Organization for Game Protection Fund Grows Across North America
New York December 27 The American Game Protective and Propagation Association reports over $3,000 in dues from one dollar yearly memberships. In two months since incorporation it has drawn members from Canada and almost every state to save shore and wild life. Funds include 25,000 from manufacturers. life, patron, and club tiers exist. The association trains experts to aid in game and fish protection and supports local enforcement, often overcoming political and funding hurdles. John B. Burnham leads protective work and aids New York in codifying laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Game Proective and Propagation Association
Broadway
Newark
Canada
Tme
John B. Burnham
Christmas Exercises and Dinner Highlight Dunkerton Event
Christmas exercises and a tree program filled the Methodist church with a large crowd. Baptist services Sunday night drew an overflow audience. A Magee family Christmas dinner near James Campbell’s homestead included nineteen members. Uncle Perry West, aged eighty five, shared tales of Iowa history and family milestones with readers.
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Dunkerton
Methodist
Baptist Church
James Campbell
Magee
Charles Dewald
Wansie
Dewald
Fairbank Township
Buchanan County
Jerry
Towa
Mr. West
Java
Gwen
Errol Canfield
Railroad inquiry prompts local name list request
The County Clerk Christianson received last Friday a letter from the North and South Railroad association of Waterloo asking for names of people in Vinton and surrounding areas. The group cites plans to locate a railroad through the town next spring if locals are interested.
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Christianson
North and South Railroad
Mexican Gulf and Canadian Railroad) Association
Waterloo
Vinton
Des Moines group seeks lower class rates to Colorado Utah
The Greater Des Moines committee asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce class freight rates between Des Moines and Colorado Wyoming and Utah. Railroads are named as defendants. The group says current Des Moines to Chicago rates are more reasonable.
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Washington
Greater
Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Heaven Railroads
Chicago
Score of Sleepers Seek Shelter in Cold Storm
A group of about a score of rough sleepers crowded into the city hall basement to endure winter cold. They spoke of lost opportunities and misspent lives as they bed down on mattresses guarded by officers. Several plan to move on to bigger cities as cold weather drives migration.
Three Arrested After Assault on Officer Caldwell
M M Mahoney alias Jim Jones Frank Raferty and Joseph Regan were arrested at 2 AM after attacking Officer C W Caldwell while being led to the police headquarters at the Illinois Central depot. Caldwell was slashed with a jack knife and bystanders helped subdue Mahoney. Hearing set for Saturday with bond fixed at 260 dollars as the case proceeds. Mahoney claimed Cedar Falls home and Nashua printer work, with a city jail confinement pending.
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M. M. Mahoney
Jim Jones
Frank Raferty
Joseph Regan
C. W. Caldwell
Illinois Central Passengeer
Mahoney
Cedar Falls
Chicago Tribune
Caldwell
E. H. McCoy
Justice of the Peace
F. F Knapp
Nashua
Christmas Party Honors May Smith Bandfield Marriage
At Asa and Mrs. Smiths country home north west of town a Christmas reception celebrated May Smith's marriage to 7 H Bandfield last Thursday. About fifty guests attended with music games and dancing after a two course dinner. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Bandfield Centerville Miss Maud Bandfield Marshalltown and Mr and Mrs Frater North Dakota.
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Asa Smith
May
H. Bandfield
Centerville
Maud Bandfield
Marshalltown
Frater
North Dakota
Santa Claus Gifts Dictionary to Boy in 1911 Visit
Several days before the night of his planned 1911 visit, Troy Vining of 306 Park Avenue East recounts Santa Claus giving a dictionary to a boy.
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Santa Claus
Troy Vining
Park Avenue East
Child Labor Day Advocated for Better Laws Nationwide
New York, Dec 27. The national child labor committee urges churches to observe Sunday Jan 28 and Saturday Jan 27, 1972 as Child Labor Day. The group reports 30 states passed new child labor laws this year and a model law is being issued for uniformity. It warns of ongoing abuses in coal mines, factories, canneries, sweatshops, and home workshops with many licensed tenement workshops in New York City, lacking adequate regulation.
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New York
National Child Later Committee
New York City
Churches of America
Commission On Uniform Laws of the
American Bar Association
America
Cold Wave Grips Northwest as Temperatures Fall Sharply
A cold front from the northwest chills the lake region with temperatures dropping from 4 to 22 degrees above zero since yesterday noon and likely to fall further. Heavy snow blankets Wisconsin and Michigan while southern California districts report record cold with citrus groves enduring frost and some crop damage avoided by smudging.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Los Angeles
Cal
Orange
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Pomana
Rialte
Highland
Family Gathering at Shilliam Home
Mr and Mrs Samuel Shilliam host this week with son Frank and his wife visiting from Oklahoma and daughter Eva returning from St Joseph Missouri. Also at home are Mr and Mrs E J Miller of Marshalltown with Mrs Miller formerly Miss Isabelle Shilliam.
