Eva Eckerman Dies in Colorado at 84
Mrs. Eva Eckerman aged 84 died in the Boulder sanitarium after several months illness. A native of Ainsworth Iowa born Sept 12 1860 she taught in Washington county Iowa and married George Eckerman in 1894. Survivors: Dale H Eckerman Bronxville NY Dwight C Eckerman New York City and Claire M Eckerman Seattle.
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Washington County
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United Presbyterian Church
Women's Missionary Society
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Dale H. Eckerman
Bronxville
N. Y
Dwight C. Eckerman
New York City
Claire M. Eckerman
Seattle
Columbus Jct Stores Close During Good Friday Service
Columbus Junction prepares for a community Good Friday service at 1 15 p m in the Methodist Church with five ministers assisting. Local stores will close from 1 to 3 p m. Other notes: obits births moves and local society items from Columbus Junction and surrounding area.
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Dangerous hatpins barred in public in New Jersey
Public safety notice states wearing illegal weapon like hatpins is prohibited in New Jersey. Authorities warn penalties for display or use in public spaces.
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New Jersey
Pest Losses to Agriculture Reach Hundreds of Millions
A Department of Agriculture report warns pests will cause 600 million dollars in stored feed and grain losses, plus 300 million bushels of grain, unless insecticides are sprayed or dusted. It cites 150 million bushels of corn lost to the corn borer and 283 million dollars lost in cotton to boll weevil, with weeds causing a billion-dollar annual loss and household pests inflicting health and property damage.
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Department of Agriculture
Strike leader calls walkout unwarranted in Washington
A spokesman for northern Appalachian soft coal operators Charles ONeill is pictured at a Washington press conference declaring the 400000 miner walkout absolutely unwarranted. The government seeks a settlement with a joint conference between operators and UMW president John L. Lewis.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
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Ram Jet Craft Seen For Civil Air Travel At High Speed
A ram jet aircraft with simple ram jet engines delivering 25 horsepower per pound of weight was shown to the Society of Automotive Engineers. The design faces a major limitation of potential military use due to one way trip risk, though it is judged superior to rockets for war purposes.
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Citrus peel juice yeast production announced by agriculture
The department of agriculture announced a method to produce feed yeast rich in protein and B vitamins by growing yeast on juice pressed from ground limed citrus peel. This aims to use citrus waste for animal feed and nutrition.
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Department of Agriculture
Dangers of Open Flame Heaters Warned by Engineers
The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns that emergency operation of open flame gas and oil heaters poses a serious home hazard. In heavy snowstorms in the northeast, unvented heaters in closed rooms caused deaths from carbon monoxide buildup as oxygen is consumed.
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Members of Congress Who Became Presidents
Nineteen former members of the Continental Congress later became U S Presidents excluding John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Among them six served only in the House, six only in the Senate, and seven in both chambers.
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Idaho’s Snake River and Notable Idaho Waterways
The Snake River rises in Yellowstone Park and flows through Idaho to the Columbia. Shoshone Falls plunges 210 feet, higher than Niagara. Idaho’s four largest lakes are Priest, Pend d’Oreille, Coeur d’Alene and Bear. The Snake is nicknamed the Idaho Nile.
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Noise on busy streets may temporarily blunt hearing
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes daytime street noise is loud enough to render a typical person one fourth to one third deaf, though there is little evidence that long term noise exposure worsens acute hearing except in the first minutes after sound ends.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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