Dodge Pre Award Winners In Dodge Brothers Contest
C C Michael of Colorado Springs wins $1000 first prize in a nationwide slogan contest for the Victory Six. More than 84000 slogans were submitted, with winners announced after judging by company officials. Second prize goes to F R Shoemaker of Erie Pennsylvania, two women tie for third, and numerous other prizes are awarded through seventh place. The contest ran from March 1 to March 31 and attracted broad participation nationwide.
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Dodge Brothers
C. C. Michael
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Michael
Canada
Victory
F. R. Shoemaker
Erie
W. R. Price
Carson
Washington
Florence M. List
Bay City
Michigan
E. G. Wilmer
John R. Lee
H. J. New
W. M. Purves
C.C. Michael
F.R. Shoemaker
Carson, Wash
Florence List
Mich
Bill the Fireman and the Blazing Riderless Car
A letter recalls Bill rushing to a fire in a riderless car and dousing flames with water. The owner arrives and blasts Bill for selfish motives, denying him the repair job. The anecdote ends with caution to rely on Bill in future fires.
Lone Man Found Dead Near Dallas
Samuel B. Clark a 68 year old bachelor living in Dallas was found dead in bed on Saturday morning cause given as heart trouble. He resided in a room of his home with a family living in the rest of the house. Neighbors and his brother discovered the body after the family reported him missing from the prior night. County coroner Dr. F M Roberts said no inquest was necessary. Clark was said to have lost money in farming and other deals in 1918 and led a nearly recluse life. A brother and sister survived him.
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County News Service
Samuel B. Clark
Dallas
Clark
Phinip
Phipps
Mr. Clark
F. M. Roberts
Speer Urges 100000 Doctors for Christian Lands
Dr. Robert E. Speer told the Student Volunteer Convention in Detroit that 100,000 new physicians are needed in Christian lands. He warned that China has at most 1,500 competent doctors, nine-tenths of whom are in a few large cities, with only a handful outside those hubs.
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Detroit
Robert E. Speer
China
Baptist Standard Reports Named Enemies of Christianity
A Baptist Standard article notes 19th century concerns as a Persian audience is urged to seek qualified physicians for ten million people. The piece labels modern threats as scientific agnosticism, material determinism, political fascism, and moral iconoclasm in non Christian lands.
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Persia
Baptist. Standard
Passenger Bus Schedule Through Prairie City Monroe and Oskaloosa
The timetable lists four round trips daily with three trips converging at Monroe for Knoxville. Special round trip rates apply between all stations. Pella to Des Moines departures show 12:40 p m and 4:68 p m, while Des Moines to Pella runs at 7:45 a m 8 m 11 Abanny Ael8 BB a Pm. Travel times vary with Des Moines to Pella taking one hour fifty minutes and Oskaloosa to Pella forty minutes. All daytime buses connect at Monroe with Knoxville line. through service runs to Ottumwa via Oskaloosa.
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Oskaloosa
Pella
Monroe
Knoxville
Ottumwa
Howell Westbound Limited and Local Passenger Times
A timetable lists trains between Des Moines Ottumwa and Keokuk with westbound and local passenger numbers. It notes freight deadlines, limited service, and Harvey stop times, plus alternate arrival windows for local freights 70 and 71. Chronicle want ads bring results.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Don
Howel
Ita
Harvey
Howell
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