Community notes reflect church social and local changes
Scotch Grove reports a successful lawn social at the Presbyterian church boosting the mission band pledge and promoting eight members to honorary status. Movements include families relocating to Marion and Hawick, a Monticello band concert, school reopens, farm work resumes after rain, and A. E. Hall building a service station with Cities Service gas and a new Chevrolet truck.
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Koon
Oliver
Delmar
Flynn
Maquoketa
George Underwood
Los Angeles
Yates Center
Wichita
Kansas
Monticello
A. E. Hall
Hall
Local Visitors and Travel Tie Up This Week
Onslow residents hosted guests from nearby towns including Margaret Hall Irene and Will Dennison party from Ocheydan. Many travelers headed to Chicago Rochester and Maquoketa for visits and excursions while others planned moves to Cedar Rapids and Wellsville Ohio.
Prairieburg Social News round of visits and calls
Prairieburg residents host and visit relatives across towns including Betten dorf Cedar Rapids Rochester and Central City. People call on friends at the Randall home and discuss church matters while Miss Ruth Randall and Dorothy Cook enjoy a Cedar Rapids vacation.
Anamosa Eureka Brief Items Of News
Dr and Mrs A G Hejinian and daughter Lucea leave today for Mackinac Island returning first week September. Bert R Graham dies at 4 PM on Monday at his South Garnaville home after two years in Anamosa where he started Graham Bakery. Samuel I Williams interred at Riverside after Charles City arrival with widow and family. Williams services led by Masonic Order. Paving machine breakdown delays work but progress resumes. corner south of Fairview nearly complete. Los Angeles tourist Reuben Alton suffers a broken leg in a detour auto accident near Fairview Viola. Lincoln’s Alex G Williams questioned by Cedar Rapids police over erratic behavior linked to multiple hotel registrations. Sheriff Bodenhofer considers transfer to Independence if needed for unsettled bank issue. State highway commission expands ground near fairgrounds to straighten paving and remove obstructions. praised for ventilating a safer view for drivers.
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A. G. Hejinian
Lucea
Mackinac Island
Harrison Construction Company
Fairview
Viola
Reuben Alton
Los Angeles
Cal
Mercy Hospital
Alton
Anamosa
Williams
Bodenhofer
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Bank
Independence
State Highway Commission
Fair Grounds
Smiths
Tyler & Downing
Highway Commission
Kellogg Pact censures pacifists on armament limits
The Sioux City Journal argues pacifists are not justified in celebrating a hoped weakened military as a result of the Kellogg anti-war treaty. It states the American government will not change policy until a global disarmament program is agreed by leading powers.
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Sioux City
Iowa Democrats Nominate Four for Supreme Court Bench
Iowa Democrats completed their state ticket by nominating four candidates for the Iowa supreme court. Former District Judges James W. Anderson of Sioux City and J. J. Kinsinger of Dubuque join attorneys Fred Hagemann of Waverly and Wilson H. Hamilton of Sigourney as nominees.
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Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
James W. Anderson
Sioux City
J. J. Kinsinger
Dubuque
Fred Hagemann
Waverly
Wilson H.hamilton
Sigourney
Hogs Fail to Lift Mortgages on Iowa Farms in 1927
Iowa State College and U S Department of Agriculture monitored 17 above average farms. They report an average hog loss of 349 dollars per farm in 1927, after 843 dollars profit in 1926 and 752 dollars in 1925, due to lower hog prices and higher corn costs.
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Iowa
Iowa County
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Candidate debate stance sparks ethic debate
A Marshalltown Times-Republican comment questions a candidate who pledges to debate with every pulpit objecting to his record and platform. The remark suggests the issue goes beyond typical presidential campaign expectations and touches on street corner discourse.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Rayon Facts and 4-H Radio Program Initiatives
Rayon and celanese fabrics are sold in varied blends with cotton wool and silk. Rayon’s strengths and weaknesses are noted by experts. A large scale radio program begins October 1, spanning 30 weeks across 61 stations in 38 states to highlight 4-H club activities through The 4-H Club Crier, offering tailored regional broadcasts for youth involved in farm projects.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Radio Service
Extension Service
Farm Ufe
Early September Rye Pasture For Swine From 1% Bushels An Acre
F G Churchill of Iowa State College promotes sowing rye in early September at 1% bushels per acre to yield excellent late fall and early spring pasture for swine. Iowa State trials show rye compares well with rape for pigs though rye has lower protein in dry matter, at 24.85 pounds per hundred versus rape's 28.22. The rye field serves as sowing for spring piglets and can be left to mature as grain or reseeded to Sudan grass for summer pasture.
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F. G. Churchill
Towa State College
Towa Agricultural Experiment Station
When Two Women Debate Prohibition Who Keeps Last Word
A probing look at the dynamic of two women debating the Prohibition era question of who has the final say in the exchange. The piece analyzes rhetoric, societal roles, and the gendered expectations shaping the discussion.
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Boston Transcript
The Lost Chord And The Great Amen
A reflective verse by Adelaide A. Proctor describes a moment of merging discord into harmony as a longing for Heaven. The speaker imagines death transforming earthly noises into a single perfect chord. The poem muses that the divine Amen may be heard again in heaven.
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Death
Adelaide A. Proctor
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Practical kitchen and home tips cover cooking temperatures for beef lamb and sauerkraut production and the science behind fermentation. It also offers roach trapping methods using greased pans and roasting advice with safety notes on heating and food handling.
Women Live Longer But Men Healthier A National Study Finds
A Public Health Service report from a two and a half year study of about 8 000 white residents in a midwestern city shows boys under 10 suffer more infectious diseases and eye ear skin illnesses. After adolescence females overtake males in illness rates across most diseases in adulthood.
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The
Public Health Service
United States
A Snare and a Delusion
Philadelphia Public Ledger critiques wet promises on prohibition linking talk of light wines to constitutional change. It cites Governor Smith and contrasts federal limits with the risk of nullification. The piece also notes farm policy debates tied to Hoover and the McNary Haugen bill with emphasis on government boards and market control.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Smith
Opie Cote OtPe
The Earth and Man in Stopford A. Brooke Poem
The excerpt discusses the earth and humanity with simple, hopeful imagery. It contrasts the timeless, unchanging earth with the evolving heart of man, noting ten thousand years of dawns and fades yet a continued search for love, trust, and fresh life.
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Maine
Stopford A. Brooke
Modern girl’s quip on home and a real estate pitch
A Hopkinton writer relays a tale of a young woman who dismisses the idea of a home citing a life lived in cars, hospitals, colleges, churches, eateries, leisure, and cinema. She bluntly says she only needs a garage while glimpsing a satirical view of material aims.
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Hopkinton
T Hye
Poison Liquor Preference Sparks Letter to Minneapolis Journal
A Tennessee woman endorses poison liquor, arguing safety first and urging neighbors to drink poisoned whisky to avoid harming her, stating she would rather poison whisky than risk being killed she by a neighbor. She expresses a fatalistic view on alcohol and violence.
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Minneapolis
Earn While You Learn at Milwaukee Business College
Opportunity for immediate earnings through work in offices stores theaters hotels while attending classes. New sessions begin Sept 10 and Oct 2 with training in accounting secretarial stenographic bookkeeping and clerical positions. Rapid advancement and covenant work offered at 517-520 Wells St Milwaukee Wis.
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Milwaukee
Chicao
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