General Interest Collection Reflects War Time Commentary
A compilation of remarks on 1066 census figures about hell, sugar rationing urged by Mr. Hoover, wartime bread recipes, Luther’s 1517 act, the meaning of shoddy in textiles, and taxes on earned income. It critiques self serving congress members and notes rising use of billion in money terms.
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Hell
Congress
Sheriff Takes Knopf For Draft Evasion
Sheriff Davenport traveled from Humboldt last Thursday and took Paul Knopf who lives with his parents southwest of avenue for failing to register for the draft. Knopf, aged 21 on February 11, 1917, was subject to military duty.
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Sheriff Davenport
Humboldt
Paul Knopf
Knopf
County Winners Named In Food Conservation Essay Contest
County schools awarded for essays on Food Conservation with Geneva Hoff and Daryl Fleming among top writers. Marie Jennings and Martha Voigt also earned best paper honors from grade groups and rural sub district. Clarence Messer comments on the judging.
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Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
Iowa
Geneva Hoff
Bade
Daryl Fleming
Humboldt Public School
Marie Jennings
Bradgate Consolidated School
Martha Voigt
Livermore
Grove Township
Clarence Messer
The Dime Borrowing Habit and Memory Trust
The speaker asserts that friends who borrow money and fail to repay reveal a character defect not mere memory lapses. Small loans test trust, and forgetfulness harms friendships. even minor sums should be repaid as soon as possible to avoid damage to relationships.
Goldfield Farmer Takes Own Life
A farmer northeast of Goldfield in Liberty township named Thomas Robb died by suicide a week ago Monday morning. He went to the barn for chores and was found in the hay mow with a gunshot wound to the head. He leaves a wife and three children. Health problems were suspected to have contributed.
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Goldfield
Liberty Township
Thomas Robb
Robb
Jolly Birthday Club Hosts Red Cross Fundraiser
Mrs. Frank Trowbridge entertained the Jolly Birthday Club on October 24. A large crowd enjoyed good weather and the Red Cross program. Mrs Trowbridge received two decorative plates and the group set a 1:30 meeting time for shorter days, with a next gathering on November 7 hosted by Mrs. Jim Nelson.
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Frank Trowbridge
Red Cross
Trowbridge
Jim Nelson
Farmers Agree On Price For Husking
At Humboldt city hall on Wednesday October 23 a meeting of 100 county farmers set a maximum corn husking price of six cents per bushel weighing not over eighty pounds. D A Noble county agricultural agent presided and huskers attended satisfied with the rate.
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Humboldt
D. A. Noble
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