Iowa News Bits From Sioux Falls And Des Moines Dispatches
A Sioux Falls circuit court convicted Geo W. Keon of making false statements on a fire insurance claim for a destroyed building. Iowa wool growers handled 1,200,000 pounds in 1919, selling at 62 cents per pound, improving prices from 35 to 52 cents after association marketing. Iowa led states in livestock value and received 2.5 million dollars in government equipment, while Ames housed new storage warehouses near Des Moines. Mount Vernon touts world leading high school attendance, Carnell College anchors higher education, and a levee project for Des Moines and Polk County seeks 500,000 dollars in improvements. Horace Boies, ex-governor, visits Iowa aged 93, with seven former governors now living in the state.
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Two Y M C A Secretaries Awarded French Honor
W W Gethmann of Reinbeck and Elwood S Brown formerly of Cherokee are among twenty four Y M C A secretaries decorated with the Officier de l Academie by the French government for notable wartime services. Gethmann, ex Y secretary at Northwestern, a Morning side College graduate, served in France and is now chief secretary of the Y M C A in Czecho Slovakia. Brown gained fame as organizer of the Far East games with teams from China, Japan, the Philippines and the Malay peninsula.
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Future of Camp Dodge Unsettled Amid Army Reorganization
War department officials say no decisions on Camp Dodge permanency have been made and no specifics on future use. Rumors of state control persist while army reorganization plans, yet to be finalized, will take weeks. Some camps may be abandoned, though the exact locations remain undetermined.
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Texas Extension Head Visits Des Moines for Stop
H. H. Williamson head of the agricultural extension in Texas traveled to Des Moines on June 23 to arrange a stop for a party of Texas Key Club members in the city.
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Iowa to Host Texas Boys on Agricultural Study Trip
About 150 boys will travel from Texas to Iowa in early August to study agricultural interests across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan while on the journey. The program aims to expose students to farming practices and regional agricultural activities during the trip.
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Red Cross to fund health inspection drive for schoolchildren
The Red Cross chapters of Marengo Williamsburg and North English vote to set aside funds for a health inspection campaign for school children in town and country. Misa Bessie McLean supervises the project which starts with the upcoming school opening. W P Wall of Lancaster plans to tour with a circus menagerie this season.
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Decatur County
Orton Brothers
Dallas County
Iron clothes with the feet in five tailoring shops
Five tailors in the area iron clothes with their feet, using foot rests and a long handle on iron blocks. The irons resemble large Natron shapes, with wand-like bases raised slightly from the ground to guide the fabric quickly and efficiently.
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Billville Barner Whale Meat Substitute Idea
From the Billville Barner. Whale meat has been recommended ag nanh stitute for beef and bacon, but while we can catch whales all right, it's too big a jnh ta tote am home.
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Tops and Topepinning In China
A Baltimore American item describes Chinese pastime with oversized fans used by three men to spin, emitting a sound audible for hundreds of yards. It portrays traditional amusements and crowd reaction during a local spectacle.
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Baltimore American
Melba Questions Chester in Sunday Clothes on Weekdays
Melba greets Chester as he arrives to play but is taken aback to find him dressed in his best Sunday clothes. She sternly asks why he wears his Sunday attire on a weekday, inspecting him from head to toe.
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Buttons and Shoe Repair Method From Old Manual
A historical instruction describes keeping root buttons on and shaping a shot face to pass through holes in a boot. It directs making a large hole to take the eye of each button, then threading the new strong shoe face through the button eyes and tying knots at both ends with as long a knot as possible.
Oldest Brazilian City Remains Center Of Art And Faith
Bahia, once Brazil’s capital, remains a hub of art and religion. Its long-descended inhabitants include natives and later arrivals who shaped municipal culture as Rio and Sao Paulo expand. The VR has ALL the news.
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