Iceland Letters Reveal Departure Scene From Reykjavik Harbor
Reprinted travel letters describe the midnight departure from Reykjavik aboard the Carinthia, the Icelandic coast, and the lively scenes of Icelandic boys at the harbor. The narrator reflects on perpetual daylight, Arctic crossing plans, and the departing voices of shore friends as the ship sails toward Hammerfest and Norway. The scene captures child boats, civic festivity, and the poignant goodbye from Iceland to traveling Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iceland
Orville Elder
Reykjavik
Mt. Hekla
Vatnajokull
Arctic Circle
Arctic Ocean
Journal
Carinthia
Iowa
America
Gooden
Southland
Amusing old missal jokes and one deadpan cautionary tale
A mail order house missive asks for embalming fluid and directions to aid a dying husband. The snippet also features quick wits about marriage, kissing, and flirtation, plus a joke about fresh paint and a quip about not rewarding misers.
Notice of Quiet Title in Washington County Iowa
The District Court of Washington County Iowa holds a case where F A Simon and I A Schmidt sue John J Goff John Goff Laney Goff and many others for quieting title to specified real estate in Washington County Iowa. The petition claims they own the land in fee simple and seeks to bar all claims by defendants and unknown claimants with a default judgment possible if responders fail to appear by September 2 1941 in Washington Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court OF Washington
Iowa
F. A. Simon
I. A. Schmidt
Washington County
Win
J. Steadman
Mary M. Steadman
Amanda M. Kingman
A. M. McClure
Amand M. Kingman
Robert Boyd
Adela Boyd
Jesse Boyd
Phoebe Jane Boyd
Mreée
A B. Rose
M. A. Rose
A. M. Kingman
Francis Pigg
W. P. Pigg
Wend Kucera
Wenzle Kucera
Catharine Hack
Katherine
Recorder
Recorder of
St. P. M
City of
Washington
Ss. W. Livingston
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the Evening Journal
Washington County Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
North
Marion Avenue
United Press
Ilowa
Towa Daily Press Association
Deg Moines
The
Mountain Wool Co
Mary
Ethel
Grover
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Joe
Ellas
ILAST
Oujai
Nebo
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
John J. Goff
John Goff
Laney Goff
Peter Gerote
Joseph Gerot
Clara Godlove
Jesse Godlove
Charles Gerot
Jerome F. Gerot
C. M. Westfall
Justices Hill
Citizen Savings Bank
Cornelius M. Westfall
Christian Carl Druff
Cc. C. Druff
Catharine Druf
C. C
Druff
Catharine Druff
John Lewbarger
John Lohberger
Ruth
Henry Florang
Eliza C. Hardy
Hannah E. Glasgow
Columbus J. Rose
Joseph K. Rose
John A. Rose
Ella M. Maurer
Eusebus M. Rose
Wi. H. Hardy
Elizabeth Rose
J. M. Rose
S. C. Rose
Margaret A. Rose
Ella M. Mauer
Eustius S. Rose
John M. Glasgow
J. M. Glasgow
J. R. Rose
BRIM
Lemmons Drug St
Wmir
Washington, Iowa
State of
Iowa State Banking Dept
Windsor
I.G.A
West Side
Akes
Omar
RED Rooster CO
Certo ‘Ackers
Bot
Zic
Pascal Celery
California
Sunkist
ORA
Ibs
Penny Sale
Thomassens Complete Food Market
Penney’s
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