Baptist Vacation School Closes With Large Attendance
The Daily Vacation Bible School of the Baptist church will close with a Sunday night program following the regular service. Enrollment surpassed 100 as pupils and parents, plus many others, are expected to attend. A display of hand-work will accompany the program and a community picnic for church schools drew about 209 people at Sunset Park with games and a fellowship supper.
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Bible School of the Baptist Church
Iwo
J. Fredmund
Fredmund
Leo Mangold
Rodney Arnold
Cy Bush
Richard Laet
Dorothy Chance
Nyla Reinier
Margaret Votruba
Georgia Wiley
Maxine Mangold
Betty Ward
Max Beembilossom
Max Bales
Bill Arnold
Sunset Park
M. Shaw
al Faulk
Weather notes show fair conditions ahead
The forecast indicates fair weather tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures. No rain is expected and winds remain light. The pattern suggests a brief cool spell before next week.
Community Supper and Evening Games Foster Friendship
Mrs. Leo Mangold Mrs. John Beemblossom and Harley Brock organized an afternoon ice cream crowd with Wayne Kendrick serving. Isabelle Combs led a program of cooperative group games including Circle, Straight Line, relay races, and balloon relays. A fine weather day ended with men joining in the games and a spirit of cooperation.
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Ner
Leo Mangold
John Beemblossom
Harley Brock
Stanley Brock
Chas. Murdock
Wayne Kendrick
Isabelle Combs
Finnish Language: A Unique Disparity in a Modern Nation
The Finnish language stands apart in an otherwise modern country. No other nation understands it and its origins remain untraceable. Its complexity stems from no definite articles and a rich system of 15 grammatical cases versus Latin’s six.
Washington County Hospital and Jail Bond Vote Propositions
The Washington County Board of Supervisors certified special election results from June 1940. Proposals to fund a county hospital with a $42 000 bond passed with 2 819 Yes to 1 807 No. jail bonds of $40 000 and a $22 000 cell block, each failed for insufficient 60 percent support. Totals: hospital 4 626 ballots. jail 4 014 and 3 957 ballots respectively. blanks 349 and 680. carried hospital, not jail.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
Said
City of
Ward
City of Washington
County of Washington
Jaiil
Furtheir
Ned Morrow
Ethel Grecian Wilson
Farm Price Index Reaches 1939 Level for First Time in 1940
Ames Iowa June 15 The Iowa farm price index rose from 88 in April to 93 in May reaching the 1939 price level for 1940 first time. Prices paid by farmers held at 123 and the Iowa farm buying power index climbed from 72 to 76 amid war armament prospects. Economists caution about war demand lifting prices next year and outline hog cattle dairy and egg outlooks with possible price changes.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Farm
Iowa State College Extension
Hair stylist race sparks on head for show
Jack Silver of San Francisco creates a bizarre hair routine as he ruffles, ignites both sides of his hair with flame, and uses a comb to control the fire until the flames meet at the top and go out.
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Jack Silver
San Francisco
Cali
American Magazine
Sit Down Pelican At Bodega Bay Befriends Fishermen
A pelican at Bodega Bay California began accepting fish from a man named Asherman and, since then, only flies a short distance when waved to be fed. It no longer catches its own fish. The bay fishermen know the bird and it responds to hand waves for feeding.
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Bodega Bay
California
Es Asherman
Origin of the Derby Hat in New York 1850
In 1850 a New York City retail store at Broadway and Ninth Street sold derbies to customers in brown and black, totaling one and a half dozen hats each color. The term derby hat reportedly gained its name from an English clerk in that store.
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Broadway and
Ninth Street
New York City
Mussolini Approves Technical Studies Courses in Italy
Premier Benito Mussolini approves establishing courses of technical studies in Italian schools to create a reserve supply of technicians for industry business and commerce.
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Benito Mussolini
New Age Calculator Claims Health Through Wound Healing
A Collier's piece explains a mathematical formula to determine a person’s physiological age from the rate at which a superficial wound heals. The method targets individuals aged 10 to 45 on their calendar age.
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Collier's
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