Local News Highlights From Burlington Area Ups and Moves
Local items report travels of Mr and Mrs Robert Mclerlané and family to Sunnight and Peoria with relatives in Burlington. Major Redlinger Jr visits. Homer Coppock moves family to Des Moines for Drake University post as associate professor of chemistry. Birth announced for Walter Rugg’s son. Sinclair station change of ownership to Charles Norton. Maxine Wehr undergoes appendectomy. nurse Evelyn Givans visits parents. Crawfordsville flyer Beadle earns private pilot certificate. coats back from storage service urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mcler-lané
Robbie
Peoria
McFarlane
Mr McFarlane
Burlington
M. J. Redlinger, Jr
Homer Coppock
Boyd White
Franncis McConnell
Winona
Minn
Des Moines
Drake University
Lytle Family Welcomes First Girl Edith Elizabeth
Mr and Mrs Charles Lytle of Boston announce the birth of their daughter Edith Elizabeth born Sept 27 Charles son of Mr and Mrs R L Lyte. The report also notes Stephen their five year old son and that Edith is the first Lytle girl in the immediate family. The Washington Flying service reports selling a Globe Swift 85 Sunday to Joe Stolze for club use at Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lytle
Boston
Mass
Edith Elizabeth
Stephen
Lytle
Charles
R.L. Lyte
Washington Flying Service
Joe Stolze
Burlington
Williams undergoes tonsillectomy this morning
John A. Williams of 1323 Third Age underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. Ivan Dunsmore and Homer Halliburton of Oskaloosa were discharged yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Williams
Ivan Dunsmore
Homer Halliburton
Oskaloosa
McKune Family Moves to Crail Property Apartment
Mr and Mrs Grant McKune and daughter Garda Ann moved yesterday to a downstairs apartment in the Crail property at 309 West Washington street after leaving an acre tract two miles east of town. Charles Hotle returned from Milwaukee where he attended a reunion of Headquarters Battery 173rd field artillery. The unit served in the Italian campaign and was deactivated in October 1945. Hotle was the last battery commander. The reunion, first for the unit, drew over 100 and was held at the Dead Arrow club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant McKune
Garda Ann
Crail
West
Washington Street
Charles Hotle
Milwaukee
Wisc
173Rd Field Artillery
Hotle
Dead Arrow Club
Mr. Hotle
Eggs Cooling in Wire Baskets vs Pails Under Heat
Instruction notes hen egg handling in hot weather, recommending collecting eggs two to three times daily. It states eggs in wire baskets cool within five hours, while eggs in galvanized pails take nine hours to cool.
Five baton twirlers join Iowa State band in Iowa City
Ponne Bell daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred W Bell a sophomore in commerce and lifeguard teaches swimming appears with a 110 piece marching band at Iowa City. Also noted are student Crull at Des Moines and others visiting Riverside and Bermuda trip plan of Captain Sherlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponne Bell
Fred W. Bell
South Fourth Avenue
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Miss Bell
College of Commerce
Davenport housing official lays plans for 1000 homes
Davenport October 15 Ralph C. Graham recently appointed housing expediter for the city began an intensive effort to provide 1000 new homes by year end 1947. He will channel materials through Davenport analyze building permits determine shortages and make adjustments to speed up construction, even if it means bending building codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Ralph C. Graham
Graham
Soap used to control mosquitoes in still water
A New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association report says soap solutions of 1 to 2 percent kill mosquito pupae by reducing surface tension so they cannot float and drown. The same soap-treated water prevents egg laying, stopping breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Egg Thickening Tips for Gravies and Sauces
Egg can thicken gravies and sauces where flour is used but requires two precautions to avoid curdling. Cook on low heat, preferably simmering, not boiling. Temper by adding a small amount of hot mixture to the beaten egg, then return to the pot and remove from direct heat after mixing.
