Davis Honored I Coffey Home Birthday in 83rd
Davis of Washington reached his 83rd birthday and was guest of honor at a birthday dinner at the I K Coffey home on Tuesday noon. Attendees included Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Stout and son Bert, with other relatives and friends, plus hosts to a party at the North Side in Washington honoring Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ferguson
Chester
Davis
Washington
I. KE. Coffeyne
Cot
and Lafe Stout
Bert
Vere Davis
North Side
Harry Davis
J. EK. Cof
W.R.C. Breets
W.R.C
Ek. H. Whitehead
Effie van Sickle Lucy Leet
J. EB. Coffey
Theodore Poore
Will Reif
Vaughn Cochran
Ida V. Hough
Whitehead
Dinner Guests Visit Washington Couple Hosts
Elsie Bratten Weida Zook and Mrs Walter Lance of Washington were dinner guests Wednesday evening at the R. C. Ferguson home, sharing conversation and hospitality during the informal gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Bratten
Weida Zook
Walter Lance
Washington
R. C. Ferguson
Telephone Operators in Small Towns Headed by Bureau
In a Des Moines report, Mrs Mayme Workman of the Illinois Telephone association asserts that telephone operators in small towns serve as a general information bureau. They offer baby care advice, weather forecasts, spelling help and even answer questions about local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bureau of General Information
Barbary Apes of Gibraltar and British Breeding Stock
The Barbary apes of Gibraltar are Europe's only wild monkeys, belonging to the macaque family and native to northern Africa. It is believed Romans or Moors introduced them, suggesting no proof of land connection between Europe and Africa. A saying about British departure prompts suspicions that fresh breeding stock has been secretly imported as ape numbers dwindled.
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Gibraltar
Europe
Barbary
Africa
Area of 21 Republics in the United States context
The total area and population of the 21 American republics are 11,123,272 square miles and a population of 254,835,481. The area is 160 times that of Missouri, and the population is nearly double that of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
United States
Battleships Define Naval Power and Defense Reach
Battleships form the fleet backbone with 16 inch guns and rugged design. They deliver and endure heavier blows than other ships and serve as a decisive defense against blockades and aerial invasions from overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oversea
Legend of Telemaque Quest Ends With Rusty Nails
A French brig sank in the Seine at Quilleboeuf 150 years ago while said to carry Louis XVI treasure. After nearly a year of salvage work, only a barrel of rusty hand-forged nails was recovered, ending the search for a famed personal fortune and other valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
Quilleboeuf
Louis XVI
Silver Steel Add Silver To Stainless Alloy
A new stainless alloy called Silver Steel is produced by adding about 0.25 to 0.30 per cent silver to the base mix of 18 per cent chromium and 8 per cent nickel, used in the prior standard stainless steels.
Markets Report Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Market summary from Chicago shows hogs at 6,000 head with values 8.60 to 8.90 for 180 to 240 lb, 240 to 270 lb at 8.40 to 8.70, 330 lb and above 8.25 to 8.50, sow prices 7.50 to 8.00. Cattle totals 1,406 with light steers 9.00 to 19.50, yearlings 12.25, heifers 8.50 to 11.00, vealers 9.00 to 10.50, top 11.50, stockers calves 11.50 to 72.50. Sheep 9,000 with fed lambs steady to firmer at 10.60 and under bids. Saturday outlook points to cattle 200 hogs 500 sheep 3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Grain Table Chicago April 18 values shown
Open high low close figures for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans across May July Sep and different months. Key price points include Wheat around 89 90, Corn near 68 68.5, Oats near 34 41, Soybeans around 1.19 1.16 1.07 1.08 with varied contracts and months listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Orie Bsn Ase
Chicago Gash Corn CHICAGO April 18 CASH GRAIN
Chicago market report lists corn bids with mixed lots at 70.45 and 71.04, yellow varieties 70 to 71, oats with mixed samples around 38 to 41 percent, and soybeans at 1.21 to 1.22 percent. Notes multiple lots and color distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report April 18
Chicago reports firm produce market with receipts totaling 44 828 cases and 20 percent current receipts. Extra firsts 22 and firsts 21 percent, dirties 1914. UP Poultry shows irregular market with 25 trucks received including heavy ducks at 141 percent and small colored ducks 13. Springs 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Deeded His Birthday To Annie Ide In 1891 Deed
Mrs. W. Bourke Cochran of New York is identified as the Annie Ide whom Robert Louis Stevenson marked with his birthday in a deed dated 1891. The note connects Stevenson's gesture to Ide within a historical context of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bourke Cochran
New York City
Annie Ide
Robert Louis Stevenson
Montana Tops Nation With Albino Buffalo Population
Montana leads the United States and Alaska in albino buffalo counts with 1,044 among about 5,000 nationwide. Over 900 reside at Moiese National Buffalo Range and Crown Indian Reservation in central Montana, with others on multiple ranches. Historians note rare white buffalo sightings. their pelts fetched high prices.
