Meek to Visit Detroit Skips Local Weekend Guests
Walter Meek of Detroit arrives tonight to visit his parents Mr and Mrs M R Meek for the weekend. Mrs Don Chalied and 601 Don came from Cedar Rapids to spend the day with Mr and Mrs Leigh Soule and other friends. she was formerly Olga Miller a kindergarten teacher here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Meek
Detroit
M. R. Meek
Don Challed
Don
Leigh Soule
Cedar Rapids
Chalied
Misa Olga Miller
Emeritus Status and Honor Guiding Organizational Duty
The emeritus status implies retirement from active participation and acceptance of the honor obligates the recipient to observe the custom. In absence of formal action, it is presumed that the established practice acts as a rule guiding involvement.
Tri T Club Girls Meet at Smith Home in Crawfordsville
The Tri Ts gathered at Bea Smith's Crawfordsville home for a Tuesday bridge session with three tables and refreshments. Out of town guest Mrs. Walden Smith of Moravia attended as others visited relatives in Washington Des Moines and Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri T
Smith
Crawfordsville
Nellie Manners
Tri Ts
Bea Smith
Walden Smith
Moravia
W. H. McCall
Washington
Wand
C. S. Ramsdale
John Johnston
Columbus City
Dengell
Laveille Kongable
Gladys Marshall
J. Alexander
Winfield
Clarence Davis
Lorene Taylor
Ted Maxwell
Through Course of Sprouts Phrase Origin Explained
The term sprouts arose from a practice of flogging with switches or rods used as severe discipline in earlier times. The phrase describes receiving a harsh corrective course, with origins tied to the instruments of punishment.
Tobacco in China and Ming ban on use
The record states tobacco arrived in China from Luzon in 1530. The Chinese became so fond of it that the last Ming emperor, who reigned from 1623 to 1643, forbade its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Luzon
Philippines
PREE SAMPLE UDGA TREATMENT Ad
Quick relief ad promotes PREE SAMPLE UDGA TREATMENT for indigestion and acid stomach.
Merry Maker Club Meets at Leeper Home in North Prairie
The Merry Makers club met with Mrs. Frank Leeper on a rainy Wednesday in North Prairie Flower. Members include Mrs. Joe Kline and Mrs. Roy Turnipseed, with Mrs. Elizabeth Young’s sister visiting from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. M. Fulton
North Prairie Flower
Merry Makers Club
Frank Leeper
Joe Kline
Roy Turnipseed
Earnest Strum
Elizabeth Young
Palmer
Washington
Endless Inn Fire Keeps Burning Since Coach Era Near Pickering
For 188 years a fire in a grate at the Isolated Salters Gate Inn near Pickering England has burned continuously. Begun in the stagecoach era it remained lit day and night for warmth as railways and coaches changed travel habits.
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Salters Gate
Pickering
England
Alwave
Rubber latex processing shift to acetic acid method
The article explains latex forms microscopic particles like beurre blanc in cream and must be worked into rubber. It notes a shift from evaporating over fires to using acetic acid to coagulate rubber into a white clot, then pressed into slabs for shipment to manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waas Auld Jo Dee Auld Penreygo Mystery
Fragmentary OCR notes from a local page describe a mystery about a place named Penreygo and a sequence of uploaded sea related items. The readable tokens hint at a geographic tag and a possible event but lack clear names or dates. Further context would clarify the event or location involved.
Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks a backwoods heroine
Nancy Hanks Lincoln, born 1784 in Patterson's Creek Virginia, grew to be a learned needleworker and cherished stepchild bond with Abraham Lincoln. She married Thomas Lincoln in 1806 and died of milk sickness at thirty four, shaping Abe's life and prompting a moving funeral in a forest clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Patterson's Creek
Nancy Hanks
Thomas and
Elizabeth Doane
Mercer County
Thomas Lincoln
Joseph Hanks
Nancy
Thomas
Sarah
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Indiana
Abraham
Japan's Population Compared to United States
A historical note states Japan has about half the U S population packed into an area as large as California. It contrasts dense distribution with national size and implies questions about land use and demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
California
Debouching of Troops Defined in Military Use
Debouching refers to releasing troops from a confined position into open ground, allowing them to advance from a narrow path or defile into broader space. This term describes the transition from column to line formations as units exit restricted routes.
