Farm records drive improved management and youth involvement
Iowa extension leaders urged detailed farm records for better financial clarity and public publicity. They highlighted farm management education for youths 14 to 21, with schools reaching 149 cooperative managers and dozens of officers and agents. A public access dispute over a state lake near Waterloo underscored tensions between private leases and public hunting grounds.
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de- A. L. Walker
All Extension Department
S. H. Thompson
Iowa
Thompson
J. C. Galloway
Galloway
Ringgold County
C. W. Hammans
Frank Robotka
H. E. Nichols
F.B. Paddock
W. Beckman
Agricultural Journalism Department
H. J. Metcalf
The
Information Service
P. C. Taff
W. H. Lapp
Charles Roach
State Park at Wall Lake sparks Wright County controversy
The state executive council moves to address disputes over Wall Lake in Wright County as local groups challenge plans for a park development and potential land use changes. Community leaders argue over environmental impact and funding.
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Wall Lake
Wright County
State Executive Council
Crowded Iowa state institutions urge new buildings
Senator A. McColl and J. H. Strief report swelling inmate numbers at Iowa charities and penal facilities due to federal wartime prisoners. Transfers from Independence and Cherokee to Woodward are planned. Glenwood waitslist exceeds 300. A tubercular wing at Independence Hope pivots for 50 patients. new capacity aims to relieve crowding.
Iowa plan to expand state institutions and child welfare
The state outlines delays in employee retirements and uses an July 1 appropriation to expand capacity at several facilities. Forty hospital residents will be housed with room for 100 more. Mitchellville girls training school gains space via remodeled cottages. a new 40 girl cottage and a hospital remodeling are planned. Clarinda insane hospital will add a 50 female tuberculosis building. Eldora boys training school adds a 39 boy cottage. Fort Madison prison will add a 200 to 250 capacity cell house next year. Davenport Soldiers Orphans home reaches full occupancy reduction via four agents placed in homes. number of residents decreased by 200 through placement and adoption.
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Training School For Girls
Mitchellville
Clarinda State Hospital
Eldora
Fort Madison
Davenport
McColl
Hoosier Furniture Catalog Items Listed In Ad
A list of furniture pieces including kitchen cabinets wing back chairs dining tables sewing cabinets flower boxes tea wagons serving cabinets bed room suites piano benches matting boxes pedestals costumers foot stools smoking stands framed pictures appears in an old Hoosier catalog.
Christmas Bargains on Unbreakable Toys
Sale listing shows unbreakable toys priced at $1 each for children. Includes silk shiftings and new patterns labeled for kids with single dollar pricing. No further details or sources provided.
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Ames
Waterloo
Webster City
Des Moines
A. McColl
J. H. Strief
State Board of Control
Strief
J. B. Butler
Control Board
Dubuque County
Dubuque City
State Hospital
Independence
Atent
Cherokee
Woodward
Meto
Glenwood
Vocalion Phonograph
John
Auckland
the Honey Man
E. Adams St
IOC
Goeke’s
H. P. McLaughlin CO
Seig Wbats Piers
Kodak
Dae RA
Lecader Departiment
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