Sunset Crater displays red and yellow colors in sky
A fragment notes Sunset Crater in Arivena with vivid red and yellow sky colors, describing a striking display.
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Sunset Crater
Arivena
Pame
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1936
Page
8
Iowa Supreme clears bank nights under lottery law
The state waived the right to petition for rehearing in the bank night case, making bank nights immediately legal. The Supreme Court held that bank nights do not violate the state lottery law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Lundstroms Adopt Nine-Pound Baby Son James Elvin
Charles City happiness reigned as Mr and Mrs Lundstrom welcomed a nine pound boy born Friday morning in another town. They had planned to adopt the infant after a baby shower held by neighbors, and will name him James Elvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Elvin S. Lundstrom
Measuring Snowfall Across Stations With Snow to Rain Adjustment
Government meteorological stations measure snowfall in rain gauges. Snow is denser than water, so 10 inches of loose snow are treated as one inch of rainfall for reporting purposes.
Early American jack stock traced to Washington era breeders
The Bureau of Animal Industry notes the first U S male jack breeders as George Washington Henry Clay and Young Everett. Before these imports a few West Indian jacks existed but were unsuitable for breeding. In 1787 Spain's king sent a gray 16-hand jack named the Royal Gift to Washington, and Marquis de Lafayette presented a Maltese jack Knight of Malta. The Maltese’s form and ferocity bred with Catalonian jennet to produce Compound, a famed breeding jack arriving at Mount Vernon in 1788.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
George Washington
Virginia
Henry Clay
Fayette County
Kentucky
Young & Everett
Montgomery County
General Washington
West Indies
Spain
Royal Stud
Madrid
Marquis de Lafayette
Malta
Mount Vernon
Impeachment in England and the United States
The note compares impeachment use between England and the United States. It cites Hastings in 1787 as England’s last major trial and explains that in the U S impeachment targets civil officers with removal or disqualification as penalties and that a two thirds vote can remove a member. It also notes presidential removal power and the senate’s final verdict on judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Warren Hastings
House of Lords
House
Senate
Executive
Squaring the Circle and Pi’s Transcendence
The article explains the classical problem of squaring the circle and states that pi is the ratio of circumference to diameter. It notes Lindemann’s 1882 proof that pi is a transcendental number, therefore not constructible with straightedge and compass. Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindemann
Washington Star
Noisy Celebration Shaping Aboriginal Ceremonial Term
A corroboree is a ceremonial dance among Australian Aboriginals with night public display. Men perform the dance while women provide music. the event serves as a near universal social ritual and sometimes a peacemaker, broadly used to describe noisy disorderly celebrations.
Johnson On Trial In Clarinda Murder Case
Bert Johnson a 22 year old farmer youth testifies he pushed his mother into a wagon to hide her from view as he shot his father twice and reloaded. Johnson, wearing a dark suit, defends against repeated attempts to admit a post crime signed statement. Max Gray testified to the incident and description of the shooting near Clarinda on New Year’s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Iowa
INS
Bert Johnson
Max Gray
Here
Johnson
Earl Ferguson
Willis Gass Gow
Gray
Frank Keenan
Female Elephants Preferred in Indian Circuses for Safety
The Indian elephant, smaller than the African species, is the animal usually found with circuses. Now females are preferred because males have shown dislikes to attendants and sometimes attacked. Many have been killed or injured, so females are kept for safety.
Free delivery expands Rock Island freight service
The Rock Island railway introduces free delivery for store freight to and from the local depot. William Strat is named to manage the shipments. Arden Davis Strat is born to Mr and Mrs James C Vesely. Local visits include George Kron of Iowa City and Rev A Van Waus of Richmond. Royal Neighbor lodge installation rescheduled to January 29 with a potluck supper. members may bring a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Rock Island Railway
William Strat
Drayman
William Griffin
Anamosa
Reformatory
Washington County
James C. Vesely
Arden Davis
J. Karel
Norman
Cedar Rap
George Kron
Iowa City
Anthony Kron
A. van Waus
Richmond
Bernard Jacobaemeier
St. Mary's Rectory
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Grand Jury Probe of Iowa Democratic Funds Collapses
A Polk County Grand Jury inquiry into roughly $10,000 in Democratic funds for the last quarter of 1925 was dropped. County Attorney Carl Burkman ordered the probe amid suspicions of subterfuge in listing contributions to the state central committee. It is the second such investigation started and halted in recent months.
Grinnell College Offers Course in Sales Self Mamagement
Grinnell College will offer a second semester course titled Sell Themselves to teach students salesmanship for employers. Sociology associate prof W. R. Boorman and John Millar of Chicago will co teach for one credit. The school claims to be first in the Midwest to pursue this study and aims to help students assess their abilities and fit for career opportunities.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
W. R. Boorman
Associated
John Millar
Chicago
Grinne’‘s
Boorman
Midwest
Geyser Word Evolution From Iceland to English
The term geyser originates from the Icelandic word geysir with the original pronunciation gees er. It later shifted to gayser and was finally anglicized to geyser in American usage.
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