Columbus Junction to Open Sept 4 With New Superintendent
Columbus schools will open September 4 with H. E. Northey as superintendent. A list of teachers includes R Hibbs mathematics Kenneth Erwin coach agriculture and science Helen Orr history on Bible Marie Overholt Latin Bookkeeping algebra Clara Robertson English plays public speaking Mrs Helen Cecil hom economics and English Mrs Genevieve Fedderson music Milo Sorden band Randall Bebb Miriam Lie bknect Ei lean Summers junior high Arias Lowe Nellie Moore Elizabet Binford Marjorie McKenna Dean Jacobs Irene Hopkinson grades. Weather balloons renamed Radiosonde replaces old term to note depth or height sounding.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus
H. E. Northey
R Hibbs
Kenneth Erwin
Helen Orr
Marie Overholt
Clara Robertson
Helen Cecil
Genevieve Fedderson
Milo Sorden
Randall Bebb
Miriam
Local Notes From Keota Community
Ernest Rock visits relatives in Denver and Salt Lake City. Maryella Duncan assigned to teach at Brockway school north of Keota.
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Keota
Ernest Rock
Denver
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Maryella Duncan
Brockway
Here
New Vacuum Device With No Moving Parts Unveiled
A newly perfected technique yields high vacuums measured beyond existing gauges. The system consists solely of electric wiring and glassware with no moving components.
First Water Works in U S History
The first pumping plant for municipal water was Bethlehem Pennsylvania around 1760. The first municipal water-supply system in America was Boston in 1652.
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U. S
Bethlehem
America
Boston
Henry Hops To It in Tobacco Store Romance
Henry Allen hurries during his noon hour to buy cigarettes and meet the girl in the tobacco shop. A garbled accident leads to a sudden kiss and a marriage proposal as customers vanish, and the tale ends with an old man noting the couple's similar spirit to his youth.
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Enry Allen
Henry
Scarcity of Royal Social Figures Plagues Britain
Anxiety grows among organizers as the royal family limits public engagements for health and scheduling reasons. King George V's sisters are dead, and Queen Maud was the last to die among his aunts. Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise are aged 68 and 66. The duke and duchess of Kent may only join for exceptional events.
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Britain
London Sunday Express
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Princess Royal
Queen Victoria
Princess Louise
Princess Beatrice
Duke of Connaught
King George V
Queen Maud
Helena Victoria
Princess Marie Louise
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Princess Arthur
Tennessee Rural Population and Foreign Born Figures
Tennessee 1990 census shows 65 percent rural population. Of 2,136,619 white residents, 13,006 were foreign born, reflecting demographic distribution in the state.
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Tennessee
Teddy Bear Houdini Vanishes From Koala Park
Wonggarra a native bear at Koala Park New South Wales nicknamed Teddy Bear Houdini has vanished 15 times recently. A reward was offered each disappearance as officials study how he slips through wire netting and high fences without detection.
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Wonggarra
Koala Park
New South Wales
Houdini
Parisian crook's stock scheme to buy the world
Collier's Weekly recounts Jean le Breton, a Parisian swindler in the eighteenth century, who organized a stock venture to buy all the world. Before his arrest, clerks sold substantial stock using bills of sale claiming European monarchs had already sold their countries to him.
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Jean le Breton
Collier's Weekly
Dean
Toasts in Water During Prohibition Era Rituals
The piece notes that toasting in water implied disdain or weakness in the honoree and carried superstitions about bad luck. During Prohibition fraternities and sororities adopted water or grape juice for ritual toasts to avoid calamity.
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Walter
Tiny fraction of aluminum filament described for travel and weight
A historical note explains that one tenth of a quiece of aluminum could stretch from San Francisco to New York, and one sixteenth of an inch of the filament would weigh one millionth of a dyne.
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San Francisco
New York
Lepke Aide Seized In Garment Racketeering Case
Authorities seized Joseph Amoruso 45 a former convict tied to Louis Buchalter in the New York garment racket case. Amoruso known as Strawberry for a strawberry mole on his cheek was held on $50 000 bail and charged with participating in the Buchalter syndicate.
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al- Sei ‘Ia
Louis (Lepke
Jarrard Family Vacation in the Ozark Mountains
Mr and Mrs Carl Jarrard with Mary Ar dith and Stanley traveled through the Ozark mountains on a sightseeing trip. They visited Mississippi River locales, McGregor and Niagara Cave in Minnesota, returning via Waterloo, Me. and Mrs Stanley Fishburn. Swan and Leota visited Lawrence Howell’s home east of Crawfordsville as the community gathered for a centennial event.
