Wood Describes Delights of a .22 Rifle for Boys
Judge George W. Wood writes in Outdoor America about the joys of a single shot .22 rifle for boys. He recalls his own youth, recalls the thrill of receiving a gun, warns of careless handling, and stresses safety lessons learned from a former soldier. The piece blends nostalgia with cautions about responsibility and safe use in outdoor adventures with friends, turtles, cans, and riverbank shooting memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
George W. Wood
Izaak Walton League
Trins
Outdoor America
League
Regular Army
Fugitive Re-Arrested After Night in Solitary
Reuben Anderson, who fled from a county jailer while at the county warehouse, was recovered at Oneida and Linn streets by Jailer Harry Allen and Patrolman H E Johnson. He earlier pleaded guilty on December 27, 1927, to robbing Mayor Tibbitts store at 1008 Fourth Street East and drew six months in jail with about ten weeks remaining. He said he was willing to work and not to escape.
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Reuben Anderson
F. T. Bentley
Oneida
Linn
Harry Allen
H. E. Johnson
Anderson
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Fourth Street
East
Allen
Aplington Students Tour Waterloo Plants
Twenty one members of the agriculture class of Aplington consolidated school with C G Barr instructor and athletic coach visited the Courser departments today and toured the Rath Packing company plant before returning home.
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Aplington Consolidated School
C. G. Barr
Courier
Rath Packing Company
Governor Proclaims Arbor Day Urges School Planting
Governor Hammill designates Friday April 20 as Arbor Day. Miss Agnes Samuelson urges schools to stress forest conservation in Arbor Day programs. She says pupils should study trees utility and economic value and the need to curb destruction.
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Des Moines
Hammill
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Francis E. Whitley
General Federation of Woman‘s Clubs
Forest Week Message Promotes Manners and Nature
Eccentric quote fragment urges outdoor civility and care for parks and trees. It mentions preserving wildlife, beautifying the country, and enjoying nature during a week dedicated to forests. The garbled text references American pride and outdoor manners.
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Wasen
Vite
Aplington
Waterloo
Entz Market
East 4Th St
VpUvousue
van Camp
Ohio
Caddie
Graham Crax
Maxwell House Coffee
Price
Seal Brand
Chase & Sanborns
Seal Brand Coffee
Chase Sanborns
Chase & Sanborn
North Wells St
Chicago
Paper & Specialties CO
Terloo
Towa
Atlas Grocery
Jefferson
Virginia Sweet Co
Rumford Baking
W. 5Th &T
SS de
J E
Suttan’s
Guernsey
Daniel Webster
Robb-Ross
Purina
Iowa
Independent Fruit Co
Hollandale
Minn
Red River
Texas
Sunkist Sweet
Florida
Sunkist
THE
Please-A-Grocery
P Store
Sycamore St
East Fourth Street
Hes
Niere
Americas
the Fowler Co
Waterloo, Iowa
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