Wisconsin caps bank deposit interest at 2 percentage points
The Wisconsin state banking commission orders no bank may pay over 2 percent interest on time or savings deposits starting January 1. The policy aims to strengthen banks amid past Iowa-style overreach, with higher loan rates on long-term farm loans contributing to earlier bank failures and depositor risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Banking Commission of
Wisconsin
Mutual, Savings Bank Or Trust Company
Iowa
Thanksgiving through three centuries of praise and Hope
The passage notes Thanksgiving origins with the Pilgrims in 1623, drought hardships, and a national day urged by Congress during the Revolution. It recalls Lincoln's 1864 proclamation and the long-standing final Thursday celebration, asserting continued reasons for gratitude despite hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Lincoln
Magazine Ads Embrace Colorful Pictures Target Buyers
The piece notes popular home and domestic monthlies shout with gaudy colored pictures. Advertisers fill half the space with vivid color, often featuring images unrelated to the articles. It argues ads in black type without red cheeked beauties or rainbow hues may better draw buyers.
President’s program to ride Congress with Roosevelt power
The article argues that in the next session Democrats will hold large majorities in both houses and largely support the president’s radical spending program. It predicts Roosevelt will secure the legislation he seeks, with few Republicans willing to oppose his dictatorial aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Freeing of Insull and associates ends long Chicago trial
The release of Insull and his associates at the close of a lengthy federal trial in Chicago mirrors the era of reduced corporate influence and widespread bank collapses. Investors who bought Insull stock faced total losses as the company fell, reflecting broader financial turmoil.
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Insull
Chicago
Four Winners to Be Chosen from ISU Ames Portraits
Portraits of eight young ladies at Iowa State College Ames published. From these eight four are to be selected as the prettiest in the college. The readers are invited to bet on the four who did not display a set of teeth even to the wisdom molars in an effort to emphasize feminine beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Barnacles in the GOP Cited as Hinderers of Power
A Jefferson Bee writer declares the Republican Party may never regain power while internal factions and harsh rhetoric persist. The piece targets figures such as Senator Norris La Follette and Borah as alleged GOP barnacles to be scraped off the party’s bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Bee
George Norris
Editorial Opinion on Chicago Auto Crash Toll and Reform
A Chicago editorial imagines war’s casualties versus daily traffic deaths. It laments 1100+ county deaths since January and blames reckless drivers, unfit vehicles, pedestrians, and lax enforcement. It calls for a drivers license law and stronger traffic regulation, warning of perpetual crashes and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paris
London
Cook County
Ilinois
Springfield
Happiness Ahead shown as clean entertainment at Orpheum
The Sioux City Journal praises the film Happiness Ahead starring Dick Powell and Josephine Hutchinson for its clean wholesome content. It notes lively, rapid action with dramatic amusing situations and asserts there is nothing offensive for a decent audience and recommends the picture.
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Sioux City Journal
Orpheum
Dick Powell
Josephine Hutchinson
Use of Leisure
The Minneapolis Journal argues that increased leisure from mechanization must be used productively. It urges education to include craft and joint work for families to build true camaraderie and shared responsibility, not just games.
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Minneapolis
Iowa Deserves Not Kraschel Senate Run
A Des Moines rumor says Gov. Herring may be a future vice president candidate while Lieutenant Governor Kraschel is urged as a U S Senate contender. The piece savages Kraschel as a windjammer and predicts a harsh Iowa consequence if he wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Press
Des Moines
Herring
Menjou Names 10 Best Dressed Women in U S
Adolphe Menjou selects ten top dressed women in the United States noting a sameness in dress and appearance among the many, while suggesting the chosen pictures reveal smiles with more teeth showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Adolphe Menjou
Hollywood Oracle
United States
Adolphe
Huey Long’s Debt Plan Aims to Lift Burden Two Years
Huey Long proposes sweeping aid to the downtrodden, aiming to lift debt burdens for two years. He believes initial success could propel him toward the presidency, and notes Louisiana could face a fate similar to California if his program succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Louisiana
California
Huey Long
Huey
A Sailor, a Cat, and a Dog Named Celeste
A narrator recalls a boyhood fondness for dogs and explains a shift to preferring human companionship. He recounts acquiring a one-eyed brindled cat named Celeste from Connors, who ends up clashing with Excavator the dog and vanishes after a brief, eerie encounter.
