Interesting Events Of Iowa News Highlights
A Des Moines preacher journeys to Meservey for a pre open season talk and returns to Des Moines by dawn amid a pheasant hunting crush. The piece notes corn stalks for maizeboard in Dubuque with shipments from Eldora and Marshalltown producers and details rising pheasant populations, plus a Fort Dodge husking champion’s prize and college enrollments.
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Dubuque
John W. Moffett
Eldora
Hardin County
Maizewood Company
Riley W. Lewis
Fred Staney
Fort Dodge
Norton
Kan
Lee Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips
Hyde
Refuses Aid to Persons With Automobiles
Washington county supervisors pass a resolution denying aid from the poor fund to any claimant who owns and operates an automobile. They also decree that any healthy, stout man must work or starve, under county policy.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Washington County Supervisors
Plymouth County School Head Faces Tough Salary Case
Miss Christine Peterson superintendent of Plymouth county faces a decision in a lawsuit filed by Mrs. Bess Munson Winter against the Hinton consolidated school district. Winter seeks payment of her salary as teacher, with evidence noting her employment at the high school.
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Christine Peterson
Plymouth County
Bess Munson Winter
Hinton Consolidated
Woman Demands Agreed Compensation After School Position
At Hinton last spring she declined marriage then married. The board filled the job with another teacher. Since the school opened this fall Mrs. Winter has reported daily and now claims the promised compensation.
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Hinton
Winter
All Happiness Ended for Betrayer of Trust
A London Tit-Bits excerpt reflects on trust in business and private life, cautioning that pride and temptation can lead to betrayal. It warns readers to guard trust valiantly to avoid personal ruin and disappointment.
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H. G
London
Aunt Joins Hospital For Slimming Shock
A humorous narrator recalls his aunt Jong once fat and favored by all women. She undergoes an operation, returns slenderer, and the boy laments she no longer bounces as well, revealing a playful contrast between appearance and affection.
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Jong
Anita Page
Monoplane Efficiency versus Multiwing Aircraft
A monoplane with a single wing span produces more lift per wing area than a biplane or multilevel wing system. Although its wing area may be less, lift can equal or exceed that of biplanes. Interference between multiple wings reduces overall lift, making monoplanes more efficient than triplanes or quadraplanes.
Major and Minor Prophets in Jewish Tradition
The article outlines that major prophets received direct instructions from God and held transcendent political authority beyond kings and military rulers. It lists Abraham Moses Samuel Elijah Elisha Jeremiah as major prophets and Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Zephaniah Zacharias Nahum Habakkuk Sephonins Maggal Malachi as minor prophets.
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Abraham
Moses
Samuel
Elijah
Elisha
Sarah
Jeremiah
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonas
Zephania
Zacharias
Nnahum
Rabakkuk
Sephonins
Maggal
Malachi
Second Hand Thoughts on Life’s Leftovers Caption
A columnist notes that aging lends value to leftovers such as old clothes, settled loves, and inherited habits. The piece Reflects on a second hand sun rising over a second hand world and people doing second hand work in a tempo slowed by time.
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Tnillanapolis
Death of mind reader Washington Irving Bishop in 1889
Washington Irving Bishop died in a coma after a trance at the Lambs Club in New York on May 1 1889. An autopsy was performed without relatives consent, followed by a second autopsy and an inquest. The jury ruled coma caused death, but doctors faced Sanitary Code charges. Bishop’s mother published a biography and her views on the case.
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Washington Irving Bishop
The
Lambs’ Club
New York
Success By Blunder Shaped Pinero Career
The rise of Sir Arthur Pinero, famed English playwright, is linked to a misidentification by Wilkie Collins in a Scottish theater. Collins, watching a Wilkie Collins production in Genoa, marked Pinero’s name as another actor on a program, a mistake that helped spark Pinero's long stage career.
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Arthur Pinero
Givernoal
Wilkie Collins
Young Pinero
Zones of the Earth and its Climatic Divisions
The earth is divided into torrid temperate and frigid zones by the tilt of 28 degrees 27 minutes. The torrid zone runs from the equator to 28 degrees 27 minutes latitude north and south. Temperate zones lie from the torrid boundary to within 23 degrees 27 minutes of each pole. Frigid zones surround the poles beyond the temperate regions.
Mulligan Declares Himself Greater American Than All
Mulligan proclaims he is a better American than his native born friends after securing citizenship. He vents in a blunt boast stating he arrived with pants on and ten dollars in pocket, a jab at rivals who claim superiority.
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Mulligan
Capper's Weekly
Imperial valley rancher visits ornate LA office
A wealthy Imperial Valley rancher arrives in downtown Los Angeles with bulging pockets after cantaloupe season and asks to confirm if the office is the woman's exchange. The woman in charge confirms, the rancher exclaims Salty and rushes out, leaving the scene unresolved.
