Quilting Party Highlights Salem Group Gathering
Mrs Dewey Weeks hosted a quilting party with ten women and several men attending a pot luck noon dinner. Guests included Mrs Jim Shalla Mrs Geo Schultz Mrs Blanche Shalla and other neighbors. Barbara Miller of Kalona visited and helped quilt on a flower garden quilt.
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Clara Fisher
Salem
Dewey Weeks
Jim Shalla
Geo. Schultz
Blanche Shalla
Oscar Sheetz
John Shalla
Ed Kallous
Ed Beranek
Joe Knotek
Alva Miller
Freda
Gordon Miller
Glen Miller
Barbara Miller
Kalona
Joe Kern
Lucille
Ea Shalla
Mia
George Shalla
Leo Te Bockhorst
Origin of the word Dounce and dunce label
The term duns or dunce arose from Duns Scotus's followers the Scotists. In the sixteenth century opponents of the Scotists used dunce as a derogatory name for someone deemed incapable of scholarship by reformers.
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Duns
Dunsman
Duns Scotus
Dunce
A Girl With Courage
Dorothy Piper McClure presents a narrative portrait titled A Girl With Courage showing a young woman's resolve and resilience. The piece highlights personal struggle, community responses, and moral choices shaping her path.
Woman Builds Forest Cabin Becomes Muse for Writer
Norma inherits a woodland cabin and spends weekends there until a mysterious tenant robs her fear with humor. Julius Vane, the author, reveals he used Norma as the courage model for his novel and later hires her to illustrate his book, hinting at a future marriage.
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Wen Norma
Harriet
Norma
Ware and Tare Sporting House
Julius Wane
California
Julius Vane
Julius
Oldest Underground Railway Marked by London Opening
The Metropolitan Railway in London is the oldest underground system, opened in 1863 and electrified in 1905.
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Metropolitan Railway
London
Bottle fed lambs and old farming tricks from 1940s era
Willard Bolte describes bottle feeding lambs by the clock with fresh milk at blood temperature. He notes long use of cyanide gas tents by California orange growers to combat scale insects at night. He also describes portable hayracks on skids and a Wisconsin field where a tractor engine and mower parts were repurposed to harvest Reed's canary grass with a canvas apron catching ripe heads.
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California
Wisconsin
Mrs. J. C. Mitchell Improving in Crawfordsville
Mrs. J C Mitchell of Crawfordsville is reported to be somewhat improved in health. Her daughter Mrs Nellie Manners notes improvements as Howard Krattet and son Richard from Cedar Falls visited and escorted Mrs Krattet and Janet home. Weekend guests at local homes include Clarence Fletcher Davenport Lyle Fletcher and family Lois Fletcher Moline and Kennett Kilpatrick Burlington staying with FE Clark.
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Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Howard Krattet
Richard
Cedar Falls
Burlington
FE. L. Clark
Fulton Had Fertile Mind
Robert Fulton, famed for launching the Clermont on the Hudson in 1793, was a versatile thinker and artist. Although his primacy in steamboat progress is debated, his vessel proved practicable. He spent early life in his birthplace, impressed a schoolmaster, and later moved to Philadelphia in 1782 to paint miniatures and portraits and design machinery and carriages.
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Fulton
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Philadelphia
Public Sale Near Salem Offers Horses and Farm Gear
A public sale two miles west of U S 218 and north of Highway 16 opens at 10 30 listing twenty horses including Lagos Lagos 209046 black Percheron stallion foaled 1932 and other mares foals and versatile stock. Also offered is hay and grain with 80 tons baled straw 30 tons logse stra and 1000 bushels corn plus household goods such as ranges stoves a washing machine dining tables chairs a heater and more.
