4 H Award Winners and Livestock Results Spread
The article covers 4 H livestock show results across categories including Guernseys Holstein and sheep, with champions like Marion Timmins and Stanley Chabal. It lists market pigs by Timmins and Lambert, blue and red ribbons to multiple exhibitors, and detailed class placements for boar, gilt, litter, and curv es. It also notes girls club judging and State Fair exhibit ribbons across several bread and cookie classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pig Club
Marion Timmins
Marvin Lambert
Timmins
Hampshire
Hampshires
Robert Foster
Alvin Jones
Donald Stout
Pure research builds a $5000 house cost study
A Pur due university project analyzes a five thousand dollar house showing materials costing 2828 dollars or 56 percent of price with lumber at 900 dollars as the largest material share. Labor totals 1434 dollars or 27 percent and contractors profits reach 815 dollars or 16.4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huilding
Purdue University
Boy, 15, Owns Albino Colt Tarzan in Iowa
Albino colt Tarzan owned by 15 year old Adair Boyd Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Daniels, is pictured by Robert Ripley in Believer It or Not as the only pure white horse with light hooves pink skin and glass eyes. The colt’s site is listed as owned by Harry Traum of Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Tarzan Adair
Boyd Daniels
Gene Daniels
Tarzan
Harry Traum
Atlantic
Robert L. Ripley
Boyd
Hold Couple for Using Mails to Defraud
Deputy United States Marshal J. Q. Jones in Council Bluffs reports the detention of Mr and Mrs Harold Morrison of Detroit Michigan in Lima Ohio on charges of using the mails to defraud They will be held in the county jail for a federal grand jury on a charge of intercepting trust money at Red Oak They confessed to ten different trust frauds in Iowa and Illinois with officers paid
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Council Bluffs
United States
J. Q. Jones
Harold Morrison
Detroit
Mich
Lima
Ohio
Federal Grand Jury
Red Oak
Iowa
Ilinois
No Oil Found in Conesville Test Well
Columbus Junction reports Royce Smith who drilled a test oil well between Conesville and Columbus Junction abandoned the venture after reaching 127 feet with no positive sign of oil. The well will be used for water on the farm as leases were gathered in Letts Conesville and Columbus Junction areas.
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Columbus Junction
Royce
Smith
Conesville
Letts
Naval inquiry planned into Welch youth death in Burlington
Relatives of 20 year old Robert J. Welch say they were informed a naval inquiry will investigate the reported drowning in Burlington. Welch is the son of Mr and Mrs H C Welch.
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Burlington
Robert J. Welch
H. C. Welch
Tragedy on Naval Reserve Cruise in Lake Michigan
On a naval reserve cruise in Lake Michigan aboard the U S 8 Dubuque the body is being continued. Raymond Welch one of the drowned youth's eight brothers released from duty and will return to Burlington.
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Lake Michigan
U.S.8
Dubuque
Raymond Welch
Bulington
Iowa Teachers Pay Lag National Average for Classroom Aides
State Superintendent Jessie Parker reports Iowa classroom teachers earn about 3314 percent less than the national average. Iowa instructional staff average pay is 926 dollars for the school year, versus a national 1580 dollars. New York leads at 2522 while Mississippi pays 479.
Inmate Escape Involving Car Found Near Nichola Iowa
Four inmates fled from the St Charles school for boys near Chicago. A Lincoln Zephyr abandoned near Nichola in Muscatine County is identified as property of Brig General Thomas S Hammond of Atrora. Authorities believe the escapees used the car in Iowa.
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Muscatine.i
St. Charles School For
Chicago
Muscs
Fine County
Nichola
Thomas S. Hammond
Atrora
Tlingis National Guard
Iowa
Trailer Runs Wild Injures Two Boys in Meriden
Two Meriden youths, Garland Adler 11 and Fred Miller 12, were hospitalized in critical condition after a trailer they rode in broke away from a auto and crashed into a chute at the Meriden stock yards. The dirt hauling trailer was operated by Oscar Anderson of Meriden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Garland Adler
Len Adler
Fred Miller
L. A. Miller
Oscar Anderson
Night Fall Tragedy Sees Watchman Alonzo Dikeman Hurt
Alonzo Dikeman, 4 WPA night watchman, lay in the rain overnight with a broken leg after a fall. He was found Monday morning and reported in fair condition at a Davenport hospital.
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Davenport
Alonzo Dikeman
Woman Shot by Son as He Shot Sparrows
Mrs. Jens Hansen, 40, farm wife, was in serious condition after her adopted son Norman Jespersen, 14, accidentally shot her in the neck while aiming at sparrows with a small caliber rifle. Authorities reported no malicious intent.
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Spencer
Jens Hanneen
Norman Jespersen
Norman
Hansen
Couple Rides Scooters to Visit Illinois Relatives
Charles City report says Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holtz of Rudd rode homemade motor scooters 34 miles to Elgin Illinois to visit relatives. They used seven gallons of gasoline for the trip. Mrs Holtz’s machine has three wheels while her husband’s has two.
