Hastings Drainage Work and Local Notices Summary
Hastings reports finishing ditching by the Hastings Drainage District with equipment moved to Modale for contracted work. A variety of local items follow, including social visits, school events, sports results, auto trips, and community notices. A long column notes residents traveling to Omaha Shenandoah games, a high school basketball result, illness, and a testimonial ad for Tanlac with regional store listings.
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Hastings
Modale
Woman Finds New Lease on Health After Treatment
Elizabeth Mingkey of St. Joseph Missouri says she feels markedly better after starting a treatment regimen previously unavailable to her. She reports improved general well being and a sense of renewed vitality following months of severe decline.
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St. Joseph
Tanlac
Padlue Fosein
Gideon
Wrk
Elizabeth Mingkey
Cuedown
Feisal's caustic tongue earns fame in Paris tales
Feisal, the Arab emir, was famed for wit and sharp retorts in Paris. He mocked modern statesmen as “modern hangings” to be viewed from a gallery. He playfully upbraided French claims in Syria, comparing Crusades to a caravan in the desert led by a string of camels.
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Emir Feisal
Paris
Council of Ten
M. Pichon
France
Syria
Balfour
Had Camouflage Down Fine by Young Nick in Chicago News
The tale features Young Nick the boy Machiavelli arguing with his mother about saving money through camouflage. He defends not polishing shoes or dusting to avoid attention, claiming cleanliness would reveal stains and waste effort. He pledges to return by April with work done, while acknowledging his mother’s concerns.
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Nick
Machiavelli
Thicago
Novel legged tractor with sixteen feet and four wheels
A newly developed tractor features four leg crankshafts with sixteen feet and four automatically driven wheels that lower to the road, converting into a motor truck. It is adaptable for plowing, seeding, cultivating, harrowing, mowing, harvesting, raking, and powering other machinery, and can serve as a track for road work and heavy hauling.
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Eagins
Tita
Books From Washington's Library at Anderson Galleries
The late Samuel Riker’s library collection sold at Anderson Galleries with A B Rosenbach paying $4,000 for George Whellington's three-volume A Collection of All the Treaties of Peace Between Great Britain and Other Powers. The edition bears Washington’s autograph on each title page and bookplate on the front cover. The work, tied to the sale of Lawrence Washington’s library in 1870, was part of the Philadelphia sale coverage.
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Washington
Samuel Riker
Anderson Galleries
A. B. Rosenbach
George Whellington
Great Britain
Munster
London
Lawrence Washngton
Gane Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Maas
Bring Down the Taxes Iowa Gubernatorial Candidate Herring
Clyde L. Herring, a Cass county farm native turned auto business owner, farms and business leader with a Des Moines plant housing Herring Motor Company. He runs on a business platform, advocating Lowden style state government and tax savings as a model for Iowa.
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Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Herring
Cass County
Ford
Des Moines
Herring Motor Company
Lowden
Illnois
Would Have Women Propose Leap Year Referendum
A Chicago Evening Post editorial argues that in a leap year women should propose marriage to hesitant men. It claims it is a healthy, rightful action for women to seek mates if men delay, and urges a public referendum to settle the question.
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Chicago Evening Post
Ford Friendships Helped Herring’s Rise to Governor
A Detroit jewelry store repair led to a friendship between Henry Ford and Clyde Herring. Herring, who later moved from farming in Cass county Iowa to Atlantic then Des Moines, built a large wholesale jobbing and power-farming business. If elected governor, he pledges to clean out the Statehouse and implement Lowden’s tax plan.
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Detroit
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Henry Ford
Herring
Cass County
Ford
Atlantic
Des Moines
Statehouse
Lowden
Wllneis
Prolific Beetle Threat to Western Pine Timber
A study in American Forestry Magazine analyzes western pine beetle development across 380 square feet of bark from 67 trees, covering about 86 square miles. It finds 150 beetles per square foot reach adult form, implying up to 60 000 beetles per infested tree and about 80 000 per 1000 board feet of timber, threatening timber without forest policy measures and control efforts.
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American Forestry Magazine
American Forestry Association
Herring Proposes Strengthened Primary for Iowa Governorship
Clyde L. Herring backs preserving the Iowa primary law and urges amendments to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. He argues the people must choose candidates, not party bosses, and warns abolition would deprive women voters of full participation.
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Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Herring
Help for School Teachers Ends in Iowa Salary Boost
Clyde Herring, candidate for Iowa governor, urges relief for schoolteachers to raise pay to level with other states and retain top educators. He cites a country school background and argues salaries must improve to attract capable teachers and value youth.
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Iowa
Clyde Herring
Declaras W Herring
Kidney Pills End Long Back and Kidney Ailments
Mrs J E Martin of Glenwood praises Doan s Kidney Pills as a highly recommended remedy. She explains years of back pain and kidney troubles followed a severe accident with burns, then relief after three boxes. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y 9 20 27.
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Doan
Glenwood
Dean
Martin
Foster-Milburne Co
Mirs
Buffolo
N. Y
Forests Framing Palestine's Future in Red Cross View
Miss Nathan of the Red Cross and a prominent Zionist, returning from the Holy Land, clash over priority for Palestine. She argues forests are essential to prevent floods and famine, underpin fuel and power for any future industries, and avert arable land loss and poverty.
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Palestine
Miss Nathan
Red Cross
American Forestry Magazine
Washington, D. C
Holy Land
Stop the Stock Grafters Brings Promises of Governor Hope
Clyde Herring pledges to curb stock and bond frauds that have emptied up to 300 million dollars from farmers and workers. He vows action against overcapitalized corporations and state officials who allowed the plunder and to seize those responsible.
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Clyde Herring
Uncovered Ancient Grave Near Dolphinton Station
Workmen uncover an irregular four by four foot stone grave near Dolphinton station England while laying foundations for a monument. Flagstones line the grave and indicate a local quarry origin. The burial shows the body with drawn up legs and lies about two and a half feet from the surface. stones have since been replaced.
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Dolphinton Station
England
The Fly’s Purpose as Nature’s Filth Restrainer
The essay argues the fly is reviled yet serves a role as nature’s agent to remove filth. It contends flies arise from filth, and removing filth will eliminate flies, framing the insect as a sign rather than a cause of pestilence.
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Wilth
Nothing Left to Eat Telegram Ends Homeward Call
A brief humorous exchange centers on a telegram from a husband saying he has run out of sardines. The wife asks what is the matter and he replies that he simply wired to come home. The gag hinges on a domestic supply shortage and a playful misreading.
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