Intellectual life and economic shifts in Iowa discussed
An Australian professor argues that overall intelligence today exceeds 16th century levels, while Iowa concerns focus on corn prices and hog markets, farm sizes, and rural education. Des Moines high school fraternities clash with law, court-house funding debates loom, and 1920s elections show mixed results amid Ku Klux Klan influence in some areas.
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Tammany
New York City
Repubicans
Indiana
Cincinnati
Ku Klux Klan
Deal gently with fools some day you may be one yourself
A brief aphorism from the Binghamton Press admonishes readers to show restraint toward fools, noting that anyone could become one in the future. The short item reflects the era's editorial voice and humor.
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Binghamton Press
Senators ready for vigorous session as Borah leads push
Congress prepares to convene with a dozen senators primed to push strong measures. Borah already acts ahead of formal announcements as protests and speeches gather momentum.
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Congress
Borah
Consolidation of railroads urged by Senator Cummins
Senator Cummins argues railroad consolidation is absolutely necessary to prevent massive abandonment of miles of track. He says combining weak lines with strong ones can equalize profits and enable lower rates, while noting current earnings disparities and past abandonments threaten national service.
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Sioux City Journal
Cummins
Congress
Cummings
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry R. Trumbower
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Mr. Trumbower
Delaware
Idaho
Kansas
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
Utah
Multiple Local Tragedies Tie County News to Week
Andy Sievertsen, a former Wayne township resident, is murdered in Rawlins Wyoming last Sunday. a telegram to Sheriff Bodenhofer seeks Sievertsen relatives, brother Sievert Sievertsen reportedly could not be located. A barn on Mrs Sam Moyer’s farm near Anamosa burned Sunday evening, destroying hay, harness and calves. origin unknown. Mary Pospishill, near Martelle, died of heart failure in the barn feed way last Saturday. she leaves three sons and two daughters. The state plans to manufacture soap at the Anamosa reformatory with annual $20 000 state spending on soap.
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Andy Sievertsen
Wayne Township
Rawlins
Wyoming
John Bodenhofer
Sievert Sievertsen
Center Junction
Sam Moyer
Anamosa
Lem Postel
W. Hellberg
W. D. Sheean
Florida
Mary Pospishill
Martelle
Dubuque Grand Jury Indicts Four in Hemmer Murder Case
The Dubuque grand jury indicted Donald Weardell Harold Carlson Henry Truda and Dorrance Lyons for first degree murder in the death of Deputy Sheriff Leo Hemmer on October 12. The report also covers livestock sale results the dolphin capital and a drowning tragedy in Santa Monica.
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Dubuque Court
Donald Weardell
Harold Carlson
Henry Truda
Dorrance Lyons
Leo Hemmer
W. B. Robinson & Son
Ryan
Ask
Harper’s Ferry
Jessie Pearson
Mount Vernon High School
Santa Monica
California
Abraham Gable
Center Point
Marion County
Ohio
Gable
Gettysburg
Libby
Linn County
Charlie Murray
Hopkinton
R. A. Cartano
Monticello
Messrs. Smith and Cramer
Murray
Robert Leeper
Iowa City
Roy Wertz
Leeper
Oklahoma Aggies
Beloit
Coe
Cornell
Knox
Columbia
Valparaiso
Central
Graceland
St. Ambrose
Wisconsin Miners
Simpson
Parsons
Mankato
Waldorf Lutherans
Upper Iowa
Iowa Wesleyan
Steinways and RCA Announce Radio Concert Series
Steinways and RCA announce a radio concert series featuring Hoffmann Damrosch Schumann-Heink Mengelberg and others broadcast from New York Washington and Schenectady beginning October 27. Highlights include the Mengelberg Festival Hymn a two piano recital by Mater and Pattison and a Kreutzer Sonata performance with Damrosch and Kochanski at Steinway Hall.
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Steinways
Radio Corporation of America
Steinway & Sons
Josef Hoffmann
Walter Damrosch
Mme
Schumann- Heink
Mengelberg
United States
New York
Washington
Schenectady
William Mengelberg
America
Fraser Gange
Ernest Hutcheson
Elshuco
Willem Willecke
William Kroll
Aurelio Giorni
Steinway Hall
Paul Kochanski
Schumann-Heink
Escapee Stearns Ends Suicide After Clinton Standoff
Marl Stearns 24, jail escapee and alleged killer of Dubuque Jailer Leo Hemmer, shot himself during a dawn confrontation in Clinton Illinois after surrendering ally Donald Keardell. Keardell surrendered as deputies surrounded the Burns home, Keardell later told reporters. Stearns died at John L. Warner hospital minutes later.
