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Newspaper

Somers Sun

Location

Somers, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1923

Page

1

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Man and Eagle Battle to the Death in Ontario

A Hillsport Ontario report details a man named Oakley Hall fighting a six foot two inch eagle that attacked him while at work near Port Arthur. Hall wrestled the bird, killed it by twisting its neck, then tore free from his coat. The dead eagle was sent to Ottawa for mounting.

Toronto Ontario Hillsport Canadian National Railway Port Arthur Oakley Hall Hall Ottawa

Takes Wool of 50 Sheep to Buy 1 Suit of Clothes

Saskatchewan minister Hon. C. M. Hamilton told Ottawa a 1922 farmer sold wool from fifty sheep to buy a made to measure suit. Wool price fell from 60 cents a pound in 1914 to 18 cents. clothing cost rose from 36 to 65 dollars. Average clipper sheep listed at seven pounds. Hamilton noted many farmers were far ahead than ten years earlier.

Toronto C. M. Hamilton Saskatchewan Parliamentary Committee On Agriculture Ottawa Hamilton

Much Gallantry Displayed In Captor of Bandit

San Francisco police honored Traffic Policeman Jeremiah Mahoney for capturing Tony Smith the bandit who shot clerk Ernest Engdahl during a recent holdup. Mahoney returned part of the reward to the commission president for Engdahl’s widow.

San Francisco Jeremiah J. Mahoney Police Commission Tony Smith Ernest Engdahl Mahoney Theodore J. Roche Engdahl

King of Ottawa Newsboys Dies at 77

Copper Johnny Mac Dowell, famed as Ottawa's king of newsboys, has died at age 77 after decades selling papers on the streets of Canada. He was a prominent figure in local news culture and street commerce.

Ottawa Toronto Johnny” MacDowell Cana

Corrupt Vendor Operated Freely Amid Restricted Stations

A vendor known as Dian Capital held a special roaming license while others faced station limits. He moved unimpeded across venues and maintained close ties with several generations of Cabinet ministers and parliamentarians.

Dian Capital

Love Psychology Proposed as College Study at Berkeley

The Berkeley campus newspaper urges adding love psychology to graduation credits, arguing love, jealousy, ambition, and emotional conflict permeate life and literature more than many subjects. Publishers contend college authorities should recognize the field alongside zoology and history.

Berkeley Cal Campus Bee University of California Dan S. Marovich The Bee

Been to the Front Punchline From Brooklyn Citizen

A hobo who claims to have been at the front tells a front door tale that ends in a joke about knocking and being heard. The exchange captures wartime irony and civilian compassion in a brief Brooklyn Citizen vignette.

Somers Siftings and Personal News Collection

Levi Shull visited Estherville Saturday while Annie Peterson and Freda Peterson traveled to Ames and Fort Dodge respectively. Many locals attended picnics, visits, and family gatherings. teachers escorted pupils to Twin Lakes. several residents traveled to Fort Dodge Tama Des Moines and Gowrie for events and visits.

Iowa hens to pay soldiers' bonus with egg output

R G Clark of the state agriculture department says Iowa hens could lay enough eggs in six months to cover the $22,000,000 soldier bonus, or cows could butter the sum in five months. He notes 1921 and 1922 egg values and volumes show strong state resources against the payout.

Iowa R. G. Clark Dairy and Food Division State Department of Agriculture

Family Silence Sparks Christmas Tone in Parlor Exchange

A mother asks Lucy about her midnight guilt before God but Lucy replies she was ashamed to reveal her misdeeds to the family. The exchange captures a quiet moral moment within a domestic setting.

Mother Lucy

A Farmer Teaches Silence Through a Mule and Ox Tale

At a Washington labor conference a veteran shared a farm story. A farmer, short on teams, yoked a mule and ox. the ox balked, the mule pulled on. Each time the ox asked what the boss said, the mule replied the boss spoke to a butcher, implying unseen pressure.

Washington

Henry Ford Honored as World’s Richest Man in Our View

The Winfield Beacon praises Henry Ford as the world’s richest man crediting him with reasonable prices good wages and courteous conduct. It extols his honesty restraint from squander and devotion to his wife of forty years, calling him a superman and hoping his fortune stays in wise hands after his death.

Winfield Beacon Henry Ford Henry Mrs. Ford

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Adv Man Eagle New College Brooklyn G. H. Body V.R. Moore Etors Levi Shull Estherville Annie Peterson Ames Freda Peterson Ft. Dodge Jona Hendricks Albert Doose Fort Dodge Charles Cooper Emmetsburg C. J. Cooper Mrs. W. Stevenson J. H. Sandy Lake City Mr. Jacke Mr. Whitney Fonda Miss Ness Miss Mick Twin Lakes Ladies’ Aid W. A. Barnes Dell Brit Farnhamville Mary King Dr. van Camp Bertha Dyers Okdale Raymon Roberts Gowrie J. F. Richey Will Brayton Hardy, Ia Fay Elwood Brand Ernest Dunnigan Austin, S. D Mary Katheran Fessler Mrs. Richey Curlew Elmer Wetts Ed Black Francis Black Everett Adams Lost Island Mrs. McNeil Miss McNeil Mrs. T. F. Moore Mr. Johnson Wade Stevenson Mr. Miles Des Moines Dan Hill Tama Clara Mather Independence E. S. Brand Flem King John Mack John King Ed Stacy F. Sauer Baby Sam Jeffers Laurens Minnie Wells Pony Moore Mrs. B. Moore Ed Moore Janet Moore Rinard T. F. Moore Mrs Co. L. Amsden Walter Amsden Percy McGinnis Edith Pierce Havelock E. E. Lantz Dave Lantz and Richey’s Department Store
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