Clover farmers face heavy rain affects yield
NIRA notes farmers see clover and corn harmed by excess fall rain this year. Centerville sees illness forcing Will Curl there. Neal Kinkade family welcomes a new son. John Davisson and Velda Herr wed at Sigourney. Velda praised as sweet while John is described as a good boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NIRA
Matt Chandler
Lorne Longwell
Will Curl
Centerville
Lee Davidson
Neal Kinkade
John Davisson
Velda Herr
Sigourney
Velda
John
Arthur Miller Ami Chaslowe
Ohio
West Chester Notes on Local Trips and Happenings
The Rev McConnel and family returned home from a two week auto trip to Ohio. The Rev Anderson came back from Nebraska. Shucking corn begins and will shell plenty before frost. The M E folks held a welcome social for Rev Nash and family with music and refreshments. An airplane show in Washington drew modest crowds, with cars counted around 1200 to 3500 in talk. Taxes and an undertaker’s payment noted with local humor and concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
McConnel
Ohio
Anderson
Nebraska
M. E
Nash
Washington
Joe McElhinney
Mrs. Well
Iowa man smokes fifty cigars in day record set
Treynor Iowa Oct 30 A young farmer Jack Humphrey 32 wins a $50 bet by smoking 55 cigars in 18 hours dawn to bed. Two friends counted the tally with an average of three cigars per hour. Humphrey says he normally smokes 25 cigars daily and has done so for twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treynor
Jack Humphrey
Humphrey
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Aubrey Devine
Iowa
Iowa Field
Devine
Fragmented OCR survives as garbled T heads tale
The readable bits describe a coin flip game with unclear rules and stray phrases about heads and tails, a judge, billiards, and staying home. The text is fragmentary and nonsensical, offering little coherent narrative or factual detail.
Troopers Drill And Cheer Keota In Big Visit
The Fourteenth cavalry squadron arrived in Keota camping in the city park. They held a drill at the ball park after a Keota Siourney game, then hosted a dance and concert that evening. Citizens praised the orderly troops and local women profited from a W R C cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Fourteenth
Uncle Sam
Fort Des Moines
Swan
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Delta
Washington
Fort Sheridan
Des Moines
Steers
Commissariat
Siourney
Ball Park
Keola
American Legion
Cavalry
Brooklyn Caravan Reaches Promised Land in Idaho
The Brooklyn caravan arrives in Twin Falls Idaho after a 32300 mile journey across the continent. Sixty men and women and eighteen children settle on the Roseworth tract thirty miles from town. Led by William D. Scott the group organized a selective self contained community with land allotments and reserves. The party visited Yellowstone Park and faced hard roads wildlife and weather challenges. Governor Davis of Idaho aided passage through Yellowstone Park granting a historic courtesy. The tract is suitable for alfalfa seed beans and onion seeds and has been farmed for over a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idaho
Brooklyn
New York
Moses
Yellowstone Park
William D. Scott
Lfe
Roseworth Tract
Scott
Shoshone Pass
Swetewater Creek
Wyoming
Davis
Park
Waterloo ministers campaign against Sunday movies in city
In Waterloo Iowa ministers collect 6076 signatures to oppose Sunday film showings and theaters. They ask the council to close Sunday venues and raise moral standards, with two proposed ordinances and a petition to place the issue before voters if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
EB. J. Lockwood
Grace M. F. Church
W. A. Peterson
W. H. Beachler
Dr. Lockwood
Harold Mandeville
Pittsburgh
East
Skunk River Floods Cut Off All Traffic
BRIGHTON Oct. 1 All traffic by roads is cut off from Wright Iowa to fifty miles east of here by the South Skunk river overflow which has destroyed thousands of acres of corn swept away property and damaged improvements. Scouts guard travelers and point safe routes. Traffic likely delayed a week or more as farmers face a hard winter after losing entire crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Wright
