Interesting Events Of Iowa News
A compiled Iowa news roundup notes a forestry contest for ages 11 to 19 at Iowa State College Ames to identify trees bearing nuts including black walnut butternut shagbark hickory shellbark hickory pecan and hazelnut. Heinz ketchup production in Muscatine is highlighted with six carloads of tomatoes from Riverside Lone Tree and West Liberty. Flight fares on a Des Moines to San Francisco mail express plane reached 181 dollars, taking seventeen hours. Attorney General Fletcher states highway projects over 1000 must be bid rather than done by day labor, citing an $8000 five mile project near Brighton in Washington county.
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J. W. Jarnagin
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Missouri
Roy G. Miller
Riverside
Heinz
Muscatine
Pittsburgh
Mr. Miller
Lone Tree
West Liberty
T. C. Denny
Central Life Assurance Society of
Des Moines
San Francisco
Fletcher
Washington County
Brighton
Frank Jackson Repeats Win As Champion Horseshoe Pitcher
Frank Jackson now living in Lamont adds another victory at Fairbury Illinois defeating Illinois champion Walter Torbert 50 to 25. The Iowa State Fair crowned him Tama county context with a record ringers percentage while U S Hulse notes Tama county farmers foreseeing large peach harvests and berry yields with Hach Reimers and Caius Dreesen among expected pickers.
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Frank Jackson
Lamont
Fairbury
Illinois
Walter Torbert
Iowa State Fair
Mr. Jackson
Towa
U. S. Hulse
Gladbrook
Tama County
Hach
Clutter
Henry Reimers
Caius Dreesen
American Legion Auxiliary ships cookies to Knoxville veterans
The women’s auxiliary organized by districts sent cookies to the Knoxville government hospital’s disabled veterans. September was allotted to First district in southeastern Iowa with weekly deliveries. Washington county units contributed 150 dozen cookies on September 20 as part of the district’s monthlong protocol.
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Women’s Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Government Hospital
Knoxville
Iowa
Edward Bushek
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington County
Des Moines Population and Building Spending Report
A Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin from Washington notes Des Moines has 148 900 residents as of July 1st Inst. It records per capita spending of 0.68 on various building enterprises and 5.87 per capita on residences. Cedar Rapids tops statewide improvements with leading business concerns and TERRES LATIN plants.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Turkeys Ready for Release in Iowa State Parks
W. E. Albert state game warden informs the state board of conservation that 250 plus half grown wild turkeys are prepared for distribution in timbered state parks. Birds hatched on the Flynn farm west of Des Moines from eggs laid by Arkansas birds. The young flock is wary of humans and expected to aid rehabilitation of the species in Iowa.
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W. E. Albert
State Board of Conservation
Flynn
Des Moines
Arkansas
Horticultural secretary reports apple orchard in Madison county
Robert Herrick secretary of the state horticultural society has fifteen acres of apple trees on his Madison county farm. The stand includes standard varieties for the latitude and trees seven years old are bearing. Herrick notes that younger orchards suffered more from the April freeze than older ones.
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Robert Herrick
State Horticultural Society
Madison County
Berrick
Orchard Ground Sugar Content Compared Across Tracts
A farmer notes soil on his special orchard tract yields sweeter grapes with seven percent sugar, while grapes from his Des Moines lot show three percent sweetness. He cites this difference as evidence of soil value in the orchard.
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Des Moines
Bronze tablet marks Old Military Trail near McGregor
Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze tablet on a large boulder three miles north of McGregor marking the Old Military Trail used in 1840 to move troops and supplies between Fort Crawford Wisconsin and Fort Atkinson Iowa. The piece notes Fort Atkinson’s US construction for Winnebago defense amid tribes. It also mentions Chief Black Hawk’s grave near Davis county and a fishery experiment at Center Lake, plus Iowa Legion parade praise for Davenport nurse-soldier girls aided by state funds.
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McGregor
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ft. Crawford
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Ft. Atkinson
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Fort Crawford
Fort Atkinson
United States
Black Hawk
Des Moines River
Davis County
Iowa crop reports show 1927 ears at 42 million pounds
The Weath er and Crop bureau of the Iowa department of agriculture reports 14 000 acres for 1927 with about 23 million pounds now indicated and 47 percent of 1925’s crop. Acreage declined while overall condition improves. Governor Hammill observed Des Moines 70th anniversary with a 965 pound cake baked locally.
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Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
John Hammill
Iowa
Des Moines
O. Lloyd Sandahl
William Mayo
Jewett Market
Rock fireplace from many parts of world at Fayette church
Miss Florence Clark of McGregor links a stone fireplace in the Fayette Methodist church to world peace desires. Built by Rev. John D. Clinton and church members with help from Upper Iowa University alumni, the hearth contains 369 rocks and minerals from distant regions.
