Progress on New High School Building
Brickwork is finished including the tall smoke stack. Plastering is half done with basement walls and ceilings completed. Six plasterers at work, more coming next week. Floor finishing started, carpenters to join soon. Superintendent Anger predicts opening in early September with possible finishing touches during the school year. Remodeling the old high school for grammar school use will follow, aiming for ready status by the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Angeread
Oil on the Lake Helps The Spuds Fish Tomorrow
Pine Ridge reporters recount a rough lake dampening fishing plans. Amos pours oil to calm waves, ruining minnows while his peers debate a wild whale tale and a cabbage card game in a lakeside stay. The group aims to fish again, hoping oil-free conditions return.
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Pine Ridge
Minn
Dear Evening Journal
Amos
Bill
California
Kalona Drainage District claims heard at special meeting
Kalona officials heard objections and damage claims for the proposed drainage district. Total damages requested amount to 9150 dollars. Appraisers will be named to review claims and report July 7. Project cost estimated at 67781.62 dollars with multiple property owners affected. A drainage ditch will drain lowlands and land for the ditch will be bought per acre. Costs will be assessed against benefited properties. Supervisors aim to complete the work this year amid broad local business and farmer participation.
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County Board of Supervisors
Kalona
Burleson Maintains He Faced Gallivan Over Tube Service
Postmaster General Burleson writes Representative Buchanan that Gallivan’s hostility stems from the end of the pneumatic tube service in Bearton, urged by Burleson. Burleson cites Gallivan’s 80 shares of pneumatic tube stock in the Congressional Record and says Gallivan’s disdain is personal.
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Washington
Burleson
Buchanan
Texas
Gallivan
Dean
Massachusetts
House
Bearton
20000 CARS READY FOR CROPS IN KANSAS REGION
Kansas City June 21. Twenty thousand grain cars for handling crops in Kansas Oklahoma and northern Texas have been accumulated in the territory announced by Hale Hadden regional director for the railroad administration He added that forty thousand cars will be available by July 1 in this region.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Hale Hadden
The
Railroad Administration
Social and Community Notes Highlight Local Events
The June Methodist Ladies Aid social transformed church parlors with rugs chairs and a piano for a homey setting. A two hour program featured solos recitations and a violin piece followed by refreshments and a fundraising total for the society. John Messenger Jr returned from overseas service at a family reunion with guests Mrs Edward Burg of Davenport attending.
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Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Margaret Brookhart
Fins Dan Lois Brown
Nellie Ruth Lyon
Mary Louise Harwood
Lloyd Helwick
Nita
Margaret Corbin
Mary Pauls
Marjorie Williamson
Helen Mauther
Ladies Aid Society
J. L. Fifer
J. O. Sexton
George Brown
J. F. H. Taylor
Myrtle Rouse
Edwin Griffith
George Baker
Omer Jones
Frank Gass
Madison Tucker
Roy Libe
Ed Page
Shelley Eberling
Walter 8S. Brown
Homer Stephen
Clair Booth
Wade Gardner
J. L. Lyon
Frank McCaulley
Ida Harmon
Ethel Atkinson
J. ©. Dodds
George Reister
Scott Reister
John Messenger
John Messenger, Jr
Edward Burg
Davenport
Constance Talmadge to Soar Higher in Screen Fame
Amusements notes Constance Talmadge, admired by patrons for her fascination, personality, and charm of manner, will soar even higher into the limelight as she continues to gain popularity in film circles.
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Constance§ Talmadge
Living High in Siberia Prices Shock Readers
Washington reports stark price comparisons from Siberia via the American Red Cross and army food mission. A cheapest suit costs 240 dollars, shoes 55, cotton 12 per yard, bread 8 to 12, coffee 15 per pound, while in the First district bread is 1 dollar, sugar 5, kerosene 6 a quart, ladies shoes 60, and underwear 20 per suit.
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Washington
Siberia
Red Croes
American Red Cross
Army Food Mission
Russian cruiser Oleg sunk near Tolbachan lighthouse
London reports a Russian cruiser Oleg of 8770 tons was sunk by a British submarine. The sinking occurred near Tolbachan lighthouse, according to a wireless dispatch received.
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Oleg
London
Tolbachan
Want Column Clue Prompts Reader Search
A brief note directs readers to check the want column for listings and opportunities. The line hints at follow up items or ads likely appearing in that section, inviting inquiry for specifics and contact details.
Kennedy Won't Seek renomination in First District Race
The Burlington Hawkeye reports Congressman Charles A. Kennedy will not seek reelection next year opening the field for the Republican nomination in Iowa's First District. Analysts expect Des Moines and Lee counties, long dominant, may yield the seat as migration and development shift political balance westward.
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Burlington
Des Moines
Lee County
Lee Counties
Iowa
Fort Madison
Keokuk
County Claims Shape of Party Honors
The text notes counties Henry Jefferson Louisa Van Buren and Washington seek a fair share in party honors, signaling varied regional claims within the political landscape. It reflects broader debates on regional influence and equitable recognition among party affiliates.
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Henry
Jefferson
Louisa
van Buren
Washington
Henna Halts Red Plot in Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dispatch reports military measures to curb a Hungarian Red Guards plot to invade German Austria and set up a Soviet republic. The Vienna authorities moved quickly to prevent any outbreak of unrest.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
German
Austria
Procaim
Martial law declared in Hamburg harbor
Copenhagen reports martial law in the Hamburg harbor after a surge in raids on food depots. The measure aims to restore order amid shortages and unrest affecting the city and surrounding areas.
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Hamburg
Copenhagen
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Stewart
White Way
Kennedy
Burlington Paper
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Eo Beftttyip ‘Treppe
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