Muscatine poised for major independent packing plant
Muscatine considering formation of the Muscatine Packing Company with a $3,000,000 capital and a daily capacity for 2,000 hogs, 300 cattle, and 5,600 sheep. The plant would sit on 41 acres of former South Muscatine Lumber land and employ 700 to 1,000 workers. Thomas V. Armour named president and general manager. Gardner & Lindberg to design facilities. stock offerings begin immediately.
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Muscatine
Muscatina
Muscatine Packing Company
South Muscatine Lumber Company
Kaiser Box
Delaware
Iowa
Thomas V. Armour
Chicago
Charles H. Ferguson
Armour
Armour Packing Company
Mr. Armour
Wilson & Company of
Sulzberger & Son
Ferguson
Middle West
Mississippi
Gardner & Lindberg
Packing House
Belmond to Have a Sugar Factory
The Iowa Valley Sugar company awarded the Belmond beet sugar factory to the Dyer company of Cleveland for 1,125,000 dollars. Construction starts soon after site wreckage clearance is finished, with the firm specializing in such projects.
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Belmond
Iowa Valley Sugar Company
Dyer Company of
Cleveland
Sigourney Suburb to Be Beauty Spot
A Kansas City land company recently bought 65 acres at the southeast edge of Sigourney. The land will be surveyed into 189 city lots with landscape work, two large parks, and boulevards. It will be laid out as an addition to the city and sold at public auction, including Mr Brown's large residence on the property.
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Sigourney
Kansas City
Sigourney City Limits
Harry G. Brown
Mr. Brown
Rattler Nearly Strikes Farmers Near Liberty Township
Willig Brady and Richard Smith, noted Liberty township farmers, were inspecting a plow land log when a seven foot rattlesnake surged from beneath a rotten log. Willis jumped as the reptile struck, missing by two inches. The snake was killed and measured seven feet long with a thick body.
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Knoxville
Willig Brady
Richard Smith
Liberty Township
Willis
Smith
Iowan Punished Pro German in Harmony Barber Shop
George Kelley of Iowan, visiting Harmony Minnesota, struck a pro German man with a cane after a heated remark about German atrocity. Kelley, a one legged former first aid man struck while recounting his Chauteau Thierry service, left the assailant knocked out and avoided legal action.
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Waukon
George Kelley
Harmony
Minn
France
Kelley
George
Chauteau Thierry
Traveler recalls hotel manager’s quick fix with a cat
A traveler reports a provincial hotel trip where late night noises and two large rats prompted a complaint. The manager responds promptly by ordering a cat to room 1 to address the infestation. The account underscores swift hotel remedies and traveler relief.
Burials of Torres Strait Islanders Marked by Perfume and Feasting
Natives of the Torres Strait islands in northern Queensland practice burial rites that perfume the deceased with cheap fragrance and seal the body in a Letile. Some graves feature a simple stone marker while relatives observe a three day feast with pigs yams and turtle shared through vigorous dancing and singing.
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Torres Strait Islands
Queensland
Best Method of Rising by Herbert Kaufman
A concise reflection on how advancement comes through perseverance and personal will rather than luck or mere influence. Kaufman emphasizes self-assertion and steady effort as the true drivers of ascent.
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Herbert Kaufman
Winnipeg Strike Sparks Parades at Parliament and City Hall
A parade of returning soldiers and workers confronts Premier Norris and Mayor Gray in Winnipeg as protests renew. Officials consider calling in troops to guard public property amid the general strike that began May 15.
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Winnipeg
Ing
T. C. Norris
Charles F. Gray
Norris
Parliament
Mexico Bars U. S. Planes Over Bandit Risk
The Carranza government refused to allow American oil firms to move payrolls by air from Turmoleo to the fields due to frequent bandit attacks. Companies had engaged American pilots and planned to buy planes for the purpose.
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Carranza
Washington
Turmoleo
Umbrella device hides dangling tape from open parasol
An inventor has designed a snapping mechanism that tucks the pendant tape inside an open umbrella. The improvement aims to remove the dangling piece that some find offensive to the umbrella's dignity.
Ancient Gambling Games and Palmedes Inventions
The text notes tall and tessera dice games in Roman times and credits Palmedes with many inventions including dice shaping, light houses, measures, scales, the discus, the alphabet and sentinel regulation. It mentions later Greek joiners in Troy and an arrow anecdote about Palme des.
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Palmedes
B. Cy
Troy
Paris
A Great Man Seized by Resolve and Virtue
A quotation defines greatness as choosing the right with invincible resolve and bearing burdens cheerfully. It extols calmness in storms and fearless bearing of frowns, with unwavering belief in truth virtue and God. The author notes such greatness is common among the unseen multitude.
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Channing
Canada’s Water Power Centers in Narrow Transmission Range
Canada’s water power is favorably situated near major commercial centers from Atlantic to Pacific. Water power sites cluster within practical transmission reach of nearly every important city, excluding the central western prairies, promising hydro power for generations.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Western
Prairies
City of Light Illumination Figures for London Square
The city of London is described as having the brightest square mile with lamps totaling 2 270 000 candle power and an average of about one candle power per two square yards of area.
