Economic highlights show war aiding some exports
The Graettinger Times notes war abroad reshapes American business with exports rising nearly 30 percent though belligerent demand lags. Aluminum and aircraft exports surge while foreign auto and truck buying falls. The Allied purchasing commission helps keep prices down as credits flow to support American industry, with profits likely temporary and rebuilding costs looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Britain
Norway
Germany
Allied Purchasing Commission
France
England
Finland
China
Wallingford News notes war rumors and local life
The Wallingford column blends World War II rumors about German and British moves with community briefs. It documents patient care, visits, home moves, farm leases, club meetings, and local social events in the Ruthven Estherville area, naming residents, farms, and institutions.
N R G 4 H Club Meets With Florence Jackson
The N R G Girls 4 H Club met Saturday with Florence Jackson. Miss Francis Byrne attended. Families move as rural residences shift, Audine Sampson visits parents as they relocate near Petersburg. Spelling contest at Wallingford school yields Doris O Bye first oral and second written. Lillian Boecker and Bernice Ness place in written and oral. County spelling contest slated March 12 in Estherville.
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Florence Jackson
Francis Byrne
Smead Hillman
Jess Hillman
Grand Junction
Ludvig Larson
Audine Sampson
Estherville
Ben Sampson
Thee
Petersburg
Herman Andresen
Sampsons
Charlie Brown
John Osher
Tom Helgason
Brown
Clair Tweet
High Lake
Wallingford
Doris O'Bye
Lillian Boecker
Bernice Ness von
Anna Anderson
Albert Richards
California
Lawrence Thoreson
Corydon
Loyd Larson
Carl Peterson
One Hand On Wheel Blunder Involving Minneapolis Man
Wilhelm Schalebeam of Minneapolis risked a collision by passing a truck on the highway near Cole. A highway patrolman, Hofman, pursued and jailed Schalebeam, costing him seven dollars. A patrolman noted an allegedly one armed driver incident, but investigators found no masher, only a husband courting his wife. Bremer county candidates vow clean campaigns with printed cards bearing Printed in Bremer county. George Bradford of Chariton faced stolen license plates in Washington but completed a three week trip home without plates and was not stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm Schalebeam
Minneapolis
Hofman
Schalebeam
Bars of Justice
Cole
We. Sr
Washington, D. C
George Bradford
Chariton
Crow catcher A W Buelor nets large bounty
Sae county resident A W Buelor is described as perhaps the world’s champion crow catcher. He reportedly collected a bounty of 954.60 on 8646 crows caught in a special trap last week, and the piece notes communities would be glad to know his methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Buelor
Sae County
First Airmail Flight Across the United States in 1911
The first airmail flight across the United States was completed by Galbraith Rogers in 1911, traversing fifty days with sixty eight stops to deliver mail from coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Galbraith Rogers
Fragmented Iowa clipping mixes tombstone tale and jail plea
Charley Gimio in Manchester caused a spin with his car hitting a curb while examining a tombstone marker. Virgil Harris, Cedar Rapids robber, seeks release to join the Finnish army, and Mrs Avie Vian Ryswk near Pella dislocated her neck after ducking a splash. An ad promotes City Meat Market offerings with groceries and produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Gimio
Manchester
Gimio
Virgil Harris
Cedar Rapids
Texas State’ Penitentiary
New York
Texas
Avie Vian Ryswk
Pella
Jamaica’s coast forms a turtle shape with high ridges
The coast of Jamaica in the British West Indies resembles a turtle, its east west running mountains rising over 7000 feet then sloping toward the Caribbean. The terrain’s long ridges create a distinctive shoreline profile in this early geology note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
British West
Indies
Caribbean
Population and origins of island residents described
A fragment notes a densely populated country second to Java, with about 1,000 inhabitants. It mentions colonial-era African-descended populations and historical importations from West Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries, but the passage ends abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penta Perh
Java
West Africa
Harbors of Jamaica and chief ports listed
The text enumerates sixteen Jamaican harbors in the British West Indies with chief harbors named including Kingaton Port Morant Old Harbour Ontego Bay Fairmouth St Ann's Bay and Por Moria. The fragment notes historic context and regional maritime significance.
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Jamaica
British West
Kingaton
Port Morant
Qld Harbour
Ontego Bay
Fairmouth
St Ann's’ Bay
Por Moria
Andy Ant
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