Riverside couple wed at St James in Riverside society page
Miss Nellie Ruebsam and Mr. Joseph P. Quinn of Riverside were married at St James church in a ceremony led by Rev J Orlowski. Wedding guests included families, a three course breakfast, and plans to honeymoon in Cedar Rapids and other northern points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Church
Nellie Ruebsam
Joseph P. Quinn
Riverside
J. Orlowski
Mendelesohn
Theresa Quinn
Mendelssohn
Schumann
Katheryn Mottet
Norbert Dautremont
Lucy Dempsey
Ruebsam
Quinn
Columbus Junction
Cedar Rapids
St. Mary’s Church
Hilda Suepper
Elmo Knittel
Jacobsmeier
Amelia Sueppel
Elmer Dautremont
Mrs. Knittel
Quincy
Rock Island Railroad
Washington
Nick Sueppel
Mr. Knittel
John Knittel
Mild Climate of South Central Alaska Noted
The American Forestry Magazine reports south central Alaska enjoys a mild climate with average Prince William Sound temperatures around 38 F. It rarely drops below freezing, and winters are milder than other regions at similar latitudes due to the Japan Current warming the Gulf of Alaska head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Alaska
American Forestry Magazine
Prince William Sound
Japan
Gulf of Alaska
Boy bites puppy after Christmas bite tale
An incident from Topeka Journal recalls a boy who received a puppy as a Christmas gift. The dog bit him on the finger and, unable to stop biting, the boy bit the dog’s ear in response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Journal
Local club notices outline meetings and picnics across groups
Announcements list Pythian Sisters Booster club and Rebekah sections meeting details for September 20 to 24. American Legion and Alma Hearne Holland Auxiliary events include convention planning, officer elections, and picnics. Fortnightly and Christian church groups schedule rehearsals, canvassing, and elections with modest dues and meal notices.
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American Legion
Kansas City
Blood Donation and Life Saving Value
The piece argues that healthy individuals with high blood pressure can donate blood when needed, noting that even a loss of blood may save a life by preventing apoplexy in a 60 year old. It emphasizes donor value and potential life saving outcomes.
What Constitutes Real Wealth
The Pittsburgh Dispatch argues real wealth lies in intangible assets not taxed, including a clean conscience, many friends, love of family, nature’s beauty, appreciation of art, and faith in humanity’s progress. These are priceless but not countable in dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Dispatch
It Cant Be Did It Cant Be Did In Prayer
A Columbus Dispatch item describes a mother correcting her five year old, with the father joking that evading the point. The boy ends his evening prayer asking God to make him a better boy and to make daddy a good man, remarking it cant be did.
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Columbus Dispatch
Southern family and maid replace worker with child in parody
In a Boston Transcript excerpt a southern family lacking their maid press into service a colored girl. They teach her to use a car pet sweeper and a following morning she asks cheerfully if the lawn mower will depart for the parlor again.
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Jane
Boston Transcript
Sun Spots Linked to Harsh Western Europe Winters
A Dutch meteorologist analyzed western Europe winter temperatures from 760 to 1816 A.D. Finding higher sun spot activity aligns with earlier harsher winters, while lower activity corresponds to later milder winters.
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Western
Europe
Milk Powder Breakthrough Praised In Iowa Dairy Center
Des Moines reports on C F E Ratley of Waukon describing a new method to preserve milk by turning powder back into full cream dairy, with only four U S factories producing powered milk this way. Also notes Tipton wealth, Nome Alaska Eskimo school work by Miss Olson, and a list of fourteen Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Iowa. The piece cites road costs in Benton and Black Hawk counties, sugar and corn price links, and candy industry shifts.