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City of Light
City of
London
British flyer Hawker to attempt first Atlantic crossing
Harry G Hawker arrives from England to Newfoundland aboard a Sopwith two seater with an 875 hp engine to launch the first Atlantic crossing. His past awards include the 1912 Michelin prize for eight hours twenty three minutes of continuous flight and an altitude record of 28 500 feet. The boat shaped fuselage floats on water to aid sea takeoffs.
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Harry G. Hawker
New Foundland
England
Miss Adele S Poston Returns Home From Overseas Duty
Miss Adele S Poston chief nurse at Base Hospital No W147 La Fouche France, the first US army hospital for nervous disorders and shell shock cancer, will return home after an extended absence. She had earlier served as director of nurses at Bloomingdale Hospital White Plains New York, a branch of New York hospital.
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Adele S. Poston
la Fouche
France
United States Army
Miss Poston
Bloomingdale Hospital
White Plains
N. Y
New York Hospital
French Girl Rescued by U S Officer Marries
Mrs L C Douval a French girl arrived in New York on US transport America after being captured by the Huns and imprisoned thirty months. Her husband Lieutenant Douval of the United States army rescued her at Noyne using a wrench as his weapon and a strong friendship led to their marriage.
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L. C. Teouvel
New York
America
Why Be Thankful for Health and Comfort
The text argues gratitude for basic blessings like clean water wholesome food and fresh air. It links these essentials to health and a state of happiness.
Washington Hotel Company Incorporation Notice
Notice states Washington Hotel Company of Washington Iowa is incorporated under Iowa law. It names seven initial directors and officers, sets capital stock at 100000, and specifies articles filed May 9 1919 with a 1939 termination. It cites principal office in Washington County and notes references to Articles of Incorporation on file.
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Washington Hotel Company
Washington, Iowa
Iowa
City of
Washington
Washington County
Board of Directors
Secretary of State
J. M. Wilson
H. F. Darbyshire
W. M. Keeley
H. 58. Young
S. H. White
D. J. Ross
F. R. Sage
Ralph Shannon
Recorder
Intoxicated Audience Member Denied Entry at Piano Recital
An eminent pianist prepared for a recital when a man staggered to the door with a ticket and was refused entry for intoxication. He protested that he paid for admission, and argued it was proper, insisting his condition was clear. The official clarified the charge, noting the man was intoxicated and thus not fit to enter.
Aristocratic Convicts in Virginia Colony
The text notes Virginia was the only American colony to receive British convicts, mostly political prisoners with an aristocratic element. In 1676 Parliament forbade transporting convicts to English colonies in America.
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Virginia
America
Calendar Curiosities Tied to Day of Week
The article notes that January begins on the same weekday as October, and April with July, September with December. It adds February, March, and November share a weekday start only in leap years.
Terrifying discomforts from skin disease prompt blood treatment claim
Advertisement urges that skin burning and itching from eczema originate in the blood and promotes S S S as a fifty year old remedy. It promises prompt lasting relief and offers expert advice from the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Georgia.
Lake of Sulphate near Biggar Saskatchewan Found Rich
A lake near Biggar Saskatchewan about three hundred miles northwest of Regina is saturated with sodium sulphate. The deposit under the lake and along the edge is nearly 97 percent pure sulphate. The lake covers about two hundred acres with a muddy edge and a solid bed of mirabilite crystals beneath. The mineral has wide industrial uses in sulphuric acid production and photography.
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Biggar
Saskatchewan
Regina
Last Polish King Stanislaus Poniatowski Dies in 1798
Stanislaus Poniatowski the last king of Poland died on April 11 1798 in Petrograd. He ascended the throne in 1764 and during his reign Poland faced partition by Russia Prussia and Austria leading to his deposition and retirement on a pension.
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Stanislaus Poniatowski
Poland
Poniatowski
Stanislaus
Russia
Prussian
Austria
Petrograd
February Old Nickname Fildyke From Snow Melt
The old Britons called February Fildyke not for rain but for melting snow that makes rivers and dykes overflow. When February brings heavy snow and rain floods occur, even though the month often has the least average rainfall.
Limitations of effort and courage in apt work
The quote argues success hinges more on personal drive than external limits. It emphasizes indolence and faith as chief barriers, noting talent is less decisive than courage and effort in realizing usefulness.
Proper Food Important Says Times Motto
The Los Angeles Times quotes: As an man thinketh so is he and As a man eateth so doth be think, noting the brain is a part of the body built of blood and matter.
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Los Angeles Times
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Fred Weston
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Europe
Sigourney Suburb
Mar
Ion County
IOWAN
House of Parliament
Mexico
U. S
Water Power
L. C. Douval
Uncle Sam
Sam
Mr. Manufacturer
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
World Building
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
B. Reduso
Wencarten Bros., Inc
Carter
Carterstle
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