Water soaked New Zealand mail carries treasure home
Hugh H. McCleery and son Dick received a Christchurch letter with a three pounds, one shilling and three pence money order. The envelope was damaged by water but the amount remained legible after a rubber stamp inscription revealed the loss rescue tale. The mail sailed on the ill fated Tahiti which sank far at sea, yet the letter was salvaged and brought to port intact.
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Hugh H. McCleery
Christchurch
New Zealand
McCleery Calendar Company
Auckland
San Francisco
Tihiti
One Hundred Thousand Towns In The United States
The nation shows 94 cities above one hundred thousand population with Des Moines as Iowa’s sole 100k city. Oklahoma City and Tulsa exceed that level, Delaware has Wilmington at 106,632, and Massachusetts lists nine 100k+ cities while New York State has six outside New York City. Chicago tops Illinois, Peoria clears 104,388, and most of the Midwest remains farm land.
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Washington
Iowa
Washiston
Ty Mal National Advertising
Devine‘Tenney Corporation
New York
Chicago
Des Moines
United States
Long Beach
Calif
California
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Old
Delaware
Wilmington
Massachusetts
New York State
Peoria
Tinos
Ike
Middle Western
Global deflation cited as cause of unrest in Americas
The piece links South American turmoil to low spirits in the economy and deflation worldwide. It notes unrest in the United States over potential electoral shifts, while Argentina’s crisis is blamed on a weak banking system and departure from gold standards. Some advise sound money and better roads as remedies.
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South America
Congress
Argentine
Embarrassing Moment Shared by Phyllis Jean Crayne
A reader letters a past mishap where Phyllis Jean Crayne describes breaking a dish while drying dishes and a clever attempt to hide it. She recalls a motherly wake up call as the incident neared discovery, adding a light tone about earning fifty cents and future purchases.
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Jean Crayne
West Chester
Evening Journal
Washington
Yowa
Ponts
Mother
Ted
Phyllis Jean Crayne
Miller son reports trout from La Quinta trip in Texas Shrine journal
Mrs. Kate Miller forwards a copy of Alcatar Achbar from San Antonio containing John Miller and his son Jack writing of a pleasant stay at La Quinta home of the Gulf Coast Shrine club. The story notes a four pound six ounce trout and a two pound gar landed by companions. John senior visits Dla Mexico while Jack stays at the Shrine club amid improved southwest business conditions.
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Kate Miller
Shrine
San Antonio
Texas
John Miller
Joan
John, Jr
Jack
la Quinta
Gulf Coast Shrine Club
John
Dla Mexico
Shrine Club
Nine Reasons By Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt argues for church engagement outlining nine points. He asserts churchless communities decline and that church work builds responsibility, with Sundays urging attendance, worship, Bible study, hymn singing, and visible faith through active participation.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Mkoda
Maitan
White collie saves dairyman from gull attack near Birmingham
A white collie named Queen, pet of dairyman C. C. Glenn, alerted at his farm west of here when a gull attacked. Queen's swift action saved Glenn's life but he remains bedridden with severe bruises. The incident is reported by the Birmingham News.
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Telleve
Queen
Threshold
C. C. Glenn
Daily Lesson Word Study on Misused English
A compact note on language usage highlighting common phrases with neither nor and mispronunciations. It introduces today’s word virtual as being in essence or effect but not in fact, illustrated by an example.
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John
Frank
By The Way notice and playful readers note
A quirky by the way note explains a missed column due to illness and a day off. It mentions a misprint in the prior issue, a broken door handle, and hooky yesterday. A roundabout Washington message offers a reader’s sentence using Kelvinator with Mrs Coolidge.
Now For a Little Ver
A stray envelope from Washington contains a boy’s school assignment using the words analyze and anatomy plus a note about a Village Smithy in New Sty offering gasoline and hot dogs. The clipping blends quirky phrases, local humor, and social commentary as it wanders through bits about fall chores and public manners.
September Echoes of School Life and Garden Delights
A fragmentary student note and poem reflect September as a bright month with melons and tomatoes and memories of easier days. Ruth Marie Morrison dislikes history algebra and English while noting hallway chatter and a few local anecdotes about classmates.
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Ruth Marie Morrison
Surreal OCR fragment about a woman and a man observers
A fragmented OCR excerpt discusses a woman’s claimed youth and others doubting her, noting a man present and a reference to “Miss” and planting vines to hide a porch swing, with a cryptic OSCAR SAYS line.
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Oscar
Riverside social notes from Ot tumwa area visitations
Riverside society page lists weekend visits and travel among Ot tumwa families. Dor othy Schneider taught nearby, Mr and Mrs Robert Weiland visited relatives in Armstrot and Carroll Iowa, Bertha Hertzman from Town City stopped by Joseph Hertzman home, and Jane Griffin traveled to Oscar Critz home in Peay rilasa keg iwone. Other locals including Maude Wieland and Mra Molter are noted as hosting or visiting relatives, with additional references to Stisen Helen and Mary Catherine oran at Rock Island and Theresa Blecha of Town City Tenenter visiting Bert Crag.
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Miss Mata
Wieland
Sarges
Wielang
Ead Molter
Stisen Helen
Mary Catherine Oran
Rork Island
Meike Beprythe
Thureday
Theresa Bleeha
Tenenter
Bert Crag
Farmer quips on weather and Lindbergh baby joke
ABE MARTIN notes dry apples may arrive by Sunday if no rain. He jokes about the Lindbergh baby not learning to fly, uttering a rural quip about training and weather.
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Jake Bentley
Columbus Junction social notes and visits reported
Local notes show residents visiting relatives and attending events. Ed Peters age 1 related to Miss Louisa Reaney with Sunday school plans at 2 on a Wednesday afternoon. Several families including Myrtle Owen, Mrs Prise’la Gabriel, Mrs Rex De Marce, and Miss Gertrude Gardner’s relatives are mentioned in connection with travels, moves, and a large funeral attendance.
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Roane TaRorion
Ed Peters
Eterabel
Louisa Reaney
H Ple
Tyerian
Cambridg
Jon
Myrtle Owen
Columbus City
Prise
la Gabriel
Zecond Street
Rex de Marce
Des Moine
Dorothy Simons
Clinton
W. H. Jordan
Washington
Gertrude Gardner
Charles R
Texas
A. Endsley
Orr Homes
Alen
Green
Max Robertson
Cane Rapids
Cee College
Oeetie Welly
Grandpone Ayard
Aeerat Bacataba
Mich
F. Reane
J. Diehl
Robert Curtis
Fresno
Calif
Fred Sehlung
Typhoid, polio and scarlet fever push Iowa cases higher
Iowa health officials report eleven typhoid cases, five in Black Hawk county, plus ten polio and eight scarlet fever cases statewide for the week ended Sept 4. Dr. D C Steelsmith urges school health checks as disease risk rises with school gatherings and highlights vaccination and diphtheria antitoxin as protective measures.
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Towa Health Bulletin
Des Moines
Black Hawk County
Iowa
United States Public Health Service
D. C. Steelsmith
State Health Commission
Steelsmith
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