State Vital Statistics Report Highlights April Deaths
The vital statistics department reports April deaths by disease led by apoplexy or cerebral hemorrhage with 181, followed by tumors at 175 and influenza at 163. Births exceeded deaths by 1,372 with 3,568 deaths and 2,100 births. male deaths outnumber female, and several causes including car, rail, and self-inflicted deaths are noted.
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Vital Statistics Department
State Board of Health
Rodney P. Fagan
Bright
Burlington reports perfect attendance by Young graduate
Norman J. Young, 17, who recently graduated from Burlington High School, completed thirteen years of schooling from kindergarten to diploma with no absences or tardies. The record is noted as a potential perfect attendance achievement reflecting unwavering attendance throughout his school career.
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Burlington
Norman J. Young
State pharmacy chief notes toy pistol and cap ban
Harry E Eaton, secretary of the state pharmacy commission, reports many inquiries from druggists about legally selling toy pistols and explosive caps. Section 5028-p of the 1918 code prohibits sale and use of toy pistols, caps, blank cartridges, and tire crackers over limits, with penalties up to $100 fine or 30 days in jail, except for dynamite caps used in mining or danger signals.
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Harry E. Eaton
State Pharmacy Commission
Auto theft ring accused in Missouri River river dumpings
W H Howe of Sidney Fremont county says the Missouri river will be dragged for autos and trucks hired stolen by their owners who then collected insurance Three arrests have been made by the auto theft bureau The prisoners are unnamed until roundup completion Beatty a confessed robber told officials of more than a dozen cases involving car owners hiring men to steal cars and sink them in the river to collect insurance Also rails bringing laborers from Kansas City to work in northern Iowa beet fields passing Mason City detrain at Mason City taking work in sugar factory and fields Jasper county has solved a com
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W. H. Howe
Sidney
Fremont County
Missouri
Auto Theft Bureau
St. Madison
R. C. Beatty
Pisgah Bank
Walter Milliman
H. Yackey
Council Bluffs
Beatty
Iowa
Roy A. Stacy
Iowa Falls
Mason City
Kansas City
Jasper County
Lock
State Secretary’s Office
Minnesott
Iowa Cigaret Smoking Boosts State Revenue
Iowa’s cigarette use nets the state about 1 000 dollars daily and 520 000 yearly from a 2 cent tax per 20 cigarets. Daily receipts averaged 2 000 dollars in early June, with 730 million cigarets consumed annually. Unlicensed selling is a misdemeanor and some towns refuse licensing. At a Spanish American War veterans meeting in Grinnell, smokers learned they could not buy their favorite smokes in the college town.
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Iowa
Union
Grinnell
Federated Churches Publish The Pioneer In Iowa
The Pioneer, a new paper from Dr. R. Lee Kirkland of Mitchell aims to serve Federated, Community and Union Churches. About eighty such churches exist in Iowa with 1500 to 2000 nationwide. the publication fills a gap without forming a new denomination. A state conference is planned in Urbandale Des Moines late September with about 500 delegates.
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Pioneer
Federated, Community and Union
R. Lee Kirkland
Mitchell
Mitchell County
Iowa
United States
Federated, Community and Union Churches
Urbandale
Des Moines
Kirkland
State Association of Federated, Community and Union Charcches
Town
Iowa Illiteracy Figures and Big Iowa Land Sale
Census data reveal 20 690 Iowa residents age ten and older cannot read or write with 1.1 percent illiteracy statewide. The report breaks down illiterates by native, foreign born, race, and rural versus urban. State Agent Lock pursues unregistered or visiting nonresidents for licenses. Payne farm at Lut on near Sioux City sold for 1.5 million dollars, 6 000 acres at 250 dollars per acre, with 150 000 dollars in improvements noted.
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Iowa
Payne
Luton
Sioux City
United Realty Investment Company of
St. Paul
Thirty Years Ago Dows Buys Land for Depot Site
Dows buys 80 acres at 25 dollars per acre from D Mast, aiming to locate a town at Swan Lake. Road progress likely to stop near Armstrong this season. Local residents Birney and Carson visit Nora Springs. Hanson sells house to Breen. Minnie Carpenter returns from Webster City for summer.
Local Briefs Spark Life in Estherville Community
Twenty years ago Fred Schaefer returned from stock sales in southern Iowa adding high class horned cattle to a growing herd. Multiple marriages mark the week with Theo Rogers and Maggie Clayton wed in West Bend and Estherville couples uniting in church ceremonies. Updates note business moves, real estate sales, and faculty travels as residents welcome visitors and prepare for seasonal changes.
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Fred Schaefer
Jesse Cox
Mabel Gerberich
Estherville
Oregon Statesman
Frank Davey
John Sullivan
P. L. Christensen
Irving Finley
High Lake School
Tlinois
Atty
G. K. Allen
Percy Fullenwider
Waterloo
Fullenwider
Louis Bingham
Devils Lake N. Dak
Bingham
J. H. Galloway
Hastings
Nebr
Belle Galloway
Asherville
N. Carolina
John Galloway
Lida Galloway
Marshalltown
G. C
W. P. Galloway
A. E. Fullinweider
Laura Klopp
Dorothy Ammon
Perch
George Mahlum
Fort Atkinson
Wis
F. E. Lamberton
St. Paul
Minneapolis
P. G. Herner Buys Two Ranches in Oregon
P G Herner has purchased two large ranches at Damascus Oregon and has already taken possession of them Mrs Herner came up from in Springs Friday and shipped their goods She and the children will remain here for a visit before leaving for their new western home.
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P. G. Herner
Damascus
Oregon
Iin
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Granger
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C. E. Birney
H. A. Carson
Nora Springs
Henry Hanson
E. J. Breen
Minnie Carpenter
Webster City
R. C. Molison
Hoping
Stalker
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Redlien
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Emma Hariman
Redlein
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E. D. Buckman
E. L. Brown
M. K. Whelan
Hausner Creamery
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Klocow
Winchester
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U.S. Tire Co
Rubber Company
U.S
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Slingerland & Anderson
Huntington Garage
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Iowa Delliver
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Ringsetd
Terril
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