Tuskegee Institute under Moton gains vast growth and interracial work
An extended portrait of Tuskegee Institute under Dr. Moton shows expanded campus facilities, new buildings, and enhanced curricula while emphasizing the founders’ three aims: disciplined minds, community service, and interracial goodwill. The Interracial Commission in 800 southern counties combats lynching and improves legal rights, hospitals, and schools for Black citizens.
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Pariaens
Booker Washington
Institute
South
Dr. Moton
Washington
Tuskegee
James Hall
Girls’ Trades
Boys’ Trades
Department of Mechanical Industries
Alabama
Interracial Commission
America
Two Auto Accidents Leave Cars Badly Damaged
Two automobile crashes in recent days badly damaged vehicles but no occupants were injured. The W. J. Gilbert family were pinned under their car near Sterling, Illinois, when the vehicle overturned on a slippery road Monday, though none sustained serious injuries.
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W. J. Gilbert
Gilbert
Sterling
Licenses Taken Out By Several Hunters
The hunting license office reports numerous licenses issued in the past week. Recipients include F S Cummings, Fairfield. Frank Fourt, Fairfield. Earl Burrows, Fairfield. Frank Edwards, Fairfield. Charles Pickett, Fairfield. Park Gilchrist, Fairfield. John Edwards, Fairfield. John A. Brier, Fairfield. Earl E. Bailey, Fairfield. Zena Van Dyke, Fairfield. Everett Blough, Fairfield. Richard C. Leggett, Fairfield. J C Bauch, Des Moines. S F Steigleder, Packwood. Earl O Lachlin, Fairfield. W H Despain, Fairfield. William Schlief, Fairfield. C M Mesner, East Pleasant Plain. Harold Day, Fairfield. R E Edwards, Fairfield. S T Frakes, Fairfield. A W Switzer, Fairfield. John Minnie, Fairfield. Walter J Bishop, Fairfield.
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F. S. Cummings
Fairfield
Frank Fourt
Earl Burrows
Frank Edwards
Charles Pickett
Park Gilchrist
John Edwards
John A. Brier
Earl E. Bailey
Zena van Dyke
Everett Blough
Richard C. Leggett
J. C. Bauch
Des Moines
S. F. Steigleder
Packwood
Earl O’laughlin
W. H. Despain
William Schlief
C. M. Mesner
East Pleasant Plain
Harold Day
R. E. Edwards
S. T. Frakes
A. W. Switzer
John Minnie
Walter J. Bishop
Herring Plans Fairfield Speech Amid Iowa Campaign
Democratic congress candidate Clyde L. Herring spoke in Fairfield on Oct 4 en route to a White Elm picnic, with plans for an outdoor Central Park address if weather permits. He argued farmers are not uniformly for Brookhart, predicted an uphill race, and touted broad Republican-Democrat support and his Ford distribution business background.
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Clyde L. Herring
Congress
Smith Brookhart
Fairfield
Herring
White Elm
Douds-Leando
Central Park
Brookhart
Iowa
Ford Cars
Velma Bain Death Case Put to Jury Verdict
The coroner jury could not determine if Velma Bain died by suicide or by another. It found the death resulted from a gunshot wound to the breast as the body lay near Parsons college, with evidence of despondency and financial stress noted by her mother.
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Velma Bain
Bain
Parsons College
Joe Lathrop
Harris
Dunkel
Hoskins
A. Batten
West Kirkwood Street
bkKs
Joys of Minnesota North Woods Tour by Rev Sears Thomson
Rev H Sears Thomson, pastor of a Presbyterian church, shares a six week vacation on Lake Wabana near the Canadian border. He details daily routines of fishing and swimming, notes wildlife including loons and wolves, and praises peaceful island life before returning to New Orleans to install an automatic phone system replacing the manual one.
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Fairfield
Des Moines
Northland
Theeloon
Record Sheep Shearing Feats in Australia
Australian shearers are paid by the number of sheep they shear while ranch helpers earn weekly wages. A capable worker averages 90 to 100 sheep daily, with a nine hour record of 327 sheep shorn by a Queensland shearer. Records have risen with changes in blade and fleece weight over time.
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Australia
Queensland
No Linotype Operators Halt County News in Tribune Issue
The Tribune reports the absence of a linotype operator at a military encampment and a death in a near relative of two operators. This leaves the paper unable to spare staff to set news, forcing omission of county correspondence and other content and reducing the issue to eight pages.
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Tribune
The
Famed for Giant Potatoes From Greeley Seed to Nation
A Liberal Arts style piece notes Horace Greeley inspired Western farming, leading to a Greeleyville potato developed from Colorado wild potato seeds. Railroads in the East and North routes promote large baked potatoes, with crews collecting giant spuds in Montana and Dakota from Colorado seed.
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Horace Greeley
America
William G. Shepherd
Saturday Evening Post
Denver
Rocky Mountains
United States
Highland
Chile
Colorado
Greeleyville
Montana
Dakota
Simon Pure Stage Hero and Genuine Character Origin
A note on the term Simon Pure from Mrs. Centlivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife. Aminadab Hold fast sends a letter via Simon Pure to guard ian Anne Lovely’s fortune. Feignwell impersonates Pure but virtue triumphs. The name then denoted genuineness and realness.
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Simon Pure
Miss Lovely
Feignwell
Iowa Illinois business men tour Fairfield and praise welcome
Ten southeastern Iowa and southwestern Illinois business leaders visited Fairfield by auto, delayed by mud, to inspect Louden Machinery. They attended a Rotary Club luncheon at Leggett hotel where local boys delivered humorous welcome addresses.
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Iowa
Illinois
Fairfield
Louden Machinery Company
H. L. Beach
Keokuk
C. FE. Hertenstein
C. D. Streeter
M. E. Tate
E. J. Turner
Hamilton
HL. L. Beach
Steckel Case May Be Heard Again In District Court
The Jefferson county district court scheduled to begin September 11 is likely to hear the State of Iowa v W J Steckel of Bloomfield on the second of three counts from a Davis county grand jury. Steckel was previously convicted in January for cheating by false pretenses and fined 500 dollars, with an appeal to the supreme court.
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Jefferson County District Court
State of
Iowa
W. J. Steckel
Bloomfield
Davis County
Steckel
Jefferson County
Cornell
Supreme Court
L. R. Glotfelty
H. D. Kreigh
Fire Destroys Big Barn at Roy Davis Farm
A Sunday fire at the Roy Davis farm two miles southeast of Fairfield destroyed the big barn and its contents including a prize pony. A granary with 500 plus bushels of grain, a buggy, harness and smaller items were lost. two ponies escaped while one perished. The blaze origin remains a mystery.
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Roy Davis
Fairfield
Davis
Stamp of quality not needed for Tribune printing
The piece argues against labeling articles as first quality ensuring truth in the print. It asserts Tribune printing speaks for itself without overstating quality and invites readers to judge by the content rather than a stamped claim.
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Tribune Printing
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J. S. Rumer
Rumer
Broadway
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Clyde Herring
Ogt
U. S. Congress
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P. P. Cable
Coffeyville
Kan
Will Grissom
Harry Grissom
Sears Thomson
Woods OF
Minnesota
New Orleans
UE Welme Rotary Club Meeting
Bloomfield Banker
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