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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1920

Page

5

Rattlesnakes Do Not Telegraph Strikes Says Iowa Expert

Homer R Dill director of the exhibit of vertebrates at the University of Iowa explains rattlesnakes do not warn before striking and are usually still when anticipating a strike. He notes a rattler can strike two thirds its length and that rattles grow three per year after the first, with 9 or 10 segments commonly ending in breakage. The banded rattler is becoming extinct. Typewriter ribbons for sale at the Tribune office.

Homer R. Dill University of Iowa University Dill Iowa Prairie

Gerard Plans March Speeches in Iowa

James W. Gerard, the presidential candidate with national headquarters in Iowa, will deliver several addresses in the state in March after arriving in Sioux Falls on March 2 to debate James O. Monroe of Chicago. He will then speak in South Dakota before moving on to Iowa for engagements arranged by national campaign manager I. T. Jones.

James W. Gerard Iowa Sioux Falls S. D James O. Monroe Chicago South Dakota I. T. Jones Gerard

Hoover booster Gerard praised as presidential candidate

A longtime friend of Herbert Hoover, Gerard is lauded nationwide for his relief work and public support of Hoover. He has spoken hundreds of times for peace and reconstruction, with Iowa headquarters boosting his influence in the Midwest. Mischa Elman violin concert announced for Ottumwa with limited seating and advance reservations.

Herbert C. Hoover Gerard Mr. Hoover Belgium France America New York World Hoover Herbert Hoover White House Iowa League of Nations Washington Congress League Middle West Germany Democratic Party Sian Josef Bonime Grand Opera House Ottumwa Elman

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