Interesting Iowa Question Puts Teacher Candidates To Test
The challenge asked to name Hoover cabinet members and their departments. The list includes State Henry Lewis Stimson, Treasury Andrew Mellon, War James Good, Justice William Mitchell, Post Office Walter Brown, Navy Charles Adams, Interior Ray Wilbur, Agriculture Arthur Hyde, Commerce Robert Lamont, Labor James Davis.
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Hoover
Iowa
Henry Lewis Stimson
Treasury
Andrew William Mellon
James William Good
William DeWitt Mitchell
Walter Folger Brown
Navy
Charrles Francis Adams
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Arthur M. Hyde
Robert Patterson Lamont
James John Davis
Timeframe changes for hunting of various birds and mammals
The new state law sets open seasons for wild fowl and other game including ducks geese brant rails sandpipers and shore birds from January 1 to September 16 and provides year round hunting for pheasants grouse quail and turkey with limits or exceptions. It also bans ferret use in hunting and shooting beaver mink otter or muskrat. In Sioux City district court the Alma St Amour murder case opens as Mary Nelson sues National Accident Society for 5000 over a hotel death. A hotel roomer is jailed then released and later committed for insanity.
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Albert
Alma St. Amour
Sioux City
Mary A. Nelson
Hancock
State Hospital
Miss Jeanette Jay Wins National Junior Trap Title
Waverly teen Miss Jeanette Jay, 16, captures the national junior women trap shooting crown at Vandalia Ohio’s Grand American Handicap. She competed in both the junior and senior divisions and finished within four thirds of the overall women’s title.
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Jeanette Jay
Waverly
Vandalia
Ohio
Lost railroad tag tied to Red Oak pioneer found
Ed Burris uncovered a metal tag from a Burlington freight car while unloading at the depot. The tag bore William Lewis of Red Oak and a Masonic emblem from Red Oak lodge No. 162 A F and A M. It was returned to relatives, prompting wonder if Lewis lost it years ago.
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Red Oak
William Lewis
Burlington Railroad
Ed Burris
Burlington Freight Depot
Red Oak Lodge No. 162
A. F
A. M
Burris
Lewis
Lorenz Declared Tama County Supervisor By Two Vote Margin
The official count shows Lorenz of Gladbrook winning the Tama County supervisor seat by two votes over Dodd of Traer after excluding three non resident Traer teachers whose votes would have given Dodd a one vote win. The district court rejected those votes as illegal.
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Tama
Dodd
Traer
Lorenz
Gladbrook
Lightning rod survey shows higher losses for unrodded Iowa buildings
A U.S. Weather Bureau three year survey in Iowa found 28 rodded buildings burned and 403 unrodded buildings destroyed by lightning. The rodded value was $87,079 versus $1,060,668 for unrodded properties. Ro dded buildings about half the state, with destruction chances of 1 percent versus 57 percent for unrodded.
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United States Weather Bureau
Iowa
Rural school program set for American Country Life confab
The twelfth American Country Life conference at Iowa State College runs October 17 to 20 with Agnes Samuelson chairing the rural school section. The meetings target superintendents teachers boards and parents and feature informal discussions and speakers including Geo Selke B Hopkins John Callahan and A Fullmer on vocational education.
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Iowa State College
Agnes Samuelson
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Geo. Selke
State Normal School
St. Cloud
Minn
B. ©. Hopkins
Parent-Teachers’ Association
John Callahan
Madison
Wis
A. Fullmar
Educa
Lincoln pioneers and Katherine Cook cited on vocational education
The article notes a Lincoln, Nebraska figure as a pioneer and leading authority on vocational education and references Mrs. Katherine Cook of the United States Bureau of Education.
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Tion
Lincoln
Neb
Katherine Cook
United States Bureau of Education
Black Walnut Tree Planted by Sanford Chambers Near McPaul
In Fre mont county near McPaul a black walnut tree planted by eight year old Sanford Chambers 73 years ago now stands with Mr Chambers at 81. The stately tree bears a wagon box of nuts biennially and he has refused offers to cut it for lumber.
