New York City and Iowa notes clash over immigration and law
The Monticello Express comments on New York City's foreign born population surpassing native white residents and influence on elections. It critiques immigration, cites 1930 census figures, and warns that naturalization may empower outsiders. The piece also reports Michigan penalties for reckless driving and reflects on a Pittsburgh hospital fire and Canada graft, then mentions Chicago Mayor Cermak meeting Al Smith and Roosevelt and shifts to Democratic politics and prohibition.
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New York City
New York
United States
Cermak
Chicago
al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Illinois
J. Ham Lewis
New York State
Tammany Region
Mississippi Primary Sparks Calls for Militia and Many Candidacies
The article notes Southerners opposing Ex-Governor Smith and militiamen deployed to Mississippi polls. It mentions about 7,000 candidates for office, suggesting high political unrest or demand for office. It also remarks on Thomas Edison’s health at 84, praising his lifelong inventions.
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Mississippi
Death toll from Iowa auto crashes rises with road improvements
Des Moines Register reports two Iowans dead from Saturday crashes, four more Sunday, and additional fatalities listed Monday. The piece argues speed contributes to rising daily crash deaths on better roads, urging stronger driver licensing laws and harsher enforcement.
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Des Moines
Centerville Utility Rates Cut Further
Centerville based Iowa Southern Utilities announces an additional general rate reduction across southern districts. The executive notes economies from grouping and big business practices and credits early action for resisting political rate debates since 1923. He warns that neglecting consumers could boost interest in municipal ownership of utilities.
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Centerville
Gasoline Standards Law Proves Effective in Iowa
About 85 percent of tested gasoline complied with the new standards. Roughly 10 percent were slightly defective and 5 percent deficient. The state chemist notes heavy distillates near kerosene range causing deficiencies. Three chemists monitor samples. traveling lab and dairy inspectors assist. Officials offer copies of the law and rules.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
E. L. Redfern
M. G. Thornburg
The Jazz Age and the Gray Eighties Reemerge in Thought
A literary observer notes how society swings between eras, warning that the rise of modernism and liberation fostered sexualized culture, radio fame, and consumer excess. He recalls nineteen-twenties flirtations with emancipation, the growth of sex literature, and a shift toward money-minded prosperity, urging a return to restraint.
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James W. Lane
Commonweal
New York
Freud
Ellis
Huxley
Firbank
Hopkinton Mayor Warns of Strict Traffic Enforcement
Hopkinton leaders say traffic rules will be enforced with heavy fines and costs. A motor traffic cop will patrol streets focusing on speeding and open cut outs, regarded as dangers to life and property. Many local drivers may be barred if these threats are carried out. Some communities, by contrast, show restraint and peace.
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Hopkinton
B. E
Monticello
International conference valued over war says Argus-Leader
The Argus-Leader argues that frequent parleys now replacing battlefield disputes signal a better path for resolving international tensions. It notes the London gathering shows a friendly spirit and common economic interests, warning that Germany’s collapse harms all.
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Sioux Falls
London
Germany
Figurative Items From a Loaded List of Facts
A roundup of curious data points notes teachers in one-teacher schools spanning 87 miles, US egg exports topping 2 000 million in 1930, Yellowstone visitors were two-thirds women, and tours ship autos to Europe priced at 275 to 300 dollars. It also cites Waycross Georgia aging residents, rare musical talent among criminals, clocks in royal palaces, lobster hatch rates, Scotland’s population decline, and other odds and ends.
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United States
Yellowstone Park
New York
Europe
Waycross
Journal-Herald
Windsor
Buckingham Palaces
Scotland
Survey of Iowa Natural Resources Proposed by State Officials
A joint conference of the Conservation Board and the Iowa Fish and Game Commission discussed a twenty five year survey and program for Iowa. Crane of Chicago urged prioritizing recreational needs including parks and hunting and fishing, and recommended establishing a capable administrative organization within the fish and game department. Engineers from St Louis and Kansas City offered proposals. A August meeting in McGregor will evaluate submissions, with proposals due by August 1.