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Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
Auto Hospital on Wheels Travels French Highways
A mobile auto hospital on wheels offers first aid to stranded motorists in France. The vehicle is equipped with repair tools and features a nurse figure on its roof. An ambulance for autos is used by a maker to advertise their product.
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France
World Slow to Acclaim Possessors of Genius
The Golden Book Magazine reveals how great works later deemed classics sold cheaply or were ignored in their time. Poe's The Raven fetched 20000 after poor early reception, and Fitzgerald faced publisher rejections before Rubaiyat's rise. Early prices show shifting literary value.
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Golden Book Magazine
Poe
American Whig Review
Edward Fitzgerald
Jtitzgerald
Mail Planes Get Ice Warning Aid
Ice warning instruments will be fitted to Varney Air Lines planes with an eastern terminus at Sault Lake City to alert pilots of wing icing conditions. The device, developed by Meteo Meter Corp of New York, measures temperature and atmospheric data to warn of dangerous icing on wings. It was showcased at the Chicago air show and aims to reduce flight disruptions.
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Sault Lake City
Alri
Varney Air Wnes
Meteo Meter Corpins
New York
Chicago
Greenwich Timekeeping and the Rise of Electric Clocks
The article traces the history from the five century old Glastonbury abbey clock to modern electric timekeeping. It notes Greenwich Observatory as a key reference point where a ball drop marks time and the role of wireless signals in global precise timing, especially for seafarers.
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Gita
Glastonbury
Englands Abbey
Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich
General Nash Wounded at Germantown in 1777 Battle
An account recalls General Nash of North Carolina being struck by a British round at Germantown on October 4, 1777. The horse was shot through, Nash toppled, and he ordered his men to advance despite his grave wound. He died days later.
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Carl H. Benson
Marshalltown
Benson
Kansas
Chicago
Harford MacNider
Canada
America
Col. MacNider
Daughters of the American Revolution
Des Moines
Russia
United States
MacNider
Goermantown
Nash
North Carolina
Beveridge Claims Lincoln Biographer Misstated Douglas Proposal
The Detroit News reports Albert J. Beveridge arguing that Douglas never proposed to Mary Todd Lincoln, labeling previous claims as protective propaganda and noting Mary Todd’s alleged lack of interest. Beveridge asserts Douglas never asked Miss Todd to marry him.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Lincoln
Douglas
Mary Todd
Mary
Beveridge
Miss Todd
Detroit News
Couple Claim Dual Championship From Broken Bones
A married couple from Athietia Ga claims the dual championship for severe bone injuries. The report lists eight major bone breaks including a broken shoulder hip chest skull and multiple fractures. Only the right leg and left arm remain unfractured per the claim.
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Athietia
Stale Tows
Stallings
Fragmentary religious script text near doorway inscription
Readable words reference a sacred gate inscription about a wholesome seat at her gates. The fragment mentions Our Lady of the Snows and a door area but lacks complete context or events. No clear date place or persons beyond the religious reference.
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Petiadised
Treasure Chest Tale Sparks San Francisco Examiner Curiosity
A scrambled San Francisco Examiner item hints at a working woman involved with a chest containing tar money, buttons, an union card, and a sick husband, suggesting a curious domestic or crime tidbit with unclear details.
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San Francisco Examiner
Beet Sugar Industry Growth Tied to Alkali Soils
Frank Eugene Lutz of the American Museum of Natural History notes that three quarters of animal life is insects. Montmartre spends millions of francs to rival Broadway lights. Beet sugar development in mountain states is attributed to alkali soils. Try Want Ads for quick results.
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Frank Eugene Lutz
The
American Museum of Natural History
Montmartre
Broadway
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
J. T. Nichols
Meservey
Cerro Gordo County
Nichols
State Board of Education
John Hammill
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Charles City
Railway
Iowa
Ak-Sar-Ben
Burlington
Middle West
Texas
Hart-Parr
Locks Beach Hospital
Walter H. Beall
West Union
Fayette County
Dc. Roswold
Eldorado
Red Cross
Roswold
Edward F. Hogan
Edward Hines
Hines, Til
United States Department of Commerce
Towa
Earl A. Apfel
Shell Rock
Syracuse University
Syracuse
N. Y
Venezuela
Colombia
South America
Asia
Butler County
George F. Kay
Flora H. Smith
Grinnell College
Mike
Douglas and
Our Lady of the
Snows
Pennsylvania Oil Co
Schultz Bros
JC Cc
Schultz Bros. Co
Keyes
Elgin and
Bolova
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