Chevalier the Boxer Entertainer and War Survivor
Chevalier blends boxing passion with showbiz glamour in early life. Born poor in Paris, he held jobs before becoming a dancer and champion partner to Mistinguette, then served in World War I, surviving a lung wound and a German prison camp where he staged concerts. He later escaped as a field hospital attendant and maintained temperate habits, favoring French wines and American fruit-filled chocolates.
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Chevalier
France
Georges Carpentier
Paris
Chandler
Mistinguette
Folies Bergere
Outry
Alten Grabow
Bremer County Club Girls Attend Iowa State Fair Exhibits
Do A Best club led by Mrs P A Colburn joined Irene Mundt and Alice Remley for the Iowa State Fair activities on Friday August 28. Mundt and Remley competed in the clothing judging contest while the county demonstration team led by L C Myers traveled Sunday to Des Moines. Bernice Beach accompanied the team as health champion and Mundt entered the state style show after winning Bremer county. Members remaining at the fair plan to return Friday with Melvin Mundt.
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P. A. Colburn
Irene Mundt
Alice Remley
Offringa
L. C. Myers
Jackson Township
Margaret Myers
Margaret Willey
Des Moines
Bernice Beach
Bremer County
Melvin Mundt
Jolly Jeffs Hold Meeting Near Denver
The Jolly Jeffs met at the school house three miles north of Denver on August 19. During the business session the club chose not to have a booth at the fair because school starts August 31. Evan glyn Nehlsen and Bernita Moehl ing presented an entertaining program after the meeting. The social hour featured roasting weiners and marshmallows. The celebration honored Selma.
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Jolly Jeffs
Denver
Evanglyn Nehlsen
Bernita Moehling
Selma
Jahnke and Coon Birthday Figures Noted
Maxine Jahnke and Laura Diekmann appear on the cats committee while Hazel Coon, reporter, notes upcoming birthdays for Jahnke and Coon members.
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Jahnke
Hazel Coon
Maxine Jahnke
Laura Diekmann
Bremer Herd Bright in Mitchell Co Fair Show
Bremer county Holstein exhibitors delivered a strong showing at Mitchell County Fair with multiple firsts and grand championships. J N Maurer Franklin township owned the top cow, Carl G Kuethe Washington township took second, and F A Chester and Sons excelled in several classes including aged bulls and yearlings. The Bremer group won exhibitor herd first, with Chester and Kuethe securing top placings in Produce of Dam and Get of Sire events.
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Bremer County
Mitchell County
Bremer
J. N. Maurer
Franklin Township
Carl G. Kuethe
Washington Township
F. A. Chester
F. A. Chester and Sons
Chester
Chester’s
Bremer County Group
Kuethe
F. A. Chester & Sons
Myers
Ches
Yearling Herd Wins First at Bremer County Fair Exhibit
The yearling herd received first prize and is on display this week at the Bremer county fair. The exhibit showcases the winning animals among other displays and activities at the fairgrounds.
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Bremer County Fair
Junior Club Picnic at Tourist Park Waverly
Bremer county junior club members held their first picnic at the Tourist Park in Waverly on Tuesday evening, August 25. After a picnic supper, they played various games with a kitten ball match between girls and boys club members. Ethel Pothast led the games. Grace Miller and Irene Mundt organized the supper. Similar county wide events will be planned throughout the year.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Ethel Pothast
Grace Miller
Irene Mundt
Emma Gillette 82, Sumner resident, dies after long life
Emma Spears Gillette 82 died Monday morning August 24 at her Sumner Iowa home after 44 years there. Born September 23, 1848 in Birmingham Ohio she taught school from 1869 and married Louis B. Gillette May 13, 1871. They helped build the local Methodist church and organized the Eastern Star. Survived by four children, six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. husband predeceased. Funeral held at home last Wednesday. burial Greenwood Cemetery Westgate.
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Sumner
Emma Gillette
Columbia Avenue
Emma Spears Gillette
Birmingham
Erie County
Ohio
Tecumesh
Mich
Fremont Township
Fayette County
Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Louis B. Gillette
Eastern Star
Frank Gillette
Whittier
Calif
Zella Seoby
Los Angeles
Clara Smith
Cora
Gulf Stream Path Shaped by Coastline and Cold Wall
The Gulf stream leaves the Gulf of Mexico, rounds the Bahamas, and moves northwest along the American coast. Upon entering open water it meets the cold wall near New England, which pushes the current eastward and outward, creating a fan shaped, thinning drift.