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The
Conservation Board
Iowa Fish and Game Commission
Iowa
General Assembly
Crane
Chicago
Jacob Crane, Jr
St. Louis
Kansas City
McGregor
Conscience Stricken and a Dollar to The Commoner
A letter and one dollar reach Nebraska Gov Charles Bryan from John H Wehr of Greenville. Wehr explains the dollar pays a year’s subscription to The Commoner, Bryan’s paper, which continued after he stopped ordering. Bryan plans to pocket the dollar to fortify his conscience before meeting his grocer.
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The
Express
Sioux City Journal
Gov
Charles Bryan
Nebraska
John H. Wehr
Greenville
O. Wehr
Commoner
W. J. Bryan
Gov. Bryan
Wehr
Pathfinding for All Aims in Coles New Platform
Hon Cyrenus Cole of Cedar Rapids promotes unity under a platform that favors thicker bacon and ham slices. He condemns thin sliced meat machines and laments the prevalence of sandwich culture while urging improvements to cut meat with substance and boost domestic livestock industry.
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Cole
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
United States
Cutting Electric Rates in Grinnell From Iowa Southern Utilities
Grinnell dispatch reports a new general reduction in electric rates by Iowa Southern Utilities, lowering costs about 40 percent for local users in under seven years. The August 1 bills will use the lower schedule as manager Paul P. Meyers states the policy aims to cut rates as operating conditions permit.
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Grinnell
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Paul P. Meyers
Grasshopper Invasion Hits Great Plains Farmlands
Sioux City Journal reports a severe grasshopper invasion across South Dakota Nebraska eastern Colorado Idaho and western Kansas. 11 000 square miles of farm land in South Dakota already blasted by pests and fears grow of corn damage. Federal Agriculture Department lacks funds for control. drouth loans cannot be used. Field agents advise poisoned bait and scientific control methods to limit losses to tens of millions.
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Sioux City Journal
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Federal Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Department
The Concrete Mix Standards For Water Content
Tests show water amount affects strength with too much water weakening concrete and too little hindering mixing. General guidance suggests 4 to 5 gallons per sack, with recommendations for drier mixes for removal and wetter mixes for thin sections and closely placed reinforcement.
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Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Eight of eleven agricultural bureaus study cotton by products
The article notes that eight of eleven agricultural bureaus conduct cotton research and that a farmer yields about a pound and a half of by-products per pound of grain. It mentions U.S. cheese factory origins in Oneida County, Costa Rican highway surveyors facing tigers, and occasional monkey meat in meals.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Oneida County
New York
U. S
Costa Rica
Dogs Catch Fish Or Starve In Far East Shore Drift
The Alnus of Saghalin use a dog driven fishing method off the Siberian coast. Dogs and men in two columns swim seaward then converge and rush the shallows to chase salmon-trout. Each dog keeps its own quarry, returning the heads to its master. dogs that fail earn nothing.
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Saghalin
Siberian
Executive Today Not Model of Aloofness
A Forbes Margenzine note by RB. Forbes argues that during mergers the public friendly executive often leads the new entity while aloof, old fashioned leaders are sidelined. He says modern bosses should mix heart with head and win employee support.
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Hiimself
RB. C. Forbes
Forbes Margenzine
Afternoon Tea Turned Social Rite by Anna of Bedford
The article notes how Anna, wife of the seventh Duke of Bedford, popularized afternoon tea. Before her, meals were breakfast, lunch, dinner. tea became a 5 pm social custom. Her "sinking" inspired a global trend adopted by fashion and court alike.
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Anna
Duke of Bedford
Anna of Bedford
Earring Use Across Ancient Cultures and Eras
The article traces earrings from Hebrews and Greeks to Romans Saxons and Fifteenth Century Europe. It notes women primarily wore them but young men in Greece and Rome used earrings as charms. A 1532 English writer cites women as being so bewitched by ornament they pierced ears to wear rings.
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Greece
Rome
Goes With Piano At Church Recital By Young Jean Ann Blomker
Four year old Jean Ann Blomker appears in a church children’s day program with her father attempting to help her recite at home. She humorously answers that “It goes with the plane” after being coaxed to recall the piece.
