Olson Construction Loads 12 Cars Daily at Old Depot Site
Olson Construction Co of Albert Lee Minnesota is crushing and loading 12 cars daily at the old M. and St. L. depot site, using crushed rock ballast for the railroad. A five ton truck platform backs up to the cars with a caterpillar tractor moving loaded cars along the siding. Operation continues into late October. Also notes Ohio visitors James N. McMaken and family stayed with Joe Day, plus Mabel Robison taking a week’s vacation from Clark store duties.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Olson Construction Co
Albert Lee, Minn
Ohio
James N. McMaken
A. A. Terry
Marion McMaken
Piqua
Joe Day
John Day
New Sharon
Morris
Canton
Wilbur Day Home
Mabel Robison
Clark
Moline
Local Social Notes Highlight Far-Flung Visits and Weddings
Social column lists visits from Manchester Iowa to Des Moines and Chicago. Residents travel for family gatherings, reunions, and a Hawaii to New Hampshire naval transfer. The Johnson Schultz wedding unfolds at Marshalltown with immediate family in attendance.
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Johnson
F. W. Johnston
Eloise
Marshalltown
Virginia Johnston
Clarence Schultz
United Brothern Church
Schultz
Sarah Joachim
Smithfield
Ill
Goldie Anderson
Bushnell
Chris Jensen
Springville
Iowa
Clinton Walton
Law Restricted Outer Sales in Ancient Mesopotamian Estate
A 3 500 year old rule barred selling land outside the family in Mesopotamian cities. The prohibition aimed to keep property within kin and clan lines, reflecting early property and inheritance norms.
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Ancient
Mesopotamia
Elk Population Concentrates Around Yellowstone Park
Three quarters of the United States elk population resides in and near Yellowstone National Park, underscoring the area's critical role in elk conservation and habitat.
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United States
Yellowstone National Park
Dolls and toy exchange aid underprivileged children
In Chicago parks a toy exchange offers free dolls and toys made by WPA workers with wardrobe sets. Dolls are wooden, well jointed, and faces painted. outfits are washed and sterilized before reuse. Borrowers face limits for broken items, and donations support child welfare. The piece also notes aluminum drives, local social updates, and a naval medical officer’s commission for Betty Babcock Gaebe’s husband.
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Chicago
WPA
Betty Babcock Gaebe
Navy
Naval Reserve
Riverside Mobilgas Station Taken by Fred Yordi and Son
Riverside June 26 The Mobilgas service station changed hands when lessee Elmo Knittel turned it over to Fred Yordi who will run the station with his son. Yordi also operates as a scrap iron buyer in Riverside and Knittel becomes a traveling Snap-On tools salesman. Elmo plans to travel southeast Iowa returning home about once a week.
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Riverside
Mobilgas
Elmo Knittel
Fred Yordi
Yordi
Elmo
Iowa
Walton
Helen Banko
Grace Wareham
Herman Schnidt
Paul Jugenheimer
Davenport
Karl Walton
John
Robert Ryan
T. A. Ryan
Government
Burlington
Cleo Kron
Washington
Mr. Kron
Counsellor at Camp for Boys in Des Moines Week
M W Alsip principal of Columbus high school serves as counsellor at a boys camp near Des Moines this week. Local notes report plans for a youth conference in Tarkio Missouri in July and various social visits in Iowa and Illinois among families and residents.
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M. W. Alsip
Junction High School
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Des Moines
Harold C. Irvin
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
Irvin
Clarinda
Tarkio
Illuminated House Numbers for Porch Guests
Illuminated house numbers offer an easy inexpensive way to guide guests to the door. They install simply and use little electricity, making it practical to leave them on most of the time.
Booth brothers linked to Lincoln assassination and theater
The article notes John Wilkes Booth as Lincoln's assassin and identifies his brother Edwin Thomas Booth as a renowned actor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Edwin Thomas Booth
Deepest Hole KC LA-2 Reaches 15004 Feet West of Wasco
The Continental Oil Company reports the K. C. LA-2 as the deepest hole in the world at 15 004 feet, about four miles west of Wasco in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Continental Oil Company
Wasco
San Joaquin Valley
Klondike Region Tied Mostly to Canada
The Klondike region is described as belonging largely to Canada according to the source text. It emphasizes national association and regional alignment with Canadian sovereignty in the area.
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Kiondke Region
Klondike Region
Canada
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