Tesbaker Grinnell Soldier Honored as Top Artillery Man
Tosbaker 21 of Grinnell a member of headquarters batters Eighteenth Fild artillery at Fort Des Moines named best artillery soldier in the United States per word to Col iden Sirmyer post commandant. Tesbaker son of Mrs Louis Tesbaker lives in Grinnell and attends Mort Sill Oklahoma prep for West Point.
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Tosbaker
Grinnell
Fild Artillery
Fort Des Moines
Hay
United States
Iden
Sirmyer
Corp
Loxlakat
Hari
Louis Tesbaker
Tesbaker
Mort Sill
Oda
West Point
Legion Meeting Bridges War Enemies in Fredericksburg
Lloyd L. Updycke of New Hampshire Iowa notes a late war era gathering in Fredericksburg where nearly 20 men who served in German and Austrian armies joined American Legion members. He says a ministerial meeting was held and time tempers judgment, fostering a surprising spirit of comradeship.
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American Legion
Lloyd L. Updycke
New Hampton
Towa
Fredericksburg
State Rural School Choir Planned for State Fair
Miss Agness Sanmelson the State Superintendent of Public Instruction announces a state wide country school choir for next summer at the state fair. The 3000 to 5000 child chorus will be the first of its kind and supervised by Miss Jessie M Parker with Professor C A Fullerton directing the music program. County superintendents support the effort and will manage development across counties.
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Agness Sanmelson
Jessie M. Parker
Rural School
Department of Education
C. A. Fullerton
Town State Teachers’ College
Proposed Airplane Law To Halt Low Overflight Act
The upcoming legislature will consider a law banning airplanes from overflight of cities and towns unless at a height permitting a landing outside the municipality in case of engine failure. Recent weeks saw planes forced to land atop buildings with dangers to pilots and residents. Des Moines residents report mail and passenger planes flying at low altitude awakening thousands each night.
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Des Moines
Critics Rip Sea Language In Nautical Lore
In a discussion drawn from Sea Lore by Stanley Rogers, critics deride nautical phrasing such as cast the anchor and throw light on correct terms. The piece notes that sailors read such prose with disdain and explains proper usage like let go and weigh anchor.
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Conrad
Stanley Rogers
Tongues as Deadly as Dagger and Sword
An 18th century letter argues that a cruel tongue can wound more deeply than weapons. It warns that sharp speech can pierce family bonds, torment parents, and ruin loved ones, urging careful restraint to avoid irreversible harm.
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Hall
Montreal
Just What She Wanted at the Glove Counter
Mrs Lalhiposa asks for black Kid gloves at a fashionable Mont store. A clerk notes the latest style and stock, while the customer compares to fashion notes about tan stitches and vice versa. The attendant explains versa as a French phrase.
Language mishap in a colonial tongue translation
A translator renders a hymn line into a local badge dialect, yielding a clumsy but literarily odd version. The speaker notes the literal meaning remains a request to crown someone as headquarter while praising the translator’s lyric flair.
Elevator incident sparks talk of danger in old mill
In a Scottish weekly piece the elevator boy and a polite old lady chat as the lift rises. He notes a man who tried to exit early suffering a head injury, a recent machinery breakdown, two people hurt, and a suspect rope weakness.
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Weekly Scotsman
Butterfly Heart Beats In Reverse Says Entomologist
An eminent professor of entomology explains that a butterfly’s heart often beats backwards from its rear to the chest, with blood pushed forward and sometimes reversing direction. Occasionally the beat starts in the middle, pumping blood both ways.
Waterproof Drawing Ink Formula from Standards Office
The Bureau of Standards explains waterproof drawing ink as a suspension of carbon black in water with dissolved shellac and borax. A formula suggests 1000 parts water with 28 parts orange shellac and 7 parts borax, heated gently, cooled, then filtered to remove wax and sediment. the solution is colored though thin films may show little color.
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Bureau of Standards
For Sale Live Stock and Farm Animals
I will pay spot cash for any live stock last or injured while on my dek i Eael Baydan White Wyandotte Coghernls for sale pure bred cheap if taken soon Mrs A Bantiman 12 20 For Sale 10 head of good feeding steers also two good boars P De King Jr
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Eael Baydan
Sioux Valley timetable outlines rail flows and passenger routes
The schedule lists Passenger No. 4 to Des Moines and Chicago paths via Rock Valley, The Sioux Flyer daily to Milwaukee and Chicago with stops, and Wayfreight and local Mitchell routes. It notes departure times 3:42 AM and 5:16 PM, with travel to Sanborn and Canton, Sioux Falls, and Black Hills, plus baggage and reservation tips.
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Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Wayfreight
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
Painting and Decorating or Paper Hanging Notice
Job listing announces painting and decorating or paper hanging work credited to Peter Spats with brief instruction to contact for details.
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Peter Spats
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Owa
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Iowa
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ACME
John Vander Poel
Ben W. Mouw
Chas G Lowery CO. Inc
Frances
Sioux City
Harry de Haan
Prieta
Kith and
Kin
Milwaukee Road
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