Onslow Community News Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Nettle Scott and son Guy returned to Chaman Tilthois after visiting cousins in the region. The group toured the Little Brown Church at Nashua and Iowa Falls with stops at Monticello and Cedar Rapids. Field day is set for August 25.
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Nettle Scott
Guy
Chaman
Tilthois
Angie Arlen
Otha Johnson
Thelma
Ryan
Pacific Grove
Californian
Mesars
Scott
Mrs. Johnson
Miss Thelma
Iowa Falls
Little Brown
Nashua
Carrie Mackrill
Cecil Koon
A. E. Hall and Sons
Dillon
Harold
Gordon
Ringling Bros. Circus
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Cecil
Emma Smith
Monmouth
Nettle Albery
Walter Koon
George Sears
Davenport
the Missionary Society
Paul Smith
Center Junction Presbyterian Missionary Society
Miss Hoag
China
Astruman Club
Ralph Bone
Flynn
Milford
Maquoketa
Henry Koon
Eastman
Koon
J. G. Reade
Bethel Church
Nicholas
Wyoming
Howard Willison
Arthur Noyes
J. R. Kennedy
Bethel Cemetery
Onslow
Gladys Campbell
Preston
Audrey Morehead
Charles Rowe
Ruth
Bess
Moline
Frank Rowe
Bess Rowe
Martelle
Pickner
Hanging Basket Baby Bed In Indian Lore Told By Rose Henderson
Old Watooka and her infant grandchild pondered a crib when harvest winds stirred aspen. They weave a hanging basket cradle from a birch kit and ready a safe back pack for the Indian baby with help from Black-eyed Wupa and friends.
Prince the Lost Dog Finds Home with Kind Strangers
Regina Foster tells how Prince, a small dog with a blue ribbon, wanders in crowds then befriends Tessa and Beppo who feed him and help him earn pennies. A depot reunion with his mistress ends tempers of worry as the group returns to a modest attic life and the dog vows not to run away again.
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Beppo
Tessa
Tommy
Caro
Indy
Prince
Regina Foster
4-H club meeting and farm notices in Jones County
The report covers 4-H Club activities and local events in Hopkinton and surrounding areas. Activities include a August 6 meeting with demonstrations by Loretta Specht Leona Behtrends and Frieda Balster and Pauline Cramer. Various residents attend meetings, visits, and picnics near Anamosa and Monticello, with farm work and threshing updates across Cedar Rapids Buck Creek and other local sites.
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A. W. McDonald
Hopkinton
F. C. Cramer
Frieda Balster
Louise Elben
Loretta Specht
Leona Behtrends
Pauline Cramer
Wyoming
Frank Muller
Monticello
A. A. Kromminga
E. F. Burr
Farm Bureau
State Park
Anamosa
Decatur
Grinnel
Leona Gilmore
Klare Cummings
Red Oak
Dells
Wisconsin
Miss Gilmore
Mr. Burr
M. Hosford
Claude Mason
Cedar Rapids
Claude
Hosford
Petersen & Delay
Buck Creek
Willie Behrends
Donald Dixon
Ringling and Barnum Circus
Henry Barrack
Adelbert King
Delmari
Cedar Rap
John G. Caspers
Michigan
O'Rourke Bros
Louis Leonard
Fred Heiken
Iowa City
F. D. Deischer
Vinton
Luther League
Jones County Farm Bureau
John Lochers
Richland Center Farm Bureau Meeting at Yossi Home
Richland township Farm Bureau gathered at John Yossi's home for a Monday evening meeting. President John Yossi called the session to order followed by a program featuring County Agent Wortman, County Demonstrator Milas Redfern, and a 4-H club girls chorus.
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Gottflieb Schneider
Dubuque
George Hein, Jr
Davis
Cedar Rapids
G. L. Buol
Jones County Farm Bureau
Richland Township
John Yossi
Wortman
Milas Redfern
Water Filtration and Chlorination Milestones
A New York Times note surveys water purification history from band filtration reducing bacteria to chlorine disinfection. It cites Percy Frankland and others on filtration, Hamburg vs Altona cholera outcomes, and Houston McGovern and George A. Johnson advancing chlorine use for Jersey City and broader public water supplies.
