Jowan Flies Rebuilt Crate Airplane At Burlington Airport
A veteran flyer, A. J. Hartman, rebuilt a 1910 airplane using 1910 parts banana crates canvas and wire. He tested at low altitudes improving to 20 feet challenging a safe landing. The craft retains the 1910 rear wheel and tire and Hartman previously entered the 1910 ship in the 1912 cross continent race for a $10,000 prize but suffered repeated crashes.
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A. J. Hartman
Burlington, In
Oest
Hartman
Iowa Governor Kraschel Faces Midterm Pressure Over Maytag Plant Clash
Iowa politics focus on Governor Kraschel after he stationed troops at Newton to keep the Maytag plant closed amid a 10 percent wage cut dispute. The dispute splits unions and business leaders, with debates over political leverage and potential influence from Des Moines publisher Gardner Cowles Jr. and the press. Local workers, farmers, and voters weigh the governor’s middle-course approach as November election battles begin.
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Newton
Maytag
Oren
Kraschel
Des Moines
Iowa Press Association
Iowa
National Guard
Dan Turner
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag Company
George Wilson
Angeles
Union
AFL
CIO
Cowles
Gardner
Mike) Cowles, Jr
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Kenneth MacDonald
Needle's Eye Gate in Jerusalem Camel Story
Historians describe the needle's eye as a small Jerusalem gate through which a camel could pass only by bowing and removing its burdens, illustrating a popular interpretive tradition about biblical gate names.
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Wall of
Jerusalem
Daredevil Flight by Doctor Ramsey Astonishes Chicago
Henry W. Ewert of the Chicago Board of Trade recounts Doctor Ramsey's supposed invention a strong paste made from parboiled fishhooks mustard plaster and worn pockethooks. Ramsey allegedly dangled from a hairline attached to a stunt plane while an aviator flew and then detached the line after a risky takeoff.
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Ramsey
Henry W. Ewert
Chicago Board of Trade
Doe
Ewert
Doctor Rameer
Weetern
Thirty Minerals Furnish the Better Known Gems
About 1,500 minerals are known and classified, but roughly 30 minerals supply the better known gems. Local gem researchers note the main gemstones come from a small principal group of minerals.
Old locomotives and trains at Iowa Centennial Fair
Pioneer locomotives and early Iowa trains will be shown beside modern streamlined engines at the Iowa State Fair as a Centennial feature. The exhibit, organized with major railroads and the State Centennial Committee, will include The Pioneer locomotive from Northwestern in 1848 and run from August 28 to September 2.
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Res Moines
Iowa
Burlington
Rock Island
Northwestern
State Centennial Committee
Exii
Midwest
Pioneer
Rhodes Born in England Birth Record of Rhodes Source
Cecil John Rhodes, the South African statesman famed for Kimberley diamond fortunes, was born at Bishop Stortford in Hertfordshire England on July 5 1853.
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Cecil J. Rhodes
England
Cecil John Rhodes
Kimberley
Bishop Stortford
Hertfordshire
Hi Ho sage of Chinatown offers wary wisdom
Hi Ho the Chinatown sage says after years of words of wisdom he realizes no speech is as profound as a child’s artless appeal and influence.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
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