Iowa State Board Cuts Costs on Food for State Institutions
The state board of control reports contracts for food for 106000 wards in state institutions at prices well below last year. Rice, beans, sugar costs per pound are all lower, and bids for 125000 tons of coal were recently opened. Miss Kate Ogborn, longtime missionary to China, heads home for a relief campaign as famine grips North China with millions starving.
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State Board of Control
Iowa
Kate Ogborn
China
North
Miss Oghorn
Missionary speakers urge China relief in Iowa drive
A Methodist mission committee sent speakers to Iowa including Bishops McDowell and Quayle and native Chinese to raise funds for famishing people. Miss Ogborn from Maquoketa County, educated at Iowa Wesleyan, may tour after China work.
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Mittee
China Relief
Iowa
McDowell and
Quayle
Methodist Church
Miss Ogborn
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
China
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mount Pleasant
Potatoes Affected By Pest Threat Amid Frost Warning
Local remark recalls a killing frost from sixty two years ago that wiped out corn wheat oats and vegetable crops. The speaker warns residents to inspect potatoes for potato bugs and notes availability of lead arsenate and Paris Green to combat pests.
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Paris
John Wesley Morton to Celebrate Eightieth Birthday Next Week
Local notes mention John Wesley Morton’s upcoming eightieth birthday on Tuesday June 7. The item notes his good health for his age and includes a flurry of local business blurbs from Falk Motor Co and others on Ford repairs and daily services.
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John Wesley Morton
Ford
Falk Motor Co
Local social notes and business ads mix with Mexican colony pitch
Mrs. N Sorrell and two sons visit Davenport sisters Miss Ruth Kumm and Mrs Walter Robison. Ford parts ad and tire prices. Miss Mabel Newby returns to Harlan Ia for summer vacation. Mrs Kathaleen Graham and son Ira visit. Teresa Quinn pianoforte classes open at 403 BE Madison. May Dolies to Iowa City for daughter's graduation. Ruth Foster visits Fairfield and Isabel Lemmon at Parsons College. Maude Neal visiting Davenport sister near Tampico oil fields. Mexican colony prospect touted with farm prices and tax details. Dean's venue offers ice cream sodas and sundaes. Washington Cleaners delivers. phone 813.
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Davenport
Ruth Kumm
Walter Robison
United States
Tampico
W. YP
Littlefield
F. & M. Bank
Dean's
Peder Pederson to Speak on Co operative Marketing
A local notice lists Peder Pederson speaking at Wellman Opera House on Wednesday evening about cooperative marketing. The item blends funeral notices, social visits, local shopping promos and small town events with multiple names and places.
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Peder Pederson
Wellman Opera House
Comings and goings and a Legion meeting in Muscatine
Miss Clara Parkinson and Mrs Frank Haney and children, all visiting Muscatine today, with plans to spend the day there. Ex servicemen are urged to assemble at the Legion Hall Sunday at 2 15 PM to honor our late comrade Dale Reeves. Pearl Bennett of Keota returned after attending Mrs Whetatine's funeral. Also an ad notes Molto or Pithead cases for sale by Cobs Washington Elevator Co with phone 24.
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Legion Hall
Dale Reeves
Pearl Bennett
Keota
Nervy fugitive asks express shipment from Tennessee
From Fall Branch Tennessee a note from Merch Waller a former inmate who escaped Towa City jail asks that his suitcase be express shipped to Jonesburg Tennessee with express charges to be collected. The chief of police suspects either a dishonest or jokester motive and notes Waller previously buncoed Emil Grimm's clothing store and other purchases.
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Towa City
Iowa City
Mike Maloen
Fall Branch
Tennessee
Merch Waller
Jonesburg
Tenn
Emil Grimm
Eve and Mendrology as an Admirable Pursuit for Women
A contemporary claims Mendrology is a noble field for women while recalling an early female arboriculturist who failed in a similar venture. The remark contrasts modern effort with a prior misstep by a pioneering woman in the craft.
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Eve
Shrine visitors find 25 000 rooms signed in Des Moines
More than 25 000 Shrine council guests have secured lodging in Des Moines during the week. George Hamil t on, housing chair man, says at least 16 000 have arranged their own housing, with 5 000 more camping. Demand rises but rooms remain in residence districts for 26 000 guests, and officials urge unplaced visitors to contact Mr Ham ilton at 412 Seventh Street.
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Moines
Des Moines
Shrine Council
George Hamil
Housing Commit
Iowa
Hamiltto
Seventh Street
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Fatty) Arbuckle
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