Investors urged to favor staple securities over stock bets
A statement from President Chas. E. Hearst and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation urges investors to seek safer staple securities rather than speculative stocks. The outlook for Eastern farmers improves with favorable state developments, and confidence in land as an investment could benefit the Midwest. the stock market disaster is seen as a prompt to shift toward stable assets. The notice notes potential safe investments from insurance and other sources, while highlighting a brighter economic horizon for farmers. The article also previews upcoming film showings beginning November 17 featuring "Hottest Thing Ever" with Don Santos and Exie Butler, plus the all-talking comedy drama "Oh Yeah" with Robert Armstrong and James Gleason in supporting roles.
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Moiies
New ‘Stock Exchange
Chas. E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Indi
Estern
Agricul
RKO
Broadway
Don Santos
Exie Butler
Rudolph Valentino
Ruth Roberts
Rhythmanias
Don Santo
Robert Armstrong
James Gleason
Patricia Caron
Zazu Pitts
Paul Hurst
Bob Armstrong
Dude
Dusty
Mr. Gleason
A. W. Somerville
Saturday Evening Post
Library notes report 1929 year totals and reading growth
Carnegie-Versen Library notes show for year ending March 31 1929 total circulation 29865 up 2860 from prior year with average 99 daily readers. Cards held by borrowers city and rural total 2163. Last three months circulation rose 250 to 400 over same period a year ago. Readers urged to focus on reference work and quiet study. List of new accessions includes fiction titles by Bayne Hill Duskin Galsworthy Remarque and others.
Rio Rita at the Orpheum Des Moines ends Saturday
At the Orpheum Des Moines the all talking all singing Rio Rita from Ziegfeld remains a top act this week starring Bebe Daniels and John Oles with Technicolor visuals. The two-hour show includes romance humor and numbers with John Boles as a remembered star. The vaudeville feature presents The Six Rockets Gus Bartam and Vertner Saxton plus Tey Wylie and Elsie Young in varied acts.
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Rio Rita
Dream
Bebe Daniels
John Oles
Miss Daniels
Bing
Ice
John Boles
Wedlay
Six Rockets
Gus Bartam
Vertner Saxton
Europe
Tey Wylie
Elsie Young
Police Furnace Toniteunderer Atten the Ouse
A compressed, fragmented list of the era’s books and authors touches on crime, war, and public life. The compilation includes titles by Bailey, Beebe, Woodward, Williams, Schubert, Baker, Brown, Knox, Sedgwick, Elisberg, Johnson, Johnson, Bradley, Johnsen, Muller, Marshall and others, reflecting diverse subjects from policy to literature.
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Bailey—Burning Beauty
Boekel
Beebe
Woodward
General
Williams
Schubert
Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Life and Letters
Brown
Knox
Sedgwick
France
Guidiel
Ita
Elisberg
Johnson—Lion
Rohrbough
Bradley
Johnsen
Calenar
Muller
Wabash Rail Schedule Across Iowa Regions
Eastbound and westbound passenger trains run daily between Des Moines and Keokuk with local freights carrying passengers. Trains numbers 472, 474, 476 and 478 operate on routes including Des Moines to Keokuk and Des Moines to Elk River, with certain services not stopping at Howell. Local freights 70 and 71 carry passengers from Howell on alternate days around 1:00 am and 1:80 pm.
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Betwe Moines
Keokuk
Des Moines
el& Cal
Harvey
Howell
Passenger Bus Schedule From Des Moines to Oskaloosa
Four daily round trips Des Moines to Oskaloosa via Prairie City Monroe Pella Oskaloosa with Monroe Knoxville connections. Special round trip rates between all stations. Pickups include Pella Des Moines 12 40 pm and 5 10 pm. Des Moines to Pella 7 00 am and 4 80 pm. Pan between Des Moines and Pella about 1 hour 50 minutes. Oskaloosa departures 1 50 pm 6 20 pm and 12 00 pm 4 30 pm to Pella with 40 minute Oskaloosa Pella gap. All daytime busses connect at Monroe with Knoxville line. all busses run through Oskaloosa to Ottumwa.
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Des Moines
O' Inetturina
Prairie City
Monroe
Pella
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Moines
Pell
Lea
Pel A
Oskaloo
Ine
Ottumwa
Webster school steam boiler bids sought by board
The Board of Education invites bids for a new steam boiler for the Webster school building with specifications on file in the secretary office. Bids must be in the secretary’s hands by 4 p m November 25 1929. The board reserves the right to reject any bids. Peter van Sittert secretary. In a separate note the duty free limit for tourists returning from Paris increased to 200 dollars from 100 dollars.
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Board of Education
Webster
Paris
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Laxative's Rise in 19th Century
In 1875 a young physician sought a gentler laxative and created a remedy shaping constipation care. The formula known as Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gained fame for easing sluggish bowels and related symptoms, becoming a widely sold, harmless solution used in drugstores worldwide.
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Dr. Caldwell
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Ammers Kuller
Rebel Generation
Rolvaag
Peder Victoriau
Grey
Wild Horse Mesa
Chapman
Happy Mountain
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Duchene
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Pedler
Red Ashes
Hermit
Far End
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Morrow
Splendor of God
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Rhinestones
van Dine
Bishop
Lincoln
Latchkey
Simpson
Treadmill
Dark Hester
The
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Leo
Rock Island Train Service
Phillips
Rivola
Pays Sun
Uius
Peter van Sittert
M. & M. Star Bottling Co
Oskaloosa, NY
Reasnor-Pella
Reasnor
Ww. J. van Wely
Towa
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