Name Teachers For Next Year
Crawfordsville May 20 The following teachers have been elected for the school here next year Orville P Loper Ilene Benson Velda Elliott George McMiccan Myron Carlson Ruth Hubbard Marguerite York Bernice Biddicker Manda Davis will teach music in the Olds School next year Attendance of Commencement Will Hagie and Mrs Allen Conrad at Winfield Gerald Lee Hagie with parents visiting at Uncle Donald Lee William Cheney and Henry Cheney Davenport Bruce Lease and two children Davenport were Sabbath visitors at the home of
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Orville P. Loper
Ilene Benson
Velda Elliott
George McMiccan
Parsons College
Donnellson
Myron Carlson
Iowa Wesleyan
Mt. Union
Ruth Hubbard
Marguerite York
Bernice Biddicker
Manda Davis
Thornburg
Olds
Will Hagie
Allen Conrad
Winfield
Gerald Lee Hagie
William Hagie
Donald Lee
William Cheney
Oelwein
Henry Cheney
Bruce Lease
Davenport
Stringtown School Finishes for Year With Annual Picnic
Stringtown closes for the year with its annual picnic featuring a good dinner, ice cream and cake. Roger Wyse, a teacher, will return next year as the school marks its third year. Local families from Wayland and surrounding towns attended the event.
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Stringtown
Roger Wyse
Arthur Wyse
Cora Widmer
Joyce
Bertha Graber
Wayland
Albert Graber
Jacob Gerig
Vernon Gerig
Carl Johnson
The Ridgeley Club Confronts a Bold Crime Bet
A group at the Ridgeley Club schemes a daylight burglary bet with Toby Stark. Toby breaks into Leo Chapman's empty home but is arrested after forgetting to remove his mask. Rivers, the beat cop, confirms the tale, Leo is away in Canada, and Toby faces jail while his friends face consequences.
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Toby
Ridgeley Club
Lloyd Barnard
Lloyd
Leo Chapman
Toby Stark
O. K
Chapman Place
Chapmans
Barnard
Rivers
Leo
Earl Colby
Weill
Earl
Canada
Fattest Man Daniel Lamber Remembered From 1809 Death
Daniel Lamber, who died in 1809 at age 40, weighed 739 pounds and is reputed to be the fattest man that ever lived according to historical accounts.
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Daniel Lamber
Eyes as Vital Controls of Body Activity
A Better Vision Institute review states eyes drive over 70 percent of muscular activity and influence work performance. It notes fatigue and improper lighting impair efficiency, with three quarters of 20 common occupations requiring constant eye effort. The piece warns uncorrected defects cause fatigue and errors and suggests eye checks for mid shift tiredness. Also recounted is a film stunt using jumping beans to animate crickets for a scene, which excitement escalated to crickets overrunning a camp and interfering with gear.
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Better Vision Institute
Institute
United States
Mexico City
English designer Thomas Sheaton origins of twin beds
The passage credits English furniture designer Thomas Sheaton with originating twin beds in the eighteenth century, noting the development of paired single mattresses as a standard.
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Thomas Sheaton
Slayer Held Without Bail In New York Slaying
Harris County police moved Morris Mardavich a wealthy New York advertising man into a new jail cell after the slaying of Henry V. Maxwell who was shot to death while seated in an auto with Mary Jane Cassidy a 22 year old model.
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Henry V. Maxwell
New York
Morris Mardavich
Maxwell
Mary Jane Cassidy
Dayton Grove Community Notes and 100 Years Ago Transport
Dayton Grove May 17 gatherings at Keota and West Chester baccalaureate noted. Families and friends visited Elmer Wade William Carr Embree Stephens Steinbeck Dagie and others. A large crowd attended the M E church service with music by the high school group. Also a column recalls steamboats prairie schooners clipper ships railroads and mail coaches from a century ago.
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Dayton Grove
Raymond Hammer
Elmer Wade
Keota
William Carr
J. B. Moore
William Embree
Forest Imbree
Robert Stephens
Raymond Steinbeck
Rubio
Auto Deaths Lead In Navy For Six Years
Dr P K Telford of Los Angeles reports that motor vehicle accidents have been the leading cause of death in the United States Navy for the past six years. The finding highlights road safety as a critical issue for naval personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
P. K. Telford
Los Angeles
Calif
What a Bore Is A Bore Is A Man
A humorous remark defines a bore as a man who, when asked about his health, responds with an extended medical monologue. The line satirizes social awkwardness and over-verbosity in casual conversation.
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Lee Lease
Chester Piper
Pred Anwyl
Downer’s Grove
Ilk
Max Anwyl
Max
Anwyl
Piper
P. L. Etter
S. Iowa
Finance GO
Journal
J. J. Nich
Noah Widmer
Norma
Grandma Widmer
P. J. Graber
Martha Zieglowsky
Elmer Graber
Noah Richard
Richard
May and
Rules
Town City
University Hospital
J. J. Rich
George Unkrich
Rex Swan
C. €. Yoke
Madge Brooks
Burlington
Marian Swan
Dr. Stull
Des Moines
Ethan Brooks
Harlan Cummings
Arthur Davison
Betty
Harry Drake
Washington
Ross Motor Service
Official
Washington Directory
Optometrists
Jffichrs
John C. Owen
Stan Klesey
R. R. Nooran Nissin
Ephen B. Jones
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Ee Marion
George County
Lester B. Krabill
W. Evie
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Fred Bauer
Chiropractors
Dr, Chas, C. Brown
Court House
Theodore B. Bailey
Attorney At Law Loan & Trust
W. Livingston
Abstract Department
West Main St
George F. Morrison
J. C. Penney
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
E. F. Mack
Eers
D. C. Barrett Park
Marian
Bailey
Frank B. Miller
J. B. Lemmon
W. B. Dupuis
Dr. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Yard
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
Washington Independent School District
F. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
Harry Bowles
A. C. Peterson
S. Second Ave
Iowa
Sherman's Funeral Home
Court
R. H. Wilkinson
J. BR. Moore
Dixie Dugan
Him
Mevoy & Striere
Dugan
George Shipley
Shipley
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