Record Price for Land in Tamago and Local Notes
Traer Aug 6 Carl Bern of Gladbrook paid a record price for Tama county land at $250 per acre for eighty acres from Pred Prebo. Improvements are fair on bottom land six miles from town and over a mile from school. Grant township voters approved building two brick school houses at $8,000 each, with a near split vote and strong female participation. Numerous short notes report travels, health, and property moves among Tama residents, including mumps, typhoid, camp expeditions, and a Sunday picnic plan in Peter McEwen grove.
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Traer
Carl Bern
Gladbrook
Old Crystal Poet
Tama County
Grant Township
Grant
J. T. Ames
Buckingham
Missouri
Asia
Frank Hoeffner
Nisawe
Minn
Mies Ruth Powell
Thomas
Lynn Kieth
Rodlean
Saski
John McGowan
Bevteh Hill
Food Exhibit Ready for Fairs in Iowa
Des Moines reports the state dairy and food department prepared a new exhibit on the value of foods to teach housewives how to cut living costs. The display travels to Fairfield, Mason City, Waverly, Des Moines, Marshalltown, Sioux City, and Waterloo fairs from August to October, with two sections to cover Faire field and Mason City dates.
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Des Moines
State Dairy and Food Department
Fairfield Chautauqua
North Iowa
Mason City
Bremer
Waverly
Marshall- Joawn
Sioux City
Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress
Wateries
A. Chittick
WH. Harrison
Bogle
Harrison
Armenians Suffer Terribly From War Across Provinces
Ottoman Armenian regions report widespread ruin with Van, Chatak, Mokeespar kert, Mamaerttek and Khizen largely destroyed. Twenty thousand persons homeless amid famine and infectious diseases spreading, per Van governor’s telegraph.
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London
Armenia
Van
Chatak
Mokeesparkert
Mamaerttek
Khizen
Sharer Anxious To Begin Work At West High
Athletic director Wal Arrive ture Early in September, David Max Sharer, newly elected West High athletic director, plans to whip the football team into shape to reclaim the championship lost to East High. He will arrive in Waterloo a week before school opens September 7 to size up material and will direct all physical work at the school. Sharer, a Northwestern graduate, coaches track and baseball at Interlaken summer school and previously starred in basketball and football at Mount Sforris College. He intends aggressive, clean play and to organize physical drill in the grad schools while guiding West High teams.
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David Max Sharer
Waterlow West
West High
East High
Waterloo
North
Western University
Sharer
Interlaken
Rolling Prairie
Ind
Northwestern
Mount Sforris College
Io Tinos
I C Has Plan for Handling Coal on Illinois Central division
Illinois Central officials announce a winter trial plan to store coal on cars rather than on sheds and piles at yards. The coal will be distributed on switch tracks across the division, eliminating double handling. About 400 cars will be required for this system.
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Scials
Illinois
Bloodhounds Trail Woman's Attacker in Kansas City
A large posse led by Sheriff White of Clayrolls pursues a suspect in Kansas City, with bloodhounds guiding the search for the man who attacked Mrs. Henry Stanford, wife of a local farmer.
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Kansas City
White
Clayrolls
Henry Stanford
Unclear assault case near Liberty involves missing details
Report describes a woman tied to a bed by a negro who entered a home while her husband was away, with bloodhounds used to track the suspect. The note mentions a teacher married to the injured woman and other railroad staff visiting the city, plus a state railroad commission acceptance of a new block signal system west of Cedar Falls on the Illinois Central.
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Liberty
William Ickes
Minneapolis
Illinois Central Railroad
al Livingston
Ilingis Central
Waterville
Minn
4. C. Calhoun
Mounda
al Calhoun
Cedar Falls
Illinois Central
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Tamago
Traer and
America
Palm Beach
Morgan & Sullivan
Wesy High
Garly
Wal Arrive
Ture
David Man Sharer
I. C
iRuffalo Express
Falan
Boltman
Water Streets
Uae
Roy Nee Wee Eee
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