Correspondents Report From Crawfordsville News Briefs
Crawfordsville July 16 report lists R H Harper visiting Hedrick Iowa and planning a trip to Colorado Springs. Mr and Mrs RK Cunningham and children of Washington visited Mary Clemens home. Sindae Hammond and Mina McCleary spent Sunday in Washington. Mr and Mrs Joe Jones and sons visited Muscatine yesterday afternoon.
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Crawfordsville
R. Harper
Hedrick
Richard Bennett
Colorado Springs
Cunninghas
Washington
Mary Clemens
Sindae
Hammond
Cay
Mina McCleary
Joe Jones
Muscatine
Social club enjoys afternoon at Mr. Fullerton's home
Ainsworth notes a Wednesday social gathering at A. Fullerton's residence with music and needlework. Mrs. Fullerton hosted luncheon assisted by Miss Rows and Miss Nichols. Also mentions family news including a birth in Long Beach and local threshing season. Frank Ingham's Chicago return and A. B. Sanda becoming manager at the Co operative Store are listed alongside a canned goods demonstration at H. G Crawford.
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Ainsworth Ainsworth
A. Fullerton
Ladies Foreign Missionary Society
King’s Herald
Frank Ingham
Chicago
Brighton
A. EB. Sanda
Co-operative
H. G Crawford
Photographic Breakthrough Lets Distant Objects be Shot From Heights
Washington reports a new photographic process by the U S Bureau of Standards capable of photographing from four miles high through haze. It promises military and commercial value by enabling clear daylight star and distant landscape pictures. The project tests Einstein’s relativity and uses red sensitive plates to see red wavelengths previously blocked.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Standards
Einstein
Washington
W. F. Meggers
Kelvin Burns
Lick Observatory
Meggers
Dr. Meggers
Calder Sees Building Revival Essential for Nation
Senator William M. Calder of New York told the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Chicago that America’s prosperity hinges on reviving the building industry. He urged a commerce department building information bureau, a home loan bank, reform of tax law, and incentives to boost residential construction with private enterprise. He warned subsidy schemes and noted banks hold $2,000,000 in savings deposits with only 5% loaned on real estate, calling for greater credit to resume building.
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Harding
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Ted
Chicago
America
William M. Calder
New York
Senator Calder
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Calder
Sealing Returns in Alaskan Waters Sparks Hopeful Hunt
Fur sealing in Alaskan and British Columbian waters is resuming after years of decline. Vancouver Island Indians may harvest 2000 seals off the west coast with total catches potentially near 100000 in the year. The U S Alaska herd once 2.5 million declined to about 125000 by 1911 due to pelagic sealing and waste. protection measures spurred rapid recovery.
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Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island
Washington
United States
Alaska
Russia
Mystery Card on Front Door in Get tysburg Area
Quotation fragment notes a card affixed near a house front door in a small Get tysburg area town. The card reads Button doesn't bell and ends with Bump. F L H.
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Gettysburg
Bankers Create Endowment for Widow of Stuart Officer
The Iowa Bankers association forms a fund to provide Mrs. J. K. Myers, widow of Stuart town marshal killed during a bank robbery attempt, with a monthly $50 check indefinitely. Des Moines banker Frank Warner sent a $150 advance for April to June and outlined ongoing support from Iowa and town bankers in appreciation of the officer’s valor.
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NES Movies
J. K. Myers
Stuart
First National Bank
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa
Feware Bankers Association
Arbuckle Contemplates Mayoral Ambitions in new film role
Fatty Arbuckle stars as a reforming lawyer in Paramount’s The Life of the Party about a fight against milk profiteers that leads to a mayoral battle. Roland Roscoe, a veteran minor league champion turned slapstick icon, is in the cast for this Fox Theatre engagement next Monday and Tuesday.
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Fatty” Arbuckle
Fatty
Irvin 8
Cobb
Saturday Evening Post
Fox Theatre
Roland Roscoe
Paramount
Mr. Arbuckle
No Iowa gold mine declares scientist
Ames report quotes A K Friedrich of Iowa State College saying the state will not produce a California gold rush. He notes gold exists in glacial gravels but paying quantities are unlikely. from nine samples only two contained gold, and neither was profitable.
