Coe College Band Prepares for 1940 World Fair Debut
The Coe College Military Band, fresh from a Palm Sunday Chicago concert, begins three days of performances at the 1940 New York World Fair. Directed by Stanley Vesely, the fifty-piece ensemble joins over 100 collegiate groups in promotion of fair activities. Captain Eugene LaBarre notes the fair runs May 11 to June 7 with a varied concert program. The band has played for presidential inaugurations and major national events, boasting 75,000 at the national corn husking contest and multiple state honors.
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Coe College
New York
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Coe
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Eugene LaBarre
Fair Special Activities Department
Roosevelt
Hoover
Doctor to Represent Iowa Osteopathic Society at Des Moines Convention
Dr. P L Etter of Wackerton will represent the Third District Osteopathic Society in Des Moines at the fortyf second annual convention of the Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons on May 1 and 2. The house of delegates will serve as the profession's legislative body, elected officers and a five year legislative committee term. The Iowa association, with six district societies, uses the delegates to regulate policy and oversee activities.
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Wackerton
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House of Delegates
Iowa
California
New Jersey
New York
Grant and Roosevelt Three Term Contention Recapped
The article recounts Ulysses Grant leading 36 ballots at the 1880 Republican convention before James A. Garfield denied him a third term. It also covers Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley’s assassination, his two-term circumstance, and 1912 Bull Moose bid versus Taft and Wilson, with Roosevelts’s refusals and eventual nomination outcomes.
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White House
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Washington
Roscoe Conkling
Hayes
St. Louis
Conkling
James G. Blaine
Taft
T. R
Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson
Western Newspaper Union
Helium Lighter Than Hydrogen Yet Safer for Balloons
Helium is the lighter gas after hydrogen but is preferred for balloons because hydrogen is flammable. The statement ends with a partial sentence about helium being young or y.
Paint Boosts Open Bed Springs Sales
A firm improved distribution and used silvery aluminum paint on its open bed springs, boosting sales by 25 percent.
Market Report Chicago Hogs Cattle And Sheep Prices May 7
Market summary shows hogs 14 000 head with steady tone top 6.00 and weights 160 to 550 pounds. Cattle 7500 head including calves 1500 with medium weight steers weak and best steers around 12.90, fed steers and yearlings mixed. Sheep 2000 head with fed lambs and springers steady and best wooled lambs around 10.40.
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Chicago
Colorado
Cash grain market report for Chicago
Chicago cash corn oats and soybeans listed with grade colors and moisture figures. The report notes prices for yellow corn and white oats and soybeans with percentages indicating quality and moisture readings.
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Chicago
Grain Table from CHICAGO May 7
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats and rye across May July and September contracts. The data lists May and July values with percent changes and prices for wheat corn oats and rye, reflecting market activity in Chicago.
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Market Report Shows Mixed Poultry Receipts and Prices
Eses market stays easy with receipts totaling 12,593 cases. Firsts rise with 17 percent, fresh graded firsts 16 percent, current receipts 15, dirties 14, checks 13 percent. Poultry market firm with small hens at 18 and heavy hens at 15, No 2 chickens 18 to 20, leghorn hens 15, springs 25, broilers 22 to 34 percent. other prices unchanged.
Iowa State Field Day to Feature Endless-Belt-Moldboard Plow
Richard Birney chairs the parade float committee for the Ag Engineering field day at Iowa State College. The annual event on May 10 during the Wei shea open house will showcase soil tillage equipment and a farm equipment display worth over 50000 dollars with more than 4000 spectators expected. The highlight is the world premier of the Endless-Belt-Moldboard Plow, a revolutionary design by an unspecified inventor.
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Iowa State College
Iowa State
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Wartime Vehicle Value Emphasized by Preston Grover
Famed Washington correspondent Preston Grover notes the automobile and trucks are crucial wartime tools. He argues that tanks are a type of motor car and highlights U S dominance in motor vehicle ownership, with the United States able to produce unlimited supplies.
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Washington
U. S
Journal Sale Date Column
Community notices announce a weekly sale column at Midway State Co. with a weekly Wednesday journal sale and a Friday community sale. Local readers are invited to attend at Columnus Junction.
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