Eclipsing Sun Light Travel Time Plunges Observers into Past
In Fryeburg Maine on August 31, total eclipse begins at 83:28 p m eastern time. Sun's diameter is 864000 miles and is about 92900000 miles away. Light travels 186000 miles a second requiring about 498 seconds to reach earth, so observers see the corona as it was over eight minutes earlier as the moon covers the sun.
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Eclipse Shadow Across Nation Draws Vast Audiences
News reports describe the August total solar eclipse with shadow bands visible before the corona. Observers along a 102.6 mile wide path from Fryeburg to Des Moines gather by rail and car, with over 2.6 million visitors in the United States and Canada expected to witness the event.
Hurricane Expected to Hit Florida
The tropical disturbance threatening the southern coast will cross the east gulf coast near Panama City Fla early tonight. Northeast gales and possibly hurricane force winds are forecast from Biloxi Mississippi to Panama City with strong north winds east of Biloxi. Hurricane warnings are in effect from Biloxi to Panama City and extended to Morgan City Louisiana west of Biloxi.
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Eclipse Seen In Washington Amid Clearing Skies
Washington residents viewed a solar eclipse as clouds broke late in the afternoon. Through smoked glass the sun appeared like a new moon with half to two thirds of its surface shaded, an event scheduled to total about .73 percent in the area.
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Nine More Candidates Report For 1922 High School Eleven
Coach Guy Carlton reports 37 players active in football practice for the 1922 eleven. New candidates include Karl Richardson James Campbell Edwayn Booth Gene Tucker Stanley White Lawrence Morrison Roy Grecian Art Donovan and Joe Dougall with other veterans not yet reporting.
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Karl Richardson
James Campbell
Edwayn Booth
Gene Tucker
Stanley White
Lawrence Morrison
Roy Grecian
Art Donovan
Joe Dougall
Kupka
Durat
Vacini
Carlton
Herbert Korf
Healthiest Farm Club Girl in Iowa Eliene Picken 16
Des Moines Iowa August 31 Eliene Picken 16 rural Madison county farm girl won Iowa healthiest 4 H club girl title at the state fair judges gave her a health percentage of 98.49 She studies nutrition and improved her diet making health gains She is 5 feet tall 117 pounds daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Picken She is a snare drummer in the Madison county farm bureau orchestra Gladys Kueneman 19 of Washington county was noted for perfect feet in the contest at Des Moines accompaniment from other entrants was provided by doctors
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Madison County
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Madison County Farm Bureau
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Washington County
Edward Kueneman
Riverside
Junior College Grid Practice to Start Next Week
Washington junior college plans grid practice as registration opens. Coach George Freshwaters hopes for 25 to 30 players, with nine holdovers from last year's squad. Prospects include Dale Kelsey, Ernest Marshall, Lester Jones, Max Raymond, and others from high school programs. Uncertainty remains until enrollment rain checks who will join.
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Wayne Brown
Leroy McCraw
Stanley Simpson
Grant McKune
Sherm Watson
Henry Carris
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Backward Badger Eyes Prospects For Cardinals Football
Coach Freshwaters announces Monday as equipment day and Tuesday as first practice for the Cardinals with George aiming for a 30 man squad. The season opens September 20 against Iowa Wesleyan at home and includes dates with Burlington Graceland Cornell freshmen Monmouth freshmen Creston and Creston scheduling through November 18.
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Dutch Oven Moving to Sunset Park by Campfire Girls
Campfire girls plan reconstructing the 1926 Dutch oven gift at Sunset Park after vandalism. Mrs. George Dowell leads with support from J F Simpson and Tom Deal as park workers prepare the relocation and rebuilding.
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J. F. Simpson
Tom Deal
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Form Tax Justice Group at Wellman R. Leppla Reports
R Leppla of Davenport representing the Town Association for Tax Justice reports forming a Wellman branch last night with officers Eardley Hell president E N Foster vice president Lloyd Durst secretary and treasurer and 14 charter members. Next Wellman meeting scheduled Sept 13 with committees to recruit sixty members by then and a board of directors to be chosen.
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Town Association For Tax Justice
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Unseasonable Cold Snaps In With Morning Shower
A sharp morning temperature drop moved in from the north bringing a rain shower to the community. The sudden chill followed by showers marked a notable change in today’s weather pattern.
Towns Promote Students to Washington Junior College
Dean Harland Mead of Washington junior college said students expected to enroll come from Ainsworth Wayland Brighton Wellman Keota Sigourney Postville Shenandoah Morning Sun Bowen Ida Grove and other towns. Names listed include Keith Lord Dorothy Ruebsam Ida Grove Richard McCutchen Wayland and several others from Morning Sun Postville Shenandoah and Wellman.
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Washington Junior College
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Shenandoah Morning Sun
Bowen
Ida Grove
Keith Lord
Dorothy Ruebsam
Richard McCutchen
Genevieve Moothart
Gerald Stutsman
Dennis Klopfenstein
Aldine Sutter
Wayland
Robert Ranck
Bowen, Ill
Ona Munson
Morning Sun
Lorene Hillhouse
Genevieve Meacham
Brighton
Elinor Galloway
Darian Peterson
Russel Coppock
Shenandoah
Ray Strickler
Helena Lantz
Mildred Linn
Weather Fragments Report Light Rain and Warm Afternoon
A small shower produced .16 of an inch this afternoon while the temperature reached a high of 569 degrees at two o'clock.
Texas politics and the old man river keep rolling along
In a mountaintop note from Bishop California the writer mentions Governor Sterling and "Ma" in Texas. He says Sterling has done well but this year people seek a change and someone to lay their burdens on. Texas remains a great state and its political course continues despite changes.
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Washington doubles climaxes tied tennis day
Washington club earns a break even by defeating Palmer school in doubles as Little Cantoni beat Glassy Gilmore while Owen Turner lose singles. Washington to travel to Keokuk Sunday to face undefeated river city squad with possible substitutions from Wellman and Crawfordville.
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Fisher Given Fine and Jail
James Fisher of East Third Street pleaded guilty to a liquor charge in district court and was sentenced by Judge Frank Hechly to three months in the county jail and a $2300 fine plus costs. The jail term was suspended on good behavior and he was paroled to W. E. Barber, but will likely serve the fine in jail for nonpayment. The grand jury reported no bill against Carmi L. Crossett on child stealing. he was discharged. Judge Pechly planned to adjourn district court to next Tuesday when equity trial dates begin.
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East Third Street
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Barber
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Turner weighs sending troops over Cherokee farm strike
Governor Dar Turner considered additional information on the Cherokee county farm strike before ruling on troop deployment at Sheriff A N Tilson's request. Earlier unidentified attackers wounded nineteen strikers dispersing after tear gas and gunfire near Des Moines.
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Aug Ol
Dar Turner
Cherokee County
A. N. Tilson
Picketing of County Roads Planned in Southeastern Iowa
Washington county Farmers' Holiday leaders announce a statewide strike tactic starting in Burlington with mass meeting tonight. About ten auto loads from Washington county will travel to join the picketing on roads in five southeastern Iowa counties, with tents ready for a several day stay. Delays in organization are possible as the movement expands after the Burlington event.
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