Community Notes From Raskins and Area Thanksgiving Events
The article recounts a recent program at a local one room school praising preparation for entertainment and hot lunches, notes shifts to coal to oil heating, and mentions community collaboration. It lists visits by Ralph Boyd and Cleo Orris, a surprise party for Mrs Boyd, hog sales by Dean Zachs and Edgar Whetstine, and Thanksgiving gatherings with the Nicholson and Mathers families. It also reports the Wehr-Shearer wedding at Haskins church with Doris Day performing.
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Ralph Boyd
Muscatine
Cleo Orris
Dean Zachs
Edgar Whetstine
Arnold Nicholson
Lee Nicholson
Don Nicholson
Mike
Iowa City
John Skubal
Marion Ferguson
Terry Mathers
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Haskins Church
Doris Day
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Telling Delicious Apples
A guide describes identifying apples by five key points on the blossom end. The method emphasizes texture color and shape cues to distinguish varieties and ripeness.
Ainsworth Holiday Visits and Local Fires Report
Community members gathered from Baling Washington and Montezuma for Thanksgiving visits as Stone Campbell Norris and Armstong families shared time in Ainsworth. A residence fire damaged upper floors. several locals traveled to Keosauqua and Pierson for services and association meetings.
Fire Destroys Long House on S Wells Farm
Fire early Saturday morning completely destroyed the dwelling house on the Sam Wells farm in Clay. The blaze left the structure and furnishings a total loss with no report of injuries as firefighters battled the flames.
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Long House
S. Wells Farm
Clay
Sam Wells
Margate Community Notices and Local Movements
Margate residents note Pierson and Kingsley ties as Frances Meacham returns from Pier son to care for her sister. The young married class plans a monthly social at the Erwins home Friday evening. Mrs Ida Stannard remains at Washington county hospital, while Miriam Grant and her sons Craig and Chris return to Denver after weeks at the parental Stannard home.
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Dire
Faterson
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Pierson
Miss Meacham
Frances Meacham
W. A. Erwin
Ida Stannard
Washington County Hospital
Miriam Grant
Craig
Chris
Denver
Stannard
Fingerprinting Milestone in New York Prisons
New York state asserts it used fingerprinting for criminal identification first in the United States at Sing Sing in 1903, two years after England. The federal bureau of investigation created its fingerprint division in 1924 and now holds over 101 million prints.
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New York State
United States
Sing Sing
England
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anti-Dumping Tariffs Explained in US Law
The practice of selling goods abroad below home prices is dumping. U S law allows anti-dumping tariffs to deter foreign exporters from dumping goods in the United States.
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United States
Tanned Fish Skin and Cropland Use in America
The article notes tanning of fish skins is ancient and used for novelties and high water resistant gaskets. It compares cropland use, listing 2 percent of acres per person now versus 8 percent 28 years ago, highlighting surface under cultivation.
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Joe Tusler
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Shirey Norris
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Washington, D. C
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Iowa Wesleyan
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Arthur Long
Roy Iseman
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Highway 92
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John Deere
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