Typhoid Carriers Threaten Public Health In Cedar Rapids Park
The Iowa Department of Health warns carriers fuel typhoid spread and outlines new supervision starting July 1 1931. It notes carriers often remain undetected and contaminate food or milk. The report also lists weekly communicable disease totals across Iowa and details a Cedar Rapids park shooting leaving J H Peck dead and Rose Zoller wounded while a party of four was present.
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Iowa State Department of Health
State Department of Health
Iowa
Story County
Cerro Gordo
Plymouth
Scott
Des Moines
Washington
Lee
Linn
Wright
Woodbury
Cbs
Tama
Clarke
Dubuque
Jd Jones
Black Hawk
Johnson
Pottawattamie
J. H. Peck
Rose Zoller
Cedar Rapids
E. J. Boland
Davenport
Hazel McNulty
van Vechten Park
Peck
Miss Zollar
Cascade
Boland
Marengo
Goggin
Zoller
Citizens Training Camp enrollments continue in 7th corps area
Enrollment for citizen army training camps in the 7th corps area grows with 1478 applications received by July 14. The quota is 1313 and over 12,000 files exist for the region spanning Minnesota to Arkansas. Camps open July 30 at Fort Lincoln Fort Pike Jefferson Barracks Fort Crook Fort Des Moines Fort Leavenworth and Fort Snelling. Fresh pineapple should not be used with gelatin or soft custard.
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Towa
7Th Corps
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Fort Lincoln
Camp Pike
Jefferson Barracks
Mingsouri
Fort Crook
Fort Des Moines
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Snelling
Relative Popularity Of The State Parks
A Des Moines dispatch reports June park visitation exceeded 300000 with Eldora Pine Creek and Backbone Park among the leading sites. Other parks shown include Ledecs Park near Boone, Rice Lake, Ambrose Call, Clear Lake, Dolliver Memorial, Pilot Knob, Maquoketa Caves, Lost Island, and Pammel among many others.
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Des Moines Dispatch
Eldora Pine Creek
Ledecs Park
Boone
Backbone Park
Rice Lake Park
Ambrose Call Park
Clear Lake Park
Dolliver, Memorial
Flint Hills
Pilot Knob
Twin Lake
Farmington
Lacy-Keosauqua
Maquoketa Caves
Wanpsipinicon
Wambonsie
Theodore F. Clark
Palisades-Kepler
Lost Island
Pammel
Veterans Bureau Donates Flags For Burial Caskets
The Veterans Bureau announces regulation burial flags for World War veterans and war nurses. A 5 by 9 foot 6 inch flag is supplied upon death for casket draping. Applications by next of kin or burial representatives are to be made at county post offices or Veterans hospitals and must prove eligibility with discharge papers or equivalent evidence.
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United States Veterans Bureau
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Ofice
Veterans Administration
Arlington Woman Killed In Automobile Accident
Mrs Verne Northrop aged 40 was killed near Arlington last Sunday when the car she rode in collided with another and was struck by a third vehicle in a dust storm. Eight others were injured including Verne Northrop 50 with a facial cut Claude Northrop 15 with head and internal injuries Dora Eckhard with a scalp wound and bruises Edwin Eckhard with a broken hip Alfred Eckhard with minor injuries Mr and Mrs Donald Roquet and Florence Roquet with minor injuries The hip fracture victim was treated at an Oelwein hospital.
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Verne Northrop
Arlington
Claude Northrop
Dora Eckhard
Edwin Eckhard
Dorn
Alfred Eckhard
Edwin
Fuel Oil Prices for Heating Fall Again in 1930s
Price trends show a steady decline in fuel oil costs, with the decade ending 1930 dropping from 2.79 to 0.78 per barrel. A 1920 heating a six room house would cost about 195 dollars. now it costs around 43 dollars, saving 152 dollars. Large operators cut prices to stabilize output, while small independents resist, especially in east Texas fields.
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East
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Texas Corporation
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
East Texas Field
East Texas
Wollenberger & Co Ruled Out of Iowa
The Iowa securities department canceled the registration of Chicago investment bankers Wollenberger & Co and seven of its stock issues. The action followed suspected misrepresentation as agents traded Central and Northwest corporation shares for the company’s issues, which were unqualified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Securities Department of the
State of Towa
Wollenberger & Company of Chicago
Des Moiines
Wollenberger & Co
Chicago
Charles R. Fischer
State Securities Department
Fischer
A Man With A Horse A Boat And A Book Poem
A verse by James Thomson extols gifts that empower a man and brighten life. It pairs practical tools with affection and fate as sources of strength and joy across home and voyage.
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James Thomson
Legend of Merrywaromet guiding settlers in Vermont
A fragmentary account notes Merrywaromet, an Indigenous man named the English, who aided colonists as a scout. He fled pursuers along a mountain ledge, leaped a precipice, and survived by hiding until danger passed, then returned to the English fort at Old Drinstatte in Vermont.
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Clinton Herald
New Ene
Janey
Merrywaromet
Batt Gs
Garsters
Old Drinstatte
Vermont
Nuraghi of Sardinia a Mystery of Treland Towers
Sardinia hosts ancient Nuraghi round stone towers up to a hundred feet high with mortarless joins. They may be burial chambers temples granaries or refuges from violent days long past. Inside they are cave like and unlit, now mostly deserted and storm battered.
