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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
6
A columnist argues four wheel drive reduces road wear by making all wheels roll together. He claims the system cuts tire wear and fuel use, saves horsepower, and is essential for affordable road maintenance, criticizing current engineers as pancake-stuck.
The Providence Journal notes railroads require at least 1 billion dollars annually for development while roads attract about 1.25 billion in 1928. Railroads are underfunded compared with highways and trucks pay little toward highway upkeep, despite heavy wear and tear.
Government trails in the Cascade national forest will be marked with sign posts every mile once 300 posts are installed in May. Posts sent to MecKenzie bridge Onskridge and West Boundary districts will bear trail names and direction arrows.
Massachusetts launches a state wide drive against highway billboards with the department of public works empowered to license the industry. Violations face 100 dollar fines for the first offense and 500 dollars for the second.
The most prosperous towns lie along roads and transport routes. Good transportation boosts farmers by enabling them to convert land into a comfortable income.
Federal aid completed more than 8,000 miles of roads in the year ending June 30, 1923, bringing total finished mileage to 26,536 miles. At year end, 14,772 miles were under construction, estimated to be 30 percent complete, with costs around 3 percent of total.
The Knights of Columbus held a dancing party at Grimes pavilion on Monday with about 160 couples enjoying the event. Frank Kramer visited the Puetz home. Miss Barbara Worth and Oswald Worth visited Frank Puetz. Mrs. John Marx visited her parents in Remsen. Vedilis Wurth, a Sioux City visitor and C. H. Grimes employee, noted. A wind storm toppled Grimes pool tower and damaged the Puetz apple orchard of about 60 trees. Cattle and hogs were traded on the Sioux City market. LeMars shoppers faced storm delays. an orchestra car bearing failed near Marcus and Silvan Locer and John Marx retrieved it.
Alanson Skinner notes in Adventure Magazine that Wisconsin hosts the largest Indian population east of the Mississippi, with 1910 census figures listing Chippewa Ojibway Ottawa Potawatomi Brothertown and Stockbridges among the tribes. He observes growth since 1910, calls out Seminoles in Florida, and reports that Oneida Brothertowns and Stockbridges trace origins to New York or New England while many retain language and pursue farming trades and hunting and fishing estates in native Wisconsin communities.
A Vienna sculptor opens a studio to make plaster masks from living faces. The cheap, quick process uses grease, plaster, cotton, and silk threads to capture a deathlike pallor. Women are the primary clients, with men receiving hats as adornments. The method promises high earnings beyond marble sculpture.
The article describes a plan to communicate with potential Mars inhabitants in August using powerful light beams from Jungfrau summit in the Alps. A high powered lens will project light rays with snow as reflectors, echoing Schiaparelli’s 1877 canals theory and Marconi’s earlier wireless hints about signals possibly coming from Mars.
A Butler College student studying sociology and economics, serving as a teacher in a local high school, is challenged by a girl pupil who jestingly asks if he studies cooking, highlighting a humorous misperception during their lesson.
Government scientists report a blood-sucking mite linked to rats that aggravates soldiers in the southern states. The remedy is to kill rats and spray rat nests with kerosene to repress the mites.
A customer asks for two pills and describes wearing a size seven hat. A clerk asks for size details, referencing a miscommunication at a Stanford Chaparral setting.
A 30-foot model of a whale shark is shown at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The giant, the largest fish related mammal, eats by filtering plankton and small fry with gill rakers. He bears a delicate gray coat with white spots and is rarely seen, with only five Atlantic specimens recorded.
A New Zealand Insurance Department booklet describes the public life insurance system in New Zealand and Australia with self supporting departments. It notes policyholder profits distributed every three years and low rates. Private and friendly societies also play large roles in the regional insurance market.
Thousands of miles of film are discarded daily in theaters. Disused film is stripped of its chemical coating, yielding silver and cleansing ready for reuse. Boot and shoe makers in England and elsewhere use the recovered material for patent toecaps, meaning you may wear a toe cap that once touched Mary Pickford or Charlie Chaplin.
A Boston boy quotes his teacher promising to stay after school for an hour. He grins and asks if she will stay with him, then questions who is punishing whom, a humorous exchange reported by the Kansas City Star.
Herman Kolker brought Hampshire hogs to the Sioux City market on Wednesday. Leo and Mrs Dreckman visited Mrs Dreckman’s parents. Mrs Frank Holtzman, Mr and Mrs John Marx and family attended Louise Minert and Mr Newman’s wedding from Marcus. About ten neighbors joined a barn dance at the Jack Sheenan farm, halted by the sheriff until midnight. Miss Clebith Bailey, William Koehler and Marion Edwards visited the Sam Lang home. Albert Mayrose, previously ill, is now up and around. Kolker made a business call in Sioux City.
