Young Swimmers Make Lake Okoboji Feat At 16
Milford and Dick INgon county youths Muriel Craig and Harold Buffet, both 16, swam across the widest point of Lake Okoboji on August 26 to a crowd gathered at the lake district. The achievement tops records by older, experienced swimmers and drew local celebration. Efforts to fund high school attendance and work opportunities for students are planned alongside regional flags gifts to schools by George W. Schee, while Ottumwa district reports over 10,000 bushels of pickles shipped, at about 1 dollar per bushel, with 150 bushels daily from a local factory.
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E. E. Heldridge
Milford
Dickingon County
Muriel Craig
John H. Craig
Tripp
South Dakota, Ledger
Harold Buffet
Ernest Buffet
Omaha
Lake Okoboji
Lake District
George W. Schee
Clay County
Ida Haroldson
Mr. Schee
Primghar
O’brien
Ottumwa
Birthday salute to Rev C G Rice in Council Bluffs
Rev C G Rice celebrated his 103rd birthday at his daughter's home in Council Bluffs. Guests included Capt Cravan V Garner of Deadwood, who led the first company from Council Bluffs in the Civil War, and Prof J Ogle of the University of Vermont, from which Rice graduated almost 80 years ago. Born in 1819 during Monroe's presidency, Rice recalled early campus life and class members.
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C. G. Rice
Council Bluffs
Cravan V. Garner
Deadwood
J. Ogle
University of Vermont
Mr. Rice
Professor Ogle
Rev. Rice
Monroe
Murphy named Olympic games planning chief in New Orleans
J. R. Murphy a former University of Iowa football star is named chairman of a commission to draft plans for the Olympic games of America to be held with the American Legion annual convention in New Orleans from October 16 to 21. He names Paul J. Curry of Ida Grove as director of Iowa athletes for the contests.
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J. R. Murphy
University of Iowa
The
American Legion
New Orleans
Mr. Murphy
Paul J. Curry
Ida Grove
Iowa
Colonel J. F. McNeil Honored for Lincoln Guard Service
Oskaloosa notes a distinguished citizen Colonel J. F. McNeil as the sole survivor of Lincoln's grave guard. He is described as the last person to see Lincoln's body before the grave was sealed.
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Oskaloosa
J. F. McNeil
Lincoln
Cherokee County Reward Sparks Three Claimants
The Cherokee county board of supervisors debates a reward for information leading to the capture of a killer and shooter described as a negro. Applicants include Henry O Neal who shot him, Mrs Peter Dunn who called Sheriff Langwin, and Mrs John O Connell. Each claims basis based on witness actions and timing.
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Board of Supervisors
Cherokee County
Henry O'Neal
Peter Dunn
Langwin
John O’connell
O’neal
O’connell
Dunns
George Jackson Dead at Osceola Clarke County
George Jackson, the prominent local Black resident of Osceola, Clarke County, died at home. Born a slave in Missouri in 1855, he built a 130 acre farm before selling it in 1919 to buy a townhome. He was father to seven children and survived by a widow also born into slavery. The Jacksons were respected by the Osceola community regardless of color.
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George Jackson
Osceola
Clarke County
Missouri
Abraham Lincoln
Jackson
Farmers Form County Protection Group in Clay County
Following a rise in thefts and vandalism to poultry, stock, fruits, and melons, Clay County farmers organized a protection group. The county attorney and county bank officers attended, pledging support. Deputy sheriffs appointed by the bankers’ association will serve the protection effort to enforce property rights with warnings to offenders.
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Farm Bureau Organization
Clay County
County Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Farmers’ Organization
Fruit jar trade and canning in Tracy Iowa area
An observer notes Tracy Iowa households busy with home canning. Local stores sold 750 dozen glass fruit jars this summer and more could have been sold. Mrs George Chilcoate canned 225 quarts of blackberries, with many homes storing hundreds of quarts. The Mississippi River runs unusually low, stranding boats on sandbars as government crews ride the steamer Ellen when needed.
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Tracy
Marion County
Co-operative
Iowa
George Chilcoate
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Polk hunters rush to open duck season in early September
In Polk county over 2,000 hunter licenses were issued in the first two weeks of September as the duck season approached. Warnings from game wardens set bag limits for ducks at 25 per day, eight geese, and various limits for plovers, snipes, rails, and other birds. Squirrels opened September 1 with local hunting already yielding bags. William Moellering of Garnaville, Clayton county, reports spraying pear trees boosted income, yielding 125 bushels from 11 sprayed trees and profits up to 20 times the orchard’s previous earnings, with some trees delivering 14 bushels.
