New Foreign Letter Rates Announced For April 1 1932
New rates remove the 2 cent letter rate and the 1 cent postcard rate for international mail to listed countries. Letters and postcards to many nations will require higher postage per ounce and per card. Canada and Newfoundland rates rise Sept 1 1941, with full prepaid postage required for dispatch. Unpaid mail may be refused or returned.
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U. S
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Fellador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Republic of
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Salvador
Spain
Adorra
Alhucemas Island
Balearic Islands
Canary Islands
Ceuta
Canada
Newfoundland
Farmers Tend Ice and Local Happenings Near Kinross
Several farmers cut ice this week, depths six to eight inches, with good clarity. Kinross visits include Jake Witwiller and Mrs Eckerman with Arthur Jones, and Orlo Hanley recovers from a stove explosion injury with notable grit. Hudson's sale at Kinross drew many locals. Harvey Wagarman moves to Marek’s vacated place. The Wagarmans attended a funeral in Cedar County.
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Nira
Jake Witwiller
Eckerman
Arthur Jones
Kinross
Chas. Green
Orlo
Hudson
Harvey Wagarman
Chas. Marek
Val Wagarman
Cedar County
Mary Fights to Reach Steve Moore in Landers Plot
Mary Kennedy breaks engagement with Buck Landers and, aided by Carlotta, schemes to reach Steve Moore. Landers men hold Steve, threaten Mary, and Bat betrays Landers when drunk. Mary enters a tenement parlor, confronts two henchmen, and asserts Steve is held there, hoping for a rescue.
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Mary Kennedy
Buck Landers
Steve Moore
Landers
Mary
Steve
Carlotta
Bat
Maxie
Regular Fellow Commander Earned His Title
The Yankee division idolized General Edwards for his steadiness and memory for individuals. An encounter years after the war saw Private Fitzgerald halted by the general who warned he would be court-martialed for passing a superior officer on the street.
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Edwards
Doughbey
Fitzgerald
Los Angeles Times
Victory Requires Steady Determination and Reserve
The piece argues that lasting success comes from steady, persistent effort rather than bursts of speed. Only those who conserve strength can deliver a true spurt when needed, while wasting energy leads to failure. Spurts are hard and sometimes unwise without a strong reserve to draw upon.
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London
Rain Insurance Origin and Procedure
Rain insurance originated in England and spread globally. A policy covers a specified rainfall amount over a defined period, with application and premium due at least one week prior to the event. The Weather Bureau record determines if the rainfall threshold occurred as per the policy.
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England
United States Weather Bureau
Henry Clay Elected Speaker of the U S House
Pathfinder Magazine notes Henry Clay was elected speaker on the first day he sat in the House. His term began March 4, 1811, with the first session starting November 4, 1811, after already earning a national reputation from Senate service. Maurice H. Thatcher praised Clay as the most distinguished presiding officer whose decisions never were reversed.
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Henry Clay
Federal
House of Rpresentatives
Pathfinder Magazine
Clay
Senate
Maurice H. Thatcher
Kentucky
Waracas
Venezuela
House of Representatives
House
Molokai Leper Settlement Remains Quiet Island Retreat
Molokai in Hawaii, across from Honolulu, is noted for its leper settlement but now evokes a different image. Visitors recall Father Damien and Father Dutton for their life among outcasts, while Stevenson’s famous letter defending Damien is hardly a focal point. The lepers live in comfortable homes, with cheerful surroundings, gardens, music, and sport, as progress continues.
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Molokai
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Damien
Dutton
Robert Louis Stevenson
Island
Eerres
Florida Republic Led by McIntosh Seized Fernandina
Path finder Magazine recounts 1812 settlers on the northern Florida border forming a provisional government with Gen John F McIntosh as president and Col Ashley as military chief. They besieged Fernandina and the Spanish garrison capitulated though the move was later repudiated after Spain protested. St Marys served as the republics capital.
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Vlorida
John F. McIntosh
Oor
Ashley
Pathfinder Magazine
McIintosh
Fernandina
United States
Spain
St Mary’s
Florida “Republic
Ragtime Origins and Jazz Distinctions
The text traces ragtime origins to New Orleans around 1895 and contrasts it with jazz. It notes Alexander's Ragtime Band as a 1911 ragtime piece and cites Paul Whiteman defining rag time as rhythm disruption while jazz marks the rhythm more distinctly.
