WCTU Milo Votes For Home Grown Flowers Use
The W C T U at Milo Warren county voted to use home grown flowers for funerals and sick rooms to save money during stringency. State fair displays featured garden and wild flowers in floral pieces. Des Moines hosted the National Grand Army encampment with autos from all states except South Carolina, boosting Iowa highway plans through gasoline taxes.
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Milo
Warren County
Iowa Lakes
National Grand Army
Des Moines
Union
South Carolina
Mississippi Highway gains primary system status in SE Iowa
The Mississippi River Highway Association reports most of the route in southeastern Iowa placed under the primary road system, with survey work from Dubuque to New Albia and ambitions for a scenic eastern border route. Separately, Iowa endures historic storms late in the season causing $ amount in damage, six fatalities, and widespread destruction across towns including Bloomfield.
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Mississippi River Highway Association
New Orleans
St. Paul
Father of Waters
Iowa
Dubuque
New Albia
State Highway Commission
Shenandoah Pole Sitter Marion Plans and Transit
The piece notes Bill Penfield’s 75 day pole climb at Shenandoah ending with his descent from a 209 foot pole paid $3,000, while a rival at Dyersville outlasted him by two hours. It mentions a large sugar pine shipment, Drake University football ticket discounts, and new pipelines planned for Red Oak.
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Shenandoah
Henry Field
Bill Penfield
Bill
Strawberry Point
Field
Penfield
Dyersville
Pipeline to Run from Texas to New England
A proposed pipeline will cross the country parallel to the Texas-Chicago line and run from Texas to New England. It will be 24 to 30 inches in diameter with an estimated cost of 75 million dollars.
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Texas
New England
Neighbors Plow Ninety Acres in Six Hours Near Sheldon
Paul Jarnagin of Sheldon says ninety acres were plowed in six hours on Tuesday by a group of neighbors using fourteen tractors. The effort used 315 gallons of gas supplied by the Farmers Cooperative Oil company while Henry Kuyber, five miles south of Sheldon, has suffered arthritis for months.
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Paul Jarnagin
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Henry Kuyber
Farmers’ Co-Operative O11 Company
Iowa Husking Contest Set for Story County Farm
The tenth Iowa state corn husking contest will be held on the Story county farm three and a half miles northwest of Nevada on Friday November 6. Arthur T. Thompson of Des Moines announced he is in charge of the event. The state contest this year is expected to be highly spirited as the national husking contest will be in Grundy county on November 13.
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Iowa
Story County
Nevada
Arthur T. Thompson
Des Moines
Grundy County
Galli-Curci
Iowa State Teachers Association
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Church
Albert E. Wiggam
Amos W. Woodcock
National Prohibition Enforcement
Anna Pennybacker
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Laura Zirbes
School of Children's Education
College Prom Graduates Target Local Jobs
Seven young women from a town college last June sought positions in the town where many vacancies were reported. They faced a board of education confrontation as a woman member questioned if they were patrons of the cigarette smoking college mania. All but one admitted the habit, and the one non-smoker was chosen for a job, suggesting the habit closed doors to opportunity.
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Board of Education
Mesquakie pupils set enrollment record nationwide
George Young Bear reports a remarkable Mesquakie school year with 106 of 117 age peers attending. Mesquakie day school leads with 39 students. other institutions include Genoa Indian School 21, Montour high 13, Haskell 7, Pipestone 6, and several others across Oklahoma Nebraska South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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George Young Bear
Tama County
C. M. Richards
Toledo
Genoa Indian School
Genoa
Nebraska
Montour High School
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kansas
Pipestone Indian School
Pipestone
Minnesota
Oklahoma Public Schools
Cushing
Oklahoma
Flandreau Indian School
Flandreau
South Dakota
Sac and Fox Sanatorium
Nebraska Publicschools
Winnebago
Tama High School
Chiloco Indian School
Peace Tree dream spans schools nationwide
Dr. Barker of Harvey Iowa is 91 and sole survivor of 127 Central University at Pella volunteers. He champions a national Peace Tree in every schoolyard and recalls reciting the Sermon on the Mount at public events. Also noted are tax reform views on county fairs and the Kiwanis safety fleet success in reducing accidents. A list of prominent figures at the 1931 Iowa Teachers meeting and a Pioneer Railway Engineer Milo W Brown who died at 80 in Spirit Lake after a long career.
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Barker
Harvey
Marion County
Old Central University
Pella
Southland
United States
Milo W. Brown
Spirit Lake
la Plaza
Spencer
McGregor
Chamberlain
Town
Russia Exports Over Million Pounds Candy to United States
The first three months of this year show Russia shipping more than a million pounds of candy to the United States. Trade data indicates steady demand for Russian confections in the American market.
