Interesting aerial display and Iowa events and harvest notes
A central Iowa afternoon featured a high flying airplane moving eastward and drawing attention. Lions International delegates in Des Moines joined a Town Corn Song performance and the crowd sang along with pride in Iowa corn. Turtle doves appeared in abundance along rural lanes, with laws affecting hunting of mourning and turtle doves discussed. A 320 acre Schaller farm near Storm Lake dedicates ten acres to native Iowa trees under Towa State College guidance. The U.S.S Mannan steamer nears Sioux City, while Denmark exports high milk yields and explains butter tariffs. Wheat yields along the Missouri River bottoms show strong production with Will Fuson reporting forty acre fields averaging 48 bushels per acre.
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Central
Iowa
Lincoln Beechy
Lions International
Des Moines
Shrine Temple
Union
Canada
Towa
George J. Schaller
Storm Lake
T. T. Bode
Forestry
Towa State College
Ames
Bode
Schaller
Missouri River
Monena
Woodbury
Will Fuson
Kennebec
Oldrence Burke
Schleswig Fans Hopeful as Pipgras Shines in Yankees Run
Schleswig residents cheer George Pipgras, a former local, now star pitcher for the New York Yankees. Through July 12 he boasted 15 wins and 4 losses for a .789 average, one of the league’s best. They follow the Yankees as they chase another World Series berth.
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Schleswig
Crawford County
George Pipgras
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
Yankees
Town State College enters 86th year and state history
Town State College in Mount Pleasant marks its 86th year starting September 17, tracing its organization to 1842 and noting continuous operation with no missed school days except for typical reasons. The article highlights notable alumni, campus plans like the Memorial Union, and education-related events across Iowa.
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Town Wesleyan University
Iowan Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Iowa
Social club visits Des Moines for luncheon
Twenty five nearby town residents attend a membership club focused on social life. They host monthly banquets and speakers in winter and many summer evening picnics. The group recently toured Des Moines and were guests of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon.
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Club
Des Moines
Anamosa Eureka Brief Items Of News
W J Kehoe democratic sheriff candidate for Jones county received medical treatment in Town City for a developing rouble condition. Louiis Dunn 21 of Anamosa dies at home after long illness, formerly at Oakdale sanatorium. Jones county gas tax receipts for six months of 1928 total 16295.66 to be split by county and township road funds with monthly amounts listed. Geo Taylor 48 of Prairieburg critically injured after being impaled on a pitchfork while dismounting from a binder. Jones county bridge contract awarded to Howard O Graham of Cedar Rapids for 4940 with location presumed at Fawn Creek First street. drainage district No 2 contract awarded to Mulgrew Sons Co for about 5996. Four other bids noted. James of Minneapolis, construction superintendent for Mannes Construction Co., injured but improving from a head injury.
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W. J. Kehoe
Jones County
Louiis Dunn
Edward Dunn
Anamosa
Oakdale
Holcomb
Geo. Taylor
Prairieburg
Mercy Hospital
Taylor
Central City
The
Highway Commission
Howard O. Graham
Cedar Rapids
Fawn Creek
First Street
Board of Supervisors
Olin
Mulgrew & Sons Company
Dubuque
Tyler & Downing
W. UL. Hanssen
Monticello
James
Camp Fire Notes At Crystal Lake Camp
The Wabun Camp Fire Girls spent a week at Crystal Lake near De Witt. Qualifying for camp were Janet McNeill Margaret McNeil Bertha Mae Goldin Maury Stickford Betty Kay Mildred Wilcox Thelma and Evelyn Fairbanks Vivian Smith Mona Lightfoot Dorothy Smith Thelma and Evelyn Fairbanks Mildred Wilcox Mary Stickford Betty Kay earned Woodgatherer Janet McNeill Vivian Smith and Bertha Mae Goldin Firemaker with silver bracelets Craft exhibit shown in McNeill's Hardware. Guardian Miss Bronson directed camp activities. Return home last Sunday with Talent show and awards for camp roles led by Mrs Fox Reed. Next meeting to be announced.
