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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
3
A narrative on a girl who learns to read through immersive home reading with alphabet blocks and parental storytelling. The child independently moves from recitation to reading whole books, recognizing about two hundred words and reading complex works before age seven, challenging modern theories.
Benjamin O Sheldon of Tabor dies at the National Soldiers Home December 15, 1920, at 5 25 p m aged 81 years 10 days. He was born December 5, 1839 in Roscoe Ohio and enlisted in Co A 4th Iowa Infantry in 1861, serving through the Civil War except for furloughs. He married Henrietta Foster in 1867 and raised a large family in Mills County before settling in Tabor. Funeral held at Congregational church with Rev Gonzales in charge.
Iowa sent a large delegation to the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in Indianapolis December 6 7 8. Delegates included GC Hunt Logan IA E H Cunningham Ames IA Teaac White Albia IA Ray Redfern Yarmouth IA O H Martin Spencer IA J H Palmer Ames IA B H Cunningham secretary chaired the resolutions committee as the federation pursued its work.
Delegates from 37 state federations with nearly one million members adopted 270 resolutions with unanimity. J R Howard of Clemens was re elected president. John W Coverdale remained secretary. Co Gunnels named treasurer. QO EH Brad fute of Xenia won Ohio Farm Bureau presidency over retired VP 8 L Strivings.
Iowa State College engineering extension tests compare corn and coal heating values. Crib corn at 10 percent moisture yields 7540 BTU per pound, requiring 12,000 BTU per pound for parity with coal priced at farm 47 cents. Coal must cost about 20 dollars per ton before corn becomes economical fuel. corn shows poor burning and high firing needs.
A collection of dated lines reflecting old-fashioned manners and speech. It includes a formal exchange asking a gentleman for his own name a gesture of giving a coin a prohibition phrase about liquor and a traditional oath of marriage and a note of gratitude for a salary increase.
A motivational quote urges immediate effort for better opportunities. It emphasizes that today is the right time to form good resolutions, not tomorrow, citing Bishop H. C. Potter. The message stresses seizing the present to secure future privileges.
A fiction like tale shows a widow imagining well wishers offering large sums to support her late husband’s needs. In the imagined scene, a string of friends pledge money for medical care, mortgage, college bills, and daily necessities, only to wake to the reality that such aid would never come. The piece ends with a chiropractor in Malvern, Iowa offering care.
Ty Cobb signs to manage the Detroit Tigers, placing him in direct competition with rival Tris Speaker, who led Cleveland to the 1920 World Series title. Both are star outfielders and will be the only two playing managers in the American League.
An exclusive posed image shows Mrs Muriel MacSwiney widow of Cork's late hunger strike mayor testifying before the unofficial American committee of 100 on Ireland's fight for freedom. She is 23 years old and this is the first hatless portrait.
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