Iowa News Highlights From Across the State
Iowa items report the state show in Ames January 3 to 9, corn husking near Maquoketa, and huskers paid up to high rates. Clarinda opens a wireless station run by I M Lantz. The Charlotte News debuts in Clinton county. Legion husking benefit for a injured member. pie prices cut in Decorah. a murder case leads to prison terms for two men. A 66-year-old man loses both hands in a corn shredder. Sac City dismisses school to help huskers. Habeas corpus granted for Helena Sager, 13, case. Mrs. Carrie Brenton dies in Des Moines. Lone Cedar Rapids woman murdered in Salt Lake City. Auber farmers form a cooperative for coal and supplies. Clarinda Junior High destroyed by fire. Sioux City patrols search for robbers of Charles Riggs family. Duglas Naylor on six-month South American vacation. Shenandoah hog sale sets records. Corydon jury convicts stock promoters in Des Moines. Marshall County memorial dedication held at Magra hall.
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Maquoketa
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Clarinda
I. M. Lantz
Charlotte News
Clinton County
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
American Legion of
Lenox
Leman Nelson
Decorah
Fred Clark
Fred Berry
Nevada
Andrew Jorgenson
Adam Olinger
Valga City
Sac City
R. G. Popham
Helena Sager
Carrie Woodward Brenton
Charles R. Brenton
Dallas Center
Clyde B. Breton
Brown Hotel
Des Moines
Oelwein
American Legion
Ross Reed
Frae Korous
Cedar Rapids
Salt Lake City
Liberty Park Lake
Auber
Sioux City
Charles Riggs
Leeds
Duglas O. Naylor
Simpson
The
Simpsonian
South America
Indianola
Naylor
New York City
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Bagley
Road Courtesy Aids Motorist In Distress
An essay urges motorists to offer help to stranded drivers with a puncture or minor repair distant from a garage. It notes more women drivers may lack repair knowledge and calls for courteous, practical aid, even a waving gesture, to ease travel and pride of motorists.
Puncture resistant armored tire with spring ring steel core
Popular Science Monthly describes a tire with a spring ring inside a split inner tube and an outer solid rubber band. The armor elements grip and glide, allowing low pneumatic pressure without air loss, and standard clincher methods attach the tire to the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Small Gifts From Box Boards By Dorothy Perkins
Dorothy Perkins outlines crafting small Christmas gifts from box boards. Projects include whisk broom holders tie racks plant stands and a wood footstool with step by step dimensions and assembly notes suitable for hobbyists.
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Dorothy’ Perkins
Hard starting caused by overly rich mixture
The article notes hard starting often results from a too rich fuel mix. It advises the driver to stop attempts for a few minutes to let excess gasoline evaporate, after which the engine should start more readily with the starter button.
Diplomatic Immunity Clash Over Customs Searches
Secretary of State Colby warned he would go to court to stop Treasury customs from searching baggage of diplomats and officers arriving in the United States. Officials argued diplomats may import liquor, with immunity and tense implications for international relations as a single seized bottle could threaten treaties.
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Ashington
Colby
Treasury Department
United States
Land of the Free
Roumania
Monaco
Sweden
Albania
Armenia
Liberia
First US Postage Stamps and Franklin’s Postal Rise
Seventy three years ago the first US postage stamp went on sale in New York for the public. The post office has since issued 475 stamp types from 1 cent to 5 dollars. Benjamin Franklin features on the first stamp, issued after Congress authorized the 6 cent value in 1847. Franklin, first postmaster general, helped establish the American postal service. Early stamps reflect lower per-person mail needs, with 454 stamps required today per person under latest statistics.
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United States
New York City
Congress
Benjamin ‘Franklin
U. S
Franklin
Philadelphia
England
City
Boston
Continental Congress
Post Office Department
American Hen Declared National Institution At Poultry Convention
A Washington report notes U S poultry output and prices. Eggs totaled 1 957 000 000 dozen valued at about 850 million dollars with hens cackling 23 484 000 000 times. Butter output totaled 851 269 140 pounds worth 506 million dollars. Data credited to the U S Department of Agriculture and cited by National Poultry and Egg Association delegates in Chicago.
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America
United States
Sam
National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association
Chicago
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
New York City
Gotham
Farm Tenantry Increases Vary Across Central West States
Reports from Washington show farm tenantry shifts differ by state. Illinois Minnesota Nebraska and Ohio report increases while Wisconsin notes little change and Oklahoma shows a decrease of about 7 percent over the decade since 1910.
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Kansas
Central West
Washington
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio
H. H. Shutz
Joseph A. Becker
Madison
Wis
State Department
Springfield
A. Q. Fa
Ohio State University
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Hawkeye
State News
Iowa
Ames
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Corydon
H. W. Bentley
F. M. Woods
Associated Packing Company
Marshall County
Magrahall
Ine Tao
Alameda County
Cal
Red Cross
A. ‘Neely Haji
Shanghai
China
Uruguay
Concord
N. H
Middle West
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