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Wabun
Crystal Lake
de Witt
Janet McNeill
Margaret McNeil
Bertha Mae Goldin
Maury Stickford
Betty Kay
Mildred Wilcox
Thelma
Evelyn Fairbanks
Vivian Smith
Mona Lightfoot
Dorothy Smith
Mary Stickford
McNeill
Guardian
Miss Bronson
Manchester
Cap
Evelyn Aire
Fox
Reed
Wit
Rethel Bronson
Two Scolding Leaders in Warren Minn Rerster
Two Republican figures Nicholas Murray Butler and George W Norris clash over platform ideas after the Kansas City convention. Norris pushes for bold planks while Butler laments lack of nomination. Both feel snubbed and scold the party from Warren Minnesota.
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Warren
Minn
Rerster
Republican Party
Nicholas Murray Butler
George W. Norris
Kansas City
Norgis
Sutter
It Is Hard to Wive and Thrive in a Year
A wry verse-like line notes the difficulty of marriage and success within a single year, reflecting Tennyson’s wit on social and personal aims.
Kiddies Evening Story About Aoudad Mastery And Weather
Mrs Aoudad admires Mr Aoudad who enjoys posing and being admired. He claims honesty and pride in his wild sheep roots while praising resilience during harsh weather. He explains his African origins and how living in a new climate changes him, noting adaptation and polite behavior.
Chinese Game of Serpent Played by Boys
A group of Chinese boys form a line with hands on shoulders to create a moving serpent. One boy is the wolf at the tail end guarding the tail while the head leads. The wolf tries to seize the tail without breaking the line as others twist to protect it. When the wolf captures the tail, roles reverse.
Ancient Egyptian mummies reveal early surgical craft
The Gizeh museum displays statues and plaques showing priest mummifiers in Memphis 6000 years ago possessed deep anatomical knowledge. Excavations uncover numerous finely chiseled surgical tools matching forms used by today’s surgeons, supporting claims science is as old as art.
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Gizeh
Memphis
Scared Herself Lite Incident Report
A frightened girl named Joan ran into a darkened room panting and crying out names. She described a frightening scare moment that startled her and caused a panicked reaction.
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Joan
Ice cream not a cooler says Iowa expert
Miss Ida M. Shilling of Iowa State College explains that ice cream between meals does not cool the body long. An ordinary serving delivers about 150 calories and can add heat if eaten in place of other foods. Rich syrups or nuts raise the heating effect further.
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Eatiais Iee Crean
Warner
Ida M. Shilling
Iowa State College
Political office holders and camp rentals noted in satire
Sioux City records mock politicians chasing Hoover camp space while others debate party loyalties. Marshalltown praises Iowa cornfields as a beauty spot, joking about Mike Tobin's lack of direction. Boston Transcript lampoons a New Hampshire protest over root beer containing yeast.
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Sioux City City
Hoover
Hoover Camp
Marshalltown
Towa
Mike
Tobin
Boston Transcript
New Hampshire
Flying rides at Independence promote new municipal field
Sixty five people enjoyed airplane rides at Independence on Sunday as Pilot Dan Hunter conducted flights to spark interest in building a municipal flying field.
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Independence
Dan Hunter
Woman in Nebraska backs Hoover in letter to tribune
The article reports Dr. Jennie M Callas of Fremont Nebraska who supports Herbert Hoover in a published letter. She says she was misrepresented as favoring Cryer or Alfred E Smith and explains she opposed Smith at the Houston convention, stating she stood by the drys to the last ditch.
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Fremont
Nebraska
Jennie M. Callas
Dee
Herbert Hoover
Pregiant Tribune
Calfas
Favoriu Cryer
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Smith
Secret beauty regimen from Dr Mabel Nelson at Iowa State
Dr Mabel Nelson of the Foods and Nutrition Department at Towa State College shares a daily beauty regime. She prescribes one quart of milk, three pats of butter, one potato, two vegetables, one leafy green like spinach, one fresh fruit, and one whole grain cereal to supply vitamins A L B and D for health and complexion.
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PL Mabel Nelson
The
Foods and Nutrition Department
Towa State College
A God All Mercy Is a God Unjust
A short fragment presents a provocative theological idea: mercy and justice conflict within the divine nature, prompting reflection on mercy’s limits and the moral framework of a just deity. The text hints at philosophical tension without full context.
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Young
Towa's Prospect Improves in Winterset Madisonian
A clipped Iowa crop note notes that Towa’s prospects never looked better, with the Winterset Madisonian reporting across the state corn prospects show improvement and no specific weak sections identified.
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Towa
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