Sorosis Club Holds Picnic Dinner at R Stephens Home
The Sorosis club met at the country home of Mrs. Richard Stephens for a July picnic marking the end of the year. Twelve members shared a pot luck luncheon and talks on furs by Mrs. E. K. Annas and on diets and health by Mrs. Eva Clegg.
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Ainsworth
Sorosis Club
Richard Stephens
E. K. Annas
Eva Clegg
Alice Lord
D. A. P. Club
Mabel Thompson
Methodist Church
Mae Freeland
P. M. Conant
Wellman
Grace Nell Crowell
Wilma
Marion Stephens
Crossett Family Hosts Shower and Wedding in Wellman
Mr and Mrs Cassious Crossett entertained friends and relatives at a Wellman shower for son Merton and his Gary Ind bride Mary Meschanko. The event featured a pink and white wagon, refreshments, and attendees from Gary West Chester Washington Columbus Junction and Wellman. The couple wed June 19 at Kahoka Mo with Rev J M Monroe officiating and will reside in Gary Ind.
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Wellman
Cassious Crossett
Merton
Gary
Ind
Larry Dean Thrapp
West Chester
Janice Blumenstein
Hannah Belle Crossett
Washington
Laurene Taylor
Joanne Noffsinger
Phyllis Taylor
Julia Meschanko
Robert Blumenstein
Janice
Judy
Charley Thrapp
Charles
Merle Thrapp
Larry Dean
Harold Crossett
Hannah Belle
Carl Hering
Marguerite
Delbert Hill
Leonard
O'Donnell
Columbus Junction
Joe Crossett
Henry Villhaur
Minnie Jennings
Keith Adams
Ella Verge
Vella Maplethorpe
Omer Lewis
Paul Noffsinger
Joanne
Lauren Taylor
James Walker
Crossett
Merton Crossett
Mary Meschanko
William Meschanko
Minnesota
Kahoka
J. M. Monroe
Happy Hour Club
G. G. Griffith
Raymond Kos
Lester Disney
Floyd Griffith
Lois
Harvey Wagamon
Delbert Maxwell
Ruth Marner
Loretta Disney
Georgia Rae Mahaffa
Muriel Schlabaugh
Adams
Wellman Park
Joseph
Sarah White Adams
Alta Stead
Jessie Bright
Iowa City
Elmer McArtor
Ainsworth
Omer Green
Charley Schachner
Wednesday Night Talent Show Plans
A local notice invites residents to perform on Wednesdays showing singing dancing instruments or novelty acts. It requests interested participants to fill out the enclosed coupon.
Glory of Past Plays Encore in Central City
Central City Colorado plans a Play Festival from July 5 with 14 performances of The Barber of Seville and 11 of Orpheus. Anna Kaskas leads a Metropolitan Opera cast including Merit Baker John Brownlee Stella Andreva and Louis D Angelo. The Teller House Night Club reopens as part of the festivities.
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Central City
Colo
Metropolitan Opera
Edwin Booth
Sarah Bernhardt
Occasios
Little Kingdom
Gilpin
Central City Opera House
Bronehe
Ail Boon
Rossini
Gluck
Anna Kaskas
Merit Baker
John Brownlee
Stella Andreva
John Carter
Louis D'Angelo
Robert Edmond Jones
Frank St. Leger
Herbert Graf
Metropolitan Oper
San Francisco Opera
Teller House
Grant
First High Street
Second High Street
First Street
Third
Whales Use Flukes to Surface for Air
Whales breathe air at the surface, using their horizontal tail fins, or flukes, to dive and rise easily.
First to Go First American joins British Civilian Technical Corps
Robert Lyle Ames aged 20 from Schenectady New York is accepted as a volunteer for Britain's Civilian Technical Corps. He works as an inspector of aircraft transmitters for General Electric and will depart for England soon.
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Britain
Robert Lyle Ames
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
England
Ainsworth News Notes and Local Births
Irene Bishop visits the G F Trotter home from Marengo. Kenneth Lee Ginkens is born to Mr and Mrs Lee Ginkens of Silvis Illinois. Mrs Ginkens and son stay at the Be H Ginkens home. Trotters return from Ottumwa. Jean Wood recuperates from appendicitis at home. Wind storm downs trees and limbs in several yards. Houseal starts at Hunt Meat and Locker. Norris family visitors from Iowa City. Klockengat and McFarland relatives visit.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Irene Bishop
Marengo
G. F. Trotter
Kenneth Lee
Lee Ginkens
Silvis
Clarence Walker
Dr. Mahin
Lla Crawford
Butterworth
Heth
Isadore Hotseal
Ruth
Stella McCaleh
Keith Houseal
Hunt Meat and Locker Service
Shirley Norris
Warren
Iowa City
Lee Norris
Tolly Klockengat
Pekin
Bob McFarlands
Klockenvan
McFarland
Vision aids in ancient Rome questioned by Better Vision
The Better Vision Institute contends that Latin literature has no references to spectacles, suggesting that vision aids may have been unknown to ancient Romans. The claim notes absence of explicit mentions in surviving texts.
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The
Better Vision Institute
Employment Gains Worldwide in 1939
Global employment rose in 1939 with gains reported across regions and sectors, reflecting recovery dynamics amid economic fluctuations. The data highlight improving labor markets despite varying national conditions and ongoing adjustment following prior downturns.
First Bessemer Rails Made at North Chicago Mill
The United States produced its first Bessemer steel rails at the North Chicago Rolling Mill on May 2. This milestone marks a major advance in industrial steel production and rail construction in the early American steel industry.
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Bessemer
United States
Chicago
Thirteen Original States The Thirteen Colonies List
The passage lists the thirteen original colonies including New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Delaware Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia.
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Big Medical Bills From Railroad Accident Yearly
Medical and hospital costs for accident victims last year averaged nearly two million dollars per day. The figure is cited as the best available statistical basis for evaluating the impact of such incidents.
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Hore
Feller Poised for Historic Year With Indians
Master Robert William Feller, ace hurler of the Cleveland Indians, is headed for his greatest year since joining the league. With 17 wins already, he is expected to exceed 30 more at his current pace. His strongest backers include Manager Roger Peckinpaugh and catcher Rollie Hemsley.
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Robert William Feller
Cleveland Indians
Feller
Roger Peckinpaugh
Rollie Hemsley
Oldest Cotton Mill Machine Shown at Smithsonian
A 48 spindle spinning machine built by Samuel Sine and first operated on December 20 1790 in Pawtucket Rhode Island remains the oldest cotton mill machinery in existence in the United States. It is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
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Samuel Sine
Pawtucket
R. I
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Emerald Green Sapphire At American Museum Display
The American Museum of Natural History in New York owns a gem described as the finest emerald green sapphire in the world. The stone was mined in Macon County, Illinois.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Macon County
Int
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Phauss
Ibs
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Meaty Ib
Mrs. Crossett
Shower
Esther White
Washington Chamber of Commerce
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O. E. Schmidt
Chamber of Commerce
Washington, Iowa
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Richard Bonelli
Walter Huston
Helen Chandler
Gregory
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W. N. Douuglas
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