Junction Installs New Street Lights in Iowa Town
Columbus Junction becomes first Iowa town to install mercury vapor street lamps with 24 000 lumen units on Main Second and near the Rock Island depot. 21 poles rise 26 feet 6 inches, mounted by Westinghouse engineers with local electricians Sims and Martin in charge.
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Marth. Builer
Columbus Junction
Second Street
Main Street
Rock Island Line
Westinghouse Supply Company
Sims and Martin
Iowa
Presbyterian Sunday School
Tilester D. Tiser
Clyde Tiser
Columbus City
Hay and farm auction at Grandview estate sale details
Twenty two tons of loose hay at 18 dollars a ton sold Thursday December 18 at the J Howard Snyder estate sale on the farm a half mile south of Grandview. Pigs cows tractors and other farm implements sold at varied prices with many items bringing strong bids. In Tallahassee Florida the city considers a 600000 bond issue to pave dirt streets and fix the capital city’s transportation infrastructure.
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Columbus Junction
J. Howard Snyder
Grandview
Jersey
Guernsey
A. McCormick-Deering M
Hudson
Columbus Junction State Bank
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
George Brent Turns Comedian In Slave Girl Screen Debut
George Brent shifts from dramatic roles to broad comedy in the Universal-International Technicolor film Slave Girl. The State Theatre will screen the US Technicolor picture Thursday, pairing Brent with Yvonne De Carlo amid scenes with Broderick Crawford and Andy Devine as they outwit Arab antagonists.
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Universal-International Technicolor
State Theatre
US Technicolor
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Cripoli
Yvonne de Carlo
Brent
Broderick Crawford
Andy Devine
Rare Nile storks arrive at Philadelphia Zoo
Two shoebill storks from the Nile River arrive at the Philadelphia Zoo. The pair, valued at 2800 dollars, are dubbed whale-headed for their shoe shaped bills and massive beaks.
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Grace Zoo
Philadelphia
Nile River
Philadelphia Zoo
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