Riverside Storm Strikes Farm and Town Damages Reported
A heavy wind and electrical storm in Riverside caused barn foundations to fail and a cow to be killed by lightning. The Frosts and other farms suffered damage, a chimney was torn from St Marys rectory, and trees and limbs were uprooted. Rain totaled about 1.5 inches, disrupting utilities until late Saturday. Funeral services for Mrs. Edward Kupka were held at Riverside Methodist Church.
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Riverside
Edward Muller
Town
Joseph Kupka
McKinley
Jesse Sleichter
Ivan Burkley
Roy
Homer
Ira Hall
Riverside Cemetery
Phyllis Kleopfer
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ralph Kleopfer
Sherman Fox
Conesville
Clementine
For Sale Good Model A Coupe and Chevrolet Coach
Classified note offers a good Model A coupe for 50 dollars and a 29 Chevrolet coach listed at Brown's garage with address 14112.
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Chevrolet
Brown
Davernport Toddler Falls 20 Feet From Window
Joy Hodges 15 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Darrell Hodges of Davenport is in critical condition after falling 20 feet from an apartment window onto a brick sidewalk. She was playing with her brother Darrell Hodges Jr when an unhooked screen swung open and she fell. She suffered a skull fracture.
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Davenport Joy Hodges
Darrell Hodges
Davenport
Darrell, Jr
Quicksand Region Off Cape Matteras Described as Largest
Reports describe Diamond Shoals off Cape Matteras North Carolina as comprising the world's largest area of quicksand.
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Diamond Shoals
Cape Matteras
N. C
Salvage Drives UK War on Waste Gains in Everyday Items
London reports a government salvage push amid wartime austerity. Local authorities are urged to collect waste paper bones scrap metal and even potato peels to feed pigs and poultry. Dairies request milk bottle caps be saved and returned, and boroughs experiment with house to house bone collection and public demonstrations of saving methods.
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London
Minister of Supply
Dairies
Quarter Century Required To Untangle Red Tape
OROVILLE CALIF Bob Strang bought a hay bailer for five cents and still is not happy about it He organized the county exhibit for the San Francisco exposition of 1915 and after it closed the hay presser remained with him The board of supervisors declined to take possession and instead demanded he buy it for five cents and issue a bill of sale The machine only compresses 16 by 19 inch bales and has little value but the purchase will allow Strang to give it away and dispose of it
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Oroville
Calif
Bob Strang
Strang
Board of Supervisors
Cloth Fresco Painting Developed by Priest in Massachusetts
West Warren Massachusetts reports Rev. O J Chevrette pastor of St Thomas Catholic church has secured a patent for painting fresco on cloth. He says the method uses pure dyes and water pigments on absorbent cloth with a brush enabling economical application and transparency on pliable textures such as stage curtains for critical appraisal by art centers.
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West Warren
Mass
O J. Chevrette
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Father Chevrette
Cold Blood Transfusions Reported From Moscow
Pravda dispatch from Khabarovsk reports that cold blood can be used in transfusions as well as warm blood. The finding could aid wartime medical care since cold blood can be injected immediately from refrigeration, saving at least 30 minutes.
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Moscow
Pravda
Khabarovsk
Far
Siberia
Ex-Soldier Stansbury Spurs A Poetic, Varied Career
Capt. Franklin B. Stansbury, 54, recalls a life as soldier, sailor, spy hunter, planter, policeman and poet. He ran away from Baltimore at 14, spent nine years at sea, joined the Baltimore police, served in army intelligence safeguarding West Coast plants in WWI, owned a Biloxi sugar cane plantation, and now leads the Baltimore and Ohio railroad police in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Franklin B. Stansbury
Baltimore
Army Intelligence Corps
Biloxi
Miss
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Puerto Rico Project Uses Mountain Debris for Swamp Fill
A small mountain in Puerto Rico is being torn down to supply material for filling a swamp. The goal is to provide land for home sites.
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Puerto Rico
Market report Chicago hogs cattle and sheep July 29
Markets show hogs 15 to 25 cents lower with ranges by weight from 190 to 330 pounds. Cattle receipts total about 11,000 head with feeders and finishers weak to 25 cents lower and best fed steers around 11.50. Sheep 6,000 head and lambs 8.35 to 7.00 for Idaho stock, with tomorrow’s receipts projected at cattle 8,000 hogs 14,000 sheep 3,000.
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Chicago
Idaho
Wheat and grain quotations from Chicago market brief
Chicago market notes show cash grain bids with corn mixed grades at about 64 to 67 percent and oats firm in the small ranges around 31 to 39 percent. Soybeans appear in the 7 to 80 percent area for a couple of yellow types.
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Chicago
Grain Table Shows Mixed May and Sep Futures
Chicago grain prices list May and Sep futures for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye. Wheat May at 16% peak with 76% near month. Corn May around 59 with 60% highs. Oats May 32% with 31% close, Rye May 49% with 49% near, plus Dec and Sep figures.
Chicago Produce Market Highlights And Poultry Rates
In Chicago on July 29, the produce market remained steady with receipts of 14 619 cases including extra firsts 15 percent and fresh graded first 15 percent. Current receipts down 12 percent with dirties at 11 percent. Poultry market firm with receipts of 24 trucks and varied weights and grades including heavy ducks eight percent and cocks ten percent.
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Chicago
Regular meeting notice for Washington Lodge No 26
Rent with a Classified Washington Lodge No 26 A A M Regular meeting first Friday of each month. How ard McBride W M A W Yard secretary.
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Washington Lodge No
Howard McBride
W. M
A. W. Yard
Westbound QR LSP Schedule and Agent Note
Train list shows Westbound and Fastbound routes with local and limited services like No. 1 Local and No. 4 Golden State Limited. Passenger discharges and pickups occur at Washington and points along the line. Agent Anderson notes ticket purchases at the depot and kitichen stand for coast to coast travel.
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Dolden State Limited
Biope
Washington
Poluise
Golden State l
Sele
Saneseonenes
Sllea Sa
California
Enoxviller
Dally
Tius Depot
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Sopot
AL Cantons Agem
Cultural Link of Americas Stressed by Professors Congress
About 150 professors from 20 Latin American nations will attend the Second International Congress of Professors of Iber American literature in Los Angeles from August 12 to 17. The event aims to boost cultural ties and mutual understanding, with activities at UCLA Royce Hall USC Huntington Library Claremont Colleges and Hollywood Bowl.
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Los Angeles
Manuel P. Gonzales
University of California
Congress
Americas
Gonzales
State Department
Pan-American Union
Royce Hall
Huntington Library
Claremont Colleges
Ramona
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