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McPaul
Fremont County
Sanford Chambers
Mr. Chambers
Mexican Rail Worker Dies After Malaria in Grinnell
John Contreras a Mexican worker for Rock Island at Kellogg died of malaria after being incomprehensible to rescuers. Interpreted by Tony Torres of Iowa State Utility, Contreras had lived in the U S two years and was 36. Survived by wife and three children in Caparcho Mexico. Funeral at St Marys Grinnell conducted by Father M J Hannon. Rock Island paid all medical and funeral costs.
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John Contreras
Rock Island Railway
Kellogg
Grinnell
Tony Torres
Iowa State Utility Company
Torres
United States
Caparcho
Mexico
St. Mary's Catholic Church
M. J. Hannon
Missouri River improvements eyed to reach Sioux City
War department plans to make the Missouri navigable by next year with nine contractors and six thousand workers. A Betsy Ann steamer voyage from Pittsburgh to St Paul via Ohio and Mississippi promises an old-time thrill, stopping at Iowa points. Iowa built Betsy Ann at Dubuque under Captain Frederick Way Jr.
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Sioux City
Missouri River
Iows
War Department
Missouri
Mississippi River
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
St. Louis
Iowa Points
St. Paul
Mississippi
Iowa
Dubuque
Frederick Way, Jr
Eagles Captured After Nest Found Near Cedar Rapids
Fay ette county resident O P Stoehr contacted Bever Park custodian after Cedar Rapids authorities received two young bald eagles captured by Philman Larson of Elgin. Larson kept them despite migratory bird protections and feared local poultry losses. The adults had threatened livestock all summer, prompting removal to the park collection.
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Cedar Ranlds
Philman Larson
Elgin
Fayette County
Mr. Larson
O. P. Stoehr
Knoxville Dog Rides Train to Des Moines and Back
A friendly dog owned by Thomas Wertz of Knoxville wandered onto the C B and Q depot crowd for the Des Moines train during a state fair rush. Passengers recognized the dog and he rode to Des Moines with the train, was fed by staff, and returned home that evening, subdued and unknown to the Wertz family until the next day.
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Thomas Vertz
Knoxville
Des Moines
Wertz
Donley
Grinnell Factory Ships Gloves for War Dept
Morrison-Ricker glove factory at Grinnell to supply 59 468 pairs of gloves for the war department. First shipment by October 10. Total contract worth 100 000 dollars. Soldiers uniforms to switch to cloth of no blue color to match blue-gray gloves. State fair to go down in history with record attendance and about 50 000 dollar profit. Estimated expenses 325 090, receipts 375 000, with remaining funds for improvements and a rainy day reserve next year.
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Morrison-Ricker
Grinnell
War Department
Armour company details in Towa leadership and operations
F Edson White, president of Armour & Company, Chicago, outlines Towa activity noting one packing plant seven creameries four other production units and three of its 450 branch houses. He notes 1355 residents of Towa are stockholders including 314 employees owning preferred stock and a total active operating personnel of 1612 in Towa.
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F. Edson White
Armour Company of Chicago
Towa
Armour & Co
Dangers of Sheep Dying On Their Backs Explained
The article explains a peculiar death method in sheep known as dying on their backs. It describes how a sheep rolled onto its back with legs up fails to flip over, abdominal gas buildup suffocates, and the animal may later be helped if turned to its stomach before unconsciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilfillan
Atlantic Monthly
Dying Wedding Superstitions Linger in Britain
A British authority notes slow decline of wedding superstitions. Couples still avoid Friday ceremonies and the thirteenth day or month. The color green, once avoided for wedding dresses, is more commonly worn though considered unlucky by some.
Destruct. locusts misnamed cicadas in 17 year cycle
A damaged sketch explains that the so called 18 year cicadas are not locusts but a grasshopper type described as a 17 year periodical locust. It notes a large insect about an inch and a half long with orange abdomen and six reddish legs, four clear wings, and a life cycle with most years underground as larvae.
Fiendly Enemy in Vergil Hinting at Treacherous Aid
The piece notes the phrase Greeks bearing gifts from Vergil and Trojan war lore. It explains the ruse of the wooden horse and the fall of Troy. The lesson is to fear enemies who seem friendly.
