Robbins Brothers Circus Claims Largest Elephant Cemetery
Des Moines based Robbins Brothers, wintering at Granger, claims the world’s largest elephant cemetery with nine buried elephants. Fred Buchanan notes the circus employs 500 on road and trains acts at least partly in the state fair pavilion. Other items include Drake Stadium expansion plans, a donated tower clock, and local business updates across Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Buchanan
Robbins Brothers Famous
Buchanan
Granger
Robbins
State Fair Grounds
Robbins Bros.’ Circus
United States
World's champion horseshoe star earns second title at Lake Worth
Eldora in Hardin county is home to the world's champion horseshoe pitcher who secured his second title at the Lake Worth Florida world tournament. Mrs. C A Lanham of Bloomington Illinois won the women's championship again. Moss man suffered only two defeats in fifty five games. C C Davis of Cleveland finished second with forty five wins ten losses. Frank Jackson of Kellerton Iowa placed third with forty two wins thirteen losses. Decorah ministers urge church attendance with a local ad urging people to go to church every Sunday and make it a rule thereafter.
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Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Charles Fasoldti
Philadelphia
Albany
New York
City Hall
State House
Independence Hall
Charles Fasoldt
Dudley F. Fasoldt
Eldora
Hardin County
Lake Worth
Florida
C. A. Lanham
Bloomington
Illinois
Mossman
Mrs. Lanham
C. C. Davis
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Jackson
Kellerton
Iowa
Decorah
Winneshiek County
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J. W. Jarnagin
N. M. Leonard
Waukee
Dallas County
E. J. Leonard
Fort Morgan
Colorado
Leonard
Colorado Farm Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
Missouri
Indiana
Drake University
Greater Des Moines
Drake
L. E. Goode
Bloomfield
Davis County
Europe
Florence
Louise Wyatt
Alden H. Wyatt
Knoxville
Marion County
Benjamin Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Little Miss Wyatt
Colonial Dames
First Families of
Virginia
Eee
S. C. Sonnichsen
Iowa Board of Vocational Education
Woodstock
Woodstock Typewriter CO
W. Monroe
St. cHienen
Ray Collins
High Avenue
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Axminster
Chelsea
Oppenheimer-Alsop Co
Furniture Department
Oskaloosa
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