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Samuel Shilliam
Lafayette Stree
Frank C. Shilliam
Oklahoma
Eva
St. Joseph
Missouri
E. J. Miller
Marshalltown
Miller
Isabelle Shiltiam
Sleighing Spoiled by Wind Amid Snowfall in New York
Farmers report poor sleighing as wind blows snow from tirepikes. the weather would have given good conditions otherwise. In New York on December 27 Della Fox, the comedian and singer, remains critically ill after an appendectomy last Saturday with peritonitis developing postoperatively. A Courier want ad urges readers to sell old furniture blocking space.
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New York
Della Fox
Comedienne
Singer
Des Moines Scales Short-Weighted Grocer Four Ounces
An inspector found a Keokuk grocer’s scales underreported by four ounces per pound over ten years. The merchant confessed and nearly fainted, blaming weight loss for his failure to buy an auto. Inspectors will rectify scales statewide under the new weight laws. one merchant pleaded a fine in lieu of court.
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Des Moines
State Food and Dairy Department
Keokuk
M. B. Barnes
State Food and
United States
Barney
H. O. van de Rogert
Tre Fine Atached
Jasper County Endorses Judge B. W. Preston
Jasper County Bar Association unanimously endorses Judge B. W. Preston for the supreme court. Preston has served on the district bench for ten years.
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Newton, Ja
Jasper County Bar Association
B. W. Preston
Supreme Court
Preston
France Moves to Expel Witches and Sorcery Practitioners
Paris dispatch reports French Justice Minister M Cruppi cracking down on witchcraft in rural Normandy and Morlaix. Cases include an elderly woman dying after alleged bewitching and a girl dying after following a white magic prescription involving cemetery earth and a spider.
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M. Cruppi
France
Normandy
Morlaix
Paris
The
London Express
Keeping Dental Bills Low through Regular Care
An editorial urges economical dental health by regular visits, early decay detection, and preventive care. It stresses that investing in good dentistry saves money on future treatments, advises children start checkups by age two, and warns against cheap work that harms long term teeth.
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Western Newspaper Union
Danger in Decayed Teeth Sees Urgent Dental Care Need
Chicago health official notes 97 percent of schoolchildren surveyed require dental service. He links decay to systemic harm including enlarged glands and pale, anemic conditions, urging widespread treatment and better public awareness of dental health.
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Chicago
Br. Wiliam A. Evans
Er-Commisssioner of Health of
United States
Western Newspaper Union
Preparation If Seed Oats For Planting And Seed Quality
Farmers are urged to properly fan and grade oats used for seed to remove light and weed seeds and to separate large plump grains from smaller ones. The method improves yield and vigor, with data showing large plump seeds outperforming smaller ones by significant margins. Repeated screening may be necessary to achieve satisfactory seed quality.
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Zayitz
Treatment For Oat Smut With Formaldehyde
Oat smut treatment costs eight to ten cents per acre using formaldehyde. Tests show a 7 to 10 percent loss from smut annually, which this method can prevent by treating seed with formaldehyde. Mix one pound of 40 percent formaldehyde with 40 gallons water to treat 40 bushels of oats, spread four to six inches deep, apply with a sprinkler, stir, then cover and let dry overnight.
Sweating in the Stack Grain Drying Advice
Robert Brand explains that grain must be dried or cured before stacking to prevent heat and musty odor. If stacked too soon oats and other grain mold or spoil, reducing feed quality and palatability for horses. He notes green material and improper curing worsen spoilage and emphasizes years of farming experience.
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Robert Brand
Kendall Boy Defies Dancing School Demand at Home
Kendall Boyd resists dressing for dancing school amid persistent family pressure. He frets about peers and laundry costs, arguing against going, while his mother uses quiet authority to insist he prepare for the event. He rails at the idea, insisting only sissy boys attend and planning to wear his pumps.
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Kendall
Boyd
Hig Waya
Abe Gald
Arey
Tate
Kenndall
Martha
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ALL America
Vinton Eagle of Yesterday
M. M
Dan
Gerous
Courier
C. H., Hackett
Waterloo Township
Kris Kringte
Roy
Santa
Outlook Club
Labor Temple
Lady Maccabees
Waterloo Hive
Cedar Hive
Guards
W. Hall
R. J. Rice
Leland Avenue
Anna Lyon
Mrs. C.F. London
Ninth Street West
Merry-Go- Round Club
Russell-Lamson Hall
St. Mark's Parish
Soash Hal
Golden Council
Royal Arcanum
K. P. Hall
National Committee
Marty Scates
Shilliam
Jasper County
Kemdell
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