Hawarden Boys Drive Cattle Away At Night
Two Hawarden boys ages unknown and 14 admitted involvement in cattle rustling Tuesday night. Cattle missing from Robertson and Cooper properties. tracks led to Abby farm near Calliope bridge and cemetery. Deputies say both boys rode one horse and later drove the cattle away. Auction news notes Hoeven estate sale of 800 acres fetching 137600.
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J. J. Robert
I. F. “Cooper
Calliope ‘Bridge
E.abby
Wen
Cooper
Sherif
Harry
Orange City
Union
Ted
Ike
Jake Hoeven
Mars
Beskamp
Abs
Jdema
Sheldon Mail
Poultry and Bags Ad Promises Free Services
An unclear advertisement offers free services to contact sellers. It mentions cash bets and poultry related terms with garbled phrasing suggesting a spammy classified style alert. The readable bits imply producers or dealers urging readers to act on a call back for poultry and related bags.
Muscle Shoals project critiqued by Shmuel Wyer at ALTE meeting
Shmuel S. Wyer corrected popular errors about the United States Muscle Shoals project on the Tennessee river at the Saratoga Springs ALTE meeting. He warned the end of this year could see 19 million invested with no marketing plan, suggesting nearby coal power remains cheaper and the project may yield a political loss to taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscle Shoals
Muscle ‘Shoals
United States
Tennessee River
Shmuel S.wyer
Saratoga Springe
Sale
JG. ‘Wyer
Musele Shoals
Tia
Niagara Falls
Sean
Baraboo Audiences Enjoy Benefit Singing by Local Singer
The Auxiliary to the Baraboo B of TF and E staged a successful benefit show at the Al Ringling theatre last night with two performances and strong attendance. The program featured a fine movie plus worthwhile singing by a Baraboo singer whose sweet tone pleased the audience. the late Charles Hirschinger is noted as having ties to Baraboo, with the singer spending the summer there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantitieny Hee
Baraboo
al Ringling Theatre
Charles Hirschinger
Race Horse Stolen From Bartram Farm
A horse belonging to Verne Kough, winner in the fourth of July races, was stolen from the feed barn at the Charles Bartram farm on the night of the 4th. No trace of the animal has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Kough
Chas. Bartram-farm
Ireton Man Visits Rock Valley Friends
J. Stuckenbruck of Ireton visited Rock Valley friends on Wednesday and joined a social gathering. The report notes a friendly local exchange and small town camaraderie among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Stuckenbruck
Ireton
Valey Friends
Young Ken Arrested in Rock Valley Get
Two youths arrested by Officer John DePries last week were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary in Sioux Falls for breaking into box cars in Canton. The Sioux Valley News says the pair pled guilty, said they were hungry and seeking food, and were taken to Sioux Falls by Deputy Yan. The cars were broken into in local yards but the men were not captured until they reached Rock Valley.
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John DePries
Sicksx Falls
Canton
Sioux Valley News
Hidge Bremer
Yan
Rock Valley
Volunteers of America Heart Tag Day Held in Rock Valley
Volunteers of America, founded by General and Maud Booth, sponsor a Heart Tag Day in Rock Valley on Saturday July 18. Mayor W Murphy and local pastors head the event with Miss Jean Kellar in charge of a 9 am to 5 pm headquarters in the town hall council room. Local merchants offered prizes for top tag collectors as funds support state relief efforts.
