Brighton Woman Breaks Arm on Curtain Stand
Mrs. Mary Retzinger fell Wednesday while adjusting a curtain on a low stand, injuring her right arm between the elbow and shoulder. The note also mentions Rh O T C cadets and a dental convention in Des Moines with Dr. J N Irwin.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Mary Retzinger
Drurmamet
Hurdell Marshall
C. J. Marshal
State University
Rh. O. T. C. Corp
Cvil
Kansas City
Th University
Mid-West
J. N. Irwin
Des Moines
Cloyd Small Family Returns From Trip in Western States
Mr and Mrs Cloyd Small and Marlen returned from a month long trip to Oregon Washington and Olympia in a visit to the Helmer home. They stayed in Long Beach and Tucson and visited Ames and Gary Indiana. Various family visits and a bridge club gathering marked the week with notes of travel and social events.
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Homer
Turnipsee
Muscatine
Fred
Cathryn Sittler
Marjorie Miller
Bernice Prown
Glenwood Gingerich
Ames
Northern Baptists Young Peoples’ Convention
Giant prehistoric kangaroo rivaled rhino in size
The diprotodon, a prehistoric giant kangaroo, reached dimensions comparable to a rhinoceros.
French healer Duché Died in 1926
An obituary notes that Coue, a French mental healer and hypnotist, born in Troyes, France in 1897, died in 1926.
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Coue
Fmile Coue
Troyes Prance
Rural Electric Hearings Set For May 11 In Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Bureau reports hearings on franchise applications for rural electric transmission in two counties are scheduled Tuesday May 11. G A Huffman chairs the railroad commissioners board. One REA project is in Hardin county and another in Benton county. The Benton line spans 1439 miles serving at least 3598 rural customers, meeting REA rules of 2.5 customers per mile. The Hardin county line is 390 miles long.
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Des Moines
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Iowa
G. A. Huffman
Calhoun County REA seeks to extend transmission line
The board of commissioners reports a plan to extend the Calhoun county REA line to 399 miles serving at least 975 patrons. An application to increase the line by 2.75 miles is included for next week’s hearings. Other public utility filings include O’Brien 2 miles and several county routes totaling multiple small segments.
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Board of Commissioners
Calhoun County
Huffman
O'Brien
Ceday
Plymouth
Sioux
Muscatine
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Keokuk
Woodbury
California's First Legislature Convenes in 1849
California's first legislature met in San Jose, the first capital, in 1849 marking the early formal government as the region transitioned from Mexican to American governance. The event anchors California's constitutional beginnings and political evolution in the mid-19th century.
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California
San Jose
Baal relief sculpture: objects project from the surface
Baas relief describes a sculpture type where figures or elements protrude from the surrounding material. It emphasizes outwardly raised forms carved or modeled to stand out from a flat background, creating a strong tactile and visual depth.
Bombay Island dimensions
Bombay Island, dwelling on which the city of Bombay sits, measures 1 miles in length and 3 miles in width.
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Bombay
Bombay Island
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