Local hosts celebrate Ruth Phillips Engman nuptials in Washington
Ruth Anita Phillips wed Bertrand F. Eason Beson at the Phillips home 620 West Washington with ring ceremony. The reception featured a four course dinner, yellow and white chrysanthemum decor, and guests including family from Scranton and Vinton. The couple will reside near Scranton after December first.
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Ruth Louise
W. R. McCutcheon
West
Madison Street
Elmer Engman
Rock Island
Ilinois
HW. OW. Reister
Mewntford
Second United Presbyterian Church
Hildera Engman
MacDowell
Viler Nees Nelous
Washington County
A. G. Engman
Ruth Anita Philips
Bertrand F. Beson
W. A. Philips
Washington Street
BE. A. Anderson
Prairie Flower Church
Vera Shoemaker
Eason
W. A. Phillips
Des Moines University
Des Moines
Ainsworth
Frank
Iowa
Easo
Value Life Saving Device Twe-Carrying Buoy
The twe-car carrying buoy saves lives by delivering a line from ship to shore. When released, with wind favorable, it moves toward land as a line unwinds behind. It can be recovered from surf with the line intact and serves standard buoy functions.
Derivation of London Name
The origin of the name London is obscure. Some scholars propose a blend of ancient British words meaning lake and town. The Thames riverbank was once swampy, which may explain the term.
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London
River Thames
Tip to Thief Warns Crowds About Pickpockets
In a crowd the thief cries watch out for pickpockets and people raise a hand to a pocket. The thief watches and learns where wealth is carried. The hip pocket is cited as the safest for theft since it is easiest to reach.
Hayes Land Note Collected in Iowa
Charles City report: Louis Eichmeier won a suit against Port Byron Trust and Savings Bank of Illinois to collect 1000 on a Daniel Hayes Land company note. Bank claimed innocence as purchaser from Mcllhen ny & Co Waterloo bankers amid fraud in stock sale, jury verdict finding the bank not an innocent purchaser and lacking right to recover.
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Charles City. Fa
Louis Eichmeier
Port Byron
Taste Alone Not Sufficient for Reading End
A quotation argues taste alone cannot ensure proper reading outcomes. Two readers with equal taste react differently. one gains the author’s ideas and a new train of thoughts, the other abandons the author for pleasing distraction, leaving only sensate pleasure.
Paper history in early civilizations and Moorish Spain
A brief reflection notes ancient paper origins with mentions of mulberry and bamboo plants and credits Moors with introducing paper to Spain in the twelfth century.
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Spain
Mrs Wintringham Joins British House of Commons Line
Mrs Wintringham fills a seat in the British House of Commons following her husband. She becomes the second woman in the chamber after Lady Astor, the American born wife of Baron Astor, who previously held the seat.
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Thomas Wintringham
House of Commons
Lady Astor
Baron Astor
Wintringham
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