Robert Ware Learns He Inherits Wealth at Twenty One
In Shippleyville Robert Ware, stepfather Silas Bartlett and a scheme of control collide when Robert’s twenty first birthday reveals he is heir to a $100,000 estate. Judge Billow exposes Bartlett’s deceit and confirms Ware’s inheritance, changing the family dynamics as Robert and Irene wed happily.
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Alexander Ware
Silas Bartlett
Shipleyville
Silas
Ware
Robert
Bartlett
Allen Hinchey
Little Trene
Sanderson
Irene Sanderson
Irene
Hinchey
Ben Lothian
Bob
Billow
Robert Ware
Judge Billow
Ancient American mummies reveal early health tale
Harvard anatomist Gale E Wilson reports in The American Naturalist that Southwest basket maker mummies dating to about 3000 B C or earlier show preserved red blood cells and signs of silicosis from dry desert air. Unlike Egyptian mummies they were not embalmed, simply buried in hot sand and climate dried.
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America
Gale E. Wilson
Harvard Medical School
Wilson
Arizona
First to Weigh Earth Nevil Maskelyne Discovery
Englishman Nevil Maskelyne, who died in 1811, devised a method to weigh the earth by observing a plumbline from a high Scottish mountain with a telescope. The estimated Earth weight is about 6 nonillion tons. He also initiated the Nautical Almanack, a landmark aid for mariners since ancient times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevil Maskelyne
Hwang-ti
B. C
Neighbor’s cat chase ends with child’s tail remark
A five year old girl Gloria chased a neighbor’s cat into the house and, carrying it by the tail toward the door, was told it would not carry the kitty that way. She retorted that the other end bites, prompting admonishment from her mother.
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Gloria
Ainsworth Notes From June Chronicle of Local Life
Ainsworth items report a motorcycle accident on the new road near the bridge, leaving a rider with a broken arm who continued the trip with one hand. The column lists visitors, family travels, college talks at M E church, church social events, home repairs on the parsonage, and numerous local social visits and gatherings across Haskins and surrounding communities. A large wedding at Panora unites Ethel Anderson and Leslie McCreedy with family attendance.
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Frank Kilgore
J. B. Reynolds
Nebraska
T. M. Reynolds
Montrose
Colorado
Kilgore
A. E. Sands
John Erickson
Burlington
Enoch Lagerstrom
Danville
Iowa
M. E. Church
Dennis Jones
Crawfordsville
Iowa Wesleyan
Norma Reaney
Iowa State
Margaret Beal
Sterling College
Neal Sands
Monmouth
Duane House
Homer van Horn
Ella Crawford
Mary Ellen
A. J. Laird
Des Moines
Maudé Bronson
Hilda Olds
Lexington
Margaret Acheson
W. A. Palmer
Clayton Pearson
Community Notes From Swedesburg And Mt Pleasant
Marie G. Johnson Crawford reports a sequence of Sunday visits and gatherings across Swedesburg and Mt Pleasant. The Lundquist family and Thelma join at John Alvine’s home. Thomas Lantz attended Cedar Rapids Grand Lodge. Schlatter family shared dinner at Effie Wittmer’s. Will Richard hosted a Sunday dinner. Dave and Mike Richard families visited. Lyman Johnson, Wittmer, and Effice Wittmer called on Mt Pleasant. Wittmer children with Junior Lantz. Wayne Schlatter visiting Wittmer and Johnson aunts. Ingmanson visited Milo Kempf in the area.
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Lyman Johnson
Effice Wittmer
Mt. Pleasant
Pauline
Alie
Robert Wittmer
Junior Lantz
Wayne Schlatter
Wittmer
Charles Ingmanson
Milo Kempf
HASKINS Mrs John Godlove Correspondent
Mrs L E Matthers traveled to Washington and Iowa City with her daughter Mrs Geo Brown and family. Howard Chambers visited Canton and returned to his parents. Mr and Mrs Chas Davis and Olive Moore shared dinner at the E L Barthelow home. The L A society met at a hospitable country home of Mr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Wehr
Ralph Leffler
John Godlove
Frank Embree
Helen
Iowa City
D. McCreedy
Esta Birney
Mart Swift
Washington
Havre
Will Stafford
Horace Steele
Riverside
Vivian Booth
Davenport
Ethel
Hazel
Jim Colton
Muscatine
Jim Cherwinker
Dale Ebner
Fairfield
Parsons College
Elizabeth Wallace
Letts and Muscatine
Leslie McCreedy
Marjorie
Clayton Pearson
T. (. Jones
Haskins
Norm Bean Place
Local notes from Wellston and vicinity
Sunday visits include Glen Dunbar at Olive Dunbar’s and Mrs. Elanor Rehmel’s trip home. The Engle family toured Crawfordsville to see Mrs. Etta Buxbaum. Funeral services for Mrs. Dave Temple drew many friends. Marion McClelland bought a pony from John Griffith. Acel Robertson’s family joined Jim McNeese’s near Fairfield with Dorothy and Bryan Beitel visiting from Muscatine at Chas Harvey’s. Acel Robertson rode stock to Chicago Tuesday. W R C meets Saturday afternoon to hear report on Cedar Rapids convention. 29312 se Tale RENT
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Wellston
Glen Dunbar
Olive Dunbar
Elanor Rehmel
H.A. Engle
Crawfordsville
Etta Buxbaum
Dave Temple
Marion McClelland
John Griffith
Acel Robertson
Jim McNeese
Fairfield
Dorothy
Bryan Beitel
Muscatine
Chas. Harvey
Birmingham
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D. J. Walsh
Earth
Rob Acheson
Ainsworth
Richard McCreedy
Leslie
J. H. McCreedy
State Teachers College
Teachers College
LaMonte
J. R. McCreedy
Earl Warner
Janet
Albert Lee
Minn
Earl
W. H. Warner
Tom McGraw
Evelyn
Milburn Spessard
Dora Bean
Clara Darbyshire
Helen Embree
John
Godlove
Chicago
Department
Cedar Rapids
Jess Than
Een Eaxino
Washington Clothiers
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