Language and travel notes from Capper's Weekly item
A Capper's Weekly excerpt discusses English spelling challenges for American children and the value of English as a means of expression. It also reports on Yellow Gab Airway's passenger service, with early routes, rates, and flight durations, plus a Des Moines hospital episode and 1920s Iowa agricultural trends.
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Raves
Banquet Planned for Lucas County Paving Crew
Lucas County intends a large dinner for 135 men employed on a highway paying contract near Chariton upon project completion late August. The event is a community affair with wives invited. Chariton leads the planning with funds raised to cover costs. The paving project runs along the Harding Highway west of Chariton.
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Lucas County
Chariton
Hardings
QCAL Time Table C M and St P Ry Through Rock Valley
Eastward Passenger No 4 daily 3 42 A M to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton Passenger No 22 The Sioux Flyer daily 5 16 P M to Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago Wayfreight No 98 1010 A M Tue Thu Sat to Sanborn Westward Passenger No 11 The Sioux Flyer 85 A M daily Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell and North Black Hills Passenger No 3 Daily Local to Mitchell and points north 7 24 P M connections for Sioux Falls Way Freight Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays local to Canton 10 30 A M Passengers to Train No 4 east should buy tickets and check baggage afternoon previous as possible Coupon tickets sold through to any destination Make sleeping car reservations day or two in advance C W Jacobs Agent Phone is
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Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon Spencer
Mason Cty
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
North
Black Hills
C.W. Jacobs
Livestock Hauler Offers 16 000-Pound Lots to Sioux City
Earl Hayden notes pricing for transporting livestock in units of 16 000 pounds or more to Sioux City at 25 cents per hundred pounds.
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Sioux City
Earl Hayden
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