Popcorn pioneer from Cresco gains Ecuador order
The Rock Valley Bee notes W B Perry a Cresco truck gardener developed a popcorn variety through experiments. Seed dealer in Ecuador placed an order, with shipments already sent nationwide and recent entry into the South American market. The piece also highlights brothers growing a large yellow popcorn on an island in the Des Moines river below Ottumwa, with sandy soil boosting quality and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ames
W. B. Perry
Cres¢o
Town
Ecuador
South America
United States
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Storage Tanks to be Tested Near Grinnell
Great Lakes Pipe Line Co will test two 17,000 barrel storage tanks at their pump station south of Grinnell by pumping water from Des Moines. After inspection, the tanks will be checked for leaks. The first gasoline will flow through the line on July 5, announced W. E. Langer, superintendent of construction.
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Great Lakes Pipe Line Co
Grinnell
Des Moines
W. E. Langer
Noted Writer Visits Iowa Relatives
Noted author Mrs Ethel Hueston visited her sisters in Land Tree and Pleasant Valley Iowa. Her book Prudence of the Parsonage published in 1915 became a best seller and has been translated into eight languages. The Prudence Books and the Ginger Ella series are now household names in the Midwest.
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Iowa
Ethel Hueston
C. C. Warhurst
Land Tree
5. Walker
Pleasant Valley
Prudence
Middle West
Thorn in the Flesh: Hickory Wood Remains in Foot Six Years
T B Cooley of Knoxville Iowa injured foot while chopping a hickory tree. Wound healed, but months later a painful sore formed. An eight penny nail sized piece of hickory wood was found in the center of the sore, having traveled from the initial wound over six years before extraction.
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T. B. Cooley
Knoxville
Iowa
Cooley
Alword youth drowned after sand pit swim tragedy
Jake Van Landt aged 18 drowned at an abandoned sand pit north of town last Tuesday evening while bathing with friends. Despite forty minutes under water and efforts by Dr. Blair and others, he could not be saved. Funeral services were held at Inwood Friday, under local undertaker Geo Mundt.
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Jake van Landt
Dr. Blair
Inwood
Geo. Mundt
Stork
Alvord
Henry Junge
Albert Schemmel
Ira Scholtfeldt
Lee Striet
Monk” Schlotfeldt
L. Erdmann
Geo. Bramsteadt
Mesdame
Doon Street
Lutheran Church
Brethauer
Manson
Iowa
Bretthauer
Pomeroy
William Barron, Jr
Agnes Barron
Miles City
Mon
Loretta
Thos. Mackey
Hull
B. A
Visits a packing plant and its strict inspection regime
Laurens Vance visits a packing house in Sions City and reports immaculate cleanliness and a 22 inspector team. He describes tight scrutiny, with rejected meat sealed during processing and tankage as a key waste product. Salvage of byproducts like bog hair to England and conserved fats are highlighted along with waste steam cooking and river water use.
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Vance
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Sions City
Ankage
England
Des Moines Post Office to Add Autogiro Landing Roof
Postmaster Frisk announces Des Moines office expansion to about 250 square feet will include a roof enabling autogiro landings. The plan aims to save time and expense by allowing aircraft to land on the roof and depart as needed, reducing ground transport costs estimated at 10 to 12 dollars daily.
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Frisk
Des Moines
Town Folks Reel From Jokes And Wild Tax Law Talk
A rambling column mix of local quips about hair nets vs rabbits and a Detroit girl riding a Shetland pony down Main Street. It notes a South Dakota license tax rule and questions if poll taxes apply, then reports on Otto F Bartz selling Sheldon Sun to White and Jarnagin, with new editors from Spencer News Herald Storm Lake Pilot Tribune. The piece laments farmer costs, rents, and taxes while noting groceries and dry goods are similar or lower than twenty years ago.
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Qover
South Dakota
Otto F. Bartz
Sheldon Sun
Sun
Sheldon
Nnwspaper
White
Spencer News- Herald
P. G. Jarnigan
W. C. Jarnigan
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Fireworks Stock Sparks Major Blaze in Spencer
A $2,500,000 blaze in Spencer Saturday stemmed from stored fireworks bound for Fourth of July revelry. Fire officials warn such stock is a year round hazard and urge communities to maintain strong fire departments. Rock Waller narrowly escaped harm, underscoring that fires can occur any time.
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Spencer
Rock Waller
What the War Taught Intelligence
An essay argues that intelligence cannot be judged by campus life or degrees. It contends that virtue and tenderness exist beyond labels, that immigrants and academics alike can show gentleness, and that religious labels do not define fidelity to tenets. It notes people act from beliefs beyond declared affiliations.
Noted Iowan Warml y greeted at Fayette
Upper Iowa University Fayette hosted John Mott for the annual commencement address. A large turnout of alumni attended from across the county. To raise funds, Rev. John D. Clinton sold autographed pictures of Mott showing him by Fayette Methodist Church fireplace built from stones from every state and foreign nations.
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Fayette
Upper Iowa University
John Mott
Wants Whipping Post Revival Stirs Iowa Medical Group
Dr Donohoe head of the state hospital at Cherokee revived the old time whipping post at an Iowa Medical association meeting. He argued it would cure the criminally inclined and deter crime better than jail. He previously led the Inebriate asylum in Knoxville before prohibition.
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Donohoe
State Hospital For the Insane
Celirokee
Iowa Medical Association
Knoxville
Penfield to Sit on Shenandoah Pole for Field Enterprises
River side Iowa resident R G Miller reports pole sitter William FH Penfield of Strawberry Point will perform at Shenandoah for Henry Field Enterprises. Penfield has a Hagpole seat, plans to climb a 220 foot pole with a helper, earning $20 daily plus expenses for fifty days, rising to $100 daily after eighty days.
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Bill Penfield
R. G. Miller
Riverside
Iowa
William FH. Penfield
Strawberry Point
Henry Field
Shenandoah
Penfield
Strawberry Point City Hall
Field Enterprises
Horse meat on sale in Des Moines groceries
Canned horse meat appears on Des Moines store shelves with a government inspection stamp. Initially seen as dog or cat food, a later brand labels it suitable for human use. An immigrant from Europe may recognize it, and the sole horse canning operation in Iowa is at Albia.
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Des Moines
Ean
Iowa
Albia
Lincoln Highway Changes Route Through Blair Nebraska
A Chicago conference of the National Association and State Highway Engineers with the federal commission orders immediate changes to the Lincoln Highway. Route 130 from Missouri Valley becomes No 30 west of Missouri Valley, while the old No 30 runs south to Council Bluffs and Omaha. The southern 30 will join federal 75. The commission also shifts Route 32 to federal 6 from Cape Cod to Denver, marking the Davenport to Council Bluffs paved corridor via Des Moines.
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Lincoln
Missouri River
Blair
Neb
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Missouri Valley
Chicago
National Association and
State Highway Engineers
Federal Commission
Cape Cod
Denver
Davenport
Des Moines
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