Gutenberg Bible Sells For Fifty Thousand At Auction
The first movable type printed book, the Gutenberg Bible, sold for $50,000 at the public auction of the late Robert Hoe library. Henry E. Huntington of Los Angeles bought the book, setting a record price. The sale surpassed the previous $20,000 record, with the Bible printed between 1450 and 1455.
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New York
Henry E. Huntington
Los Angeles
Robert Hoe
Bernard Sauritch
England
Hoa
Neighbors and poultry group news from the farm era
Housekeeping tips advise cleaning and oiling stoves for summer storage and wrapping. garden hose use for blankets and rugs. a note warns moving to town loses longstanding neighbors. Western state poultry raisers form the Midwest Poultry Association to publish The Golden Egg journal in Des Moines, aiming at practical guidance for ordinary poultry keepers.
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Council Blaffe
Midwest Poultry Association
Assorciation
Des Moines
Tennessee Colony man builds primitive corn mill
Bud Drain, a Tennessee immigrant in Marion county, crafted a crude stone corn mill from drift-boulders with a gasoline engine. He labored eight hours daily from November to February and plans to display the mill during Old Home Week, praising its ability to produce real meal despite its primitive design.
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Bud Drain
Marion County
Tennessee
Budd
Southern Hills
Iowa
Drain
Rye
Denmark Academy to become rural high school voting on takeover
Keokuk Iowa May 1 Denmark Academy the state's oldest school is slated to lose its private academy status and be open to a public takeover in Lee county. Faced with dwindling endowment support the community will vote on whether to convert the institution into a public high school. Founded 1843 by Father Turner it educated thousands under long time leaders Henry Edson and wife earning a strong reputation.
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Keokuk
Denmark Academy
Lee County
Turner
Towa
Iowa
Miers
Andover
Henry K. Edson
Edson
Thomas McClelland
Tabor
H. C.:adams
Michigan University
C.K. Adams
Cornell University
Denmark
Witty Fragments From May Farm Journal
A humorous collection from May Farm Journal presenting puns and witticisms on words, taxes, cats, marriages, and more. It blends aphorisms about truth, travel, restraint, and everyday life with playful wordplay about harvests, mining, and cooking.
Free trips awarded in Acre Corn Growing Contest
Iowa boys in Story Dallas Polk Madison Warren and Marion counties can win free trips to Washington and Des Moines as prizes in the Acre Corn Growing Contest. Statewide winners include a boy with the best corn record and a girl with the best Domestic Science work. Mothers may also win trips, with additional prizes from Des Moines newspapers and the Des Moines Commercial Club offering Des Moines and Ames side trips for county winners.
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Iowa Seventh Congressional District
Story
Dallas
Polk
Madison
Warren
Marion
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Prouty
Iowa State College
Ames
S. F. Prouty
Seventh
Acre
Iowa Boys and Girls Club
Washington
William Galloway Co
Waterloo
Acre Corn Growing Contest Enrollment Card 1911 Iowa
Enrollment card for the Acre Corn Growing Contest under the Town Boys and Girla Club. It urges members to select an acre plot, obtain top seed corn, begin growing, and mail the form to the Extension Department in Ames, Iowa, with a birthday month and county details.
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Iowa Boya and Girls Club
Iowa
Ames
Towa Boys and Girla Club
Extension Department
Colfax Father Seeks Missing 16Yearold Daughter’s Abductor
Hazel Haning the 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Haning eloped with a married man named Houts who helped organize a lodge of Tigers a fraternal society. They were spotted in Des Moines applying for a license but escaped capture. Haning chased clues to Waterloo and a northern Minnesota town, where Houts reportedly has a wife and child. The father continues pursuit with community sympathy.
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Colfax
Houts
Tigers
Eagles
Hazel
William Haning
Des Moines
Haning
Waterloo
Rascal
Minnesota
Mr. Haning
Porter's shot kills patrolman as escape follows arrest
Thomas Smith, a porter, shot Davenport patrolman Henry Jansen through the neck during an escape after a disturbance at a West Fifth Street boarding house. Jansen died. Smith fled as officers rounded up others. Nearby, freezing weather gripped Iowa, but many areas stayed above 82 degrees, aiding fruit prospects. Other items note a Kellogg opera house plan, the Iowa State Dental Society convention in Des Moines, and a Muscatine death under mysterious circumstances. The day also mentions clinics in Oskaloosa and Pella.
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Thomas Smith
Henry Jansen
Davenport
Jansen
Smith
West Fifth Street
Iowa
Iowa State Dental Society
Des Moines
R. H. Volland
Iowa City
George W. Miller
W. G. Crandall
Spencer
Frank Fourt
Fairfield
J. B., Fleener
Oskaloona
B. F. Redman
Muscatine
Young Crummers
Free: Stomach and Bowels remedy advertised nationwide
Letters from Mrs Eva Gaskins of Topeka Kansas and Mr P H Gavellas of Wagoner Oklahoma praise Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach liver and bowel relief. The ad offers a free trial bottle by mail and notes a fifty cent to one dollar price at drugstores. Dr Caldwell provides free medical advice from his Monticello Illinois office.
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Eva Gaskins
Madison
Topeka
Kans
P. H. Gavelelas
Wagoner
Okla
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Bears
Castoria
J. M. Cox
Pella
the Brown Herb Co
Murray Street
New York City
May Farm Journal
Loren
Pana
ODD Mill
Nanten
Des Moines Register and Leader
The
8, Moines Tribune
Aim
Club Ib
Hazel Haning
Kellogg
Little Polly
Harrah & Stewart Mfg. Co
Des Moines, Lowa
Merchant
Peared
Capea
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