Interesting News From Abroad And Nearby Echoes
A German girl Miss Polla Meyer has realized her dream of living in America after traveling from Ludbock to Australia New Zealand Honolulu Los Angeles and Chicago en route to her future home in the United States.
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America
W. G. Williams
Garner
Hancock County
Polla Meyer
Ludbock
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Callin
Bonsiaues
Chi-Caro
Camo
Wie
Grasshoppers Devastate Dakota Farmland Report
Estherville resident W A Kerr describes heavy grasshopper damage in Dakota where a corn field was thriving then stripped in days. Farmers test methods include electric devices on tractors, mass driving to a pile and burning, gasoline applications, and various poisons as they combat the infestation.
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W. A. Kerr
Estherville
Dakota
Reto
Not For Sale Warren County Farms Says Not Worthy
Warren county officials push a campaign to show farmers are not broke and will not sell farms. Signs read This Farm is Not For Sale appear countywide, printed by local papers and backed by Indianola service clubs to deter sale at current prices.
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Warren County
Grant McPherrin
Des Moines
Seth F. Shenton
Indianola
Open Season on Foxes Sought by Iowa Farmers
Walter Beahl reports Eden township farmers ask the county board for a $5 bounty on fox scalps and an open season on foxes, with state sanction needed before any county action. Spirit Lake fire protection expands rural response with a new truck and per run pay to farmers mutual association. A. W. Larson recounts a grasshopper incident ending in a ditch dive. R. D. Imrie ships three carloads of army horses to Harrisburg for government encampments.
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W. G. Ray
Grinnell
Brooklyn
Walter Badger
Walter Beahl
Town
Fayette County
Eden Township
Board of Supervisors
West Union
State Fish and Game Commission
Spirit Lake
Spirit Lake Company
Dickinson County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Frank J. Bell
Red Oak
Montgomery County
R. D. Imrie
Harry McNait
Chicago
Harrisburg
National Guard
Mr. McNair
Adair County Young Man Gained a Lot of Experience
Boyd Hubbard twenty four of Adair son of Dr and Mrs Boyd Hubbard was a stowaway on the steamship Levat han bound for England. He served shining brass and washing dishes until jailed in England then worked his passage home. His father told the ship company to put him to work and he was brought back to New York and released.
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Boyd Hubbard
Adair
Mra
Leviathan
England
Steeship
New York
State Fair Promises Ideal Vacation Value in Iowa
Des Moines report outlines Iowa State Fair 1925 plans with a five million dollar show, 300 acre grounds, eight days of events from August 26 to September 4, and admission of 50 cents. Highlights include 6000 prize livestock, 2000 4H participants, 41 000 square feet of displays, auto and horse racing, aerial autogiro flights, a world parade, and nightly fireworks. Children’s Day offers free admission for under 15 on Aug 28.
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Des Moines
Midwest
Tts
Ita
Iowa
Aick Corey
Women Exposition at Iowa State Fair Opens August 26
The Women's Exposition at the 1931 Iowa State Fair will use two large fair grounds buildings for women focused exhibits and forums. It covers interior decorating, home economics, farm women projects, child welfare, education and art. Open houses run August 26 to September 4 with lectures, demonstrations and pageants. More than 200000 women are expected to attend, making it the state’s largest event of its kind.
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Des Moines
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Women's Farm Bureaus
State Fair Board
Iowa
Chinese Princess Gown at Iowa State Fair Exhibit
Des Moines reports the Imperial Chinese Exhibition will display the Tao Hwa wedding gown among numerous historic costumes from centuries past. The fair also features a torture chamber demonstration illustrating ancient methods of punishment as part of a world tour exhibit arriving August 26.
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Des Moines
Tao Hwa
Iowa State Fair
America
Famous Clown Billy Lorette to Headline Iowa State Fair
The Des Moines special reports that circus star Billy Lorette will visit Iowa this summer as Master of Ceremonies in the hippodrome show at the Iowa State Fair from August 26 to September 4. Officials say the hippodrome program will be the most elaborate in years.
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Des Moines
Billy Lorette
Iowa
Lorette
Mine’s Third Birthday At Iowa State Fair
Des Moines invites every boy and girl in Iowa under fifteen to the Iowa State Fair free on Friday August 28 to celebrate Mine the baby elephant’s third birthday. Children join in planned children’s day festivities alongside exhibits from Iowa State College the Iowa Dairy Council the Vocational Agriculture department county displays farm exhibits and special exhibits by leading organizations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Dairy Council
Vocational Agriculture Department
Beginning Young Mary Elizabeth at Grandparents Farm
Young Mary Elizabeth visits her grandparents and witnesses a grandfather cutting beets in half. She then blurts out that those red vegetables would make rouge for her mother and herself.
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Mary Elianabetth
Uceld
Mary Elizabeth
Mamma
Prize for cash sales leader during August event
From Friday August 14 to Saturday August 22 the person with the greatest cash sales tickets will win prizes. First prize is a season ticket for the winner and a car. Second prize is a Thursday gate ticket and amphitheatre access.
Peculiar Light Science Service Explains False Dawn
The Peculiar Light Science Service states that false dawn is a zodiacal phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off fine matter outside Earth. It is best observed at two altitudes, primarily in the clear air of tropical and subtropical deserts.
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Science Service
Hadrian's Rule Marks Peaceful, Architecturally Rich Era
The rule of Hadrian followed Trajan and was noted for its peaceful time and the era's most refined Roman architecture. Hadrian reigned from 117 A.D. and is associated with durable public buildings and a stable empire.
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Trajan
Hadrian
World on Parade to headline Iowa State Fair spectacle
Noted band leader Nes Moines will lead the Royal Scotch Highlanders Band for The World on Parade at the Des Moines Iowa State Fair from August 26 to September 4. The open air show promises a magicary tour of the world with glimpses of entertainment from major nations and nightly fireworks after the performances.
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Nes Moines
Royal Scotch Highlander
America
Des Moines
Roy D. Smith
Highlanders
Iowa State Fair Opens with Expanded Farm Exhibits
Des Moines announces a record state fair featuring 400000 expected visitors. The two hundred acres include thirty seven county farm bureaus presenting leading agricultural projects such as alfalfa, legumes, soil testing, weed control, and corn yield tests alongside women’s bureau exhibits on home economics and child care. A free access area of one hundred acres will welcome the public during August 26 to September 4.
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Des Moines
Noto
Cron
Lovell 4-H Club Meeting Highlights August 8
The Lovell 4-H Club met at Mrs. John Matthiessen’s home on Saturday August 8 with Margaret and Muriel Hanssen as hostesses. Clemma Wenger spoke on flour making methods and Muriel Hanssen spoke on 4-H Club Breakfast. Annabelle Minnis demonstrated bread cutting. Mary E Fothergill and Mary Minnis demonstrated whole wheat muffins. Mary E Fothergill named health girl of the club. Refreshments followed.
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Lovell
John Matthiessen
Margaret
Muriel Hanssen
Clemma Wenger
Annabelle Minnis
Mary E. Fothergill
Mary Minnis
Pheasant Crashes Through Windshield in Fayette County Crash
While driving along a Fayette county highway P E Davis Hollis Finch and Clifford Burg er collided with a pheasant that flew from the ditch hitting the hood and smashing the windshield. Burg er was dazed by the bird near the right temple Finch cut by glass and Davis uninjured. The bird then hit the back window and jumped out into a corn field.
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Fayette County
P. E. Davis
Hollis Finch
Clifford Burger
Burget
Finch
Davis
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