H. Jackson Family Encounters Storm on Way to Cotter
Mr and Mrs Harry Jackson and son Donnie visited Dodgeville Wis and were returning home near Cedar Rapids amid a heavy rainstorm. Power lines blew down and a flooded road forced a four hour detour as they traveled along the route.
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H. Jackson
Storm
Cotter
Harry Jackson
Donnie
Dodgeville
Wise
Cedar Rapids
Charles Hall and Son
Cleve
Macomb
Ill
L. H. Earnest
Charles Earnest
Mt. Pleasant
Earnest
Hall
Moline
Florence Snyder
Lyle Duncan
Letts
B. B. Lintner
Duncan
Grace Foster
Ft. Dodge
Maude McGuire
William Hendrickson
Ora Parry
Omporia
Kan
Hugh Roberts
Springfield
Roberts
Edwin Richards
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Hugh Thomas
Dorothy
Kenneth
Harvey
Evans
Iowa City Park
H. C. Antes
Hugh
Antes
Chicago
David R. Williams
Crawfordsville
William Robertson
John Arthur
Cotter Telephone Line
Line 138
Ainsworth
W. P. Roberts
Westminster Guild Plans Programs
Cotter September notice lists Westminster Guild meetings for the coming weeks. Meetings occur the first and third Thursdays at members’ homes with devotional, missionary book study, work, and social time followed by hostess refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotter
Westminster Guild
Cotter Church
Devotions and Hostesses Schedule Listed
Duffee Devotions notes for Feb 5 with hostess Mrs M A Robeson and study led by Miss Iva Dietchs. Feb 19 lists hostess Mrs Harry Jackson, study by Mrs Clarence Hawkins, and devotions with Mrs Harry Boyd.
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Blair Duncan
Harry Jackson
Clarence Hawkins
Elnora Duncan
Harry Boyd
Dorothy Thomas
Jess Quigley
Walter Devore
Russell Jones
Haydn Davis
Viola Neil
Darold Jones
Lyle Duncan
Margaret Williams
Stanley Arthur
Mabel Garnet
M. A. Robeson
Elmer Thomas
Mae
Iva Dietchs
Miss Taylor Leads Nira School With Twelve Pupils
Miss Taylor opens the Nira school year with twelve pupils enrolled. Will Eckerman sells corn, Jake Litwiller fills his silo, and Howard delivers hogs to Grady of Katona. Nettie Troyer travels to Iowa City for work. The Hanleys visit the Hradek home and Rev Ballensky's family from Sigourney join the gathering. The Mehaffees continue shelling corn.
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J. B. Hanley
NIRA
Miss Taylor
Will Eckerman
Jake Litwiller
Howard
Grady
Katona
Nettie Troyer
Iowa City
Bill Hanleys
Charles Hradek
Rev. Ballensky
Sigourney
No License Plates- 2909 Lawbreakers
Cedar Falls authorities report 2000 bicycle owners facing possible misdemeanor charges for lacking proper license plates. An ordinance from March 10, 1941 could impose up to a $100 fine or 30 days in jail, but enforcement paused while Sgt. Claude Shearer and the licensing committee seek plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Sergt. Claude Shearer
Highway Patrol
Salisbury votes to sell town jail after crime-free record
At a Salisbury Connecticut town meeting the spotless crime record led residents to vote to sell the town jail, citing no need for a lockup with such a record.
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Salisbury, Conn
Man Lived In Three Towns At Once On New England Line
Mitchell LaValley, 42, a WPA worker in South Berwick Maine, resides on the town lines of South Berwick Eliot and York. His 16 by 20 foot house straddles the borders with his head in Eliot and feet in South Berwick and he reaches into York for butter at meals.
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Mitchell LaValley
WPA
South Berwick
Maine
Eliot
York
Lost tribe climbs 750 steps to shop in NC village
Members of a so called lost tribe living on Chimney Rock in Rutherford County North Carolina descend 750 steps on the rock face to reach the village below for shopping and then return to their rock home.
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Chimney Rock
Rutherford County
North Carolina
Early claims in steamboat invention spark debate
A 1791 patent boom linked James Ramsay John Fitch Nathan Read and John Stevens Jr to pioneering steam propulsion while Robert Fulton wins long term recognition. Fitch demonstrations 1787 1790 and Washington backed patent 1791 frame a contested lineage culminating in Fulton’s Clermont 1807.
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Patent Office of the
United States
James Ramsay
Rumsey
John Fitch
Nathan Read
John Stevens Jr
Robert Fulton
Stevens
Ramsay
Fitch
Fulton
Read
Hudson River
America
George Washington
Pennsylvania Assembly
Potomac River
Virginia
Maryland
England
France
Holland
Thames River
Bucks County
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Constitutional Convention
Delaware
Congress
Steam &c
Bardstown
International Film Exhibit At Venice Draws Entries
Sixteen nations entered films in the International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art held in Venice recently, showcasing a diverse slate from major European and world cinema.
