One's Ideal Residence as Viewed in Dreams
The Kansas City Star imagines a colonial Tudor Gothic dream home blending French chateau and English manor influences with a California bungalow and Adirondack lodge. It would use multiple heating options, a varied roof palette, and bold color tones while featuring many bedrooms and a long empire style living room. The residence sits on a wind swept hilltop ten miles from the station near dense woods and within walking distance of the office.
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Kansas City Star
Yur
Our Dumb Animals critique on cruelty in common sayings
A letter by David Lee Wharton argues against animal stereotype insults used in phrases like horse laugh and old hen. He condemns cruel terms and urges kinder language, citing examples such as the dog with a kind heart and the cat waiting to die, advocating humane education.
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David Lee Wharton
Bank holdup rates vary by state amid rising crime figures
The text notes a base rate of one dollar per thousand with increases where states are deemed bad risks. It cites Nindy raising from four to six dollars on April 13 and Kansas similarly, Oklahoma from four to ten, Minnesota near the minimum at one fifty, and Iowa lowering from one fifty to one on January 1, 1925. It infers fewer successful robberies in Iowa and rising incidents elsewhere.
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Oklahoma
Minnesota
Iowa
Bee exposed as lazy laborer by officials
Experts from the Department of Agriculture reveal a humorous fraud claim about bees. They argue bees are unusually idle, staying in the hive and making only 31.65 trips in a lifetime to gather eight tenths of a gram of nectar, requiring 567 bees for a pound. The piece urges a broad survey on efficiency and working conditions for bees.
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Department of Agriculture
Departments of Commerce and Labor
New York Sun
Iowa Buttermakers Win Championship Banner in Des Moines
Iowa buttermakers capture the National Buttermakers Association championship banner at the Portland Oregon convention. This marks a third straight win with Iowa sweeping cold storage butter prizes led by L E Nelson Randall P J Lusson Festina and Peter Reisdahl Grafton. Minnesota took top in fresh butter with T F Shipton Alta Vista and Fred Harms Oelwein challenging for second and third.
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L. E. Nelson
Randall
P. J. Lusson
Festina
Peter Reisdahl
Graftop
Minnesota
T. F. Shipton
Alta Vista
Fred Harms
Oelwein
Miners Plan Cow Theft Ended by Bear in Barn
Two Cornish miners plotted to steal a neighbor's cow. A night when no traveler with a trained bear lodged nearby, the owner moved the cow to a shed. One thief entered the barn while the other watched. cries and blows erupted, and the thieves fled. Pam doubted the success, but the danger remained in the unknown.
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Pam
Mantis Odd Attitude and Human Curiosities
The article describes the praying mantis as an insect of the Mantidae family with protruding eyes resembling grasshoppers. It notes worldwide distribution, claimed supernatural qualities, its predatory forelegs, and mentions keeps in Japan for boxing exhibitions as well as common presence in southern states.
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Japan
Tates
Care of Machinery in the Home
Two mornings a month should be set aside for one of the most important household duties. On these mornings overhaul all household machinery. Oil every part that needs oiling and clean dust gathering components. Examine electric cords to prevent wear and potential fire. This routine keeps equipment in good condition and avoids electrician calls.
Good Brass Band Boosts Morale and Music Appreciation
A booster praises brass bands for lifting community spirits as New Corn Does Not Cause Cholera is explained by Dr. C. C. Lipp of South Dakota State College. He cautions farmers that hog cholera is not caused by new corn, but excessive feeding can upset pig digestion and lower vitality. Gradual introduction of new corn is advised.
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Wuberaums
Ogether
C. C. Lipp
South Dakota State College
Income Tax Payers List Nearby Names and Figures
A continuation of a published income tax payers section listing numerous individuals with monetary amounts next to each name. The fragment includes names such as Slebens J G, Ann M Sidonsia, Hari L Thompson and wife, Elizabeth E Vandagrift, Joe Volk, George Wagner, G L Wernll, H Capt, Claus Borm, Theodore Sr, Groth P H, Jaden P T, Kramer Anna, Edith H Lloyd, Jacob Mundarscheid, Ohlendorf, Henry Schaaff, Darrell Schultz, Liefke William, Sonsma Andrew, Bertha Sonsma, Splecker, Peter J Treinen, and others with small monetary annotations.