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United States
Hunters Say Half a Duck Kill Too Many This Year
Sportsmen note annual duck kills range from 12 to 15 million. This year they warn a kill of half that amount would still be excessive and unacceptable to many hunters.
Dairymen Report Solid Profits From Year of Higher Yields
Iowa dairy cow testing associations report stronger profits due to higher butterfat yields and lower feed costs. Records cover 102 associations in 78 counties with 48 203 cows in 2 577 herds. Average association cow produced 303 pounds butterfat, up from 269, while feed cost per pound fell to 18.5 cents. income above feed cost averaged $34 per cow. Highest butterfat per cow came from North Tama at 376.4 pounds. Clarke was second with 352.8. W D Mitchell Reinbeck led individual herds with 5741 pounds butterfat, followed by R C Wood Traer at 555.8. Improved feeding and culling boosted efficiency across many herds.
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Iowa
Dairy Extension Service
Iowa State College
North Tama Association
Clarke Association
W. D. Mitchell
Reinbeck
R. C. Wood
Traer
Humorous Newspaper Snippets From Advice Columns
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from era columns includes a self contained ad exchange, a quip about driving, a wife law joke, a sardonic traffic cop remark, a perfunctory praise line, an alibi for speeding, a rummage sale rush, and a Sunday school memory about evil spirits. The items showcase light humor and social quirks through brief dialogue and paired captions.
Arrival And Departure Of Mails In Monticello
Monticello post office schedules list train and star route timings. Trains from Cedar Rapids arrive 7 25 a m and depart 6 40 p m. Worthington train departs 9 45 a m and returns at 10 20 a m. Star routes show service with Oxford Junction and Dubuque, Cedar Rapids timings and daily arrivals and departures.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Worthington
Oxford Junction
Dubuque
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Plain bacon sandwiches can be made quickly when time is short and other fillings are unavailable. The kitchen should be kept for preparation and serving food, with laundering done elsewhere. Potatoes can remove mud spots from silks but leave starch residue on nonblack materials. Corn meal may replace part of flour in quick breads and cookies. adjust by dropping rather than rolling biscuits. Forty percent of US counties are bovine tuberculosis free, per USDA.
Real estate transfers reported in local records
Eva B Smith and husband transfer to L R Watters undivided west southwest and southwest in section 29-85-4 for 1.00 under sale contract. Clara Chatterton to Edith Kenner transfer of lot 16 block 3 Cronkhites add to Olin for 1.00. Harold Sanford to Ben Otten undivided interests in east 7-8 of southeast 4 and public highway area in northeast 36 part. cemetery excluded, 1.00. R BE Remington and wife to Earl Larson various parcels in 84-4 totaling 5.14 acres for 1.00. A B Miller and wife to James Cousins and Esther Cousins undivided west half and other parcels in sections 11 and 10-83-3 for 22 000 subject to two mortgages. Dwight B Dominy and wife to J T Conlin undivided one-half in northeast section 12-86-1 and west half and northeast southwest in 1-86-1 totaling 275 acres for 1 00. Lovell State Bank executor estate of John S McLees to Arthur Hugh executed northeast and northwest southeast in 20-86-4, 200 acres, 12 000. Lloyd P Robertson and wife to Mattie Lincoln undivided one-half in lot 25 block 8 subdivision A Skinner's add to Anamosa for 1.00.
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Eva B. Smith
L. R. Watters
Clara Chatterton
Edith Kenner
Cronkhite
Harold Sanford
Ben Otten
Remington
Earl Larson
A. B. Miller
James Cousins
Esther Cousins
Dwight B. Dominy
J. T. Conlin
Lovell State Bank
John S. McLees
Arthur Hugh
Lloyd P. Robertson
Mattie Lincoln
Skinner
Protecting Roses For Winter In Iowa Gardens
Iowa State College floriculture professor E. C. Volz advises light winter care for most roses to ensure spring blooms. Hybrid teas and baby ramblers can be mulched with earth raised around stems, leaves or litter, or dug and buried under soil and manure. climbers can be laid on ground and covered.
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Iowa
E. C. Volz
Iowa State College
July employment on highway work reaches 386659
The report notes that 386659 men were employed on federal and state highway projects in July. It adds that electricity offers a major heat source for hotbeds due to easy thermostat control.
