Duke of Orleans seeks Valley of Ivory in Africa for science
London's report says Lewis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, plans an African expedition to Somaliland in search of an elephants’ graveyard. Natives claim a vast clearing filled with ivory and tusks, watched by emaciated elephants. The duke aims to gather zoological data, not profit, and interview a Bonga witness.
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London
Ivory
Bourbon
Lewis Philippe
Duke of Orleans
Versailles
Africa
Altho
South Africa
Somaliland
Bonga
Kiany
Ffeless
Valley Junction Seeks New Road Site To State Park
Ames Iowa Sept 24. The State Highway Commission considers Valley Junction petition for routing the new county road from Des Moines to a proposed state park ten miles west of the city. A 36 member citizen committee led by Mayor J S Compton presented the request yesterday.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Valley Junction
Town
Des Moines
Cary Valley Junction
J. S. Compton
Burgess Kin Return After Injury in Rochester
Miss Helen Burgess accompanied her parents to Rochester Minnesota for treatment of fractured vertebrae suffered by her father John Burgess. Mrs Burgess stayed in Rochester with her husband who is convalescing from a splinter removal operation. Burgess is at the home of Miss Lilian Hileman in Waterloo and shows slow recovery after surgery.
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Helen Burgess
Rochester
Minn
John Burc Bess
Waterloo
Putbess
Burgess
Lilian Hileman
ACRT G Factory Worker Injured In Plant Accident
ACRT G Factory in Waterloo reported a severe accident at its plant Tuesday. M Williams, a Stringman operator, suffered a badly mangled right arm requiring hospital treatment and several days of recovery.
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M. Williams
Stringma
Waterloo Canni { Company
Gettig
Cap
Experts to discuss child health at Dairy Cattle Congress
Dr E H Lauer head of extension at Iowa State University will speak in the child welfare tent at the Dairy Cattle Congress on September 29 at 1 p m Other speakers include Miss Neale S Knowles Dr G H Wandel and Miss Ruth Cessna Local talks by Dr C L Helson Dr I A Boysen and Dr 5 Magee with prenatal and dietary topics Girls Mothers may register for health clinics by using the registration blank and by phone with State day preferred.
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E. H. Lauer
State University of Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Elizabeth Hudson
Black Hawks County
Lauer
Neale S. Knowles
Ames
Dor
G. H. Wandel
Sheppard-Towner Dental Clinic
Town City
Miss. Ruth Cessna
C. L. Helson
I. A. Boysen
Magee
F. P. Rehmeier
G& A
Plans for auxiliary shops and yards at new plant site
Chicago officials indicate only the icehouse will move to the new yards east of the city limits while the roundhouse and main shops stay. The existing yards may store cars with repair tracks. the new yards would handle switching to reduce city disruption. Chicago office silent on exact move dates.
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Altho
Presentelinois
Avy N
Chicago
Sta
Delas Av Tossin
Chicago Ofice
Limita
Raymond
A. Clift
T Railroad
Grant for new shops and yards expected soon
Mr. Clift declined to say when the grant would be made. The forthcoming shops and yards are estimated to cost about 1 million dollars. Officials believe the appropriation will be approved shortly and work on the project may begin early next spring.
Rath Representatives Attend Institute of American Meat Packers
Several Rath Packing officers plan to attend the twentieth annual convention of the Institute of American Meat Packers in Chicago from the 16th to the 21st. J. W. Rath KH. F. Rath and H. H. Rath are named among the attendees along with Davenport Mason City Des Moines Waterloo and Cedar Rapids packing plants represented at the meeting.
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Rath Packing Company
Institute of American Meat Packers
Chicago
J. W. Rath
KH. F. Rath
H. H. Rath
Educational Trade and Research Association of the American Meat Packing Industry
Davenport
Mason City
Des, Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
New Wheeler Bridge Opens Linking Rosebud Country
South Dakota opens Wheeler bridge enabling rosebud country access to the east. Governor Gunderson receives Nebraska relinquishment ending its Rosebud claim as state eyes future railroad and highway links. Five Missouri River bridges planned with tall piers designed to ride ice, boosting state unity and development. Osage man Fred Scofield hospital in Rochester in critical condition. wife with him.
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Wheeler
D. D
South Dakota
Missouri
South Dakot
News Bridge
Nebraska
Carl Gunderson
Rosebud
Wheeler Bridge
Pwo
Missouri River
J. E. Kirkham
OSAGE
Tim
Fred Scofeld
Rochester
E. J. Scofield
James Hearst to Write Pageant for Jubilee at T C
Cedar Falls Sept 24 special presentation of a theater pageant The Birthright of the town Child to be written by James Hearst Cedar Falls will be feature of the college semi centennial celebration next spring Hearst gains prominence as a writer His mother long served as private secretary to Dr H Seerley president of the college The pageant stresses the value of education The writer suffered a fractured vertebra near the neck in a river dive and walks with crutches
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Cedar Falls
Tistarles
James Mearst
Cedar Malls
Teachers College
Hearst
H. Seerley
Rock Island Relays Track Upgrade Extends Across Iowa
Rock Island railroad replaces over 20 miles of rails from La Porte City to Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids to La Porte City this summer with 90 pound rails. Heavier locomotives longer trains and rising traffic drive the re rail project across the system beginning last year at Cedar Rapids and reaching Waterloo this year.
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Rock Island Railroad
Porte Cit
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
R. H. Johnston
Rock Island
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
la Porte City
Pageant publicity under way for October 31 show
A publicity campaign for The Light of the World religious pageant to be staged October 31 at the Dairy Cattle Congress hippodrome, organized by W. W. Beal and county Sunday schools, calls for a cast of 300 and features an orchestra from Town State Teachers College and a large chorus. Miss Ida Gaarder will direct rehearsals with Prof. H Augustine Smith assisting. Smith, author of the pageant, will supervise the presentation. The pageant previously toured at the world Sunday school convention in Tokin under Smith’s supervision.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
W. W. Beal
Town State Teachers College
Wil Be Hove
Ida Gaarder
Ional State Teachers College
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
Smith
Tokin
Prot. Smith
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Pheneata
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Brown Shoe Store
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