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U.S. 218
Salem
Houghton
Lagos I
Pontifex
Lagos
Sybil
Oxford
Funeral Service for Charles Brown Held in Junction
Funeral services for Charles Brown age 70 a longtime resident were held Sunday at Stephens funeral home. Rev Robert N Chord pastor of the Presbyterian church officiated and burial followed in Indian Creek cemetery. Pallbearers were J Fred Moore R P Hawkins J D Darrow George Phillips E O Newell and B D Roundy. Brown died Friday at his son Verne's home in Fredonia after several weeks illness.
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Columbus Junction
Chas Brown
Stephens
Robert N. Chord
Presbyterian Church
Indian Creek Cemetery
J. Fred Moore
R. P. Hawkins
J. D. Darrow
George Phillips
Newell
B. D. Roundy
Mr. Brown
Verne
Fredonia
Welcome for Brides in Amboina Pamoi Tradition
In Amboina the capital of the Moluc cas in the Dutch East Indies, brides are welcomed by their in laws through a practice called pamoi. On wedding day the bride is taken to the groom’s home where food awaits in her room and the eldest female relative greets her, saying she now belongs to the family and should act as she would in her own home. The bride is treated graciously, marking an established bond with her new kin.
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Amboina
Moluccas
Dutch East Indies
Red-Shouldered Hawk Noted as Beneficial Predator
The red-shouldered hawk is described as a highly beneficial bird of prey feeding mainly on small rodents. It is common and among the slow-flying hawk species observed in the region.
Native Jamaican speaker addressed at Richland Friends Church
In Rubio on January 24 Mrs O O W Schmitter and several neighbors attended the dinner and address by Charles Vincent a native of Jamaica at the Friends Church in Richland. They then attended the P T A meeting at the school house. The article notes community visits, hog sales to Stewart Bros, ice harvesting by local men, and a Poultry Marketing association follow up meeting at O W Schmitter home with about twenty attendees.
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Alan Jay
Sam Johnson
Richland
Omar Long
Jake Rudolph
Brighton
Waltman
P. B. Johnson
Stewart Bros
Keota
Orville Morgan
O. W. Schmitter
Earl and
Eugene Morgan
Clay Township
Poultry Marketing
Assessor in Cedar Township Anderson Calls on Farmers
Cedar township assessor Ted Anderson was in the neighborhood on Tuesday. Mrs Embree came to care for Mrs Embree near Keota and returned Saturday to continue caregiving. Robert Stephens and Brace Moore were in Washington on Friday. Mr and Mrs Richard Leet visited Washington relatives before returning home. The Carr family visited Wellman relatives on Sunday.
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Dayton Grove
Ted Anderson
Cedar Township
Wm. Embree
James Embree
Keota
Embree
Robert Stephens
Lyall Moore
Brace Moore
Washington
Richard Leet
Walter Leet
Wm. Carr
Wellman
Community notices on social visits and obituaries
Mr and Mrs Lyall Moore and family visited Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs J B Moore. Mr and Mrs Floyd Kimmin of West Chester were Sunday guests at the Walter Leet home. The community was grieved by the death of Ear Friend of Brighton early Wednesday. Sympathy is extended to his aged mother his wife and brother.
Mourned for Favorite Cat
Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows in mourning when their favorite cat died, a sign of deep grief and ritual respect for feline companions.
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Dixie Dugan
Suzie
By Striebel and
Mevoy
Size
OR. P
S.lowa
A. B. Schmoeller
Dorothy Piper
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service
Willard Bolte
J. C. Mitchell
Hartley's
Pine Ridge
Guernsey
John Deere G. P
John Deere
Oliver
van Brunt
McCormick
Surrey
N. K. Hartley
Reno, Chaney and van Sycc
P. A. Blackford
EB. Frary
Charles Brown
Junction
Jamaica
Friends Church
Levi van Dyke
Anderson
J. B. Moore
Crosley X-Ervae
Rickey's
B. F. Crosby
Jersey
Roderick Lean
Avery
McCormick Deering
New Idea
H. P. Delco
Florence
Oscar Hughes
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