Local residents visited by relatives and travel notes
Local news lists residents hosting and visiting relatives from various states and cities. Names include Ordwell Burr Youngstown Ohio and Mackentgomery Fremont Iowa, with several traveling to and from Des Moines Linden Wash Plainview Texas and Corsica S D. The piece notes a near collision during a Curtis return trip and mentions a radio announcement about a round the world flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dean
Des Moines
Dean
Ira N. Curtis
Keokuk's Oldest Town Hosts Gala Homecoming
Keokuk county's Richland, the oldest town, celebrated a three day homecoming drawing thousands. The event featured amusements, community singing, band music, addresses by notable men and various rounds of pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Keokuk County
Burned by Exploding Gasoline In Oskaloosa Ford Tank
Marvin Beaiquet of Oskaloosa and his brother were filling a Ford gas tank when it exploded suddenly. Beaiquet suffered severe burns to hands and face as burning gasoline scorched the car and the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Beaiquet
Oskaloosa
Mr. Beaiquet
Pastor Returns to Editor's Desk in Whiting Iowa
On September 1 Reverend E. L. Patterson, pastor of the Deep River Methodist church, will quit the pastorate to enter the newspaper business. He has purchased a Whiting Iowa newspaper and will issue his first publication this week. Patterson is a practical printer who helped with floor work at Montezuma's Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Patterson
Methodist
Deep River
Patterson
Whiting
Iowa
Sioux City
Montezuma
Republican
Eddyville Family In Auto Accident
The Ernest Pickerell family was injured when their car was struck on the Bescon detour route from Oskaloosa to Eddyville on August 18. All were shaken up and bruised. son Bobby initially feared internal injuries but was released after examination at Abbott hospital and sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pickerell
Oskaloosa
M. K. Pickerell
Eddyville
Pickerell
Bescon
Bobby
Abbot Hospital
Lovilia Woman Kills Large Rattlesnake in Yard
Mrs. Matilda Clemons, 80, of Lovilia, killed a 24 inch diamondback rattlesnake in her yard. The snake had three rattlers and the incident was not unusual for her, as she recalled during her Senly days when she killed many such reptiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Clemons
Lovilia
Clemons
Prohibition Support Centered in Local Weeklies
Press editorials praise constructive anti liquor work from village papers to national scope. The piece notes small town editors, many also publishers, backing prohibition since the eighteenth amendment, and argues weekly papers resist fees and enforcement challenges, aiding the movement nationwide.
Sensational aerial act at Southern Iowa Fair
Attendees at the Southern Iowa Fair in Oskaloosa start Saturday will witness the Bach sisters and Company perform sensational aerial gymnastics on a high steel apparatus. The act features three performers, one on a steel upright, one supporting with teeth, and another handling dangerous feats, touted as among the country’s best aerial exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Bach Sisters
Grim Reaper
Bad Sisters
Proof of Will Notice in Knoxville Iowa 1929
Notice on file with the Clerk of District Court Merion County Iowa announces a last will and testament of George Liter deceased. Hearing before the Clerk on September 9 1929 at Knoxville office. All interested parties may be heard. Walter Kester Clerk. August 9 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Merion County
George Liter
Knoxville
Walter Kester
Facts for Farmers booklet highlights pest control methods
The snippet notes a U S Department of Agriculture issued 1600-F bulletin on feeding dairy cattle and branding. It mentions roaches’ limited redeeming trait of eating bedbugs and cites chemical controls like sodium fluoride or sodium fluosificate to eliminate roaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Ment of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
U. S Department of Agriculture
Harness and livestock care tips from old agricultural notes
The fragment discusses animal husbandry and harness quality, noting heavy fleece effects on yield and the need for strong, well-made gear. It mentions United States production figures, butterfat outputs, and warns against weak reins and faulty harness components that could fail under heavy work.
Unclear OCR note on food mix and supplies
Fragmentary OCR text references malts meal corn meal cottonshed and weights. Mentions supplements and comments about a department. Lacks coherent actions, dates, or entities.
Self cleaning screens cut wheat losses, says department
A government agricultural note describes a self cleaning screen system for grain handling. The device uses agitating racks to reduce dockage and Shreshing time, improving efficiency in wheat processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. Department of ‘Agriculture
Unclear OCR fragment on livestock and weed seed control
Fragmentary text mentions rye, livestock, and weed seed concerns. No clear event, date, or entities. The readable lines reference rye, livestock, ground processing, and weed seed spread, but the meaning is obscured by garbled OCR.
Incomplete OCR Item About Maude Missing Details
Fragments indicate a reference to Maude with a height red description but no clear actions, dates, places, or entities. The readable text lacks verifiable facts to form a complete news item or card teaser.
Wife Echoes Of Elder Sister And First Husband
A fragment contrasts a wife with the speaker’s eldest sister and her first husband. The lines imply a surprising similarity in manner or appearance between the wife and the sister, as well as to the sister’s former spouse, inviting interpretation of likenesses across relationships.
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Ordwell Burr
Youngstown
Ohio
Mackentgomery
Fremont
Lynn Fat Pea
Sylvia van Damselaar
William de Witt
Prairie City
Ly van Lures
Iberty Street
Mrs
Abe Notenboom
Linden
Wash
Gerrit Pethoven
Denver
Chronicle
L. C. Gibbs
Lund
H. H. Sadler
A van Houweling
Plainview
Texas
Carl van Houweling
G. L. McNiven
Aledo
The
Baptist Church
E. V. Goad
East Fratz Street
John Reuvers
John van Roekel
Mr. van Roekel
Sheldon
J. H. Reuvers
Rev. G. Vander Linden
Fulton, Ill
Ira Kleinson
Durant
Keokuk
United States
Sentimasa Plains
Brest H. Chere
Langue
Pon
Cherfineton
Rete Eh
Alwa
Pioneer
Wu Sunico
Sunico
Armco
Peckatg Af
Weilepe
United
Sis Abd Bant
Maude
Els Peeeee Ice Voor
Palla
U. S
Pella High School
Biology
Pella Public Schools
F. M. Frush
Louis
Pella High
Yourself
Pella Public School
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