Firestone Tires Wade 600 Mile Indianapolis Victory
Fred Frame won the Indianapolis 600 mile race in record time at over 104 mph aided by Firestone tires. He praised Firestone for tire reliability as every finisher used Firestone equipment marking the thirteenth straight Firestone win.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Fred Frame
Frame
Harvey 8S
Firestone
Indianapolis
Peter de Paolo
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr
Edsel Ford
Lower
Jerry Hauck
Annual Tour to Ames June 25
Bremer county residents are invited to join an annual tour to Iowa State College on Saturday June 25. The itinerary includes stops at the college dairy, poultry, and agronomy farms, plus visits to experimental plots north of campus and the library and gardens for the ladies. The event showcases the campus beauty and facilities as part of an informational visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Ames
Farm Bureau
Chickasaw County
Towa State College
Iowa State College
Reeves Discusses Insect Control Night Meeting
BE M Reeves spoke on insect pest control at a Washington township farm bureau meeting held at the Reeves home on Wednesday evening June 8. He shared nursery life experiences while attendees asked questions. The county agent outlined bicentennial plans for a celebration at Waverly on July 4 and the committee chaired by Mrs. John H Meyer reported strong cooperation for plans including a float and a movie titled Ten Years of Lime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. M. Reeves
Washington Township
John H. Meyer
Washington ‘Ownship Farm Bureau
Picnic at Waverly Farm Bureau Illinois Central Grounded
A local photograph captured the Farm Bureau Illinois Central picnic at Waverly on July 4 1927. After the gathering, women served refreshments featuring home grown strawberries.
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Stone
Farm Bureau-F
Waverly
Bremer County Sheep Owners Pool Wool Declines Participation
Bremer County wool growers shipped a smaller pool this year with only thirteen farmers participating, down from twenty-two last year as some big growers held back awaiting higher prices. Seven townships sent wool to the Great Western depot in Waverly for forwarding to Des Moines and then to Boston via national marketing channels.
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Bremer County
Great Western
Waverly
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Des Moines
National Wool Marketing Association
Boston
Cow Testing Associations Grow to Twenty Nine Members
Oscar Kreis, tester for the Bremer county cow testing association, reports the time as the busiest of his three year career. Members of the Butler county cow testing association joined with Bremer, bringing total membership to 29. Testers stay one day per place, often requiring testing two or three Sundays monthly.
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Oscar Kreis
Bremer County Cow Testing Association
Butler County Cow Testing Association
Bremer County Association
Favored Flowers National Flower List Noted
A listing of national flowers includes China and lotus for multiple regions such as India Egypt Japan and Spain. France Germany England Ireland Scotland Switzerland and England are cited with a mix of traditional emblems including fleur de lis shamrock thistle and edelweiss.
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China
India
Egypt
Japan
Spain
France
Germany
England
Ireland
Scotland
Switzerland
Speaking Terms in Sunday School Dialogue
A fragmentary speech exchange mentions a teacher named Barbara in Sunday school. It explains the phrase brown study as arising from the color brown signaling seriousness or gloom and defines a brown study as reverie or idle musing.
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Barbara
Denver baby arrives as local society packs June joys
Denver families celebrate a baby boy born Friday June 10 with 11% pound weight. A June 19 wedding plans Elsie Krueger and Lindus Burd at the Lutheran church. Community events include church services, mission festival, meetings of Ladies' Aid and Luther League, and a park picnic. Residents visit relatives, paint homes, and prepare summer travels while local businesses remodel and plan new filling station operations.
