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Newspaper
Oxford Leader
Location
Oxford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
2
Oxford Leader runs subscription rates and local notices from area residents. Reports rich in names including Geo Grauer Jr and family, Virgil Harker, F J Scanlon, Pauling Obermueller, Vera Mackey, and Costa couples. Includes wedding details, house for sale near Catholic church, and local business ads.
The state board of control reports progress on the state use plan by expanding at Anamosa and Fort Madison. A new modern factory for automobile license plates rises at Anamosa while aluminum machines join the tin shop there. Shoe and tailor shops grow, a cheese factory starts, and a dining room table department adds to the Fort Madison chair factory.
Miss Elsie Novak youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Novak of near Oxford Iowa wed Mr Lewis Janko of Cedar Rapids Iowa on a Tuesday in December. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple will reside on the groom’s farm near Swisher Iowa.
Rolla Bowman placed a lighted lantern under the Ford radiator to prevent freezing. The lantern ignited surroundings, waking him when neighbors raised the alarm. Fire spread before help arrived, destroying the building and its contents. No insurance details provided.
At Manning on December 19, the grand champion Aberdeen Angus bull from the International Stock Show sold for 10000 to a San Francisco breeder. Bal Marshall 6th, a son of the same sire, brought 2700 from Purdue University, with the bull sold as the next highest price.
A boy near Leon set fire to a hollow tree sheltering a rabbit. The smoldering tree fell onto a railroad track at night and a fast train struck it, tearing off a baggage car door and shattering many windows. The train stayed on the tracks, and no derailment occurred.
A midnight attempt to crack the Farmers Lumber Co. office safe left heavy crow bar marks and a broken window. A tramp who sought lodging and left town early was suspected, but no definite clues were available as press time.
The Leadr office advertises available items including envelopes typewriting paper carbon paper bundles of old newspapers cotton wrapping twine tissue paper cardboard and Kodak films at standard prices. It invites customers to develop and buy films at the Leader office.
Last Tuesday night thieves pried a window, broke a lock, and blew the depot safe, taking only a few dollars and valuable papers from the money drawer. By 8:30 a.m. Wednesday they moved to the elevator, breached a window, but did not take much. The gang allegedly looted Conesville businesses as well, per Lone Tree Reporter.
Des Moines proposes to host the 1926 Grand Army of the Republic national encampment following the 1922 success. Iowa lawmakers may appropriate funds and issue a concurrent resolution inviting the national gathering to Des Moines, Iowa’s capital city, after extensive hospitality and decorations.
Des Moines welcomed the Custer Battlefield Highway markers led by W D Fisher official of the group. The trail now runs from Des Moines through Ames Webster City Fort Dodge Storm Lake LeMars to Sioux Falls and beyond to Glacier National Park. Total cost 27000 with each marker on its own post. The route crosses the Big Sioux near Canton South Dakota. A separate seed company employs many locals and claims strong crop income for farmers including Norwegians making significant money this year.
Roland Iowa remains resilient amid the depression with a thriving creamery paying steady money to farmers. The town also hosts a large poultry plant and a sizable canning factory producing sweet corn.
John Tomash quips that some men look cheap by how they act while a magazine asks if a man can love more than one woman at once. Our reply appears in the Oxford Leader as a lighthearted advertisement for local publicity.
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