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Marl Stearns
Leo Hemmer
Dubuque
Clinton
Ilinois
Donald Keardell
Stearns
Clarence Sullivan
Burns
Taylor
DeWitt County
Bryant
Mercer
Minor
Keardell
John L. Warner
Kennedy
Decatur
Joliet
Keardell, Stearns
Pal
Rhomberg Avenue
Wisconsin
Kenardell
Chicago
Poultry Culling Demonstration and TB Campaign Notes
County Agent Paul Smith led a poultry culling and feeding workshop at the Phil Bailey farm in Jackson township. Dr. H Diggs of Ames conducted livestock disease control demonstrations in Jones county at Monticello cemetery and local farms. TB canvassing in Jones county aims for 76 percent within ten days as petitions keep coming in across townships. Iowa Supreme Court ruling endorses accredited herd plans for tuberculin testing with counties expanding coverage and cattle tested rising to 1,200,117 in nine months. Interest in TB eradication grows statewide.
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Paul Smith
Phil Bailey
Jackson Township
H. Diggs
Ames
Jones County
Monticello
T.B
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
The Wonders of the Radio Reported in Town
Town rumors claim Frank Locher’s radio device can receive and repeat broadcasts without any antenna or electrical connection. Skeptics question the claim while others cite demonstrations and mysterious music heard from unknown stations, fueling a debate on radio reach and ground connections.
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Frank Locher
Hans Lang
Frank
Lou
Woc
Davenport
Balaam
Locher
Sam Marmis
Moscow
Prague
Ben Roberts
Ben
Goles
Euless
Frank and Shep
Veterans to Receive 25 Old Iowa Football Sweaters
Fifty seven veterans were eligible for reunion and awards at the Wisconsin Iowa football game. Twenty five players from seven states will travel to Iowa City for sweater presentations with four captains earning service stripes and a star.
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Fry
Kutsch
Llowa
PSUS
Iowa
Charles WK. Bailey
Cedar Falls
Fred B. Blair
Manchester
William H. Brommer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Preston C. Coast
Iowa City
Willard L. Converse
Clermont
Kalita I. Leighton
Minot
South Dakota
Edward R. Lewis
Detroit
Michigan
Victor la. Littis
Davenport
Michael L. Messinles
Chicago
Hiinvis
Frank O. Pierce
Marshalltown
Leonard B. Robinson
Glen Wllyn
Winvis
Rine Be. Lawyer
Sioux City
William ©. Tryrell
Belmond
Peter J. van Oosterhout
Orange City
Edward White
Haran
Monticello Students Visit Hopkinton Athenian Society
Last Friday 34 Monticello High School students led by president Miss Alice Reed and joined by Superintendent Mr Mahannah traveled to Manchester for a pleasant profitable evening hosted by the Athenian society. Hopkinton bank sues Hopkinton town council over tax roll assessment corrections. J A Johnson reports ten acres of sweet clover near his farm yielding feed for hogs and cattle, a profitable pasture in lean times.
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Monticello High School
Alice Reed
Mahannah
Monticello
Manchester
Hopkinton State Bank
J. A. Johnson
Prohibition Ties to Politics Declined in Opinion
In a Marshalltown Times-Republican commentary the author argues the demand to divorce prohibition from politics is both calculated and impossible. The piece asserts that politics inherently involves moral and economic questions.
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Marshalltown Times - Republican
Notice to bid on hardwood for Scotch Grove schools
Sealed bids will be received for delivery of about four cords of second growth hardwood to Scotch Grove township school houses. Deliveries must occur before March 1, 1926. Bids open November 14 at 7 p.m. at the president’s home. Board reserves right to reject any bids. J. W. Hutton president. G. J. Hughes secretary.
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Scotch Grove Township
J. W. Hutton
G. J. Hughes
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Cedar Rapids
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SALM
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Mielke Mfg
Trampton
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Will M. Lubben
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Por Salk
Weber & Sons
Frank J. Lawrence
E. J. Farley
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Eclipse
PT Intera
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Harry L Rodman
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