Iowa Corn Wins Over the World at Panama Pacific Exposition
Jefferson May 26 Willard Zeller of Greene county has won the gold medal at the Panama Pacific exposition for yellow corn grown on his Greene county farm. Zeller and his family have long dominated corn prizes, with prior national wins in 1912 and 1914. His 1912-1914 crops yielded 403 bushels on one acre with total profits around $440.80, and recent shows indicate continued high yields and profitability.
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Jefferson
Willard Zeller
Greene County
Zeller
Henry Wallace Address Impresses Waterloo Bankers at Des Moines
Henry Wallace addressed the Town Farm Mortgage association convention in Des Moines. Waterloo bankers present were impressed by his tribute to Orange township’s rural church and social value of land. He urged rural communities to develop social use as well as crops, noting Orange’s Sunday school membership and lack of crime.
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Orange Township
Cade Henry Wallace
Wallace
Town Farm
Des Moines
Sterday
Waterloo
Mr. Wallace
Black Hawk County
EL. Johnson
Carleton Sins
George Williams
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
J. £Wick
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
J. O. Trumbauer
The
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
W. W. Beal
Jow Securities Company
Y Mir
Wallars
Fts
Organe Township
FE. L. Johnson
C. R. Davis
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Billy Sunday Posts New Convert Record at Paterson Meeting
Evangelist Billy Sunday drew 2,459 converts at the Paterson New Jersey revival with 1,123 in the house pews. Totals for seven weeks included 775,000 in attendance and 17,000 trail hitters, while expenses ran to 33,482.17 with charitable summaries and earnings near 25,600 for the Paterson engagement.
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Brood River
Ore
X. J. May
Billy
Tabernacle
Philadelphia
Uiker City
Lluse
Brooklyn Woman Hangs Herself After Killing Two Children
Mrs. Charlotte O Neill wife of Francia O Neill an architectural engineer with Brooklyn Rapid Transit was found dead today by a bullet to the heart in a Brooklyn home An adjoining room held two of her three children Josephine age one and Francis age four
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New York
Charlotte O'Neill
Francia O'Neill
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Josephine
Francis
Tragic Allegation in Family Homicide Case
Detectives say Mrs. O'Neill may have become demented and placed cords around her two children with the baby dying after she shot herself. The boy was revived. No further details on motive or timeline are provided in the excerpt.
Deported Patient Left at Police, Oklahoma Hospital
M. and Younson assistant superintendent of the Cherokee hospital for the insane turned Willam Von Venkenstein a patient over to police. The patient is to be removed to the insane hospital and then deported to Holland within a short time.
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M. &. Younson
Cherokee Hospital For Insane
Willam von Venkenstein
Insane Hospital
Holland
Charity drives for washing machines in Waterloo
J F Kiingaman, superintendent of the Associated Charities, seeks two washing machines at once for two needy Waterloo families. Women wash by hand. donations of unused electric machines are urged. Call 1615 to arrange pickup.
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J. F. Kiingaman
The
Associated Charities
Mr. Kiingaman
le Ind
Waterloo
Kilngamat
Teachers Examination Sets May 12 9 2 Oclock at La Porte
The county superintendent will hold a teachers examination in manual training at 2 o clock on Saturday afternoon May 129 for teachers who attended study centers at La Porte City. Others may take the examination by turning to the Want Page.
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la Porte City
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