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Charles City
Ridin
Roy Holtz
Rudd
Elgin
Twins at Kellogg Born to Hotchkin Family
Kellogg couple Mr and Mrs Charles Hotchkin welcomed twins weighing a total of 15 pounds. The boy Stephen Kirk weighed eight pounds and the girl Hope Lynnette seven pounds. They have five other children.
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Kellogg
Charles , Hotchkin
Stephen Kirk
Hope Lynnette
Health Unit Presents Modern Medicine Show at Centennial
The Washington county health unit sponsors a medicine show at United Presbyterian church. Posters charts and life size wax figures depict body parts and diseases including cancer pneumonia tuberculosis and maternal health. The exhibit highlights causes cures prevention and deaths with animal to human disease transmission charts.
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Washington County Health Unit
United Presbyterian Church
Pardon for Centennial Magazine Printing Error
An apology notes a printing error in Rothschild's advertisement in the Journals Centennial Magazine. The copy referenced the modern store and portrayed staff in Centennial costume, but the store interior was not shown. The management asks readers to pardon the mistake.
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Rothschild
Washington population growth since 1870 Census
Washington D C officials project 1940 population near 6187 if growth trends from 1870 to 1930 continue. 1870 census recorded 2575 residents with native born majority. Foreign born, origins, literacy, and church attendance highlighted for county in 1870.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Washington County
Germany
Bohemia
Ireland
Canada
England
Scotland
France
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
Ohio
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Census Bureau
Towa
Baptist
The
Christian
Congregational
Friends
Methodist
Presbyterian
United Brethren In Christ
North Prairie Flower Birthday Surprise Stirs Local Feeling
Orville Schulty and family, Joe Haller, Juanita and Aleda Haller, Bill Wiles and wife visited Cecil Amlong Sunday. A number of friends and relatives surprised Mrs. Dow Bishop Sunday for her birthday. A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. F. Smith
North Prairie Flower
Orville Schulty
Joe Haller
Juanita
Aleda Haller
Bill Wiles
Cecil Amlong
Dow Bishop
Cooperative Dinner and Local Visits Highlight Community
A community day featured a cooperative noon dinner. Reports show Mr. and Mrs. Carl Favinger and daughter Jean of Almsworth Nebraska visiting Donald Smith. Chorpening and Schully families share chores and Ohio visits amid local gatherings. Cy Bush hauled hogs to Washington while Donald Smith and Tom Sehulty visited Claire Neff. Ralph Chorpening visited James Chorpening.
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Carl Favinger
Jean
Almsworth
Nebr
Donald Smith
Everett Chorpening
Roy Schulty
Harold Schully
Ohio
Clyde Fishburn
Cy Bush
Washington
Tom Sehulty
Claire Neff
Ralph Chorpening
James Chorpening
Michigan Hit By Tornadoes Rips Through Lower State
Detroit August 9 UP emergency crews and Red Cross moved into tornado ravaged lower Michigan after twisters touched five areas. Texas township near Kalamazoo suffered the worst damage with early crop and building losses pegged at more than a million dollars as reports from rural areas come in.
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Detroit
Red Cross
Lower
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Texas
Kalamazoo
Iowa City Man Arrested for Corn Theft from Riverside Farm
Emi Brenneman of Iowa City was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Stan Kiesey for stealing corn from a crib on the Scherrer farm west of Riverside. About five to six bushels were ready to load into a car when caught, Brenneman returned but his accomplice fled. He faces breaking and entering charges in Iowa City and thefts at Frytown and has been turned over to Johnson County Sheriff Don McComas.
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Emi, Brenneman
Iowa City
Stan Kiesey
Scherrer
Riverside
H. M. Putnam
Brenneman
Frytown
Johnson County
Don McComas
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Vasko Sam
Secret Service
Waidh
Buck Jones
Lone Ranger Rides
Stanley Chabal
Raymond Fell
Cleo McCoy
Billy Maas
Paul Benson
Robert Chabal
Alvin Horak
Edward Chabal
Raymond Bell
Billy Mann
Shropshire
Robert Ruth
Francis Ruth
Harold
Ossman
Market Lamb
Robert McLaughlin
Robert Miller
Dale Martin
Roger Tandy
Galen Bull
Wagamon
Nelle Thompson
Iowa State College Extension Service
Jacksonites
Northern Star
West Point
Maplecrest
Good Luck Club
Northern Stars
Jolly Jokers
Brighton
Cedar Chain
Pansy Hill Club
Farmerettes
Cedar Chains
Cloverleaf
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Till
Ber County
Northern Rta
Farmerett Corn Bread
Parmnerettes
Clover Leaf
Jacknite Cottage Cheese
Willing Workers
Pleasent Hill
Brighton Go Credters
Maplecrest Conservation Records
Eilen Rowe
Northern Stara
Jacksonite
Rine
Northern Slate
White Cedar Chains
Southern Utilities
Mrs. W. E. Anderson
Europe
Kodak Films
Janina la Boda
Harold Shaw
Dream Romeo
Harold L. Shaw
Shaw
Benny & Rochester
St. Charles
Son
Bey
Ting
Eee
Phillips & Hebner
Tlee
M. Mm. Scholl
Dr. Kholl
Dr. Scholl
J. A. Harwood & Son
Madame Lucille
Anderson Hotel
South Marion
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