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Jean Ann Blomker
Jean Ann
Fall case provokes public anger over jail sentence
The Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman argues the nation is tired of the Gerald Ford era style fallout from former Secretary of the Interior Fall. It laments his defiant attitude and calls for the full prison sentence to be served in New Mexico.
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Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman
New Mexico
Cynic Says He Hates Climbing Hills More Than Poverty
A cynic quips he would have joined the poor house long ago if not for his dislike of climbing hills. His remark reflects blunt humor about hardship and effort.
A Real Fight At Hopkinton
In Hopkinton east side neighborhood dispute over hay division led to a Thursday afternoon clash between George Nordman and Eugene Boots. Nordman used a jackknife in self defense. Boots sustained two gashes. Nordman charged with assault with intent to do great bodily injury. bail set at $300 and remanded to grand jury for October hearing.
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Hopkinton
George Nordman
Eugene Boots
Nordman
Boots
Goss
The Summer Fairy in Bentstown Bard Verse
A Baltimore Sun poem by Bentstown Bard celebrates the Summer Fairy as Beauty with blue moon eyes. The piece portrays her as restless, roaming the hearth and hill, sifting sun dust, dancing in fields, and uniting minds, lovers, and flowers with music like the sea.
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Bentstown
Baltimore Sun
Vanity and human longing for glory in Paacal line
The excerpt reflects on vanity rooted in human nature. It notes soldiers cooks porters and philosophers seeking admiration and praise. The author Paaca l contemplates that writers readers and future readers crave glory from their works.
Remarkable land turtle of Dodoma region described
Nature Magazine reports a land turtle in Dodoma country that has an unusually flattened, wine soft shell. The shell is soft and springy to the touch, unlike the hard globular shells of other land turtles.
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Dodoma
British East Africa
Nature Magazine
Educated Man Adapts To Life Says Crewe Patterson
The writer argues that literacy is not the sole measure of education. He states many good persons lack formal schooling, and true education lies in adapting to life’s changing circumstances rather than college attendance.
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Crewe Patterson
Mobile Register
Advent of a daughter noted in Anamosa Eureka
Editor and Mrs Walther Carstens rejoice over birth Monday night at the home of Mrs Cardia parents Mr and Mrs Seth ah. Other items report Cripps and Ireland joining Prudential to build and repair farm buildings across several states starting Wednesday. Mrs Sadie Gardner travels to Boone for sister Mrs L E Mow rey illness after stroke leaving blind and paralyzed. city council approves plan to fund a community fire truck housed by Anamosa with rural support. Donna Sones age 3 suffers fall injures 18 feet onto cement, treated at Mercy hospital and recovering with grandparents.”
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Walther Carstens
Olin “C”" Press
Cardia
Sethah
Wm. Cripps
Bob Ireland
Prudential Insurance Company
Charlotte
Sadie Gardner
Boone
L. E. Mowrey
Anamosa
Donna Sones
Glenn Sones
Mt. Vernon
Sweet Clover Spreads Across Corn Belt Farms
The U S department of agriculture notes a decade of rapid sweet clover expansion on corn belt farms. Once mainly pasture and soil builder, it now serves as a regular crop due to its pasture value seed cost and easy fit into existing farming systems. In a separate note, Brazil could derive at least 60 million horsepower from hydro power at 378 waterfalls.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Brazil
Probate Notice in Jones County Iowa
The District Court of Jones County Iowa announces probate of the last will of P. E. Black, deceased. A hearing is set for August 4, 1931 at 10 o'clock a.m. at the May term for final proof and probate. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Warren Rees, Clerk. Lara E. Hanna, Deputy.
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Jones County
P. E. Black
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
State of Iowa Jones county notice of probate of will for Carsten Peters deceased filed July 11 1931 opening for final proof and probate August 11 1931 at 10 o clock a.m. at May term the court all interested may appear and show cause why not admitted to probate Lara E Hanna deputy J J Locher attorney for the estate 3 3
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State of
Iowa
Jones County
Caraten Peters
Carsten Peters
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