New York Scouts Accept Five Registrations and Tests
Five registrations to New York headquarters include two former scouts and three new names James Bender George Hoult and Harry Matthiessen. Landis passes Morse code and service tests to become First Class Scout. Hoag resumes duty. Meeting of honor postponed due to lack of quorum.
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New York
James Bender
George Hoult
Harry Matthiessen
Rodman
Atill
Nat
Scout Hoag
Landis
Bill Stickfara
Court of Honor
Meyer
Hoag
Stickford
Lovell Township
Jones County Leads Iowa Corn Yield Tests At Ames Short Course
Farm Bureau notes Jones County shows the best corn crop in local history with nine entries in district nine and a 38.8 bushel spread between high and low samples on the J R McNeilly farm. Stuart N Smith supervised the Center Junction plot yielding 75.7 bushels on average from 56.9 to 95.7 bushels per sample and tested several varieties for best kernel and ear quality.
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Jones County
J. R. McNeilly
Stuart N. Smith
Ames
J. N. Smith
Center Junction
Iowa State College
Smith
Murdock
Iowa
Todent
Clyde Blacks
Cross
Henry Steffens
Black Hawk Co
Isleaming
Lancaster
C. K. Greer
Otho Brokaw
Ames Jodent
H. Stoffers
Leaming Cross
Tribute to a Good American Fred Hansen of Onstow
An Oxford reader honors former Davenport resident Fred Hansen with German roots who came to the United States and earned a modest life through hard work. He supported his family of six children August Paul Willie Freddie Mary and Minnie and earned the respect of his community through honesty and fulfillment of obligations. The letter reflects on immigrant experience and loyalty to American values in 1925.
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Davenport
Onstow
Fred Hansen
Longfellow
August
Paul Willie
Freddie
Mary
Minnie
Mr. Hansen
Ourland
America
Oxford
Michigan
Corbit
Wayne Township Church Services And School Events
Wayne Lutheran church holds Thanksgiving service and invites all. Wayne children prepare a Christmas program next Thursday from 9 to 12 a m. Wartburg orchestra from Wartburg college will perform at Wayne Zion Lutheran church Saturday Nov 28 at 7 80 p m. Members listed. The orchestra also to play at morning services. Rev Blessin of Minneapolis to preach next Sunday at 10 15 a m. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Ben Tholen. Rev C Mardoff preached at Wayne church last Sunday. Pastor Rev Willms and family attended Rev Sitzler’s home.
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Wayne Lutheran Church
Wartburg Orchestra
Wayne Zion's Lutheran Church
Zuun's
Blessin
Minneapolis
Ben Tholen
Wayne Township
C. Mardoff
Monticello
Wayne Church
Willms
Castle Grove
Mrs. Willms
Sitzler
Seed corn shortages looming in Iowa after late autumn cold
Iowa crop specialists warn hundreds of Towa farmers failed to save seed corn due to favorable early fall drying followed by late October freezes. They urge selecting the driest ears and testing them for germination, or using old seed with proper germination checks, as moisture content and cold damage reduce seed quality statewide.
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Towa
Iowa State College
Iowa
B. S. Dyas
Lady Ames Hen Sets Iowa Egg Record With 305 In One Year
Lady Ames a single comic White Leghorn at Iowa State College laid 305 eggs in one year. The bird, under normal conditions and less than two years old, was housed in a 10 by 12 colony pen with 23 hens, fed a mixed grain and mash ration, and received green feed in winter. No lights were used to extend days, and care mirrored that given the flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
Proper Cream Storage Boosts Butter Quality on Iowa Farms
Iowa State College dairy head M Mortensen urges farmers to build dedicated milk houses with concrete or clay block walls and a capacious cooling tank. Proper on farm storage keeps milk and cream cool, preventing spoilage and improving cream quality for creameries.
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M. Mortensen
Iowa State College
Mortensen
Hort Short Course At Iowa State December 1 3
Iowa State College hosts its annual horticultural short course December 1 to 3 augmented by the sixtieth Iowa State Horticultural society convention the twelfth Iowa Vegetable Growers association convention the fourteenth Iowa Fruit Growers association meeting and the Mid Western Peony and Iris society session Local and out of state experts will speak on orchard fillers pruning forestry and apple curculio life history with figures such as Prof C C Wiggins and Prof T J Talbert among the presenters.
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Iowa State College
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Iowa Vegetable Growers’ Association
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
Mid-Western Peony and Iris Society
C. C. Wiggins
University of Nebraska
A.wt. Irwin
State Horticultural Society
Love Is an Alchemist in London Punch Verse
A London Punch poem extols love as an alchemist altering hearts and fates transforming hurt into joy and sorrow into beauty. It contrasts lovers with sages at their solemn labs while noting love’s power to warm, heal, or poison without effort or fuel.
