Archive for History
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Just Saying…
Monsters I Have Known and Loved By Q.C. Jones Let’s face it, October is a spooky month. Sitting in my little hovel perched high atop the hills overlooking the Village of East Davenport and thinking about this month, my train of thought keeps jumping the tracks and crashing into Halloween. This m...
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Calendar of Events | SEPTEMBER 2024
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Group...
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Just Saying…
Salmon Shorts, Affluence, and Opulent Wealth By Q.C. Jones A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interact with several 20-somethings. Along the way I made a startling discovery regarding the concept of wealth, or at least letting its presence be known. After a hundred years and five generatio...
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September Is the Sapphire Month
By Eloise Graham The birthstone for September is the gemstone sapphire. Chemically speaking, a sapphire is the mineral corundum which consists of aluminum oxide ( Al2 O3 ) and trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, cobalt, lead, chromium, vanadium, magnesium, boron and silicon. ...
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Calendar of Events | AUGUST 2024
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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One Day at a Time!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.” ... Robert Browning I am carving a small amount of time today out my crazy busy world to get these...
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Is August the Dog Days of Summer?
By Eloise Graham As Eloise takes some well-deserved time away, please enjoy an encore appearance of this informative and entertaining column from her archives. The Dog Days of Summer “The Dog Days of Summer” definition by Merrimack-Webster says the “dog days” is a period of time between...
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Calendar of Events | JULY 2024
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
