Tuning Up A Car Is Quite A Task
An old car maintenance guide outlines the steps for a first class tune up. It covers spark plug removal and cleaning, replacing defective parts, testing the ignition system, inspecting the commutator, adjusting spark advance, testing coil units, cleaning magneto contacts, draining sediment from the gas line, and adjusting the carburetor. The work costs 1.75 dollars with parts extra, and is offered by Ford Service Hender & Eckels. Mrs. E H Finley returns home after attending her mother Mrs. Amos Keller's funeral in Clarinda.
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Hender & Eckels
Ford
E. H. Finley
Amos Keller
Clarinda
Amos
Pointing Finger at Graham Theatre Promises Youthful Romance
A Universal feature stars Mary MacLaren as the eldest orphan seeking freedom and love in The Pointing Finger. David Butler co stars as the suitor who sees through her disguise while Carl Stockdale and Lydia Knott play the crooked superintendent and asylum matron. The film, adapted from Frank Bo Adams, follows her escape to city life, facing cruelty, and finding happiness through innocence and devotion. Produced by Edward Kull under Tod Browning supervision.
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Mary Maclaren
Graham Theatre
Frank Bo Adams
Miss MacLaren
David Butler
Bonnie
Bonnie Lassie
Johnnie Cooke
Carl Stockdale
Lydia Knott
Assylum
Charlotte Woods
Lhfe
Camilla Clark
Lillian Rich
Mary
Edward Kull
Tod Browning
Mason City votes on $300,000 water plant bond
Mason City voters will decide on a $300,000 bond issue to upgrade the 25 year old municipal water works. The June Primary election targets improvements urged by fire underwriters, including higher sewerage capacity and expanded pump capacity as the city handles about 2.5 million gallons daily.
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Mason City
Nicipal Water Works
P E O Holds State Meet at Iowa City Today
Iowa City hosts the P E O convention as the great Iowa product celebrates its 1869 founding at Mount Pleasant. Chapter A, later Original A, and the Original Seven figures are noted along with current leaders and the group’s nationwide reach and funds aiding education.
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Iowa City
Sisterhood
The
Lowe State
City
P. FE. O
Mt. Pleasant
Chapter Original A
Alice Babb
Ella Stewart
Mattie Briggs
Girl records calculator star defends title at Garfield
Miass Esther Kaplan a 13 year old seventh grader in Kansas City defended her rapid calculator record against a machine demonstrator from an adding machine company at Garfield school. She solved six standard addition problems in 47 seconds while the machine could do 1 minute 42 seconds with one error. Four types of adding machines withdrew when Kaplan’s former record was announced.
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Kansas City
Miass Esther Kaplin
Garfield School
Miss Kaplan
Youthful Bandit Tells Boys to Take Advice of Mothers
Rex Meade, 22, married, facing burglary charges after a three week spree followed by a gun battle with Patrolman Jim MacDonald and a fatally wounded accomplice. He cites his navy record A No 1 and laments bad influences from pool halls and strangers, urging youths to heed mothers. He plans to plead guilty at trial Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Rex Meade
Meade
Jim MacDonald
Rube Tracey
Navy
Tracey
Tom Cross
Tom
Hultman and Nissen Buy Rockwell City Advocate
Hultman and Charles Nissen have purchased the Rockwell City Advocate from H. M. Harwood. Hultman has managed the paper for two or three years after moving from Webster City, while Nissen brings expertise in mechanical newspaper operations. Harwood has sold his paper at Clarion as well.
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Rockwell City
May
Lkc-A
Hultman
Charles Nissen
Advocate
H. M. Harwood
Webster City
Nissen
Harwood
Clarion
Fur Supply Inadequate Fashion Demand Exceeds World Offer
In St Louis on May 12 Philip Fouke president of the International Fur Exchange declared world fur stocks adequate to meet demand. He noted American women buy about 2.3 billion dollars of fur annually. At the spring auction 6 to 7 million raw pelts valued over 40 million dollars were offered, the largest in a single market, with buyers from around the world present.
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ST. Louis
Philip Fouke
International Fur Exchange
East Stands for Vegetarian Jem
A curious phrase notes the East stands for a vegetarian Jem. It also mentions Hindus claim they can judge a Christian household by the pigs nearby.
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Iowa
Mount Pleasant Laws
Iowa Wesleyan University
Cago
Mary Allen Stafford
Muscatine
Suela Pearson Peafield
Cleveland
Hattie Briggs Bosquet
Alice Virginia Coffin
P. B. O. Record
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Winona Reeves
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P. BE. O
P. KE. O
Iowa City Press
Ztee
Psi
USS
USI
Ss Service
Washington Battery & Electric Co
South Side Square
USL
PSL
Spirit Lake
Hulzman
E. M. Bridges & CO
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Dodge Brothers
Xood Tires
Ford Delivery
Newbay
Shantung
Chambers
Mont Seo
W. Washington St
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Wash Tuer Chas.h, Keck
Frank R, Shan
Norwalk
Chas. Hebner
Washington, Iowa
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