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Polk County
William Moellering
Garnaville
Clayton County
Poison plants and a top sorghum mill in Iowa
The report notes Mrs Eldon Kep ford of Hawarden died from castor bean poisoning, warning that castor beans are highly dangerous if eaten. It also cautions Cowbean versus wild parsnip, while highlighting Henry A Ludeke in Klemme Hancock county running a leading sorghum mill producing 200 gallons daily with modern crushing gear, rotary pump lifting juice to evaporating pans, steam boiler and gas engine, built to Washington agricultural plans.
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Eldon L. Kepford
Hawarden
Henry .A. Ludeke
Klemme
Hancock County
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Appanoose County Farmers vow to halt highway misdeeds
Appanoose County farmers announce plans to drive out “deviltry” along roads and schools. They threaten to arrest offenders and jail them, and to publicize the offenders’ names. They cite automobile activity, drinking, and indecent behavior near homes and pastures, urging a countywide cleanup.
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Appanoose County
Centerville
Grapes bring good money for Cedar Falls grower Kaiser
Guy Campbell of Cedar Falls describes a man named Kaiser near the city who is earning well from a half acre of grapes. Campbell has sold three tons of choice fruit and expects at least one more ton to be picked.
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Guy Campbell
Cedar Falls
Kaiser
Campbell
Iowa Fruit Prospects Linked to Acreage Potential
A half acre yields four tons with prices strong as Kaiser projects $600 profit on the tract at $1,200 per acre. Osceola’s Frank Abbott recalls Pioneer days as Court Bailiff W W Williams posts portraits of Clarke county’s first two judges Jerry Jenks and James Rice in the Osceola Sentinel. Jenks, Clarke county’s first judge, arrived in 1850 and helped organize the county, later serving as surveyor and then judge for three terms before Rice succeeded him. Rice, arriving in 1857, served as county judge starting 1861 for nine years, later participating in state legislature and contributing to the Code of Iowa.
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Kaiser
Iowa
Frank Abbott
Osceola
Clarke County
W. W. Williams
Jerry Jenks
James Rice
Judge Rice
Green Castle
Indiana
Homecoming Day Set at State Teachers College Cedar Falls
October 21 set for homecoming at Cedar Falls State Teachers College as thousands of alumni are expected to attend. The current term features the largest enrollment in the college's history and to provide adequate instruction twelve additional faculty members were added.
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State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
National Dairy Exposition Opens Next Week in Twin Cities
The 1922 National Dairy Exposition opens next week in Minneapolis St Paul with 1000 pure bred cows 350 to 500 grade cattle 3 000 standard bred chickens and a 32000 Healthland show for mothers and children The Northwest foresees 200 000 attendees and foreign visitors report high value for farmers who attend by rail or car The event features overseas delegates 800 travel cost per person and special excursion fares plus free parking and police escorted tours for visitors from 50 to 100 miles away.
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Breed Association
Twin Cities
Northwest
Thirty Years Ago in Estherville News Notes
A stroll through Estherville items recounts local births, injuries, a deadly hotel fire on 6th Street, a brave fire crew, and the Emmet House blaze traced to a brakeman. Neighborhood updates include bank safety upgrades, postal changes, new babies, travels, homestead work, and town arrivals.
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Johnny Sullivan
P. Sullivan
Lone Tree
Washington County
Don Bradley
Salisbury
Rock Island
Emmet House
6Th Street
Rescue Fire Company
Lew Brannan
Howard Graves
Estherville State Bank
Hall Company
Charley Fuller
Ridley Wins Republican Nomination for County Auditor
Twenty years ago Roy J. Ridley won the Republican primary held Saturday the 20th for the county auditor nomination. F A Schaefer attended a Cedar Rapids cattle sale. I Coleman traveled from Dolliver to a Democratic convention and secured a nomination. Mrs Donovan and daughter of Emmetsburg visited J P Kirby. Mr and Mrs Geo A Nichols were in Chicago as a delegate to a Theo meeting.
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Roy J. Ridley
F. A. Schaefer
Cedar Rapids
I. Coleman
Dolliver
Donovan
Emmetsburg
J. P. Kirby
Geo. A. Nichols
Chicago
Catholic Bazaar and Supper Plans and Lecture Course
The Vindicator and Republican announces a November 15 Catholic Bazaar and Supper at K. P. Hall. Season tickets for the five event lecture course cost 1.50 for adults and 0.75 for children, with single admissions at 0.50 per entertainment.
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K. P. Hall
Office of the Vindicator and
Republican
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Elkton
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H. H. Leonberg
North Dakota
Ole Anderson
Wallingford Savings Bank
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Perkins
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