Endurance Flyers Break World Refueling Flight Record
Cal Jackson and Forrest O Brine set a 647 hour plus flight in The Greater St Louis monoplane before landing safely after 64 hours. They surpassed the Hunter Brothers’ prior mark, citing a motor crankcase fault and comments on unreceived $200,000 prize money though promoters said many deals remained. The flight logged 42 000 wires and 520 000 propeller revolutions with 6 500 gallons of gasoline used across 147 refueling stops.
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ST. Louis
Cal Jackson
Forrest O' Brine
Jackson
William Pickens
Patsy Ann
Banquets Planned for Hispano American Congress in Seville
Provincial and municipal authorities with officials of the Spanish Historical Academy and the Iberian American Exposition have agreed on a program of banquets receptions and other festivities during the Hispano American historical and geographical congress meeting in Seville in May.
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Seville
Sprain
Spanish Historical Academy
Hispano- American Historical and Geographical Congress
Iowa News Briefs Bandits Reopen Pocketbook Theft
Multiple Iowa briefs report incidents including bandits stopping J A McKamy of Omaha and robbing him of $150 after firing into the air while his car approached. Other items note liquor seizure after a highway crash, a wife injured, an emergency tax approval for New Sharon, a penitentiary return of Guy Marley, and a Pythian Sisters meeting announced.
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J.° A MecKamy
Omaha
McKamy
Indianola
Charies Rite
Hite
Des Moines
New Sharon
Oscar Anderson
Body Delivered Unannounced in Vinton
A coffin with Charles Harter’s body arrived at the express office and was addressed to S. R. Harter. The agent called at the Harter home to get delivery instructions for the coffin. He carried the first word of their son.
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Vinton
Charles Harter
Express
S. R. Harter
Harter
Railway foreman injured in work accident at Conesville
Harley Dierwinker of Conesville sustained injuries to his right hand on Thursday afternoon while spiking rails on the roads. Two arteries were severed by a dislodged steel piece as the men worked. The incident occurred near Columbu s Junction as he passed by.
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Nevada Acheson
Elsie Freman
Anna Duncan
Frene Sigafoos
John Summerville
Chicago
W. E Davis
Priscilla Club
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Abernathy
Marion
Trenton
Price Davis
George
Cotter
W. C. Davis
Dorothy
Columbus City
Funeral of Mrs James J Benda Held at Eureka Church
Funeral services for Mrs. James J. Benda were conducted Saturday at ten oclock at the Eureka church with Rev P E Roll presiding and music by Mr and Mrs Clayton Nicholson. Pall bearers included Earl Nicola Arthur Nicola Ed Petratz Glenn Beenblossom George Hisley and Ward Hisley. Burial followed in Eureka cemetery.
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Eureka Church
P. E. Roll
The
Christian Church
Clayton Nicholson
Earl
Arthur Nicola
Ed Petratz
Glenn Beenblossom
George
Ward Hisley
Eureka Cemetery
Funeral services for George Mangold held at Baptist church
George Mangold died of liver cancer at the county hospital last Friday. His funeral was Sunday at 2:80 P M conducted by Rev A A Wing with mixed church choir music. Pallbearers were six Mangold nephews Harold Howard Leo John Mangold Charles Mayer and Harry Hutt Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery
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Howard
Leo
John Mangold
Charles Mayer
Harry Hutt
Elm Grove Cemetery
French Spoken Language Dominates Pointe a la Hache
Census takers report only one in ten residents speaks English in the old French community of Pointe a la Hache Louisiana. Most children attend parochial school where instruction is in French.
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Pointe A LA Hache
Optimism Returns to Iowa Farmers as Rain Raises Corn Yields
Rain across Iowa ended drought spells and boosted moisture for the corn crop. Regions from Sloan to Sioux City reported rainfall with Fort Dodge estimating a 10 percent increase in late corn yields. Precipitation ranged from two inches at Storm Lake to a trace at Ames and Sioux City.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Aug
Sloan
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Hawarten
Storm Lake
Ames
Keathley’s Fruitless Effort to Prepay $500 Bill
Memphis Tennessee newspaper notes builder W. WT. Keathley spent an entire Sunday attempting to prepaid a five hundred dollar bill without success. The item reflects local business dealings and a stubborn payment dispute.
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Memphis, Tenn
W. WT. Keathley
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