Visitors and residents share updates at Dautremont home
Norma Edelstein of New York City visits Riverside at the Dautremont home. Iowa City residents Ida Edelstein and family also drop in. Other readers report school resumes at St Marys after a ten day holiday. several locals travel or return home from Davenport, CentraI City, and Clinton areas.
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Norma Edelstein
New York City
Dautremont
Riverside
Ida Edelstein
Iowa City
Ose Dautremont
St. Mary’s School
Omer H. Cress
Walter Albright
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Currie Iden
Mary Pogge
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
A. H. Pogge
H. C. Borup
Clinton
Ernest Borum
Fort Madison
William EK. Scott
Jeanetta Swift
Clair Swift
Harold Dautremont
Beatrice Dautremont
Rose Dautremont
Gwendolyn Marner
American Institute of Commerce
Catherine the Great Dies of Apoplexy
Catherine II of Russia dies from apoplexy in 1796 ending a long rule. The illness sudden and fatal shocks Europe as nobles mourn the Empress who modernized Russia and expanded its empire.
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Catherine
Catherine the Great of
Russia
Skating Champion John Roukema Crowned at Newburgh
John A. Roukema of Paterson New Jersey wins the middle Atlantic speed skating title in Newburgh New York defeating Eddie Schroeder of Chicago the 1938 39 champion to claim the crown.
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John A. Roukema
Paterson
N. J
Newburgh
N. Y
Roukema
Eddie Schroeder
Chicago
Jackson Bureau Elects Officers
The Jackson township Farm Bureau met last evening at the Jackson school. Lloyd Foster hosted the program. Arthur Duensing and Raymond Bell spoke on national and short course Farm Bureau activities. J. W. Chandler discussed progress and led an auto driving contest. E Ray Bell was re elected president with Yaro Sojka as vice president and Claude Sojka as secretary.
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Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Jackson School
Lioyd Foster
Arthur Duensing
National Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Raymond Bell
Ames
J. W. Chandler
Farm Bureau
TVA
E. Ray Bell
Yaro Sojka
Claude Sojka
Trans Continental Telephone Links New York and San Francisco
The first long distance connection between New York and San Francisco was completed in 1915 by Trans Continental Telephone, marking a milestone in nationwide communication. The feat connected major metropolitan hubs and showcased early advances in long distance telephony.
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New York
San Francisco
Wisconsin Woman Praises Williams Formula Relief
Fond du Lac resident Mia Rauls endorses Williams Formula for relief from bloating gas and improved appetite. She reports painful gas is gone and food digestion is smoother, recommending the medicine at Philips Hebner Drug Store.
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Wisconsin
Williams
Mia
Anna Rauls
Fond du Lac
Philips & Hebner Drug
Williams Formula
If You Drink Don't Drive Campaign Aims 1940 Iowa
Des Moines officials say the anti drunken driving drive will tighten in 1940 with blood tests expanded and public education. Data shows 296 blood or urine tests in 1959 with 278 positive, leading to convictions. licenses face mandatory one year revocation and $300 minimum fines.
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Des Moines
Highway Patrol
Public Safety Department
Liquor Control Commission
Public
Karl W. Fischer
Iowa
C. A. Knee
Afrol
Curtis
Motor Vehicle Department
Winter Driving Tips From Iowa Officials
Iowa Department of Public Safety offers winter driving suggestions based on Highway Patrol experience. Key guidance includes steering into skids, avoiding sharp braking, using dimmed lights in fog, maintaining distance, checking wipers and brakes, starting in second gear on slippery pavement, and ensuring a leak-free muffler.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety
State Highway Safety Patrol
C. A. Knee
William Henss Buys Interest in Crawfordsville Store
William Henss purchased a half interest in the Shaffer hardware store in Crawfordsville and began work the first of the year after relocating from farming. Manda Davis returned to Coe College Cedar Rapids and Marion Williams to Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls. Mrs Herman Haines dies December 26 in Cannonsburgh Pennsylvania after diabetes and gangrene. husband Mr. Haines in weak health and unable to attend funeral held December 28. the Haines family once resided in Crawfordsville with various local businesses and remodels.
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Crawfordsville
William Henss
Shaffer Hardware
Manda Davis
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Marion Williams
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Haines
Old ships pressed into convoy duty for Royal Navy
A note recalls six to the Navy's older cruisers and obsolete destroyers being converted for convoy work and training roles by the British Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Former residents moved back to Pennsylvania after years abroad and now revisit old friends during a prior visit to the area.
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Royal Naval Volunteer
Amazing Relief Promised by Rux in Washington Readers
Rheumatic sufferers hear from grateful users as crowds flock to a local drug store sale. Prominent Washington residents report relief from rheumatic, neuralgic, and neuritic pains after using Rux compound sold at Phillips and Hebner Drug Store for 1, 1.50, and 4 dollars.
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Rux
Washington
Frang Kempkes
Keokuk
Phillips & Hebner
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Uaea
Stanley Fields
Fies Charles
Frontier
Raw
Wowa Continental
Mamie Gale Robertson
Royal Robertson
West of Town
Jackson Bureau
Trans-Continental Telephone
I Baer
Alsocundt
Our Gang
FOX
Iads Stanay
Ayres
Paul Hill
State Safety Education Division
Vernon Hennon
Lima
Mary Manners
H. S. Gym
Albia
Washington Junior College
Washington Rest Home
Marion Ave
H. S. Hammond
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
W. R. Donaldson Sinclair
Washington Lumber and Fuel CO
Pioneer Yard
Jim
Jim White
Mgr
Lou
Lou Gehrig
Gehrig
New Life City Parole Board
Margaret Kelly
Pennsylvania
Spurgeon
Thrift Star
Franz Kempkes
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