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Volunteers of America
Mors
Maud
Ballington Booth
Rock Valley
W. Murphy
WG. Bergman
J. H. Geerlings
F. A. Buckles
Jean Kellar
Booi
U. S
Poppe Pioneer Store
Pember Drug Store
Corner Drug Store
Iowa Governor John Hammill's large corn farms near Britt
Governor John Hammill ranks among Iowa's top corn growers with 600 acres across three Britt area farms in Hancock county. He uses red clover cover crops each spring and regenerates soil by rotating crops. The farms also house thoroughbred cattle and hogs. A $25 prize will be awarded to the American Legion auxiliary unit in each district for the greatest membership gain during July and August up to September 15 per the state department announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammill
Iowa
Britt
Hancock County
American Legion Auxiliary
State Department
School Board Awards Contract for Painting
The Rock R pile school building painting bid was awarded to Ed Knorr at Monday night board meeting. Knorr's bid was $59, with other offers from Peter Aprayt, Murphy & Van Eldik, O. Davis of Doon, and Peter Spruit reflecting higher amounts and questionable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock R Pile
Ed Knorr
Mrz Knorr
Peter Aprayt
ITAL
American Legion Notes on Orphan Care Units Plan
The article discusses funding and purposes for establishing care units for orphans run by the American Legion. It notes goals to shelter children with guardians, featuring home-like surroundings and safety, and mentions a forthcoming meeting in Hullton with a heavyweight wrestling show and boxing bouts to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Kemp
Wade
Otteriail
Michigan
Legion and
Ausiiary
Hull
Uniform wage scale set by Ida county rural teachers
Rural school board presidents in Ida county agree on a uniform wage scale for the coming year. Details include first grade county certificates with $99 to $100 after one or two years, second grade $75 to $85, normal training certificates from $75 to $100, and state certificates for college graduates from $100 to $120, with third grade county certificates barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othe
Ida
State Fair Renamed to Flown State Fair and National Livestock Show
Iowa state fair board announces official name change to the Flown State Fair and National Livestock Show. A. R. Corey, secretary, says more than 7,000 head of purebred livestock from famed breeding farms nationwide valued at over 2.5 million dollars will be exhibited from August 26 to September. Cash premiums total 127,000 dollars.
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Iowa
State Fair Board
A. R. Corey
Notice to Bathers at Gravel Pit Rock Valley
Notice to bathers that only those in bathing suits may swim in the gravel pit and that the property must not be molested. Rock Valley Sand and Gravel Co.
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Rock Valley Sand and Gravel Co
Ground hog bounty and wild buckeye trees noted in state report
County auditor C S Moore in Charles City reports 121 ground hogs brought for bounty on June 2 year A 25 cent bounty set by Floyd county supervisors and the year total reaches 550 dollars with 22600 hogs implied by the sum Ralph Brown leads a single claimant with 43 hogs Jasper and surrounding counties expand ground hog investments among trees buckeye pecan hickory black walnut noted along Cedar Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers in various counties.
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C. S. Moore
Charles City
Floyd County Board of Supervisors
Ralph Brown
Jasper County Big
Walnut Creek
Des Moines
Mississippi River
Burlington
Missouri
Chariton
Des Moines Team to Play Eldora Amateur Club
A Cobbled-together report notes Eldora Hardin County hosts a high class summer ball season with an amateur team that has faced semi professional clubs. a Des Moines Western League foe is set for a major event. Also mentioned is a stray tale of two terriers killing 168 rats on the Schroeder farm near LeMars Plymouth County, witnessed as the dogs were worn from the task. Homer H Seerley of Cedar Falls is honored for 50 years of National Teachers association membership in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Hardn County
Des Moines
Homer H. Seerley
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
National Teachers Association
Indianapolis
Seerley
Fifty Years of National Teachers Association Honor for Seerley
A. E. Winsip publisher of the Boston Journal of Education notes Seerley's long influence in education in commemoration of his fifty years of membership. The Iowa State Teachers College is praised as a premier institution. Dr Seerley has led it for thirty nine years. Also reports hot corn weather with temperatures between 95 and 100 degrees and occasional rain.
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Seerley
National Teachers Association
A. E. Winsip
Boston Journal of Education
Iowa State Teachers College
America
Scerley
Chiropractor Promotes Adjustments For Hay Fever Relief
In a period voice ad, Dr. Am. Schutz urges chiropractic spinal adjustments as a remedy for hay fever, arguing the spinal column causes the condition. He offers free consultation and spinal analysis, and notes location on Third Street near Main Street with phone contact.
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Tallcorn
AM. Schutz
Partier
Main Street
Third Street
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Rogk Valley
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American Legion
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Central, Battery & Tree Co
First National Bank
Rock Valley, Iowa
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