clarence van Meter
Kermit Spera
L. W. Turnip
Effie Huber
Alfleen
Snow White Show Attends Farm Near Chicago
Rev and Mrs C F Strong visited a Baptist convention in Waterloo reporting a pleasant meeting with interesting addresses. Leo Marie farms twenty acres once part of the N W Noecker farm owned by Mrs Johnson of Chicago, during the season.
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Snow White
Seven Dwarfs
Leo Marie
N. W
Mrs Jery Elmore Keeps 350 Chickens In Milks Cove
WEO April 27 Mrs Horace Jonson hatched about 350 baby chicks for Mrs Jery Elmore last week. Mr and Mrs Fred Simmons and children spent Sunday with Merrill Goweys. Mr and Mrs George Bray visited Friday with their daughter Mrs Verle Beauchamp near Batavia. Mr and Mrs Chester Spangler of Rock Island and Mrs Harry Lauderman of Washington spent Saturday night and Sunday in the Milton Coffin home. The Fred Simmons family has a new radio.
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Milton H. Coffin
WEO
Horace Jonson
Jery Elmore
Fred Simmons
Merrill Goweys
George Bray
Verle Beauchamp
Batavia
Chester Spangler
Rock Island
Harry Lauderman
Washington
Milton Coffin
Brighton Social News Bulletin
Mr and Mrs Aaron Nordyke of Richland visited family in Brighton on Sunday. Washington caller Prody Borkoski came by last Wednesday. Mrs Mary Courtney of Brighton stayed with daughter Mrs Everett Garrett for several days. Mr and Mrs Roman Borksoki were Riverside visitors last Wednesday. Mrs J A Hendricks and her son Bert Brown spent the weekend with relatives in Fairfield. Kosmer and Clara Borkoski were Rubio callers Monday.
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Prody A. Borkoski
Brighton
Aaron Nordyke
Richland
Terry Gowey
Prody Borkoski
Washington
Mary Courtney
Everett Garrett
Roman Borksoki
Riverside
J. A. Hendricks
Bert Brown
Fairfield Kosmer
Clara’ Borkoski
Rubio
John Morgan Guest in Parental Home
John R Morgan a University of Iowa City student spent Sunday at his parents home. Local residents Mr and Mrs Sam Johnson and others were in Richland and at various homes over the weekend. Bernice Derby returned to work at Washington Friday. Members attended a poultry meeting at the Jay Baxter home Friday.
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Levi van Dyke
Rubio
John R Morgan
University At
Iowa City
Sam Johnson
Richland
Farr Balderson
John Lindeaur
Robert
Olive Balderson
Rosella Spaulding
Orville Morgan
Harley
Harlan O'’Laughlin
Bernice Derby
Washington
Jay Baxter
Congressional Record Origins and 1879 Special Session
The Congressional Record first appeared in 1879 to document a special session of Congress. It marks the start of a formal record of congressional debate and proceedings.
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Canste
Martha Ashby Ill At Parental Home
Martha Ashby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ashby is reported quite ill at the family home in North Prairie Flower. Miss Bear is the attending nurse and Clayton Bear has been staying nights with his father C. H. Bear who is not well. Other local items note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith to the Claire Neff family and Ed Klienberg’s recent trip to St. Louis. The Timmins farm house is nearing completion for the Allen Patterson family to move in. Wesley Freel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Freel, has been mentioned.
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D. F. Smith
North Prairie Flower
Martha Ashby
Chas. Ashby
Miss Bear
Clayton Bear
C. H. Bear
Donald Smith
Claire Neff
Ed Klienberg
St. Louis
Lissa Timmins
Allen Patterson
Wesley Freel
Clifford Freel
Sanity Tests Ordered for Elizabeth Wagner in Astoria Poison Case
Modern Borgian Authorities said Elizabeth Wagner aged 22 held in Astoria New York on charges of mixing rat poison into food killing her two brothers. Police reported she claimed they were mean to her and she poisoned them.
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Elizabeth Wagner
Astoria
N. Y
Miss Wagner
Shirley Temmle Portrait Marks Ninth Birthday Milestone
A new photo captures Shirley Temmle beside a young woman, highlighting the junior screen star she is becoming after celebrating her ninth birthday.
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Shirley Temmle
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