Coal Strike Drags On With Deepening Shortages Across Nation
The 12th day of the coal strike worsens shortages as winter cold hits the east. Officials hint at testimonies in court while miners and operators push for contract talks. Detroit and Denver report fuel cutbacks. Pueblo’s coke plants operate at 35 percent capacity amid looming closures.
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Goldsborough
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Edward R. Burke
Krug
Pittsburgh
United Mine
Denver
Birmingham
Ala
Detroit
Coldwater
Mich
Mahoney Valley
Ohio
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp
Jay Martin
Canning Jars Free of Cracks and Chips
Public notice reminds buyers to inspect canning jars for cracks and chips before use to ensure safe sealing and preservation of food during home canning season.
Greatest Stamps of Entire World Christmas Seal history
Officials note the Christmas Seal campaign funds save at least 100000 lives yearly in America for tuberculosis. Originated 1903 by Danish clerk Einar Holboell who proposed a voluntary tax on Christmas cards to aid tubercular children. The Red Cross joined in 1907, later the seal bore the Red Cross mark until 1919. By 1920 the TB association ran the sale.
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America
Einar Holboell
Holboell
American Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
The
Tuberculosis Association
Prayers at Provence Christmas Cribs Honor Virtues
In Provence local tradition at Christmas time the faithful recite a prayer to Little Jesus of the Crib. The text asks virtues from the faithful including philosophy of the fisherman and cheer of the troubadour. It emphasizes patience kindness and strength through sacred imagery.
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Provence
France
Jesus of the Crib
Boy of 17 Killed in Hunting Accident in Missouri Valley
Hadward Gilmore aged 17 was killed while duck hunting with two companions near Missouri Valley. Coroner Harold M. Henessey said Gilmore tripped on a stump and discharged the gun as he moved from a blind to a nearby fire. The other boys heard the shot and initially thought it was a target practice accident.
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Missouri Valley
Firefighters Respond To Blaze Later Incident
The report notes that crews went to the scene of a fire some time after the initial call. No further details are provided in the accessible text.
Drowned man in car crash near New Hampton Iowa
Joseph Anderson aged 35 a farm hand near New Hampton died when his car drove over a bridge into two and a half feet of water. It marked the third fatal highway accident in Chickasaw County this year.
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New Hampton
Iowa
Joseph Anderson
Here
Chickasaw County
Iowa Farm Bureau members head to Frisco convention
About 225 Iowa Farm Bureau members will ride a special Burlington train to the national convention in San Francisco, with others driving or flying. Iowa president Allan Kline will preside over the national resolutions committee and Howard Hill will chair the livestock conference. Iowa ranks second in Farm Bureau membership behind Illinois.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
San Francisco
Burlington
Iowa
Allan Kline
Vinton
National Resolutions Committee
Kline
Howard Hill
Milburn
Farm Bureau
Mlinois
Sacred leisure and simple virtues from a child's list
The passage calls for ideals drawn from everyday beings and objects, listing traits imagined in harvest and craft, from hunter and shepherd to miller and baker. It frames nostalgia as a lens for a humane world where virtues are earnestly and innocently enumerated by the young.
Rail freight volume during World War II would have formed long train
The statement claims that to move all freight excluding coal to seaports in the 45 months of World War II, totaling 5,766,000 carloads, by rail would have required a train 48,450 miles long, illustrating the massive scale of wartime logistics.
Causes of Hollow Pickles in Cucumber Packing
Hollow pickles arise when cucumbers sit over 24 hours before brining and can also result from faulty cucumber development. Hollow pickles tend to float, aiding detection and removal from the pack.
Future Foretold By Drowsy Hens
In Czarist Russia Christmas games featured five grain piles named Hope Ring Money Thread Charcoal. A sleepy hen wandered the floor to choose a pile, predicting wealth marriage fate toil or death. Women sang old songs and crafted stories around the hen’s choice.
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Russia
Hope
Ring
Yule Means December in Anglo-Saxon Origins
The term Yule derives from the Anglo-Saxon word geol meaning December. This explains the Christmas season name origin and its connection to midwinter celebrations.
Revenue Office Closure Affects Local Post Office Basement
The internal revenue office in the post office basement will close from December 9 to December 23. A special school instruction for revenue collectors and deputies will be held in Cedar Rapids, attended by John Mattes and Ray L. Lawrence of the local office.
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Internal Revenue Office
Cedar Rapids
John Mattes
Ray L. Lawrence
Galileo Hated Science as a Schoolboy Say Britannica
Britannica records Galileo Galilei disliked science during his schooling as a child. The note highlights a contrary early disposition before his later pivotal contributions to astronomy and science.
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Carefree
Drummer
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Troubadour
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Santa Claus
Washington
Santa
Iowa Farm I Bureau
Frisco
Sanford ’S
Carters
Arter
Stenographer
Finders Robinson
Hammermill Bond
Nicola
Harmon
North Side Square
Sorrell
W. Madison
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Galileo
Ambulante
L.A. Jones Funeral Homes
Washington,owa
Coats
East Side Square
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