Freezes Aid Husking Statewide Crop Report
Des Moines reports a week of nightly freezes drying corn and easing husking along with seasonable days aiding farm work. In northwest counties nearly half of husking done. yields range 12 to 60 bushels per acre with overall 79 percent escaped frost. Winter wheat in good condition, soil moisture adequate, farms prepared for winter.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Story County
Weather and Crop Service
Towa
Sewer Surveying Keeps Waterloo Engineer Busy
Waterloo city engineer Nathan B Barber and his assistants race surveying and stake laying for the sewer program as C T Wilson of Dearborn Construction plans two crews to attend the Ames sewage disposal conference. The project and related repairs extend into next spring with winter work winding down.
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Waterloo
Nathan B. Barber
Ames
Barber
C. T. Wilson
Dearborn Construction Company
Campbell Avenue
Bowser Divorce Petition Filed Amid Allegations of Cruelty
Mrs. May Bowser of 1724 Sycamore Street filed for divorce from William H Bowser after a 40 year marriage citing drunkenness nonsupport and cruel treatment. She seeks property at 1724 Sycamore and household furniture while a temporary injunction restrains him from approaching or speaking to her. The Pettition notes marriage in June 1887 and asks that assets be set to her and her grown children. Des Moines welfare funding update follows with one third of the city quota subscribed.
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May Bowser
Sycamore Street
William H. Bowser
Patents Factor in Tractor Plant
The John Deere Tractor company, through chief engineer Harold E. McCray, emphasizes the inventive side of the business. While manufacturing involves patterns, molding, machining, and final assembly, the core driver is developing ideas in mechanical theory to build and improve machines.
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John Deere Tractor Company
Harold E. McCray
McCray patent stream grows with new grants
Thirty patents are pending in the United States Patent Office covering diverse features of the company product. Improvements are ongoing and many are likely patentable. A patent has been granted roughly every two or three months, with one issued yesterday. In a historical note, Abraham Lincoln patented a buoy in 1949 to aid steamboats in shallow water.
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United States Patent Office
McCray
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Kiwanis Club Christmas Party Set for December 20
The Kiwanis club will hold its annual Christmas party on Tuesday night December 20 at Hotel Russell Lamson. Members will entertain their wives and there is no regular luncheon that noon. Entertainment is being organized by the program committee led by A D.
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Kiwanis Club
Russell-Lamson
A, D
Christmas tree gifts planned at event chaired by Donnell
Donnell serves as general chairman for an upcoming event featuring a Christmas tree from which gifts will be distributed to the ladies. The plan highlights charitable giving and community participation under his leadership.
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Donnell
Fathers and Sons Banquet at Trinity Lutheran Church
About 150 fathers and sons are expected to attend a Father and Son week banquet at 6 30 this evening in the church parlors of Trinity American Lutheran church Rev F Herbert Moehlmann will preside as toastmaster The program will con
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Fathers and Sons
Trinity American Lutheran Church
F. Herbert Moehlmann
Local Guild Event With Music and Talks
Members of the George Timm and Erwin Lee Peter Ladies' guild host a group singing and piano solos in the dining room. Entertainers include San accordion solos by Joe Bamments. J M Bkogma man presides over the program and Rev Ottol and Edwin E Towne give talks. Nazareth Church pastor Nielson from Cedar Falls, with A T Peterson and Cy lays handling the kitchen duties.
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George Timm
Erwin Lee
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