Poultry and septic tank talks planned in Orange Township
Farmers in Black Hawk County will host demonstrations by Prof. M. L. Hoffman of Ames College on November 10 to 18. He will teach building modern septic tanks at small cost and discuss poultry husbandry with authorities from Town State College. Demonstration farms include Hansen, Lund, Moser, and Simpson-Miller Crystal farms in various townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
M. L. Hoffman
Ames College
Hoffman
Thomas Hansen
Black Hawk Township
Peter Lund
Cedar Falls
Jacob Moser
Grange Township
Simpson-Miller
YA. A. Burger
HL. ‘A. Bittenbender
K. W. Stoudfer
State College At
Ames
Orange Center Consolidate Law School
Richest Indian in the Northwest Owns 30,000 Acres
St Paul Nov 7 Louis Agard, a South Dakota landowner with 30 000 acres and extensive cattle holdings, says he cares more for cattle than wheat prices. He sold a load of stock calves at a record price and notes cattle are his main business. He owns about 187 quarter sections on Standing Rock lands and recently sold land in McIntosh. He is accompanied by fellow half-breeds Jim Little Eagle Louis Archambault and Paul Middle Bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
South Dakota
Louis Agard
Northwest
Standing Rock
Agard
Lanls
McIntosh
Sone Buoch
Mr. Agard
Jim Little Eagie
Louis Archambault
Paul Middle Bull
Talented Local Women Lead City Show With New Scenery
The most popular and talented young women of the city take heart of a show, with Miller and Draper in charge for a second year. They bring a complete equipment of new scenery and costumes more elaborate than last year. The Cedar Falls band and orchestra will provide music for the parade and performance again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller & Draper
Ellis
Area In Charge
Cedar Falls
Nebraska Cave Man Held as a Vagrant
Omaha dispatch reports John Gonzales a 45 year old Mexican wanderer labeled a cave man. Held on vagrancy charges by Sheriff McShane in Douglas County after being found near Florence with improvised shelters of three tepees and a large club. He says eight years in the U S working as a railway laborer and sustained himself by begging and picking fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Florence
John Gonzales
McShane
Douglas County
Musgrave
Gonzales
United States
Lincoln
Iowa Guardsman issue on Mexican border debut
The first issue of The Iowa Guardsman, a Waterloo published paper priced five cents, reports on Iowa soldiers serving on the Mexican border. Editors, officers and privates, highlight duties to the president and border service bringing credit to the state national guard, with Waterloo companies’ stories in the debut edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Guardsman
Iowa
Waterloo
Brownsville
Tex
America
Border Army
National Guard
Elks enlist young women to aid in minstrel show
Rehearsals for Waterloo Elks’ clever travesty show, the Tuxedo Minstrels, progress with daily sessions at Waterlan theatre on November 14 and 15. The group aims to provide the best local entertainment, featuring a verse-like travesty of grand opera and the help of about 20 participants.
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Elks
Waterlan Theatre
The
Waterloo
Dogs emerge after 7 days entombment in tunnel
Kansas City reports two dogs buried 15 feet underground for 163 hours without food or water escaped their earth tomb and returned home after owners believed them dead. The dogs, chasing a rabbit, fell into a deep hole on a bluff and survived the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Rosedale
Dogs Rescue From Cave After Six Day S log
Two boys chased a rabbit into a cave and a collapse trapped their dogs. They dug through earth, hoped for a rescue, and after six days one dog returned weak but alive. The other dog later emerged, having crawled toward freedom and then fed ravenously.
Boelke Dies Unvanquished Eyewitness Claims
Berlin reports an eyewitness account from Overseas News agency stating Capt. Boelke died Oct. 31 after disabling a hostile machine in aerial combat. His plane was damaged by a second aircraft, he descended in a Darrow spiral, and died at about 200 yards height with 40 enemies defeated. Funeral promises in Dessau echoed the hero’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Boelke
Boelka
Lokal-Anzeiger
Thomsen
Dessau
Hen Hatches Woodpeckers In Illinois Farm News
A Federalsburg area farmer finds a hen caring for 11 chickens and two woodpeckers in a hidden nest. The woodpecker chicks join the flock as the hen gathers worms, while the pair are fed and sheltered as part of the same brood. The other item notes U S population growth of 24 million over 15 years with animal counts shifting: cattle down, hogs up, and sheep down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Federalsburg
Ill
Washington, D. C
United States
Pioneer Cow Testing Association Reports October Results
October tests by the Pioneer Testing Association, led by Anton Christiansen, covered 25 herds with 22 on official test. Among 15 new cows and 16 sales, many fresh cows are in poor condition due to short pasture and hot summer. top butterfat cows exceed 46 pounds with producers including Waterloo Jersey Farm and McKay Bros Holstein among others.
