Birth of son for Mr and Mrs Marion Bell San Diego
Announcement from San Diego notes the birth of a son named David Scott to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bell. The Bells are grandchildren of Mrs. Mary L formerly of Washington. Also, G E Frey professional masseur will be at Cy Bush residence at 878 4th on Saturday March 11.
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Marion Bell
San Diego
California
Bell
Albert Pose A Gandson
Mary L
Washington
David Scott
G. E. Frey
Cy Bush Res
Freeman Admitted for Observation. Diers Family Discharged
Ernest Freeman was admitted last night for observation. Mrs. Harlan Diers and her baby son Everette Julius were discharged this morning to their home in Brighton.
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Ernest Freeman
Harlan Diers
Everette Julius
Brighton
Cardinals Meet Tipton In State Junior College Tourney
Washington Cardinals travel to Boone for a 10 30 a m second round state junior college game against Tipton after a first round bye Coach Fred Maasdam will lead a squad including Keiper McFarland Mansold Hoskins Chuck Herron Dickingen Chamberlin Jungblath and Yoder to the trip Also at 9 30 p m the Demons face Iowa City in the district high school tourney at Iowa City Eight Class A and eight Class B teams compete with the Demons hoping to upset a strong Iowa City squad coached by Kenneth Kimberlin
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Washington
Cardinals
Demons
Tipton Junior College
Boone
Iowa City
Washington Cardinals
Tipton
Red Oak
Northwestern
Orange City
Fred Maasdam
Keiper
McFarland
Mansold
Hoskins
Chuck
Herron
Dickingen
Chamberlin
Jungblath
Yoder
Dean Harland Mead
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Washington High
Kenneth Kimberlin
Des Moines
Washington Cagers
Junior High Fifth Grade Beats Lincoln
The fifth grade basketball team at Junior High defeated Lincoln grade school 24 to 2. Calvin Little was high point man for the winners. Lincoln's lineup included Howard Patton James Roberts Jack Paul and others. Charlie Thrapp served as official.
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Lincoln
Calvin Little
Carl Little
Rex Lee
Bob Stockman
Dale Palmer
Herman Doran
Wayne Pratt
Jack James
Kenneth Palmer
Howard Patton
James Roberts
Jack Paul
Junior Battersea
Hugh Boyd
Ralph Curl
Ivan Lovelett
Charlie Thrapp
Local Residents Update Illnesses and Visits Across Town
Harry Dougherty assistant manager at the Graham store is ill today and cannot work. Les Gilmore left work yesterday and was absent today from the Rukgaber hardware store. Mrs. Lloyd Conger missed work at Nicola and Harmon. Lucy Dempsey went home from the National Bank yesterday and did not return this morning. The Raymond, Shepherd, and Berkhoff couples joined in cheering at the Minnesota Iowa game in Iowa City Monday evening. Albert Orcutt and family returned from Ottumwa after attending the funeral of Mrs. Orcutt’s grandmother, Mrs. Emma Maring. Mrs. Orcutt visited Ottumwa Monday. Hill Hanft and wife from Columbus Junction called this morning. Clyde Putnam returned from Des Moines where he was in the Veterans' hospital for ten days. Kathryn Hensier of Chicago visits her parents in town. Mrs. Lawrence Howell and daughter Barbara Jean left Washington county hospital for home near Crawfordsville, as Mrs. Howell’s mother Mrs. John Shebeck accompanied them.
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Lloyd Conger
Nicola and Harmon Store
Lucy Dempsey
The
National Bank
Lawrence Howell
Barbara Jean
Washington County Hospital
Crawfordsville
Howell
John Shebeck
The Three Pious Monkeys Called Ill Mannered Ma Caques
The three pious monkey statuettes once linked to the proverb are identified by Collier's Weekly as ma caques. They are described as quarrelsome thievish and untrustworthy, challenging their role as moral symbols in Japan.
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Japan
Collier's Weekly
The Seven Stones Remembered as Lyonesse’s Last Remnant
The Seven Stones lie between Scilly Islands and Land’s End, known locally as the City. They are said to be all that remains of Lyonesse, the Arthurian land of Tristan, which sunk in the great storm of A.D. 1099.
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England
Scilly Islands
Land's End
Lyonesse
Tristan
Emmettsburg Defeats Hazle Grove in State Junior College Tourney
In Boone Iowa on March 8 Emmettsburg topped Hazle Grove 66 to 81 to open the state junior college basketball tournament Fort Dodge defeated Grand View Des Moines 33 to 23 in the same session strengthening Emmettsburgs early lead in the event
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Boone
Iowa
Emmettsburg
Hazle Grove
Fort Dodee
Grandview
Des Moines
Egon Name Meaning Across Cultures
The name Egon is linked to Celtic ardent and Teutonic formidable roots, both suggesting strength. It also carries a Gaelic sense of strong handed, highlighting a mix of origins and robust connotations in a compact origin note.
