Near East Relief conference in Des Moines Iowa
The Near East Relief Commission held a Des Moines conference with attendees from across Iowa. H Shallcross, replacing A Montanus, chaired. Donations totaling over 223000 included cash 97739 corn 69866 and clothing 55789.
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Near East Relief Commission
Des Moines
H. Shallcross
Dc. A. Montanus
Iowa
Judge Utterback
Armenia
Shallcross
Smyrna
N. E. Kendall
C. D. Reed
Weather and Crop Service
Harding
Will H. Hays
Gov
Kendall
Max Mayer
V. Pantaropulos
Mason City
George Porikos
Garabed , Sinanian
Ames
Greeks in Mason City Lead Iowa with Over 1000 Residents
In Mason City more Greeks live than in any other Iowa city, numbering over 1000. They work at the cement plant and brick and tile works, are industrious and prosperous, with bankers like Carl Franke noting deposits up to 10000 dollars. They sponsor a large church led by Rev V Pantaropulos, a cultured figure devoted to community advancement.
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Mason City
Iowa
Carl Franke
V. Pantaropulos
Corn huskers flock to Iowa for better yield
Nebraska and Missouri farmers send workers to Iowa as crops lag at home. Farm groups set prices of four cents per bushel where no elevator aids unloading and three and a half cents where elevators exist. Lodging, board, and washing are noted as prerequisites. A good husker may average over a hundred bushels daily, with the farmer supplying team and wagon.
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Iowa
Missouri
Nebraka
Hearing on grain freight rates at Des Moines
A diverse panel of rail executives, commissioners from ten states, corn product manufacturers, and major associations gathered in Des Moines to argue whether coarse grains including corn, oats, and barley should carry the same freight rate as wheat. I C C examiner H. C. Keene presided as representatives debate if current grain rates, about 11 percent lower, should be equalized.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Des Moines
American Farm Bureau Federation
H. C. Keene
Washington, D. C
Iowa Near Top In Motor Vehicle License Revenue
Federal figures show Iowa ranks third among the 48 states in motor license fee revenue for last year, taking in 7 719 127 dollars. New York and Pennsylvania led, Ohio and California follow, while Nevada brings in 102 800, and eighteen states collect under one million. Total of all states reached 122 269 071 dollars.
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Iowa
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
New York
Pennylvania
Ohio
California
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
Pied Piper of Random Finds Task in Des Moines
A. C. Rowley dubbed the Pied Piper of Random is invited by Des Moines city health officials to curb a rat pest. He sets up at the health department office in city hall and will lead a citywide drive westward from the river using three bait mixtures with poison per U S health service guidelines aimed at eradicating about a million rats.
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A. C. Rowley
Des Moines
City Health Department
Rowley
United States Health Service
Pied Piper
Onions Prove Scott County Growth With Record Shipments
Pleasant Valley shipped 222 carloads of onions valued at 88 800 this year, highlighting Scott County’s growing agricultural output as reported in the month’s shipping figures.
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Pleasant Valley
Scott County
Grinnell College Leads Iowa in Chinese Enrollment
Grinnell College claims the largest Chinese student body among Iowa colleges with thirteen natives. State University hosts ten, Ames seven, Mount Vernon seven, Grinnell’s notable Chinese faculty alumnus Mr C C Ma is now a senior majoring in mathematics. Other Chinese students include Mr Sin Chen from Formosa, detained in San Francisco and later released after paying a fee, plus four students from Tsing Hua college Pekin, government supported.
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Grinnell College
Iowa
Grinnell
The
State University
Ames
Mount Vernon
Cne
Dubuque
Simpson
Morningside
Tabor
C. C. Ma
Grinnell School
China
Sin Chen
Formosa
San Francisco
Chen
Himelf
Immigration Office
Tsing Hua College
Pekin
Indemnity College
Peat Bog Fires Burn in Hancock County Areas
A 300 acre peat bog near Hayfield in Hancock county has burned for days leaving white ashes and persistent smoke. Heavy rains are needed to extinguish the fire, with vigilance to prevent spread to adjacent fields. A smaller bog near Nora Junction between Mason City and Nora Springs is also burning, consuming four acres.