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United States
Alaska
Montana
Moiese
Crown Indian
Government Range
W. T. Hornaday
E. Douglas Branch
Branch
Anti-Horse Thief Band Now Out of Existence
The Gumbo Protective Association, incorporated in 1906 by St. Louis county residents as a vigilante group to combat horse theft, was dissolved by Circuit Judge Julius R. Nolte in Clayton, Missouri, at the association’s request, which cited no remaining need for its existence. Damian Mueller, the president, recalled past vigilante efforts and rewards, noting horses and thieves are now less of a concern due to automobiles and mechanized farming. The judge is familiar with the dusty incorporation records, dating back 36 years, from his time as deputy circuit clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gumbo Protective Association
St. Louis County
Julius R. Nolte
Clayton
Damian Mueller
Gumbo
Nolte
Association
Dr Michael J Buck keeps practicing at 88 in Wilkinsburg
Dr Michael J Buck of Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania remains active with a 68 year medical career after turning eighty eight. He began sewing his brother’s wound at age eight and later studied at Jefferson and Hahnemann colleges Johns Hopkins and the University of Vienna. He served as an army surgeon for Russia in 1873 and met figures such as Gladstone Bismarck and Pope Pius IX during European travels. As a boy he also spent a week in the White House with President Lincoln through the Pennsylvania governor.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Gladstone
Bismarck
Pope Pius IX
White House
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
First Canadian Casualty Julien Durupt Arrives in New York
Canadian electrician from Vancouver, 86, arrives in New York as the first Canadian casualty of the European war. He lost an eye and is nearly blind in the other after a February front-line mine explosion near the Maginot line. He sailed for France in January with five others. Also aboard are Silvier Carricart, 40, a fisherman from St Pierre Miquelon, and Louis Abgarall, 35, a Manitoba farmer and father of nine, discharged to stay at home.
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Julien Durupt
Vancouver
B. C
New York
France
Maginot Line
Silvier Carricart
St. Pierce
Miquelon
Louis Abgarall
St. Laurent
Manitoba
Toes and Heels Boost Girls’ Efficiency Says Doctor
Dr Thomas T Boyd of the Massachusetts Academy of Podiatry urges women to remove shoes and stockings and wiggle their toes to increase efficiency likening it to a deep breath of invigorating air. He also advises wearing lower heels to avoid stomach ailments and an appearance like leaning towers of Pisa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas T. Boyd
Massachusetts Academy of Podiatry
Costa Rica Maintains An Army With 800 Personnel
A small army force in Costa Rica remains limited to about 800 men. The defensive unit sustains readiness under peaceful conditions, with no compulsory military service and a focus on training and regional security cooperation.
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Costa Rica
Unusually warm Iowa week boosts early farming pace
Des Moines reports describe temperatures about 13 degrees above normal and mid May feel for early April. Sunshine was 6 percent below normal with widespread showers and over an inch of rain in several regions. Oat seeding began in central and southern counties, frost largely departed, and soil at Ames reached 54 to 54.4 degrees at one to six inches, signaling early corn planting potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Missouri
Big Sioux
Easi
Cetral
Ames
Charles D. Reed
Complaints Rise in U S Department Stores
U S retail sector handles about 52 million customer complaints annually across dry goods and general merchandise outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Appeals 40 year term in Iowa murder case
Charles Long of Cresco, who was sentenced two weeks ago to 49 years for the Jan 2 wife slaying at Ft. Madison, appealed his conviction to the Iowa Supreme Court today.
Ingenious thief lifts lobby rug from locked Chicago apartment
A Chicago apartment house manager recalls a clever theft where before dawn a thief moved furniture aside without disturbing guests and departed with a 12 by 12 rug from the lobby. The building doors and windows are kept locked every night.
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Chicago
Simple gadget removes cooking odors with incense steam
A glass container holds water on the stove and when it boils, four or five drops of incense are added. After boiling five minutes the heat is turned off and the odors disappear. The device is described as clean, simple, and easy to use.
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Jim
Reny Mr, ‘Tiks
Carl M. Fischer
High Street
Arlington
Iowa
Journal
Ey Jalil
Lloyd Phillips
Iowa Ave
Joe Moore
Baavia
Bladensburg
M. . Mace
East Second Treet
Glenn Mace
Face Motor Co
Furnis
Elson
John Odd
Christian Service
Women's Society of Christian Service
Art Rigenhagen
Will Jones
Eagle
Idaho
Marsh Derby
Sylvia Reighard
Richland
Jones
Nellie Secearcy
Ada Mae Thomas
Cecelia Weir
Dorothy Ellison
Reister Bros
Creamery
Hery
Red Comb Feeds
Green Gate Brooder
Jamesway Poultry
Dr. Salisbury Poultry Health Service
Mickie
Little ‘Wan
Evening Journal
the Evening Journal
Green Colonial
Eveready Plumbing & Heating Co
Green Colonial Furnace Co
Oetjen’'s
Oetjen
Oetjen’s
Ainsworth
Bertha Pearson
T. Roy White
Ainsworth West Chester
Morning Sun Rendering
Telephone Operators (Information Bureau
Oetten Seed Store
Hampshire
QO. P. Schulty
Wellman
Berkshire
Wm. Zachs
Riverside
Wessler Bros
Methodist Church
Firestone Champions
Picken’s
Martin
Rose Cottage
Sargent
Wolfer Hatchery
Chicago Livestock
Midway Sale Co
Columbus
City Feed Yard
Dot
Washington, Iowa
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Michael J. Buck
Wilkinsburg
Nancy McCarter
Fairfax
Alexandria, Va
West Union, Iowa
Hereford
West End Sale
Mr. Pleasant
Colorado
Freddie Chandler
Alctioneer
Chariton
Moore’s Bottery
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