Post Office Bid Openings Set for Washington
Columbus Junction reports the Public Buildings Administration seeks bids for a new $70,000 post office building to be opened in Washington on April 12. The one story plus basement brick structure will feature a lobby with four service windows and 170 lock boxes, a postmaster’s office, and carrier relay room.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Mar
Public Buildings Administration
Washington, D. C
Second and Walnut Streets
Visits of the Mak family city to Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs Leo Mak of Waterloo were overnight visitors at the Lee Lease home in Crawfordsville. Their daughter Katharine works at the Y M C A in Green Bay Wisconsin and son Dayton is with the Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Mar
Leo Mak
Waterloo
Lee Lease
Mak
First Saving Bank
Katharine
Greenbay
Wis
Dayton
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Anna Mae White
Davenport
Marsh Sewell
Winfield
S. C
Farmers Pile Wood for Emery Leichty
A group of men helped Emery Leichty pile and saw his wood on Friday in STRINGTOWN. Participants included Elmer Roth L H Rinner Lester Alliman Rex Swan Ethan and George.
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J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Mar
Emery Leichty
Elmer Roth
L. H. Rinner
Lester Alliman
Rex Swan
Ethan
George
Local residents visit and socialize across multiple homes
A string of visits and gatherings are detailed as families and friends from Brooks, Graber, Widmer, Frey enberger, Davidson, Wenger, Leichty, Gingerich, Witting, Unkrich, and others drop by houses near Arthur Davidson, Olds, and Winfield. Candy bars and cigars are noted as thanks. several well wishes are shared.
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Jake Leichty
John Leichty
Ed Curtis
Everette
Noah Widmer
Tar Gingerich
Emerson Witting
John, Jr
Arthur Davidson
George Unkrich
Near
Winfield
J. J. Rich
Oletha Widmer
Andy Anderson
Olds
Arthur Davison
Ethan Brooks
Oletha
Verdella Widmer
Allie Davison
Photograph Captures 800 Foot Elevator Shaft Time-Lapse
A photographer records an 800 foot elevator shaft at the RCA building in Rockefeller Center. The camera lies in the pit while a photo flood lamp climbs an adjacent shaft aboard the elevator, pausing 30 seconds on each floor as the shutter stays open for 144 hours.
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RCA
Rockefeller Center
Pacific Coast loggers adopt Chi nook words in slang
Native loanwords appear in logger jargon with terms like pollatch social gatherings tillicum friend and skookum strong reflecting linguistic exchange between communities.
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Pacific Coast
Tillicum
West Chester School News Full of activities and student projects
West Chester reports milk consumption surveys across classes, library additions, and grade level performances. Second grade hosted an Elson Gray Reader Book Two reading party for lower grades. third and fourth grades studied Holland. traveling jaunts of fourth grade. seventh and eighth grades add 41 books. High school covers banquet, citrus fruit movie, basketball tourney, and a Washington trip for seniors. Sophomore play Oh Johnny presented by the class. cast listed. PT A plans March 19 entertainment with Sergeant Jennings and a one act by sophomores. Several campus questions hint at social life in Conesville and Vic reflections.
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West Chester
Mar
Holland
United States
Patricia Hotle
California
High School
Calkins
Fenton
North Side
Chandler
Georgia Janecek
Washington
West Chester P.T. A
Sergeant Jennings
Iowa Highway Patrol
Johnny
Alice Martin
Capitolin Flynn
Johnny Maxwell
Copper shield combats termites in new protection plan
Government sources report annual property losses from termites and wood borers may reach 3450000000. The article notes subterranean termites require moisture and describes a copper shield designed to stop these pests from entering structures and destroying wood.
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Informatin
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Federal Building
Iowa City
Washington Dairy
Dixie Dugan
Hearts and
By Striebel
McEvoy
MR. Bradway
McNaught Syndicate
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
West Chester School News
Lois Moore
Mr. van Snozzle
Wayne Lestreet
Tommy Martin
Alice
Gordon Pearson
Bobby
Tommy
Arnold Smyth
Ted Jones
Roberta Luers
Harry Dale Dusenberry
Dean M
Ruth
Conesville
Betty Leet
Gordon
Marion
Capitolia
Testroot
Capitola
Vic
Tallcorn
Marshalltown
Dayton Tax Service and Trust
Wards Shoes
van Ardens
Montgomery Ward
Oxfords
Raven
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