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Venice
Drip Method Favored By Home Economists For Coffee
The article outlines steps for good coffee: start with a clean pot, measure coffee to water, and avoid boiling. It argues drip brewing yields best aroma and flavor, using hot but not boiling water poured over ground coffee. Home ec experts endorse drip devices for optimal brew.
Lost People Found in Isolated Peru Village by Aviators
Captain Conterno reports discovery of a town of 80 white families at the mouth of the Rio Pinquen in Madre de Dios Peru. The isolated group had 25 years without contact and asked for a school and a radio telegraph station after receiving newspapers from Peruvian aviators with the Winner Gren expedition.
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Rio Pinquen
Peru
Conterno
Department of
Madre de Dios
Mother of God
Bolivia
Brazil
Odd Ohio laws from Baldwin's Blue Book of Ohio Laws
Lawyer Anthony J. Koval notes bans still listed in Baldwin's Blue Book include attending prize fights driving past a horse without the owner's consent joining a school group and Sunday quarrels with a spouse. Fines cited reach up to 50 dollars for passing a horse and 25 dollars for pupils forming or joining fraternities or similar societies.
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Ohio
Anthony J. Koval
Baldwin
Weather Bureau Forecaster Refutes War Link To Rain
Dr J L Cline of the United States Weather Bureau states that gunfire in Europe has no effect on rainfall. He cites April to June rainfall totals from 1920 1922 1935 and 1940 showing no unusual pattern and no new precipitation record.
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J. L. Cline
United States Weather Bureau
Europe
First Grade Pupils Know Vocabulary Size Across Grades
Katherine Smith of Northwestern University measured vocabularies in three schools and twelve grades using Dr. Robert H. Seashore’s test. She found first graders average 23 750 words while Seashore reports adults average 155 000 words. Variability within a grade was striking.
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Katherine Smith
Northwestern University
Robert H. Seashore
Seashore
Orders Investigation of Sioux City Vice
Sioux City authorities convene a Woodbury county grand jury to probe vice activities in the city. Officials say the inquiry focuses on public corruption and law enforcement conduct related to illicit operations. The investigation aims to identify suspects, gather evidence, and determine possible charges.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Jury Asked to Probe Police Controversy
District Judge Miles W Newby instructed a seven-man jury to thoroughly examine the police department dispute in Sioux City this summer and decide if a man named Jack Okie exists and whether indictments are warranted. Police Inspector Joe Young had charged weeks earlier that Jack Che, also known as C B Warden, was Sioux City's vice lord.
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Miles W Newby
Sioux City
Jack Okie
Joe Young
Sev
Jack Che
C. B. Warden
Secret Plans and a Bridge Night in Small Town
Senator Jeffrey Murray plots to push a monopoly bill overheard by Gale Holoway who lands a $250 monthly secretary post. Gale, at Nan Parkson's home, plays bridge with Cedric Colburn and others, shows skill, wins a slam, and shapes a tense social scene amid political intrigue. Joe Nash rescues Gale after pool mishap. Murray offers her rent free apartment.
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Jeffrey Murray
Gale Holoway
Murray
Nan Parkson
Gale
Marie Gibbns
Joe Nash
McKurth
Nan
Gale and Olmstead Duel at Bridge Table in Tense Game
Gale loses control at the bridge table as Drake, Colburn, and Olmstead pile in the stakes. Gale pockets the winnings, insisting the money belongs to My Parkson while Nan hints Cedric’s gambling obsessions drive his skill at the table. The scene ends with Gale leaving as the game continues.
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Cedric Colburn
Thomas Olmstead
Jim Drake
Nan
Mrs. Drake
Mary Somebody
Cedric
Gale
Colburn
Olmstead
Reno
Drake
Miss Holowa
Parkson
Aix
Hearst Publications, Inc
King Features Byadivere
Lag Ot
Fictional tale note on real names and imagined characters
A disclaimer states the story is entirely fictional with imaginary characters and asserts any resemblance to real persons is accidental.
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Stan Kiesey
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Harold Putnam
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W. L Kvie
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Fred Bauer
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P. L. Jordan
George Bake
Mark Pratt
H. H. Reister
A. L. Griffith Ficer
W. B. Dupuis
O. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Yard
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
Washington Independent School District
Ralaton
Harland W. Mead
W. A. Erbe
Ethel McCreedy
Kenneth Freeman
Richard A. Stewart
Donald R. Boyer
Harry Ramseyer
A. E. Atchison
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Charlotte Baldrige
A. C. Peterson
Second Ave
Washington
Iowa
George F. Morrison
J. C., Penney Co
Sherman’s Funeral Home
Iowa Library Association
Ames
Flora Emily Hottes
Kenosha
Wis
Iowa Daily Press
Tri-City
Harry
Western Newspaper Union
Steamboat
Woodbury
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy & Striezbei
Bud Hale
Maxwell Thayer
Mary
Mr. Olmstead
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