Washington Louis Borchers of Preston township passed through the area last week. Henry Ludwigs and sons visited Bert Norton’s home Friday evening. Harlan Rowe and his mother Mrs Charles Rowe were LeMars visitors Saturday. Kasper Thornblad was a Brunsville business caller Sunday afternoon. Irene Botsford visits with her parents in Mammen Ia this week. Mr and Mrs Leo Halwig and daughter Fern were at George Halwig’s home Sunday. Ella Ruble and Grace Botsford were LeMars visitors Monday. Edward Johnson of Brunsville and Charles Hamm of LeMars repaired a windmill damaged by Saturday’s storm for Henry Ludwigs. Knud Knudson and son Hans were guests at Kasper Thornblad’s home Tuesday. Gerd Luken drove through with a carload of cattle Monday morning. Charles Rowe visited River Sioux Saturday.
Grant Adolf Popken and family visited John Mammen Sunday evening. Herman Albers and son from Howard SD visited his mother who marked her 82nd birthday last Sunday June 15. Friends gathered at M F Eillers Saturday to honor Mrs Wilergs with birthday wishes. John Mammen and Frank Friberg shipped hogs to Sioux City Tuesday. Local youth attended a River Sioux ball game with Craig last Sunday. A severe storm last Saturday caused damage, a barn on Hans Erickson’s farm collapsed, windmills and trees were blown down. Mrs Gerd Miller and sister from Lincoln NE arrived Friday for a visit. Mrs Harm Johnson and children Esther and Russel of Del Rapids SD visited at her parents’ home. she left Sunday, Etta Frerichs accompanying her for a few weeks. Henry Dirks and family called at W S Mammen Sunday evening. Harm Herren and family visited Fred Osterbuhr Sunday. Herman Mammen and Lowell Wagoner of Sioux City visited John on Monday. Mrs Anna Kruse is visiting daughter Mrs Herman Frerichs near Craig. Mrs Henrich Herren, very sick, is improving. Earnest Boyson of Brunsville was a Monday afternoon caller.
Struble H C Popken Henry Baack John Toenges and families visited Sioux City on Tuesday. Ray Beltelspacher and son Earnest also traveled to Sioux City. Miss Mabel Nicholson attended the Laux Manning wedding in Le Mars on Thursday. A Saturday wind storm caused widespread damage with blown windmills toppled buildings uprooted trees and livestock losses. Mrs John Schumann plans to live with her daughter in LeMars. The Ireton Struble game was canceled due to muddy diamond. Floyd Laughton recuperates after appendectomy and long leg fracture surgery performed by Dr Reeves and Dr Mosher. A. P Noble and his wife visited Hawarden with Guy Millard family on Sunday.
Howard Dean of Omaha vacationed with his parents the past week. Sioux City guests John Grimjes Simon Grimjes Ben Knapp and families visited H W Bristow. Mrs Frank Todd and children visit Kansas City relatives. Albert Jensen and family from Sioux City visited the Jensens west of Merrill. A wind storm caused notable damage Saturday night with several large trees blown down.
Light service was off until about 10 o clock on Sun. Various residents visited, including Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Larson and daughters from Alta Indiana. August Blecker plans a California trip via a new Jewett sedan. Delia Hauser attends Cedar Falls summer school. Miss Vivian Tooker funeral drew Merrill relatives. Clarence Bristow and Elizabeth Bradley wed in Sioux City. Marion Larson visits grandparents J J Schindel. Mrs. W B Cody departs Merrill after weeks here.
Kingsley residents welcomed two newborn sons born to Roy and Elna Rogers of Sergeants Bluffs and F Hummell of Cushing. The report notes extended trips, visits from relatives, a California home move, and the death of Albert Brandon from a prior automobile accident. Local events include church social gatherings, a drama at Congregational church, storm damage, and multiple regional visits to Sioux City Ames Moville Marcus Yankton and Polo.
Remsen's bats produced 10 runs while LeMars managed a single as Ohlendorf and Fideler led Remsen pitchers against LeMars hitters Hein Voss and Harrison. In a separate Remsen ceremony, Miss Louisa Meinert and Raymond Nieman wed at St Mary’s church with Rev. A A Bausch officiating and a reception to follow. The bride, a Remsen bank stenographer, hails from Meinert family. the groom is Marcus native son Nieman.
A stream of short notices covers weddings plans and home life in Marcus and Remsen. A groom to be will live above his father’s jewelry store, while friends and relatives from Sioux City Ovens and nearby towns visit for weddings, illnesses, and outings. Convent construction bids were awarded to Federation Construction of Sioux City for 33600 dollars, nine firms submitted bids, and several residents made short trips to LeMars Spirit Lake Cherokee and Storm Lake for visits and leisure.
LeMars residents visit relatives in Granville while Mr and Mrs J E Greenen hosted in Remsen. Local travel includes R EB Carson to Clarion and trips by Clarence Koerner who injured his hand while installing electrolier disconnectors. Visitors include Miss Ella Moeller from Iowa City and Mrs A G Guse from Sanborn. Henry Kramer returns from Alexandria with storm damage stories.
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