Thompson Waters sale dates and town listings
The notice lists sale dates and sellers including Thompson and Waters with buyers in West Union Monona Mc Gregor Elgin Postville Wadena and East Dubuque. A separate item reports a daytime safe crash at the Circle Bar in East Dubuque with $1,000 stolen, urging readers to phone in tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Meyer-Eide
West Union
Pat Nedham
Monona
Himer Resnick
McGregor
John H. Johnson
Lena Clark
Gunder
Edmund Levenshagen
Frank Kelleher
Eilkader
Les Leeland
Boyer Bros
Elgin
Gilbert Folsom
Postville
Otto Fischer
George G. Nickels
Circle
East Dubuque
Iowa Legislature Debates Moral Authority and Liquor Reform
The Iowa General Assembly moves toward limiting executive influence and proposes constitutional changes on highway funds. A Hoegh resolution seeks stable three and a half percent rates for federal land bank loans with capped annual payments. A Senate measure targets gasoline tax use, requiring highway funds only for roads. Senator Mowry proposes abolishing the liquor commission for a three member state board and a purchasing agent with $5,000 salary, with bids required for liquor purchases over $509.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Aid
Iowa ‘General Assembly
Hoegh
Congress
Federal Land Bank and
Land Bank
Senate
Baldwin
Mowry
Jasper County
United States
Towa
Liquor Control Commission
Proposals on State Liquor Store Limit and Local Petitions
A local option clause governs state liquor store plans. Fifty petitioners may block establishment, but 60 percent support overrides objections. Only one state store per city. The measure hints at private retail beer sales with state involvement only if retail liquor on premises is later allowed.
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Thhe Board of Supervisors
Governor moratorium on pardons during election window
The rule states that no pardon or commutation may be granted by the Governor from November 1 of an election year through January 20 of the following year. The period covers the general election window and suspends executive clemency actions.
Senate bill seeks prison sentence commutations reform
Beardsley of Warren county introduces a land commutation bill in the Senate arguing it will sober future governors and deter late-term openings of prison gates. The measure targets policy changes and signals public disapproval of last-minute pardons. The session also eyed abolishing the ten-mile tax on motor carriers, amid shifting rail carrier views as trucks grow in size and scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Beardsley
Warren County
Iowa Farm Notes On Pasture Crops And Dairy Yields
A survey of Iowa agricultural notes covers pasture crops with brome grass replacing bluegrass, high dairy butterfat gains in December, cooperative credit associations expanding in 1938, and ISU land leases for pasture research. It also notes oat strain names Marion Hancock Boone, shifts in butter distribution, granular fertilizer advantages, and milking reflex factors affecting cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State College
Iowa
Hog pricing shifts to carcass basis gains in 1938
The article notes in 1938 hog marketing moved toward carcass basis, the biggest rise since the system's 4 year adoption. Canada previously sold hogs live weight, like the U.S., but now a little over half are marketed on the hoof. Hog sellers on carcass basis are paid by grade and weight after slaughter, aligning pay with meat value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Farm Bureau reports R E A memberships in Fayette county
Farm Bureau notes nearly 300 R E A memberships signed in Fayette county with Putnam township leading at 66 and Dover at 48. Other townships reporting include Center Pleasant Valley Scott Auburn Windsor Union Clermont Higha and Westfield though Pleasant Valley Scott Windsor Clermont Union and Westfield are incomplete. Membership canvass continues until all possibilities are exhausted. Additional AAA conservation payments total 86933.76 with 41336.46 paid Saturday. operators notified if in this group. Des Moines has 948 applications awaiting checks, with corrections outstanding. Attending the Farm Bureau convention are Herbert Meisgeier Guy Ernst and Mrs Grimes. 36 Fayette county people attend. Fayette County Holstein association backs dairy advertising and a butterfat check-off to fund campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
Putnam Township
Dover
Center
Pleasant Valley
Scott
Auburn
Windsor
Union
Clermont
Higha
Westfield
Des Moines
Herbert Meisgeier
Guy Ernst
G. D. Grimes
Fayette County Holstein Association
Local Social Notes From Clermont and Surrounding Areas
Selma Odegard began work at the Mrs Emil Snyder home while Mrs Herman Scheel hosted a dinner for the August Scheels at Lawrdes. Mrs T W Dean returned from Janesville after a visit with the Ziba Tripp family. Mrs Harry Becker was summoned to Clermont as her father Ed Delaney fell ill. Mr and Mrs Fred Schultz of Postville and Fred Falb of La Crosse visited the John Falb home. Allen Habeger joined a dinner at the Wm B Miller home near Clermont for Mrs Miller’s birthday. Invitations were issued for a shower for Evelyn Dennler on January 21 at her parents’ home. Tom Nichols parked near a drug store in Avoca when his foot slipped, sending the car over the curb and onto the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Becker
Ed Delaney
Clermont
Fred Schultz
Postville
Fred Falb
la Crosse
Wis
John Falb
Mrs. Allen Habeger
Wm. B. Miller
Mrs. Miller
Evelyn Dennler
Walter Dennler
Tom Nichols
Avoca
Pottawattamie County
Decorah Visitors Aid Franks as Glass Breaks Window
The report notes a large plate glass window shattered in an incident as guests from Decorah Clermont and near West Union visited the Frank Greenley home. The piece mentions Mr and Mrs Chas Greenley and son Robert, Mr and Mrs H B Greenley and Linda Lou, and Mr and Mrs L D Hitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Greenley
Robert
Decorah
H. B. Greenley
Linda Lou
Clermont
L. D. Hitch
Near West Union
Frank Greenley
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Nona
Herve Robbins
West Elgin
Fleet Frieden
N. E
Edge
Hill
Oelwein Nursery Co
Oelwein
Echo
Hudson
Feller’s Hardware
Vern Ware
Cecil Ware
12Th St
Marshalltown
Udga
O'Neill Drug Company
Clermont Mattress Works
Town
Elgin Echo
Thompson & Waters
Gov. Wilson
Sacred Funds
Cooperative Production Credit Associations
Iowa State College
Marion, Hancock
Boone
Iowa Counties
Farm Bureau News Letter
Selma Odegard
Herman Scheel
August Scheel
Lawrdes
T. W. Dean
Janesville
Ziba Tripp
Busines
Joe
University of Town
American Legion and Auxiliary
Washington
the Echo
Sach
Shaw-Walker
Cosby-Wirth
American Salesbook Co
Irving-Pitt and
National Book Co
SHAW
MARSH
Shaw Walker
Speai
THE
Tarragona
Catalonia
Franco
Spain
Elgin Farmers Coop
Max Medberry
Mgr
Roy Knight
Asst
Si Smart
Faylin
Betty
Susan
Lucy
Little Lucy
Schori & Kuster Ler. CO
Elgin, Iowa
Entertainment
Torkelson Bros
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