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Cifts
Vergil
Avni
Roy
Troy
Dad's Dilemma Reflects Old Time Family Talk
Quote from a Kansas City Star exchange shows Jenks asking Bing about family health and humor about parenting at tricky ages. A father laments choosing slang or proper speech to avoid upsetting his wife and confusing children.
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Jenks
Bing
MiMenk
Kansas City Star
Sparrows Arrive in 1850 Brooklyn By Nicholas Pike
In 1850 Hon. Nicholas Pike of Brooklyn imported the first English sparrows to the United States eight pairs of them. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ponders whether Pike saw in these birds a tool for torment or a bid to settle scores with Brooklyn.
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Nicholas Pike
Brooklyn
Nicholas
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Grit and Focus in a Founder’s Jump Between Jobs
The piece advises stability and perseverance over frequent job hopping. It cautions that moving often exposes one to varied scenery but not true success. Stay with a job long enough to learn its core rhythm and build real progress.
Superstitions Persist Among London Schoolchildren
A London survey finds children still embrace superstitions amid wartime fears. Blue beads are worn to ward off illnesses and forty percent are addicted to various amulets to protect against evil.
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London
Gyro Stabilizers Aid Yachts Against Sea Sickness
New York reports four newly under construction yachts to be fitted with Sperry stabilizers to combat ship roll. Sperry describes the device as a rotating rotor that counters roll via precession, a force as strong as Gibraltar and essential to keep ships upright.
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New York
Sperry Gyrecoope Company
Brooklyn
Sperry
Jokknife minister preaches with wood block at Salem cross
Gilbert Lane of West Peabody known as the jokknife minister for using a block of wood as a text. He conducts sermons from a railroad crossing shanty serving Boy Scouts and others, whittling paper knives as his craft. His famous blades are reportedly used by President Cootidze and Governor Fuller Henry Ford and Edgar A. Guest.
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Salem
Mass
Gilbert BE
Lane
West Peabody
Newburyport
Poston & Maine
Cootidze
Fuller Henry Ford
Edgar A. Guest
Tombs of Sacred Bulls Sought in Egypt
Cairo reports the Egyptian Excavation society targets burial sites near Arment fourteen miles south of Sarxor. Earlier in January last year W. B. Emery found the burial places of Egypts Buehi bulls. New digs proceed under Dr Frankfort and British Museum officials with plans to extend at the old City of Akhnatan.
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Cairo
Egypt
Egyptian Excavation Society
Arment
Sarxor
Emery
Doctor Frankfort
British Museum
Akhnatan
Smith College riders fined for sidewalk cycling
In Northampton Massachusetts Miss Constance Peterson of St. Louis was fined five dollars for bicycling on sidewalks. The article notes bicycle riding is popular among Smith College students but sidewalks are off limits.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Constance
Peterson
St. Louis
Sun and Moon Alignment Suggested as Earthquake Cause in El Salvador
National Weather Bureau officials proposed that the sun and moon positions may help trigger a sequence of earthquakes shaking the country. They cautioned that other factors could produce the same effect, noting uncertainty in the cause.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Nutiona Weather Bureau
Telephone Tynes Who Deserve No Quarter
A Kansas City Times item catalogues a comically irksome caller type, detailing traits from wrong-number calls to long weather chats and dramatic farewells. The prose sketches a parade of telephone habit oddities, from habitual busy signals to pretended distance and silent whispers.
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Telephone
Tynes
Kansas City Times
Monkey with putty nose joins London Zoo in odd display
London Times reports a new putty-nosed monkey from the African Gold Coast at the London Zoo. The article notes its tail circulation weakness, sensitivity to cold, and peculiar use of cold storage tabs and red ointment, with donor Mr. Woodward of Sekondi Medical Research Institute named.
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London Zoo
Gold Coast
Bay of Biscay
England
Mr. Woodward
Medical Research Institute
Sekondi
London
Indian Decoration Day Observed by Yukon River Tribes
An annual Decoration Day along the lower Yukon celebrates deceased ancestors. Fifteen families from Nulato and nearby villages travel to Royurak Alaska to erect houses over graves, repaint old mausoleums, and renew food and drink offerings for the spirits. Each western Alaskan Indigenous group uses distinct rites to honor the departed.