Iowa
Here
Seattle
Fariny
Why It Is Called Wall Street
Wall Street in New York derives its name from an old wall that ran along the street and marked the northern boundary of New Amsterdam in the Dutch era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
New Amsterdam
Voliva Denounces Law of Gravitation Before Zion City Audience
Zion Illinois October 1 Wilbur Glenn Voliva successor of Alexander Dowie and Zion City overseer told a Shiloh tabernacle audience that there is no such thing as the law of gravitation. He claimed objects move due to air forces and density rather than universal pull citing a balloon brick bat and feather to argue gravity is bunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Newton
Veliva
Shiloh Tabernacle
Glenn Hoskinson testifies in court in Hubble case
Glenn Hoskinson of Fairfield testifies as star state witness in the Jack Hubble robbery trial. He describes staging the November thefts, hiring accomplices, and selling stolen buttons to Hubble who paid in installments. He admits past cocaine use but denies being a dope fiend and recounts prior boxcar robberies. Jurors were empaneled with a list of twelve names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Glenn Hockinson
Fairfield
Jack Hubble
McKee & Bliven
Iowa
Columbus Junction
Grandview
Hubble
Hoskinson
Dick Wirley
Chas. Armstrong
Hubbit
Wirley
Whiskey Hollow
Cress
H. G. Thompson
Here
Henry Teitsch
Fred Poole
L. C. H. Orbach
Louis Basler
Theodore Steen
W. P
Legal team names in county court case listed
The record lists Mred Kratz James McCarty W C Van Atta and T D Mitchell as parties or attendees. Hubble is represented by Thompson and Thompson. Prosecution is by County Attorney L A Crull and J G Kammerer for the McKee and Bliven Button Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mred Kratz
James McCarty
W. C. van Atta
T. D. Mitchell
Hubble
Thompson and
Thompson
County Atttorney
L. A
AMFS Enrollment Breaks All Records at Iowa State College
Ames plans show fall quarter enrollment at Iowa State College surpassing prior records. About 509 more students than last year, with total including short courses exceeding 6 000. Convocation attracted 2 000 plus. Deans Curtiss and Marston spoke. Dean MacKay of home economics noted for growth. Marston urged freshmen toward the Ames spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
State College
C. ¥. Curtiss
Aaricultural
Anson Marston
Dean Curtiss
Iowa State College
Catherine J. MacKay
Winnipeg
Canada
Dean MacKay
Women's State Council of Defense
Marston
Fighting cattle disease campaign in Des Moines area
F H Thompson from the Washington animal husbandry department works with the state veterinary service to combat cattle tuberculosis. Despite a 250000 annual appropriation, Iowa's funds are 67000, hindering testing and services. Farm bureaus and Red Cross assist in Shelby and Winnebago counties as condemned cattle losses are shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Red Cross
Shelby
Winnebago
Malcolm
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White Shrine
John Jackson
Jackson
Kolah Club
Ed Jackson
Christa
Ruth Anderson
Dr. Johnson
Omaha
J. T. Anderson
Louis Anderson
Johnson
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Jedge
Castanes
Edge
Bun Globe
Troopers
Audrey Devine
Hipa
Pootbalel
J. C. Caldwell
Drake University
Madge Schreckengast
Dean Caldwell
A. C. McNarlen
Union
Usuk
Redpath-Vanter Bureau
Holver-Wing
Helen Wing
Grace Holverside
Mary Ashton
Preston Bradley
Chicago
Homer C. Boblitt
Glenn Wells
Virginia Kimberling
South Dakota
H. T. D. Henderson
Moorehead
Kansas
Martin Bishop
Grace Wilkins
Washington, D. C
Mary Cox
Mt. Vernon
E. B. Tucker
Eva Reed
Jean Richardson
Naomi Meyers
Parsons
Marie Friday
Ottumwa
James Embree
Vernelda Bowen
Art Bowen
Lizzie Snider
Washington Friends
John Stewart
Vinton
Blairstown
Aptist Association
Ainsworth
A. J. Unthank
J. Wilkins
Neall Verners
Homer Dusenberry
Promised Land
Birds Pass
Wye
Ministerial Association
Church of Christ
Waterloo Ministerial Association
Skunk
Washington County
Brown’s Auto Body & Top Works
Voliva
Zion, Ill
Glenn Hoskinson
AMFS
Titus, Iowa
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