Iowa News Fragments From North Iowa and Beyond
A roundup of scattered Iowa items reports fires, arrests, accidents, and local developments. Minsk incidents include a warehouse fire in Fort Dodge, a court case in Rowan, a rattlesnake sighting near Estherville, a post office burglary near Northwood, and farm damage from a northern disaster near Sheffield. Also noted are Wartburg dormitory plans, university aid, and various civic notices.
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Fort Js
A. Mun
Goode
Johnson
Friar
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Iowa
James Gordon
Rowan
United States
Ida’ Grove
Northwest Town
Roy Fisk
Grinnell College
Anamoss Penitentiary
Jasper County
Newton
Clark
Washington, D. C
Russell Brackentine
West Liberty
Government Industrial School
Joel Neymeyer
Aplington
Neumeyer
Elms
Wartburg College
Dorothy Koontz
Julius Koontz
Olden State Bank
Belle Plaine
State University At
Town
Ttig
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Joseph J. Kirz
Kiiz
London
Northwood
Johnson County Pere
Iowa City
Ho Y Pinding Assocation
Ottumwa
Perry
Margaret Reed
Council Bluffs
W. H. Cook
Moaie
Web Later City
Burtington
Len Toomey
Teachers’ College of
Bloomington
Ill
Scheola
Ilinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kangas
Clifford M. Wilson
Sac
State Penitentiary
Matthew White
Sac City
Supreme Court
Wilson
Sterneman
Muscatine
Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Nationalleaguers
St. Louis
Ben
Mason City
Methodist Church
Jimmie Blanke
Ackley
Nathan BeHnsky
Des Moines
Charles Ryan
Ben Nelson
Ames
Nevada
Francisco Bungels
St. Paul
Kansas City
Radcliffe
Chet Butler
Fork Madison
Keokuk
August Hanisen
Mills County
Barnot
Creston
Edward Hewitt
Willisca
Federal Grand Jury
Clarksville
Elmer Bolen
James Cooner
Alburnatt
Iowa Road Commission Eyes County Meetings On May 15
The new Iowa highway commission mails form orders to all county boards of supervisors directing them to call a special meeting of their auditors on May 15 to designate county road systems under the Brockway act and to consider commission communications.
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Dea Moines
New Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Brockway
Thin
Wilkingon
Des Moines
State Board
Commission
Jackson County
Jackson County Citizing
Monroe
Hen
Jasper
Adame
Guthrie Fayette
Hardin
Buena Vista
Harrison
Grundy
Humboldt
Clay
Sioux
Lyon
Black Hawk
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Woodbury
Sac
Buchanan
Mont St. Michel Charm Preserved Amid Change and Modernity
The piece recalls Mont St. Michel’s past wonder and isolation, with Pontorson as the gateway. It notes shifting sands, ferry passages, and a once-island state, then traces modernization including a coast road, a light railway, and the impact on the landscape. Yet the great abbey’s strength, lace-like architecture, and historic features remain intact despite change.
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Pontorson
Mont St. Michel
Mont. St. Michel
Mont
Normandy
Brittany
Holda
Traces Our Descent Frog Prance Prompts Thinker Crown
The Latin quarter hailed Pierre Brisset of Anjou as Prince of Thinkers after his claim that humans descend from bullfrogs not apes. A public celebration crowned him and escorted him to the Pantheon for Rew din’s sculpture The Thinker amid a raucous, affectionate reception.
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Parla
Pierre Brisset
Anjou
M. Brisset
Pantheon
Rewdin
Family records reveal daughter passes teaching license
The text notes Nino Sigtern and Al. Ara Heaghers from San Fragdlagga-Ning. It mentions teachers in the family, including Jatharegordanong, with the claim of a family in uMAAos county Has. The girls, daughters of Mr and Mrs John Batay, include the youngest who recently passed the teacher's license examination.
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Nino Sigtern
Ara Heaghers
Umaaos
Ava
John Batay
Forth Wall
Famlly
Lifespan of Marine Life and Ancient Sea Creatures
The piece notes salt water may extend life as giant mussels and oysters rival legendary long lived taxa like the Cape Verde Dachab tree and the California Callifornia giant. It cites an 1828 liver colored anemone captured by Sir John Dalyell, estimated seven years, flourishing in Edinburgh until 1887 before its death.
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Cape Verde
John Dalyell
Edinburgh
London Mail
Unnamed Heroine Remembered From Titania Sinking
Anniversary reminiscences recount heroism aboard the vanished liner with tales of Major Butt the Strausses First Officer Murdock and others while an English stewardess who refused a lifeboat is barely mentioned amid the stories of courage and survival.
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Titania
Chroniclera
Major Butt
Strausses
Murdock
He May Be a Great Doctor Some Day
Five year old William watches the family doctor count his grandmother’s pulse daily. When asked what he sees, William gravely replies with a dignified answer: Ten dollars, sir.
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Wiliam
William
Unclear historical ad text on patent syrup and teamster phrase
The fragment references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for child discomfort and mentions tangle with a teamster. The readable portion blends old patent medicine wording with a stray note about a teamster, lacking clear event or structured facts.
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Commonwealth
Chris Kuehnle
Dubuqua
Bla
Sheffield
C. A. Cook
Wweek
Towa Falla
Frank Petrick
Suiccide
Francisco Bungalo
Gettysburg
Parana
Kelley Canning Company
Wavarly
Seagon
Daniel Castanglo
Lehigh
Road Commission
NEW Iowa Board
Capital
Agihicultural College
Board of Control
Senate
House
Blue Sky Law
Charles H. Thomas
Kent
Union County
State House
Clarke
Senator Thomas
Kansas
Halgrima
Reed
Porter
Martin J. Wade
Washington
Vial
NFP
Shatsalh
Clatde Porter
Wade
Pharmacy Commission
Harry B. Eaton
Fairfield
State Pharmacy Commission
E. J. Moore
Eldon
Moore
David ©. Hadden
Alta
Carey
Allen
Harding
Sioux City
W. L. Harding
State Board of Control
Cherokee
Cherokes State Hospital
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
Glenwood
Guthrie Center
Legislative Committee On
Mattes
Francis
de Wolf
Clinton
Klay
Jacobs
Larratee
Miller
Black
Marshalltown
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Commerce
Henderson
Ecommerce
Teachout
Capitol
Fricks
Committee On
Bright
Jamey
Doan
Doan’s
Alberta
Ade
Jefferson
cSipebba Iene
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