Proper rinsing keeps white clothes bright and strong
The article advises hot soft water for the first rinse to dissolve soap without residue. It recommends two or three clear water rinses, with the first rinse at the suds temperature and softened water, and later rinses may be lukewarm.
Washing Walls With Two Pots Of Suds
A cleaning tip explains washing walls more efficiently by using two pots of suds and two cloths. Use one cloth for the heaviest film and the other for the lighter grime to speed the job.
Webster City Men Confess to Three Thefts
John Freeborn and his brother George, jailed in Hamilton county, confessed to three robberies in Webster City after a cafe break in Eagle Grove. The elder Freeborn is a parolee from Leavenworth and the pair face filing of charges as authorities report $75 in cash and merchandise stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
John Freeborn
George
Hamilton County
Eagle Grove
Freeborn
Leavenworth
Kan
Refusal to settle $496 000 OPA claim by Plymouth Mills
Des Moines reports the Plymouth Coral Mills of LeMars refuses to settle a $496 000 OPA claim alleging over ceiling sales of corn oats and mixed grains. Officials say payment would close the milling plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
OPA
Plymouth Coral Mills
Ine LeMars
Iowa
Introduce Soloists In Junior Musicale
A junior musicale at United Presbyterian Church parlors drew a good sized enthusiastic audience. Patty Bash of Wellman and Margarette McCleery performed solos and duets with Patti accompanied by Mrs. George Masson and Margarette by Mrs. R. H. McCleery. Two pianists Frances Miller and Mary Rita McLaughlin joined with several solos each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Patty Bash
Wellman
Margarette McCleery
Patty
Margarette
George Masson
R. H. McCleery
Musicaley
Frances Miller
Mary Rita McLaughlin
Electric whip used by 1880s German lion trainer
In the 1880s a German lion trainer kept lions in line with an electric whip. The device used twisted wire with a switch in the handle and connected to a charged plate on the cage floor.
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Wolf’s Flower
Cotter Church
Long & Hotle
Walter Rugg
Sinclair Filling Station
Marion
Charles Norton
Harold Wehr
Maxine Wehr
Owen Wehr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
A. W. Clow
Evelyn Givans
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Ned Givans
E. M. Bridges & Co
Wis W. Beenblossom
Crawfordsville
Anna Krotz
William Krotz
Washington Dairy
Goering
Adolf Hitler
The
Pawaitsists
Luft- Lie Ury Clamital
Tay
Richt- Cw Aelef Tevet Macel An
Earl
Hermann Goering
Nuernberg
Hitler
Gestapo
Reichstag
Luftwaffe
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Joseph Goebbels
Fuehrer
Montgomery Ward
Western Auto Store
Firestone
B & G Firestone
American Pearl Button Company
Call
Illinois
Meeks Grocery
Haskins
Smith-Corona
North Marion
Yealet
Charles W. Grull
G. W. Crull
American Institute of Business
Washington High School
Crull
Camp Hood
Texas
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Ainsworth
James Kucera
Riverside
Pat Moberly
Fred Kucera
Mercy Hospital
Evelyn Krotz
Kucera
Laurel Kucera
Virgil Anderson
Aledo, Ill
E. Ray Cox
E. H. Sherlock
Bermuda
Edna Gardner
W. H. Smart
Mrs. Elwyn Gardner
Tuffalo
Don Adelpohl
Washington
Pella
Davenport Housing
Berg Dairy of
Pas
Howard H. Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Ifs Griffith
Fatenie
State Bank
Washington County
Dumbarton Oaks
Pipe & Tobacco Dept
Phillip Morris
Camels
Raleighs
Kools Wings Luckies
Pall Mall
Old Gold
Chesterfield
Smoking
Prince Albert Edgeworth
Velvet Granger
Kentucky Club Holiday
Sir Walter Raleigh Bull Durham
Geo
Washington Stud
India House
Our Advertiser
Old North State
Copenhagen
Climax Union
R. C. Wead
North
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