Oldest practicing Iowa physician Dr J R Coxe at 82
At 82 years old Dr J R Coxe of North English Iowa county is the oldest practicing physician in the state. He has given 57 years to medicine, working in Benton O'Brien and Iowa counties. He originally aimed to be a lawyer but a State University of Iowa encounter with a medical nursing student led him to medicine. He married in June 1876.
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J. R. Coxe
North English
Iowa County
Coxe
Benton
O’brien
Iowa
State University of
Record sows yield 64 piglets in Wright county farm
Five Hampshire sows owned by W Y T Richards near Clarion Wright county farrow 64 piglets from two litters of 14 and three of 12 each. Two sows died so far leaving three husky mothers guarding their litters while their owners boast their belligerent attitude toward intruders. In a separate note Spencer boy Bob Nefger 14 hauled in an 18 and a half pound blue catfish from West Okoboli Dock with a 12 cent line and simple dead minnow bait.
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W. Y T. Richards
Clarion
Wright County
Hampshires
Bob Nefger
LeRoy C. Nefger
Spencer
Clay County
Nefger
West Okoboli
Prewar Michigan car offered in trade-in sale
J H Sherman of Sheldon Iowa sold a new car to Gus Anderson and took Anderson s 1913 Michigan four cylinder as trade in The car has 3420 miles and about 155 miles per year over 22 years Sherman calls it a good buy for someone who prefers a slower pace and notes the car is in very good shape
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J. H. Sherman
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Gus Anderson
Anderson
Sherman
Michigan
Estherville man forgets $10 while cleaning desk
Leonard Smith of Estherville Iowa forgot a $10 bill while cleaning his desk and burning papers. A separate item notes a Toulouse goose at Ernest Ansley’s Chariton farm producing oversized eggs, with a display egg weighing 123 1/2 ounces and measuring 9 1/2 by 11 inches.
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Leonard Smith
Estherville
Emmett County
Ernest Ansley
Chariton
Lucas County
Ansley
Mirthful wanderer poet keeps moving despite fame
Leonard Hoflus the self styled poet nauseate of the road visits towns as an entertaining, likable tramp. He has penned verses for 18 years and claims a book published and autographs with five presidents. Meanwhile Orange City launches a Plant Tulips campaign to plant 15000 bulbs for a Holland shipped order. In Hardin county an Indian amphitheater site near Eldora is noted by settlers. A Cedar Rapids dog Jul ian the cocker spaniel survived after a bone obstruction and odd items were removed from his stomach.
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Leonard
Knute
Hoflus
Hofius
Harding
Orange City
Sioux County
Holland
Howell Boyd
Iowa River
Eldora
Hardin County
Julian Dubuque
Mildred Ford
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Julian
Workmen unearth severed conduit causes burning posts at Newton Court House
Workmen driving ten steel posts around the Newton courthouse lawn discover a severed conduit carrying street light current. Repeated hits warm the posts and emit odors and smoke. The incident earns mock praise for marksmanship. In Hardin county, William Haydock near Town Falls hunts a runaway deer from Ellsworth Zoological Park. Haydock shoots the buck after tracking behind a mower. He asks for the head as reward.
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Court House
Newton
Jasper County
Iowa
William Haydock
Near Town Falls
Hardin County
Haydock
Mr. Haydock
Ellsworth Zoological Park
Moravia contest seeks bluegrass stalks for prizes
Moravia in Appanoose county offers prizes for the longest bluegrass stalks with 58 inch entries already received. At Albia in Monroe county a 59 inch stalk is reported as the contest grows in popularity for pasture use.
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Moravia
Appanoose
Albia
Monroe County
Ringgald County Baseball Controversy Remains A Local Legend
In Ringgold county sixty years ago the mid seventies game between the Chicago White Sox representing New Chicago and the Rough and Readys ended with a disputed 42 to 41 score, some locals recall a 42 to 42 tie. The town has vanished yet memories persist and the debate continues. A display car linked to the era is shown in Dickinson county. Other notes include an elderly watchmaker using a Liverpool timepiece to read time and a mistaken battery misread due to name similarity between Fred Carr and Bob Conn.
