1927 Iowa notes roam with road talk and births
20 Years Ago column reports Grodland and McCulloch returning from North Dakota, Mrs. Merriman improving, and varied local notes. Markets list crops and eggs, while several births, marriages, and moves are noted along with school and civic items. The piece closes with a wry line about life as a stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. QO. Grodland
Toe McCulloch
North Dakota
E. B. Merriman
L. C. Gammon
Kenneth Starker
Uncle Sam Urges Savings Bonds as New Year Resolve
The message encourages setting resolutions and choosing to secure the future by regularly investing income into U S Savings Bonds. These bonds pay 4 for each 1 invested over a 10 year period, urging readers to act as prudent Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Night Crawlers in Gas Tank and Missing Hat Prank
Short local items report odd happenings: a trainman in Marion troubled by car issues. a night crawlers discovery in a gas tank by gorgeman Carl Stuber. Reverend Joe Brookshire in Reinbeck sermon on honesty with his new hat stolen and an old one left. Ray Kellogg in Strawberry Point faces a continually running oil burner after flipping the switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
William T. Stewart
Gorgeman
Carl Stuber
Reinbeck
Kentucky
Joe Brookshire
Ray Kellogg
Strawberry Point
Ground wire disconnection triggers burner outage and street lights
A fragmented report notes that Vive Man disconnected the ground wire causing the burner to stop. Simultaneously the nearby street lights, previously off in that area, came on as the event unfolded. The text then mentions an attack following this incident.
Street lights fail as ground wire blamed for outage
Electricians say the intended street light current surged when Mr Kellogg's ground wire affected the circuit. The incident caused lights to go dark while the burner activated, prompting a fault assessment of the wiring and grounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Kellogg
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