Iowa News Roundup Highlights Roads Floods and Local Deaths
The Des Moines to Ames paved road plan advances with four hundred farmers pledging assessments and Ames pledging county action to complete the route. floods threaten Des Moines river banks as an ice gorge at Given backs water and prompts evacuations. A Fort Dodge couple helps bereaved relatives discover a tragic mix up as two families learn of mistaken deaths. Local hunts for missing men, geological finds near Wapello, and a veteran traveling salesman report on windmill sales. The Fort Madison water works auction and rebirth plans, Sunday school exhibits at the state fair, and a new Carnegie library funding milestone also appear amid community notices and obituaries.
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Conference to standardize fire escapes for hospitals
Iowa officials plan a April 4 conference with fire escape manufacturers hospital superintendents and theatre representatives to set uniform safety exits. The move follows a new fire escape law and aims to improve hospital fireproofing and theater egress while aligning with state controls.
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State News Finds Heir To Big Estate
Keith Edwin Dalrymple, alleged heir to an estate of four to five million dollars left by his father, has been brought to Charles City by Dr. O. M. Palmer. The boy will live with the Palmer family. He was found in a youth isapital. Other claimants have appeared over time but none proved rightful heir.
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Ayres Lumber Company
Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
E. W. Dunn
United States
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Charles City
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Frank E. Horack
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Roade Train Schedule For Des Moines Tour
The good roads exhibition train will leave Des Moines on March 15 for a tour of the Northwestern railroad system in Iowa. The train will carry officials of the Greater Iowa association and road committees, carrying samples of road materials and models.
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Special Train Service In Ames Aims To Boost Farm Industries
A special train initiative in Ames promotes farm efficiency with a metre for signals water systems model barns and silos. The program highlights dairy feeds testing and farm equipment, aiming to modernize rural infrastructure and support farmers.
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Canada war revenue plan exempts farmers from tax rise
Sir Thomas White outlines wartime revenue aims taxing profits above seven to ten percent for incorporated and partner firms over fifty thousand dollars capital, with exemptions for insurers and agricultural or stock-raising ventures. Transportation, banks, mining, and other big firms face the levy. farmers largely spared though apples and certain oils see small duty increases.
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Family chat by fire sparks fears for Harold
A fragmentary dialogue shows anxious parents discussing the future of their children. They worry Harold, noting he causes harm to his siblings and suggesting they might need to place him somewhere for safety or reform. The text ends with an unresolved question about Harold’s fate.
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Rough on the Water at Municipal Lodging House
A disharmonious scene unfolds as a disheveled man is forced to bathe before lodging. The attendant questions the hobo who, disgusted, mutters that water is the curse of baths, illustrating rough treatment at the municipal lodging house. The fragment hints at tense, terse exchange and harsh conditions for the poor.
Projecting Personality in Recruiting Dilemma
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a coach weighing in on a recruit, describing a 350 pound player as a bay window. He explains that placing him in the front rank disrupts alignment, while keeping him in the rear still puts him in the front.
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First Taste of Coffee Manners and Postum Remedy
A reminiscence on coffee's early habit forming effects in childhood and the shift to Postum as a remedy. The narrator describes sleepless nights and nervous mornings from coffee use, then credits Postum with improving health and energy. Includes mention of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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