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Hancock County
Hayfield
Nora Junction Station
Mason City
Nora Springs
Monticello reports high student pursuit beyond high school
Monticello with under 2200 residents shows 90 college students enrolled statewide and nationwide. One in twenty four residents seeks education beyond the town high school.
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Monticello
Northeastern Iowa hunters profit from winter fur trade
Northeastern Iowa sustains a profitable hunting economy year round with fur bearing animals in winter and gopher, hedgehog, rattlesnake and wolf bounty opportunities in other seasons. William Schriell midt presented a large timber wolf pelt to Allamakee county auditor in Waukon, noting it was his twentieth wolf captured in three months under state law bounty.
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Iowa
William Schriellmidt
Allamakee County
Waukon
Watermelon coin to church hymn linked in Ames reminiscence
A Iowa summer event recalls Roy Minear selling watermelons in Ames thirty five years ago and finding the 1882 silver dollar he dented years earlier in change. The tale links to The Lillie Brown Church in the Vale near Brandon where Dr. W S Pitts inspired a globally translated hymn and lies buried in Fredericksburg.
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Ames
Roy Minear
Story City
Minear
Sioux City
Iowa
Lillie Brown
the Vale
Brandon
Chickasaw County
Wildwood
W. S. Pitts
Dr. Pitts
Fredericksburg
Davenport Youth Joins Moving Picture Production
Harry Dunge of Davenport aged 17 and weighing 256 pounds has joined a moving picture production. The report notes a notable youth entering the film industry and hints at a possible larger cast.
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Harry Dunge
Davenport
Moving
Notable Actor From Davenport Pursues Comedy Days
An aspiring performer from Davenport, now linked to Hollywood's famed Los Angeles suburb, is expected to specialize in comedies in Fatty Arbuckle days. He attended West Intermediate School in Davenport and spent the past year at a military school.
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Ing ‘Cormmpany
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Fatty Arbuckle
Dunge
Weat
Davenport
Finding of a Lost Kansas River Steamboat Near Hamburg
L R Sims of Hamburg Fremont county reports a farmer discovering what may be the final resting place of the steamboat Kansas sunk near the Missouri river town. Old timers recall a whiskey laden boat from St Louis to Sioux City intended for soldiers fighting Indians. Prospectors converge on the fertile farm amid visible no trespassing signs.
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Hamburg
Fremont County
Missouri River
St. Louis
Sioux City
Kansas
Missouri
Township Bureau Farm Meetings at High Lake
The High Lake township Farm Bureau meeting drew a large attendance with an excellent program. A favorite was the quartette performance. Committees were appointed to meet with 12 Mile Lake to plan a short course to be held in Wallingford in December.
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High Lake Townhip Farm Bureau
12 Mile Lake
Wallingfford
Booster meeting planned for November in Iowa center
A well attended Lake Center meeting in Iowa discussed plans for a booster meeting on November 2. Outside speakers will attend and 1923 plans will be discussed.
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Iowa’ Lake Center
Dolliver meeting inspires agriculture class at town club
The Lincoln township meeting at Dolliver on Thursday the 12th drew the entire Dolliver High School agriculture class. Mr Henn and Mr Snyder from the Extension Department of Ames spoke to the girls on club work. They planned the next meeting and arranged a booster gathering for November.
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Lincoln Township
Dolliver
Dolliver High School
Henn
Snyder
Extension Department of
Ames
Center Township Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Center township held its annual meeting on Friday October 12 for election of officers. Mr Hawley of Pocahontas attended and spoke on hail insurance and Square Deal Insurance as a director. I B Book was chosen director and president with R B Crone as vice president and H A Haywood as secretary. Directors will appoint the cooperators for 1923 by motion.