Monroe Doctrine Debate and Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
The article discusses the Monroe Doctrine stance during a late 19th century era, highlighting Secretary Olney invoking the doctrine amid a Venezuelan boundary dispute with British Guiana. It notes tensions nearing European involvement and the role of the Meyo- Inn administration.
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Bitchin
Meyo- Inn
Feouip Owich
Venessela
Milvish Guaiain
Tle
Veneguelins
United States
Olney
Monroe
Brownian Motion and Tiny Particles Observed
The passage discusses Brownian motion, naming Robert Brown and describing tiny suspended particles seen under high magnification. It explains irregular motion of minute solid particles in a fluid and references observations from the early period, noting their steady agitation.
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Robert Brown
Corpse Lights and a Weavers Murder Mystery
A tale from Weekly Scotsman recounts corpse lights said to burn over graves of murder victims. In 19th century Edinburgh a weaver and a journeyman disputed the master’s fate. The sheriff uncovered the weaver’s body and the journeyman confessed to murder.
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Uxht
Beng
Greyfriars
Edinburgh
Weekly
Scotsman
Pine Nuts of the Single Leaf Pine Reach Markets
The article notes the single leaf conifer or plnyven yields pine nuts used by Indians for winter provisions and now sells as cash crop. It references Zenas Leonard and John C Fremont describing the tree’s value and four carloads shipped to eastern markets fetching about $35,000 for the Ta Gans last season.
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North America
Zenas Leonard
Joseph R. Walker
Sierras
John F. Fremont
Umbrellas Evolve From Sun Shields to Modern Designs
The article traces umbrella origins from sun protection in hot climates to royal symbols in India. Early heavy versions used whalebone ribs and oiled coverings, then gingham and alpaca. Samuel Fox's Paragon rib patent in 1848 and later steel ribs shaped today’s compact umbrella designs.
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India
William Sangster
Samuel Fox
Fall Must Pay the Penalty and Winds in Antarctica
Editorial notes the penalty for Mr Fall and the public trust while shifting to a food tip on pan fried yellow squash and a claim about a spot south of Australia as the windiest region. The 22 month average wind speed exceeds 44 miles per hour in that Antarctic circle area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Fall
Antarctic Circle
Australia
Proposals For Automatic Furnace Stoker Installed
Notice announces bids for installing an automatic coal stoker in the engine room of Monticello public school building in Jones County Iowa. Bids due by 6 p m August 3 1931 at the Monticello office. The board may reject any or all bids. Chas M Luett secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones
Iowa
Chas
M. Luett
Notice of Final Reports for Jones County Estates
Final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in listed estates filed with the Jones County District Court. July 31 1931 is set for final hearing and approval at Anamosa Iowa with interested parties invited to appear and file exceptions. Reports include H M Carpenter executor of Peter Schwarz deceased. Dated July 16 1931 Warren Rees Clerk.
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District Court
Jones County
Towit
H. M. Carpenter
Peter Schwarz
Anamosa
Iowa
J.T. Staff
Alice A. Staff
Frank Jones
Charles Nelson
Louisa Murphy
Warren Rees
Jones Co
Administrator's Notice of George H. Brown Estate
The district court of Jones county Iowa appoints J E Heiserman as administrator of the estate of George H. Brown deceased. Creditors must file claims sworn with the clerk within legal time and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa July 21 1931 Doxsee Doxsee attorneys for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
George H. Brown
Anamosa
A. D
J. E. Heiserman
Doxsee & Doxsee
Real estate transfers filed for week ending July 18 1931
Deeds recorded include Joe Yarolim to Frank Blahnik a 81.14 acre warranty in section 36 and other parcels in sections 35 84 1 center junction lots 1 2 3 4 5 block 46 Center Junction John Bodenhofer to Walter Ellison a warranty on multiple portions in sections 17 19 20 84 4 and a sheriff's deed from Jon's county to Theodore Becker covering lots in Clark's addition wa Coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Yarolim
Frank Blahnik
Amy E. Alexander
W. H. Alexander
Center Junction
John Bodenhofer
Walter Ellison
Jon's County
Theodore Becker
Clark
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing for Monticello ISD
The Independent School District of Monticello in Jones County Iowa will hold a meeting on August 3 1931 at 730 p m at the schoolhouse to hear taxpayers on the proposed expenditures. District Secretary Chas M Luett issued the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent School District
Monticello
Lowell Township
Jones County
Iowa
Live Poultry Wanted For Market by Farmers Grain Co
Poultry producers may call Farmers Grain Company for door pickup at Scotch Grove Monticello and Center Junction. Highest prices offered for ready market poultry.
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Farmers Grain Company
Scotch Grove
Monticello
Center Junction
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Citizen’s
Veterans’ Bureau
Lisa
Mona
Ruse Saved
Indian's
Island of the Nuragh
Lura E. Hanna
Chas. M. Luett
Palmer's Drug Store
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Iowa
Eliza Meadow
Empire Store
Franklin Equipment Company
Palmer Drug Store
Palmer's
Majestic
Philco
Wlocher’s
Sycamore Street
Kathryn Young
Fred Shover
Adolph Schoon
Amber
C. L. van Meter
Joe Kiburz
Rocky Ridge
Geo. Oltmann
William Chasby
Prairieburg
Folkert Hedden
Farley
Cox
Queen
R. H. Balster
Monticello, Iowa
Kash
Karry
Jersey
Zens
H. W. Skelley
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