Airship design gains Navy approval for passenger use
Dr Karl Arnstein of Goodyear Zeppelin plans a 780 foot airship able to fly 5000 to 8000 miles with 75 to 80 passengers. The craft, costed to keep fares comparable to ocean liners, will be 100 percent safe and better protected from storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Arnstein
Goodyear Zeppelin Company
U. S. Navy
Sunbeam Mission Band
Russell Hughes
Merle Hutton
Rex Brady
Emma Hughes
Women's Community Club
Ray Wright
Laura Sinclair
Esther Sinclair
Thelma Gregory
Mark Twain
Katie Hughes
Ellis Parker Butler
Vasey
Otto Lange
Austin
Minnesota
Lestus Kuhns
Scotch Grove
James Hughes
L. B. Callahan
Maquoketa
Lake Hearst
Clyde Stickley
Town City
University Hospital
United States
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Camp Fire Girls
Birthday dinner hosts and local community notices in Amber area
Amber residents share birthday celebrations and family visits as the Burlingmeirs host a birth anniversary dinner. Families from Maquoketa and Center Junction visit, farmers plan threshing meetings, a prenuptial shower for Edna Toenjes precedes her marriage to Ernest Dirks, and various locals travel or host guests. A carload of cattle and hogs leaves Amber via the shipping association, with tuberculosis testing by Dr. Kellogg and a newborn ten pound girl reported at Englebarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles James
Fred Gray
Muscatine
Black Oak
Philip Bailey
Walter Castile
Maquoketa
Castiles
Edna Toenjes
Toenjes
Ernest Dirks
Ross Lincoln
Peter Lincoln
Otto Otten
Freda Zimmerman
Alva Gerdes
Henry Schaffer
Scotch Grove
George Andrews
Center Junction
George Andrews, Jr
Amber Shipping Association
L. W. Kellogg
Anamosa
Guelda Fairbanks
Forest
Charles Gray
Ed Englebarts
Nathan Frost
Near Wyoming
Grover Preston
Sophia Gross
Near
Cass
Lizzie Gross
Gladys Frost
Wyoming
Twin brothers drown while bathing in Mississippi near Dubuque
Aloysius and John Stouhl, aged 23, drowned in the Mississippi River near Dubuque last Thursday afternoon while swimming. Aloysius died attempting to save his brother, who also perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloysius
John Stouhl
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Remodeling and Social Notes From Wyoming
John Inglis remodels his residence on North Washington street using hardwood timber milled from his Hale farm. Local social news includes visits from Mrs. A S Nickless and family from Detroit and Rev Nickless new Detroit pastorate, plus numerous relatives visiting friends in the area and church events at the M E church with a Passion Play slide show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Inglis
Washington Street
Hale
Inglis
A. S. Nickless
Detroit
Michigan
Reynold Fishwild
Nickless
Albany Park Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Kyw
Roy Bender
Petersen
Ahab DeWitt
Sarah J. Bills
Flint
Yates
M. E. Church
Oberammergau
Mesdames
C. W. Mallicoat
S. G. Franks
A.C. Case
Alex Adams
Omaha
Mae
Doris Klamfoth
Evanston
Illinois
Henrietta Felker
E. W. Benbow
Sioux City
Benbow
John Thomson
Charles Overly
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Overly
A. C. Case
Vergie
Vera
Elaine
Pisgah
Alva Cooley
Oelwein
Roy Jeffry
James
Waukon
James Inglis
George Fiedler
Mike Berger
Picnic at Silver Lake and Local Events Report
Sand Spring families attend a picnic at Silver Lake park near Delhi on Sunday. Miss Orpha Garlinghouse hosts a birthday party near Buck Creek and visits Hopkinton with her niece. A lightning strike damaged W H Behrends store and a smith shop. Local residents attend meetings and funerals. The creamery shipped 83 tubs of butter and 22 cases of eggs last Thursday. Residents travel to Monticello and Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. &. Chaplin
Fred Egger
Pase W. Ho’ Behrenas
Arduser
C. c. Slauson
Silver Lake Park
Delhi
Orpha Garlinghouse
Buck Creek
N. W. Minehart
Hopkinton
W. H. Behrends
Co. K. Greer
Farm Bureau
Jasper Home
C. ©. Stevenson
Jack Murray
Bowen
Praire
Ray Hayes
Monticello
J. L. Batchelder
Creamery Company
Ed Fass
KE. Martin
R. E. Chaplin
Farmer's question ends with four quirky alibis
A rural supper table scene features Farmer Jones quizzing five boys about their whereabouts. Each boy offers a humorous, literal setting of an action in progress. The closing line asserts a quirky proverb about cow productivity and scrub bulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Jones
Iowa Crop Summary From USDA Reports
The USDA reports Iowa corn prospects are better than 1924 but need above normal conditions to finish strong. Corn acreage is 10.954 million, down from 11.178 million in 1926, with lower possible production. Oats at 86 percent of normal, wheat 89 percent, pastures 94 percent, hay expected higher production with similar acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dubuque Business Leader James M. Burch Dies at 66
James M. Burch of Dubuque dies at age 66. He led Farley & Loetcher Manufacturing as president and served as vice president of Consolidated National Bank. He also presided over the Loetscher Burch Manufacturing Co of Des Moines and was a Dubuque high school valedictorian in 1879. He captained Harvard class crew in 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Burch
Dubuque
Farley & Loetcher Manufacturing Company
Consolidated National Bank
Loetscher-Burch Manufacturing Company
Des Moines
Harvard
Bank Officials Certify Financial Statement in Jones County
M. J. McNeilly president and C. A. Burmeister cashier certify the bank's sworn financial statement for Jones County on July 5 1927. Notary Bertha M S Burmeister attested and Chas Moncrief and J N Smith directors witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jones County
M. J. McNeilly
C. A. Burmeister
Bertha M. S. Burmeister
Chas. Moncrief
J. N. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amber
McNeill's Hardware
U. S
Jones
Chase
Sa Ws
Total Resources Capital Stock Surplus Fund
Monticello State Bank
Lovell State Bank
Stahlers
California
Wisconsin
Logan
Were
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