Ventilating Shafts Improve Potato Bin Storage
For bulk stored potatoes the first weeks require ventilation. Install upright shafts 12x12 to 18x18 inches with 3 inch silat boards between 2 by 3 uprights, protruding above the pile, spaced 6 to 8 feet apart to vent heat and moisture and reduce storage rots.
Amusing Battle Trick Displayed in London Morning Post
A reader quote describes a clever trick with two matches in a match box. One match is fixed upright while the other is altered with a penknife to resemble a kiss when the heads meet and the middle is lit.
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Peter Shuple
London Morning Post
Hinris
Tenn
Ben Ace
Sahara
Detroit News
Landlocked Nations Listed by Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society notes 16 countries are landlocked with no sea coast. Europe counts eight landlocked states including Switzerland Hungary Czechoslovakia Andorra San Marino Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Switzerland pursues even more ambitious lines to offset its lack of sea access.
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National Geographic Society
Europe
Switzerland
Australia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Andorra
San Marino
Vlechtenstein
Luxembourg
Clock’s Electric Clock Reads Time by Flames in Baltimore
A new electric clock in Baltimore uses 16 lamps to tell time by red and white ashes, readable up to 20 miles away in good weather.
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Baltimore
Dilemma Over Weighing Series Ends Up In Irish Banter
Simple Flannigan and Hannigan argue about weights in a comic Irish exchange. Flannigan insists the series tops at 200 pounds though he suggests 250, Hannigan suggests trimming excess while Mannigan objects. Hannigan then improvises a plan to cut twice.
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Flannigan
Hannigan
Mannigan
Twilee
Kansas City
Old White House Gates Removed After Public–Traffic Need
The Office of Public Buildings and Grounds notes the gates on Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House grounds and the State War and Navy Building were erected in Grant's era to block the road at night. They were finally removed as they had served their purpose and hindered traffic.
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Office of Public Buildings and Grounds
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jackson Pinco
State, War and Navy
Grant
Improvement on Shaw lines noted during rehearsal
Ellen Terry rehearsed a Shaw play while B.S. watched from the wings. Shaw, greatly impressed, said Miss Terry was delivering the lines as he wished he had written them.
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Ellen Terry
B.S
Miss Terry
Shaw
Rapidity on the Wire Quadruplex Telegraphic System
A four channel telegraphic device designed by Thomas A. Bdtson in 1874 allows four messages to be sent and received over a single wire in two directions, enabling rapid transmission of electrical instruments and apparatus data.
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Thomas A. Bdtson
Umbrellas Guidance for Cleaning and Care
The article advises opening umbrellas periodically and scrubbing with warm suds containing some ammonia. Rinse with clear water and use Jet Dry while the umbrella remains open to finish.
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Lear
Thoroughbred Classification in Global Stud Books
Limited classification Thoroughbred applies only to the breed of running horses eligible for registration in major stud books such as the General Stud Book and American Stud Book, or equivalent lists in other countries. This note outlines eligibility and recognition standards across registries.
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Naghind
The Pastor Says Conjugation Comment in Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press quotes John Andrew Holmes asserting that some men cannot be conjugated except in the passive voice and in the subjunctive mood and future tense. The remark frames language as a metaphor for character or fate.
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John Andrew Holmes
Detroit Free Press
Neutrality as a Favored stance in the heart and action
The quotation from Charles Caleb Colton argues that true neutrality is rare in people even when outward behavior seems balanced. It contends hearts tend toward chosen loyalties, making genuine neutrality difficult to maintain.
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Charles Caleb Colton
The Eloquence of Court Etiquette in European History
A reminiscence on princess education stressing courtly tact and social rounds. Empress Augusta of Germany is highlighted for teaching graceful conversation as a key royal duty. The scene is set in Weimar palace gardens with the young princess practicing polite remarks to various courtiers.
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Ukety
Augusta
Germany
Weimaar
Guideposts of Stone Replace Wooden Road Posts In England
The article notes a shift from wooden to stone road guides in England. Stone markers are described as more durable and visible, matching driver eye level and not obstructing headlight width. They are portrayed as a landscape addition unlike current markers, which are harder to integrate.
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England
Widht
Synthetic wood from coal touted for furniture and more
Scientists suggest turning coal and plant matter into synthetic wood for furniture and various uses. The material would be durable, hard, and polish well, with abundant tropical vegetation as a potential supply.
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Tropics
Message on heart shaped stone found near Dover culvert
A damaged inscription on a heart shaped stone found near a culvert at Dover suggests a death message from May 1818. The carving titled Let be known it found Pim bleeding to death appears eroded and largely unreadable, with the surface occupied by the inscription.
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Dover
Ole
Pim
W. OF
Hhh Waters
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