Date Queen Lois Braver to lead Iowa teachers press event
Lois Braver of Hampton will serve as date queen at the nineteenth annual Iowa College Press association convention at the Iowa State Teachers college in Cedar Falls. The event runs Friday and Saturday May 17 and 18 with eligible bachelors and co eds signups to escort visitors to the press prom on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Lois Braver
Hampton
Iowa College Press Association
Arrest of 23rd suspect in Bremer abduction case
One more suspect linked to the $200,000 Bremer kidnapping was arrested in Pass Christian Mississippi and rushed to St Paul where 10 members of the Karpis Barker gang are on trial.
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Bremer
Harry Sawyer
Pass Christian
Miss
St. Paul
Karpis-Barker
The Two Sided Thing
A statement argues that a question remains two sided until science and logic settle it, at which point it ceases to be a question. The piece reflects a philosophical view on truth and certainty.
Gun Moll Relates Inside Story of Karpis Barker Gang
Wynona Burdette known as the gun moll testifies at the St Paul trial of ten charged in the Bremer kidnapping case. She describes life with the Karpis Barker gang and the gang’s machine gun routines during the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynona Burdette
Karpis-Barker
St. Paul
Bremer
Sons of Chiefs Join Fort Dodge Fire Department
In Fort Dodge, two sons of former city leaders were appointed as firefighters. Howard Trusty, son of Fire Chief Frank Trusty, and Leo Jordan, son of former Police Chief Mort Jordan, were named to the Fort Dodge fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Howard Trusty
Frank ‘Trusty
Leo Jordan
Mort Jordan
One Hundred Educators Attend Annual Convention
In Iowa City educators gathered for the annual convention bringing together members of the Iowa Association of Economists and Sociologists and the Iowa political science and historical associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Cancer can be cured if caught early say cancer expert
Dr. F L Rector of the American Society for the Control of Cancer told the medical convention that cancer can be cured if detected in the early stage and treated promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Rector
Davenport
F. L. Rector
American Society For the Conitrol of Cancer
1918 European Armies Total Peace Efforts 4.4 Million Men
In 1918 the total peace effectifs of the European armies amount to 4,400,000 men whose time and energy were completely given over to the business of preparing for war.
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Nan Gray
Tim McCoy
Otin’ Thrills
iShoe Poliva
Phillips & Hebner Walgreen System Drug Store
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Willit
Automobile Motors
Allen Motor
Allen
L. C. Willits Motor Company
Swift's ‘‘Palmer House
Brick
New York
Alno
Hanana
Resh
Dorothy's Cone Shoppe
State Theatre
Breitenbach & Dayton North Side
Minnie Wolfe
Muscatine
The
Smith Emporium
Weather, Inc
Merry Maker Club
Leeper
Robert Adams
Don Huber
Karnes Strum
Everett Denison
Claire Neff
Elizabeth Sechuity
Henry Matthess
Prairie Flower
John Shields & Sons
James
Robt. Armstrong
Regis Toomey
Mr. and
Mrs
Willie Broyles
Perlie Mae Arwood
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
van Zandt
Rooseve
Patman
Roosevelt
Senate
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wright Patman
Texas
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Lincoln
Sarah Bush Lincoln
Gheuis
James Roosevelt
East 42Nd Street
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Washington Cleaners
Wisie Long
South Side Square
Wm. E. Sloat
Mangold Car & Radio Ser
Varsity Cleaners
A. B. Schmoeller’s Shop
Mace
Wilson Coal Company
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