Earp Brothers Helped End Tombstone Bloodshed
Southern Jasper county residents recall Virgil Earp and his two brothers who helped quell the Cranston gang in Tombstone, Arizona. The 650th anniversary of the frontier battle was celebrated as Virgil Earp, now elderly, was the focal point of the event at Tombstone.
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Jasper County
Tombstone
Arizona
Virgil Earp
Galesburg
Virgil
Cranston
Marshall Earp
Marshal Earp
Mysterious 6 foot 8 inch bird shot at Jess Schwab farm
Eyewitness E J Sidney of Greenfield says a large bird resembling an eagle, six feet eight inches from tip to tip, was shot by Harold Hughes at the Jess Schwab farm. The bird’s species could not be named by local students, its head and talons resembled an eagle, and it was too large for a hawk.
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E. J. Sidney
Greenfield
Adair County
Harold Hughes
Jess Schwab Farm
Hughes
Former Bedford Citizen Remembers the Old Home Town
Mrs. Guy Thompson Bedford librarian receives a cablegram from Col. 8am Park Biarritz France stating he sends a one thousand dollar check to buy new books for the Bedford public library Col Park is American vice consul to France and a former Bedford resident
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Guy Thompson
Bedford
Taylor County
Col
8Am Park
Biarritz
France
Bedford Public Library
Col. Park
Many Hogs Sold in Eastern Iowa Community
Riverside in Washington county is hailed as hog country with a claim of vast sales. Roy G. Miller cites William O Loughlin of the local bank noting nearly $449,000 in hog receipts over the past eighteen months, all for porkers raised locally.
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Riverside
Washington County
Roy G. Miller
William O'Loughlin
Kalona
Hills
Local Walnut Seedling Impresses Johnson County Growers
In Johnson county Roland Sherburne reports a new black walnut variety with extremely thin shells that split cleanly when hammered. Hacke notes a grafted five year old tree yielding about three pecks of superior nuts. Also covered is the staged flight of the Smok ing Through from Chicago to Tampa and a Grinnell alumni pair’s cross country trip, plus a statewide wild geese migration seen under city lights.
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Lone Tree
Johnson County
Roland Sherburne
Charles A. Hacke
Sherburne
Ogg
Newton
Wilford Gerbrecht
Chicago
Tampa
Florida
Gary Cooper
Grinnell
Hollywood
California
Cumberland Mountains
Americus
Chattanooga
Evansville
Spencer
Indiana
Stoddard buys famed Kentucky stallion Jean Squirrel for 15000
Bishop Stoddard Cafeteria president Carl G Stoddard buys Jean Squirrel a top Kentucky stallion for 15000. The four year old chestnut stands sixteen hands and has shown at blue ribbon events. He will be kept in Lexington for about a year with a longtime Iowa groom accompanying him.
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Carl G. Stoddard
Bishop Stoddard
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Davenport
Sioux City
Des Moines
Jean Squirrel
Kentucky
Lexington
Iowa
Office disbursements highlight near two million yearly
The report details last year’s hospitalization costs and orthopedic spending, with compensation totaling 1,903,797.57 dollars and September payments at 148,603.64 dollars. It notes active awards at 3,677 as of September 30, 1929 and emphasizes the office disbursing nearly two million dollars annually.
Tariff Debate Protest Highlights Hidden Cost of Shoes
Fred Stuhler told the Monticello Rotary that a new tariff adding duties on hides and skins would raise shoes by about 6 for families. He noted most hides are imported, with only a small share produced domestically, and argued the measure benefits packers rather than farmers. Senator Steck endorsed these views, arguing the tariff would not aid individual farmers who sell hides on the hoof.
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Fred
Stuhler
Monticello
Jones County
Congress
Daniel F. Steck
Iowa
Senator Opposes Tariff on Hides and Shoes
The speaker argues against a tariff on hides and a compensatory duty on shoes, saying the higher costs would fall on consumers. Senator Brookhart plans a thorough review before voting, and citizens are urged to contact their senators to object.
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Senate
Brookhart
Stuhler
Monticello Basketball Schedule Released for Winter Season
The Monticello team will play seventeen games from December 17 to February 28, with two weekly contests on Tuesdays and Fridays. They will participate in the Jones county tournament and the sectional state tournament, playing nine games at home and facing foes including Mount Vernon Wyoming Hopkinton Martello Anamosa University High Iowa City Martelle Manchester Marion Dubuque Anamosa Springville and other rivals. The schedule also notes a late February Jones county tournament and a sectional state tournament. Marvin Kleineck 38 committed suicide on his farm near Springville after a period of financial distress and possible mental illness, dying by hanging at his barn.
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Monticello
Red and Black Warriors
Jones County
Mount Vernon
Wyoming
Hopkinton
Martello
Anamosa
Oor
University High
Iowa City
Martelle
Manchester
Marion
Dubuque
Springville
Marvin Kleineck
Kleineck
Meteor Shower Possible Tonight and Friday Night
Weather permitting a meteor display may be visible tonight and Friday night with five to ten meteors per hour on moonless skies. The phenomenon, not stars, recurs about mid November every 33 years and in intervening Novembers, described as a meteor shower when numbers surge.
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Boston
Secretary of War Good Submits To Operation
James W. Good formerly of Cedar Rapids and Hoover era secretary of war was operated on yesterday for ruptured appendicitis and reported in serious condition. Good represented this district in congress for several terms.
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James W. Good
Cedar Rapids
Hoover
Good
Congress
No United States Senate seeks to please a president
A Toledo Blade opinion asserts the Senate as a whole does not feel obliged to make special efforts to please the president. It argues that independent action and checks and balances govern Senate conduct rather than deference to a leader.
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Toledo Blade
United States Senate
An Object Lesson Rev Dr Frank Kingdon
The Rev Dr Frank Kingdon comments that if the Sevvers want to raise children without religion they should observe this place. He frames the discussion as a critique or example for parenting and belief.
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Frank Kingdon
Attraction of the Unusual in San Francisco Chronicle
In a Chronicle item, readers are drawn to detective stories for novelty and suspense, noting the lure of cases with elusive criminals rather than solved puzzles. A short hardware mention highlights glass cloth at McNelill's Hardware.
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San Francisco Chronicle
McNelill’s Hardware
Hopkinton Creamery Pays Patrons for September Butterfat
The Hopkinton Creamery association paid patrons 53 cents per pound of butterfat for September, with 4 805 more pounds produced than the prior year. Total butterfat manufactured reached 33 805 pounds as patrons reduce cream intake by drying cows in anticipation of winter prices. The fourteen largest checks are listed.
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Hopkinton
Hopkinton Creamery Association
Shipping losses of livestock depend on weather and stress
Exposure to severe weather changes feeding and watering routines and over exertion influence livestock losses. Avoid these factors to reduce shipboard mortality and improve welfare during transport.
Winter Car Care Promotes Two Superior Starters
Assures instant starting thus avoiding undue strain on your battery and starter. Protect your car against the abnormal strain of winter driving with these two superior winter products.
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