Rhythm of the Range Cowboys and their hoofbeat songs
Fort Worth August 13. Dr. Newton Gaines of Texas Christian University studies cowboy songs and finds rhythm comes from the horses walk trot and lope. He notes dawn songs are brisk while night tunes are soft and mournful with lines like Bury me out on the Lone Prairie to soothe cattle.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Newton Gaines
Texas Christian University
Gaines
Goodnight
Dodge City
Dr. Gaines
Chisholm
Lone Prairia
Mark the Cradle of Cuba's Flag
The Cuban flag was designed by New Orleans women in honor of Gen Narciso Lopez whose 1850 expedition aimed to liberate Cuba. A plaque at the Daily Delta office marks the flag's first flight and the event was commemorated with Lions International delegates. Lopez led 500 men from Louisiana Mississippi and Kentucky, failed to seize points in Cuba, was captured and executed in Havana. Local items follow about readers in Washington and neighbors visiting homes and picnics at Sunset Park.
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New Orleans
Cuba
Juan Jose Sicre
Lions International
Narciso Lopez
Venezuela
Daily
Delta
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Cardenas Bay
America
L. J. Sigur
Lopez
U. S
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Havana
Mr and Mrs Saunders take vacation trip to Ozarks
Brighton August 13 report lists Ira Saunders and son in law Kermit Oswalt of Richland leaving Sunday for a vacation in the Ozarks. Several local families are mentioned with travels to Chicago Windsor Ontario Des Moines and Wellman.
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Mrs. Saunders
Mrs. Kermit Oswalt of
Richland
Ozarks
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Ira Saunders
Kermit Oswalt
The
Fred Stone Has Champion Calf at Louisa County Fair
Fred Stone of Wapello won grand champion baby beef with an Angus calf at the Louisa County fair in Columbus Junction. Jimmy Jones of Letts claimed reserve grand champion Hereford. numerous Four-H winners named across Angus Hereford and dairy divisions.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Fred Stone
Wapello
Jimmy Jones
Letts
Angus
Robert Pagemiller
Morning Sun
Harold Boulton
Keith Duncan
Harold Drinkall
Merlin Davis
Crawfordsville
Ivan James Jones
Duane Swanson
Dale Hafner
Ivan James Jones Letts
Harry Hafner
Jimmie Rutt
Delores Cuthamp
Donald Rutt
Max Hafner
Roger Peters
Oliver Cuthamp
Kenneth Blasi
Hary Hafner
Keith Curtis
Dean Curtis
Ralph Oaks
H. W. Club
Concord Township
Charlene Werner
Marian Hammer
the Jolly Workers Club
Morality reunion and community visits in Oskaloosa
Attendees include Myrtle at the Morality reunion in Oskaloosa with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Murphy and children and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Steele and Nellie Wallace of Washington. Sunday visits to the William Murphy home follow, with Rev. EB Heldbridle of Grundy Center and others dining at the Lewis Coon home. Different families from the area visited Frank Salladay and John Skuball, with condolences offered for George Grecian.
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Ington
Glen Green
Washington
Frank Salladay
Ralph Walsh
Albert Crong
Lewis Coon
Eula Mae
Everette Coon
Olive Lewis
William
Sunset Park
Lucille Murphy
Emmet Frame
Martie O'Connor
Lloyd Hopping
Myrtle
Oskaloosa
Samuel Murphy
Earl Steele
Nellie Wallace
William Murphy
EB. E. Heldbridle
Grundy Center
Burke McCreedy
Jimmy
John Skuball
George Grecian
John Martindale
Jack Martindale
Burlington
Elwin Lewis
John Green
Lygille Murphy
Phyllis Crane
Wash
Half Pay Recipes Sparked 1810s American Popularity
The Half-Pay Recipes originated by Mrs Stephen Decatur gained popularity in the United States between 1810 and 1820 for economical dishes shared under the title Half-Pay Recipes.
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America
Stephen Decatur
Murphy Brothers Attend Brother Hugh Murphy’s Joliet Funeral
William Murphy received word of Hugh Murphy’s death in Joliet Illinois and, with W R Murphy, traveled to Aledo Illinois to join two other brothers for the funeral on Monday. The community extends sympathy to the family.
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Murphy
Brother
Joliet
Jimmy
Leo Brophy
Ralph Walsh
T. M. O'Connor
Legal and Illegal Automobile Lights Heights Chart Described
The diagram explains that a light starting at 30 inches reaches 42 inches at 75 feet, legal at that distance. Beyond 75 feet the beam stays above 42 inches, making top-headlamps illegal. The middle figure shows a legal parallel beam. The bottom figure shows a track light profile staying at or below 42 inches past 75 feet, with the beam lowering beyond that range.
Four Generations Gather for Witting Reunion in Havre
In Havre on Sunday a large Wittmer family gathering honored birthdays of Dwight Wittmer and Howard Wittrig. About 100 relatives attended at the Wittmer home, with Max Arthur Cannon as the infant center of attention. Officers were named for the 1942 Witting reunion to be held in Burlington next August.
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Lewis Hering
Havre
S. C. Wittmer
McBride
Howard McBride
Will McBride
Harold Wilson
Marilyn
Martin Weston
John Baer
Washington
Henry Lunning
Hedrick
Reinhart
Frank Pratt
Crawfordsville
Peter Witting
S. C
Mary Scranton
Will Leiis
Evert Levis
Levis
E. G. Mason
Clyde
Margaret
Louie Jugenheimer
Wellston
Gail Kelly
Sharon Rae
Fred Eiseles
Martin Westen
Evert Westen
Larry
Illinois
Hilda Oltmann
H. J. Schragg
Pricella
Grand Power
Ill
Sam Wittmer
Reverend Schragg
Presbyterian Church
Godlove
Lone Tree
Marion Godlove
Carrie Iden
Minnie Holtz
Mirs
John W. Tener
William Tener
William Sims
Alfred H. Younkin
Omer
Anna Younkin
Roy Snyder
Allen
D. S. Hardy
Velma Whitlock
Fannie Meeks
Mildred Stevens
Joseph H. Linsley
Carl
Helen
Marie
Wilma Jane Tener
John R. Veggy
Everett
Allan
Verne
Harold
Glenn Younkin
Riverside
Jennie Kaye
Boulder
Colo
Younkin
Godloves
Margaret Cress
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Sallaby
Burlington
Kansas
Dewey Lawrence
Fred Moss
Hutchinson
Kaw
Lawrence
R. J. Bouquet
Arkansas
John Knittel
Gladys Metz
Iowa City
Simon Metz
Whetstine
Mason Ingram
Richard
Moline
Riverside Families Attend Younkin Godlove Reunion
Riverside notices show families gathering for the annual Younkin Godlove reunion in Riverside on August 14. Attendees included relatives and local residents as they joined the event at a community venue.
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Riverside
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Leland Horton
Clarence Jeffries
George Gier
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Sandra
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Frank Daniel
Osceola
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Clay Township
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T. O. Nicholson
Mark Shaffer
Wellman
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Windsor
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Fillmore
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Des Moines
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Louisa County Fair Show
I H
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Lockridge
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Kula Mae Coon
Witting Reunion
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Tobacco Markets
Lexington
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