Comic Song History From Organ to Phonograph
A writer notes how early cottage organs hindered popular songs like Little Brown Jug and Shoo Fly Dont Bother Me. The spread accelerated with low priced pianos then phonograph and radio, bringing ragtime, syncopation and varied music while the old organ remained tied to gospel hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
McGinty
Minting Gold for Friends Was His Mining Sideline
Christopher Bechtler, a Baden native who emigrated to the United States in 1829, set up a North Carolina mint near Rutherford. A goldsmith by trade, he minted coins for neighbors while also alloying and refining gold and silver and polishing semi precious stones. Local farmers and Georgians brought gold to be coined, with Bechtler weighing it, recording it in his books, and delivering coins after a brief period, taking only a small labor fee.
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Christopher Bechtler
Duchy of
Baden
United States
North Carolina
Rutherford
Tarofinies
Georgia
Beehtler
Mohammedan Calendar Facts and Year Structure
The Mohammedan calendar is a lunar system used since July 16 622 AD. It begins with the Hejira from Mecca to Medina. Each year has 354 or 355 days and the cycle completes about every 33 years. The 1300th year began Sunday November 12 TS82. Months are 12 with 20 and 30 days, plus an added day in 11 of 80 years.
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Mohammaed
Mecca
Medina
Porcupines Crave Salt In Woodwork Damage
Reports note porcupines gnawing wood and painted surfaces due to a taste for salt. The animal, nicknamed Porky, can chew into axe handles floors and packing cases coated with paint or waterproofing bearing even a faint salt flavor.
Sitting Bull Still a People Leader Not a Chief
The Sioux leader Tatanka Yotanka known as Sitting Bull rose as a medicine man and prophet though never a war chief. He led Sioux forces at Little Bighorn in 1876 before fleeing to Canada, surrendering later, and was killed in December 1890 near Fort Yates while resisting arrest.
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Sitting Bull
Tatanka Yotanka
South
Pakota
Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Canada
Fort Yates
North Dakota
Indiam
Santa Fe Trail Pioneers and the Becknell Route
Spaniard Don Pedro Vial explored the Santa Fe trail and marked it by 1798 with other riders before 1821. William Becknell led the first pack train in 1821, whose report to Congress spurred the 1825 treaty granting the United States a perpetual right of way through Osage lands for the Santa Fe trail.
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Don Pedro Vial
William Becknell
Becknell
Congress
United States
Global earthquake frequency according to Ollier's Weekly
Seismographs worldwide show about twenty five quakes per day with fourteen felt by a person. Land events damaging buildings average one every eighty two hours according to Ollier's Weekly.
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C Ollier
Bee Shipping Center in Cottonwood Largest Worldwide
Cottonwood California in Shasta county hosts the largest live bee shipping center. State agriculture officials said about 50,000 tons of bees shipped from California last year came from Cottonwood.
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Cottonwood
Calif
Shasta County
California
State Department of Agriculture
Cattonwood
Attar of Roses From 400000 Petals Per Ounce
The article notes attar of roses is extremely costly, needing about 400000 roses per ounce. It is often adulterated with sandalwood, but pure rose oil remains highly desired. Production centers include India, Persia and other eastern countries. The oil is obtained from distilled rose water from crushed leaves.
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India
Persia
Kruger National Park Named for Boer Leader Kruger
The Kruger National Park in South Africa is described as hosting the greatest variety and number of wild animals running at large. It covers a vast area of about 200 by 50 miles, named after Paul Kruger, a prominent Boer statesman likened to Washington and Lincoln. The landscape includes lowlands, mountains, streams, and tropical grasses.
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Kruger National Park
South Africa
Oqom Paul" Kruger
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
KC Baking Powder Recipes For Housewives
The Express presents tested KC Baking Powder recipes from a new cook book. Instructions include waffle batter with three siftings of dry ingredients and egg whites, and a cornmeal wheat flour mix with milk egg and melted fat baked at 375 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Government Admin Designations List From Historic Agencies
A compiled string of acronyms detailing initial designations for federal administrations and agencies such as FAC FCC FCT FDIC PWA PWEHC FERA FSRC FHLBB FSLA HOLC FHA FSLIC FSHC FTZB TEC NEC USIS NLRE NLRB NMB NPPC NRS NRA NRB EIB PA RFC SAB SEC SES TVA EHFA TVAC reflecting mid 20th century governance structures and emergency management bodies.
