New Juvenile and Recent Fiction in Chilcote Library
A list of juvenile titles and recent fiction available at the Chilcote Library. Several works span world tales, biographies, adventures, and classic novels including The Flaming Forest, Rilla of Ingleside, Peggy in Toyland, The Mysterious Rider, Whitewash, and Alice Adams among others.
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Chadwick
Davis
E. C
Serbia
Heyliger
William
BE. C
Peggy
Wilmot
Buxton
Jeanne D'Arc
Marshall
Andrews
Curwood
Flaming Forest
Dawson
Gorden
Ralph Conner
Hutchinson
Johnson, O
Henry Memorial Prize Stories Featured Authors
A list of prize stories and authors including Williams J. C. Princeton Stories, Walpole H. The Captives, Williams B. C. ed., Wilson H. L. The Wrong Twin, Wright H. B. Helen of the Old House, Howells W. D. Mrs. Farrell.
Belle Plaine man arrested again in bootlegging ring
Norman Cashman, already jailed three times for prohibition violations, was seized by Cedar Rapids agents in Belle Plaine on suspicions he sold liquor under a radi ator repair business. Alphonse DePape allegedly supplied the moonshine. a 25 gallon still was found and 130 gallons of mash destroyed. Cashman faces federal court with a $500 bond set for April.
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Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
Norman Cashman
Ciry
Cashman
R. © Adams
Alphonse DePape
DePape
Iowa protests aid to county fairs vote
Des Moines reports farmers oppose a state payroll for county and district fairs arguing counties without fairs should not fund the display. About 157600 dollars would be paid from the treasury as fairs are settled. Proponents say state support keeps the fairs alive despite many counties losing money.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bonds Finally Unearthed in Iowa Treasurers Office
In Des Moines on December 22 bonds totaling 10 957.18 issued in 1871 and 1876 for school fund defalcations were found buried in the state treasurer’s vanity. Counties will receive warrants totaling that amount. bonds issued under audit by John Russell and B R Sherman carried 6 percent interest since issue.
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John Russell
B. R. Sherman
Glenn C. Haynes
Allamakee
Benton
Bremer
Chickasaw
Clarke
Decatur
Delaware
Des Moines
Dubuque
Harrison
Henre
Madison
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Scott
Tama
Wapello
Rival Paper Question Sparks Editor Exchange
A stranger asks how many papers operate in Chiggersville. The Clarion editor denies recognizing any competitor, sparking a brief clash with the Times. The Birmingham Age-Herald cites the exchange as a cue to local press dynamics.
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Chiggersville
The
Clarion
the Times
Birmingham Age-Herald
Novel Photographic Coating Emerges From Chemistry Note
A chemical solution described in the fragment is applied to photographs to create a flexible waterproof coating that resists gas or heat. The source hints at a practical method for protective film development.
Play Day Planned Across Seven Iowa Counties
Cedar Falls announces a county play day plan from December 22 with Mies Lula B Sweigard leading at Town State Teachers College. The program extends to Winnebago Cedar Linn Chickasaw Cerro Gordo and Immet counties next spring with teachers trained to impart exercises to all county students.
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Cedar Falls
Mies Lula B. Sweigard
State Teachers College Physical Training
Delaware County
College Extension Division
W. A. Ottilie
Winnebago
Cedar
Linn
Chickasaw
Cerro Gordy
Immet
Dorie White
College
Tipton
Iowa State Teachers College
Monica Wild
Elinor Schroeder
Loot Salvage From Liner Lauren tic Reaches 28 Million
London reports nearly twenty eight million dollars in bullion recovered from the liner Lauren tic sunk in January 1917 off the north coast of Ireland by a German submarine. Salvage work paused for winter will resume in spring to recover remaining bullion valued between 150 and 165 million dollars from the sea bottom. The wreck is a mass of twisted debris buried under Fravel and silt, with decks laid out over hundreds of feet, requiring heavy pumping and divers to remove obstructions.
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London
Ireland
Cedar Rapids Gains New Unit in Reserve Division
Cedar Rapids will host the headquarters of the Seventy-fifth brigade in the reorganization of the Eighty-fifth division reserve. A Cedar Rapids battalion of 750 men will form four companies and headquarters troops. Ex-service American Legion members from the area will join the reserve and drill duties are optional.
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Cedar . Rapids
Reighty Eifth
Ilona
Minnesota
South Dakota
Seventy-fifth Brigade
Cedar Rapids
8. C. Wiles
Harry O Willard
Minneapolis
Hubert A. Allen
Phillippines
Seventy-fifth
Ball
J. B. Bartley
Old First Town
133Rd
Walter Meyers
Co. D
250Th
349Th
American Legion
F Eighty-eighth
Reorganization Plans for National Guard Units Across Iowa
The draft outline states two weeks of annual camp for guardsmen and that no national guard will serve as training echoees for those not in the army. Discharged men will join reserves. Minneapolis HQ will issue reorganization orders. Cedar Rapids awaits. Other towns allocated include Burlington Des Moines Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo Davenport and Tipton.
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National Guard
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Nh Town
Burlington
Iow
City
Waterloo
Mason City
Ottumwa Manchester
Cornell Blatts
Rabies Warning Issued Across Iowa State Board Alerts
The Iowa State Board of Health warns communities about hydrophobia amid reports from various regions. Dogs acting suspicious should be confined and heads sent to Iowa City for examination. hogs can contaminate entire herds. Mr and Mrs John Aegerter were bitten by a dog in Rockwell City and are receiving treatment in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
Iowa City
Calhoun County
John Aegerter
Rockwell City
Moonshine Still Seized in Steamboat Rock Raid
Sheriff D C Stykler and deputies raided Patrick Lyman’s farm northeast of Steamboat Rock and seized a copper moonshine still and mash. Lyman and another arrestee face arraignments for manufacturing and transporting intoxicants. The raid yielded an unusually advanced still, three feet long with copper coil, suggesting recent use or good preservation.
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Leman
Lyman
Henpecked vs Other Husbands A Joke From Cincinnati Enquirer
A quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer contrasts a henpecked husband who yields immediately with another husband who only gives in the next day. The joke is framed as a playful exchange for bachelors or wedding audiences.
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Benedick
Cincinnati Enquirer
Men of Weight and Influence Poise From Success Says Writer
In the Cleveland News magazine excerpt a writer notes that success brings poise and ties it to the world of heavy influence and fashionable language within the weighty circle. The piece underscores style and status as indicators of achievement.
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Magme
Avoirdupoig
Cleveland News
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