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Love
Hell
Paradise
London
Tax levies for 1925 districts due 1926 in county
The consolidated tax totals include county 26.30 mills, state 8.68 mills, and soldiers' bonus 1.32 mills. Municipal and school levies vary by township with figures in mills and fractions, including municipal, general school, school house, and consolidated rates for Monticello, Anamosa, Martelle, Wyoming, Center Junction, Onslow, Morley, Olin, and Oxford Junction.
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Monticello— Municipal Vo
School
Consolidated
Anamosa— Municipal
Martelle— Municipal
Wyoming— Municipal O
General School
Center Junction— Municipal Oo
Onslow— Municipal
Morley— Municipal Cve
School House
Olin— Municipal Ou
Oxford Junction
Municipal Ou
Community church notices advertise upcoming events
In Richland Center and affiliated churches, schedules announce Sunday School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11:00 with evening services. Methodist men urged to buy banquet tickets by November 30, and Presbyterian plans for a Christmas pageant after church activities.
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Epworth
Union Thanksgiving Day Service Remains at 10:30 A M
The Rev George W Mc Nary of the Congregational church will preach at the union service. Sunday services on November 29 include Sunday School at 10 A M Morning Worship at 11 A M Christian Endeavor at 7 30 P M with R P Kuentzel as pastor. German service at 11 A M Choir practice at 7 30 P M Ladies aid meeting set for Thursday at Mrs Henry Bower s home.
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Union
George W. McNary
Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid
Henry Bower
St Matthew's Lutheran Church Thanksgiving Services Advised
St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church invites all to German services on Thanksgiving morning at 10:30 a.m. English services to follow on Thursday November 26 at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School is at 10:00 a.m. No school Saturday November 28. Pastor Ide presides.
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St. Matthew’s Ey. Lutheran Church
M. Ide
Fragmented Notes on Crafts and Actors in Odd Advice
A quirky blend of maxims on fame and friendship. It also offers odd tips for sharpening scissors with sandpaper and using oxalic acid mixtures to clean brass. The piece reads like a collage of whimsical household hints and reflective, disjointed observations.
Augustine Brings Christianity to England in 597
The see of Canterbury was established around 600 by Augustine a Benedictine monk sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 597 to convert England to Christianity.
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Canterbury
Church of England
Augustine
Gregory the Great
England
Carthaginian Princess Bophonisba’s marriage ends in war and Roman pressure
Bophonisba, a Carthaginian princess, was betrothed to Masinissa but forced to marry Syphax. Masinissa defeated Syphax and wed her, yet the Romans compelled him to give her up, altering royal alliances.
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Bophonisba
Masinissa
Syphax
Hand and Seal and the origin of fingerprinting
Ancient oriental rulers used thumb impressions on legal documents to seal agreements. The practice gave rise to the modern fingerprint identification system used today in legal and forensic contexts.
Record of Bloodshed in 1547 Netherlands
The Council of Blood established by the Duke of Alva to suppress unrest under Philip II executed about 1,800 people in under three months, in the Netherlands during 1547.
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Council of Blood
Netherlands
Duke of Alva
Philip II of Spain
Politician in Silk Hat Compared to Magician
Jud Tinking of the Washington Star comments that a politician wearing a tall silk hat resembles a magician. He argues the hat matters less than what the public believes he conceals under it.
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Jud Tinking
Washington Star
Taming of the Shrew presented by The Elizabethian Players
The winter lyceum offers Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew on November 30 in the public school auditorium. Pietre Pelletier leads with a renowned troupe, costing $250 for this high profile production. Tickets are 65 cents with season tickets valid, no reserved seats.
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Pietre Pelletier
Focal Committee
Pelletier
Sothern and
Marlowe
Fiske
Leo Dietrichstein
Wilton Lackaye
Burn McIntosh
Stuart Robson
Miss Virginia
Harned
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Montreal
Brooklyn
Newark
United States
Canada
New England Conservatory of Music
College of Oratory
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
New York City
American Academy of Dramatic Arts of New York
Columbia University
National League of Masonic Clubs Endows Diplomacy Chair
At Saratoga Springs New York the National League of Masonic Clubs voted to endow a chair at George Washington University Washington DC for a new foreign service school of diplomacy. Classes in political science and commerce will begin in February.
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National League’ of ‘Masonic Clubs
Saratoga Springs
New York
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
University
Foreign Service School of
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Hort
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Albert E. Coe
Richland Center Presbyterian Church
Henry Marks
Presbyterian Charel
Leonard Duckett
Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
Dr. Hoffmann
Ames Abe
Maw
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
I. V. Dautremont
Collections Insurance
J. H. Fraser, M. D
Henry George
DR. A. M. Maurice
DD. Ss
Lovell
George Albery
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
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Rock of Ages
J. E. Bateman
Ford
Nufsed, Kumin
North Side Garage
J Rogers
E. J. Harvat
Iowa City
T. L. Hayard
Citi
University of Minnesota
M.D
Minnesota
EB. Kopman
Chicago
Princess Theatre
J. B. Zimmerman Furnishings
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