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Percy Frankland
Hamburg
Altona
wUlbe
Houston
McGovern
England
Wah
George A. Johnson
Jersey City
New York Times
Inventions to Make a Deviser Wealthy list from Babson
A Forum feature lists twenty ideas by economist Roger W Babson. Promising concepts include plant fertilizer pills and a gearless rotary engine car. Also noted are a helicopter that lifts from ground to urban roofs and child gliders.
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Roger W. Babson
Many Republics Before That of United States
A compact historical overview tracing republics from ancient Israel to Greece Carthage and Rome through medieval Italian and German city states San Marino and Switzerland. It notes wide variations in popular sovereignty and cites the American Declaration of Independence as marking real republican government while class barriers persisted into the early 1800s.
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B. C
Athens
Carthage
Rome
Italy
Germany
San Marino
Switzerland
American Cyclopedia
United States
Local Visitors Stop by Several Area Homes
Sand Spring Bertha Baxter of Oneida visits the Cox home along with other guests. Will O'Brien and George Bright of Cascade call on the Brights. Arnold Sandhagen of Dundee visits the Heeren home. Behrends and Dorothy Nasal stop at the Hackbarth residence in Greeley. Hugo Weber’s family from Cascade visit the Weber home. Chaplin family and Agnes Stimson spend Sunday with Arthur Ames in Onslow. Lewis Ireland and Gilbert of Langworthy visit Dave Wilson. Cox family visits uncles Moser and Kaufman in Colesburg. Scouts meet at the Cox home for a lesson and weiner roast with three regular scouts and two visitors. Next meeting set for August 14 at the Cox home.
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Bertha Baxter
Oneida
E. H. Cox
Will O'Brien
George Bright
Cascade
Stanley Bright
Arnold Sandhagen
Dundee
Fred Heeren
W. H. Behrends
Dorothy Nasal
Walter Hackbarth
Greeley
Hugo Weber
Herman Weber
Ray Chaplin
Agnes Stimson
Arthur Ames
Onslow
Lewis Ireland
Gon Gilbert
Langworthy
Dave Wilson
William Moser
Wayne Kaufman
Colesburg
Edward H. Cox
Eugene
Howard Schneiter
Ernest Recker
Irvin Recker
Clifford
Dogs judge people by their disposition says Gary Post-Tribune
A Gary Post-Tribune piece notes dogs often react to humans by sensing mood. It suggests a dog forming friendship signals good character, while cynics and pessimists seem repugnant to him. The author praises canine perceptiveness and even fleas as minor flaws.
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Gary Post-Tribune
Early Mennonite Colony in America 1662 Founder Plockhoy
Historical note on Mennonites arriving about 1662 led by I Peter Cornelius Plockhoy, forming a short lived settlement in Delaware. The group reportedly contracted with Amsterdam authorities, then the colony was dissolved by Sir Robert Carr in 1604, with Plockhoy and wife later returning to Germantown in 1691 aided by local Mennonites.
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America
I Peter Cornelius Plockhoy
Delaware
Plockhoy
Amsterdam
Robert Carr
Germantown
Fly protection for horses using burlap and leather nets
A burlap blanket two layers thick covers the horse from back to neck and sides, the most effective inexpensive fly protection. Legs can be covered with old trousers. Leather nets or leather strips on the bridle help keep flies away from the head. Stable flies are most troublesome in August and September.
Where There's Smoke Junior Wonders At Mom's Breath
A two year old, on a cold winter morning, sees what looks like smoke when his mother speaks. He tells her she must have awakon ed a little piece of fire, astonished by the visible breath.
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Junior
Deeds Not Words Words of Wisdom by EN Flo
EN Flo from Chinatown proclaims that words are easy and wise deeds the hardest. The sage’s remark appears in the Washington Stir column, framing action over speech.
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EN Flo
Chinatown
Washington
Butter Prospects by L Brown in Country Gentleman
The piece analyzes butter market trends and storage economics for 1926, noting current low prices the lowest since 1922. It details how spring and summer prices influence consumption, storage profits, and fall prices, with banker caution on loans. It cites past 1921 1922 patterns and forecasts seasonal movements and possible price rises if fall production remains moderate.
