Water Tops Week Proclamation in Iowa Conservation
Iowa Gov. Leo Haehg proclaims June 12 to 19 as Soil and Water Conservation Week marking the eighteenth annual observance. The state outlines watershed projects, local districts, and federal cooperation to boost soil and water protection across counties, including Harmony Chippewa Simpson Creek and multiple subdistricts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Leo Haegh
State Soil Conservation Committee
Sail
Java
Pottawattamie
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
58Th General Assembly
Nam
Beardsley
Harmony
Harrison
Chippewa
Wapello
Simpson Creek
Fremont
5Th General Assembly
Little Sioux
Honey Creek
Mule Creek
Nassau
Upper Plymouth
Soil Conservation District
Agriculture, Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Wisner Opens Drug Store in New Town Ellis Township
Yesterday Dr Kallmerten proposed to open a drug store in Wisner in Ellis township while events noted include J QC Adams taking charge of the Union Star and Conrad named the new town at Conrad's Grave. A grand Fourth of July is planned for Cottage amid storm damage near Hubbard with several farms damaged and no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kallmerten
Wisner
Ellis Township
J. QC. Adams
Union Star
Conrad
Roses Bloom on Ames Campus and Local Fire History Recap
The Ames campus shows a profusion of rose varieties and upcoming named cultivars. A nostalgia-filled column recalls Eldora and St Paul connections, Alaska teaching tales, and family visits, plus a detailed history of Steamboat Rock fire service from 1930s city waterworks through 1950 levy debates for modern equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Givery
Helen Traubel
Iowa State College
Real Homemaking Recognition In Mrs America Contest
Observers praise the Mrs America contest for emphasizing homemaking over bathing suit parity. The essay argues the homemaker is central to family welfare and national strength, noting machines ease labor and urging proper recognition within the Mrs contest. It recalls the line Who rocks the cradle rules the world and cites Jamestown 1618 as historical context.
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PTA
Kossuth County
Fire Equipment Bought In 1902 Fire Equipment Bought In 1902
In about 1902 Steamboat Rock town council bought two 30 gallon steel chemical tanks and 50 feet of hose with nozzles for each of two two wheeled carts. The carts, mounted under the old school building steps, were moved by hand and operated by William Hartman the engine operator with Ben J. Eilers as janitor, marking the town’s first mechanized fire gear prior to the 1928 school rebuild.
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Harold H. Lulken
Gellhorn Auto Co
Gellhorn
Luiken Chevrolet Co
William Hartman
Steamboat Rock
Harold H. Luiken
Pontiac
Ben J. Eilers
Steamboat Rock forms modern volunteer fire department
Alfred Gast and township officials aided by local business leaders and firemen enabled the purchase of current firefighting equipment. Steam boat Rock now runs a 24 hour fully trained volunteer department with a modern truck, claiming no structure lost to fire since September 1950. Eldora firemen have assisted on several occasions.
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Alfred Gast
Pete Luiken
Clark
Steampoat Rock
Clay Town Ship
Steamboat Rock Firmen
Hardin County
Eldora
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eldora Herald - Ledger
Hardin
Herald County Index
Iowa Press and Nations
Stauth
Mgr
Max ‘van Derveer
Katharine Piper Mechanica Fore
Dale Peshta
Charles Davis
Acher
McMillen Society
Grace _Protheroe
Marcella Parker
Rae Paul Mason
Jim Ruby
Gene Peshia
Harvey Snyder
Fourth Ward
A. W. Crossan
Hubbard
Hubbard State Bank
C. M. Haas
Hughes & Briggs
Ferris Brothers
Caunee
W. Harlan Smith
China
Church of the Brethren
J. E. King
Masonic Grand Lodge
Fort Dodge
R. E. Hodge
Vinton
Robert Meader
Jack Finnegan
Church of Christ
New York
Robert Burlingsme
Grinnell College
Grinnell
H. K. Kuhlman
Spencer
Claud Goodson
The
Odd Fellows
Gus Nissen
N. A
Thema
Dumont
Joyce Yvonne Sorensen
Sam Sorensen
Union
Thomas E. Monteith
Marshalltown
Moser Lumber Co
Earl Dunn
Eldora High
Denison
Waterloo
H Cleveland
Government Observer
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Hardin County Index
Mark’s
Drug Bremmer Drug Herald-Index
Herald - Index
Mas Kitharime Piper
Carl Briel
Emma Willig
Nellie Grimes
St. Paul
Mabel Grimes Hill
Alaska
Mabel
Mrs. King
Eastern Star
State Center
Tme
E. M. Gellhorn
Board of Trustees
Clay Township
Leo Daleske
Michael Finger
America
Jamestown
OWA Dairy Industry Commission
State Capitol
Des Moines
Voice of
Dalry
American Dalry Association of
Lowe
Farmer’s Co-op Creamery
Lela
Wier
Arbor Hills
Driva
P.O. Box
Jackson
Mississippi
Gmation
Ole
Ie Eas Oo
eUaa
Megan
DAIRY
Cartor
Berg’s Ice Cream Co
Eldora, Iowa
Baler Sale
PTO Balers
River Ave
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