West Chester Iowa farmers discuss hogs cattle markets and roads
In West Chester Iowa on May 30 readers note Augustine and Boyer shipped four cars of stock to Chicago this week. The column laments high cattle prices, low cattle margins, and the effect on farming while recalling past markets and road improvements. It mentions Tony Doofran and Rosie, picnic interest, and land sales near Ollie with 60 acres near town selling at 275 dollars per acre.
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West Chester
Iowa
Augustine and
Boyer
Chicago
Walter
Commission
Tony Doofran
Tony
Rosie
Logan Fredrick
Walter Pringle
Ollie
Washington
Decoration day at New Haven cemetery and community notes
The Rev Lindenmayer led a Decoration Day gathering at New Haven with many old friends attending to decorate graves. Dr Robertson knows every grave and the local orchestra from Sweetland provided music. Miss Mary Robb sang a solo and Rev HM Coleman spoke.
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Lindenmayer
New Haven
Dr. C. Robertson
Jim McCaleb
Brighton
Ed Roberston
Charlie
Dave Turnipseed
Wellston
Wichita
Kaneow
Wellman Sun
Sweetland
Gray Orchestra
Mary Robb
Coleman
Keota
Fox brings The Fool to Fox Theatre for two day run
William Fox presents The Fool, a Chan ning Pollock stage success, at the Fox Theatre opening Wednesday for two days. The film aims to offer a clean, straightforward dramatic story of a self sacrificing young minister who strives to live a Christian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
William Fox
Channing Pollock
Edmund Lowe Stars In Moralistic Fox Film
The story centers on a minister role played by Edmund Lowe whose performance is praised as the film’s highlight. Anne Dale Mary Thurman and Paul Panter receive notable acting honors in supporting roles as the cripple Magdalene and the Pole Umaneski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Lowe
Fox
Daniel
Mr Lowe
Anne Dale
Little Cripple
Mary Thurman
the Magdalene
Paul Panter
Umaneski
Pole
Prominent mid west club women highlighted at memorial
Memorial services for the eighteenth biennial convention feature Mrs Henry J Howe founder and second president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs and its scholarship loan fund chair for twenty years and Mrs Clara Aldridge Cooley honorary vice president of the general federation active in Iowa affairs.
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Atlantic
Mis
Henry J. Howe
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Scholarship and Loan Fund Committee
Mra
Clara Aldridge Cooley
General Federation
Iowa
Wasting His Time Boss Fires Employee for Excuses
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a boss tells a worker named Allt Bye he must leave, saying the plant makes excuses and the talent would be better used elsewhere. The dialogue portrays a dismissive, sharp exchange about performance.
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Allt
Bess
Cincinnath Enquirer
Careful Feeders Natives Reject Western Canned Fish
The article notes that Indian natives avoid canned fish from the West due to caste beliefs. It states Hindoos will not eat food prepared by outsiders and fear contamination by those below their caste or ingredients forbidden by religion.
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India
Russian scientist finds thyroid dose grows white chicks
A Russian researcher reports that feeding dried thyroid gland yields successive crops of new white-feathered chickens. The claim notes repeated hatchings with uniform white plumage.
Thunderous praise for fre quency and violence of Transvaal storms
Readers note acclaim for Where It Really Thunders The Transvaal highlighting its vivid descriptions of frequent violent storms. The piece underscores the dramatic weather and its impact on local life.
Queer Post Office in Glacier National Park
A remote post office in Glacier National Park serves nearby residents. Mail arrives by auto from a railroad town eighty miles away and is stored in weatherproof bags on the cabin exterior. Locals within five miles come to the bags to sort their own mail.
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Glacier National Park
United States
Nickel Found In Hair Nails And Liver Study Says
A report notes nickel traces in the human body are linked to keratin in hair and nails and also present in the liver though not in fats or muscle tissue. Researchers emphasize nickel as a trace element in biological systems.
World Consumes Three Times More Herring Than Other Fishes
A report notes that global consumption favors herring, with threefold higher intake than other fish types. It highlights demand across markets and potential implications for fisheries and trade.
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Myrtle Hoffman
Cincinnati
Lee Craig
Ivnisitumoun
Enney Boon
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
J. & P. Coats
Kingwood
Nappy
Transvaal
Queer Post Office
Catarch
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
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