Birthday and 57th Anniversary Noted for Riverside Couple
Riverside residents Mr. and Mrs. Wiley W. Denison marked their fifty seventh wedding anniversary and his eighty second birthday on December 1. Mrs. Denison has been in poor health and a celebration was not held. The couple wed December 28, 1881, on Denison’s twenty fifth birthday, after living on a farm near Pilotburg. They raised two children Elmer and Russell, with Elmer drowned in the Haelish river in 1900 and Russell later employed in Iowa City. The pair have two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs. Denison suffered strokes in 1924 and 1930, leaving her in a wheelchair, with her husband as caregiver.
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Kraschel Adds Gallagher to His List of Fees
In Des Moines Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel added Rep. J. P. Gallagher of Williamapburg to his list of fees after Gallagher pressed to commute a murderers life sentence to a term of years. The piece notes Gallagher’s reaction, plus other political moves and pardons, including a trio of Christmas pardons and shifts in the highway patrol leadership amid legislative pressure.
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Albanian Language Lives Despite Efforts to Suppress It
Collier's Weekly reports that Albanian endures as a living language descended from Illyrian with a mix of Latin Greek Italian and Slavic words. It notes clergy once taught Albanian was useless in prayer because God or Allah could not understand it.
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Umbrella Bird Noted for Crest and Nest Its Size and plumage described
An umbrella bird from South America is linked to bell birds and cotingas. It has a large umbrellalike crest that droops over the bill and a feathered tuft on the breast. About crow-sized, it sports glossy black plumage and builds a platform nest high in tall trees.
Sheet Metal Work and Furnace Repairs Hire
Repair and install services including furnaces blowers non-freezable smoke and boiler pipes spouting roofing hog waterers and chicken waterers provided.
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