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New Orleans
Alexander
Paul Whiteman
Universal Word Spoken About Limited Vocabu laries
Milwaukee Sentinel surveys how some people cope with limited vocabularies while others adapt quickly. The piece notes one standout word “gimme” as a marker of spoken simplicity and social reception.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Accident injures Dean Guthrie in Iowa motorcycle crash
Dean Guthrie of Muscatine was riding a Magnus laundry truck employee visiting Crawfordsville. After leaving town he hit gravel near Wapello, was thrown from his motorcycle and transported to Hershey hospital in Muscatine with possible skull fracture. The report notes local social events and a school absence.
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Crawfordsville
Dean Guthrie
Muscatine
Magnus
Wapello
Hershey Hospital
Charles EB. Brown
Charles J
Honolulu
Hawaii
M. S. McCleary
Panama Canal
New York
Georgia
Grace Williams
Mabel Monson
Gracia Wimmer
Beatrice Smith
Washington
Daisy Huber
Addi McFarland
Ossie Solem Named Iowa Football Coach
Ossie Solem will become the University of Iowa head football coach and begin spring practice May 2 under a three year contract. A Drake veteran for eleven years, the Minneapolis native and University of Minnesota alumnus turns 41 next December. The item notes illness of Arene Lowe and lists several visitors to Washington on Friday.
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Oscar M. Solem
Ossie
University of Iowa
Solem
Drake
Pas
Wilnegin
The
State University
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Salem
Silver Bricks Held By Field Museum Highlight 1878 and Montana Mines
The Field Museum in Chicago owns two historic silver bricks. One brick was produced in 1878 at the first waterjacket furnace in Leadville Colorado, the other from ore sourced from early Montana silver mines. The specimens were presented to the museum.
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Chicago——Field Museum of Natural History
Leadville
Colo
Montana
Mus
Swedish nobleman seeks plain title reform
A Swedish baron complains that bakers butchers and candlestick makers charge higher prices due to noble status. He requests a title change to Herr Johansson to avoid social privilege influencing cost. The note comes from William J. Chalmers of Chicago.
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Herr Johansson
Fred's Tin Shop ad reads local tin shop details
Tin Shops advertisement lists Fred's Tin Shop at 214 South Iowa Ave south of Johnson's Grocery with phone 754 and notes spouting and general timing services.
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Fred
Iowa Ave
Johnson’s Grocery
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Britain
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Irish Free State
Bahamas
Barbados
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British Guiana
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Jamaica
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Anguilla
Antigua, Barbuda
Dominca
Montserrat
Nevis Redonda
St. Christopher
St. Kitts
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Saba
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Danger
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Avarua
Penrhyn
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Savage
Niue
Suwarrow — Islands
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Tobago
Winward Islands
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Grenadines
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Aera
J. B. Hanley
Robert Terry Shannon
Buck
Philadelphia
Mr. Landers
Information Bureau
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Hiro
King
Ss Educate. Inc
Florida
Republic
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Iowa
Ossie Solem
Arene Lowe
A. N. Porter
Margaret Davidson
J. S. Mee Cleary
Ruth
William J. Chalmers
Chicago
Journal
W. D. Dwyer Bailey
Northeast Corner Square
T. d. Prease
Court House
Penney Store
West Main’ St
Oo. F. Boller
Commercial Bankorner
Washington St. Pone
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Sherman's Funeral Home
West Main St
Insurance
Ralph W. Thompson Insurance, Bonds ,and Abstracts
Bailey
Jevvator
Lemley & Yard Insurance
Washington National Bank
Main St
Provident Mutual Life Ins. Co
H. W. Hyde
Dist
Auto Body
Red
N. la. Ave
Chas. C. Brown
Preston L.etter
D. O
Lemmon's Pharmacy
How
Livingston & Eicher
Ss. W. Livingston
E. C. Eicher
John W. Applegate
City Hall
State Theatre
Plumbing Ream & Carson Plumbing and Heating
North Lawa Ave
Co. E. Bassler
Ainsworth
Vissth
Tims
Exaample
Evening Journal
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