Save a Life campaign to start June first Iowa
Iowa Gov announces statewide Save a Life campaign June 1 to 23 to cut motor vehicle deaths. Ed M Smith says Iowans will inspect cars free at official stations, focusing on brakes horns lights steering and mirrors, with state stickers for safe vehicles.
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Iowa
Ed M. Smith
John Hammall
Capitol
Boy Scouts
New York
Massachusetts
Maryland
Pennsylvania
United States
Compulsory auto liability insurance gains ground
The Saturday Evening Post advocates mandatory liability coverage for drivers, arguing it protects injured parties and keeps unsafe drivers off roads. It contends affordability should not excuse driving, urging a choice between insurance or vehicle use, and frames car ownership as a right but driving as a privilege needing public protection.
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Saturday Evening Post
Hardin County Dairy Heifer Club Tour Plans
Hardin township dairy group schedules a May 31 tour inspecting calves judging cattle and a noon picnic with a talk by E M Wright Iowa Dairy Association secretary. Stops cover Iowa Falls Peter Amman C Kelsey Wm Dreier Lloyd Killins Herman Wood and more. lunches provided by hosts. Picnic dates follow in June with a kitten ball challenge urged among townships.
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Hardin County Dairy Heifer Club
Hardin Township
Iowa
E. M. Wright
Towa Dairy Association
Iowa Falls
Earl Dougan
Peter Amman
C. Kelsey
Kelsey
Wm. Dreier
Lloyd Killins
Herman Wood
Jackson Township
What Price Investigation and the Rail Rate Debate
The piece critiques costly rail road valuation efforts by government and industry totaling millions, arguing the study is protracted and unlikely to yield fair rate bases. It asserts capital returns, not mere valuation, drive rates and warns battles over regulation will linger, shaping transportation costs. It also briefly mentions spray material for fruit trees and a local drug company reference.
Warned to Watch for 100 Counterfeit Bill
A new counterfeit federal 100 dollar note has appeared, issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Postmaster Sheaffer released a detailed description noting darker print, thicker shading, altered dimensions, and misprinted features. The warning urges careful handling and cites specimen serial number B171804A.
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Sheaffer
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
United States
Washington
Fishing Licenses Under New Law Notice
Notice to anglers that licenses taken last year on July 1 expire March 1 this year and new licenses cover the year beginning April 1. Game wardens will require presentation of the license. only one hook per line is permitted.
ONeill Fined $100 After Battery Conviction in LA
Jack ONeill paid a $100 fine after being convicted of battery for punching a Los Angeles apartment house clerk. Police said the act followed resentment at a clerk’s request to conduct himself properly in a Hollywood apartment.
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Jack O'Neill
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Memorial Day Memorial Sunday Services Planned
Rev J Pickersgill to preach at 11 am in the M E church invites all to attend. Vets from Civil War Spanish American World War and auxiliaries may reserve seats by 10:50. Firing squad bugle corps and color bearers join Oakland cemetery ceremonies. Local AM Legion district leads state in membership. Auxiliary quota nearing. Poppies sales next Saturday. decoration day prep Tuesday at 3 with sandwiches. Auxiliary meet Sunday at 10:50 at Carrie Wood home then Memorial services.
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M. Jc
J. Pickersgill
Popejoy
Amd Um
Oakland
Towa Iik
American Legion
Alden
Carrie Wood
M. EK
Fine Convention of Rebekahs District 42 Held in Unmson Hall
A well attended 25th convention of the Rebekahs district 42 met Friday May 18 in Unmson hall with 154 registered and more present. Mrs Marie Butts of Wesley led and gave the main address with her husband Guy Butts also speaking. Rebekah lodges from Iowa Falls Eldora Union Hubbard Ackley Buckeye and Alden participated. The F B E F society served a supper at the Methodist church basement for about seventy visitors.
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Rebekahs
Unmson
Marie Butts
Wesley
Rebekah Assembly of Iowa
Guy Butts
Iowa
Rebekah
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Union
Hubbard
Ackley
Buckeye
Alden
F. BE. F. Society
Methodist Church
Bank Robbery at Spring Valley Leaves $15000 Stolen
Four masked men robbed the First National Bank at Spring Valley Minnesota taking $15000. They forced six employees and two patrons to lie on the floor and fled in an automobile. A spectator reported the license as Iowa 85 607. Mrs. Herman Backhaus identified that as her husband’s stolen car from March 28 on a highway at Moni.
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First National Bank
Spring Valley
Minnesota
Iowa
Herman Backhaus
Moni
Mulcting the counties shows conservative Iowa banks
Hardin and a few counties in Iowa have not received state sinking funds due to no losses from failed banks. Since the guarantee law began 1854 claims total $10,310,892.63 with $4,382,673.65 reimbursed from diverted county interest and $2,695,426.66 from dividends. Anticipatory warrants under $3,500,000 remain. Claims paid span school districts, counties, townships, cities, and state. Largest insured public funds payout was $630,112.36 in Kossuth. Polk led diverted interest at $217,788. Cerro Gordo led dividends at $358,536.73. Clarke paid the least diverted interest at $12,380.51.
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Hardin
Iowa
Kossuth County
Polk County
Cerro’ Gordo
Clarke
State Fair Premiums Highlight Iowa School Exhibition
An all Iowa schools exposition for the 1928 Iowa State Fair will showcase complete student work across public schools, colleges, and universities. With the new 350000 education building space, the display becomes the largest in state history, offering 1247.50 in premiums and state championships for rural, consolidated, and town schools. Also featuring exhibits from superintendents, teachers, and about 15 colleges led by Agnes Samuelson, state superintendent of public instruction.
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University of Iowa
Iowa State College
State Teachers’ College
Agnes Samuelson
Modern House on Wheels Built on Ford Stock Car Chassis
Eldora inventor Frank Stielow builds a living unit on a new Ford stock car chassis at a Marshalltown factory. The 6 by 6 by 10 foot home includes hot and cold water, furnace, bath, lavatory, kitchenette, beds, dressing table, radio space, wardrobe, and a 15-pound boat attached to the side. The Stielows plan an extended motor trip through Michigan, Canada, and Pacific coast states.
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Frank Stielow
Eldora
Marshalltown
Michigan
Canada
Pacific Coast
Sizar Lanport
Witnessed Lincoln Shooting by Ford Theatre Survivor
W J Garles 81, who died last week at his Feldora home, was in Ford’s theatre in Washington the night President Lincoln was shot by J Wilkes Booth and witnessed the shooting. He spent most of his life in this and Grundy counties after moving to Iowa as a youth.
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W. J. Garles
Feldora
Ford
Washington
President Lincoln
J. Wilkes Booth
Mr. Garles
Iowa
German youth spared deportation with fare settlement
Uncle Sam will reward an ingenious German by permit ting him to stay in the United States. John Koenig shipped items labeled as household goods. Deportation proceedings ended when relatives paid the difference between freight and passenger fare.
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Sam
John ‘Koenig
Home Economics Club Holds Year End Meeting
The Home Economics department wrapped up its year with a gathering at Mrs. Schalk’s home hosted by Mrs. Sheaffer and Mrs. Van Voorhis. Officers were elected with Mrs. Fuller as chair, Mrs. Pickersgill as vice chair, Mrs. Mulford as secretary, and Mrs. Bushman as treasurer. The program featured a luncheon menu and a look ahead to next year’s plans.
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Chich
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Pickersgill
D. C. Onwens
J. A. Owens
Melberg
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Craige Robertson
Pern Catlin
Roy Smith
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Esther Benshoof
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