Scenic Custer Battlefield Highway Draws Visitors Across Iowa
The Custer Battlefield highway dubbed Scenic Route to the West showcases forests streams and battlefields en route to Yellowstone and Glacier parks. It highlights quick Iowa access with free camping at Sylvan Lake and the state lodge, no fishing or camping signs, and vast parks where buffalo elk deer and other wildlife roam.
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Wallaces
Custer Battlefield
United States
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Iowa
America
Des Moines
Custer Battlefield Highway
Custer State Park
Switzerland
Westminster
Sylvian Lake
Harney Peak
State Lodge
Sylvan Lake
State of
South Dakota
Forest Department
Defense Test Safe and Sane Training Program Outlined
The War Department issues instructions for the 1925 defense test to educate Americans on national defense policies and obligations under the 1920 act. A second July 4 test aims to strengthen readiness without extra cost, likened to spring sports training, with emphasis on safety, doors, and access control for the nation. Also describes scenic westward attractions, including Wind Cave, Mount Roosevelt, and the Big Horns, urging travel via the Custer Battlefield highway.
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War Department
United States
George Washington
Congress
G. A. R. Hall
Lead
S. D
Roosevelt Monument
Deadwood
Spearfish Canyon
Spearfish
Bear Buttes
Sturgis
Rapid City
School of Mines
Custer Battlefield Highway
Devil's Tower
Sundance
Wye
Belle Fourche River
Big Horn National Forest
Sheridan
Wyoming
Montana
Custer Battlefield
Big Horn Mountains
National
Pushed Pigs Prove Most Profitable to Farmers
Prof John M Evward, livestock expert at Iowa State College, tells a Radio Farm class that pushing spring pigs for early fall market yields highest profits. Self feeding cuts days to weight, reduces concentrates and tankage, and lowers pasture use and overhead. Early fall sales maximize price and free space for fall pig production.
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John M. Evward
Radio Farm School
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Evward
Iowa State College
Farrow
Evvard
Executrix Appointed in Charles W Wilde Estate
The district court of Plymouth County Ia appointed Minnie Wilde executrix of the estate of Charles W Wilde deceased. Debts must be paid to the executrix and claims presented to the court for allowance. Keenan and Murray are attorneys for the estate. Published in The LeMars Globe Post on June 15 22 and 29 1925.
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District Court of
Plymouth County
Charles W. Wilde
Minnie Wilde
Keenan & Murray
LeMars Globe Post
Defense Day Proclamation Urges Iowans To Observe July 4
Governor Hammill calls for patriotic women to join men in defense plans and orders Iowa National Guard units to report for ceremonies. The piece covers rail earnings, wheat labor shifts in Oklahoma and Kansas, and dairy cost comparisons at Cherokee. It notes reductions in game wardens, a $500 reward for Jim Davis, and legal actions by Judge Fletcher, with a Dubuque meeting urging lawmakers to curb prolific legislation.
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John Hammill
Couldn't Foo Charlie Up in the Ozarks a Hill Billy Tale
A fragment from Everybody's Magazine July recounts a hillbilly family of 21 in the Ozarks. The aging father buys a looking glass on an annual town trip so the boys can see themselves, provoking laughter when the oldest first views a mirror and faces a wolf yarn from the father.
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Ozarks
Charlie
Frrom
England critics hail Paige-Jewett car in London Evening Standard
The London Evening Standard Motor Notes praises the 26 horsepower Paige-Jewett American six cylinder open tourer for a record car trial thrill. The columnist notes Westerham hill climb, a mile with a one in six gradient, and a top gear ascent when others fail, marking high praise for this model.
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England
Motor Notes
London Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Paige-Jewett
Westerham Climb Tests Car’s Top Gear Efficiency
An observer reports a car reaching Westerham on a top gear ratio of 4.4 to 1, noting the engine ran without strain and the climb succeeded with a light load. The machine features 55 HP, battery ignition, Remy dynamo, dry plate clutch, semi-elliptic suspension, and Lockheed hydraulic brakes, with concerns about heat and effectiveness on braking.
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Westerham
Paige Jewett Cars, Ltd
Pall Mall
Remy
Lockheed Hydraulic
Shepherd's Contested Will in Typhoid Case Trial
Chicago june 19 the will by shepherd drawing and the McClintock estate face contest as Miss Isabelle Pope and relatives challenge the million dollar bequest while she renounces more than four hundred thousand. several witnesses recount typhoid germ murder plot and the defense slams expert Falman amid cross examinations and stalled testimony from key accomplices.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
Billy” McClintock
Shepherd
Isabelle Pope
Billy
McClintock
Miss Pope
Julie Shepherd
Shepherd Drew
Defense Opens Case in Shepherd Trial
The defense of William Darling Shepherd began presenting its case in Chicago on June 19 with plans to rest Monday after the defendant testifies. Four witnesses were called before an adjournment as Judge Lynch attended a Cook County judges meeting. The state finished cross examining Charles Farman, whose testimony linked Shepherd to a scheme involving typhoid bacilli and a $100,000 ransom.
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William Nelson McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Charles CC
Farman
Shepherd
Robert B. Crowe
Thomas J. Lynch
McClintock
Crowe
Faiman
William Scott Stewart
Stewart
Lynch
Illinois
Falman
Robert White
Chicago
Cook County
Charles C. Farman
Arthur T. Conway
John P. Marchand
Fairman's School
Eva Peterson
Isabell Anderson
Stoll & Shepherd
Isabelle Pope
Billy McClintock
W. J. Mitchell
Mitchell
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LE Mars
Way
W. D. Fisher
State Executive Council
Oklahoma
Kansas
A. L. Urick
Urick
Cherokee
R. G. Clark
Dairy and Food Division
State Department of Agriculture
Jim Davis
Davis
Notorius
Red” Burrette
Clinton County
Lincoln Highway
DeWitt
John Fletcher
Polk County District Court
State Association of County Attorneys
Dubuque
Iowa State Bar Association
Panhandler
Wrigleys
Wrigley’s
Mrs. Ashcroft
Lydia E. Pinkham
Covington
Bete
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Harry Ashcroft
Beech Avenue
Kentucky
The
Standard Oil
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce of the
Standard Oil Company
General Gite
Pieco
Michigan Avenue
Lemars
Chautauqua
Keighley
Adam
Eva
William J. Keighley
Kehrberg-Schneider Co
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