Mars Hill Log Church Homecoming in Floris
The Davis county community preserves Mars Hill Log Church near Floris. The third Sunday in July hosts annual ceremonies at the pre Civil War church. The site holds a visitors register, the Mormon Trace road runs through Floris, and nearby lies Chief Blackmawk’s grave. 100th anniversary of the Blackhawk Purchase will occur next year.
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Davis County
Mars Hill Log
Floris
Utah
United State
Blackmawk
Blackhawk
Towa
Omnibus College Tours Through Iowa and Beyond
A large college tour program began in Wichita Kansas with 18 buses per division and nine hundred students split into three groups traveling a day apart. They passed through the southern states Civil War sites Shenandoah Valley Washington New York Maine Quebec Niagara Falls Chicago Des Moines and returned to Kansas with overnight stays at Des Moines municipal tourist camp.
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Wichita
Kansas
Towa
Shenandoah Valley
Washington, D. C
New York
Maine Woods
Quebec
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Des Moines
Railways Offer Reduced Rates for Iowa State Fair
All railroads in Iowa and neighboring states announce special excursion rates for the Iowa State Fair and Exposition from August 26 to September 4. Excursion fares start at not less than 1.25 cents per mile for the first 200 miles and not less than 1 cent per mile beyond, valid August 29 to September 2 in coaches. Additional round trips at fare and one third will be available from August 25 to September 4 with a return by September 5.
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Iowa
Towa State Fair and Exposition
Missouri
Ring Found After Eighteen Years In Sioux County
Mrs. John Van Roekel on a Maurice farm picked up a ring with a plain engraved name and returned it to her brother Andrew Van Stoep who had lost it eighteen years earlier. The ring bore his wife’s name as a gold wedding band. Eleven lines note a Chicago nurse Miss Ruth Tyrrell recovering a hospital pin lost seven years ago and later receiving a registered letter about the pin.
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John van Roekel
Maurice
Sioux County
Andrew van Stoep
van Stoep
Ruth Tyrrell
Waverly
Wesley Hospital
Chicago
ATL
Ottumwa Builds Jobs Through City Investments
Under Mayor Edwin Manning Ottumwa plans extensive public works totaling 1.37 million dollars across fencing resurfacing sewage a sanitation pool parks a new power plant a municipal golf course and a possible 500 thousand duct over railroad tracks. The program aims to eliminate unemployment in the city.
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Edwin Manning
Heatwave of the Week a Weather Wish and Car Note
Persistent heat rides at about 100 degrees this week as residents hope for rain before the Bee goes to print. A Boston doctor notes deafness can aid drivers when the back seat is occupied, a curious comfort amid traffic and heat.
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Boston
Frozen assets and wheat market question linger
Rock Valley residents use the Community Library during vacation with thirty five books issued last Thursday and nearly as many the next Saturday. A box of thirty five books arrived from the state library association for donation to the local library. The town plans a small assessment next year to support library funding.
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Rock Valley
State Library Association
Rock Valley levies trimmed by councils and school board
Rock Valley officials cut property taxes for next year with the Town Council lowering the levy by about five percent and the School Board reducing it by roughly twelve percent. Hearings drew no protesters, suggesting broad satisfaction with current fiscal management.
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Rock Valley
Water Mellow Day Planned in Rock Valley August 13
Rock Valley residents and members of the local American Legion are preparing for a large celebration on August 13. The event, called Water Mellow Day, is mentioned despite the date not being highlighted in the calendar, with organizers emphasizing a Thursday celebration and broad community involvement.
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Rock Valley
American Legion
Mississippi youth saves life through music during flood
A Mississippi youth recalls how his musical talent helped save his life during a flood that struck his hometown. As the water rose, his father floated away on a bed while the boy played the piano, guiding their escape amid rising currents.
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Missippi
Rock Valley Considers Pool Proposal for Town Improvement
Citizens of Rock Valley praise the library and town improvements while discussing a new swimming pool idea. Supporters argue the pool would attract visitors, boost recreation, and pay for itself quickly.
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Rock Valley
Threshers Dine in Town as Meal Time Arrives
Threshing crews are rushed to nearby towns for meals, using cars to reach preselected restaurants. Dinners await the threshermen, a popular convenience during hot terms, easing toil and drudgery in farm communities.
