Interesting Iowa News Bits From J W Jarnagin
A Burlington boy Billy Loeffers ten was gravely injured by a gravel truck in Vinton last week as the rear wheel passed over his chest and abdomen. Kenneth Joslin thirty four was buried at Fairview church after dying at Oakdale hospital. Lawrence Heneley thirty died of a heart attack at a fishing lodge near Walker Minnesota. Ted Chalupsky twenty eight a farmer near Autburnett had funeral services after a Cedex Rapids hospital. An automobile crash near Cedex Rapids hospital involved W J Atz of Marion. Viet Spittler of Sidney Fremont county shows a new green rose of shamrock color and fragrance, a small bud with future growth expected.
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Billy Loeffers
Burlington
Vinton
Kenneth Joslin
Fairview Church
Oakdale
Louis Joslin
Waterville
Washington
Lawrence Heneley
Cedar Rapids
Walker
Minn
J. W. Butler Paper Company
Chicago
The
Express
Ted Chalupsky
Alburnett
Chalupsky
Cedex Rapids
Iniunes
W. J. Atz
Marion
Viet Spittler
Sidney
Fremont County
Spittler
Strangest Freak Rooster Crow From Hen In Calhoun County
Mrs Herman Vogel of Farnhamville Calhoun County reports a bizarre poultry oddity a hen crowing like a rooster and repeatedly performing the sound. She discovers the hen's head appears to change shape toward a rooster during the event.
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Herman Vogel
Farnhamville
Calhoun County
Wedding mix up prompts Braddyville official reaction
Clark Rinehart Braddyville superintendent of schools in Page county learns he has been the subject of a mistaken marriage notice. A daily paper carried a wedding announcement misnaming his brother Claude as the groom. Clark received 16 letters and a wedding gift before the error was found.
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Clark Rinehart
Braddyville
Page County
Clark
Claude Rinehart
Woman Finds Squirming Belt Turns Out to Be Bullsnake
Mrs Otis Alleman of Sheldahl Polk County sees a belt on the floor and screams as it wriggles. the big bullsnake is believed to have been carried into the house in a clothes basket.
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Otis Alleman
Sheldahl
Polk County
Wild Man Haunting Poplar Area Scares Local Farmers
Farmers in Poplar and Shelby County report a short heavy bearded man wandering in cornfields and woods. He supposedly survives on vegetables and eggs from gardens and chicken houses and has been searched for by Sheriff Philson without success.
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Poplar
Shelby County
Philson
Northwood man escapes 25 foot fall uninjured
George Dwelle of Worth county stood on a ladder to paint a gable at the H. C. Johnson home. The ladder slipped, he slid to the roof and dropped about 25 feet to the ground but landed on his feet and was not injured.
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George Dwelle
Northwood
Worth County
Dwelle
H. C. Johnson
Mildred Day Stays Close After Repeated Injuries
Mildred Day of Diagonal Ringgold county plans to remain near home and take it easy after a year of accidents. Her injuries include two arm fractures, a dislocated collarbone, both wrists dislocated, and a surgery to realign the bones.
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Mildred Day
Diagonal
Ringgold County
Magician Raises Baby Bat In Calhoun County
Harold Moeller a Rockwell City magician found a mother bat and three young in his yard. He reset one in his care and now tends a tame infant that clings to a branch in a flower pot and eats milk. The mother and two other young disappeared after the incident.
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Harold Moeller
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Moeller
Women avert crash as runaway horses veer away
Three Worth county women Mrs Lloyd Mowers Mrs Minnie Mowers and Mrs Minnie Cawelli halted their car when a team of runaway horses with a rack charged toward them on the wrong side of the road near Northwood. Mrs Minnie Mowers sprang from the car to stand in the path shouting and waving her white purse. The team swerved and slipped past the car before continuing down the road.
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Worth County
Northwood
Lloyd Mowers
Minnie Mowers
Minnie Cawelli
Mrs. Dorman of Cedar Rapids recalls Lincoln and James kin
Mrs. George E. Dorman of Cedar Rapids, a lifelong Kansan by birth, recounts meeting President Lincoln as a 14 year old in Kansas and knowing the James brothers. She recalls her husband and uncle averting a raid on Lyndon Kansas county treasurer’s office.
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George E. Dorman
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Kansas
Lincoln
Jesse James
Sho
James
Lyndon
Mystery Payment From New York Woman To Iowa Farmer
A farmer near Montrose, Lee County, received 10.50 from a New York woman he never met. She said she picked strawberries for his deceased father 40 years ago and, to fill boxes faster, stuffed leaves under berries. She refunded the amount after being conversion inspired by an evangelist.