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Pwehc—Public Works Emergency Housing Corporation
Fera—Federal Emergency Relief Administration
FSRC
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
FHLBB
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
FSLA
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Holc—Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
FSLIC
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
FSHC
Federal Subsistence Homestead Corporation
Ftzb—Foreign Trade Zone Board
Tec—Industrial Emergency Committee
Nec—National Emergency Council
USIS
U. S. Information Service
NLRE
National Labor Relations Board
Nmb—National Mediation Board
NPPC
National Power Policy Committee
NRS
National Re-employment Service
Nra—National Recovery Administration
Nrb—National Resources Board
Eib—Export-Import Banks
Pa—Petroleum Administration
RFC — Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sab—Science Advisory Board
SEC — Security and Exchange Committee
Ses—Soil Erosion Service
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ehfa—Electric Home and Farm Authority
TVAC
Tennessee Valley Associaciation Cooperative's, Inc
Active and extinct volcanoes across the United States
The article lists U S mountains with volcanic activity including Mount Lasen in California occasional outbreaks Mount Hood Oregon and Mount Rainier in Washington venting vapor Mount Shasta and the Mono valley craters as extinct Mount St Helens in Washington erupted 1841 1842 and Mount Baker active next year Tres Virgines in southern California erupted in 1857
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United States
Mount Lasen
California
Mount Hood
Oregon
Mount Rainier
Washington
Mono Valley Craters
Mount Shasta
Cascade Range
Mount St. Helens
Mount Baker
Tres Virgines
Jones county supervisors approve road vacation and refunds
Jones county Iowa board of supervisors met in Anamosa on November 8 1934 with Chairman Shimerda and members Harms Matthiessen Holst and Russell present. They authorized a 468 refund to the Jones County Fair Association and moved to vacate a county road in Adams et al following proper notice. Restorative refunds were approved for several taxpayers including Sutherland Leaper Ormsby Urban Miller. The session adjourned for 1:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Shimerda
Harms
Matthiessen
Holst
Russell
Jones County Fair Association
H. F. Adams
Bertha Sutherland
Alfred Leaper
F. E. Ormsby
Urban Miller
Outlet for Tears by Rost Zagnoni Marinoni
The speaker reflects on a blind man begging with a sign asking for help. He questions usefulness while noting the man’s blindness and age, suggesting the darkness has become an outlet for tears and insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rost Zagnoni Marinoni
The
Chicago Tribune
Final Reports Notice in Jones County Iowa
Final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees named in the annexed list have been filed in the district court clerk's office Jones County Iowa. A final hearing and approval are set for December 10 1934 at which interested parties may appear file exceptions and show cause. The report noted includes the estate of Paul Matthiessen deceased with H M Carpenter Jr as administrator. Dated Anamosa Iowa November 22 1934. Lee Byerly Clerk. Julia Foarde deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
H. M. Carpenter Jr
Paul Matthiessen
Anamosa
Iowa
Adminstratrix Notice of Estate Howie Jones County Iowa
Public notice that Alice D. Howie is appointed administratrix of the estate of Robert J. Howie deceased by the district court of Jones county Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time and debtors pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa November 10 1934. Doxsee Doxsee Heiserman attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Robert J. Howie
Anamosa
A. D
Alice D. Howie
Doxsee
Doxsee & Heiserman
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Monticello Express
Nticello, Towa
J. Went Co. A, Coxsee Editors and Proprietora
Asociation
Bob Burdette
Caesar
Connors
William Connors
Ratty Connors
William
Celeste
Digger
Excavator
NEW Deal Agencies
FAC
Federal Aviation Commission
FCC
Wederal Communications Commission
FCT
Federal Co-ordinator Transportation
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Pwa—Public Works Administration
Supervisors’ Proceedings
Anamosa, Towa
Henry Shimerda
Geo. F. Specht
Theo
Dewey
D. McCarn & Son
Anamosa, Iowa
American Title Association
State Tithe Association
J.G. Schoon
Life and Fire Insurance
Monticello, Iowa
L. J. Swift
Burrichter Building
A. M. Maurice
Lowell
W. H. Null
Monticello
Burris
D. C
McNeill
C. F. Shimanek
Stuhler
Towa
Lee Byerly
Julia Foarde
J. W. Doxsee
A. Do
J. E. Heiserman
Xaee Doxsee
Doxsee & Heiserman Attorneys At Law Towell Block
George Albery
Earl H. DeShaw
Stuhler's
Mark
Rock OF Ages
J. E. Bateman
Montécello
Michigan Avenue
Auditorium Hotel
AX Deere
Lel Vero
Monticello State Bank
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