Iowa Corn Crop Shows An Increase
Iowa reports 1921 corn harvest at 389,202,000 bushels up from 368,388,000 last year, with high quality at 89 percent merchantable and storage stocks near six percent of the 1930 crop. Buckwheat and flaxseed outputs fall short of last year while apples and pears rise. grape production also climbs. Additional notes include a gasoline tax probe and a divorce case dismissal. a village on Sado Island notes a magic talking box in a painted public telephone box attracting locals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Tihe
Aikawa
Sado Island
Turner speaks on Armistice Day urging lawful self rule
Gov Dan W Turner in Shenandoah Ill Armistice Day address urges Americans to understand privileges and duties of representative government. He praises law observance as proof of self rule, offers strong stance to enforce laws, and commends the American Legion for unemployment relief while noting local communities must help the hungry and shelterless.
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Shenandoah
Dan W. Turner
Anay
Turner
Sam
Legion
American Legion
Legio
Veterans
Swedish American Bell Ringers Concert Planned in Washington
The United Presbyterian church hosts a November 19 concert by the Swedish American Bell orchestra. Five artists with the world’s largest bells perform bell choir glossophone and violin numbers. Admission is free with a silver offering. Miss Marie Rasmussen earns praise for violin tone and bowing while the group comprises Swedish descent musicians, some born in the United States.
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United Presbyterian Young People’s Society
Washington
Swedish American Bell Orchestra
United Presbyterian Church
Word
Stalia
Marie Rasmussen
Miss Rasmussen
Four Town Counties Report Noxious Weed Destruction
Reports from four town counties to the state department of agriculture indicate destruction efforts against Canada thistle and quack grass, two weeds designated as noxious by the last general assembly, with early infestation data.
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State Department of Agriculture
General Assembly
Red Cross Seeks Funds For Disaster Work
The fiftieth anniversary roll call begins Thursday November 12 offering everyone a chance to support Red Cross disaster relief. Details of financials available from Dr Eastwood. Total receipts over twelve years reached 131 124 000 with expenditures 1 477 000 and a balance of 51 336 800 on July 1 1919.
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Washington County
Eastwood
Red Cross
Millionaire Berg Returns Home After Kidnaping
Alexander Berg, president of Hill Brothers Pab, was returned to his St Louis home today after a Friday night kidnapping witnessed by motorists. Police said no ransom was paid and credited information from John Rogers and investigators. Berg entered via a hotel service elevator and appeared to be in good physical condition.
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ST. Louis
Alexander Berg
Hill Brothers Pab Company
T. Rogers
Post Dispatch
Rogers
Isaac Dee Kelley
East St. Louis
Berg
Morris Levinson
Terg
Derg
John T. Rog Fers
Post-Dispatch
Goodfellow Avenue
Uxi
Five Die in Brooklyn Fire Tragedy
A blaze trapped 50 residents in a Brooklyn wooden building killing five people and injuring about 15 others as firemen battled flames. Among the dead were Mrs Dow 26 Natalie Lawrence Chadow 12 Lena Webb 35 and Ethel Webb 4 months. Morris Chudow 41 husband of a victim fractured an ankle leaping from a third floor window. Firemen were overcome while rescuing tenants.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dow
Natalie Lawrence Chadow
Lena Webb
Ethel Webb
Chudow
Morris Chudow
Fanny Chisdow
Beatrice
Armistice Day Observed Amid Football Plans and Accidents
Armistice Day events shade Washington Iowa scenes with football games and closures. Wartburg hopes for a Wartburg clash, while Washington prepares for a Case field game with Fairfield, as American Legion observes the day with a Legion Auxiliary program. Across the state, train strikes and traffic incidents claim lives and injure drivers. thousands await new license processing as officials report numbers and delays.
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Germany
Court House
Washington
Fairfield
Case Field
Pairfield
American Legion of Washington
Legion Auxiliary
Robert Shaw
Sigourneyegionnaire
Warning against schemes to end depression in Hollywood letter
A Hollywood resident urges people not to send mail or schemes to end personal depression. The message warns that such approaches are unhelpful and requests to be left alone, asserting no financial aid will be offered and signaling a final resolution.
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Hollywood
Cal
O. K
Washington high school concert wows large crowd
The opening concert of the Washington high school band and orchestra drew a large audience. Milburn A. Me directed admirably, with varied program including Love and Loyalty Birds and Brook Song of India One Fleeting Hour In a Rose Garden and more. The Evening featured strong solos and ensemble work.
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Washington High School
Milburn A
Barnard
la Sirena
Burke
Rimsky Korsakoff
Helen Melinski
Lee
Acelant
William Stewart Maurice Mayo
Warfare in China Dominates World News Tientsin shelling and Manchurian moves
Reports from Shanghai and Manchuria describe street fighting in Tientsin near the Japanese front lines. Martial law in Peiping followed a police claim of a plot. Chang Hai Ping forces and Soviet influence loom while a truce nears in Tokyo.
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Tsitsibar
Tokio
Manchuria
China
Socialist Soviet Republic of China
League of Hons
Christmas Mail Abroad Instructions From Post Office
The postal bulletin urges early international mailing due to longer sea travel and customs checks. Foreign parcels should be mailed in November with careful packing. Mail volume rises about 200 percent during holidays and no delivery occurs on Christmas Day unless special delivery stamps were mailed in time.
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Walter Prown
Harry McCall
International
Tristan da Cunha
Mongolia
Andor
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J. W. Reynolds
Redmond
Ore
G. A. Criger
Millionaire Berg
Pere Popay
U.S
15Th
U.S. Infantry
Tentsin
Henry Pu-Yi
Inset
Pu-Yi
Wartburg
Washington Junior College
Wartberg College of
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Wathington
Waves
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Iessiness
Donald Jecker
Audubon
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Everal
Ry of State
Will “Stevens
Motor Vehicle Department
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Wey
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