Crooked Detective Tracks a Fraudulent Check Incident
A Elk Cafe clerk aided a young man who spent twenty cents and passed a $15.20 check drawn on Imogene Bank. The check bounced. a replacement was also dishonored. Murphy, posing as an insurance agent, collected the funds or the canceled check before vanishing from Des Moines. Certificates and reward cards tied to the alleged theft circulated, with Des Moines police involved as others seek Murphy. Floyd Quick has narrow escapes in automobile incidents near Pleasant Ridge, ending with slight vehicle damage and the car’s return to operation.
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W. R. Coppock
Elk Cafe
Imogene Bank
Coppock
L. P. Murphy
22Nd Street
Des Moines
Murphy
Imogene
Shenangoah
Insurance Company
Charles Simpson
Doty and
Delmonica
J. Davis
Fleming Building
F. R. Brown
Doty Hotel
Sentinel Post
Floyd Quick
Pleasant Ridge
S Home
Floyd
C. W. Kriger
Mr. Kriger
Farmers urged to self butcher hogs at home
Advised that hogs sold to packers yield poor returns versus meat bought back. Iowa State College animal husbandry department states home butchering is simple. An Iowa circular on home butchering is available from the Bulletin Section, Ames, Iowa.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Bulletin Section
Ames
Cull Two Carloads of Hens and Slacker Chickens Shown
Iowa State College poultry extension workers culled 450000 non productive chicks from farm flocks in the past season. Over a million chickens were handled and farmers saved money by removing slackers. The effort saved about $850000 in feed for town farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
Get The Arm Machinery In Now For Farmers
Farmers are urged to shelter plows discs harrows binders mowers and stray implements after use. Store machinery on a dirt floor raised with boards to protect edges from rust and cover tractors or engines with temporary canvass or roofing. Collect stray items after harvest to repay the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Engineering Department
Iowa Exhibitors Shine at Chicago Hay and Grain Show
Iowa carried off top prizes at the International Hay and Grain Show linked to the Chicago livestock exhibit. Total Iowa winnings reached $585 with Towa Chief honors in polts and hay classes and 11 of 16 oats entries earning ribbons. F J Sexant of Ankeny placed third overall. W F Otcheck of Grinnell won best display and $40 plus a silver cup for grand champion hay, plus two alfalfa prizes. Iowa exhibitors totaled 25 ribbons and $265 in corn class prizes.
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Iowa
Chicago
Towa
F. J. Sexant
Ankeny
W. F. Otcheck
Grinnell
Williamsburg wins in Timothy Seed class with top prize
Carl Helden of Williamsburg takes first in the timothy seed class while Iowa earns two prizes in the hard winter wheat class. Iowa submitted 160 exhibits with many ribbons and wirings noted. The piece ends with aphorisms about patience and talk at a distance.
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Carl Helden
Williamsburg
Iowa
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Will Gray
Hamburg, Iowa
Golden Red Cafe
R. E. Hiatt
Haimburg
Ideal Tailoring Company
Main Street
Hamburg, IA
H. H. Hopkins
Kodaks
W. E. Mann
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