Iowa Leads In Fair Premiums This Year
Iowa tops all states in state fair premium offerings this year with a total of 142740 dollars. Major classes include horses 20010 cattle 40975 wine 7000 sheep 5108 goats 475 poultry 2410 agriculture 13598 horticulture 13108 floriculture 1079 textile china etc 1685 boys and girls department judging contest 1200 market calf and purebred heifer club 2875 pig club 2060. Other groups range from 500 to 1000 dollars.
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Union
He Fair
Women Lead State Fair Program in Iowa
Iowa women will head the state fair women's department this year under a special committee of the state federation of women's clubs. Mrs. O. A. Olson of Forest City heads the department as officials promise elaborate features including baby health contests, style and cooking contests, demonstrations, needlework exhibits, pageants, home economics work, child welfare displays and a daily program of events.
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Iowa
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Tas
Earth
Mra
QO. A. Olson
Forest City
Big Race Purse Program at Iowa State Fair
The 1921 Iowa state fair offers a total of 23000 dollars in purses for five days of horse racing, one of the largest money offerings in the Middle West. Features include the Hawkeye 2 13 pace and the Western 2 14 trot, with top horses from the region expected to compete. Superintendent B E Curtain promises fast racing and a memorable event for Town.
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Speel
Middle West
West
BE. J. Curtain
Sued
Famous bands perform at state fair lineup
Five famous concert bands and three well known orchestras will provide continuous music at the Low State Pub from August 24 to September 2. Military bands include Morgan's Rainbow Division Band and others from Iowa and Fort Dodge. Travia's Band leads the program, with the National Fife and Drum Corps also performing. Sunday is music day with open air concerts both afternoon and evening.
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Lown State
Morgan's
Rainbow Division
Vetemus
Iowa
Stic Infantry
Argonne Post American
Legion Band
King’s Ft. Dodge
Travia
Europe
America
Bend Lner
Musle
No Iowa gold mine declared by scientist
AMES IOWA July 14 In spite of reports that gold would be found in Iowa there will be no rush to mine here says A K Smedrick associate professor of mining at Iowa State College. Professor Friedrich notes glacial gravels may contain trace gold but paying quantities are unlikely. Of nine samples only two contained gold with two hundredths of an ounce per ton in one case and a tiny amount in another. Pyrite and yellow mica are often mistaken for gold. pyrite burns when heated while gold does not.
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Ames
Iowa
Thia
California
A. K. Smedrick
Iowa State College
Gould
Friedrich
Friedrick
Professor Friedrick
A Man for the Age to Begin as Serial
A critical appraisal praises Bach Eller hag for his epochal American life novel centered on Lincoln. The work, spanning mid 19th century to around 1940, is hailed as both a vivid narrative and a valuable historical document. The author’s deep familiarity with American life is highlighted and the serial is urged to readers not to miss a line.
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Speaka
Abraham Lincoln
Bacheller
America
Ager
Iowa State Fair to Feature Hippodrome Attractions
Twelve circus and hippodrome acts from the eastern circuit head to Iowa for eight days at the state fair. They will perform daily at the grand stand with matinee and evening shows. The lineup includes trained animals, trapeze artists, doves, tumblers, gymnasts and acrobats, some direct from New York Hippodrome and others from major circuits.
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Iowa State
Hippodrome
New York
Show New Farm Devices at State Fair
A complete farm machinery and equipment show will feature all makes and types at reduced prices during the State Fair from August 24 to September. Over 70 acres will be devoted to a full display of new equipment and dealers urge farmers to inspect the offerings closely at the fair.
State Fair travel rates cut for Iowa event
Railroads offer reduced fares for the Iowa State Fair from August 24 to September 2 as part of the annual State Fair bargain. A special half round trip rate applies to attendees traveling to Des Moines. Local reports note many plan to take advantage of the deal to visit the fair, while police report a fraud case involving a bogus minister in Grundy Center. Mayor Benz arrested the impostor after securing endorsements from governors judges and mayors. The governor described the man as smooth faced foreign looking about 49. Authorities warn the impostor may be part of a larger crook ring canvassing the state.