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Ringgald County
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
New Chicago
Ringgold County
George
Baby Face
Nelson
Tllinois
Arnolds Park
Dickinson County
Fred Glaser
Spencer
Clay County
Glaser
Fred Carr
Montezuma
Poweshiek County
Henry Guthrie
Gure
Guthrie
Bob Conn
Guthris
County Supervisors Proceedings and Real Estate Transfers
The record lists payments for supplies, services, and provisions by the county including hospitals, dragging, and rock hauling with numerous vendors. It also notes real estate transfers in Jones County covering multiple parcels and life estate provisions with names and parcel details.
Monticello Council Adopts Beer Ordinance No 71
In a special session on June 17 1935 Monticello Iowa council introduced first reading of Ordinance No 71 to regulate beer sales, dispensed with three readings, and adopted the measure by a majority vote. Beer permits were granted to multiple firms for periods ending June 30 1930, including Carl Winkler Bartlett Fluckiger Maat Clarence Griffith William Shaffer Maurice Matre Dayton Yousse Ann's Cafe Clive Achey Fred Kay and Stahler's Lane Co. The mayor declared the ordinance adopted and the title agreed to and the council adjourned.
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Monticello
Iowa
Ferring
Metzenberg
Graves
Netcott
Bender
Metzenberg, Ferring
Carl Winkler
Bartlett & Fluckiger
Maat
Clarence Griffith
William Shaffer
Maurice Matre
Dayton Yousse Ann's Cafe
Clive Achey
Fred J, Kay
Stahler's Lane Co
Hair Growth Speeds Vary With Warm Weather, Study Finds
A science finding reports hair on the head averages about 120000 hairs with blondes reaching 140000 and redheads 90000. Growth runs two inches monthly in warmth, slows in cold, and factors like age and health influence shedding and replacement.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Belgium’s horse trade curb trims wartime demand
Belgium faced a sharp decrease in its international horse trade as Germany bought 4 850 Belgian horses in the last year versus the prewar average of about 20 000 annually. This indicates a drastic curtailment of wartime horse exports affecting Belgium and its trading partners.
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Belgium
Germany
Origin of Stone Post Office of Table Bay
A Montreal Herald writer describes the ancient stone post office at Table Bay Cape of Good Hope where sailors carved and buried letters beneath large beach stones two to four feet long and two feet wide. Vessels traveling India to Europe exchanged letters by leaving and retrieving bundles under the stones.
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Malrapout
Table Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Montreal Herald
India
Europe
Most Widely Used Word Amen Across Religions
Collier's Weekly cites 8 D Kent of Seattle noting Amen as the most widely used word. It means so be it and is used by roughly half the world’s population, including Christians and Jews, with Muslims often ending letters and writings with it.
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Kent
Seattle
Collier's Weekly
Cool Spell Timed Earth’s Cooling Through 9,000 Years
Geologists report a 4 500 year period of cool summers and predict the spell will continue for 6 500 more years. The long term cooling trend is presented as a natural climatic phase.
Go lovely Rose poem fragment by Edmund Waller
A fragment of Edmund Waller's poem instructs a rose to tell a beloved of the speaker's hidden longing. The speaker compares beauty to a rose and urges the beloved to come forth and not blush at admiration.
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Rose
Richland Center Notes on Visits and Local Sports
Miss Johanna Larsen of Wallingford visits uncle Henry Wismeier in Richland Center. Luclla Balsiger attends a Sunday picnic before departing for Cedar Rapids to study beauty work. A kittenball game on the Will Balsiger farm sees Richland beat County Liners 5 to 4. George Korman of Dubuque visits friends here with family. Mrs. John Yossi and Mrs. Ired W Hein go to the pinochle club. George Allen Sr. sustains a serious injury from a farm accident and requires stitches. John Hein Jr. wins a Belgian filly at Monticello during the four state picnic hosted by Halbert horse breeders.