Largest turkey farm in the country draws visitors
Adelaide Nichols reports Estherville Iowa's Hand turkey farm at Iowa Lake claims to be the largest in the country. It housed 7 900 turkeys and 1100 bufferpington chickens until last week when 1 000 birds were sold leaving 6 800. Broilers fetch 75 cents per pound in New York markets. Over 6 000 dollars are invested in feed, and the farmers expect substantial profit if birds market without issues.
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Adelaide Nichols
Estherville
Iowa
Hand
Iowa Lake
New York
Crime as Fine Art in Eastern Countries
Detectives in Java and the Malay peninsula face exotic crime methods. Native burglars use narcotic flour from Yar thorn apple seeds blown into rooms via hollow bamboo to incapacitate victims. In the peninsula, palm frond powder is inhaled as a lethal weapon, causing quick, painful deaths.
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Java
Malay Peninsula
Football Player Pays Price for Popularity
A Hygeia Magazine piece by Dr. Henry Pleasants Jr. argues that top football players face a lifelong cycle of intense training and eventual decline if they remain sedentary. It notes how many athletes shift to other sports, coaching, or indoor jobs as their physical condition falters.
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Henry Pleasants, Jr
Hygeia Magazine
Doctor Pleasants
Wonders of Barnum as NYC Attraction Legend
A New York Sun retrospective recalls Phineas T. Barnum's Museum at Broadway and Ann Street as the city’s premier amusements hub before modern theater. It highlights the wooly horse, Arctic white whales, Cardiff giant, Siamese white elephant, and the alleged Captain Cook killers club, plus a famous fire and escaped polar bears climbing fire ladders.
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Phineas T. Barnim
Broadway
Ann Street
New York
Barnum’s Museum
Arctic
Cardiff
Siam
South Sea
Captain Cook
Barnum
New York Sun
Golfer’s Swear Jar Joke Goes Overboard
A golfer tries to curb bad language by pocketing a stone after each outburst. After a game he learns the habit worsens humorously when the caddie wheels a wheelbarrow full of stones, revealing the joke’s punchline.
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Jack
Poe Memorial Visit Ends At County Poor Farm
A group touring Richmond sought Poe landmarks and hired a taxi driven by a Black man who claimed the Poe house, only to stop at a large brick building labeled County Poor Farm. The travelers left without paying after arriving at the memorial.
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Old Richmond
Washington
Poe House
Poe Memorial
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Phrase History
A brief note traces the saying to Westminster Abbey being raised to cathedral status on December 17, 1550 then joined to the diocese of London ten years later with estates diverted to St. Pauls repairs, though the expression predates this event.
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Peter
Paul
Brewer
St. Peter
Westminster
London
St.ants
National Corn Husking Contest in Grundy County
From Grundy Center a report says three Grundy county corn fields look promising for the national husking contest to be held in November. The field hosting the event may yield the biggest crop yet. Photos are being taken for publicity as heat favors growth.
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Grundy County
Grundy Center
Grundy
National Guard to Enforce 18th Amendment at Camp Dodge
General Bailey asserts strict enforcement of the Volstead Act and related law at the Iowa National Guard encampment at Camp Dodge from August 16 to 30. He warns guardsmen they are bound by oath to obey all laws, with no laxity tolerated on military reservations.
Dog Fancier Visits Old Home Folks
Francis Hartley of Waterloo visited his former friends and neighbors in Allamakee county. Hartley writes dog stories for the Chicago Tribune and other publications, is a poet, and his lyrics are featured on WMT Waterloo each Thursday evening in the violin sketches mood and melody hour.
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Francis Hartley
Waterloo
Allamakee County
Hartely
Chicago Tribune
WMT
Des Moines Horse to Star in California Movie Studios
Black Crow, a fine Des Moines horse once owned by former Sheriff Park Findley, will appear in Hollywood winter productions. The black horse joins Tom Mix and will perform team stunts with Mix’s horse Rink. Findley and Mix trained together in the Spanish American War era and later in the 101 Wild West show.