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Des Moines
C. FE
Ratley
Waukon
Killamakee County
Middle West
United States
Wisconsin
Towa
Luther J. Aasgaard
Forest City
Winnebago County
Northland
Weda Olson
Nome
Alaska
Miss Olson
North Country
Amog
Mr. Amundsen
Eskimo Land
Iowa
Daughters of the American Revolution
Grinnell
W. L. Carragh
Historic Spots Committee
William Blair
Lancaster
Kossuth
Timothy Brown
New Jersey
Washington County
John Morgan
Virginia
Aspen Grove
Burlington
John Osborn
Center Point
Crawford County
John Lepper
New York
DeWitt
Clinton County
Nathan Winter
Connecticut
Pittsburg
Revolutionary Army
George Perkins
South Carolina
Primrose
van Buren
Charles Sheppard
Maryland
Rome
Henry County
Daniel Dow
Otsero County
College Springs
Page Co
Martin Line
Tipton
Charles Stubbs
Delaware
Milton
William Garricks
Albia
Monroe County
Burlington Institute and High School
Sugar prices and the corn market loom in prewar Iowa notes
The article discusses sugar price goals to aid corn growers, reports on glucose factory relocations, and notes economic shifts like oat hull byproducts fueling Cedar Rapids mills. It warns of a Chicago fakir scam targeting Salvation Army donors and highlights a state fair basket display and veterans from World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. BE. DeWolf
Spencer
Iowa
Marshalltown
Iowa River
Pekin
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Salvation Army solicitation warned by Chicago bureau
The Chicago bureau of missing persons seeks a solution to how travelers obtained Salvation Army uniforms to fool people and collect money. English Brewer, division secretary, warns the public to beware travelers who have no authority to solicit or collect funds in the name of the Salvation Army.
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Salvation Army
Chicago
West
Army
Bureau of Missing Persons
English Brewer
Pfeiffer Co Finds Green Corn Silk Boosts Medicine Line
Pfeiffer Chemical Co of St Louis expands corn silk use for patent medicines. Green silk proves better than dry, with crews in Cedar Falls plucking silk from fields and canning stock. Nearly three tons shipped to St Louis. more to follow as corn by products widen.
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Pfeiffer Chemical Co
St. Louis
Cedar Falls
Pfeiffers
Ames
Calculating Farm Rental Based on Corn Yields
The passage explains rent as two-fifths of gross productive yield. If corn sells for 60 cents per bushel and yield averages 50 bushels per acre, gross yield is 30 dollars per acre, so the owner's share would be 12 dollars per acre. A different price or yield could yield 20 dollars per acre, making two-fifths equal eight dollars.
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Belle Plaine Road
Benton County
Samuel Ahrensig
W. J. Quinn
Ludwig Scheetz
Detlef Raabe
Hans Schheel
Black Hawk County
Orange Township
Unnamed Witness Present During Arbuckle Visit
District Attorney Matthew Brady disclosed information that another person was in the St. Francis Hotel room with Fatty Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe for part of the hour they spent there. The missing witness, potentially pivotal to the forthcoming trial, remains unidentified though there is belief the person may still be found.
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Ian Franecisco
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
St. Francis Hotel
Matthew Brady
Three Die As Car Plunges Off Embankment In Yonkers
A car owned and driven by John Feldsen veered off an embankment in Yonkers, turning over and killing three passengers while injuring nine others. The deceased were Alfonso Taguron, Philip Tisconse, and Michael Siscario, all of New York, as the vehicle headed toward Newchurch for a group outing.
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New York
Yonkers
John Feldsen
Newchurch
Alfonso Taguron
Phillip Tisconse
Michael Siscario
Tax Bonded Whisky Tax Revised by Senate Finance Committee
Washington reports the senate finance committee finished revising the house revenue bill after voting to impose a six dollar and forty cent per gallon tax on whisky withdrawn from bond. Experts estimate the bill will raise between 3.1 and 8.2 billion dollars in the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1922.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merie Bekles
Rebekah
Sunset Park
Alma Hearne Holland
Mise Jessie Klein
Pythian Circe
Fleur de Lis Club
C. R. Gallagher
Navajo Club
M. D. Work
Ed Harmeler
The
Christian Church
Lexington
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
West Chester
Bible Department of
J. W. Jarnagin
Cedar County
John Brown
Clinton
U. S. Hospital No. 57
Knoxville
France
Davenport
Tin Ht
Genoa
Cacti
Clark & Enslin
West Side Square
UU Houeetueteed Ane
Anna Scott
D. F. Macon
Daugherty
Senate
J. A. Harwood & Son
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