Bily Brothers Clocks Attract Over Ten Thousand Viewers
The Bily brothers clocks drew more than 10,000 observers during the 1928 season at their farm between Conover and Ridgeway, with extensive coverage from papers including the Christian Science Monitor based in Boston. Also noted is a dairy feed car arrival in Elgin offering purchase privileges on earlier lower prices and a general ad appeal from Weibel Milk Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bily Bros
Republic
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
United States
Globe
Bily
Conover
Ridgeway
Decorah
Dairymen Nation
Elgin
Weibel Mil Company
Elgin Iowa Newspaper Masthead Note
The item states a weekly publication as the Member National Editorial edited by R. P. Strauch and filed as second class mail matter in Elgin Fayette County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
Prohibition Debates Stir Senators and Public Notes
Senator Reed signals possible expose of dry voting lawmakers amid disillusionment with the prohibition law. Ford defends enforcement, saying the country is drying up and progress is visible, cities lag behind rural areas turning dry. Senator Cole Blease says he would not report liquor violations, noting others share the stance. B. M. Benson buys the Ward Brabham house for 5250, hinting Brabham will build elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Missouri
Ford
Detroit
Legger
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Senate
Jones
Blease
B. M. Benson
Brabham
Elgin
DIES SUDDENLY IN FLORIDA KEystone Steel Chairman Benjamin Sommer
Benjamin L. Sommer, 49, chairman of Keystone Steel and Wire, died at his Coral Gables home on February 8. He was a Peoria native and philanthropist, also leading Mid-State Steel and Wire, with church and civic ties. Survived by wife Sarah Irene Sova and three children. funeral in Peoria February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin L. Sommer
Keystone Steel and Wire
Stv
Sommer
Keystone Company
Mid-State Steel and Wire Company
Crawfordsville
Ind
That City
Anderson
Adrian
Mich
American Iron and Steel Institute
Tenois Manufacturers Association
Peoria Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Apostolic Christian Church of
Mr. Sommer
Peoria Railway Terminal Company
Valley’ Assraiginder
Crewe Coote Club
North Shore Country Club
Bankers’ Club of
New York City
John
P. W. Sommer
Benjamin
Stad
Tremont
Debauching the Women and Cigarette Barons Rallying Women
An opinion characterizes a nationwide radio appeal to women to smoke as a cold blooded tactic by cigarette barons seeking profits. The piece condemns tobacco interests for influencing women and warns it may provoke stricter anti cigarette laws in many states. It also mentions Hunsberger and Schori arranging a bar load of alfalfa hay for track, with contact needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Birt
laWlésenbsi
Hunsberger & Schori
Roadside Beautification Efforts Highlight Massachusetts Plan
Massachusetts public works and forestry officials advocate roadside beautification through native trees shrubs and perennials planted along state highways. Maintenance division oversees work with a Palmer nursery supplying stock and training landscape staff. Officials urge public land acquisition for parkways and parklets to improve highway aesthetics and conserve timber and wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Feritorsnae Public Works
Highway Department
Massachusetts
Palmer
Villages Move to Ban Uglies on Billboards
The Naggan Daily Review in Rockville Centre led a six month campaign against billboards with daily editorials and the slogan The South Shore Must Clean Up. Villages including Lynbrook Rockville Centre Hast Rockaway Hempstead and Garden City adopted ordinances to restrict billboards.
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Naggan Daily Review
Rockville Centre
Review
South Shore
KHL
Lynbrook
Verne
Rockville
Centre
Hast Rockaway
Hempstead
Painting Your Philadelphia Home Requires Care
The Philadelphia area houses are mainly brick which reduces painting needs but gaps in porches and frames hurt curb appeal and neighboring homes. A small surface area is manageable for self painting, while cracked stairs and porches often need simple repairs without skilled craftsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Colorful City Coming to Life in City Beautiful Vision
The piece argues for building with enduring bright colors in American cities, praising a coloristic approach by New York artist and architect D. Amory. It stresses beauty over drab industrial structures and promotes a new architectural style tied to community pride and civic promise.
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D. Amory
Ivy
New
York
Pho
Painting Advice On Weather And Priming Do's and Don'ts
Practical notes warn against painting in snow or rain and emphasize priming bare wood. Instructions advise allowing surfaces to dry before applying paint and avoiding washing paint. Three coats are recommended as a cost saver over two, with emphasis on using sufficient paint and not skimping.
Rev J W Baumgartner dies after long pastorate
From a letter to Mrs Frances Beamer we learn that Rev J W Baumgartner a United Brethren Church pastor for thirty six years died at his daughter's home in Warren Ohio on February 2 1920 He had suffered a paralysis stroke and was bedfast six months Also noted are local social items and remarks on state highway laws and a Weibel Mill ad fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Beamer
J. W. Haumgartner
United Bratheren Church
Warren
Ohio
Baumgartner
Kathryn
Owen
Argo-Gazette
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Bily Brothers
Frank Howard
Wm E Baumgartner
Hadsel
Dr. Frank Mock
Elgn, Iowa
Schori Brothers
R. A, Crider
THE
Elgin Echo
Asen
Esday
Cother
Sandburg
Stalin
Latvia
Quik
Webster‘s New
van Spiess de
G. & C. Merriam Company
Springheld, Mass
Florida
J. W. Baumgartner
Pete
Clint_ Patterson
Lou Liddle
Alpha
Waucoma
W. Kon. R
Eaco
Zane Grey
Elgin Opera House
Jack Holt
Nancy Carroll
Trackioas
Ken Maynard
Wonder Horse
Tarzan
Marie Davies
Clyde Grant
Iowans
Clara Bow
Iow
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