Local News Snippets Include Illnesses Travel and Weddings
Ed Hartman rushed to Columbus Indiana as his mother fell seriously ill. Nurse Ethel Laughead, visiting her sister Mrs J H Edgington, is in Aurora hospital. Mr and Mrs HM Enid West Chester visited Washington. A F Baldrige returned from Des Moines after his mother broke her hip in a fall. Glen E Parker of Brighton and Lavina Irene Miller of Mt Pleasant wed. Harry W Miller and Genevieve L Harrison of Washington also secured marriage licenses. Y M C A solicitors to meet for cards and instructions at the east end tv room one evening.
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Boston
R. D
Y. W
Ed Hartman
Columbus
Indiana
Ethel Laughead
Aurora, NL
J H. Edgington
A. F. Baldrige
Des Moines
Oak Toler
Fente
Family Shoe
Iistras
Glen E. Parker
Brighton
Lavina Irene Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Harry W. Miller
Genevieve L. Harrison
Washington
How to Avoid Old Age Ends in Wild Driving Advice
Birmingham News recounts Banks Talmadge reading a magazine piece on avoiding old age that advocates dangerous driving tricks. The quip lists speeding at railroad crossings, passing cars, skidding on wet roads, and racing through alleys as meant to showcase reckless behavior and the idea of "having the good luck" to evade trouble.
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Lge
Banks Talmadge
Tle
Birmingham News
World’s Iodine Supply From Sea Plants
An article notes iodine is largely sourced from seaweeds, especially giant kelp Macrocystis. It highlights kelp’s enormous size, long floating frond, and iodine concentration over one quarter of 1 percent. Medicinal extracts from kelp are standardized and valuable, with kelp also offering minerals and potential food products as marine vegetables.
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Jodie
Summit of the Years Reflections by John Burroughs
An excerpt from John Burroughs in The Summit of the Years speaks of defying old age by keeping life active. It notes nature’s youthfulness and the mind’s hunger to think, read, and engage with the world while one remains connected to thought and friends.
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John Burroughs
Miss Alta Munson Wright to Wed Maynard Frown
A social note states Miss Alta Munson Wright announces her approaching marriage to Maynard Frown in December. Other items include a casual market line on hogs priced at $8.90 and a brief weather forecast indicating fair, turning much colder in the southeast tonight and partly cloudy with a rising temperature Tuesday.
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Alta Munson Wright
Maynard Frown
Congress Convenes as Riots Stall House Action
Congress assembles amid street protests as Norris sponsored measures for Muscle Shoals government operation and anti lame duck sessions face House obstacles. Senate passage and party splits threaten world court participation and ongoing international alignment amid an evenly divided forthcoming Congress.
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House
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Baran Ana Watson
America
World Court
Hoover
Washington
Gangster killed after shootout with Macomb cops
Edwin Zerrell identified as a minor gangster who opened fire in front of the Macomb police station killing Patrolman B a ward Whittlester and wounding Ernest Bowman. Zerrell was slain by a dying officer after the exchange. two other officers Al Links and Luther Jackson were wounded during the confrontation.
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Macomb
Ill
Edwin Zerrell
Illinois
Zerrell
Baward Whittlester
Ernest Bowman
al Links
Luther Jackson
40 Days in Bible and Law Echo in Old English Texts
A compact note traces the number 40 across biblical events such as Jesus fasting for 40 days and appearing 40 days after resurrection, linking it to Old English law which also features many 40 day periods in its references.
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Ling
Jonah
Forty Day Motif in Biblical Figures Noted
The passage discusses the number forty in biblical stories such as Moses on the mount for forty days, Elijah fed during a forty day period, and the flood lasting forty days, noting how readers may have attributed significance to these spans and their recurrence in the scriptures.
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Moses
Elijah
Noali
Book binding decor called fore edge painting origin traced
In binding, fore edge painting decorates the extreme front edges of books. When closed, only color blotches show. opening reveals delicate tracery and pictures. Samuel Mearne, binder to King Charles II, credited with originating this craft.
