Valley News Highlights A July Social and Local Visits
Correspondents from Journal report small town happenings in Valley. Families from Burlington, Gorin and Memphis visit relatives. an Ice Cream Social planned for July 22. local folks travel to Burlington and Washington for church and conventions. hotel changes noted as Brighton foresees loss of lodging. medical, Army, and school updates finish the round of community notes.
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Valley Park
W. J. Kienline
Burlington
Pfeifer
Mayer
Valley Sunday School
George Breitenbach
Virginia
Breitenbach
Cloyce Coward
George Frank
Guy Black
Lttl
Joe Hartnell
Irma Black
Walter Hotle
Addie Wallace
Christena Hreitenbach
Ladies Aid hosts circle in Packwood Pleasant Plain visitations
Brighten notices show Marjorie Follen and Elaine Follen spending the week with Aunt Mrs Edwards in Packwood and mother Eck in Pleasant Plain. Miss Lillian McFarland of Drakesville visited Rhua Armstrong on return from Cedar Falls summer school. Mrs Anne Day, Mrs Armstrong and Rhug hosted a Women’s Missionary Society Ladies’ Aid circle.
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Brighton
Marjorie
Elaine Follen
Edwards
Packwood
Eck
Pleasant Plain
Lillian McFarland
Drakesville
Rhua Armstrong
Cedar Falls
Anne Day
Armstrong
Rhug
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
Nevel Plan Lets Logan Farmer Reuse Freight Cars
In Logan Iowa a farmer exploits a car shortage by buying a steer at a junction, then refusing to claim it so the railroad fills the car with his cattle. The farmer ships the mixed load to Chicago, earning $10 per empty car and avoiding car shortages. He has used the stunt multiple times.
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Iowa
Nevel
Logan
Chicago
Good Friday observance and dates in early Christianity
The article discusses Good Friday as an ancient Christian observance of Jesus Christ's crucifixion with disputed dates. It notes possible dates April 15, 20 AD or April 8, 23 AD and mentions the term Good Friday as likely from the Church of England. It also references the Friday before Easter in relation to pastors.
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Church of England
Petty Coat's Rise From Men's Garb To Women's Dress
A historical note explains petty coat the former spelling of petticoat. Henry V wore a red damask petty coat with open sleeves. Later fashion copied the short coat into women's gowns and robes, with variations in skirt and blouse.
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Henry V
Man Eating Sharks Fact Pack At National Geographic
Washington July 16. Dr Hugh M Smith notes giant sharks include the sleeper shark in Arctic and the man eater of temperate seas with 40 foot length and three inch teeth. Whale, basking and whale sharks are discussed with size ranges feeding habits and historical hunts. A Norfolk bishop linked the great fish to Jonah in a noted historical paper.
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Washington
New York
National Geographic Society
Hugh M. Smith
Dr. Smith
California
South Carolina
Goode
Jonas
Jonah
Cetorhinus Maximus
Virginia
United States
Norway
Ireland
Massachusetts
Maine
Good Hope
India
Japan
South America
Panama
Florida
Saint Denis
Indian Ocean
Gibford Returns Home to Newton
Ray Gibford, head of Gibford Chemical Co., is back in Newton. He states in a paid ad in the Newton Daily News that his absence was due to a special situation affecting his business. About a week ago a petition sought to restrain him from disposing of certain notes secured through selling on paper of the notes.
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Santo
Gibford
Newton News
Newton
Ray B. Gibford
Gibord
Ray Gibford
Newton Daily News
Gibford Chemical Company
Woman Suffrage Defeated in Japan in Parliament
Tokio July 16 Universal suffrage was defeated in the lower house as the opposition resolution on suffrage was rejected 165 to 283. Newspapers condemn police and a company of armed gendarmes summoned to quell possible disturbances at suffrage meetings.
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Tokio
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Denison
Howard Wentworth
Harold Bazzard
Strockpark
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Cedar Falle
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Flint
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Des Moines
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M. E
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W. J. Atha
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Atha
Aurelia
Ipswich
S. C
Lorne Bidwell
Shirley
Baby Robert
Mary Wykoff
Herman Spohn
Fort Sheridan
Ill
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Cheney
Cheney Talking Machine Company
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