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Johanna Larsen
Wallingford
Henry Wismeier
Luclla Balsiger
Cedar Rapids
Will Balsiger
John Yossi
A. G. Bohiken
Richland
George Korman
Robert
Dubuque
Ired W. Hein
Ray Adams
George Allen
John Hein, Jr
Monticello
Halbert Horse Breeders
Revolutionary Calendar of the French Republic
The article outlines the French Republican calendar adopted by the National Convention. It reused Vendemiaire to Frimaire months with ten days per week and sans-culottides for festivals, detailing month names linked to harvests, weather, and labor. It notes the abolition of the calendar by Napoleon at the end of Isan.
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Indianapolis News
Cockroaches Come In Many Varieties From German To Australian
The article notes numerous cockroach varieties in the world and in the corn belt with the Missoury ranner naming them. It describes a female laying many eggs in a capsule that forms in her body and hatches near maturity. Nymphs follow adults to kitchens and pantries, spreading over food and releasing a foul odor. They are described as filthy and a health hazard as they contaminate a wide range of items including dead insects and human food.
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Corn Belt
Tooan
Ancient Wind Knowledge Used in Trade and War
A 17th century overview notes that ancient Greeks used winds like the eteshins and Padianmani to aid voyages. It traces how later, the Atlantic and Pacific trade winds were leveraged in naval expeditions. It cites Dalbey as advancing early wind-based strategy using statistical intelligence.
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New York
Cebu
Dilbey
Buelish
Ancient Temples of Paestum and Haiti Colorful History
The text notes the Paestum temples in Italy dating 670 to 420 BC and the Temple of Peace from the Ionian era. It also describes Port au Prince, Haiti, as a capital with a history of slave uprisings, voodoo, royal courts, and long, turbulent power struggles in a colorful Caribbean setting.
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Paestum
Italy
Ceres
Neptune
Peace
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Caribbean
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Willard Brown
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J. G. Schoon
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H. W. Shelley
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Emma Story
F. L. Stoughton
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Rent
Sunny Crest Sanatorium
Calc
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House of Good Shepherd
J. H. Snyder
Roy Weighels
H. J. Pieray
Peter Takes
Janae Printing Co
Dcea Attic
Rapoport's
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Ees
Repass Auto Co
Elmer Rickels
John McDonald Hospital
J. McKinstry
John McNamara
Della Neilly
Wm. Pazour
W. H. Proctor Co
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Swartzell’s
Lee Switzer
L. W. Taylor
Mary Wozenilek
George R. Volk
P. A. Wheat
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A. Locher
Mys
Edith Helms
Herman Ingwersen
Rowe Electric Co
Geo
Geo, Specht, Express
Standard Supply Co
Dyna- Tyee Yi Ytytti Detesearepeteth Dangecreeto
Leon Taylor
Central States Bridge Supply Co
Chicago Steel Tape Co
Dasapanconce
Geo. W. Timmins
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Anamosa Water ‘Dept
Austin-Western
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M. Buckner
Haut Rock
Katie Switzer
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Frank Himebaugh
Rubek
Standard Oil Co
Cc. & N. W. Railroad
C. & N. W. Railway
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Clark
W. Coon
L. J. Conwell
Jones County
Frank Kiburz
Thelma
Linda Kiburz
Bert ‘Kiburz
Tife
J. N. Kiburz
Bert Kiburz
Frank Kibjure
Austin B. Wilcox
Mary L. Wilcox
M. Lou West
Grace E. West
Gail West Hall
Gerald Dunn
Margaret
Mary Henneberry
Federal Land Bank
H. PD. Miller
Myrtle F
Ellen I. Byerly
Loyal Byerly
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Council Proceedings
McLaughlin
Ray Echternacht
Graces
Edmund Waller
Richland Center
Northwestern
Ilinois
Midway Gardens
Galena
East Dubuque
New High Motors
I Compression
Sinclair
Clark Bros. Tire & Battery
All-Weathier
Goodyear
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