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John Shebeck
Carl Jarrard
Mary Ardith
Stanley
Ozark Mountains
Walter Kyle
Eunice Florence
Naomi
Mississippi River
McGregor
Niagara Cave
Minnesota
Waterloo
Stanley Fishburn
Swan
Leota
Lawrence Howell
Crawfordsville
Quote on mousetraps missing the mark
A compact reflection notes that even the best mousetrap maker struggles to meet expectations. The line suggests most devices fail to satisfy hoped for outcomes and invites doubt about perfection in invention.
Picnic crowds at Burlington Sunday draw many families
Weather permitting, Washington crowds might have gathered for a Burlington picnic. Mr and Mrs Harlan O Loughlin and family joined by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Alliman and family, Mr and Mrs Clarence Jackson and family, Mr and Mrs Harrison Dodder and Lebern Lewis. Mrs J W Campbell visited son Harry Campbell and family. Kathleen Fisher visited grandparents Friday to Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dick Fisher visited D C Griggs home. Kathleen returned home with them. Mr and Mrs Vern Maas were Friday visitors at Harlen OLoughlin home.
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Washington
Harlan O’ Loughlin
Lloyd Alliman
Clarence Jackson
Harrison Dodder
Lebern Lewis
Burlington
J. W. Campbell
Harry Campbell
Kathleen Fisher
Dick Fisher
D. C. Griggs
Kathleen
Vern Maas
Harlen O'Loughlin
Quick-Melting Alloy Found
A new alloy with an exceptionally low melting point has been developed, becoming liquid at temperatures just above normal human body temperature. The discovery could influence manufacturing and cooling applications.
South Hill Social Notes and Local Visits
South Hill residents report visits to the Charley Rodgers home near Olds with Farrel Young and Frank Young family members staying longer. Grace Conrad had tonsil surgery in Washington hospital and returned home the next day. Several attended the Cole circus in Washington while Lyle Lowe, Frank Sands and family plan a Greene County Ia visit and Des Moines State Fair stop.
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Vera Sands
South Hill
Farrel Young
Jimmie
Dickie
Frank Young
Charley Rodgers
Olds
Grace Conrad
Joe Conrad
Washington Hospital
Cole Circus
Washington
Lyle Lowe
War
Frank Sands
Donald
Willard Lee
Greene County
Wallace Carson
Staite Center
Des Moines
Doyle Sands
Tube Expansion Lets Trains Run While Building New Tunnel
A new tube encircles the existing London subway line to enlarge the system without halting traffic. Trains continue on schedule in the old tunnel during the expansion process.
Autos Expand on Hot Days
On extremely hot days the expansion of metals in an automobile sometimes makes the vehicle an eighth of an inch longer than normal.
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Dixie
Mama
Ando
BY Striebel & Mevoy
Slabor
Junction School
H. FE
Northey
Martha Butler
United States Weather Bureau
Radio-Meteorograph
Official
Washington Directory
City & County
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Atttorney
Richard Stewart Ty
Ethel Grecianty
R. R. Noonanty
W. P. Rawa
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Wevenge
Lester B. Krabil
Martha Foster
Wowen
Marion
George Ty
Dr. W
Kyrienty
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Fredbauer
Chiropractors
DR. Chas
Brown
Court House
Ashington Independent School Distrief
A. Ralston
Awweeeee
Harland W. Mead
Gooreshields
Ethel
DR. A
Peterson
Second Ave
DR. C. FB
Boller
State Bank
Washington St
Jones Funeral Home
Sherman’s Funeral Home
West Main St
Lemley & Yard
General Insurance
East Main Street Phone 184
Theodole B. Bailey
Attorney At Law Loan & Trust
W. Livingstor
West Main &I
Officers
Mark Prat
Reister
Lemley
Lloyd Nyth
H. Fuites
F. Milica City Seiceitor
Henry Galles
Eee
J. O
Walter Kiesey
D. C. Barrett Park
Marian 8
Balley
Frank B. Miller
J. B Lemmon
Lester H. Orr
F. Boller
F. McFarlane
Will Dupuis
Clarence Jacob
Fred Kelé
Labrary
Eva Denny
Labrarias
Hower Stephen
Eveready Plumbing
Lowe
Mars
Canada
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Australia
Aluminum
Lepke
Joseph Amoruso
C. Jarrard
Harley Rhea
Hamil
Gwendolyn
Sigourney
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