Air Liner R100 Plans Transatlantic Flight From Britain to New York
Britain’s airship R100 is described as a floating hotel in early testing, with 714 feet length, six Rolls Royce engines, 75 mph cruise, and 83 mph top speed. It aims to carry 100 passengers plus crew, offering dining hall, music, wireless, and observation decks. A future 48 hour trans Atlantic service could cost $599 one fare, per Commander Burney.
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London
Jules Verne
H. G. Wells
New York
Britaan
Zeppelin
Friedrichshausen
Britain
C. A. Burney
Airship Guarantee Company
Green Family Hosts Dinner and Community Notes
Mr and Mrs Omer Green of Wellman hosted a Sunday one o clock dinner for relatives including Mr and Mrs Charles Green and their children Arlo Opal Fordice of Wenman and Harold Eleanor Billie and Opal Green. Opal Green left for Iowa City to study at Irish Business college. Reports note the sudden death of Richard Disney and a flu round affecting Union school district. Ed Bopp plans to saw wood Friday. Milton Maas assisted John Kurtz with cattle delivery to town.
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Washington
Omer Green
Wellman
Charles Green
Arlo
Opal
Fordice
Wenman
Allison Maas
Harold
Milton Maas
Charles
Eleanor
Billie
Blaine Holmes
Opal Green
Mr. Holmes
Miss Green
Holmes
Iowa City
Irish Business College
Richard Disney
Union
Ed Bopp
Wood
Paving Contract Awarded for Mile of Road to Booth & Olson
Keota reports the town council awarded the paving contract for one mile of road from the county line west to Booth & Olson of Sioux City. They beat twelve other bidders with a bid of 30 764.80 dollars.
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Keota
Th County Line
Booth & Olson
Sioux City
Relief from Gas and Digestion Woes Promises Tanlac Aid
Doctors attribute most illness to stomach and bowel troubles and urge digestive health. A Topeka woman reports five years of gas bloating and dizziness improved with Tanlac increasing her weight by 10 pounds. If you suffer gas pain appetite insomnia or nerves Tanlac is advertised as natural relief with a money back guarantee.
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Tanlac
Arvena Bowers
Jackson St
Topeka
Kans
Town Grants Pavement Contract Amid Bids and Costs
The state funds one mile of 20 foot wide pavement with seven inch surface. The town covers width costs on business blocks 36 to 56 feet, about 25 percent less than engineer estimates. Twelve bids were received. Project includes grading and storm sewer. set to start April first and finish in about a month. Livestock Shipping Association reports 58 cars shipped, hogs leading, value about $90 591.34 with expenses around $787.92. E C Cady returns from Wever where his family had flu. his mother frail at 88. Rev V G Nalley and mother surprised by a miscellaneous shower bringing goods for housekeeping for his household.
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Livestock Shipping Association
W. C. Sheetz
Ed Helsche
C. R. Sturgeon
R. G. Sheetz
F. A. Dunn
J. C. Stoutner
Wm. Buch
E. C. Cady
Wever
V. G Nalley
Cyclones defeat Linsworth 42 to 5 on Friday
In Crawfordsville Indiana Nellie Manners notes survey work on road 161 and reports Mrs. R C Holmes's illness. Ainsworth visitors Sterling Holmes and local residents Fry Brown and Fred Shaffer helped care for her. Anwyl led scoring with 15 as Cyclones overwhelmed Linsworth on their floor, 42 to 5, with ragged play after the first quarter.
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R. C. Holmes
Sterling Holmes
Ainsworth
Will Brown
Winfield
Fred Shaffer
Wayland
Cyclones
Linsworth
Anwyl
Games
Stazelett
Reubsam
Evans
Basketball Substitutions Noted in Crawfordsville Game
The report lists players Pearson subbing for Evans with Crawfordsville lineup Hanna and Anwy at forwards Davison at center and R Patterson with C Patterson at guards. Substitutions include Lowe for Hanna Fletcher for Davidson Davidson for Fletcher Edgar for C C Patterson Hanna for Lowe and Jones for Anwy. Referee Scranton from Iowa Wesleyan.
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McCreedy
Pearson
Evans
Crawfordsville
Hanna
Anwy
Davison
R. Patterson
C. Patterson
Lowe
Des Moines Officer Cleared of Corruption Charges
Judge D W Jackson of Muscatine exonerates Des Moines Commissioner of Public Safety John W Jenney from corruption in office charges with no appeal planned. Cedar Falls reports ISU coeds will host a party Friday night with dating duty and dancing leadership amid a six to one crowd advantage.
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Des Moines
D. W. Jackson
Muscatine
John W. Jenney
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Polluters face suit over Shell Rock River pollution
Greene LP and the Deckersacking Plant along with a Mason City sugar factory fail to meet a state executive council order to stop discharging waste into the Shell Rock River. Local town representatives sue for injunction, alleging intolerable pollution.
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Greene—(Lp
Mason City
State Executive Council
Legionnaires to Meet on Common Ground in Mason City
Minnesota adjutant Eddie Lindell and National Vice Commander J. M. Henry of Minneapolis will greet Iowa Commander G. Decker French at a Northern Iowa Legionnaires meeting in Mason City tomorrow night. The joint gathering involves the Minnesota and Iowa departments of the American Legion and aims to exchange greetings on shared concerns.
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Mason City
Minnesota
Iowa
American Legion
Eddie Lindell
J. M. Henry
Minneapolis
G. Decker French
Des Moines World Peace League Forms for International Harmony
Des Moines reports the Iowa League of Nations club, aligned with the Illinois branch, has been organized to promote world peace and foster international relations.
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Des Moines
Lowa League of Nations Club
Illinois
Cardinal Newman Quote on Self-Denial and Duty
A solitary act of self denial and sacrifice to duty is valued more than warm thoughts, prayers, or passions. The remark emphasizes personal discipline over emotional indulgence attributed to Cardinal Newman.
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Cardinal Newman
Bats Have Good Sight In Night Adaptation
The article argues that bats possess well developed senses for nocturnal life. It notes that the common belief of bats being blind is a myth and that they have efficient eyes. It describes insectivorous species as small and furred with heads partially hidden.
Bank President Charged With Libel Indictment
M. M. Heptonstall former president of the Security Savings Bank of Perry and his wife are indicted for criminal libel for distributing circulars in Perry that expressed his opinion of former co workers. Heptonstall was arrested in Sheffield Alabama and his wife in Perry. They were indicted by the Dallas County grand jury.
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Adel
Security Savings Bank
Perry
M. M. Heptonstall
Heptonstall
Sheffield
Ala
Alabama
Dallas County
Search Continues For Maniac Slayer In Dorothy Schneider Case
In Flint Michigan on January 16 police and sheriffs pursue a maniac slayer after the body of Dorothy Schneider a kindergarten child is found under Benson Creek ice. Authorities describe the suspect as affected by a rare sexual dementia abducting and murdering the girl with surgeon like precision.
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Flint
Mich
Dorothy Schneider
Bay City
Oscar G. Orlander
Star Commissioner of Public Safety
Dorothy
Benson Creek
Middle West
Michigan
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John Kurtz
Were
Nellie Manners
Maniac Slayer
Chamberla. Co
Park St
Mod. Moines
Chamberlain
J. F. Duffy
Riverside
Yoo
Jersey
Poland
China
Rhode Island
Fordson
John Deere
H. P. Fairbanks-Morse
Cashers
Bert E. Booth
D. F. Macon
W. A. Anderson
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Washington County
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