Prairie Flower Rural School District to Vote on $35,000 Bonds
A special election in Cedar and Jackson townshipsWashington County Iowa is set for August 4 1948. Ballot asks voters to approve bonds not exceeding 35000 to build and furnish a school house at the rural district. Polls open 1 PM to 7 PM at the present schoolhouse in Section 24 Township 76 North Range 5 West. Secretary Myra Crawford signs the notice dated July 7 1948.
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Prairie Flower
Cedar and
Jackson
Washington County
Iowa
Washington
Cedar
Range
Towa
Oalt
Myra Crawford
Board of Directors
Violin Strings Invented in Italy by Erasmo of Salle
A note states violin strings are made of sheep gut not cat gut and claims they were invented around 130 A D by Erasmo of Salle in Italy.
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Erasmo
Salle
Italy
Remains of Columbus Found in Dominican Cathedral Cradle
The article recounts Santo Domingo’s rise as a Caribbean center under Diego Columbus and later decline after Drake’s sack. It notes the 1795 error in Havana rediscovering Columbus’s ashes, now reinterred in a Cuidad Trujillo tomb awaiting transfer to a Columbus memorial lighthouse near the city.
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Columbus
Diego
Dominican Islands
Santo Domingo
New World
Nunez Balboa
Pacific
de Soto
Mississippi
Mexico
Peru
Francis Drake
Spain
France
Christopher Columbus
Havana
Cuidad Trujillo
Columbus Memorial
Plan Color Scheme to Match Home Furnishings
Plan to label matched home furnishings B.H.F basic home furnishings color program with nine base colors and eight graduated values each. Colors include tan Alamo rose Grand Canyon burgundy Adirondack mauve Prairie green Shenandoah beige Cape Cod blue Great Lakes cedar Santa Fe gray Great Smoky. Exhibits show standard colors and combinations for coordinated shopping.
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Alamo
Grand Canyon
Cape Cod
Great Lakes
Santa Fe
Great Smoky
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State OF
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Rural Independent School
Prairie Flow
Booth & Horak
East Side Square
Spurgeons
Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s the Guriet
Elem Holmes
P. O
St. Pawl, Minnesota
Bouyant
Oak
Kiple & DePrenger Furniture CO
E. Washington St
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