Electricity and Inventions Aid Preservation of Hay
A Swiss method stores newly mowed hay on metal silo sheets with a top electrical seal. An alternating current preserves grass in its natural state, enabling weather independent storage with double the nutriment. The piece argues need drives invention, noting the shift to life insurance, boxed caskets, and resource conservation as essential, urging fuel substitutes and smarter use of coal amid scarcity.
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Switzerland
North Carolina church starts community cow plan for families
A church congregation in North Carolina rents a community cow for one dollar weekly to families with children. Proceeds fund additional cows with the aim of supplying milk to all children in the congregation, potentially expanding to community butter coal ice and vegetables.
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North Carolina
Radio dining grows in San Francisco hotels
A San Francisco hotel outfits 70 tables with radio phones so diners hear live concerts. The city’s hotels plan wireless phones in guest rooms. The feature is praised as luxury and enterprise though seen as a non essential novelty with future profit potential unclear.
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San Francisco
Farmers Overemphasize Agriculture in National Life
The piece argues that rural residents form less than half the U.S. population and that farmers misjudge agriculture as the nation's sole vital sector. It notes the farm industry is large but not exclusive, and contrasts rural economic focus with urban factory labor, using Iowa and Chicago as examples to underscore relative significance.
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United States
Middle West
Iowa
Chicago
County Attorney Ralph Munroe Very Ill in Rochester
Late Rochester reports say County Attorney Ralph Munroe is undergoing medical treatment and his condition is considered very serious.
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Rochester
Minn
Ralph Munroe
Emmonin brothers tied to Palm home attack in Iowa incident
Frank and Emil Emonin, 25 and 19, held for days on suspicion of slugging Louis Palm and his family during a home invasion eight miles southeast of Fairfield. Officers, backed by bloodhounds and matching evidence, say they know who did it but lack arrest-ready proof.
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Frank
Emil Emonin
Louis Palm
Emenins
Sheriff’s Office
Emenin
Palm
Emonin
Fairfield
Pioneer jeweler Charles F. George dies at age ninety
Fairfield mourns the death of Charles F. George known as Charley a longtime businessman and jeweler who died July 20 at his West Burlington street home aged ninety Born May 15 1832 in Oswep New York he came to Fairfield in 1859 married Esther Mendenhall in 1861 and had one son Edgar J. George a Chicago eye specialist He was a 50 year Mason and active in Clinton Lodge No 15 and McCord Chapter No 5 Funeral services were held Saturday at his home with Masonic rites and he was buried in Fairfield Abbey
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Charles F. George
Charley” George
Mendenhall
West Burlington Street
George
Osweep
New York
Joel and
Elizabeth George
Charles
Mr. George
Joliet
Fairfield
Montana
T. E. McLean
Esther A. Mendenhall
Edgar J. George
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joliet Lodge No
W. R. Keesey
Mt. Pleasant
Masonic Order
Fairfield Abbey
Bonus Hunters in Army Speech Sparks Draft Grievance
A MarshalltownTimes Republican line condemns the term bonus hunters used for soldiers and argues that anyone who uses it either dodged the draft, profiteered, or sympathized with the enemy.
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Marshalltown Times - Republican
Parking area improved for Fall Frolic overflow autos
The vacant lot on West Burlington between Second and Third streets owned by the Congregational church is being leveled and conditioned for automobile parking. City and Fall Frolic committee workers are installing lighting and finishing touches to serve both the festival and future overflow parking for nearby business districts.
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West Burlington
Second
Third
Congregational Church
Lockridge Near Riot Over Reported Lynching Plot
A near riot erupted in Lockridge last Tuesday after reports spread that a 17 year old girl was flogged by her father. Construction workers armed themselves and headed to the blacksmith’s home, but the crowd dispersed when the sheriff could not arrive and the trouble ended without violence.
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Lockridge
Burlington Railroad
All-Day County Picnic Promises Grand Chautauqua Program
Jefferson County Sunday School plans an all-day picnic at Chautauqua Park with a large county delegation. Events include a morning parade, band concert, all-county picnic, afternoon orchestra and various performances, a Judge Utterback address, and the six-reel film The Stream of Life.