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Ben Schiller
Herman Kehe
Elsie Krueger
Lindus Burd
Henry Neverman
Peter de Vries
Grandma Meyers
Charley Walthers
Fred
St. Louis
Will Tippy
Prosper
Washington
Lester
Fred Epenezer
Ernest Buss
Lawrence Becker
Lawrence Steege
Lake Lyda
Pelican Rapids
Minnesota
Fred Kelling
Malmo
Minn
Ladies’ Aid
Albert H. Buss
Luther League
Dorothy Kurtz
St. Peter’s
Herman J. Bruns
Elvra Bruns
Roy Schulze
Chicago
Bruns
Matthias
Readlyn
Rev. Brandt
North Dakota
H. C., Wente
Geo. H. Krueger
Emil Vogt
Jassen
Nebraska
Lavern Dieckmann
Marjorie
Waterloo
William Doepke
Hulda Steege
Pauline Heidemann
Young Peoples League Assembly
Gladbrook
Willard Prestien
Waterville
Christ Moeller
Tripoli
Thimble Bee Ladies’ Club
City Park
E. H. Schroeder
Wm. H. Luhring
Douglas Township
Huenemueller
Chapman Oil Company
Ernest Poock
Eland
Wisconsin
Denver
George J. Kaiser
Sioux City
Margaret Lister
Waverly High School
Fred O. Gordon
Anamosa
Canada
Gordon
Waterloo Fruit and Commission Company
F. A. Potter
Detroit
Michigan
Mercy Hospital
Patzer
Charles Cave
A. H. Havenstrite
Bert Cooker
Council Bluffs
George H. Moulds
George T. Moulds
Waverly High
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Louis Soldwisch
Mary Iserman
Clarence
Valparaiso
Indiana
Alfred Soldwisch
Rose Mary Sager
Wm. Brechner
Teresa
Izaak Walton
League
William Tofte
Waverly News Highlights Include Weddings and Local Events
The column notes a secret wedding between a Waverly graduate bride and a groom who studied geology and mineralogy, with further society items. It details St Mary's Vacation School opening with 111 students, local moves, construction at White Spot cabins, a doctors’ return to town, scouts heading to Camp Ingawanis, and various society, sports, and church notes from Waverly and nearby.
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Waverly High School
Waverly High
Cornell College
South Dakota High School
Rapid City
St. Mary's Catholic
Father Collins
Sisters of Charity
Roy Herrmann
New Hampton
Waverly
Herr
Leo Gorman
Herbert Rathe
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
W. A. Rohlf
Harold Sanders
Bob Beebe
John Hemingway
George Beebe
Mississippi Bottoms
Lansing
George Wood
A. C. Wilford
Waterloo
Camp
Ingawanis
J. D. Hemingway
Minnesota
Old Tiers Turn Man-Eaters In British India
In one year over 1,500 people were killed by man-eating tigers in British India, with mortality not far below that figure on average. Most responsible tigers are maneaters, since ordinary tigers rarely attack humans. Old age drives man-eating instincts as worn-out tigers lose strength and seek any prey, including villagers at night.
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British
India
Lessons From Self Pity And Personal Faults
A critic in Grit urges rejecting self pity as degrading and avoiding melodramatic funerals for failures. He argues life’s key lesson comes from honestly acknowledging faults as they occur, taking blame and directing pity toward others.
Broadcast From Chicago Sees Republicans Open Convention
Radio experts predict the 1932 Republican National Convention at Chicago Stadium will be the largest listening event ever with millions tuning in as NBC and CBS set up four control booths and two soundproof studios. Parabolic microphones and beam mikes will capture floor remarks, while foreign shortwave audiences may exceed 30 million.
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Chicago
H. W. McGee
Popular Mechanics
Alabaman
Underwood
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia System
Weasel Diets Favor Mice Over Poultry Havoc
An authority states weasels mainly eat mice and rats, not poultry, and only rarely inhabit the henhouse. Disappearing chicks are usually due to rats, not weasels, though weasels do kill birds occasionally. Stomachs from thirty specimens showed recent meals of mice, rats, or ground squirrels. Local merchants urged to patronize.
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Ves
Farm Bureau News
D. D. OF
Fringa
Reeves
Bremer County Sheep Owners Pool Wool
Cow Testing Association
Clarence Rahlf
Fredericksburg
Francis Robinson
College of Medicine
Iowa State University
R. E. Robinson
Francis
University of Wisconsin
Madison
O. C. Harrington
Long Beach
California
Art Spencer
Spahn & Rose Lumber Company
A. G. Studier
J. J. Graening
Dorothy Mooney
C. H. Graening
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