Corn Sugar Industry Aimed Across Iowa Towns
Local paper notes growing interest in corn sugar factories, with Denison and Missouri Valley expressed as targets. Discusses centralization fears, comparing to loss of small flour mills, and urges farmer-minded thinking. Mentions Fred W. Bemis's goal of 100 bushels per acre and youth farming efforts.
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Hawkeye X-Ray
Cincinnati Review
Glenn Reed
Lydia Blosser
Romaine Dever
Ida Mace
Edna Ballaw
Hazel Brock
Nan Dever
Beatrice Eby
Unionville
Legion Hall
Kenneth Crawley
Vern Moss
Phillis Bair
Agnes Moore
Frank Harrison
Callie Ogden
Iowa
Denison
Missouri Valley
Fred W. Bemis
Polk County
Must Be Jea Angry or THE WEATHER MAN SANG- PARTLY CLOUDY
The fragment mentions weather forecasting with partly cloudy expectations and possible hail sleet and cloud bursts alongside a political musing on easing burdens for farmers and their wives. The source text is unclear and partially garbled.
Local man’s quip on land and debts game
A local man jokes that taking the country from the Indians was wrong but giving it back as is would be a meaner trick. The exchange, framed as a dialogue about debts, uses humor to critique historical actions.
Diner Mix Up Sparks Haste and Woolly Justice Quip
A diner complains the roast beef tastes like mutton after a waiter admits delivering another customer s pork by mistake. Squire Cole jokes that Justice is blind because everyone pulls the wool over her eyes.
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Squire Cole
The Absent-Minded Man Comes Back Silent
A joke item notes the most absent-minded man finally found, then vanishes again after borrowing his visitor’s hat and overcoat. Other quips poke at scientists, clink en beard, and Austin Stuckey’s take on Henry Ford’s childhood.
Overdue Visitor Seeks Piano Through Furniture Sale
A boy reports a man downstairs asking to see his mother about furniture, the mother tells him to have a chair and will come shortly, then the boy reveals the visitor came for the piano. The exchange hints at a domestic scene revolving around household items and an informal sale.
Unusual white crow sighting in Unionville crowd
Residents and visitors gathered Tuesday to view a white crow brought to Unionville by William Packard. The bird resembled a crow in form and call but was white with dark patches. It, and a likely mate, were reportedly trapped near Graysville by Ed Huller and Manual Bay's son, seen together with ordinary crows through the fall. The dead bird resembled a crow in shape and action despite its color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Packard
Manual Bay
Graysville
Ed Huller
Unionville
Propiteering in Homeless Boys Campaign Calls Prominent Backers
National focus on Father Flanagan's effort to stop profiteering in homeless boys. He seeks support from former orphans like Babe Ruth and Benjamin Kulp, aims to introduce bills nationwide, and urges orphanages to join a coordinated campaign across states and Congress.
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E. J. Flanagan
Pather Flenagan
Ornalin
Father Flanagan
Congress
Babe Ruth
Benjamin Kulp
Chicago
Official Officers Buck Jones and Neptune’s Stepdaughter
A period film note lists Buck Jones in a blazing cowboy tale with fast trails and a comedy Neptune’s Stepdaughter. Jean Hen sholt leads a comedy role in a jazz drama presented with Pathe News brief.
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Jean Hensholt
Mack Offers Harness Making and Repair Services
Mack is working making and repair ing harnesses and repair work. If you want harness or repair work get it done at once.
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Mack
Father Flanagan's Boys Home cares for 1800 boys in eight years
Catholic Orphanage in St Paul Kansas City Roxbury Detroit Tampa and Chicago homes are listed as examples of care. Father Flanagan's Boys' Home is a national non sectarian institution that has cared for more than 1,800 boys during the past eight years.
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St. Paul
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