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Slebens J. G
Sidonsia
Ann M
Mt Bae S
Tentinger
Thompson
Hari L
Leonard
Vandagrift
Elizabeth E
Volk
Joe
Wagner
George
Wernll
G. L
Witt
Capt H
Borm
Claus
Gengler
Theodore
Groth
P. H
Homan
Jaden
P. T
Ne Kramer
Anna
Lloyd Edith H
Mundarscheid
Jacob
Ohlendorf
Schaaff
Henry
Schultz
Darrell
Liefke
Sonsma
Andrew Sonsma
Bertha Splecker
B. H. Treinen
Peter J
Mae
Methodist pastors and appointments across Iowa districts
Sheldon district superintendent EB Peacock named pastors including Stiles Archer Baker Eggleston Gilbert Grantham Lease Paterson Paverle Stiles Hutchins Welch Lagryns Shideler Willis Webb Shroyer Osborne Leake Jacobson Fille brown Bottom Whitford Brean Rembrandt Anderson Bergman Paul Wardle Forrester Sibley Clegg Edge Wolcott Bathe Ward Terrill Rasmussen Briggs Whitehead Thompkins Moore Moneta plus special Grace conference appointments F E Mossman H G Campbell L M Jones S L Chandler D A McBurney G T Norgan reappointed Sioux City hospital superintendent A J Quirin executive secretary
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Sheldon District
EB. Peacock
Sheldon
W. E. Stiles
Archer
Baker
F. W. Wilson
Arnolds Park
G. W. Eggleston
Alta
G. R. Gilbert
Aurelia
Fred Grantham
Calumet
Hylan
W. H. Lease
Cherokee
J. L. Ralston
Diamond
Good Hope
Hattie Johnson
Dickens
E. A. Doss
Everly
Royal
J. W. Patterson
Excelsior
Edgar Paverle
Hull
R. E. Willis
Inwood
W. E. Webb
Ireton
J. L. Shroyer
Lake Park
Garner Osborne
Larrabee
W. C. Leake
Milford
Jacobson
Melvin
C. L. Fillebrown
Montgomery
A. Bottom
Qceyedan
H. C. Travis
Sibley
H. M. Burns
Sioux Rapids
Herbert Clegg
Spencer
JH. Edge
Spirit Lake
A. A. Wolcott
Storm Lake
Thomas Bathe
Sutherland
H. C. Ward
Terrill
Arthur Rasmussen
Webb
Ya. A. Briggs
Marathon
C. B. Whitehead
Marcus
W. D. Thompkins
Moneta
J. F. Moore
Newell
Grace Methodist Episcopal Quarterly Conference
F. E. Mossman
H. G. Campbell
L. M. Jones
S. L. Chandler
D. A. McBurney
G. T Norgan
Methodist Hospital
Sioux City
A. J. Quirin
Appointment of staff and evangelists at regional church homes
W T McDonald to head Old Peoples home as superintendent. F D Empey serves as staff representative of the institutional financing board of education, R A Quinn as field agent for Iowa Wesleyan College, C N McMillan state secretary of the anti saloon league, and George L Search as controller of the board of home missions. Three conference evangelists named Rev J W Mah ed, Rev M L Metcalf and Rev Frank Mathis. Several student pastors depart for school including Roy Cox F A Schuldt Harry E Whyte George Schneider A G Carroll A G Billman C W McLaughlin Howard Reyman W Thompkins Homer Smothers.
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W. T. McDonald
Old Peoples’ Home
F. D. Empey
Istitutional Financing Board of Education
R. A Quinn
Iowa Wesleyan College
C. N. McMillan
Anti-Saloon League
George L. Search
Board of Home Missions
J. W. Maheed
M. L. Metcalf
Frank Mathis
Vigilantes Reduce Holdups Grow Across States
The Iowa Vigilance Committee, formed by bankers with merchant aid, operates without pay under county sheriffs to curb yegg crimes. Nine states have statewide constabularies, with Iowa's effort spreading to others as robberies rise. Insurance reports show burglary and robbery losses shifting toward robbery coverage as crimes increase.
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Iowa
War Department
Indiana
Ilineis
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Illinois
Insurance Committee
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Methodists Name District Ministers
Grove Rev. G. W. Dunn Mapleton Rev. M. E. Shahr Pierson Rev. B. L. Weaver Rock Branch Rev. J. E. DeWitt Merrill Rev. J. A. Kettle Ode-
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Methodists
Ownership statement for LeMars Globe-Post October 1 1925
The LeMars Globe-Post declares its ownership, management and circulation in a 1925 affidavit. Publisher John Starzl and editors John Starzl and Rome F Starzl are named. No bonds or securities exceed 1 percent. Notary L. T. Kass verifies the document.
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Congress
LeMars
Capillon
Wythe. Ack
John Starzl
Iowa
John Starz
Inc
Starzl
Rome F. Starzl
L. T. Kass
Bitter NYC mayoral primary pitting Hylan against Walker
The city witnessed the fiercest Democratic primary in years as Mayor John F. Hylan clashed with State Senator James J. Walker, the Tammany nominee. Walker won nomination by about 100000 votes. photo shows Senator James J. Walker, Democrat.
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New York City
John F. Hylan
James J. Walker
Tammany
Walker
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