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Pioneer Testing Association
Anton Christiansen
Wilk Ct
Waterloo Jersey
Jersey
Jerse
G. Bechtelheimer
Guernsey
McKay Bros—Holstein
Messer Farms
McKay Bros
Messer Farms Co
Waterloo Jersey Farm
Geo. E. Cunningham
Foreigners urged to join high school night classes for citizenship
At least two high schools report strong turnout for free night instruction aimed at foreigners. Supt. GC W Kline lists 25 foreign applicants at East High and 26 to 30 expressing interest at West High. Meetings are planned to organize classes in reading, writing, arithmetic and crafts for men and women who seek to become citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East High
Supt
GC. W. Kline
Soulh
Kean
A.T. Hukul
West High
Board of Education
Supt. Hakill
Two Rode a Fish in Wichita River Ride
G A Whitney and his 16 year old son rode a 42 pound catfish for half an hour on the Chickaskia river near Drury before landing it and bringing the fish to Wichita. They heard of the monster from neighbors and finally subdued the fish with the help of the son. The event follows reports of a large river catfish in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Ken
G. A. Whitney
Chickaskia
Drury
Whitney
Neller- Bors
Mr. Whitney
Record of the Past Doan's Kidney Pills endorsement
Mrs. Starr of Waterloo praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and back trouble with improved condition after use. She quotes two public endorsements dated 1907 and 1915, stating ongoing faith and good results. Price twenty cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y.
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Wm. Starr
Fowler St
Waterloo
Doan
Wangler Bros. Durg. Co
Dean
Heir to Fortune Works as Modiste in New York
Alice Eleanor Fox, heiress to more than 2 million from John Fox, works as a modiste in a New York shop earning 18 dollars weekly under the name Irene Austin. She lived at Foxhurst, L I, until age 18, then moved to the city to aid her mother’s obligations. Court records show she seeks the entire Fox estate, delaying settlement.
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New York
Altho She
John Fox
Crocker- Murphy
Alice Eleanor B. Fox
Ao Modiste
Miss Fox
Foxhurst
Goldwin
L. I
Cedar Heights approves two miles of cement walk
Cedar Heights town council ordered two miles of cement walk along model street Liberty Avenue. Miss Turn Lawk proposed Ames supervision for a model soak tank on school grounds to demonstrate use and cost savings. Thursday declared good round day as residents urged to assist with repairs using shovels and drags. Mayor William Galloway presided with W F Parrott acting as clerk.
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Cedar Heighty
Liberty Arenue
Turn Lawk
Aasochithou
Ames
Spenage
Cedar Phaghts
Wimam Galloway
Conneilman
W. F. Parrott
Women Told to Take Cascarets for Constipation
A public health style notice urges women and girls to take Cascarets when constipated to relieve headaches, billous feelings, sour breath, and stomach discomfort.
Delatone Skin Hair Removal Paste Advertisement Placed
An old product claim promotes delatone paste to banish hairy growth in minutes. It instructs mixing water with powdered delatone, applying to the skin for about two minutes, then rubbing and washing off. The pitch promises effective results if real delatone is used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty Toples
Tiran
Boy Weds His Teacher In Tennessee School
Sadie Patrick of Arlington Tennessee married James L Yarbrough while she taught him as a pupil two years earlier. The pair faced school policy barring married teachers and now live with Yarbrough's elder parents as they adjust to married life amid a small town scandal. Moonshiner charged as government agenda arrives in Nashville with James Studdock noted.
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Moamphisa
Oun
Navy
Jis Ip
Hey
Thea
Mint Sadie Patrick
Arlington
Tenn
Memphis
James le Yarbrough
Mins Patrick
Sehonl
James L. Yarbrough
Misa
Linden church pillar linked to moonshine empire king
In Linden Tennessee authorities arrested Haddock as he finished a prayer in the Linden church where he has been a pillar for 42 years. Officials say for four decades he led one of the region’s largest mountain distilleries in the moonshine belt, earning the title king of the Tennessee wildcatters.
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Linden
Tenn
Tennessee Wildcatters
Haddock
Linden Church
Woman Hitches to Mule With Husband Suspect Alibi
Lincoln Nebraska November 7 a woman hitched to a mule driven slowly toward the state prison was picked up by Sheriff Hyera. She identified herself as Mrs Hopking and claimed her husband drove her as an animal. The son partly denied the tale and said he took a turn in the harness. In the sheriff’s car the woman tried to strike the officer with an axe and refused to surrender her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhove Wiere
Lincoln
Neb
State Prison
Sherif Hyera
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Radziwill
Dorothy Deacon
Nebraska
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Preedom
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Boards of Education
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River
Chicago
Vegetable Growers’ Association of America
Orange
Walter P. Jensen
F. W. Edwards
W. E. Tuller
B. F. Swisher
Www
W. Woolley
Swimer
Santa Barbara
Cal
G. AH. Wilson
Cottage Hospital
Serena
Wilgon
Aad
Wilson
Tiimes
Georgetown
Del
Bessia Hudson
Cascaretea
E. IL Dunkelberg
Iis
Stirm
Black Wawk Rank
Les
Neacher
Nashville
Jaun
Jazen Studdock
Fiame
Pinty
Leath
Alora
Grafonola Club
Columbia Grafenolive
Columbia
Grafonola
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