Hunting license sales drop due to pheasant ban in Iowa
W E Albert Iowa state fish and game warden reports a sharp drop in hunting licenses for the year ending Dec 1 1928, tied to no pheasant season. Counties show large decreases while total convictions rise from 1242 to 1315 as wardens press enforcement. Albert praises department progress and efficiency.
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Iowa
W. E. Albert
Mitchell
Hardin
Marshall
Dubuque
Bremer
Fayette
Butter
Albert
Altho
Althorago
United States
Lottie Pickford's Christmas party thrills Hollywood crowd
Hollywood reports a censored Christmas party featuring Lottie Pickford, Lettice, Jack Daugherty, and Daniel Jaeger. Neighbors complained to police as fights erupted over Mary Pickford’s sister, with Jaeger requiring medical attention and Lottie sustaining facial blows amid the drama.
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Hollywood
Cal
U.P
Lottie Pickford
Colony
Lettice
Jack Daugherty
Barbara la Marr
Daniel Jaeger
Daugherty
Jack
Daniel
Mary Pickford
Lottie
Daughter's praise inspires woman to finish novel
Evanston Illinois December 26 Louise Ayres Garnett of Evanston finished The Joyous Pretender after it lay untouched for 14 months because her little daughter liked the unfinished manuscript. It became the writer’s first novel though she had published poetry for children.
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Evanston, Ill
Louise Ayres Garnett
Evanston
Altho
Bremer Schools Head To Remain Until Replaced
Mrs Grace Beebe Tofte will continue as Bremer county superintendent of schools until a successor is named. She plans to join her husband in Detroit after a replacement is chosen and will return before schools reopen. Chickens on the Perry Beck farm north of Horton died from cholera and 29 carcasses were buried in one day. Mrs W W Simmons and daughter Lucille, visiting Des Moines, were joined by Rev. Mr Simmons at Christmas. A blaze at the August Harmening residence caused slight damage from an overheated stove pipe.
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Courier Special Service
Waverly
Grace Beebe Tofte
Bremer County
Tofte
Detroit
Mich
Lang
Perry Beck
Horton
W.W. Simmons
Lucille
Des Moiines
Mr. Simmons
R. R. Simmons
Harmening
Exiled Gamblers Sent to Barren Island in Bresica
Brescia Italy December 26 habitual gamblers and those who live without legitimate means are banished to a barren island authorities said six men were exiled as punishment for gambling and crime.
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Bresica
Italy
Italy Exiles and Surveillance Sweep Through Town
From this town four have been sent to confinement on bleak Tyrrhenian islands at a stipend of just over 50 cents a day. Three others are under police surveillance with curfew, and another has been solemnly warned to mend his ways.
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Italy
Tyrrhenian Islands
North American Tourists Lead Italy Arrivals in 1928
Rome reports that in the first ten months of 1928 North American visitors formed 35 percent of Italian port arrivals, about 82 000 passengers. Total arrivals surpassed last year’s 79 000, with British travelers at 18 percent, Balkan countries 16 percent, Germans 7 percent, Latin nations 4 percent, and all others 15 percent.
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Rome
Italy
Balkan
Copper salvage breakthrough at Houghton Michigan
Dec 25 1919 Houghton Michigan report details a new oil flotation method to recover copper from tailings. The Ammonia process used since 1915 reclaimed copper for Calumet and Hecla, with costs rising from 6.63 to 16 cents per pound. Arthur W. Fahrenwald aided by Michigan College of Mining and Technology and the US Bureau of Mines improves recovery by at least two pounds per ton.
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Calumet and Hecla Company
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Houghton
United States Bureau’ of Mines
Arthur W. Fahrenwald
Michigan
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
A vintage health ad promotes Calotabs as a overnight cure for colds flu sore throat and tonsillitis. One or two tablets at bedtime with water purport to cleanse the system by morning with no salts or nausea. Family package instruction directions and price are listed.
France carries heavy yearly pension burden
Paris reports the French government will pay out about 200 million dollars in pensions next year to 5,130,000 ex service men orphans and other dependents. Sixteen percent of applications have been rejected. The number of claims is 855,000 and payments range from 500 francs to 19,125 francs annually.
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Paris
Guadeloupe Rebuilds After Devastating Hurricane
In Guadeloupe, island reconstruction plans mimic France’s four devastated departments. The program includes electrification of the entire island and rebuilding public and private property. Ambassador Claudel calls Year One the start of a major effort funded by the Dawes plan, with modern shipping facilities and harbors to rival nearby territories.
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Point-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
France
Burricane
Claudel
Porto Rico
Cuba
Trinidad
Kittrell Named to Iowa Teachers Association Study Panel
Charles A. Kittrell superintendent of west schools is named on a committee of prominent Iowa educators to study proposed changes in the Iowa State Teachers Association. Other members include B C Berg chairing, Fred D Farmer, E Lynn, Elizabeth Graves, Jessie E Lawson, and R F Myers, appointed by retiring president John E Foster.
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Charles A. Kittrell
West
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers Association
B.C. Berg
Newton
Fred D. Farmer
John
Foster
Ames
Association
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