Gilded Palace for Fine Hogs Housed at Colfax Iowa Hotel
Colfax Iowa hosts the National Swine Palace in the old Hotel Colfax renamed for elite hogs. Purebred strains will lower meat costs amid farm price pressures as Edwin and Wayne Fox run auctions, a maternity ward, and a sales pavilion in the former hotel. Frank Fox leads as founder promoting balanced rations and livestock development.
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Fingerprints Solve Identities Across FBI Cases
FBI identification division holds over 103 million prints used to identify criminals amnesia victims plane crash victims and missing persons. The Worthington fugitive case and a Texas sailor linked to a shipwreck are among examples highlighting fingerprints confirming identity and easing family doubts.
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Doggone-Ditto the Big Deal
A Kansas City realty salesman sells to a dog lover seeking a quiet area for dogs. A stray dog is killed by a car just as papers are to be signed, and the deal collapses.
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Neat and Trim Buttoned Frock and Lingerie Set Ad
Youthful versatile frock features neat buttons and back opening with multiple sleeve options. Pattern 8209 available in sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with 4% yards of fabric for size 14. Lingerie set pattern 8198 offers sizes 36 through 52 with minimal pieces and yardage listed.
Quiz Questions From A General Knowledge Round
A reader quiz lists ten prompts including who spoke about income tax fairness and who said These are times that try men's souls. It asks about a Civil War battle in Europe the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Caesar’s death the Earth’s equator degrees the largest inland sea South America’s most populous nation Ethiopians Christian status and buoyancy of compressed air versus atmospheric air.
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Cyclone From Montana Traveled World Then Broke Up
A cyclone that originated in Montana on February 23, 1925 circled the globe and dissolved in the Gulf of St. Lawrence about a month later. It demonstrated remarkable long range movement before dissipating.
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Montana
Gulf of St. Lawrence River
Answers to a Quiz From The Answers Series
The Kearsage sank the Confederate cruiser Alabama off Cherbourg France in European waters. Alaska is identified as question three. The text notes an assassination as a fact in question four. It also states a 360 degree measure in question five and gives Caspian Sea dimensions and area in question six. Brazil appears in question seven and Thomas Paine in question eight. It asserts Christians in India after the Crucifixion in question nine and compares weight and buoyancy of compressed air in question ten.
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New Typewriter Reduces Spelling Errors in Patented Device
A newly patented electric typewriter eliminates misspelling by using a wheel system that displays all characters through a slot. The operator checks spelling then presses a pen to type the line automatically, with options to correct individual errors or reset wheels to retype.
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