October Sets Up New Heat Record Across Iowa
Des Moines dispatch reports October temperatures set new state records with a 85 degree reading at 3 30 p m at Des Moines matching late season warmth seen in 1889 and 1932 while extreme cold struck in 1925 and 1888. Weather official Charles Reed notes 53 winters analyzed show coldest in 1874 75 and warmest in 1877 78 with recent decades milder variation.
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Courier
Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Inwood
Malvern
Mills County
Bloomfield
Davis County
Charles Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Infantile Paralysis Quarantine Expands On Manhard St
Charlee Locke, a 30 month old son of Mr and Mrs A R Locke of 424 Manhard Street, was placed under quarantine for infantile paralysis late yesterday. He is the fourth active case under quarantine with three others due for release today or Saturday. Those ill remain Clifford Kearney 1922 Black Hawk Street George Buchan 517 Wellington Street West and Juanita Current 8 daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Current 221 Baltimore Street with all reported in good condition. Four scarlet fever cases have also been quarantined in the past two days.
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Charlee Locke
A. R. Locke
Manhard Street
Clifford Kearney
Black Hawk Street
George Buchan
Wellington Street
Juanita Current
Neighborhood Children Named in Street Activity Report
Jean Mercurio, age 7 of 1413 Jefferson Street, Caroline Nelson, age 8 of 1413 Jefferson Street, Louis Nelson, age 3 of 133 Smith Street, and Leo Kelly, age 4 of 315 Bluff Street are listed in a local activity report.
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Jean Mercurio
Jefferson Street
Caroline Nelson
Louis Nelson
Smith Street
Leo Kelly
Bluff Street
Cedar Falls Wins Five of Seven Rogue Contests
Cedar Falls players won five of seven games of rogue played here, Oct. 26. The special report notes strong team play and competitive effort, highlighting standout performances by local athletes in a tight, fast paced schedule.
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Cedar Falls
Rogue
Periodic Shifts in Winter Strength Across Centuries
The text discusses long standing patterns in winter climates, noting a roughly 1340 year cycle with alternating warm and cold extremes. It suggests a cold trend may recur in the late 1920s or 1930s, while acknowledging that such periodicities can vanish suddenly and without warning.
Walnut Man Ends Life
Walnut Is Oct 26 William F Kevan 66 a lifelong resident of this vicinity is dead from a self inflicted bullet wound to the head in a personal safety related incident.
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Walnut
Walnut, Is
William F. Kevan
Bronze tablet dedication honors Gen Logan at Memorial hall
W A C and 170 Civil War veterans and Woman's Relief Corps members gathered at Memorial Hall for a dinner and program. The main feature was the dedication of a bronze tablet bearing Gen John A Logan's memorial order, presented to Robert Anderson post by the W R C auxiliary, now a permanent memorial. Rev George Woodall delivered the dedicatory address as Mrs Marie Bowman and Maude Brayton led assemblies. A technical commission warned the leaning Tower of Pisa is stable but should be made more stable, with no immediate danger cited.
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Woman’s Relief ‘Corps
Memorial Hall
John A. Logan
Memorial Dey
Robert Anderson’ Post
G. A
Woman's Relief Corp Auxiliary
Henry Glas
Cours
Oo. T
W.R. C
Marie Bowman
Maude Brayton
Viola Phil c. Hanna
Enduring Bronze
George Woodall
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Pisa
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W. A.C
George Weedall
Ayer
Payer
Bayer
Bayer Manufacture
Waterloo
Luxor
Dep't
Sheerest
Captain Scully
Edward F. Keating
James A. Burns
Toronto
Canada
Bana
Charles B. Scully
N.Y
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