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Egon
Local visitors and notices from Brighton and surrounding areas
Mrs W H Lloyd of Brighton and Mrs Emma Ralston of West Chester called here on Monday. Friday is the last day to save on gas and electric bills. Paul Lytle of Iowa Southern Utilities Co in Dubuque works with his wife Mrs Lytle while she finishes rural school term. Typewriter Bond paper 50c 500 sheets. Mrs C Burmister of Almns worth and W H Buchanan of Des Moines visited. flu has affected several, including Woods. Laura Brinton of Brightop visited yesterday. Mr and Mrs George Stutsman of Cando North Dakota are guests of Dr and Mrs FE Stutsman this week. the men are brothers.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Paul Lytle
Mrs. Lytle
Dubuque
Mr. Lytle
George Stutsman
Cando, N. Dak
FE. E. Stutsman
Local residents host luncheon and visiting group
Mr and Mrs L DeSmet and others hosted guests from Moline for a luncheon today. Koy Means returned to work after illness. Mrs Simpson reports their daughter Mrs Stanley Jones underwent major surgery in Union Hospital Terra Haute and plans to visit. Shellane dealers held a cooking demonstration and meeting in town led by T L Peters. Jack Brown, injured by a car, is resting more comfortably at the county hospital. Vernie Booth of Wellman visited this morning.
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Albert Simpson
Stanley Jones
Terra Haute
Ind
Union Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Town City
Ostumwa
Fremont
Washington
Fternoon
Mirs. T. L. Peters
Peters
Jack Brown
Oldest U.S. Cities Traced by Dates of Settlement
The United States oldest city is St Augustine Florida settled by the Spanish in 1565 and continuously occupied since. Santa Fe New Mexico follows as founded about 1605 on a deserted Indian pueblo. Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic dates to 1496 as the oldest white settlement in the New World. Panama City founded in 1519 is the oldest mainland white settlement in the Americas.
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United States
St. Augustine
Fla
Santa Fe
N. M
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
New World
Americas
Panama
Republic of
Forced to Live on Boats The Tanka of China
The Tanka of China were banned from owning land or living ashore, forced to reside on boats or water dwellings around Canton until 1912. They faced prohibitions on intermarriage with land people and attending land schools, per Collier’s Weekly.
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Tanka
China
Collier's Weekly
Canton
Amerigo Vespucci Named Venezuela as Little Venice
The explorer Americus Vespuscius first voyage in 1497 landed him in the western mainland. He is credited with naming Venezuela the land of the little Venice, reflecting its shorelines and towns.
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Venezuela
Americus Vespucius
Amerigo Vespucci
Honduras
Venice
Night Glow Fishes Beckon Off Jamaica's North Shore
On Jamaica's north shore in the British West Indies observers can view tiny luminous fish that light up their waters. The glow attracts smaller fish as predation occurs in the warm tropical sea.
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Jamaica
British West Indies
Turner Pioneered Direct Color in Painting
The article describes breaking color in art as painting directly on the canvas without pre mixing. It credits Turner as the first to use this method and praises his work for brilliant and at times unreal color effects.
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Turner
Salt Water Falls at Gnomes Workshop in Death Valley
Salt water falls occur in a small canyon known as the Gnomes Workshop near Death Valley's monument headquarters and Furnace Creek Ranch. The canyon walls are covered with salt.
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Death Valley
Gnomes Workshop
Monument
Furnace Creek Ranch
Reliable Pair Maintains Trusted Service Tone
A dependable duo upholds fair, accurate and sincere standards in professional interaction. They emphasize trustworthiness and accommodating support while delivering consistent, high quality results.
China as Anniversary Gift The Twentieth Milestone
A note on popular practice marking the twentieth wedding anniversary with china as the preferred gift. The tradition emphasizes fine porcelain as a lasting symbol of two decades of marriage.
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China
Historic Hoaxes By Elmo Scott Watson
A 1933 Long Beach earthquake sparked false newspaper tales of strange events such as a hen laying seven eggs and a mouse regurgitated by a snake. The famed yarn features a barber who travels to Nashville then faces a tornado, all exposed as fiction by a Colorado journalist who aimed to inject humor into grim times.
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Long Beach
Calif
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
California
Western Newspeper Union
Floating islands on rivers form land bound by roots
Roots bind vegetation to create buoyant mats that float on the Mississippi and other rivers. These buoyant islands are portions of land held together by root systems, enabling sections to rise with the water and drift downstream.
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Mississippi
Knowledge and Learning Shape Human Belief and Power
A Bacon quotation asserts that no earthly force can establish a throne in minds without knowledge and learning. The statement emphasizes the primacy of education in shaping opinions and authority.
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Bacon
California State Flag and Its Emblematic Inscription
The California flag bears the words California Republic and links to a brief essay on independent government. The note frames the flag as a symbol tied to a historic moment and regional identity.
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California
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Demong
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Clinton
Davenport
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Kimbelin
Nick Radunich
Russ Bauers
Darrell Banton
Joe Bowman
Bob Klinger
Mace Brown
Ken Heintzelman
Pirates
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Cal
Pirate
Darrel Blanton
Harry Dougherty
Graham
Les Gilmore
Rukgaber Hardware
Max Raymond
Frank Shepherd
Clarence Berkhoff
Minnesota Iowa
Albert Orcutt
Ottumwa
Mrs. Orcutt
Emma Maring
Orcutt
Mrs. Hill Hanft
Columbus Junction
Clyde Putnam
Veterans’ Hospital
Kathryn Hensier
Chicago
Mrs
Charles Hensier
Eagle Grove
W. H. Lloyd
Emma Ralston
West Chester
the Evening Journal
Les Dunlap
T. A. Michels and Co. UU. Woods
Laura Brinton
Brightop
Reister Bros
L. DeSmet
Pete Burgeman
de Greve
Moline
Paul Horak
Koy
D. F. Macon
Red
Taft
Vernie Booth
Wellman
the Store of Friendly Service
S. E
Studebaker Wiel
America
Studebaker
A.A.A
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COX Motor CO
W. Washington St
Elmo Scott Watson
V. Grall
Igor
Hunchback
Arnold
Blanche
Beauty
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Fortunish
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