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van Buren
Washington
Keokuk
Lee
Henry
Wapello
Jefferson County
Chautauqua Park
Chautauqqua
B.F. Wnorowski
Jefferson County Sunday School Association
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
A. M. E. Jubilee
Stream of Life
Park
Lockridge
Cora Sonner
Batavia
W. R. King
Hazel Leu
Parsonsville
Packwood
Gus V. Scott
Libertyville
Clarence Boos
van Nostrand
Pierson
Fairfield
Mabel Lyon
County Examinations Held for Teachers and Trainees
County Superintendent June Chidester conducted the regular teachers and normal training students examinations across Wednesday Thursday and Friday this week. Two candidates sat for certificates enabling teaching for the full term starting in September.
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June Chidhester
Hunting Licenses Issued In Fairfield Area
The past week issued hunting licenses list six recipients all from Fairfield: Thomas J. Hammond Edward Angstead Milton Shinbloom J. H. Fleagle O. N. Barton and W. E. Stewart.
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Thomas J. Hammond
Fairfield
Edward Angstead
Milton Shinbloom
J. H. Fleagle
O. N. Barton
W. E. Stewart
Marriage Licenses Stalled in Jefferson County
Cupid on strike as no marriage license has been issued from Clerk Sanford Zeigler Jr. since July 10 in Jefferson County and reports indicate similar delays elsewhere.
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Cupid
Jefferson County
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
Smith Brookhart Splits Iowa GOP and Cabinet Crowds
In Davenport Democrat editorials Colonel Smith Brookhart is praised for dividing the Iowa Republican Party and for fueling talk of Secretary Wallace’s possible resignation, signaling a broader fracture within the president's cabinet.
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Davenport
Smith Brookhart
Iowa
Wallace
Telephone Company Plans New Building and Modern System
Jefferson County Telephone company will erect a two story fireproof building for its exclusive use and replace the old system with modern equipment. The plan may include full automatic dialing but requires high rental and a site is not yet chosen. If not adopted the non ringing light-signal system may replace the present setup with smaller metal telephones.
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Jefferson County Telephone Company
Packwood Residents Urge Widening of Local Road
Twenty one residents and property owners near Packwood sign a petition to enlarge a half mile of road starting at the southwest corner of Section 17-73-11. The current forty foot wide street would become fifty feet wide. The petition will be presented to the board of supervisors once properly filed.
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Packwood
Board of Supervisors
Mrs. Noble Dies in Utah
Word arrives of the death of Mrs. Lawrence Noble in Ogden Utah. Her remains were brought to Richland for interment. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewis of Richland and leaves her husband and four children. Her husband Mr. Noble is a former Fairfield resident, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Noble once in local hotel business.
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Noble
Utah
Lawrence Noble
Ogden
Richland
Sam Lewis
Mr. Noble
Fairfield
Frank Noble
Washington Woman Succumbs After Poison Draught
Mrs. Alex DeBord of Washington drank carbolic acid in a suicide attempt at the Leggett hotel in Fairfield last Saturday afternoon. She left letters blaming ill health, accompanied by her two children, and died at the county hospital shortly after arrival. Funeral services were held at the Whitman home followed by burial in Illinois.
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Alex DeBord
Washington
Leggett
DeBord
William Whitman
Fairfield
Leggett Hotel
Whitman
H. Sears Thomson
Illinois
Pleasant Plain Sunday School Rally Planned Next Sunday
The Pleasant Plain district of the County Sunday School association will hold an all day institute and rally at Pleasant Grove church in Black Hawk township on Sunday, July 30. Teachers from across the county are urged to attend as sessions promise interest and value with a detailed program including talks by Rev. Gardner, Rev. Emil B. Frye, Prof. Wilson R. King, and others.
