Iowa State News Highlights From Across the State
Iowa reports sugar consumption of 260 million pounds yearly. A 35,000 dollar school bond passed 106 to 33 at Clutter. Preliminary work starts on a new Oakland Mills power plant. Bishop Keeney breaks ground for Cedar Rapids Methodist hospital. A Wilton Junction buggy sells for 80.50 dollars at a farm sale. Shelby county farm women study Ames extension home furnishing course. Zwingle bank reopens with 100 percent deposits. Cres ton bank reorganizes awaiting charter. Menlo cooperative livestock shipping formed, making seven coops in Guthrie county. Civil War veteran Joseph Ready recalls Lincoln bodyguard service. Swift & Company to spend 1 million dollars in Sioux City. Roland Farmers Creamery gains 5,000 dollars over last year. Iowa Senate opposes lowering bank interest rate. Des Moines schools report organized arithmetic forms. Iowa leads in civic education promotion. Iowa suffrage memorial commission plans first monument funds. Des Moines druggists seek 1,000,000 pharmaceutical building site. Shenandoah church to install deaf-friendly headset pews. Manly school district vaccination injunction denied. 1924 apiary results show 76 apiaries in 22 counties with 354 meetings and 5,310 attendees. Open pheasant season bill introduced by Senator Gunderson. Only one widow from War of 1812 on Iowa pension rolls, Mrs. Marion A. Clark.
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Iowa
Clutter
Oakland Mills
Frederic T. Keeney
Methodist
Cedar Rapids
Wilton Junction
Shelby County
Ames Extension Service
Zwingle Bank
First National Bank of
Creston
Menlo Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association
Menlo
Guthrie County
Mason City Globe Gazette
Joseph C. Ready
Mason City
Abraham Lincoln
Swift & Company
Sioux City
Roland Farmers Creamery Company
Iowa Senate
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
California
Food Products Company of
Hamburg
Robert Leach
Lown
State Banking Department
Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission
American Pharmaceutical Association
Shenandoah
M. H. Kepler
Manly
Carlyle M. Baehne
A. D. Worthington
Iowa State College
Senate
Gunderson
Forest City
Lowa
Marion A. Clark
Iowa City
Legislation Heating Up as Iowa Assembly Opens
After three weeks of preliminaries the forty first general assembly nears floor debate on measures from the Bergman gasoline tax to child labor constitutional amendments. Others include income tax, railroad and motor express taxes, liquor law enforcement, banking stabilization, highway finance, and road surfacing bond plans for 1926.
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Forty-First General Assembly
Bergman
Patterson-Johnson
Hogue
Child Welfare Commission
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa Coal Output Estimate Reported
The article states that coal mined annually in Iowa is estimated at 336,000,000 tons, highlighting a large state-level energy resource.
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Iowa
Commission Reports On Iowa Roads
The state highway commission and chief engineer Fred White presented the biennial report to joint highway committees. Subcommittees will draft a bill to align Iowa road laws with federal Bureau of Roads requirements, with members including Senate chairs Shaff Cavanagh Roberts Goodwin Benson and House chairs Johnson Eden Oldham Gripp Rust.
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State Highway Commission
Fred White
Joint
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Roads
Senate
House
Shaff
Clinton
Cavanagh
Webster
Roberts
Ringgold
Goodwin
Polk
Benson
Clayton
Johnson
Dickinson
Eden
Oldham
Mahaska
Gripp
Union
Rust
Franklin
Senate proposal seeks 2 percent occupation tax on railroad earnings
A bill introduced by Buser of Muscatine in the senate proposes a 2 percent occupation tax on railroad gross earnings in town. He has also introduced a second measure applying a 2 percent tax on express company earnings.
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Buser
Muscatine
Anti-Saloon League Outlines Yearly Plan in Iowa Convention
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League released its coming year outline at the annual convention. The group will seek limited liquor legislation and focus on mobilizing large industries for cooperation in its campaigns.
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Anti-Saloon League
Iowa AntiSaloon League
League
Little Bank Legislation in Iowa Debate
Iowa legislators debate banking reforms with many arguing that broad economic improvement cannot be achieved by law though targeted measures may help. The discussion centers on whether legislation will materially aid banking conditions in the state.
