Farming Season Returns to Normal Amid Dust Storms
The Des Moines weather report shows farming conditions near normal overall with delays in eastern districts due to late rains and weak seed. A dust storm from the northwest blanketed Iowa with a grey haze and high winds, delaying work and prompting cautious forecasts on temperatures and straw hat season.
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Rcanciated
Des Moines
Weather and Crop Bureau
Northwest
Towa
C. D. Reed
Descendant of Presidents J Adams Abbott in Rome Jail
John Adams Abbott of Boston is jailed in Rome after beating Salvatore Astrologo following a dispute over entry order to the Vatican garden. Abbott, tour companion of his mother, denies the Mussolini insult charge and awaits formal interrogation.
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Associated Press
Rome
United States
John Adams Abbott
Boston
Mass
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Salvatore Astrologo
Vatican Garden
Abbott
Astrologo
Italy
Grafton St. Lee Abbott
Mussolini
Canaries: Wild Birds More Loud and Green Than Domestics
The wild canaries were green and possessed louder clearer voices than their domestic counterparts. They were introduced to Europe in the sixteenth century.
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Europe
Works Both Ways Debts and Troubles Entangle People
The line between debt and difficulty blurs as some suffer from financial strain while others incur debt due to ongoing troubles. The piece explores how financial woes and personal troubles intertwine, shaping choices and outcomes for individuals.
Col Robbins Joins Cummins Campaign Staff in Iowa
Col C B Robbins of Cedar Rapids joins Senator Cummins campaign team in Des Moines and adopts the slogan Cummins or Communism. He accuses Brookhart of communism and La Follettism, insisting Cummins offers a safe, sound Republican choice for Iowa.
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Associated Dress
Des Moines
C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Cummins
Robbins
Towa
Smith W Brookhart
Brookhart
Republican Party
Iowa
Philadelphia to Try the One-Man Transit Plan on Its Streets
Philadelphia plans a unique experiment to create a virtual transit monopoly. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company would absorb the leading taxicab outfit, coordinating subway surface and elevated lines with taxis and buses to support city subways, with no fare increases promised.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Thomas EK. Mitten
Philadelphia Transit Commission
Mitten
New York
Chicago
Eleectric
Buchanan Bible Study Club Grows Fast In Minneapolis
Organized to study the Bible and unite women from many denominations, the Buchanan Bible Study club has doubled its membership in six years and became the first of its kind to affiliate with the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Founder Mrs John C Buchanan leads meetings with outlines and maps to teach Bible history, integrating sacred art music and literature.
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Minneapolis
Buchanan Bible Study Club of
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
John C. Buchanan
The Casket of Pandora And The Stage Door Return
A faded actress stoops in a dim attic to recall early triumphs evoked by a sapphire blue cloak from a worn trunk. A letter from her former mentor beckons a comeback, but a child’s plea to stay home drives a revulsion that ends with a quiet homeward embrace.
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Chicago
Indiana
Clouak
Sayers
Hher
Pandora
Presta
Alete
Beeches L
Chicano
Queen Anne Cottine
Methodist choir concert and Brighton social notes
The Brighton Methodist choir held a regular monthly concert at the evening service with selections by chorus choir duets and a mixed quartet. The article also lists birthdays, visits, moves, local shoppers, school activities, and several residents’ movements in and around Brighton and Ames area.
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Brighton
Methodist Choir
Leroy Bennett
Mary Irwin
Kvalyn Helmick
Freida Koch
Thorus
Mre
Fl. W. Helmick
Edith Koch
R. W. Hinson
H. W. Helmick
Guile Pringle
Hfe
Beces and
Robison
Willard Lindaner
John William
A. R. Gowey
Jindaner
Davenport
Clinton County
Ada Bereiter
Richland
Ray John
Verna Wortman
Stevenson
Washington
James Harris
Janie
Rudolph
Mra
KK. LL. Edmondson
Robert
Columbus Junction
Fragmentary dialogue on deafness and marriage in a medical scene
A garbled excerpt presents a doctor patient exchange. The patient asks why cure is sought and if the doctor is married, reflecting a diagnostic or interpersonal moment in a medical setting.
Silence, a Divorce, and a Seven-Year Standstill
Frank Cruse, 70, and Louise Cruse, 69, of Mechanicville Iowa, endured seven years of silence after a quarrel over adopting a niece. Chief Justice De Graff granted Louise a divorce, crediting her with long steadfast service. alimony set at $100 monthly.
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Mechanicsville
Frank Cruse
Louise
Iowa Prairie
Cruse
Supreme Court
Graff
Louise Cruse
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