Interesting Iowa News Highlights From J W Jarnagin
Pocket gophers plague Black Hawk county but farmer keeps seven to eight foot bullsnakes as pets to curb them. Snakes hunt gophers, wipe them out, and the farmer forbids harming them. Fred Geneva loses a fishing pole then lands a 35 inch eight pound pike at Country Club Lake. Oliver Hill of Cambridge milks six cows twice daily at 86, still active in church and Sunday school.
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Black Hawk County
Enekes
Janesville
Fred Geneva
Albin
Monroe County
Country Club Lake
Geneva
Oliver Hill
Cambridge
Story County
Hill
Mill
Unusual spring birth record in Sac County deer park
Three does in Lake View’s deer park have produced thirteen fawns in two years totaling twins each year, signaling population growth. The note highlights the herd’s vigor and potential park capacity strain in Sac County.
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Lake View
Sac County
Possum Carrying Ten Pouch Young Found in Park Custody
An opossum with ten joeys was captured and handed to Custodian Brown of the state park. The event underscores park wildlife management efforts and safety considerations for visitors.
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Opossum
Possum
Brown
State Park
L Showalter Builds Busy Winterset Lumber Business
L Showalter operates a steady sawmill in Winterset Madison County buying walnut timber, cutting and selling it. Much goes to Indiana and Kentucky with premium logs shipped to England where demand for walnut lumber remains strong.
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L. Showalter
Winterset
Madison County
Showalter
Indiana
Kentucky
England
Farmer Loses Seed Corn to Grinder He Had Hired
On a Fayette county farm near Hawkeye a portable mill man ground seed corn stored in the granary. He replaced the ground corn in the sacks, and the farmer only learned of the loss when preparing to plant after waiting for field readiness. The corn cost over $100 for 45 bushels of fine seed corn.
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Hawkeye
Fayette County
Church Holds Fortieth Birthday Offering in Sheldon
During a fortieth anniversary observance at a Sheldon church in O'Brien county members gave one penny per year of age totaling 90 pounds in pennies. Five men Colsman Frey Den Beste Van Beek Kamphoff counted for four hours and reported 20 600 nickels silver and checks brought the total to 266 40. Contributions ranged from one cent to 86.
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Sheldon
O'Brien County
John Colsman
O. J. Frey
Joe den Beste
John van Beek
H. Kamphoff
Muskrat Rescued From Grating In Waverly
In Waverly Bremer county Henry Steege spotted a muskrat under a basement grate. He lowered a bucket with a stick and helped free the animal with Herman Luesenhop. They carried the muskrat to a river bank and released it.
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Waverly
Bremer County
Henry Steege
Herman Luesenhop
Steege
Unusual Local Tales and Notable Odds and Ends
Story City hosts a guest who rode the wrong train back to town. Milledge’s half dollar travels again after a year, returning to Red Oak. George Lee Wood, famed circus trainer, dies at 84. A Cedar Rapids man rescues a fox cub adopted by a cat and kittens. Akron farmer Carl Toben rescues an albino robin chick. Battle Creek farmer kills a marauding owl blamed for hundreds of chicken losses. Sacramento grows to 101,600 residents in three years. Enid Oklahoma begins a 11.5 million bushel grain elevator project. U S civil airplanes carry nearly 1.86 million passengers in the last year.
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George Milledge
Milledge
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Villisca
William Piper
Nebraska
Carl Toben
Akron
Plymouth County
Toben
Sphinx Legend and Egyptian Greek Variations
A Minneapolis News summary notes the Greek sphinx as a winged lion with a woman's bust, differing from the Egyptian lion-headed form. It reports the Boeotian tale of a sphinx posing the riddle to inhabitants and Oedipus answering man. The article highlights the Great Sphinx at Giza, its chapel naos, late Roman votive inscriptions, and inscriptions in Greek verse on its left claw.
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Boetia
Oedipus
Greece
Egypt
Gisch
Arrian
Assyrian
Babylonia
Minneapolis News
Move Cows to Mountains to Feed on Rare Grass
Reuter reports that in the Vrachitch mountains of Jugoslavia only men skilled in cheese making may ascend. They tend cattle to harvest a rare grass used to make Travultehki cheese. Men spend spring to autumn in isolation, then return to families for winter.
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Vrachitch
Jugoslavia
Reuter
Ancient factory tricks spark new industry stories
A Montreal Herald note claims waste slate in a Welsh quarry yielded excellent material for a light concrete, creating a new industry and work for hundreds. Other past mistakes spawned inventions such as blotting paper and a turpentine surge, while a lone left handed worker’s ax stash affected pine yields. The piece also surveys a traveling stork and a restored fossil tortoise, plus notes on age of majority for women, historic marriage rights, the oldest U.S. house question, and oak growth rates.
