Crop Outlook Improves Across Iowa Cornfield Reports
Iowa weather and crop bureau county correspondents report a more optimistic outlook for the week ending May 28. Rain aided crops and pastures. frost caused limited damage in some areas while fruit prospects remained encouraging. several counties note replanting of corn and late season conditions. Materials include reports from Cass, Mille, Madison, Wapello, Cedar, Hardin, Carrot, Sioux, Winnebago, Clayton and others.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Pottawattamie
Northwest
Madison
Clayton
Will of the Voter Paramount Says Attorney General
Iowa Attorney General Ben J. Gibson issued an opinion on spoiled ballots stressing elections must reflect voter will. He warned judges to reject only clear errors such as double marks for a single office, while upholding ballots with minor technical mistakes to respect intent. He noted new ballots should be used for errors. discretion by judges should avoid strict rules.
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Des Mines
Iowa
Atty
Ben J. Gibson
Gibson
Advertising Pays Off Says The Journal
The Journal proclaims advertising pays, urging readers to use its services and promising effective results for businesses through clever, targeted placement.
Local notices and Memorial Day events in Brighton
Brighton May 29 locals report Frank Hoover returning from Fairfield visit and Latta family from Montreal. J S Saunders suffered a stroke but remains largely speechless. Memorial Day program outlined by American Legion includes speeches, music, and graveside ceremonies at Hill Crest Cemetery with an evening patriotic meeting at the park. Other items note visitors from Chicago and Mason City, relocation plans, and diphtheria quarantine in Ward Hartley’s home.
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Brighton
Mre
Frank Hoover
Bert Brown
Fairfield
Idoyd Latta
Martha Isabel
Latta
H. F. Samson
C. Kilgore
Lattas
Montreal
Canada
Washington
J. E. Reeser
Council Bluffs
Kyle
Reading
Laura Bennett
Elgar
Randolph Hicks
Chicago
Eletha Hicks
J. A. Lemley
Mason City
Zoe
State University
Russel
Cedar Rapids
Harry Anderson
Santa Ana
California
Iowa
Myrtle Richardson Hansen
Dan Peters
F. A. Williams
Brim
Shamus
Iowa Young People Win Scholarships at Eastern Schools
Iowa state winners in the American Chemical Society prize contest receive four year scholarships to Yale University and Vassar College plus $500 yearly prizes. Winners include Hyman Hurevitz Muscatine Mary E Barrett Missouri Valley Frederick S Craig William R Homan Dubuque Gertrude McCarville Carroll Donald Tarr Albia. Essays judged best among Iowa entries by a committee that featured Secretary Hoover and Yale president Angell among others.
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Associated Preas
Des Moines
Iowa
Yale University
Vassar College
American Chemical Society
New York
Hyman Hurevitz
Muscatine
Mary E. Barrett
Missouri Valley
Frederick 8. Craig
William R. Homan
Dubuque
Gertrude McCarville
Carroll
Donald Tarr
Albia
Commerce
Hoover
J. R Angell
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Wadeworth
Capore
Kansas
J. J. Carty
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
Garvan Scholarships Awarded In Iowas Chemistry Essay Contest
Winners in the Iowa division of the national contest receive six Yale or Vassar scholarships and cash prizes funded by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan of New York. Honorable mentions include Erna Varstens Davenport Albin F Nelson Boone Eldred E B Wolford Des Moines Anna King Dubuque and Dallas Shares Gilbertville. Thirty six additional scholarships from universities and colleges will be awarded nationwide. The Garvans established the awards in memory of Patricia Garvan with the American Chemical Society aiding the effort to promote chemistry health agriculture forestry defense and national resources through student essays.
Square deal pledge from County Sheriff hopeful
A county sheriff candidate explains limited time due to the Country Club schedule and vows a square deal for all in enforcement. He asks voters across Washington County to support him through local papers, insisting he will enforce laws without favoritism.
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Country Club
Washington County
Notice in District Court of Iowa Washington County
Commercial Savings Bank files suit against A Lewis in September 1924 term seeking 653.75 dollars plus interest from October 12 1923 and an attachment on lands and property in sections 2 and 3 township 74 range 8 west. Defendants must appear before noon of the second day of the September 1924 term or default will be entered.
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District Court of the
State of
Iowa
Washington County
A. PD
Commercial Savings Bank
United State
Hank
Des Moines
Washinon
American Runners Promise Well For Olympic Marathon
The United States faces the Paris 1924 marathon with high hopes led by Clarence DeMar of Melrose Massachusetts and supported by Charles L. Mellor of Chicago. DeMar set Olympic trial and American records in Boston, while other top runners boost a strong six-man team aiming for a podium. DeMar previously placed twelfth in Stockholm, and the squad seeks a breakthrough for American distance running.
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New York
America
Paris
Johnny Hayes
London
Hayes
Dorando
St. Louis
Hicks
Stars and Stripes
Stockholm
Gaston Strobino
McArthur
Gillam
Willie Kolehmainen
Newark
N. J
Willie
Hannes
Finland
Antwerp
DeMar
Chief
Uncle Sam
Charles L. Mellor
Chicago
Runners poised for Olympic marathon as tough field forms
Newcomer Frank Wendling helps a Buffalo quartet rival American teammates in the lead up to the Games. Boston and Baltimore finishes loom as key clues, with figures like Zuna and Kolehmainen shaping the field and past Olympic champions listed with times from 1896 to 1920.
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Frank EB. Wendling
Buffalo
Boston
William J. Churchill
San Francisco
Carl Linder
Frank Zuna
Newark
N. J
Ralph Williams
Quincy
Mass
Zuna
Baltimore
Detroit
Kolehmainen
Athens
Loues
Greece
Paris
Teuto
France
St Louis
Hicks
Sherring
Canada
London
Hayes
U.S. A
Stockholm
McArthur
Antwerp
Candidate Declares County Recorder Bid in June Primaries
A declaration announces a bid for the office of County Recorder as a Republican candidate, subject to the will of Republican voters at the June primaries.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington County
R. C. Ferguson
Woman Discovers Remedy Worth Fabulous Fortune
A testimonial ad claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured years of indigestion bloating and colic. The simple preparation removes mucus and reduces inflammation in the stomach liver and intestines and promises money back after one dose. Lemon's Pharmacy runs the notice.
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Mayr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Origin of Calvary name and its skull shaped rock
The name Calvary derives from Calvaria the Latin form of Golgotha meaning bare skull. It was given to a rock or prominence shaped to resemble a skull.
Cologne The City of the Three Kings
Cologne in Germany long carried the title The City of the Three Kings for centuries as the believed burial place of the magi from the East who followed the star to Bethlehem on Christmas night.
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Cologne
Germany
Three Kings
Bethlehem
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John A Babcock
Mass Floor Exchange Commission
U. B. Yard
Illinois
Hatier
W. D. Booth
Washington, Iowa
George F. Anderson
Arthur T. Wallace
Freei
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Mutual
East Washington
Bae Ihe Ite
R. L. Gibson
West Chester
Colt
Colts
Clay Walton
Ross L. Coulter
Chas. M. Denison
Pri
Mary
J. C. Bauer
J. D. Glasgow
D. C. Kilgore
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