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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1927
Page
1
War Department begins compulsory training in state schools including Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The report mentions Governor Hamill and Hower amid unsettled details and officials debating the program and its impact on education.
Henry Field of Shenandoah buys a single corn load totaling 220 bushels and 20 pounds for 3240.20, a high priced entry amid seed corn shortages caused by rains. Adair county resident E D Sidey finds a peculiar six by four inch stone weighing 15 pounds, later identified as pure copper likely meteor fragment.
Mrs F C Chamberlain of Denison, mother of Clarence Chamberlain who piloted the long import airship Columbia, greeted her son by telephone and radio upon his safe arrival in Germany after crossing the Atlantic and skirting Britain Belgium and Holland. It was described as the longest telephone call in history.
Iowa communities debate banning outsized city bread while Tama county and Storm Lake actions unfold. The Red Cross war chest dispute centers on Petersen and Dan Petersen cases, as a Service Star Legion bronze statue honors 15 World War I dead.
Dr Carl Drake of zoology and entomology warned Ames Short Course attendees that cockroaches thrive in filth and can be controlled by dry sodium fluoride. He advised cleaning to keep insects out and, if present, using a volatile spray with a mixture of alcohol, corrosive sublimate, and spirits of turpentine.
The piece estimates eleven autos cost per mile with components such as gasoline 8 cents, oil 8 cents, service 2 cents, depreciation 10 cents, interest 1.2, insurance 1 cent, garage 1 cent, and license 0. It also covers toll operator selections for President Coolidge, the Iowa State College Memorial Union project at Town State College, its cost of 720000, and historical notes about Dr. Steiner and Mr. Pieringer from Bedford, with a fire memory linked to a theatre incident years ago.
Dr H G Johnston dentist located in Rhodes Block over Shadles Office with office phone 904 and residence 611. Dr J M Fredericks en located over L M Christensen's Store with office phone 105 and residence 209.
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