Iowa News Roundup Details 191x Court Cases and Local Tales
In a bustling Iowa dispatch a widow pays 5000 for her husband Peter Guy in a tribal transfer with promises of custody of their three children. a Wyoming bandit was captured after a sanctuary in Newell shack near Finchford. farmers near Cassy Guthrie tally a 900 bushel corn harvest in three hours with 30 husky huskers. Attorney General Havner orders boxing bans, sparring and venues fined up to 300 dollars. Reports cite prison populations at Fort Madison, Anamosa, and Rockwell City. Henry A. Ritter of Dubuque, a double-amputee veteran, receives a $250 monthly pension. Peter Swisher dies aged 82. his daughter Mrs. Harry Bennett also dies en route to the family funeral.
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Eines
Iowa
Ty Guy
Royal Naheage
Peter Guy
Idtie
Guy
Peter
United States
Havner
Muscatine
A. B. Cummins
National Guard
Davenport
Hayner
Dubuque
Hale Tigi £ Oe Ii
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Skunks rise in value and rail car load nets large sums
A rural chatter of 25 dollar pelts and a Idaho Walla Walla ship highlights the growing market for skunk fur. Kenneth Simms of Walla Walla expects about 75000 dollars from his ranch as prices surge while multiple farms increase production.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Pocatello
Idaho
Walla Walla
Washington
Kenneth Sim
Maritime disaster and local political notes from Iowa
The report covers a yacht disaster off Cuba affecting Mr. Jones and his wife visiting Mrs. Fleming in Manchester, amid anxious local talk. It also notes Congressman Frank L. Smith backing Gov. Lowden, a Legion position urging Baker and Keppel’s resignations over Broms case, and Greene county paving bids by Marsh Construction at 3.59 per sq yd. Also, Leo Whistler shot a tagged duck from Savanna, labeled No 3125 from the American Museum of Natural History, a routine migration study joint with the Agriculture Department and American Bird Association.
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Cuba
Mr. Jones
J. 8. Jones
Manchester
T. E. Fleming
Greene County
Board of Supervisors
Marsh Construction Company
Jefferson
State Highway Commission
Leo Whistler
Savanna
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Department of Agriculture
Washington
American Bird Association
Mr. Whistler
New York Society
Sioux Rapids Opens Three Month Agricultural School
Sioux Rapids will take part in a three month agricultural school offered by the state board of vocational training. The course will be conducted in one of five Buena Vista county centers, with the school open to boys under fourteen.
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Sioux Rapids
State Board of Vocational Training
Buena Vista County
Lloyd Jones Among Griffiths Party Aboard Grey Duck Yacht
Lloyd Jones, once a Manchester boy, travels with D. W. Griffith and his group of moving picture artists aboard the yacht Grey Duck seeking passage or travel aboard the vessel during the voyage.
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Lloyd Jones
Manchester
D. W. Griffith
Party of
Moving Picture Artists
Rural Iowa school attains standard status first in state
Park school in Concordia township Des Moines county is the first rural Iowa school to qualify as a standard school under the new standardization law and will be ready to open January 5. Miss Margaret Ochterie teaches, Vail Cordel is county superintendent, and a certificate from the state superintendent will confirm its status. Three hundred other schools soon to follow. Indictments announced against Compton Brothers and numerous others for a fraudulent farm record book scheme claiming to be IRS official.
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Cedar County
Internal Revenue Department
Compton Brothers
Toledo
Ohio
Grand Jury
Charles H. Sidener
Cincinnati
Lee R. Marvin
Anderson
Indiana
Frank 0. Sharbeau
St. Paul
Minnesota
W. J. Russell
Minneapolis
W. C. Fuqua
Stonewall
Tennessee
John W. Kenyon
Vermont
Joseph Lonadorf
Jacob Laesdorf
W. B. Tarr
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bruce Quick
DeWitt
Iowa
LaBert P. Sohr
Bennett
Ward R. Elleman
West Milton
Ross J. Schaffer
J. Wesley Borton
Wauseon
Efficient farms cut costs by selling unnecessary horses
On many farms one horse and occasionally two or three can be sold without hurting operation. With farm horse upkeep at about 200 dollars yearly, the efficient farmer lowers operating costs by eliminating unneeded horses.
Soy beans prove highly profitable for seed production
H. D. Hughes of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station notes soy beans offer strong profits as prices hover around 7.50 dollars per bushel with potential to reach 10 to 12 dollars. Yields exceed 34 bushels per acre in best cases and many varieties push past 25 bushels. Demand for superior seed exceeds supply because most Belt farmers use beans for corn planting, hogging down, or silos. Planting in rows and cultivating like corn is advised, with yields over 30 bushels per acre already reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Hughes
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Corn Belt
Hughes
Promising Wheat Seed Varieties For Production
On clean ground a bushel per acre with a wheat drill sets the crop to safe handling. Varieties like Manchu Black Eyebrom and Ito San are among the most promising options for seed production.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Estherville Locals
Estherville residents familiar with kidney and bladder ailments endorse Doan's Kidney Pills. One traveler, Blacketer of 604 North Sixth Street, cites relief from backache after short use and urges others to try the remedy priced at 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Mfrs Buffalo N Y.
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Estherville
Doan
Blacketer
North Sixth Street
Dean
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Anamosa Freformatory
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Congress
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Walter G. Thisle
Thisle
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Tama Reservation
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