Messenger boy to director of major oil fortune
Robert M. Sands rose from a 12 year old messenger in Mobile Alabama to manager of a vast fortune. At 46 he was named director of Petroleum Securities Co and personal representative of E L Doheny. Sands credits hard work and clear thinking for his climb from Panama Canal clerk to Los Angeles executive. He married Marcia Gibson in 1908 and has three children.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Robert M. Sands
Mobile
Alt
Petroleum Securities Company
E. L. Doheny
Sands
Fortune
Montgomery
Ala
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Atlantic
Canal
Tabernilla
Canal Zone
Marcia Gibson
Chicago
Tropics
New York
Mexico
John S. Wood
Wood
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Mexican Petroleum Corporation
Doheny Company
Carse
Sand
Tampico
Mex
Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum & ‘Transport Co
L. Doheny, Jr
Aces Invited to Attend Legion National Convention
One hundred famed World War aviators will be invited to the American Legion national convention in Louisville Kentucky from September 30 to October 3. Other items note Lincoln birthplace site visits near Hodgenville, a big interstate speed boat regatta with Canyon Isle Aviation Show, and various Legion activities across cities including Oneida and Boston.
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Louisville
American Legion
Lincoln Wome
Hodgenville
Knob Creek
Lincoln
Louisville National Legion Convention
Hos
Mesa
Ariz
Mesa Post
Canyon Isle
National Convention of the American Legion
Iowa Dairy Prospects Highlight Midwest Advantage
The Courier's News notes Prof. Earl Weaver of Iowa State College told Black Hawk county dairyists that Iowa is poised to supply more of the nation's dairy products as dairy production shifts toward the middlewest. He cited rising yields from better feeding, warned against overproduction risks, and urged purebred work while detailing local herd visits and a picnic gathering at Orange township.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Southwest
Middlewest
Weaver
Iowa
Beleves
National Dairy Council
Black Hawk
Joe Golinvaux
W. W. Marsh
Faye LeClair
Tannreather Grove
Orange Township
Art Porter
Ames
Funeral of Former La Porte Resident Conducted Friday
Embre Christian 46, of La Porte, died from heart disease while on his Luck Wisconsin farm. Funeral held Friday at parents home conducted by Rev. Robert Sterling. Burial in Sawyer Cemetery. Survived by widow two sons Cleo and Truman, parents Herbert and Mrs. Christian, brothers Herbert Will and sister Mrs Helen Miller. Brothers and Mrs Miller drove to Luck on news. Initial reports stated horse involvement.
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Courier
le Porte City
Embre Christian
Luck
Wis
Herbert
Christian, Sr
Robert Sterling
Tama
Sawyer Cemetery
Christian
Cleo
Truman
Will Christian
Helen Miller
Miller
Grain Hog and Dairy Price Slump Limits Farm Income
The May 14 farm price report shows a broad decline across grains flaxseed cotton hay pork and dairy products with only fruits vegetables beef cattle and poultry rising. Hog prices fell 2 percent from April 15 to May 15 though still about 13 percent above last year while beef cattle and lamb prices hovered near April levels or fell slightly. Receipts at seven primary markets rose about 13 percent year over year as May supplies remained ample.
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Bureau of Agricultural
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Towa
Bad Spring May See Changes In Acreage
A June 1 report from the federal department of agriculture warns unusual weather this spring may shift crop acreages. Warm late winter followed by two months of cold rain delayed later crops by about 10 days while haying and wheat harvest will press cultivation. The wheat outlook also figures prominently in the agricultural picture as harvest nears.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Musical programs at Mt Vernon farm bureau meeting
A Mt Vernon township farm bureau meeting at the county home featured musical numbers, a one act play, and community singing as part of the county farm chautauqua. Robert Gisnay of Waterloo sang solos while John Letfich played guitar and harmonica. The Mt Vernon Pals 4 H club presented an initiation and the play Mother Pulls the String. A sack lunch closed the program, organized by Mrs Will Eyestone and Mrs R C Henry.
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Mt. Vernon
Will Eyestone
R. C. Henry
Value of Towed Land Pct Down on 1928 Record
A federal report shows a small national decline in farm land values for the last year and Iowa shows a 14 percent rise above 1914 while 1929 figures compare to prewar levels. The farm real estate survey notes slight drops in many regions and predicts a fuller report later.
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Iowa
United States
Corn Belt
East North Central
West North Central
Mountain
Pacific States
Bureau
Iowa Creamerymen to Meet at Tripoli for Butter Scoring
Creamerymen from across Iowa will gather in Tripoli on Thursday for the state educational butter scoring contest and butter storing contests for men and women. Noted speakers include Burton E. Sweet B G Brownlee and Prof M Mortenson with Rev A E Hanff welcoming attendees. The event features a prime dinner at six followed by an evening meeting presided by Prof A W Rudnick. H C Ladage manages the program.
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Tripoli
Tra
Burton E. Sweet
Waverly
B. G. Brownlee
Des Moines
Tawa Department of Agriculture
M. Mortenson
Dairy Industries
Iowa State College
A. EH. Hanff
Fred Harms
Celwein
A. W. Rudnick
H. C. Ladage
Lester Girls Plan Bake Sale Saturday
At a Tester Live Wires meeting at Mrs Ivah Childs home Dorothy Shimp and Mary McNellis were named delegates to the state 4 H club convention at Ames June 11 to 14. To fund travel the Lester girls club will hold a bake sale June 6. The demonstrations team includes Esther Goff and Margaret Westphal with Mary McNellis as alternate.
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Dunkerton
Ivah Childs
Dorothy Shimp
Mary McNellis
Ames
Lester Girls
Sale
Lester
Esther Goff
Margaret Westphal
Ships 360 Broilers to Chicago Market
West Union records show Milton Marting shipping about 380 spring fryers to Chicago market from north of town. Monday he made his sixth shipment of the season.
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Chicago
Marting
West Union
Milton Marting
Imperial Isabel Sets 1000-Pound Butterfat Jersey Record
Imperial Isabel, a purebred Jersey in California, becomes the first in the state to exceed 1000 pounds of butterfat in a 365 day test. In a test that began when she was 9 years 4 months old, she produced 1045 pounds of butterfat and 16702 pounds of milk, placing her as the 21st Jersey to hit the 1000 pound butterfat milestone, owned by Harry.
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Imperial Isabel
Jersey Row
Jersey
California
United States
Harry
Jersey cow earns Silver Medal for butterfat record
H. Cook of Ontario California produced 696.08 pounds of butterfat and 11 252 pounds of ink in 365 days, a four year old record. She received the American Jersey Cattle Club Silver Medal for this achievement.
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H. Cook
Ontario
Cal
American Jersey Cattle Club
Ames student wins journalism prize at ISU chapter
June L. Arthur Thompson of Creston received a gold watch from the Iowa State College Sigma Delta Chi chapter for the most meritorious journalism work on campus during the last year.
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Ames
Arthur ‘Thompson
Creston
Iowa State College
Sigma Delta Chi
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