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C. L. Brown
Brown
Butter slogan contest winners announced for 4-H clubs
Marie Mae Humphrey from a Clear Lake area farm topped the state butter slogan contest with a prize of a 15 jewel white gold wrist watch. Vera Current won the ice cream slogan sweepstakes and a wrist watch, while William Stitt of Clarinda won for the milk slogan. Forty seven counties entered with plans to distribute windshield stickers and award three $100 scholarships to Iowa State College.
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Marie Mae Humphrey
Clear Lake
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Iowa State College
Iowa State Dairy Association
Vera Current
William Stitt
Clarinda
Wright
Seeding Advice Urges Fallout of Drought on Clover Alfalfa
H D Hughes from Town State college warns drought and heat damaged many spring seedings of clover alfalfa and small grain. Re seeding by September first offers hay and pasture for next year. Seed after August 15 for vigor with red clover timothy by mid August and sweet clover alfalfa slightly later. Use disked seedbeds and broadcast seed then harrow roll to improve germination.
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H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops
Town State College
Garlic Revered and Feared Across Eras and Cultures
Historic writings hail garlic as a cure for illnesses from indigestion to smallpox while ancient texts recount its role in labor, diet, and oath swearing. Civilizations such as the Egyptians, Romans, French, and Italians are cited as revering garlic as both medicine and essential food.
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Israel
Moses
Pliny
What Kind of a Boy Charlie Lindbergh Jr Is He
The Minneapolis Journal ponders if Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr known as Chuck proves a true boy or merely Charlie as he grows over the next decade.
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Minneapolis Journal
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Chuck
Charlie
Farm relief muddled as surplus worries loom
The Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman notes that farm relief efforts are in confusion amid widespread concern over surplus production, calling the United States the sole major nation troubled by this issue.
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Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman
United States
Road surfacing task on Primary No 13 to finish in a week
Authorities announce completion of hard surfacing on Primary Road No 13 from Manchester to Ryan within seven days. Work progresses with crews and machinery on site.
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Manchester
Ryan
Turner to Speak at Jones County Fair Thursday
Dan Turner republican candidate for governor will address fairgoers in Jones county Thursday at 7 15 PM before the evening program. The appearance offers residents a chance to hear the likely next governor in person.
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Dan Turner
Town
Jones County
Wolf's Greater Shows To Show On Midway
The Wolf's Greater Shows carnival brings over 200 staff seven rides and ten entertainments to the midway. Features include a merry-go-round ferris wheel whip merry mix-up miniature train sea plane and loop with ten high class shows backing the program and endorsements from cities visited.
Man with a good job urged to give his best effort
The chief notes that in times of mass unemployment a person with a steady post must show full effort. He argues that anger itself raises blood sugar levels and affects performance.
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Troquois
S. D
Crows Use Loud Speakers, Supposedly Driven by Farmer’s Calls
Minneapolis Journal reports farmers use loud speakers to lure crows as scarecrows. After hearing the crow chorus, some observers claim the cleverest crows end their own lives, per local myth.
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Minneapolis
Unbelievable Claims Circulate About Chicago Gangster Death
The piece notes astonishing newspaper reports claiming a Chicago gangster died of natural causes, casting doubt on sensational coverage from Incredible Irquois, S. D. Chief. The article questions reliability and hints at broader media exaggeration.
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Irquois
S. D
Chicago
Guidelines for exercise of exhibition pigs before shows
Farmers should exercise hogs of all ages before exhibitions. Junior pigs need pasture running. seniors require daily driving, especially in heat and late fitting periods. Start 6 to 8 weeks prior, exercise each animal 15 minutes to 30 minutes daily, morning or evening, and train them to stop or turn as needed.
Ford pride in new car design prompts dealer rides
The passage praises sound design and materials in the new Ford, noting accuracy in manufacturing and a sincere pride in the claim Let me tell you what my new Ford did. It mentions a nearby Ford dealer offering demonstration rides.
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Ford
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