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Ames
Iowa
California
A. K. Friedrick
Iowa State College
Friedrich
Miner’s Test Distinguishes Gold From Mica and Pyrite
Professor Friedrick notes two minerals often mistaken for gold yellow mica and pyrite. Mica is light while gold is heavy. Pyrite looks whiter than gold and will burn when heated red hot, whereas gold does not burn.
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Friedrick
Professor Friedrick
Eight Fairfield People Injured in Automobile Wreck
A Studebaker carrying eight Fairfield residents skidded on the Fairfield Packwood road Friday evening. Mrs Mary Maxwell is critically injured, likely fatally, with seven others including Aline Charles and Vida Charles sustaining serious injuries. The group was en route to Linby to attend a Rebekah lodge installation when the crash occurred.
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Fairfield
Mary Maxwell
Fairfield-Packwood
Maxwell
Aline Charles
Vida Charles
George Young
Ray Campbell
Mollie Liblin
Ethel Daugherty
Linb
Studebaker
Rebekah Lodge
Linby
Mr. Bennett
Bonnett
Young
Jefferson County
Rabies Guidance Amid Summer Heat for Iowa Dogs
Iowa City July 16 The state health board laboratories report more dogs suspected of rabies due to hot weather but emphasize rabies is not more common in summer. A dog that bites should be confined alive for ten days, then released if nonrabid. if killed, the head must be shipped to Iowa City labs. Rabies is fatal to animals and often fatal to humans. Pasteur treatment should begin immediately after exposure.
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Iowa City
State Board of Health
University of Long
Don M. Griswold
Express
Vacation Typhoid Warns Campers as Water Quality Measured
Experts from the Iowa State Board of Health report typhoid risk rises in late summer when campers return home. They urge careful water testing at camps and resorts and offer special containers to transport samples to state labs. Immunization is advised for auto tourists lacking lab access.
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State Board of Health
University of Iowa
Farmer Injured When Binder Breaks From Tractor
Ben Stoebe, a farmer south of Humboldt Indiana, was seriously injured while harvesting oats when a binder drawn by a tractor toppled. The seat broke, he fell on the exposed iron, suffering internal injuries. He was rushed to Fort Dodge hospital as heat worsened his condition.
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Humboldt
Dben Stoebe
Mr. Stoebe
Fort Dodge
Wanted live wire to sell electro medical apparatus
An advertisement in a daily paper seeks a “live wire” to undertake the sale of a new electro medical apparatus. The advertiser guarantees profitability to the undertaker. The notice is signed H. BD, Collins.
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H. BD
Collins
Teachers' Wages Tied to Ability in Future Education
Dru Ay B. Winship of the Journal of Education spoke at Iowa State Teachers College advocating wages based on teacher ability rather than the grade taught. He urged higher compulsory education ages to 16 and 18 and predicted all teachers would have high school and professional training.
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Cedar Falls
Dru Ay B. Winship
Journal of Education
Iowa State Teachers College
United State
Bathing Popular Amid Heat Drives City Beach Scene
Muscatine enjoys a heat driven rush to Mississippi river beaches. On Tuesday evening hundreds swam at Mlindia beach Ketehum beach and near the EBlfers icehouse east of town. Icehouse shore offers a prime Iowa river front spot with three hundred feet of wadeable water. Illinois beach drew crowds ferried by motorboats and cars over the high bridge.
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Muscatine
Mississippi River
Mlindia
Ketehum
Eblfers
Iowa River
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Kieenkwick
McElhinney Drug CO
Handy Directory of
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Firestone and Miller Tires
White Way Garage
Brunswick
W. F. Jacobs & Son
Willard
Neiswanger Building
290 Blue Co
V. Brown Auto Body & Top Works
Battery Service CO
Marion
W. E. Hender
S. la. Ave
Curtis & Lovelett
Studebaker Garage
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