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Montreal Herald
Joe Fisher and Laddie at New Niles Theater
Joe Fisher and his band will headline at the new Niles Theater next Sunday July 7. Fisher will perform on the accordion 800 a feature with Mildred and Marion Fisher and Dixie Lee Mason Iowa's Cutest Blonde. The screen attraction Laddie from Gene Stratton Porter portrays a poignant tale of life.
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Joe Fisher
New Niles Theater
Mr. Fisher
Mildred
Marion Fisher
Dixie Lee Mason
Iowa
Laddie
Gene Stratton Porter
Adv
Onslow N C Holst and others attend cattle safe in Washington
Onslow N C Holst C M Holst and Howard Willison attended a cattle safe at Washington Town Tuesday. Mrs Edna Wasson returned to Chicago Tuesday after a brief visit with friends here. Dr Smith and family travelled to Washington Iowa for a gathering and returned home Sunday. A severe rain and wind storm hit Onslow Friday blowing down trees and demolishing a corn crib on Frank Byerly’s farm. The Onslow Telephone Company will move into a newly purchased residence to improve operations. Mr and Mrs James Warren will celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary with open house and a noon picnic.
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N. C
C. R. Smith
Vern Paul
Washington
Iowa
Dr. Smith
Smith
Richland
Miss Paul
Iowa City
R. E. Chaplin
Sand Spring
Onslow
Elsie Ripperton
Monmouth
Lee Williams
Frank Byerly
Hutton
Lloyd Preston
Alva Edwards
Anamosa
Edwards
James Warren
Jessie McMaster
Dexter
W. K. Kennedy
Walter Koon
Drowning tragedy ties Cedar River weekend
Reports detail deaths and funerals in Monticello and Center Junction areas. A boy and a companion drowned in the Cedar River on Sunday June 23 with bodies recovered later. Nearby residents and relatives attended services and visits in Cedar Rapids Moran and Mapuoketa.
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Monticello
Harry Stingley
Truman Stanton
Center Junction
Paul Smith
George McDonald
J. D. Wasson
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
John Paul
Moran
Kansas
5. G. Hutton
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
George Sears
Philippines
West Indies
William Fletcher
Dorothy Overholt
Mise Delores Hanna
Mapuoketa
Irene Helde
Margaret Lozier
Son Gilman
Willan
Cascade Plans Fourth of July Celebration with Free Baseball Game
Cascade Commercial club stages a big Fourth of July program with a Dubuque team match, chicken supper by local women, fireworks, and free admission to the baseball game. Festivities close at dusk with a community gathering. The Community Presbyterian church marks its tenth anniversary after the 1913 flood, with a Taylor's Grove picnic and talks by Rev. Hugh Robinson and Rev. Ganfield. Andrew Delaney of Garry Owen dies at home after a heart attack.
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Cascade Commercial Club
Dubuque
Cascade
Community Presbyterian Church of
Orsende
Baptist Church
Taylor's Grove
Hugh Robinson
Taylor Ridge
Minals
Dale D. Welch
Farm family obituary and local restoration noted
Daniel Delaney born in Canada on March 4 1863 settled in Garry Owen area and farmed most his life. He married Elizabeth McDermott on October 4 1890 at St Raphael's Cathedral Dubuque and is survived by his wife five sons and a daughter. Funeral mass at St Aloysius South Garry Owen on June 20 and burial in adjoining cemetery. Also reported is the restoration of Cascade bank front by John B Becker Felix Felton and helpers after spring wind damage with a brick front and display window beside Cascade theater.
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Daniel Delaney
Canada
Jackson County
Garry Owen
Elizabeth McDermott
St. Raphael's Cathedral
Dubuque
Andrew Jr
Leroy
Arthur
Davenport
Glenn
Arnold
Clem Auglin
Bernard
St. Aloysius Church
South Garry Owen
Adiominnes
Boot. Connell
John B. Becker
Felix Felton
Cascade Bank
Cascade Theater
Fromt
Sister M. Danielita Gorman R I P Des Moines
Sister Mary Alfreda of Humility Order Marshalltown dies in Des Moines after a long Iowa family lineage. She leaves mother Mrs. Mary Gorman and brother the Rev. Daniel Gorman of Nevada and Cedar Rapids brothers. Funeral services were held at St Josephs academy chapel.
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M. Danielita Gorman
Des Moines
Pioneer Town
Daniel Gorman
Idaho
Columbia College
Dubuque
Mary Gorman
Nevada
Mary Alfreda
The
Humility Order
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
St. Joseph's Academy Chapel
Old Time Fishing Pole Still In Use In Odebolt
J A Engstrom of Odebolt Sac county cherishes an almost 60 year old split bamboo casting pole with agate tip. He says it remains in good condition despite worn metal loops from heavy use and plans to keep using it for old fashioned fishing.
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J. A. Enegstrom
Odebolt
Sac County
Engstrom
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