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Pleasant Plain
County Sunday School Association
Pleasant Grove
Blackhawk Township
B. F. Wnorowski
Edna Bates
Prairie Chapel School
Gardner
Ray Mulkins
Charles Walker
Nellie Coop
Woolson School
Emil B. Frye
Cloyce Pickering
Reading
Pleasant Grove School
Hanley
Round Table
Gilbert Smith
Glen Hosler
Enolia King
Winona Kyle
Gladys Liblin
Ruth Coffin
Vera Sasseen
Prof
Wilson R. King
Fishermen chase catfish records across Iowa rivers
A Fremont County fisherman hauled a 42 pound yellow catfish from the Nishnabotna River while in eastern Iowa rivals loom. In Clinton County Eric Rich of Wheatland reeled a 42 pound catfish on a bamboo pole near Wheatland. Otto Mohr, Wheatland, caught a 40 pound specimen.
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Fremont County
Nishnabotna
Iowa
Clinton County
Wapsie
Wheatland
Eric Rich
Wheatland Lad
Otto Mohr
Batavia Store Hit by Thieves Three Times in Weeks
L. E. Copeland’s Batavia general store faced three robberies in little over a month. The first heist yielded about $3,000 in men’s suits and overcoats, the second theft targeted silk shirts and furnishings, and the latest robbed only the cash from the register totaling around $40. Thieves left no clues and departed quietly after each incident.
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L. E. Copeland
Copeland
Batavia
Davies Oil opens new stylish filling station in West Burlington
The Davies Oil company, after facing local protest over abandoning the Wisecarver well, pipes water from it to a distant pump and opens a brick and stucco station with two streetside driveways. It includes a ladies room and a basement men’s toilet, three auto pumps, two for regular quality and one high test, automatic visible meters, lubricating oil pumps, and landscaped grounds. The firm, organized in 1911, now operates offices and stations in Ottumwa and Burlington, employing many locals.
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Davies Oil Company
West Burlington
Second Streets
Davies Company
Ottumwa
Burlington
Trib Visits Farm Homes Aims To Boost Local Trade
Prosperity appears to be starting on the return trip with better business sentiment this fall. The Tribune urges merchants to use its reach as it visits farm households across the region, promoting local trade and claiming Iowa's best weekly status.
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Iowa
Chautauqua Park Draws Tourists as Prime Camping Spot
Fairfield Chautauqua park gains statewide notice as an ideal tourist camping site. Visitors from Ohio Virginia Illinois Nebraska Indiana Minnesota Missouri North Dakota and other states spend hours under the trees. Notable groups including Piney Ridge singers camped there during the past week with praise for the park’s natural beauty. Mr and Mrs George E Parkin of Chariton county auditor traveled via Illinois Indiana Ohio and paused on return trips to enjoy the grounds.
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Fairfield Chautauqua Park
Piney Ridge
George E. Parkin
Chariton
Lucas County
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Virginia
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
Cases Filed For Next Court
Three new cases were filed Monday in Clerk of the Courts Zeigler's office by Attorneys Thomas Thoma and will be on the September docket. Andrew Ryman vs Flora McChes ney et al attachment. American Savings Bank and Trust Company of Burlington vs Clarence G. Anderson foreclosure of mortgage. Thomas Son Inc vs I E Raines of Russell on note.
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Clerk of the Courts
Zeigler
Thomas Thoma
Andrew Ryman
Flora McChesney
American Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Burlington
Clarence G. Anderson
Thomas Son, Inc
I. E. Raines of
Russell
Pierson city debates dance hall ban and auto licenses rise
Pierson residents back an ordinance restricting dances within town limits and limiting events with public celebrations. Petitions opposing the measure followed as officials considered permanent dance hall plans. Polk County licenses reach 22 168 autos and 1 500 trucks with expectations to 24 000 by year end, while Woodbury County trails with about 14 000 and other counties report 1 000 to 13 000 each. The auto industry remains strong with high demand and production lagging behind orders.
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Pierson
Woodbury County
Polk County
Linn
Pottawattamia
Scott
Leader store’s E A Peasley returns from Chicago markets
E A Peasley of the Leader store has just returned from an extended visit in the Chicago markets to observe pricing and merchandise trends.
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E.A. Peasley
Leader Store
Chicago
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Mother of Invention
Chas. F. George
Telephone Company
Pleasant Grove Church
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