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Florence Clark
McGregor
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fayette
John D. Clinton
Upper Iowa University
Pigeon race seeds big Chicago event with prizes
On a Sunday 2,700 carrier pigeons from 20 Chicago concourse clubs were released at Ames then headed to the lakefront city. Seventy prizes totaled 3200 dollars with a top award of 325 dollars for a single bird. Earlier 1900 pigeons flew from Tama to Chicago in four hours thirty five minutes at over 50 miles per hour aided by a west wind.
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Chicago
Ames
Tama
Sourwine sues Mississippi River Power over farm damage in Des Moines
John Sourwine files suit in Des Moines county district court against Mississippi River Power Co for damages to his 327 acre farm near the Skunk river mouth. He claims back water from the Keokuk dam has left land too wet to farm for thirteen years, seeking about 30000 dollars plus land value. Hearing scheduled for October term in Burlington. Also notes farmers forming rural fire protection groups and new apparatus being purchased near Elgin Fayette County.
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John Sourwine
District Court
Des Moines
Mississippi River Power Company
Keokuk
Burlington
Elgin
Fayette County
Bridge lesson series by Wayne Ferguson starts October 27
The Express will publish 36 weekly auction bridge lessons by Wayne Ferguson starting October 27. Each article will explain basics for beginners and end with a reader challenge. Ferguson, a noted bridge authority, appears on radio broadcasts and will share expert bidding and play insights throughout the series.
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Wayne Ferguson
The
Express
Ferguson
the Express
Town Seeks Fire Protection With Fast Truck and Telephone
Proposal to charge residents $15 to support fire protection. Nearby farms within six miles of town could be safeguarded by rapid fire response aided by reliable telephone service and graveled roads.
Rattlesnake Bite Milk Allegedly Seals Fates
L C Smith of Dyersville relays an odd tale from Stacyville about Mrs Elmer Morris nearly dying and many others falling sick after consuming milk from a cow that had been bitten by a rattlesnake. The milkman observed the cow increasing milk production before the incident.
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L. C. Smith
Dyersville
Dubuque County
Stacyville
Elmer Morris
Salles
Health inquiry sent to Iowa Parent-Teacher groups
The state committee on health distributes forms to 651 Parent-Teacher associations to assess school health activities. The survey contains 126 questions across eight health topics for evaluation.
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Iowa
Committee On Health
Army official delivers puppy to grateful Philadelphia boy
Maj J M Thompson reported to Col Hanford MacNider that presenting a dog to a boy who asked the War Department for a pet brought immense joy. He said the boy’s reaction was the most thrilled he had ever seen, and that the pup was a gift from the assistant secretary of war.
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Sioux City Journal
Philadelphia
Hanford MacNider
United States Army
War Department
J. M. Thompson
Col. MacNider
Entertainment fuels rise of salaries in modern America
The New York Times notes fighters will share 1 500 000 for a 45 minute bout and compares athlete pay to teachers and scientists. It argues public taste supports vast sums for entertainment and thrill, paralleling movie star salaries.
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New York Times
America
Pursuit of happiness clashes with highway speed
Tekemah Neb Herald notes that the constitution guarantees the right to pursue happiness but warns that speed limits at 60 mph on highways do not guarantee safe outcomes. The piece implies risks and sorrow follow reckless driving.
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Tekemah
Neb
Appeal of the Prize Fight at the Champion Ship
The New York Times argues that crowds attend prize fights for the gambling instinct and the hope the match is fair. It notes the enduring allure is the chance the bout will be legitimate amid widespread interest.
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New York Times
The Go-Getter’s Prayer in Atchison Globe
An Atchison man known for religiosity and business sense opens prayers with the line This is Jones speaking. The humorous quip reflects a pious yet pragmatic persona in local public life.
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Atchison Globe
Atchison
Jones
Safety First In Indiana
Detroit News notes that the best way to avoid jail in Indiana may be to place second for justice. It also reports carload fruit and vegetable shipments nearly doubled over the past eight years.
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Indiana
Detroit News
Jaffice
Charley Ross Kidnapping Stuns Philadelphia in 1874
In 1874 Charley Ross was abducted from his Philadelphia home in one of the era’s most infamous child thefts. Police and residents launched searches as the case drew widespread attention and speculation across the city.
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Charley Ross
Philadelphia
Lyle Messner Sentenced for Cedar Rapids Murder
Lyle Messner, 14, pled guilty to first degree murder in Cedar Rapids and was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor at Fort Madison by Judge John T. Moffitt. The court cited youth and mental condition while condemning parental neglect and noting Messner’s limited judgment. The crowded courtroom heard the tears of the defendant’s family as the sentence was delivered.