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Gulf of Mexico
Bahama Islands
New England
Marking Historic Locations in Virginia Leads Nation
Virginia claims the lead in marking historic sites for visitors with iron markers that tell history in sequence. The state officials say this approach, writing history on iron, helps observers trace Civil War army movements and inland settlement, guiding tourists. A separate report notes a tornado near Toulon, France wrecking fifty vessels and damaging inland structures.
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Virginia
Tidewater
Toulon
France
Metcalf Leads State Fish and Game Commission
H. J. Metcalf serves as director of the State Fish-Game Commission, guiding policy and operations. He oversees wildlife conservation, hunting and fishing regulations, and ties to regional environmental agencies.
Largest rainbow trout record set in Iowa at Decorah
Will Longstreet, Decorah, caught Iowa's record rainbow of 15 pounds, 32 inches long, and 14 inches girth at Village Creek near Waukon. He used a chub after several false takes, then landed the fish, which fought back on shore. He later caught five more 15 inch class trout at the same spot.
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Iowa
Decorah
The
Decorah Journal
Will Longstreet
W. F E. Albert
Lansing
Will
Village Creek
Waukon
Longstreet
Accumulations by Commission in 1930
A list from the state fish and game commission shows the year’s confiscations by wardens including 72 ducks 569 fish 74 guns 203 pheasants 143 pheasant eggs 83 live red foxes 19 rifles 145 steel traps and 86 trot lines. Confiscated property is destroyed liberated sold or used by the department. Iowa Editor Provides Sanctuary for Birds Ira Nichols editor of the Iowa
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Towa
State Fish and Game Commission
Falls Citizen Seeks Wild Life Sanctuary Near Iowa Falls
A local resident devoted to bird life and wildflowers has acquired ten acres near Iowa Falls to preserve native birds and undisturbed flora. He plans to maintain the land as a sanctuary, praising wildlife preservation as a meaningful hobby for any man.
Seven men cited for river fishing violations near Humboldt
Ross Moses and H A Holmgren deputies nabbed seven strangers along the Des Moines river near Humboldt for clamming without licenses. Others faced fines for fishing with too many hooks on a trot line and for leaving lines unattended. Wardens chase violators. Iowa attorney general rules Mesquaki Indians have no special fishing rights. Cedar River receives two shipments of catfish from Lansing hatchery with other species planted. hope for good fishing if dynamiters kept out.
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Humboldt Republican
Ross Moses
H. A. Holmgren
Des Moines
Humboldt
Fish and Game
Iowa
Tama _ county
Cedar River
State Fish and Game Commission
Vinton
Lansing Hatchery
Boy Sells Night Crawlers Bait in Burlington
Edward Woellhaf, 17, of Burlington, runs a thriving night crawler bait business. He sells worms at 10 cents a dozen and last season earned $111. He notes the worms emerge from the ground only at night and are larger than ordinary worms.
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Boy
Edward Woellhaf
Burlington
Moon Folklore Guides Timber Felling Traditions
Old foresters hold the moon governs timber felling. In French royal forest laws it was prescribed to fell timber, especially oaks, during the wane. The superstition, dating to Roman times, persists in France and England, with waning-moon timber deemed less prone to rot than waxing.
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France
England
Quarantine Put On Many Iowa Farms Over Anthrax Outbreak
More than a dozen farms in the area are quarantined as an anthrax outbreak spreads to horses cattle hogs and sheep. No human cases have been reported though risk to people remains acknowledged by officials.
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Iowa
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Paramount Photo
Maurice Chevalier
Farm Bureau News
Farm Bureau
D. D. Offringa
Bremer County Club
Mitchell Co. Fair
Gulf Stream
Midget Shoe Hospital
Tripoli
H. J. Metcalf
Information State Fish - Game Commission
Ira Nichols
Des Moines River
Pontiacs
J. A. Nienhaus Garage
United States
America
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Parlor Furnace
Heatrola
Sement Heatrola
Tripoli Hardware Co
B. F. Morf
Tripoli, Iowa
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