Robbery at First and Washington Strikes Waterlooan
Henry S. Converse a 526 Leland Avenue was held up and robbed of 19 dollars by two unarmed masked bandits about 8 p m yesterday at the corner of First and Washington streets. One man wore a blue sarge suit and pressed Converse against him while the other rifled his clothes. Converse described the second as tall and the first as short and stocky both middle aged. They fled with no spoken warning leaving a $55 wrist watch and small change.
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Henry S. Converse
Leland Avenue
First
Washington Streets
A . Converse
Fifth Street
First Street
Converse
Dig for Old City Revealed by Gun Platform in War
Excavations on the site of the ruined ancient Macedonian capital near Skopje reveal relics after German troops built a World War I gun platform. The site, once called Stobi, Uskub, then Skopje, yielded marble monuments, fountains, bronze instruments, a Roman theatre for 6,000, a bath house, a forum, and governor’s stones.
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Belgrade
Macedonia
Genman
Ab Skopjje
Balkans
National Archeological Museum
Berlin
Petko~vitch
Stob
Uskub
Skoblije
Secundus
Japanese Women Win Place On Sacred Hill
Tokyo dispatch reports that Mount Omine in Japan will loosen taboo on female visitors during the monastery’s 1100th anniversary. Women may visit lower temples on the slope while the summit remains inviolate, following women's ascent by two Osaka residents and a staged publicity effort by monks.
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Tokio
Mount
Omine
Osaka
Diningrooms fading as hotel guests choose casual meals
At the Northwest Hotelmen association convention in Milwaukee September 18 31 some speakers led by S F McGinn noted a shift from formal dining to coffee shops cafeterias and lunchrooms. They cited attire slow service and higher costs as reasons guests prefer eating over dining while entertainment included a Lake Michigan boat ride and a Sousa band concert.
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Northwest
Hotelmen’s _ association
Milwaukee
Wist
F. McGinn
Tengney-McGinn Hotels Company
Lake Michigan
Sousa
Civil War Soldier Buried at Nashua
Stephen Gordon a Civil War veteran who lived in Nashua for most of his life was buried in Nashua after funeral services in Graytown Wisconsin where he died while living with his son Harry Thomas. Two nephews Harry and Fred Thomas and another relative Clarence Thomas attended. Gordon served in a New York artillery unit and was 83 at his death.
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Courier
Nashua
Stephen Gordon
Graytown
Wis
Harry Thomas
Harry
Fred Thomas
Clarence Thomas
Gordon
Wisconsin
New York Artillery
Broncho Busting Taught by Girl in Denton Ranch
Denton Texas feature details Miss Williams a college graduate and artist who runs a ranch broncho busting school for boys and girls. She teaches riding falls and roping while promoting rodeo style drills in a rural family setting.
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Denton
Tex
Willams
Miss Williams
Branche
John Chisholm
Illinois Teaches Domestic Arts to School Boys
Miss Adah Hess state supervisor of home economics in Illinois public schools pushes expansion of home appreciation to boys in high schools. The course covers cooking sewing eating manners and cost awareness aiming to prepare future husbands fathers and responsible citizens.
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Springfield
Adah H. Hess
Ilinois
Miss Hess
Illnois
Palestine High School
Pekin
Carlyle High School
Martinsville High School
State Teachers College
Macomb
Russia to Build First Soviet Typewriter Factory
Moscow reports the first typewriter factory in the Soviet Union is to be built here with production expected in two to three years. The project marks a step in expanding industrial output and technological capacity.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hearst Talks Tariff Taxation at Rowley Farm Meet
President Charles E. Hearst of the Iowa Farm Bureau addressed a large Rowley audience stressing tax revision, a new tariff schedule, and farm organization. He urged even distribution of government revenue, highlighted the 1853 property tax system, and urged independence for foreign dependencies while promoting stronger farm unity to lift farmers’ living standards.
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Courier Special Service
Rowley
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
State Bureau
Towa
Iowa
New York
Congress
Senate
Altho
House
Hearst
United States Dependencies
United States
Timothy Shortage Signals Higher Iowa Timothy Seed Prices
Des Moines Iowa September reports a likely timothy seed shortage next year as Iowa Agriculture Department teams with weather and crop bureaus project seed acreage at about 125000 acres, a 20 percent rise from 1928. Yield estimated near four bushels per acre, with tight old seed stocks and half-normal Town crop. Clover seed acreage also up though native acclimated seed remains scarce.
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Gourier Spectal Service
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Pericultura
Department
Weather and Crop Bureau
Town Department of Agricuture
Tgriculture
Bureau of Negricultural Economics
United States
Department of ‘Agriculture
Desser
Iowa
Girls to Stage Farm Program in Fayette
The War san township Farm bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday at the school house. The township 4 H girls club will be in charge with movies and a business session on the program.
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Fayette
Kapetal Seruler
Maynerd
Warsan Township
Bureau
Goats Start Milking Venture At Cedar Falls Farm
EL and Stokes north of Cedar Falls begin a new goat farming venture with 40 Nubian Toggenburg and Saanan goats bred for milk. They plan to reach about 100 milking goats, supplying hospital needs and a growing local market. Goats also clear undergrowth, aiding pasture management and weed control. Milk yields average two quarts per day per goat at about 40 cents a quart.
