Several Teachers at Crawfordsville Leave on Vacation
Crawfordsville notes say school ends Friday and will reopen January 2 as teachers depart for vacations. Names listed include Miss Benson Bergstron Johnston York Boddicker Harris and Leichty with destinations Swedesburg Columbus Junction Stanwood Newhall Allison Pleasant. Also mentions visitors and a birth in Burlington with family ties to local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Benson
Bergstron
Swedesburg
Johnston
Columbus Junction
York
Stanwood
Boddicker
Newhall
Harris
Allison
Leichty
Pleasant
Thomas Chadwick
Sibley
Howard Anderson
Anderson
Dorothy Huston
Council Bluffs
Doll Swartz
Yarmouth
Charles Mason
Henry Cheney
Janice
Delwe
Cheney
Mr. Cheney
J. ©. Mitchell
Waterloo
Midwest business stronger than year ago, says Chicago bank
A Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago survey shows November sales in the five Midwest states Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Iowa and Michigan averaging six percent above November 1938. October sales were generally lower, with gains ranging from one to eight percent. For the first eleven months of 1939, sales were 5.9 percent higher than the same period in 1938.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Giant 108 Mile Aque duct drives water to Los Angeles
The 108 miles of tunnels form a massive aque duct to transport Colorado River water to Los Angeles at an estimated cost of 220 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Eliza Hunches About a Mysterious Boarder
In Mrs Small's boarding house Eliza Croft grows charmed by a newly arrived boarder Mrs Agnes Hart a masked beauty with a secret. Detective Mr Lang shares a case about a poison plot and a disguised lover named Robert Mount leading to a tense confrontation upstairs.
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Liza
Mrs. Small
Eliza
Agnes Hart
Albany
Mrs. Hart
Mr. Lang
Museum Restores Prehistoric Birds for Public Exhibition
Field Museum in Chicago unveils restorations of extinct birds including Archaeornis Archaeopteryx Diatryma Aepyornis Dinornis Ichthyornis Hesperornis Gallinuloides Phororhacos and more in a world leading display. Clifford C. Gregg announces the exhibit highlighting ancient birds with reptilian origins and feathered bodies. Another feature notes Hull England’s fishing industry employing 50 000 to 80 000 people.
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Zoological Laboratories
Field Museum
Chicago
Clifford C. Gregg
Archaeornis
Archaeopteryx
Aepyornis
Madagascar
South Sea Islands
Dinornis
New Zealand
South Pacific
England Population Growth Through 1800
England’s population rose slowly over the seven centuries before 1800, then entered a rapid rise that continues into modern times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Young couple indicted in 48 cent murder case
Harrison C. Hawes Jr. 18 of New Bedford Massachusetts and Helen E. Hayes 17 of Ogunquit Maine face a murder indictment at Dedham Massachusetts. They pleaded not guilty to murder armed robbery and breaking and entering as Hawes an army deserter and Hayes the youngest girl ever indicted for murder in Massachusetts.
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Harrison C. Hawes, Jr
New Bedford
Mass
Helen E. Hayes
Ogunquit
Dedham
Hawes
Miss Hayes
Massachusetts
Woman Dies in Yard After Clothes Caught Fire
Mrs. Henry Knarson aged 68 burned to death at her home when flames from her clothing spread after she tried to rush outside. She stumbled and fell against the house wall as the fire charred the exterior, her husband finding her dead in the yard on returning home. All clothing except shoes was burned.
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Henry Knarson
County Officers Listed for County Administration
The county announces a slate of officers including County Attorney Richard Stewart, County Auditor Ethel Grecian, County Clerk R. R. Noovan, County Engineer W. P. Rawn, County Welfare Worker Miss Martha Foster, County Recorder Harriett Coulter, County Sheriff Harold Putnem, County Treasurer Oo Marion 8, George, Supt. of Schools Lester 8 Krabul, County Coronex Dr. W. 8 Evie, and County Supervisors Ned Morrow Harve P. Wilson Fred Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stewart
Ethel Grecian
R. R. Noovan
W. P. Rawn
Martha Foster
Harriett Coulter
Harold Putnem
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Fred Bauer
Washington Independent School District Officials Named
The document lists school district leaders and city officials including Superintendent E A Ralston Dean Harland Mead High School Principal Sa jeorts Fielde Junior High Principal Miss Ethel McCreedy Elementary Principal and school board members. city officers include Mayor Lloyd Lytle City Clerk W H Fulton Treasurer E F Muck and Police Chief Kiaonthl J O Brown.
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Washington Independent School District
E. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
Jeorts Fielde
Ethel McCreedy
Harry Bowles
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
E. F. Muck
Henry Batley
Asthinehinema
P. L. Jordan
Kiaonthl
J. O. Brown
Walter Kiesey
Mark Pratt
C. C. Reister
Cc. E. Lemley
D. C. Barrett Park
Marian 3. Bailey
Frank B. Miller
J. E. Lemmon
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Mary Manners
Everette
Howard Kratter
John Hanna
Burlington
Hanna
Frances Mast
Glad Mast
Henry Mast
Or.p
Oateopathic
S. Iowa
Midwest
Nile
Montgomery Ward
Wards
South Side Square
Arcetics
By John
Haywood
Boston
Mount
Siel
Ichthyornis
Mississippi Valley
Hesperornis
North America
Phororhacos
South America
National Geographic Society
Orleans
Austria
Serbia
Hull
Harrison C. Howes, Jr
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
Fuller Brush
Soleo Jarrard
Official
Washington Directory
Optometrists
A. C. Peterson
S. Second Ave
Washington, Iowa
Theodore B. Bailey
Attorney At Law Loan & Trust
Chiropractors
Chas. C. Brown
Court House
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Officers
Lester H. Orr
C. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
Will Dupuis
Clarence Jacobs
Fred Reid
Eva Denny
City Library
Homer Stephen
Sherman's Funeral Home
West Main St
Lemley & Yard General Insurance
East Main Street
W. Livingston
Eveready Plumbing Shop
Lowa
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