Maple Grove News: Boil ers, Bridges and Buggy Tales
Maple Grove residents report ice and frost as a week brings steam boiler blasts and near wrecks. Anton Kupka recounts survival from a boiler explosion that wrecked a mill. Ed Marek and others escape falls from bridges and engine mishaps. Road work, odd car antics, hog marking, and local tales fill the column along with Clem Chaulapa’s hospital recovery and a note on Chittendale music.
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Maple Grove
Anton Kupka
Kupka
Adolph Kupka
English River
Ed Marek
Smith Creek
Art Enfield
Corvette
Charles P. Neydiley
Eli Dean
A.C. Bsuchter
Jerry
Tony) Chapek
Ford
David Stumpf
Annie Stumpf
Stumpf
Packing Leads the Industries of Iowa
Iowa’s manufactured products are estimated to reach around three quarters of a billion dollars in value this year while official figures lag. In 1917 Iowa’s top thirteen industries included Slaughtering and meat packing, Food preparations, Foundry and machine shop products, and Butter and dairy, with slaughtering and meat packing leading at $135,615,480. The state labor bulletin lists 4,111 factories in 646 cities with total capital of $329,337,055 and 17,218,565 employees in 1917.
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Bureau of State Labor Statistics
Christening in Parliament Crypt Stirs Historic Custom
The child of a prominent British MP was christened in the crypt of the House of Commons, a nod to bygone rites. Similar quirks include a California ceremony in a diving bell underwater and a balloon baptism by a clergyman for another newborn.
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House of Commons
California
The Cult of Fashion Theater Quip Sparks Lively Banter
A playful exchange in a theater scene has a young lady asking a friend for thoughts on the play. The friend calls the production absurd noting a time lapse between acts and a heroine who still wears the same hat.
Swallowed His Slander in Atlantic Retraction
Harry Kay a wealthy farmer in Atlantic Iowa retracted slanderous remarks about Salvation Army women and Cass county drive workers after a demand from the American Legion post officers Kay appeared before the post and in response to a solicitor's approach he allegedly said all Salvation Army women were immoral and those backing the drive were grafters the matter was discussed and a letter was sent requesting his appearance at the next meeting.
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Atlantic
Harry Kay
Atlantic Post
American Legion
Salvation Army
Cass County
Army
Post
Kay
Camps to be sold by War Department
Government announces sale of Army camps at Mills Mineola Shelby Hattiesburg and Newport News Improvements. Proposals for Mills Shelby and Georgia camps open November 6 and Newport News November 11. Also notes British Empire military force and casualties from the new blue book.
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Washington
Camps Mills
Mineola
S. E
Shelby
Hattiesburg
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Fort Oglethorpe
Newport News
War Department
Georgia
London
War Cabinet
England
Balancing Trade And Its Economic Impacts
The piece explains that when one country exports heavily to another while receiving no imports, payments via checks and drafts fall out of balance. To fix this, gold or other adjustments are needed, incurring a premium that raises prices. If the premium rises too high, buyers turn to alternative markets, risking a lost trade balance.
Boy declines ham as he orders in restaurant
In a Chicago Tribune anecdote a young boy tells the waiter he wants anything but ham and eyes, remarking that is all he gets at home, while his parent joins in the humorous moment.
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Chicago Tribune
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Over County
Clem Chaulapa
Clem
Chittendale Music
Iowa
J. F. Duffy
C. E. Bradfute
O. E. Bradfute
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Mender
Industrial Conference
Jsc
Sloan
Pia la
Smith’s Emporium
Commercial Savings Bank
Emporium
Smithm Foorivet
Warhengton
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