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Otclass
Western
DP Passenger Association
Lowa
Twa
Des Moines
George Joseph
Kendall
Challea
Grundy Center
Benz
Iowa
Gov. Kendall
Ramsay
The 42 Gallon Barrel Standard in Oil History
Oil discovery in Pennsylvania led to using mixed wine barrels as containers. Frauds arose from thick staves reducing actual contents. In 1864 65 Samuel Van Syckla created a true 42 gallon barrel with fixed stave size, gaining monopoly and standardizing barrels. Gauging tanks began in 1865 with Hammond’s table for oil per inch, a method still used.
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Pennsylvania
Samuel van Syckla
Miller Farm
Titusville
England
Edward IV
van Syckle
FL Bb. Hammond
Tammans
Hammond
OU News
Vancouver Captain Beliefs Debt Collector’s Promise
A Vancouver man recounts a sea captain ashore who tries to settle a neighbor debt. The captain offers the debt collector half of what is owed in exchange for paying it. The collector returns later saying only half was collected and the debtor has paid nothing since. The tale ends with the captain noting the debtor lacks conscience.
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Vancouver
Hilo
Rag figures revive old craft in modern fashion
The Christian Science Monitor notes a trend reviving past crafts such as woolwork screens and paper flowers as quaint, now popular again. Mme Volkoff, once Princess Troubetzkoy of the Russian court, in Petrograd, created feather pictures and rag figures to aid Russian troops. Since moving to Brigyl she models small statuettes of famous people in distinctive poses, using scraps of rag to form lifelike figures that rival paper models and wax groups of earlier eras.
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Mme. Volkoff
Troubetskoy
Petrograd
Mme
Volkoff
Brigyl
Christian Science Monitor
Land clearing record set in Marinette county Wisconsin
A season saw 18000 acres cleared marking a new best in Marinette county with expected annual crop value increases around 1000000 dollars. The effort culminated near Wausaukee with 158 sticks of dynamite used in an electric blast while a land clearing school and 57 educational meetings supported the campaign.
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Marinette County
Wisconsin
Wausaukee
Ono
White Gold and Platinum Alloyed Jewelry Fielded in London
In London several buyers were deceived by a new white gold alloy posing as platinum jewelry. The alloy, marketed as platinum in appearance, sold for platinum prices but proved inferior and disappointing to many customers.
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Gould
London
Japanese House Advances Women Rights in Meetings
In Tokyo the House of Representatives adopted a bill granting women the right to attend public meetings marking an important advance toward emancipation of Japanese womanhood.
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House of Representatives
Tokyo
Cigar Nomenclature and Local Notices from 1921
An essay on how cigar names avoid political titles and a note on a 1921 sheriff sale in Emmet County Iowa. It cites Philadelphia Public Ledger opinion, a St. Paul Minneapolis travel promotion offering 25 percent savings, and details a sheriff sale for Hans Olson versus E. L. Burdette with two cribs of corn and a total debt of 363.00 dollars plus costs, to be auctioned in Huntington and Witherville, Iowa, on August 1, 1921.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Emmet
Hans Olson
E. L. Burdette
Huntington
Witherville
City adopts public dance ordinance in heat of near 100 degree day
West Union city council, Fayette county, moves to final reading of a new public dances ordinance as the mercury nears 100. It requires a license at 3 dollars daily 10 weekly 15 monthly and 50 yearly. No one under 16 may attend without a parent or guardian and intoxicated persons are barred. Weekday dances close at 1 00 a m and Saturday dances end at 11 55 p m.
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West Union
Fayette County
Cairns Brothers Western Comedy Drama in Estherville
Cairns Bros present a four act Western comedy titled The Girl of the Flying X set in Arizona. Fans recall Blungry Sam as Spotters from The Price He Paid and should not miss Frank Farrell in that role. Guns are not featured. One night only Monday August 1 in Estherville's large tent theatre.
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Cairns Bros
Arizona
Blungry Sam
Frank Farrell
Estherville
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Twin Cities
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
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Thos. Nivison
F. M. Brown
Ge US
G. Ewen
Palmer
A. Kelly
D. C
Rhode
Lincoln
Coleman Hospital
R. C. Coleman
M. D
Offic
Rhodes Block
WM. S. Johnston
E. W. Bachman
Sconberg & Kilgore
North Seventh St
R. D
Reydenburk Osteopathic
Kirksville
Lawrences Store
First Trust and Savings Bank
F. H. Rhodes
Stf
Farmers Mutual
Emmet County
A. Gaarde
Aritagoes
D. H. Howard
N. Bth
Emmetsburg
Vindicator & Republican
BIG Tent Theatre
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