Hastings Welcomes New Agent A Whitey at Hastings
A. Whitey of Osceola assumed Hastings station agent duties on Saturday replacing C B Reynolds who is promoted to Willisar. Reynolds, in Hastings nearly four years, will move after securing a home. Mrs Reynolds and their children will remain as she teaches in Hastings schools. The second annual Fathers and Sons banquet followed at the M E church with 80 participants. Roscoe Mann led songs from Council Bluffs. A. F. Smith and Rev R E Harvey of Council Bluffs gave addresses, praised by Hastings attendees, with a three course menu including meat loaf, mashed potatoes, beans, salad, brick ice cream, angel food cake, and iced tea.
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A. Whitey
Osceola
Hastings
C. BE. Reynolds
Willisor
Reynolds
Villisca
Fathers and Sons of
R. E. Harvey
Council Bluffs
J. G. Vaun Gorkum
Dorothy Peterson
Alice
Carol Peterson
Red Oak
Walter Smith
South Bend
Ind
Louisa Quimby
Wilbur Gaylord
South Omaha
Postaster
L. Ll. Greenwalt
Jane VanArsdall
Ernie VanArsdall
Council Tlufts
Otha Wearin
Lake Geneva
Wis
Grinnell College
WY. M. CG. A
C. ML. Carney
Lincoln
Neb
R. J. Poindexter
B. H. Shotwell
Davis
Maggie Bennett
William
Sayre
Oklo
Canada
Emerson
Visitors and travels fill Hastings area notices
A parade of local residents are noted visiting relatives and towns across Iowa and nearby states. An Ak-Sar-Ben knight cohort, college delegates, and family guests from South Bend to Centerville are listed with brief travel details and kin connections.
Record Iowa land sale seals 6000 acres for 1.5 million
The Payte farm at Luton, 15 miles southeast of Sioux City, sold for 1,500,000 dollars, about 250 dollars per acre, to United Realty Investment Co of St Paul. The farm’s improvements are valued at 150,000 dollars, leaving land value around 225 dollars per acre.
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Iowa
Payte
Luton
Sioux City
United Realty Investment Company of
St. Paul
How Amateur Can Build a Receiver
A detailed guide for constructing a simple radiophone receiver using a high antenna and ground, with stage by stage parts list and instructions. It covers antenna height, wire lengths, grounding, a homemade tuner from cardboard tubing and magnet wire, assembly steps, finishing touches, and options to buy a ready made tuner for comparison. The article emphasizes hands on building and practical costs, aiming at hobbyists with basic soldering and wiring skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KDKA
Hust Pittsburgh
Linking Movie And Radio From Wireless Pictures Ahead
British scientists report progress in transferring motion pictures by radio with early successes. A photograph moved wireless from Copenhagen to England and then to a ship, hinting at linking movies with broadcasting. If perfected, viewers could see distant events on their receiving sets, such as a sinking ship, similar to present radio programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wireless
Copenhagen
the Politiken
England
Atlantic
Marconi
Tips for Radioists and Crystal Detectors
A vintage guidance note on improving crystal detector receivers. It covers insulating aerial wire ends, running serial wires at right angles to power lines, using appropriately sized wire leads, grounding via cold water pipes, and compares crystal detectors to vacuum tube detectors. It notes typical Indoors range within three to five miles of a broadcasting station and recommends a 40 foot indoor single wire aerial.
Giving Up the Game
William Allen White argues that 20 000 Americans chose death by self harm last year reflecting a faltering culture and longing for escape from a world of looming European and Asian conflicts and American irony while noting the era’s enticing spectacle and the lure of modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Allen White
Europe
Asia
America
Electrification Model Farm Proposed Near Stockholm
The Swedish government is asked to establish one model electrified farm near Stockholm. With over one third of Swedish agriculture already electrified, the plan seeks a nearly 100 percent electric operation to demonstrate how "white coal" can replace horse power for farmers able to adopt electric power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
From Silver City to the Pacific Coast A Beet Field Journey
Silver City and nearby towns report local happenings from Miss Maude Flanagan’s return to teaching to a child’s arm injury. The Kruse brothers plan a three week coast trip. Railways bring laborers to northern Iowa beet fields, many from Kansas City, aiming for summer work and Mason City sugar factory jobs. Laborers detrain at Mason City and travel to fields, with most securing employment. The Mississippi bridge near Clinton, a key Lincoln Highway crossing, handles heavy traffic and profits for a private owner, linking New Orleans to St. Paul.
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Iowa
Roy A. Stacy
Iowa Falls
Mason City
Kansas City
Mississippi
Clinton
Lincoln Highway
Great River
New Orleans
St. Paul
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W. F. Crawford
Ben Shaw
Glenwood
M. E. Cupp
Thei Clark
Dr. Moore
Silver City
Sidener
Chmaha
Knights
Ak-Sar-Ben
Madge Marsh
Centerville
Marie Ockerson
Spring Valley
S. D
Marjoria Ord
Ottumwa
Fred Peterson
Gerew Aya
Fnew
Com
Sitios Post
Collection Agency
F. G@ DAY
Hon. W
Lewis
Milly County National Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
Carter Block
Prine
Mills’ County
L. A. Hollingshead
Dr. Agan
South Side Square
Gtoiam
Carl Buch
North Side Square
Glenwood, Lows
W. F. Barnes
Ralph B. Townsend
Jas, A. Swope
Helen B. Smith
Osteopathic
Jamison
F. A. Deerwester
Glenwood, Iowa
Adei Gur
Hester
Ieee
the ‘Times
Maude Flanagan
Mitchell
D. D
Avery Miller
Hazel Moore
Bene Co
Max
Wallace Haynie
Kruse Brothers
Will
Randoton
Chris
Omaha
Pacific Coast
California
K. A. Baker
West Side Square
F. W. Kelley
South Side
Glenwood Shipping Association
Glenwood Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association
Carl Morgan
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain National
Estes Park
Mountains
Grand Lake
Denver
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
1922
J. L. Waterman
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