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Samuel Mearne
Charles 11
England
Mail carriers mark 28 years service in Washington
Mert Bickford and Clayton Neiswanger celebrate twenty eight years as city mail carriers at the Washington post office They began on December 1 502 and recall sorting mail in three piles with snow on the ground In 1911 a fourth carrier joined and today the four city carriers are Charley Ragan William Manusier George Masson Byron Snider and Ernest Louck Parcel post and changes like electric cancelling machines helped handle growing mail volume The post office building dates to 1916 and the town highway and office were described by veterans of the era
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Mert Bickford
Clayton Nelawanger
Washington Post Office
Uncle Sam
City
Nuuwaaber
Blas
Blekford Beame
Civil Service
Dee
Nelewanger
Toya Purvis
Neiswanger
South Iowa Ave
Lloyd Diller
Tim
Pollock Wallace
Tim” Diller
Lloyd Purvis
Charley Ragan
William Manussier
George Masson
Byron Snider
Ernest Louck
Conningham
Kurtz
South Town Ave
A. Cunningham
Harry Bell
Walter A. Wilson
Jim Cunningham
Our
Milton White
R. H. Elwell
Fulton Appeals Case Over Drainage Board Assessment
First papers filed in the appeal of J. Fulton from Jefferson County District Court seek review by the Iowa Supreme Court. Fulton challenges the drainage project assessment claimed as an easement on his property, arguing improper authority, unfair assessment, and unjust land classification. The October 1928 levy targeted O. H. Mann, LM Horn, and William Madelty.
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Des Moines
J. Fulton
Jefferson
State Supreme Court
Fulton
Board of Supervisors
Elmer. K. Daugherty
Memboard
H Man
LM. Horn
William Dladtelty
Miss Lou Arthur Buys Cottage Inn on West Third
Miss Lou Arthur announced she purchased the Cottage Inn on West Third Street from Ed Hartman who has managed it for two years. She plans changes and improvements and expects to reopen the eating house later this week.
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Lou Arthur
C. Jay
Cottage Inn
West Third Street
Ed Hartman
Older Boys Meeting Inspires Group of Seventeen at Clin ton
Seventeen members from Washington attended the Thanksgiving conference for older boys at Clin ton returning afternoon inspired by Dr Stoddard Jane of Plymouth Congregational Des Moines who spoke on The Challenge of the Great Adventure Adventuring with Our Lives and Adventuring with God. Cara and others were driven by Supt J H Peet Leigh Soule and Ray est, listing attendees from Hi V and several churches.
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Stat
Clinton
Washington
Stoddard Jane
Plymouth Congregational
Des Moin
Goa
Cara
J H. Peet
Leigh Soule
Rayest
Marold Kerr
Sherma Watson
James Sehmoeller
Richard Edkington
William Stewart
John Coulter
Donald Davis
Infant Benson Dies in Town City Funeral
Benson infant son of Mr and Mrs Newton Benson of the Prairie Flower neighborhood died Saturday evening at Children's hospital in Town City at one month eight days. Two o clock funeral held at Jones funeral home with rites conducted by Rev Anderson of Prairie Flower Baptist church. Survived by parents three brothers Ward Robert and Paul and sister Margery.
Iowa bootleg market and grand jury probe in Des Moines
Des Moines reporters and authorities describe a growing liquor market in Iowa and a complex bootlegging network. Baltimore Sun writer W A S Douglas traveled the state. no subpoena issued yet but he may testify before the grand jury as evidence from a warehouse still raid is prepared for presentation. Three men Ray Parker El Smith and Harold Kahl remain jailed connected to the Boone still investigation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. A. $. Douglas
Baltimore Sun
Douglas
Ross Howry
United States
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Clinton
Boone
Ray Parker
el Smith
Harold Kahl
James Miller
Miller
Government shifts to avert nationwide coal miners strike
London reports the British government plans urgent action to prevent a nationwide coal miners strike that could add about 600,000 to unemployment and idle every mine. Mine owners and workers were invited to meet Monday to discuss working hours distribution as winter hardships loom.
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London
Ed Wells Recovers from Gunshot Wound at Home
Ed Wells, shot in the right arm four weeks ago, has returned home from the county hospital. Doctors plan amputation if healing stalls, but the operation is delayed until progress continues. Wells remains in pain yet is improving in strength and spirit as he recovers at home.
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Ed Wells
Overshoes for Every Member of the Family
In the Memory Class catalog a large group of members is urged to buy warm overshoes for all ages. The ad touts rubber or cloth styles with snap or zipper options and promises a comfy, serviceable pair at a small cost. Come in and sew then.
Man's Institutions and the State in History
The author argues that state institutions are not Aboriginal nor superior to citizens. Law and usage began as the act of a single man to meet a particular case and are imitable and alterable. We may create better systems by recognizing this origin and potential for reform.
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Alph Waldo
Door weights on wank faults vary widely
The text notes doors on wank faults can weigh from 200 pounds up to 40 tons or more. It explains these doors are made of laminated steel with alternating layers of chrome steel and softer steel.
Local office moves to new Journal building
Frank J. Wilson relocates Union office to the New Journal on the second floor south entrance. He plans to settle in and be as happy as possible in the new quarters as the move is completed.
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Frank J. Wilson
Unis
The
New Journal
Wilt
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