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Cedar
EL &, Stokes
Stokes
Cedar River
Ey EL Stokes
Cedar Falls
Combining Beans Proves Economy in Soy Harvest
The federal bureau of agricultural economies finds combining beans economical only when threshing per season is at least 100 acres or 60 acres of soybeans and small grain. Ten foot combines cost about 1.10 per acre versus 3.00 for an eight foot binder with threshing, with losses lower for combining and observations on moisture content and harvest timing.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bureau
United States
Delaware Juniors Ready for Contest
Delaware county dairy judging teams proceed to Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress with coach Paul Burson guiding top contenders Gerald Parker Merle Libbridge Glennie Smock from Oneida Greeley as representatives. Alternate from Delaware hoped soon. Bread making demonstration planned by Olin Matthews and Alberta Janca at Waterloo show. Irene Shover and Helen Mangold from the WU and L club likely to attend Waterlog exposition demonstration Wednesday.
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Spezia Keruine
Manchester
Paul Burson
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Gerald Parker
Merle Libridge
Glennie Smock
Oneida-Greeley
Delaware County
Del
Waterloo
Olin Matthews
Alberta Janca
Ahampion Town
Oneida Elit
Irene, Shover
Helen Mangold
WU & L Club
Haze Green Township
Limestone shipments reach 2800 tons in Chickasaw county
About 800 tons of agricultural lime stone will be shipped to farmers along the Chicago Great Western railroad in Chickasaw county. The lime will be dumped on or near the farms of several named residents as the third trainload of the season. This increase in soil sweetener is expected to raise crop yields and prosperity in the county.
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New Hampton
Chickasaw County
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Kenneth Sowers
Place and Schmudlach
Harry Krause
Ray ‘Krause
Glenn Hunt
Chris Ludwig
Walter Karnatz
Elmer Sthege
Leo Senner
H. O. Karnetz
Ewil P. Drewelaw
H. O. Drewelaw
Chickahaw County
Cedar Falls Commerce Club Meets Tuesday Speaker Kilgaman
The Cedar Falls Commerce Club holds its first fall meeting tomorrow at 6 30 p m in La Salle hall Cedar Falls. E Kilgaman formerly of the University of Iowa extension faculty and now assistant director of the Picture Museum in Davenport will be the principal speaker.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Commerciat Club
St. Patrick's Church
la Salle Hall
E. Kilngaman
The
State University At
Iowa City
Davenport
Potatoes Profitable Harvest in Delaware
Cashier Special Service reports fall field work in Delaware county with harvesting finished for most crops. Frost damaged some low ground corn, soybeans cut for hay and seed, and potato yields are expected scarcer than normal with prices around two dollars per bushel.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Seth
Bristow Man Buys Farm at $100 Per Acre
Clayton Hershey purchases the Mrs G E Hershey farm near Bristow Indiana for 40 acres at 100 dollars per acre. He plans to paint buildings and undertake extensive improvements after taking ownership.
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Bristow, In
Clayton Hershey
Mra. G. E. Hershey
Gresham Cemetery Files New Articles of Association
Articles of association for the Gresham cemetery in Bennington township were filed for record today. Signed June 6 1928 by John Selzer president W M Reichert secretary A Dickey treasurer W L Shanewise Ray Daniels and BE Steely trustees.
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Gresham Cemetery
Bennington Township
Pembera
John Selzer
W. M. Reichert
A. Dickey
W. L. Shanewise
Ray Daniels
BE. J. Steely
Plan to Extend State Drive for Control of Bovines
Iowa plans a major push to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the coming winter and spring across about half the counties not yet started. Thornburg says remaining counties will be tackled later as funds and workers permit, with county funds matching state and federal support after April 1. Progress hinges on inspectors testing cattle and farmer cooperation to schedule and handle tests, aiming for rapid elimination over the next two years.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
M.G. Thornburg
Adiqurte
Iowa
Man from Cedar Rapids Held on Forgery Charge
Vernon Walte, 25, arrested by Cedar Rapids officers for Black Hawk County forgery charge, was returned to the county jail here in May afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Harry Allen. More than 2,500 new oil wells drilled to Texas in the first six months of the year.
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Cedar Rapids
Vernon Walte
Ceder Rapids
Harry Allen
Texas
Tama Native Army Aviator Killed in Plane Crash
Keut. Mark 8 Redman 34 died yesterday when his plane crashed and caught fire at Fairfield airport in Dayton He was a Tama native whose family was prominent He graduated from Tama High School and attended college at Ames when the war began He enlisted in the aviation corps and served through the war Afterwards he served in the Philippines for years before a Dayton transfer placed him at the scene of the fatal accident.
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Tams
Keut
Redman
Fairfield
Dayton
Tama
Ames
Philippines
Collision injures unidentified girl at Mullan and Commercial
Carl W. Anderson reported to police that an unidentified girl was bumped on the head when his car collided with the automobile in which she rode at the intersection of Mullan Ave and Commercial Street. He said the other vehicle did not stop and license number was not obtained. No major damage reported.
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Carl W. Anderson
Third Street West
Mullan Avenae
Commercial Street
Anderson
Stale News Is Roast Of Pafer In Smyrna
A Turkish Smyrna newspaper boasts that its items are three days old when printed. Rival papers struggle for timely reports as denials and counterdenials follow fresh news, leading to this paper delaying news to reach discretion.
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Smyrna
Turkey
Misc
Endgate Guide Line announces new steel guide shipment
The Endgate Guide Line shows grain bodies and wagon boxes equipped with a stainless steel guide. Stake racks and stock racks are built to order with prompt shipments on mail orders. The Endgate Guide Company based in Fairbank, Iowa, offers reasonable prices through dealers.
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Illinois
Vona‘s Lass
Oxford
Ed. Lasater
Falfurrias
Dairy Cattle Congress
Lonisville
Lasater
the Courier
Goat Ranch
Chris Juh
Delaware
Chickasaw
Cedar Falls Comm
Bristow
Thornberg
Endgate Guide Company
Fairbank
Kiddo
Buster Brown
Tige
Frank Wartey
Brownbilt
Frank Warteys
Melo
Eli 01S Hoste
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