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Lyle Messner
Kathleen Forrest
Fort Madison
John T. Moffit
Cedar Rapids
Messner
Chum
Sealing Wax Expands in Arts and Crafts Use
Sealing wax, once less common with envelopes, now demonstrates wide artistic versatility. Readily shaped into beads, flowers, plaques, and decorative items, it can imitate enamelware or carved wood. Craftspeople melt wax on a needle, mold it, and color it to create beads, drops, and jewelry components.
Cross and the Keeper Tactful Grouse Tale
WW Cross the banker turned author Mary Ann Evans alias George Eliot spent years on Wall Street then returned home. On a grouse shoot he sought coaching from a gamekeeper and the keeper quipped about misses. The tale was later shared with King Edward, who praised the keeper’s tact.
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Ty WW. Cross
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evins
Wall Street
Cross
New York
Joe
Edward
Charles Dickens Starred in Laughing Captain Bobadil Play
Charles Dickens at age thirty three played Captain Bobadil in Ben Jonson’s Very Man in His Humour at Fanny Kellys Theatre with Douglas Jerold Mark Lennon John Leneh Leigh John Vorster and others. The show became a London sensation and toured to Manchester Liverpool and beyond with Alder and Fletcher as an alternate comedy. Dickens was praised as energetic eloquent and capable of managing both stage and general duties.
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Dickens
Ben Jonson
Fanny Kelly
London
Douglas Jerold
Mark Lennon
John Leneh Leigh
John Vorster
Charles Dickens
Bobadil
Guild of Arts and Literature
Manchester
Liverpool
Beaumont and Fletcher
Elflient
Man Despairs Over Second Lottery Ticket
An Oversight Sandy bought two lottery tickets and won a $1,500 car. His friends rushed to congratulate him but found him miserable, lamenting the second ticket he bought and asking why he ever purchased it.
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Sandy
Kitchen cupboard recipes for family meals 1927
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union feature presents practical kitchen recipes. Grape ketchup uses grapes with cider vinegar sugar and spices. Walnut Graham Bread combines flour molasses sour milk and walnuts. Curried Steak with Rice rolls seasoned beef and rice in curry sauce. Nuts with Tomatoes bakes nuts and tomatoes with bread crumbs and eggs and butter.
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Western Newnspaper Union
Magic Bottle and Medicine Faith Highlighted by Wynn
The piece reports Professor Wynn railing against medicine as superstition while noting public faith in doctor’s bottles. It observes many people rely on personal remedies and self treatment before age forty, with households debating throwing out medicines.
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Wynn
London
Genius of Shakespeare and the Portrait of Towler
A quote by Richard Grant White reflects on Shakespeare as the creator who breathed life into his characters and gave them individuality beyond any single era. The passage credits Shakespeare with breeding a host of noble figures from his own exuberant vitality.
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Europe
Hiehard Grant White
Prodigal Scotch Belief Fizzles in Inverness Wishing Well
The New York Times notes a local Inverness superstition about a saxpence hanging on a Scotsman's heart breaking. Coins dropped into the wishing well show many coins this year, including twenty pulneas, half crowns, and shillings, challenging the idea Scots are tight-fisted and praising the waters for answering prayers.
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Inverness
New York
Ines
Swiss Clock Model Keeps Accurate Time in Zurich Test
A newly invented Swiss clock in Zurich has run without human interaction for two months during testing and is reportedly maintaining accurate time throughout.
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Zurich
Frank L Story Auctioneer Farm Sales and Real Estate
Frank L Story, auctioneer, specializes in farm sales and pedigreed stock and also handles real estate and merchandise sales. Writes or calls for sale dates. Phone 166, Olin, Iowa.
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Olin
Towa
Proposal Dialogues Across Phrases From Montreal Star
A fragmented exchange presents a curious dialogue about negation and inquiry as speakers tease one another. The garbled lines resemble a humorous or literary exchange captured in a Montreal Star clipping.
Immortal Words by Taine Behind Revolution’s Gloom
The fragment recalls Thomas Taine who denied souls and authored a line about lines that try men's souls during the Revolution after Philadelphia’s capture. It notes the era’s mood as the independence cause faced danger and darkness.
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Thomas Taine
Philadelphia
Puzzle of the Period: Gentleman on Foot in a Car
A Detroit Free Press item muses on the question why a man who is a gentleman on foot cannot be one in a motor car, inviting reflection on manners and modern mobility.
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Detroit Free Press
The Steering Wheel Test Examined by Wall Lake Blade
The Wall Lake Blade warns that a hog in man surfaces when a person takes charge of a steering wheel, underscoring caution in handling control behind the wheel.
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Wall Lake
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