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Iowa
Indianola Bank Averages and Fire Loss Decline
The average Iowa state bank can cover liabilities with reserves to spare. typical capital stock is 42000 dollars while deposits total 449257 and loans 453382 with a required reserve of 69107. In Indianola, Bible study at the high school remains popular as 365 of 400 pupils voted to continue the course in a superintendent approved election. Last year Iowa fire losses dropped 294317 from 1923 with 75 fewer fires. 1924 saw 5435 fires causing 7929650 in property loss versus 5510 fires and 8233967 in 1923.
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Iowa
Indianola High School
Davis
Indianola
J. A. Tracy
Moving workbench aids repairs in cold western shop
In a western Maryland repair shop a movable table built from an old steel oil drum on casters supports a wooden top with a vise and hand grinder. The article notes how a rolling bench saves steps, while offering heating tips for cold starts and carburetor warming.
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Maryland
Proper Care of Tires Makes Them Last Longer
Tire manufacturers cite large losses from premature tire ruin due to carelessness. One firm says $100,000,000 yearly could be saved. another notes one in three tires wears abnormally from misalignment or wobble. A third links 90 percent of dissatisfaction to low air pressure and delayed repairs. Sunlight and weather accelerate rubber deterioration even when not in use.
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G. A. Luers
Washington, D. C
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Lean Gas Pop Pop and Your Motor Goes Dead
A description of how a lean fuel mixture causes engine misfire and popping sounds. The piece explains the four stroke cycle, intake and exhaust events, and how residual hot gases ignite the next intake charge producing a pop. It emphasizes valve timing, piston motion, and carburetor function.
Engine Knocks and Their Causes in Four Classes
Engine noises fall into four categories spark overheating carbon and loose or worn parts. Spark knock happens when ignition is advanced too far causing early explosions on hills and fades if ignition is retarded. Overheating yields knocking as gas fires before dead center of the compression stroke and steam at the radiator may appear. Carbon knock comes from red hot carbon in the cylinder head lighting the mixture at peak compression. Remove a spark plug and inspect cylinders for carbon.
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Erwin Greer
Greer College of Automotive Engineering
Chicago
Armstrong
Dangers of Reigniting an Engine After a Stop
After turning off a car engine a passenger might request a further stop and you restart before the engine is fully stopped. A backfire hazard arises when a cylinder fires out of phase and the engine kicks back through the intake, potentially proving dangerous.
Sunshine Train on the Doubt Line Poem Ad
A 1925 Western Newspaper Union humorous verse urges readers to choose optimism and take the Sunshine Train over the gloom and fret of doubt in a compact literary ad style.
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Western Newspaper Union
Ranam
Peruna Cure Story Promotes Belief in Health Recovery
A Wisconsin man credits Pe-ru-Na with a dramatic recovery after ten years of stomach catarrh, gaining thirty pounds and returning to good health. The ad claims catarrh affects mucous membranes beyond the nose and throat and urges readers to keep Pe-ru-Na at home to boost digestion, blood quality, and disease resistance.
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John Wick
Menomonee Falls
Wisconsin
Mother Grays Powders Benefit Many Children
Thousands of mothers praise Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as a remedy for headaches colds feverishness worms stomach troubles and other child ills. The powder is said to break up colds regulate the bowels and has been used and recommended for over 30 years. Free trial package offered and address given as Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Style and Manners in Wearing Superfine Clothes
Advice on choosing superfine garments by assessing personal style and demeanor. Emphasizes balance between fabric quality and presentation to avoid overstatement or improper display. Encourages mindful dressing for suitable occasions and lasting impression.
Shave With Cuticura Soap Advertisement Claim
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency and promoting skin purity health and comfort. It claims no mug none slimy soap germs waste or irritation even with twice daily shaving and notes one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
Grace and Sensein Thought Pair Discussed In Civic Piece
A quotation frames grace as essential to the body and good sense as vital to the mind, pairing moral poise with rational judgment in a succinct aphorism.
You Know That Mashed Turnips and Squash Improve with Calumet
A brief note states that mashed turnips and squash benefit from a small amount of Calumet Baking Powder to improve texture and lightness. The tip emphasizes a simple leavening addition to traditional root vegetable dishes.
Men Never Know As Much About Dress As Women
A witty remark contrasts men's limited understanding with women's extensive knowledge of dress. The line emphasizes female expertise in fashion and style.
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