Watering the Wealth: Women to Control U S Fortune
A Relmand Independent summary notes banking statistics showing a shift of wealth to women. It cites that women pay 41 percent of income taxes, hold 70 percent of estates, 64 percent of estates left by women, and own 80 percent of life insurance beneficiaries. It highlights women as major stockholders in big firms and estimates women spend 85 to 90 percent of family expenditure, shaping national spending.
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United States
Froim Banking
Richard 3. Walsh
Women's Home
Kingband
Funk
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Yeeorla
Thistle Worms Threaten Local Thistle Crops
A freak worm, unseen here before, defoliates thistle plants and threatens a poor crop. Math Nemimers brought a jar of the worms showing rapid destruction of foliage. worms survive on thistles and affect young shoots. Researchers at Ames College may study the find for facts on this new pest.
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State College
Ames
Hope Fe
Bancroft Registur
Intense Heat Strains Philadelphia Area Amid Heat Wave
For ten days Philadelphia has faced extreme heat, with daytime highs 90 to 107 and nightly cooling minimal. The heat has claimed 82 lives in Iowa and harmed livestock, prompting farmers to work at dawn and dusk. Rain would ease conditions, though drought remains limited and rains have been uneven this season.
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Phila
Lowa
China Hue
Titiag Leinity
Spencer Fire Destroys Large Part Of Towns Business District
A Saturday blaze in Spencer started when a sparkler lit by a man showing a toy to a child ignited fireworks in a drug store. The fire swept across blocks, destroying much of the business area, exhausting the water supply, and requiring firefighting aid from Des Moines and other towns.
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Alores
Uval
Des Moines
Old Race: Horse Versus Man Across 200 Yards
The La Verne News reports a bet on a 200 yard dash between Chet Studdard’s quarter horse and Victor Knary on foot. Knary won clearly, but backers say the controversy will return another day as the horseman insists his steed can beat a man again.
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Wing
la Verne
Chet Studdard
Victor Knary
Chet
Knery
Keiiy
Hig Eqdine
Vic
Ron
Wants Whipping Post Revived
Dr Donohoe state hospital superintendent at Cherokee urges restoration of the whipping post as a crime deterrent and argues it is more effective than jail. He formerly led the Knoxville inebriate asylum and once proposed self referral to an asylum for those sensing mental decline. The piece notes economic strains from depression including families sharing a single car.
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Donohoe
State Hospital For the Insane
Cherokee
Iowa
Knoxville
Pool Hall Closure Draws Small Town Reflection
LuVerne News notes LaVerne lost a pool hall after proprietor Jack Gilles was arrested for allowing a minor to play. He closed the business and now sells soft drinks, cigars, candy, and ice cream. The piece laments small-town loss and urges support for local commerce. It also mentions unrelated items on birth certificates, kleptomania notions, and baseball umpires.
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LuVerne News
LaVerne
Jack Gilles
Tlis
Mrs H C Holm Dies Suddenly at Eagle Grove
Mrs H C Holm wife of Rev G Helm D D died suddenly Sunday morning at her Eagle Grove home from heart disease. She was 65 and survived by her husband and three sons from a nine-child family. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 pm, Rev J A Rangard of Minneapolis assisted by Rev T J Severtson. Burial at Rose Hill cemetery Eagle Grove.
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H. C. Holm
Ds G. Helm
D. D
Eagle Grove
J. A. Rangard
Minneapolis
T. J. Severtson
H.C. Holm
Towa
Norwegian Lutheran Churches of America
Rose Hill Cemetery
Evangelical Church Services and Activities Schedule
Evangelical Church led by Pastor J Haehlen offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m Worship at 11 a m EL Tp mh worship 7 30 p m mid week service Tuesdays at Mrs Anna Sehneider home 7 p m Junior EL G E the Ist Sunday monthly 11 a m Ladies Aid first Wednesday monthly Woman's Missionary Society second Wednesday monthly Choir practice Thursdays at 7 30 p m
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Anna Sehneider
Ladies’ Aid’. Society
Woman's Missionary Society
St Pauls Lutheran Church Services Schedule
St Pauls Lutheran Church led by Pastor Geo F Dirks offers Sunday School at 4 PM. American Services at 2 PM, German Worship on the last Sunday of each month at 9 AM. Luther Leerue Devotional on the first and third Sundays at 1:80 PM. Ladies Aid gathers first Wednesday of each month at 2 PM. All are welcome at this place of worship.
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Ladies Aid
Storship
Ithia Church Program Looks to Sunday Services
The Ithia church schedules Sunday events with Sunday School at 10 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m led by Pastor J A Hurley Young Peoples Meeting at 4 p m Evening Worship at 7 30 p m with the pastor delivering sermons A Thursday prayer meeting and choir rehearsal at 7 30 p m led by the pastor.
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Ithia Church
Young Peoples Meeting
Church Notes on George R. McDowell Pastor
Sunday School and morning worship at the M.E Church led by Pastor George R. McDowell are announced. Regular attendees invite others to join services at 11 a.m. and again later for morning worship.
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M.E
George R. McDowell
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John T. LaForge & Sons Rendering Works
Leuthold-Lane Co
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