Canada set to overtake U S as world gold producer
New York July 23 Canada by 1926 will rank second among gold producing nations, says Louis D. Huntoon a Yale trained mining engineer. He reports Africa leads and Canada’s output rises while U S production wanes since 1915 per the official journal of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
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New York
Canada
United States
Louis D. Huntoon
Yale University
Africa
Huntoon
Dominion
The
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Chicago's New Union Station Opens In Modern Era
The new Union Station in Chicago spans 35 1 3 acres with ground valued at 1 million per acre. It features a 820 by 570 foot depot building rising 20 stories with a vast waiting room and a connected underground concourse. Five rail lines will use the station and trains from both ends will dispatch, with capacity for 200 trains and up to 200000 passengers daily.
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Union
Chicago
Burlington
Pittsburgh
Port Wayne
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Milwaukee & St. Ual
Chicago & Alton
Olympic Cross Country Equestrian Race Reports Paris Start
Thirty six riders reached Coublay from Autenill for the Olympic cross country event. Major Sloan Doak of the United States and riders from eleven other European nations competed over a 22 1 2 mile course.
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Paris
Coublay
Autenill
Sloan Doak
United States
Leonard to Box Moran in Eight Round No-Decision Bout
Cleveland report says lightweight champion Renny Leonard will fight Pat Moran of New Orleans in a ten round no-decision bout on August 11. Matchmaker Tommy McGinty announced the pairing today.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Renny Leonard
Pat Moran
New Orleans
Tommy McGinty
Valley News Notes Reflect Busy Farm Season
Farmers in Valley are busy with oats as harvest nears. Families including the Bakers and Pfieferes visit kin, with Keokuk delegates from the Valley Sunday school convention. Health worries and travel to Washington are noted, along with threshing season and corn growth promises.
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Walter Hodde
John Augustine
Stiit
Kentral
Kelan
Keota
Colorado
George Hotle
Rosella
Washington
Guy Black
Richland
Doyle Pfiefer
Walter Sheet
Alvin Wallace
Faye Wilson
Beatrice Hotle
Ed Hailes
Keota Social News From July Visitations
Hazel and Merle Hunter visited sister Mrs Delbert Darnell in Keota. Seth Carrie Sr and granddaughter Edith Carrie plus niece Alice Greendyke of Kansas City toured Des Moines to visit Mrs Fult Campbell and husband. Cora Snyder and Lucille Robertson visited Marion Robertson. Matts Wehr hosted relatives. Delores Bumacher from Muscatine visited. W C Hotle family spent Sunday at Earl Burroughs near Titus.
Labor Day notes and farm life around Brighton Iowa
The piece records farm routines and local events on the Brighton route, noting Max Waterhouse shooting his injured horse Prince after a leg break, roads in good condition, and oats and hay delays. It lists visits from relatives, funerals for Mrs. Joseph A. Laird, berry harvests, weather impacts, and various social calls across nearby families and towns.
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Brighton R. R
Max Waterhouse
Prince
Brighton
Clay
Brighton Social News and Visiting Attendees
Brighten updates include Mr ed Bolling and son Leroy back from Mediapolia after a trip. a Sunset Park picnic with Vera and Edith Koch Carolyn Craft Bernice Cassady Cleo Jones Hazel Shepherd. Blanche McCarty visiting West Chester. Ott Edwards from Muscatine visiting Brighton relatives. Mrs Albert Thurston and baby Kenneth visiting from Rickford Ill. Mr and Mrs O P Myers of Newton visiting with J W Myers and R J Armstrong. updates on Robison family health after appendectomy. multiple community visits, family reunions and funerals for Mrs Enoch Swab in Atlantic Iowa. numerous local residents visiting, traveling, and attending services.
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Brighton
Bolling
Leroy
Sun
Mediapolia
Robi. Edwards
Sunset Park
Washington
Vera
Edith Koch
Carolyn Craft
Bernice Cassady
Cleo Jones
Hazel Shepherd
Blanche McCarty
Ray Conrad
West Chester
Ott Edwards
Muscatine
Albert Thurston
Kenneth
Rickford
Kenneth Elmore
O. P. Myers
Newton
J. W. Myers
R. J. Armstrong
Robison
Floyd Robison
Moline
Marthe Emry
Chester
Fairfield
King Cornell
Cadillac Michigan
John Hoover
Mates
Dick Cain
Noble
Ed Shepherd
Max
J. W. Kientz
Henry Hyde
Mt Pleasant
Roy Edwards
Iowa City
Elisa Whisler
Barrielow
L. R. Burdock
Aliens Rejected in England in 1928 Compared to 1922
In England 1928 a total of 8178 aliens were refused permission to land, versus 1997 in 1922. Among the rejected were 571 Italians 478 French 308 Germans and about 100 Americans. DES MOINES Iowa Judge F H Hessell of Fort Dodge will keynote the Republican state judiciary convention in Des Moines next Tuesday.
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London
United Kingdom
Des Moines
F. H. Hessell
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Fair Celebrates 70th Jubilee on Grounds
The Iowa State Fair and Exposition grounds are lauded as America's model fair site. Every year visitors from across the country study the grounds, which are owned by Iowans and valued over 2 million dollars. About 400000 excursionists are expected to attend the fair August 20 to 29, marking the 70th anniversary of the founder.
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America
Iowa
Drunk on a Water Wagon Incident in Oakland
John Vellela was brought to Oakland police headquarters after being found intoxicated while driving a public conveyance called a water wagon. The desk sergeant, puzzled by the phrase drunken on a water wagon, noted drunk in public place.
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Oakland
Cal
John Vellela
Vellela
Public school and city budget hearings in Washington County Iowa
Multiple notices list meetings of city council and school district boards in Washington County Iowa in early August 1924. Taxpayers are invited to speak for or against proposed expenditures and budgets for the coming fiscal year. Signed by district secretaries CHAS SCHIEBEL and Rh. L. DAVISSON.
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City Council of
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Council Chamber
City Hall
Bethel School District
Cedar Township
At & P.m
Indian Creek No. 2
Harmony
Franklin Township
Chas. Schiebel
Nira No. 10
Lime Creek Township
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