Belt breaks as operator sleeps at Core farm
Cordova Iowa Aug 13 Mrs Coffin and children Paul and Ladd near Ames visit Merryman home. Several locals mentioned including Klyn family births and new operator Miss Anna Van Der Hart. Weather notes rain after a dry spell and threshing progress north of here. Community notices cover visits, sales, and school plans with multiple local names and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Iowa
Red Rock
Monroe
Here
Henry ‘Muilenbergs
Ggg
Rawleigh Johnson
Core
Templeton
Reese
Paul Cronkhite
Keep Cool Gentlemen and Double Language in Washington
Miss Ruth O'Brien of the Bureau of Home Economics in Washington advises men to shed coats collars and ties and wear light garments and sandals in the heat. The piece also highlights Washington's Maret School using two languages, plus a report on cotton nitrogen fertilizer yields showing a dollar spent returning over five dollars. It covers Cuban Japanese trade talks, Roosevelt’s Philippines appointment and political mood ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth O'Brien
Bureau of Home Economies
Washington
Iowa
Pennsylvania
France
Great Britain
Maret
Cuba
Orestes Ferrara
League of Nations
Japan
Havana
United States
Roosevelt
Hoover
Nicholas Roosevelt
Philippines
Philippine
Senate
Flipinos
Democratic Party
Farm Board
House
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Alabama
Tom Heflin
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Illinois
Jim Ham” Lewis
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Montana
Thomas J. Walsh
Daniel Steck
Dickinson
A Workless World Machines Vs Men
A stark analysis argues that mechanization across industries from steel to textiles and railways is displacing workers at an accelerating pace. It notes rising output with falling employment, cites 1920s data on wage earners, and suggests a long-term shift toward a workless world as machines replace human labor, impacting both blue and white collar jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Commerce
American Federation of Labor
United States
Mount Vernon
China
Local families take trips and visit relatives this week
Mrs John Weyerse and the Bas Andeweg and Jerry Hellinga households spent a week at Lake Okoboji returning Monday evening. Rev Gradus Vander Linden of Fulton Alabama visited N L Vander Linden family and relatives in the area. The Schakel party vacationed in Ellendale Minnesota at a lake resort. Gerald Paardekooper attended Victor Radios meeting at Fort Des Moines Hotel. The Korn and Wormhoudt families traveled to Davenport for a relatives visit. Vander Linden returned from Preston Minnesota. Lautenbach visited relatives ten days at his father Chas Lautenbach’s home. Thomassen family members from local city Tracy Harvey and Des Moines attended the Independent Grocers Alliance convention in Minneapolis with Paul Thomassen unable to go due to a family reunion. Curtis and Swank families made Des Moines trips and Prairie City visits for church dedication events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry Cronkhite
A. E. Cronkhite
Lloyd Powers
Roy
Harry
Callie Cronkhite
Dallas
Powers
Heneritta
Helen Buwalda
Pella
Barthlyn
Arnold Klyn
Klein
John Buwalda
Otley
John Robus
Fifield
Frazier
Monroe
Gerrit Klyn
Roy Karr
Madge
Ruth Hart
Indianola
Guerney Marquis
Pella Chronicle
van Rees
Henry Muilenberg
Core
Bert Bloom
Lilith Barker
Oskaloosa
Bussey
Bryan Karr
Albia
Murdy
R. M. Hart
Corda Karr
Majawa
Des Moines
John Weyerse
Bas Andeweg
Jerry Hellinga
Lake Okoboji
Harold Thomassen
City
Ed Thomassen
Tracy
Paul Thomassen
Harvey
Minneapolis
Minn
The
Independent Grocers Alliance
Ira N. Curtis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women of Farm Bureau
Gerrit van Veldhuizen
John Hart
Raymond
Pleasantville
Fred Lautenbach
Dave Verought
Insurance Agency
South Side Square
Hercules
Eveready
Cunningham
Buwalda Radio and
iPpliance
Kool Bldg
Newna
Aladdin
Nante Bros
Hardware Men
Messers, Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Congress
Gradus Vander Linden
Fulton, al
N. L. Vander Linden
Ross Schakel
Ellendale
Gerald Paardekooper
Victor Radio Dessers
Fort Des Moines
Bob Lautenbach
Chas. Lautenbach
Jake Swank
Prairie City
John Geurts
New Reformed Church
George Heeren
Washington Street
Miller & Splint
Mers
Wise Housewives
Korn CY Bakery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!