Des Moines Ranks High in Growth and Trade
Des Moines emerges as a leading midwestern city with 1520 census showing 226,465 residents, ranking 52nd in nation. It leads in home ownership, typhoid freedom, literacy, school population share, and agricultural publications, while thriving as an insurance and convention center.
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Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
Towa Co-Operative Shipping Association
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Heroic Skipper Is Man of Few Words
Capt Robert Laird of the Honduran steamship Atlantida is honored for rescuing the master and crew of the American motorship James Timpson on Oct 15 1924. The rescue prompted a watch inscription from the U S president and awards for Laird and crew members including binoculars and medals.
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New Orleans
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Atlantida
Yeseng
Ajerey
United States
Laird
Timpson
Atlantda
American Motorship
James Timpson
John R. Kennedy
Ami Lionel Buckley
Kenne
Buckley
Camouflaged Auto For Tiger Hunt Delivered In London
A $35,000 camouflaged automobile for tiger and big game hunting has been delivered in London to the Maharajah of Patiala. The car includes a night search light, gun rests, and an exhaust whistle to deter tigers, with a camouflaged body suited to jungle concealment. The Maharajah, nicknamed The Magnificent, plans to use the vehicle in his Indian state for thrilling hunts seen first in London.
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London
Patiala
England
First modern American style apartments open in Tokio
Tokio guests will inhabit a four story reinforced concrete building in Amari style, housing 42 apartments from one to six rooms. overseen by Prof. K Morimoto and his wife for the Culture Diffusion foundation. Foreign occupancy capped at one third. Public rooms, hotel services, and foreign style restaurant planned.
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Tokio
K. Morimoto
Imperial University
Culture Diffusion Foundation
Morimata
Japan
Federation of Women's Clubs Opposes Lincoln Park Changes
The Federation of Women's Clubs petitions against any interference with Lincoln park and its boundaries for an expanded automobile parking area. Signed by secretary Mrs W W Lytle, the document was presented to City Clerk Mackey as the council prepares for Monday night session.
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Federation OF Women's Clubs
Lincoln Park
Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. W. Lytle
Mackey
Tdnenin
Cedar Falls Daily Notes reports week of prayer and local notices
Cedar Falls Nov 7 The YWCA college units inaugurate a nation wide week of prayer with Rev J Arthur Young from Waterloo delivering the morning sermon at Teachers college auditorium. An afternoon program features a pageant and daily prayers under YWCA auspices. Also church services list missions talks and this Sunday announcements from First Baptist First United Church and others. Community tidbits include new phone directory details and local visits by teachers returning from Des Moines.
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Y. W. C. A. College
J. Arthur Young
Waterloo
Teachers College
Frye
Ermi
Isatal
Porte City Bulletin Report on Waterloo Fair Attendance
The Porte City Bulletin notes Edith Adamas and Fustaent Petse representatives attending the Waterloo venting Fair in Berte City. A Literary Circle meeting with Mr and Mrs GOA Kate is described, with a Thursday parsers event and a cafe dinner on small convenisning tables.
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Edith Adamas
Waterloo
Thane
Goa
Ktine. Hose
Gates College Students Hear Address On The Subject Iowa
Roger Leavitt of Cedar Falls spoke to Gates College students during the assembly period yesterday on the subject Iowa. Miss Elizabeth Steinbach won the gold medal for the greatest weekly increase in typing speed, while Miss Evelyn Kegley received the medal for the highest speed total. The medals rotate weekly.
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Roger Leavitt
Cedar Falls
Gates College
Elizabeth Steinbach
Evelyn Kegley
Corks drive champagne sales in London cafes
London readers learn corks from champagne bottles are collected by waiters and traded through a cork clearing house to boost sales. Cork prices range two to six pence each, fluctuating weekly by brand and popularity, with waiters encouraged to push brands showing slow sales.
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London
Dam Page
Vigilantes Revived in the Northwest to Combat Robbers
In St Paul and Milan on November seven an INS dispatch reports vigilante groups being revived to target bank and store bandits. Following a late summer lull, renewed robberies prompted citizen patrols and volunteer night guards across North Dakota towns, as sheriffs leverage vigilante strength to deter criminals before snow makes escapes harder.
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St. Paul
Milan
Northwest
North Dakota
Sealed Verdict Returned in Kilpatrick Suit on Three Notes
A verdict was returned by the jury in the Kilpatrick versus Hie wan Gindt case. The finding favored the plaintiff seeking $750 from three promissory notes of $230 each. Defendants argued there was no consideration as notes were traded for worthless stock. Kilpatrick claimed to be an innocent purchaser, a claim opposed by Refene. The verdict was to be announced Monday morning in court.
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William Kilpatrick
Hiewan & Gindt
Wilpatrick
Sylvia Clark Dies at 79 Early Independence Resident
Mrs Sylvia Clark 79 widow of Edward Clark died at 1 pm at her home 123 ton street of complications of age Born January 20 1846 in Lisle New York She moved from Jefferson township Iowa to Independence then Waterloo to live with her son Emmons H Clark Rebekah lodge and First Presbyterian church member Surviving son E Clayton Clark Osceola Alabama another son John Brown Upper Sister New York a sister Amanda Howland Whitney Point New York three grandchildren Funeral Sunday at First Presbyterian Independence Rev Ralph V Gilbert officiating Burial Independence Cemetery Body at Kistner funeral home until Sunday noon
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Edward Clark
Ton Street
Sylvia Brown
Lisle
N.Y
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Center Lisle
N. Y
Buchanan County
Jefferson Township
John Brown
Upper Siste
Amanda Howland
Whitney Point
Calso
First Presbyterian Church
Independence
Ralph V. Gilbert
Independance Cemetery
Kistner
President Gaston Doumergue Remains Neighbor to Gard Locals
Paris reports former French president Gaston Doumergue still known as Neighbor Gaston in his Gard homeland. A friend's wife asked him to write to a neighbor husband who spent too much at the village inn. Doumergue, busier now, nevertheless penned advice urging restraint and better conduct.
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Gaston_ Doumergue
France
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Doumergie
Artist John Collier Slams Epstein Rima as Bestial Horror
London reports Hon. John Collier calls advanced art ugly and inhuman. He denounces Epstein sculpture Rima as a bestial figure with clawed hands and a microcephalic head, urging critics to reject such distortion and condemns modern fashion as unwholesome.
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London
John Collier
Authors Club
Jacob Epstein
Stret
Epstein
Toda
Cow Nervous Cow Attack? Nervous Breakdown Strikes California Dairy
Sacramento reports a Tulare dairyman Edward H. Browning sought aid from G. H. Hecke, director of the state department of agriculture, after several prize cows showed signs of nervous disorders. Browning described one cow going dry, irritable, and continually fidgeting, asking for relief from the troubling condition.
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Cal
Edward H. Browning
Tulare
G. H. Hecke
State Department of Agriculture
Altha
Slab from saw kills workman in paning unit
In Los Angeles on November 7 a wooden slab was hurled from a saw during a rip saw operation and instantly killed 7 H Rhymes aged 40. The accident occurred in a paning unit where Rhymes worked as a tarndine inn.
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H. Rhymes
Rhymes
Tarndine Inn
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