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Montrose
Lee County
New York
Iowa
Local Man Paroled to Attend Sunday School
Frank Stevens of Runnells Polk County faced court proceedings after being found intoxicated. Judge Jerry Donaghy sentenced him and paroled him to a deputy sheriff tasked with delivering him to Sunday school and church every week.
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Frank Stevens
Runnells
Polk County
Jerry Donaghy
Stevens
Trailer Fire from Boone Car near Scranton Destroys Belongings
A trailer pulled by a Boone county car caught fire near Scranton Greene county. The trailer and its contents including clothes were destroyed. The origin could not be determined but a spark from the car exhaust was suspected.
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Boone
Boone County
Scranton
Greene County
Plaster Fall at Treton Home Injures Baby
An older child rocking a six month old at the Ralph Heemstra home in Treton Sioux county caused a ceiling plaster collapse. The baby sustained a broken bone in one arm after dust and debris settled.
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Ralph Heemstra
Treton
Sioux County
Man jailed over theft of own horse in Monona County
John Bray was imprisoned in Sioux City after stealing his own horse. The horse had been seized for unpaid feed bills and kept in a barn at Oto. It was stolen from the barn and later recovered near Mapleton in Bray’s hometown of Monona County.
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John Bray
Sioux City
Oto
Mapleton
Monona County
Bray
Man Offers Half-Price Cherries for Self-Picking
Victor Felter of Indianola War ren county found a way to dispose of surplus cherries by offering them at half price for buyers who picked them themselves. He sold a ton and a half and is unsure how many more were eaten.
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Victor Felter
Indianola
Warren County
Immortal Longings and Worldly Wants
A reflective meditation contrasts a man tied to earthly wants with a spirit that seeks grand, immortal aims. The speaker portrays a pigmy mortal whose thoughts extend to the stars and eternity, finding rest beyond the finite world.
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Earth
Zelda Origin and Cultural Meaning
The name Zelda derives from Griselda meaning stone heroine or gray haired heroine. The Griselda story as told by Petrarch Boccaccio and Chaucer shaped Zelda as symbolic of wifely patience and obedience.
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Zelda
Griselda
Petrarch
Boccaccio
Chaucer
Scotch Grove Women Host Royden Band Evening
The Scotch Grove Women's Community Club welcomed husbands and families on the Royden lawn with a band demonstration led by Director Royden. He explained band formation and section balance, then praised the group’s progress before a social hour with ice cream and cake.
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Women's Community Club
Royden Lawn
Scotch Grove
Royden
D. O. Sinclair
Fritz Schlemme
Fay
Fern
Phyllis
Lisbon
Los Angeles
W. E. Carson
Herbert
Rialto
Calif
Janet Sinclair
McDonald Hospital
J. N. Smith
A. B. Nichols
Abbott
Mr. Nichols
Farm Bureau
Little Brown Church
The
Vale
May Himebaugh
R. W. Brady
Imogene Chase
D. K
Lilli Brady
C. B. Carson
E. L. Himbaugh
Paul Darting
Wilton Jet
R. A. Naylor
Laurel
Lois
Wright
Eby's Mill
Leslie Himebaugh
Camp Delhi
Arthur Himebaugh
Fire danger admonition for rural highways
The Atlantic News Telegraph warns that dozens of burned areas along Atlantic highways were likely caused by carelessly discarded cigarette stubs. With fields dry and grain ripened, a single lit cigarette could ignite large damage, so smokers are urged to avoid throwing lighted stubs into grass along roads.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
Atlantic
Definition of dry wine characteristics and composition
The text defines dry wine as wine with almost complete sugar fermentation and specific minimum ash and sugar-free grape solids. It specifies for dry red wine at least 0.16 g grape ash and 0.16 g sugar-free solids per 100 cm3, and for dry white wine at least 0.13 g grape ash and 0.14 g sugar-free solids per 100 cm3.
Strange Bond of Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart
Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart were blood cousins whose bitter religious and political feud spanned decades. Although they never met, both rulers lay buried in Westminster Abbey, a striking note in Colleen's Weekly by Elizabeth Crossant Evans ton.
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Elizabeth Tudor
England
Mary Stuart
Elizabeth Crossant
Evanston
Colllen
Westminster Abbey
Theory vs Practicability in Republican Leadership Debate
Former Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde and Berry Halden debate party strategy. Hyde argues for shaping public opinion as he sees it while Halden says the party must meet current conditions to regain ascendancy. The discussion warns it may stimulate thought without settling the issue.