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Yukon River
Nulato
Royurak
Alaska
Whales Claim Brain Size Crown at English Congress
At a natural science congress in England, Prof. W Weypundt argued the whale holds the largest brain, refuting the idea that whales elephants and humans share the largest brain. He cited a 7,000 gram brain as emblematic and noted human brains average 1,140 to 1,460 grams in men and 1,140 to 1,840 in women.
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Congress of Natural Science
England
W. Weypundt
Home and memory in a city life
A reflective piece on the meaning of home framed as a hidden alabaster box of precious memories and fragrant hopes. The passage muses on how daily routines, distant travels, and the years weave a sentimental map around a safe city street corner and a house.
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Thonghy
Drake's Drum and the Warning Sound in Wartime Lore
A fragmented note describes Drake's Drum and a booming sound believed to awaken the people to danger. It mentions a claim that a notable figure sought to alert the public amid a war, with reference to an event on the night of August 4 1914.
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Tevend
Drake
Mischievous Child Moves Toward Front in Class
A kindergarten pupil hurried toward the front of the room as the teacher briefly left the room. The child asked what was happening and replied that love was coming up front to see if everyone was good.
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Dames
Liberia's Founding and Population in Early Republic Notes
The article states Liberia is entirely of African descent with about 100000 coastal dwellers deemed civilized and 20000 American negroes among its population. It notes founding in 1822 by freedmen aided by American societies, declares independence on July 26 1847, and its US style constitution. Election rules require negro blood and land ownership.
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Liberia
Monrovia
United States
American Colonization Societies
Ita
Yale Football Song Origin Traced to South Sea Tune
The Yale football song Boala Boala was introduced in 1901 by Albert unt Marckwald after hearing it in the South Sea islands. It began as a native ditty sung by locals and was adopted by students, later becoming a group and football song with music by Allan Mortimer Hirsh.
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Yale
Albert Unt Marckwald
South Sea Islands
Marckwald
Allan Mortimer Hirsh
Detroit News
Wife Seeks Help for Sleepwalking Husband Threatening Escape
A young Los Angeles wife writes that her husband sleepwalks at night, often tries to climb out the window, carries clothes to the porch, and makes her anxious and short of breath. She asks for advice on handling this troubling behavior.
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Los Angeles Express
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Warren Studer
Dean Tedrow
Elfreda Oltman
Ruth Adams
Helen Havitchek
Clare Adams
Virginia Meter
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Robert Jacque
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Ralph Netcott
Loren Wenger
Gerald Schoon
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Helen Reitchart
Paul Allen
Glenn Lambert
Paul Black Lloyd Taylor
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Mary Ellen Wismeter
Virginia Matthiessen
Shirley Hoag
Loretta Specht
John Ehits
Margaret Deischer
Wilbur Doxsee
Margaret Fox
Leonard Kennedy
Esther Reuter
James Farley
Royal Rodman
John Gerrets
Wayne Jones
Frances Kehoe
William Mardorf
Robert Schneider
Eugene DeWitt
Helen Heath
Leonard Bader
Bernard Ohe
Arnold Oeschger
Tim Thomas
Carl Renk
Avert Kiburz
Pauline Cramer Wilma Helgens
Leslie Boner
Edna May Crane
Eugene Retchart
Geneva Loomis
Elmer Stutt
Wanda Ely
Cyril Albany
Alfred Fitzsimmons
Bud Denkhoff
Frances Ellen Bone
John Efleen
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Donald Purcell
Harry Dierks May
Susan Sharp
Leon Taylor Wilma Montes
Lucille George Grace Hutton
Lyle Uhr
Frances Supple
Vincent Simmons Trene Billick Berdena Brockhohn
Clara Prull
Mildred Bartlett
Esther Casa
Raymond Schiemme
Maurice McNeilly
Anna MecDaniels
Donald Nordman
Geo. Stuhlers
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