Rockefeller Foundation Finds Hookworm Eradication Elusive
The Rockefeller Foundation reports 150 years of struggle against hookworm show complete eradication near impossible in any area. Delayed success due to reinfection, sanitation limits, and soil larva viability, with calls for further study on larvae in soil, transmission by dust and flies, and broader sanitation campaigns.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Porto Rico
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Netherlands
Liege
Ceylon
Foundation Re
Tropics
Kofoid
California
Arkansas
Texas
Car Metchnikoff
Hot Coffee at Mine Shafts Improves Afternoon Efficiency
In Cochise County Arizona a mining company welfare chief sought a practical way to supply hot coffee to workers at shaft mouths. After inspecting eight shafts and lunch habits, a plan placed large coffee containers at strategic points, giving miners a hot drink with their noon meal to boost energy and efficiency.
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Cochise County
Arizona
Japan Day Soon Prohibition Seen Spreading Abroad
Dr. D. M. Gandier prohibition leader arrives in Vancouver from Japan predicting prohibition may become Japan national policy within five years. He cites the Philippine legislature likely to pass a prohibition law for the islands and notes leaders in Japan and Britain see America shaping world leadership through prohibition.
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Philippine Islands
Japan
D. M. Gandier
California
Vancouver
Dr. Gandier
Philippine
Dr. Gandir
America
Bird puzzling woodsmen spurs a Danville hunter's find
Martin Schledorn of Danville New York recently returned from service shot a large bird in Ossian hills swale thinking pheasant. The 42 inch wingspan, cream and brown mottled breast, brown tail, curved beak and large talons lead locals to suspect a huge hen hawk rather than a pheasant.
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Martin Schledorn
Danville
N. Y
Ossian Hills
Cow Sets Record Butter Production in Year
A registered yearling cow Lulu Alphea of Ashburn New York produced 138 660 pounds of milk and yielded 1000 pounds of butter in the year ending November 1 Her record breaking output is believed to surpass all prior butter production records.
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Lulu Alphea
Ashburn
N. Y
Plugging the Leak in Our Pockets at Fort Madison
In a Fort Madison Democrat opinion piece the author laments wasteful spending during inflation. Citing treasury data, the column cites eight billion seven hundred ten million dollars lost to luxuries such as chewing gum cosmetics tobacco and automotives. It argues that trimming luxury spending could reduce living costs and curb wage demands.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
United States of America
Treasury Department
United States
America
Treasury
Ft. Madison
Democrat
Office Seeking Too Expensive In Primary Campaign
In Polk County and statewide, campaign costs deter candidacy for governor and other offices. Data from the Republican primary show large expenditures by candidates, with Deems spending most yet not achieving top votes, while Kendall ran a frugal, personal campaign. The piece argues for limited public funding but warns against graft and notes the need for fair access to influence and name recognition. Des Moines Capital.
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Polk
N.S
Deems
Kendall
United States
Des Moines
Fire destroys farm barn and milking gear in Iowa City
A gasoline engine backfire at W. J. Benjamin’s farm caused a fire that ruined a $4,000 barn and most contents including a milking machine and a Ford coupe. Donald Benjamin was burned while rescuing 27 cows, Vern helped. the house was saved by firefighters. Total loss about $8,000 with $3,000 insured.
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W. J. Benjamin
Iowa City
Vern
Donald
Iowa City Fire Department
Benjamin
Forbidden Trails at Fox Theatre with Buck Jones
Buck Jones headlines the Fox Theatre bow in Forbidden Trails a William Fox production based on Charles Alden Seltzer story. Squint Taylor fights a corrupt political gang and guards Marion Dawes while Winifred Westover co stars in a fast paced Western adventure.
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Buck Jones
Bruce Jones
William Fox
Fox Theatre
Charles Alden Seltzer
Squint" Taylor
Arrow Ranch
Dawes
Jones
William Carrington
Taylor
Larry Harlan
Marion
Carrington
Henry Parson
Winifred Westover
Turning Point film features hostess Katherine MacDonald
Katherine MacDonald stars as a practical hostess in The Turning Point at the Graham Theatre. The article highlights her role as Diana, a refined woman who, driven by adversity, must support herself, reflecting themes of resilience and independence.
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Katherine MacDonald
Robert Chambers
Graham Theatre
Miss MacDonald
Diana
Diana Tennant and the Rivett Mansion Social Scandal
Diana Tennant dominates society at H. Rivett’s mansion in a sweeping social saga. Her influence helps the Tennant family overturn a stigma and mend hearts as Gaylord’s son falls for Silvette and Diana steers opulent events in the San Francisco circle.
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Tennant
San Francisco
Diana
Silvette
James Edgerton
Edgerton-Tennant Company
H. Rivett
Gaylord
Tabor Left High and Dry in Rail Service Crisis
TABOR June 23 Judge Henderson commerce counsel of Des Moines and Judge A B Thornell arrived to address the Tabor and Northwestern railroad failure to provide consistent service. A mass meeting favored placing the line into receivership to secure relief, as contractors and residents suffer halted street paving and blocked shipments of building materials amid claims of inadequate rails for heavier traffic.
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Tabor
Officials take action against railroad owners
A fragment notes official action against the owners of a railroad line as trains were hauled over the line during the final days of operation. The terse item references enforcement steps and ongoing activity surrounding the railway saga.
Obituary of Sadie A. Bailey Van Horn
Sadie A. Bailey, born 1851 in northern Vermont, moved to Iowa in 1863. She married D. P. Van Horn in 1868 and lived on the family farm with two children, Effie (deceased) and Frank L. Van Horn. She joined the United Presbyterian church early, spent winters in Florida with a brother, died of pneumonia after a cold. Survived by Frank L. and his wife, two grandchildren, sister Mrs. Pierce, three brothers, and many friends. Funeral Friday June 11 at home, with Rev. W. G. Robertson and Rev. C. M. Davis. interment at Ainsworth Cemetery.
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Hood
D. P. van Horn
Effie
Frank L
van Horn
United Presbyterian Church
Florida
South
Pierce
W. G. Robertson
Crawfordsville
St Colonel Stanley Honored at G A R Encampment
Des Moines June 23 Lieut Col Claude Stanley of Corning overseas veteran named aide de camp to Governor Harding for the G A R state conclave at Ottumwa Col Matt Tinley of Council Bluffs to be named an aide for the encampment Governor to be principal speaker at the state encampment
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Stanley
Des Moines
Claude Stanley
Corning
Harding
Ottumwa
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Deathes caused by tire blowout in Centerville wreck
Clarence Friedly 26, son of R L Friedly of Centerville, was killed when a tire blew out and the car overturned near Jerome. Driver Win McFatridge was bruised, and passenger John Cambron, a railroad engineer, suffered a fractured collar bone.
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Centerville
Clarence Friedly
R. L. Friedly
Jerome
Win McFatridge
John Cambron
Friedly
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New York State
Diana Tennant
Cleveland
Sadie A. Bailey
Vermont
Handsome
Bevins Motor Company
West Second Street
Cleveland Automobile Company
Cleveland, Ohio
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