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LeMars Sentinel
Arthur M. Hyde
Berry Halden
Republican Party
Republcan
Hyde
Halden
First American-built ship crosses Atlantic to France
The pinnace, built by a band of Huguenots at Port Royal in 1562, was the first American crafted vessel to cross the Atlantic. They returned to France aboard the ship.
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Atlantic
Port Royal
France
Seashore Photography Tips for Lasting Summer Memories
The article urges taking a camera to the sea shore to capture a vivid picture-story of visits. It notes light conditions near the sea, better action opportunities from sea life to boats, and advises using either fast or fixed focus cameras. For moving subjects, shoot from 75 to 100 feet to avoid blur and enlarge later.
Veteran Views The Guild in Storm Lake Filet Tribune
W C Jarnigs, veteran editor, critiques the American Newspaper Guild a union seeking 30 to 40 hour weeks and closed shop rules. He recalls hard work, loyalty, and the old romance of city journalism while publishers oppose editorial union influence on impartial reporting during labor unrest.
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W. C
Chicago
John L. Lewis
Uts
Marconi and the Birth of Wireless Communication
The death of Guglielmo Marconi marks the passing of a world renowned inventor who revealed the possibility of sending telegrams without wires. He demonstrated wireless theory then built practical instruments and achieved transatlantic communication, founding radio which enables global reception of signals and lifesaving distress calls like SOS.
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Sioux City Journal
Guglielmo Marconi
Signor Marconi
Italy
Signer MarcoHi
Campere
Innoud
Tarcani
English Channel
Atlantic
New Law Demands Dimming Of Lights Oncoming Traffic
The Towa motor vehicle code requires drivers to lower high beam headlights when nearing an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet. High beams must not be aimed above the lamp center and cannot exceed 42 inches above road level at a given distance. The law takes effect July 4, per the state safety council.
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Towa
Towa State Safety Council
America is Threatened by Nationalism and Presidency Power
Algona Advance warns that rising nationalism of government and supremacy of the presidency threaten American freedoms. If unchecked, the next generation could live under a dictatorship whether by a single ruler or a federal machine directing citizens rights and liberties.
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Algona
America
Paraded Prices Rise as Pork Market Feels Government Haste
In Chicago a $12.90 low marks a nine year high, while farmers’ smiles hide concern over government actions that reduced pig stocks.
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Council Bluffs
Chicago
Town and Aviation Birthplace Ties to Pioneers
Renaubklinan notes Trae fsea as birthplace of Clarence Chamberlain and Capt. Harold Gray who piloted the Clipper to England. Amelia Earhart attended school in the Hawkeye state, tying regional ties to early flight.
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Renaubklinan
Trae Fsea
Clarence Chamberlain
Harold Gray
England
Amelia Earhart
Hawkeye
State Fair Bull Fight Draws Concern in Iowa
A playful bull fight at an Iowa state fair sparks worry as onlookers fear the animal could injure someone. The event, staged in Webster City, prompts questions about safety and amusement value at the fair.
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Webster City
Understanding Money Use for Children in Family Finance
The article argues children should learn all money uses including earning spending borrowing lending and investing. It emphasizes keeping careful records of family exchanges and clarifying whether gifts or loans are given to foster business like responsibility and sound money values from childhood onward.
Sioux City Trucker Faces String Of Bad Luck
August Weber a truck driver from Sioux City recounts a run of misfortune. He was robbed of 49 dollars in a Chicago cafe by a gunman and recently suffered a broken toe and other bones when a barrel of oil fell on his foot.
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August Weber
Sioux City
Weber
Chicago
London man coughs up a dime from six years ago
Sam Kinney of Cedar County recalled during a coughing spell that a dime he had swallowed six years earlier while performing a coin trick at a party was the source of his trouble. He finally coughed up the dime.
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Sam Kinney
London
Cedar County
Kinney
Thieves Target Telephone Cable Across Boyer River
Thieves attempted to steal telephone cable spanning the Boyer River northeast of Dow City in Crawford County. The cable lay on both riverbanks but the heist failed as the wires encased in lead remained largely intact.
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Boyer River
Dow City
Crawford County
Farm Lands for Sale Across Counties at Easy Terms
The First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago offers farms of all types in nearly every county with attractive prices and easy terms. Local representative A C Loepp is listed in Cedar Rapids Iowa and Des Moines for sales inquiries.
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First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
A.C. Loepp
4Th Ave
S.E
Cedar Rapids
Tewen
Samervisey
Urbanville
Des Moines
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