Rock Rapids Man Dies in City Jail
Wilbur M. Frear, 32, of Rock Rapids, was found dead in the city jail at 4 50 p m after being brought in intoxicated the night before. Police say he had no visible wounds. an inquest is set for 11 a m tomorrow. Poison speculation centers on poisons suspected by investigators. Frear had prior court action for intoxication and a fine earlier that day was suspended on condition he return home.
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Wilbur M. Frear
Nock Rapids
Willan W. Urie
Frear
Moose Hail
Frank Hubbard
Geant Urie
Prear
Lize Urie
Edward L. Douglass
E. C. McMillan
Hudson
O'Keefe Towne
Lloyd Cox
G. J. Sager
Rock Rapids
Minnesota National Guard
la Verne
Faribault
Glenn B. Beers
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Shell Rook
Arrow Closak Co
Chicago
U. S. District Court
Gordon's
Mexican Federals Use Portable Radios to Combat Rebels
Portable radio sets have aided federal troops in Jalisco and Michoacan where other comms fail. Eleven sets were built in 1928 for use in the war zone to coordinate scattered contingents, enabling compact cooperation that crippled rebel movement, with four permanent stations installed and about 1.5 million words transmitted by year end.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Michoacan
Skin Eruptions Treated From Within by 5.8.5 Trial Offer
Advert says GLILLED physicians credit inner treatment for pimples boils and skin eruptions. Claims 5.8.5 builds rich red blood speeds nourishment and energy. Customer testimonials cite relief from itching boils and weight regain. Encourages purchase of 5.8.5 at drugstores in two sizes.
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J. W. Barker
Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
Swedish Settler's Homestead Grows Into 4 344 Acres
Toronto reports a Swedish settler Andrew Anderson who arrived from Odarslof Sweden sixteen years ago homesteaded 60 acres near an Alberta rail line. By 1910 he expanded the original allotment to 4 444 acres while his wife and daughter traveled to the West Indies. He began with a five acre plot and built a large landholding through years of settlement growth.
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Toronto
Hin
Andrew Anderson
Odarslof
Lund
Sweden
United States
Alberta
Anderson
West Indies
California Fig Syrup Ad Claims Natural Cure
An Iowa mother praises California Fig Syrup as a natural remedy for children's bowel issues. The ad cites a sales record of over four million bottles yearly and urges protection against substitutes, featuring Mrs. Wm. H. Clark of Des Moines and her son Billy.
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California
Fig
Iowa
Wm. H. Clark
Kirkwood Ave
Des Moines
Billy
Expansion Along Interprovincial Boundary Spurred by Lumber Trade
A historic segment describes progress 11 miles northwest of present Alsask near the Saskatchewan Alberta boundary. Provost Alberta, 90 miles away, served as the nearest rail point from which lumber and supplies were hauled. Years of steady growth followed as the Fogelvik farm expanded along the boundary with wildlife such as coyotes, wolves, mountain lions and wildcats noted in the region. The country estimates annual lumber and related activity around ten million dollars.
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Alsask
Provost
Alberta
Undil Fogelvixk Farm
Germany Controls Mouth Organ Trade
In Trossingen Germany January AP reports a new German mouth organ trust formed by the fusion of Mathias Hohner and Andreas Koch to organize and vigorously control the world mouth organ market. The merger unites the two leading German firms as the industry centralizes under a single trust.
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Trossingen
Germany
German Mouth Organ Trust
Mathias Hohner
Andreas Koch
Hohner Leads German Mouth Organ Industry Growth
The Hohner firm, nearly a century old, dominates about half of Germanys yearly 55 million mouth organs. Mathias Hohner, founder and watchmaker by trade, pioneered mass production of mouth organs using Holz. Germany exports around 50 million mouth organs annually, valued at about 3.75 million dollars, with the United States as the top customer at 40 percent, followed by Great Britain and others.
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Hohner
Mathias Hohner
Holz
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Argentina
Italy
Canada
Jobless actors in Germany open day home in Berlin
Berlin reports the first day home for unemployed actors and actresses in Germany. The Society of German State Art aims to aid professionals without engagements by providing housing and support amid a difficult job market.
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Germany
Berlin
Artiat
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Fred
Sloan
East Fourth
Arrow Cloak Company of
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United States District Court
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Competiton
Yala
Gordon’s
East Fourth St
Arrow Cloak Co
Chinchilla
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