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Center Township
Hawley
Pocahontas
I. B. Book
R. B. Crone
H. A. Haywood
Butchering and Meat Cutting Demos in Emmet County
Mr. Mc Donald of the Extension Dept will hold two butchering demonstrations in Emmet county on November 23 and 24. The sessions will butcher four hogs a cow and a sheep in the morning and cut up the carcasses in the afternoon. The event covers latest cutting methods and full directions on brine preservation and smoking. One demonstration will be at Twelve Mile Lake and the other in the county's northeast area.
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Emmet County
McDonald
Extension. Dept
Twelve Mile Lake
New Naturalization Laws for Women Explained
Clerk of Courts S E Bemis reports citizens read the new naturalization laws for women effective immediately. The act recognizes women as individuals eligible for citizenship without regard to marriage, detailing requirements and exemptions including residence, declaration, and renunciation rules.
Women Naturalization Provisions in Citizenship Act
Provisions discuss marriage to aliens and loss or retention of United States citizenship. A wife who loses citizenship by marriage may regain it if she remains within the United States or meets residence requirements. Continuous residence abroad triggers naturalization status as if married after enactment. Certain limitations apply to women whose husbands are not eligible for citizenship during marital status.
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S. E. Bemis
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Hawaii
Alaska
History in a Nutshell From a Welsh School Essay
A London paper notes a Welsh schoolboy essay on Henry VIII beginning with King Henry VII as the greatest widower. It claims odd birth years and a litany of wives and executions, then says Henry VIII was succeeded on the throne by Mary Queen of Scots, referred to as the Lady of the Lake.
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Henry VIII
London
Henry VII
Anno Domino
Bewddes
Henry
Mary Queen of Scots
Notice of Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Emmet County
By order of the District Court Clerk a special general execution has been issued against R E Kenney J C Atkins Chris N Petersen and Mayme Petersen in favor of Ringsted State Bank for 8000 955 41 debt plus interest and costs The sheriff will sell the Southwest Quarter of section 21 township 99 range 31 west of the 5th P M Emmet County Iowa at public sale for cash on November 13 1922 in front of Estherville Court House between 9 am and 4 pm sale to begin at 10 15 am to satisfy the debt interest and costs Dated Esterville October 11 1922 THOMAS NIVISON Sheriff of Emmet County Iowa
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District Court
Emmet County
Iowa
Ringsted State Bank
Ringsted
R. E. Kenney
J. C. Atkins
Chris N. Petersen
Mayme Petersen
Court House
Estherville
Eserville
Lands At Emmet County Auction Foreclosure 1922
The land described begins at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter Section 14 Township 99 Range 31 Emmet County Iowa and conveys a 30.82 acre parcel. The property will be sold to the high bidder for cash on November day 1922 at the door of the Court House in Estherville hours starting 10 o'clock a.m. to satisfy the debt with interest and costs. Sheriff Thomas Nivison of Emmet County Iowa issues the sale notice.
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Western’ Railway Company
Emmet County
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ilways Company
Township 99
Sginning
Batherville
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Armstrong Iowa
Notice of sheriff sale issued under a 1922 district court judgment in Emmet County Iowa. St Paul State Bank sues John Rahmstock and others, debt $4955.78 plus costs, property includes Lot 4 Block 22 Armstrong and NNW of Section 35, Township 98, Range 31, with right of way exception for Chicago & North Western.
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District Court
Emmet County
Iowa
A. D
St. Paul State Bank
John Rahmstock
E. F. Knowles
T. W. Doughty
J. H. Mitchell
Emmet
Armstrong
Section
Township 98
Range 31
Chicago & North
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J. W. Jarnagin
Township Bureau Farm Meetings
Thomas Nivison
Homas Nivison
Towa
A. J. Peterson
Dunnell Minn
Scott Henshaw
St. James Minn
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Nau Brothers
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