Barber Union Plans Sunday Rabbit Hunt In Des Moines
Des Moines master barbers and union members plan a Sunday rabbit hunt before Christmas to aid the needy via the Salvation Army. The event will use Central and southern Iowa fields, with invitations via Kirkwood hotel barber shop. Memorial observances on Merle Hay road honored Merle Hay and fallen soldiers with wreaths from Scouts and community groups.
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Des Moines
Barbers’ Union
Salvation Army
Towa
Kirkwood Hotel
Merle Hay
Camp Dodgeway
Cyrus E. Harvey
Boy Scouts
Campfire Girls
Girl Scouts
Max Mayer
Parker Crouch
Camp Fire
Dean Bennett
Efficiency of Lightning Rods
Des Moines meeting of mutual fire insurance groups reports wind hail and lightning damage mainly in September and early October. Agriculture data shows 98 of 100 barns struck lack lightning rods, indicating rods are a sound investment for barn owners and insurers.
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Mutual
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Boone county adopts policy to deny winter aid to owner automobile families
J. G. Lucas of Madrid reports Boone county supervisors pass resolutions aligning with state boards. The measures declare no assistance will be provided this winter to county families who are owners of automobiles.
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Boone County
J. G. Lucas
Madrid
Biles
Man Penetrates Grasshopper Country in South Dakota
U. S. Vance of Laurens Poca hontas county reports Calvin Felsing makes regular trips to drought stricken southwestern South Dakota carrying corn for sale and returning with feeder pigs. Pigs fetch 3 to 3 1 4 cents and sales are dwindling daily as weather changes, from dust storms to heavy rains near Canton Iowa.
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U. S. Vance
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Calvin Felsing
South Dakota
Iowa
Canton
Largest grain husking crowd gathers at Grundy Center
National corn husking contest draws about sixty thousand farm folks to the Clyde Wilhelm farm near Grundy Center. Henry A. Wallace notes orderly behavior and strong crowd control by Grundy County citizens and local Legion volunteers. Husking rates top thirty bushels per hour with records listed for competitors from Illinois to Ohio.
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Wilhelm Farm
Grundy Center
Henry A. Wallace
Grundy County
American Legion
Corn Belt
Cylde Wilhelm
Orville Welch
Illinois
Theodore Balko
Minnesota
Lee Carey
Iowa
Carl Seiler
Tlinois
Omar Little
Kansas
E. H. Hendricks
Robert Kitchel
Indiana
Harry Brown
Nebraska
H. F.roepke
George Noel
Ellsworth Kapp
Missouri
Harry Fetter
Albert Laukhuf
Ohio
Bert Hanson
Layton Roberts
Ross Moon
Nighttime lighting rule for horse drawn vehicles enacted
The 44th general assembly passed an act requiring all horse drawn and other non listed vehicles to display lights or reflectors from one hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise. Lights must be visible at least 200 feet from the rear to enhance highway safety.
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44Th General Assembly
Alligator Found Near West Nishnabotna River
Peter Rix of Manning reports unusual tracks along the West Nishnabotna at Carson. Jack Campbell of Lake Manawa followed the prints and found a two foot alligator in the river, likely one of several Florida visitors’ pets that escaped into the stream and fed on fish.
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Peter Rix
Manning
Carroll County
West Nishnabotna
Carson
Jack Campbell
Lake Manawa
Campbell
Florida
Profitable pickle business in Van Buren County
Farming ton reports Van Buren County and the Southern Manufacturing Company of Farmington will soon ship the last carload of dill pickles about 90 barrels in this car. The firm has produced 1,359 barrels of dills this season and already sent 15 carloads. It received about 25 000 bushels of cucumbers at the Farmington plant this season.
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Farmington
van Buren County
Southern Manufacturing Company of
Geo. Sprankles
Southern Manufacturing Company
Dairymen urged to use home grown feeds this winter
Dr. C Y Cannon of Iowa State College says dairy farmers should maximize home grown feeds and minimize purchased feeds due to abundance and cash shortages. Corn, wheat, and barley can be used interchangeably. soybeans, cottonseed meal, linseed meal, corn gluten feed, and bran supply protein.
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C.Y. Cannon
Towa State College
Cannon
Cannon Sbys
Big results are obtained from a small Classified Ar
A brief classifieds item notes notable outcomes from a compact classified advertisement. The short notice highlights efficient results driven by a small, targeted ad approach.
Purebred Livestock Prices Urge Iowa Farmers to Invest
Assistant professor J. Holbert of Town State College says now is the time to buy purebreds as they fetch one and a half to two times grade stock, with historical spreads reaching three to four times. He predicts 45 to 50 percent higher agricultural prices within a year and urges building a purebred herd at minimal cost to future profits.
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J. ©. Holbert
Town State College
Mr. Holbert
Holbert
Iowa
Inside Information for The Busy Housewife
A guide to kitchen efficiency and bird feeding tips. Keep moisture in fruit cake by placing a cup of water in the oven. Shape kitchens oblong to save steps. Protect bird food from weather with suet stuffed coconuts, wire baskets, and weatherproof hoppers.