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Des Moines
Hollywood’studios
California
Park Findley
Tom Mix
Sells-Floto
Tom Six
Findler
Mix
Hail Columbia Origin Tied to The President's March at theater
In New York 1739 the German conductor Pheil led The President's March in honor of George Washington at John Street theater. The tune gained public favor and in 1789 a theater youth asked Joseph Hopkinson to write an original song for a benefit. The result was Hail Columbia set to The President's March, distinct from Washington's March.
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Washington
New York
Pheil
John Street
George Washington
Joseph Hopkinson
Columbia
Acme Dray Line Delivers Sand and Gravel
Acme Dray Line Draying and Teamwore Sand and Gravel delivered to JOHN VANDER POEL, proprietor.
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ACME
John Vander Poel
Doon News Items Brush of Local Visits and Travel
Doon residents report visits and travel patterns. Fred Engelking returned home after Clinton Minnesota relatives. Hugo Glissman and daughter Marcy of Sablexi and Floyd Ross family of Beresford visited Doon. Hazel Klovstad and daughter Hazel visited Fairview Saint Dennis Thursday. Lizzie Witt and Anna Kippley shopped Rock Valley Friday. Wilfred Kirk and children visit relatives near George this week. Henry Johnson Lizzie Johnson and Otto Berg visit Eastern Iowa. Hulda Geick and Mary Miller spent Sunday at Lake Okoboji. Lew Athens helps Harry Greeley with farm work at Ochevedan this week. Pete Decker family leaving for Denver after two months here. Mrs. Fred Van Denover hospitalized in Hull for medical treatment. Jim Kapis and family of Sioux Center spent Sunday in Doon.
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Fred Engelking
Clinton
Minn
Hugo Glissman
Marcy
Sablexi
Floyd Ross
Helene
Beresford
Andrew
Klovstad
Hazel
Fairview
St. D
Lizzie Witt
Anna Kippley
Rock Valley
Wilfred Kirk
George
Henry Johnson
Lizzie Johnson
Doon
Otto Berg
Alvord
Iowa
Hulda Geick
Mary Miller
Lake Okoboji
Lew Athens
Harry Greeley
Ochevedan
Pete Decker
Denver
Colo
Fred van Denover
Hull Hospital
Mgr
Jim Kapis
Sioux Center
Sioux Center News Highlights Local Visits and Births
Mr and Mrs J W Kesters and children and Sarah Biemersma visited in Yankton S C Saturday. Mr and Mrs Walter Bowma are proud parents of a baby girl born July 26. Dick Mulder of Alton visited in the D Schutt home Sunday. Margaret Van Wys employed in Sions City spending weeks with parents. Sylvia Boeyink left for Fremont Town to visit H Boeyink. Rev Van Ess from Colony Oklahoma preached at First Reformed. Rev J D Dykstra spoke afternoon. Art Van Wyk motored to Sheldon Tuesday. Minnie Rozeboom returned from Illinois for visit with parents. W Rons and family went to Boyden for funeral of nephew Albert Rons. Bernice Borgman at Ames summer school spending vacation with parents. Pred Snyder of South Dakota visiting Bierma family. Lois Van Wyk of Sheldon visiting here. Herailda De Boer hosted 4 H Club, plans to pursue nursing in Sioux City at St Joseph’s. Nell Kuyper visited Albert Lee Minnesota and returned home.
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J. W. Kesters
Sarah Biemersma
Yankton
S. C
Walter Bowma
Dick Mulder
Alton
D. Schutt Homs
Margaret van Wys
Sions City
Sylvia Boeyink
Freemont
Town
H. Boeyink
van Ess
Colony Oklahoma
Fist Reformed
J. D. Dykstra
Art van Wyk
Sheldon
Minnie Rozeboom
Illnois
B. Rozeboom
W. Rons
Boyden
Albert Rons
Bernice Borgman
Ames
Pred Snyder
South Dakota
Pens and ink price drop teased in Boston Tran script
The Boston Tran script notes a voluntary price fall on a fountain pen discussed today. The speaker asks whether ink prices will also decline, signaling shopper curiosity about supplies and value. The item frames a modest consumer-friendly trend in writing instruments.
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Boston Transcript
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