Local News Briefs From Iowa Towns Chronicle
A series of short notices reports injuries from a cave in burying Chris Evans, a broken arm for Olin, and Ora Henrick's head and chest injuries. Nevada Opera House sold to Mrs. Minnie A. Stone of Des Moines, with repairs hoped for. Miss Emily Hall declared insane and sent to Clarinda. Fire destroys Elmer Nokes home. fire department arrives too late. Severt Nass dies in Huxley after weeks ill. funeral at Fieldberg with Rev. Guttebo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. McNeil
Nevada
Elmer Nokes
Linn Street
Severt Nass
Huxley
Albert E. Nass
Anna Kloster
Nass
Norway
Polk County
Fieldberg Church
K. L. Guttebo
Fieldberg Cemetery
Slater News
Huw Hens Roost
A note on bird anatomy explains how a chicken’s leg tendons let the claws contract when the knee bends, gripping a roosting limb in a death grip. The piece offers a practical illustration by placing a chicken’s feet on a wrist to observe the mechanism.
Odd Bird Roost Insight Reveals Grip-Release Paradox
The passage notes a singular arrangement seen only in certain birds at roosts, enabling them to rest without thinking of letting go until they stand up. It presents a curious behavioral observation about grip and release in avian roosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Guthrie
Zearing
Chas. Reed
Perry & Morgan
Main Street
The Chinchilla Hails From High Andean Habitat
Native to the Andes of Bolivia Ecuador Peru and northern Chile the chinchilla lives above nine to ten thousand feet. Indian trappers collect its fine fur packing salted skins for shipment abroad while nations trade the creatures through coastal towns. The United States produces about 28.6 million pounds of hay about half of Germany and two thirds of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
United States
Germany
England
Mineral nutrition and a china display at Kooser & Co
Forster demonstrated feeding dogs with organic matter lacking minerals and observed death by starvation sooner than complete deprivation. M Herrera notes life as mineral aggregation in a Paris review. The city hosts its largest display of fine china from J. B. Kooser & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forster
M. Herrera
Revue Scientifique
Paris
J. B. Kooser & Co
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Story County Newslets
Frank Stultis
M. Webb
Cambridge Phoenix
Emily Hall
Kyle Hall
Washington Township
Clarinda
Chris Evans
Johnson Denniston
Roy Felshaw
Knepper
Collins Liberator
Ora Henrick
Edward
Ora
Henrys
Jondall
Norsh
Roland
Roland Record
Olin Evans
Chicago & Northwestern
R’y
Norland Lim
Portland
Atlantic Expre
Omaha
Chcago
Chicago
Des Moines & Cussage
Chicago Express
Colorado
Oregon Express
Mail & Express
Nebraska
Dakota Express
Des Moines & Dakota
Des Moines
S. C
Sect & Carroll
Seeeeee Cheeweese Nee
Ames
Sunda
W. Rogers
Buck’s
Buck
Econom
Hamilton
Guitars
Our
Mandolins
Big Line
Victor Talking
C.E. Holmes
Ferse
Asus
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