Remarkable Jaw Power of East Indian Lizard
An article in Pearson's Weekly notes that a large East Indian go-samp lizard in Calcutta exhibited extraordinary jaw strength. It locked jaws with a 12-foot python, dragging both from a cage before the lizard released. The piece cites turtle power from Frank Bullen's record voyage, where a 1,800 pound turtle bit a man who put a finger inside its mouth.
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Pearson's Weekly
Calcutta
Frank Bullen
Symbolist Metal Myth in Song of the Nibelungs
German historian Carl Ludwig Antz argues the epic uses fairy tale motifs to veil a mining allegory. He cites Worms region metals and Siegfried’s dragon fight as symbolic mining, with Reinhilde tied to tin and Gunther to copper yielding bronze.
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Carl Ludwig Antz
Herr Antz
Siegfried
Worms
Reinhilde
Brittany
Leland
Gunther
Isirres Brunhilde
Adherich
Erasmus Alms Box and the Saintly Tale
The Boston Transcript recounts Erasmus the Sixteenth century reformer visiting St Nicholas almshouse with Dean Colet. One relic request sparked a heated scene while Erasmus peacefully donated generously, giving the alms box a new name the Erasmus Alms Box.
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Erasmus
Dean Colet
St. Paul's School
St. Nicholas’ Almshouse
England
Loving Walsh
Boston Transcript
St.Thomas of Canterbury
Tle
Modern Sphinx Doctor Barry Impersonation Mystery
An English hospital inspector general, Dr James Barry, reportedly lived for decades as a man though likely female, with no official denial from the War Office. Tales recount an inquest after his death and witnesses recalling episodes suggesting a concealed sex and a remarkable impersonation spanning more than fifty years.
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England
James Barry
Barry
Crimea
Kensal Green
Talk of
London
War Office
Third West India Regiment
St. Thomas and
Barbadoes
Chamberlayne
Eemre
Doctor Barry
Grant Ing
Wheeler Syndicate
Box in back helps girl feel better
First aid aided little Maury at church when she felt sick. Her mother sent her to the churchyard a moment, then she returned saying she stopped at a box labeled for the sick and felt all right.
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Maury
Mary
Vancouver
City Declares First Report on Noise Induced Ills
The noise abatement committee reports that complete sleep is impossible in much of New York City and a state of emergency exists. It warns that rising noise levels intensify strident sound exposure causing imperfect hearing and harmful nervous strain among residents, workers, and thinkers.
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New York City
Mark Twain Compared to Lincoln in Howells Tribute
William Dean Howells lauds Mark Twain in My Mark Twin, saying Twain pierced hearts and spanned the world with reason while others like Emerson Longfellow Lowell Holmes and the rest shared common traits. He calls Clemens unique and likens him to Lincoln in literature.
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Mark Twain
Mark Twin
William Dean Howells
Lfe
Emerson
Longfellow
Lowell
Holmes
Clemens
Lincoln
Knightly Armor Weights From Gothic Period Unequal
A study notes wide variation in fifteenth century Gothic armor. A Met Museum specimen weighs 49 pounds, a Paris example 48, a Vienna suit 85, and Henry VII’s armor in the Tower of London weighs 84. A jousting suit in the Tower weighs 100 pounds.
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Metropolitan Museu of Art
New York
Paris
Vienna
Henry VII
England
Tower of London
Disgust at Women Golfers Dressed by Privilege
A London Tit Bits anecdote recalls a man complaining the course was infested by practicing ladies before a women’s golf championship. He jokes about joining a gentlemen’s club, and a witty bystander asks if he would be eligible, highlighting ongoing gendered club norms.
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London
Golf Against Sight and Size Challenge
A heavy patient asks for a new sport after weeks of golf. The doctor praises golf as a fine game but the patient complains he cannot hit the ball. when he can see it he cannot hit it, and when he can hit it he cannot see it, leaving him puzzled about what to do.
Paraffin Protects Hens Feet From Wet Weather
In Edmonds Washington a poultry dealer dipped chick feet in paraffin mixed with glycerin to waterproof them. The coating kept toes dry for two weeks and did not cause any ill effects on hens after exposure to wet muddy fields.
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Edmonds
Hushbind Defies Paper Over Bridge Debate
A hushbind character mocks the Boston Transcript over bridge talk. He claims the game is insane and inane and urges argument in its defense. The editor replies that the dispute has created unnecessary battles and that junk can be given away as prizes.
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Boston Transcript
Russia in the Background, Sheldon Sun
The column speculates on why China and Japan clash, suggesting agitators loyal to Soviet Russia inflame tensions and drive the dispute behind the scenes. It notes uncertainty about real causes while highlighting external influence considerations.
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Sheldon Sun
China
Japan
Soviet Russia
Why don't the Chinese and Japanese unite to form Asia?
In the council bluffs Nonpareil viewpoint the author asks why China and Japan should unite to create a United States of Asia noting Japan’s need for space and China’s need for enterprise and energy.
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Council
United States of Asia
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