Rittman oil process eyed as wartime fuel saver near rise
Dr. Rittman describes a method to crack petroleum into gasoline and related products, claiming higher yield, lower costs, and potential 10-cent gasolene. He touts value for independent producers, notes system uses vapor phase reactions and differentiates benzol and tulol production. warns of future limits for coal tar products. Fort Dodge incident details follow about Jim Stewart missing after drinking, with train accident marks and official actions.
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Ally
Fort Dodge
Jim Stewart
Round House
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Humboldt Independent
Woman Tramp Travels Through Estherville Arrives on Baggage
A well-traveled woman arrived in Estherville last Wednesday riding the blind baggage. She has journeyed across the United States and abroad three times and feels comfortable in both men’s attire and women’s clothing. Mrs. J. P. Littell, known for work with Associated Charities, arranged lodging and sought employment for her. The woman is now employed locally and well treated by her hosts.
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Estherville Aghat
J.P. Littell
Mankato School Ordered To Stop Bible Reading
State High School Inspector Phills formally warns Mankato Board of Education that reading from the Bible and the Lord's Prayer by students Monday mornings must cease or the district risks losing its state school appropriation. The board will seek a change to allow continuation and has set up a committee for legal advice and to present the case to the high school board.
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Phills
Mankato
Immigrant Letter From Fargo Describes Warm Welcome
H. L. Jensen reports moving his family to Fargo North Dakota and says they are settled well. He notes good weather, a pleasant city, and that they have bought a location, asking to be kept informed and hoped for a response.
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H. L. Jensen
Fargo
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Air Avehinot
Send in Your New Address for Times Subscribers
Many subscribers have moved this spring causing new addresses. Please telephone or write with your new address so the Times can update records and ensure you receive all issues.
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Times
Tax Case on Swea City Lands Court Rules 10 Mill Corporation Levy
In Algona district court last week the suit J Poole versus Swea City Iowa challenged taxes on 37 parcels near Swea City for 1970 1993 1912 1998 and part of 11d. The court denied the refund protest and ruled land subject to 10 mill general corporation tax. It ordered four mills for bond funds blocked. Costs totaled $53.75 split between Poole and the town. The decision affects several nearby landowners.
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Swea City Herald
Bootlegger's Bold Escape From Tama to Cedar Rapids
A Tama bootlegger known as Stull planned to refill a suitcase with booze in Cedar Rapids and resume westward travel. A marshal shadowed him, forcing a return on the North Western train. At a signal tower west of town Stull blew the train's air brake rope and jumped off, abandoning the suitcase into a nearby pond. Marshal Shirley recovered the suitcase as Stull fled along the Milwaukee line.
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Tima
Cedar Rapids
Stull
North Western
Tama
Town
Milwaukee
Shirley
Land High Near Reinbeck Farm Sale Noted at $250 Per Acre
One of the largest local farm sales closed when George Saul sold his 160 acre farm north of town to Hans Boege from near Berlin for 250 dollars per acre. The Saul property boasted modern buildings, all new last season, in the best condition. Boege had just sold a southern Berlin farm for 225 per acre, a deal seen as favorable given the Saul place’s superior improvements. Saul takes possession March 1 and will reside in Reinbeck.
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George Saul
Hans Boege
Berlin
Boege
Julius Valkens
Saul
A. Schmidt
Reinheck Courier
Golden Wedding For Mr and Mrs Patrick Sherlock
Mr and Mrs Patrick Sherlock, longtime residents with eleven children and thirteen grandchildren, celebrated fifty years of marriage on February 27. They wed near Lucan, Ontario in 1865 and later settled in Palo Alto County Iowa, with many gifts from their children marking the occasion.
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Patrick Sherlock
Anna Casey
Lucan
Ontario
Canada
Sherlock
Ireland
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Great Oak
Palo Alto County
Graettinger
John Sherlock
Kate Sherlock
Ayrshire
Wm. Blom
Louie Johnson
James Brown
Supreme court upholds eight year murder by negligent driving
The supreme court today affirmed the guilty verdict against G. W. Biewen of Keokuk county. He was sentenced to eight years for causing the death of one and a half year old Claiies Hammes by driving an automobile over her. The charge labeled the act as assault with a deadly weapon and marks the case as a first of its kind reviewed by the court. It resolves doubt on whether motorists may be imprisoned for street and highway deaths due to negligence.
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Tri County
Frank A. Tehvul
Aone
Coriv
Supreme Court
G. W. Biewen
Keokuk County
Claiies Hammes
Biewen
Supreme Court Affirms Murder Verdict in Martin County
The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Chris Virgens for the murder of John Steen, found in the hog house on Steen's farm over eighteen months ago. Virgens, sentenced to life imprisonment, had appealed through the lower court to the high court, which upheld that ruling.
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Supreme Court
Martin County
Minn
John Steen
Chris Virgens
Minnesota Supreme Court
Ruthven man Al Hagedon dead after yearlong illness
The obituary states Al Hagedon a Ruthven native died Saturday at his Iowa Rapids home from arteriosclerosis. He once lived in Ruthven briefly and operated boats on Medium Lake, but traffic failed to sustain the venture and he moved back to Ruthven for burial.
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Ruthven
Eee Rapids
Mr. Hagedon
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