Bootlegging firm sold whisky at 48 a gallon in Centerville
Centerville Ja July 10 Hayes Whitacre bootlegging firm sold whiskey at 480 per gallon and were jailed after sheriff Elgin and Deputy Trigg caught them Sunday night. They used jugs with a broken crock base and a funnel sealed with wax to sample two gallon jugs. The process allowed a half pint of whisky per jug while customers believed they were tasting liquor.
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Centerville
Hayes & Whitacre
Elgin
Harry Trigg
Hayes
Whitacre
Corn Crop Progress Dims Wheat Quality Cited in July O.R. Bulletin
The weekly U S Department of Agriculture crop bulletin notes seasonable weather aided corn bulk and near harvest, but wheat blight and scab lowered quality. Spring wheat and oats face blighting, haying continues, showers helped crops. Statewide July 1 crop conditions show corn 94 percent, oats 92, winter wheat 91, pastures 106, alfalfa 101, fruit prospects mixed with apples down and berries improving.
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U. S. Department, of Agriculture
Town Weather and Crop Service
The
State Horticultural Society
Jely
Runaway Hay Wagon Injury Fatal Threat Shocks Grundy Center
An obituary notice reports a 12-year-old boy, Karl Meyer, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Meyer, remains unconscious after a skull fracture when the horses hitched to a hay wagon ran away. Recovery hopes are dim as authorities note the severity of his injuries and condition.
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Grundy Center
Karl
Peter Meyer
Iran
Dike Schools
Supt
Morris
Wyoming
Dike Consolidated Schools
Des Moines
State Board of Education
Weda
Mars Mutch
Marinee
Vera
Paul Pittner
France
Lincoln Center
M. Weldriver
Christian Reform Church
Gruessing Sact
Thelma Morrison
The
University
Madison
Wis
Miss Morrison
Waverly
Peace Hat Mystery in London Promises New Men’s Headgear
Leon Lendon reports a novel "Peace" hat soon offered to London men. Designers keep details secret to build curiosity as hatters hint at a revolutionary style to replace dull bowlers toppers and homburgs. A London milliner supports the change saying mens hats are dull and overdue for an innovation.
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Peace Hat
London
Leon
Lendon
Thaberdasher
Rotten, low and futile drama shocks English actress
London June 19. Lena Ashwell, famed English actress, calls today’s drama rotten, low and futile. Speaking at the British Drama League inaugural meeting she warns against plays harming national life and notes lack of appreciation for drama’s power.
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London
Associated Press
Lena Ashwell
British Drama League
Germany
Switzerland
Paris
England
Miss Ashwell
Waverly Park Plan Viewed by State Commission
State park commissioners visiting Waverly inspected a tract at the south end of the Harmon street bridge along the Cedar river bank near Pershing highway, deemed suitable for a state park. A separate note reports a bowery dance pavilion opening, and local residents Frank Lee and Fred Clark traveling to Spirit Lake to attend the new Masonic temple dedication.
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Ilake
H. B. Stevenson
Battle Creek
Mich
Gerald
Martled A French Girl in Charles City Courier
Clair Blunt arrives home from overseas service with a French bride. They wed Jan. 4. Blunt’s father, a Knights of Columbus secretary in France, met his daughter-in-law there.
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Charles City
Clair Blunt
Mr. Blunt
Knights of Columbus
France
Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With
An ad recommends Mulsified coconut or shampoo as a pure, presless cleanser for hair. It warns that common soaps and shampoos are alkali heavy and drying. The product is cheap, lasts months, and can be bought at drug stores. It claims to produce rich lather, deep cleansing, easy rinsing, and soft, bright, fluffy hair while removing dust dandruff.
Digestive Help From Meatless Diet and Korein Tablets
An extract advises thorough mastication and saliva to aid digestion and prevent stomach trouble. It suggests avoiding beef or veal if self digestion is poor, eating sparing amounts of other meats, and using Korein tablets from druggists to improve bowel function and strengthen the stomach. Noting a mailing address for Korein Co. in New York.
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Waterloo
America
Korein Co
Tas W
New York
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Mason City
the Courier
Victrola
Red Seal Records
Victor
Bob Braslau
Calvé
Caruso Clement
Cortot
Gogorz
de Luca Destini
Eames Elman Farrar
Galli
Garriso
Gluck Heifetz
Homer Journey
Melba Kreisler
Kubelik
Martinel
Paderews Powell
Ruffo Sammarco
Schumann-Heink
Scotti
Sembrich
Tetrazzini
Whitehill
Agy Victor
Victor Records
Demon
Victor Talking Machine Company
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Wilhelmina
Evary
Ligbiot Sa
Cord Tires
East Fourth Street
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Bhatt St
Waterloo, Towa
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