Oil Stove Inventor Blown From Window in Des Moines Blast
Des Moines September 27 a demo of an oil heater invented by B E K Glen of Cambridge avenue exploded at Capital City Plating works injuring Glen severely as he was thrown through a second story window. The blast damaged the plating works iron and ruby lunchroom and a drug store on the first floor with losses estimated at 5000 to 10000 dollars. Glen and crew member Leste Crews suffered serious burns and injuries while a woman observer fled after sustaining burns. Glen was hospitalized awaiting X rays, while Crews was treated and reported in great pain.
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Dairy Cattle Congress Opens In Waterloo With Big Show
Waterloo prepares for the thirteenth annual Dairy Cattle Congress show starting Monday. Five dairy cattle breeds and industrial wares arrive with exhibitors from more than a dozen states. The United States Department of Agriculture exhibit and college judging teams are featured, with seven silver trophies to be awarded to top teams and individuals.
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Liquor Cases to be Tried in Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Seventy cases to be arraigned at the Cedar Rapids federal court in May show a drop from April when sixty vi lation prosecutions were listed. Jayde Scott will preside. no narcotic or new postal cases are reported.
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Hair Trends From Fiji Awakens Silliness in Iowa City
Sept 28 In a university field report Professor C C Nutting heads a party returning from the South Seas with notes on Fiji Island grooming. The piece humorously describes Fijian hair styles and daily care including washing oiling and long traditional combs as a sign of high class grooming.
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University of Jews
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New Zealand
Beautiful Weather Forecast for Kansas City
Sept 28 clear skies spread across the United States predicting several days of pleasant fall weather for Kansas City. P Connor says tomorrow may rise six to seven degrees with a high near 71 or 72. He notes unusually cloudless conditions could allow easy cross country flights from New York or Washington to Portland or San Francisco.
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United States Stands in Need a New National Hymn
Baltimore reports a proposed new national anthem was criticized as unnecessary. Mrs Stetson and other leaders debate whether Congress should declare The Star Spangled Banner the official anthem while Chicago musicians echo opposition. The debate highlights tensions over national identity and tradition.
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Morning Sun
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Christian Science Leader
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Bush Conservatory President Critiques National Anthem
M. Bradley, president of the Bush Conservatory, argues that popular taste shapes a nation s song. He laments that The Star Spangled Banner is treated as the national anthem, calling the music rotten though admiring the words.
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Danger to Wheat Planting Date Set by Hessian Fly Study
Iowa State researchers report winter wheat may be planted in northern areas by October 1 with little Hessian fly risk. Dr. Carl Drake notes fall fly broods are past hatch point, with Monona 25 percent, Warren 20 percent, Page 40 percent hatch left. County agents provide daily updates to guide planting. Marian Davis visits grandparents in Ames and Wyman.
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Carl Dreke
Iowa State College
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Keith Collins Wins Sentence Reduction After Postal Robbery
Keith Collins, once named ringleader in a $3,000 mail theft case, had his federal sentence cut from fifteen to five years at Leavenworth. Captured in Westville after a tip from an Omaha-based girlfriend, he was initially sentenced in December 1920. A habeas corpus writ and attorney challenges argued the term was illegal. Mrs. Fred Poffenbarger seeks a pardon, stating he is her sole support.
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Keith Collins
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Leavenworth
Kan
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Collings
Westville
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Omaha
Fred Poffenbarger
Newborn Baby Talks at Birth in Mason City
Sept 27 Five minutes after birth the infant son of Mr and Mrs Peter Zontes of Mason City spoke mother mother mother as distinctly as a 2 year old. The attending physician said the baby did not cry or make other sounds and others in the room heard the word spoken after it was said in its trib. Since then the infant has tried to talk or do things not done by normal babies.
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Mason City
Peter Zontes
American Education Week Set for December 3 to 9
Washington announces American Education Week will run December 3 through 9 with President Harding backing a presidential proclamation. The event, led by the American Legion junto with the Education Bureau and NEA, aims to boost education and citizenship nationwide.
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Peacemaker Walter Osborne Attacked by Neighbor Cat
In Sept 28 a quarrel in Red Oak ended when Walter Os borne Elliott, a merchant, intervened in a cat fight. The opposing cat attacked his bald head leaving a badly lacerated scalp and claw marks on his face.
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