Tuberculosis law wins two court decisions
The tuberculosis law supporting eradiation of bovine tuberculosis scored two favorable rulings. The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a Black Hawk county appeal while Davenport District Court sustained a test refusal case involving Julia Heible, who challenged mandatory cattle testing.
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Supreme Court
Black Hawk County
District Court
Davenport
ML. G. Thornburg
ML. G. Thornburg, Secretary of Agriculture
Julia Heible
Additional Chimes for Campanile at Ames
Congress will be asked to pass a special act to admit duty free from England twenty six bells to add to the campanile at Iowa State College. The chimes were given to the college under the will of the late Dom Edgar W Stauten. Ten bells now in place were brought duty free by an act of Congress February 15 1899. Delivery of the new bells is expected July 1 1929 if Congress approves.
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Congress
England
Iowa State College
Edgar W. Stauten
Ames
Iowa Orchestra Popular at International Stock Show
A Hamilton county orchestra of 31 pieces, organized by 4-H clubs, draws interest at the Heart International Stock Show in Chicago in early December. Members from rural districts plan to attend the State Farm Bureau meeting at the Shrine Temple in Des Moines on January 16 and 17. A second musical contest is planned during the session.
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Hamilton County
Heart
Chicaze
Phere Anoher
Saih Musi
State Farm Bureau
Shrine Temple
Bes Miones
Elth
Towa
Chrysler Former Iowa Man Walter P Chrysler Career
Walter P. Chrysler, once a resident of Oohvin, built a late entry into autos after early crude models. He secured one of the first publicly sold cars with two cylinders and drove it through Delwem, drawing jeers like Ford in his era. He later rose to prominence and wealth, with old Delwem residents recalling his early days.
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Walter P. Chrysler
Autombile
Oohvin
Autombiles
Chrysler
Delwem
Henry Fo
Detroit
Ford
Chyrsler
Lasting Qualities of Concrete Pavement claim Iowa pioneer road
Richardson of Keota Keokuk County says the first Iowa concrete pavement on Le Mivas Street in 1902 remains in excellent condition. Another early concrete road lies on Primary No. 2 east of Columbus Junction showing little wear despite thinner construction. Cracks in both reportedly respond to occasional asphalt sealing to resemble original condition.
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Me. Richardson
Kkeota
Keokuk Co
Columbus Junction
Factory Foreman Masters Needlework in Spare Time
Mount Airy North Carolina factory foreman T H Macey, who learned needlework from his mother, became an embroidery expert decorating his rooms in bachelor days. Now married, his wife confirms his domestic skills extend to cooking and cake making, while he also coaches and darning socks in youth.
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Mount Airy
N. C
T. H. Macey
Macey
Poet’s Lyric Tribute to Queen of Beauty Recalls Hawthorne Tale
A Matsui City Times reminiscence recounts Julian Hawthorne and Joaquin Miller in London. At a garden party with Lillie Langtry as center of attention, Hawthorne introduces Miller who scribbles a lyric on a gold envelope. Hawthorne recalls Miller’s lyric as possibly unpublished, describing lines about a garden, flowers, bees, and a destined encounter with a beloved muse.
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Julian Hawthorne
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
London
Matsui City
Gree
Lillie Languy
Hawthorne
Joaquin
Julian
Lillie
Lyric
Folklore Beliefs In British Isles At Folklore Congress
A British Folklore Society congress recalls enduring legends such as the Isle of Man belief in a king cat that leads a double life. It notes fairies, mysterious dogs with flaming eyes, and an old Manx law about warding off a victim’s ghost by bringing back a townsman from Scotland.
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British Isles
British Folklore Society
Isle of Man
Scotland
Soain
Pierre van Paassen
Atlanta Constitution
Alarm Clock Birds Wake Liberia Citizens Daily
A Liberian pepper bird serves as the local alarm clock, waking natives and whites with shrill calls at sunrise. Timed observations show its cries vary less than three minutes day by day, though the bird hides in woods during the hottest part of the day, per Pathfinder Magazine.
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Liberia
Pathfinder Magazine
Pineapple at Its Best in Costa Rica
Travelers praise Costa Rican pineapple for its sweetness and serving style. Servants pare the rind leaving the heart for diners, who use a fork and spoon to savor the juicy fruit. The article notes natural ripening and refreshing flavor as described by R. Yenning.
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Costa Rica
R. Yenning
Boy mocks clerk over fabric name in busy shop
A boy asks for half a yard of devil to match his granny outfit. After confusion and a misheard term, a man points out the clerk is selling black sateen. The boy corrects to black satan and jokes about the two names, recalling the common misnaming.
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Satan
Training Camp Recruit Forgets Rifle In Canteen
A recruit hurries to the drill grounds without his gun and calls the company sergeant from a canteen to have a fellow recruit bring it. The sergeant questions the missing item and the recruit reveals he forgot his gun in the field.
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Jerusalem
Europe
Dubuque County Bulletin Reports Tenant Rates and Rail Freight Cut
Dubuque County Superintendent Mr Flynn releases a county bulletin showing only 27 percent of Turners are tenants, claimed as the lowest rate in the state. Iowa overall tenants at 57 percent. State board cuts freight rates for carrot shipments and meat products within the state, aligning closer to interstate rates. Bechtel Co Davenport mails letters on corn stalk paper from Danville factory. Danville paper recently printed an issue on such paper. Council Bluffs Nonpareil to print a corn stalk paper issue early January.
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Dubuque
Flynn
Fivan
Iowa
State Board of Railroad
George H. Bechtel Co
Davenport
Danville
Timois
Council Bluffs
Conneil Bluffs
Watcrhd
Notable Dead Viewed in Rotunda of State House
In recent years four prominent officials lay in state in the state house rotunda. The caskets of United States Senator A B Cummins, Agriculture Secretary Henry C Wallace, Secretary of State Walter C Ratsny, and Budget Director Ernest L Hague rested on a catafalque in the center of the first floor. A guard of honor from the Town National Guards stood watch during the somber display.
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State House
United States
A.B. Cummins
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Walter C. Ratsny
Ernest L. Hague
LOCAL TIMETABLE FOR C M & ST P RY THOROUGH ROCK VALLEY
Eastward Passenger No 4 Daily 3 42 A M Yor Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton. Sioux Flyer Daily 5 19 P M Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago Wayfreight 98 1010 A M sday Thursday and Saturday 20 Sanborn swestward Passenger No 11 The Sioux Fiver S A M Daily Canton Sioux cell and North Black lis Passenger No 3 Daily Local to Mitchell and points north 7 24 P M No connections for Sioux Falls Tickets baggage and sleeping car reservations available through Cantos via coupon sales through to any destination agent C W Tacobts Phone 15.
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Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
S.A. M
Canton
Sioux Cell
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Cantos
Rock Rapids Banker O P Miller Dies After Influenza
O P Miller, a prominent Rock Rapids banker with a 50 year career, died at home after two weeks of influenza. A longtime Northwest Iowa Methodist conference worker and over thirty years treasurer of the church general conference, Miller, aged 75, remained active in bank affairs until his illness.
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O. P. Miller
Northwest
Towa
Rock Rapids
At. Agelev
Northwest Iowa Methodist Conference
University of Iowa heads broadcast plan with stations
Broadcasting from State University plan lists lective programs by department heads. Station Sharing time with station at Manhattan Kansas outlines schedule and income from six to nine and one half a day and evening. Schedule shows hours from 10 am to midnight with blocks from 11 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 to 4:30 pm and other periods.
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State University
University of Iown
Manhattan
Kan
Towa
Daux
Igept
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