Names of Many Farms Entered for Permanent Title Status
Iowa records offices prepare to register farm names under a new law. Filing costs one dollar to inscribe a farm name that remains with the property through transfers and ownership changes, a practice reflecting old country customs and eastern usage. The article also covers funding for the Allison monument, state clothing contracts for inmates, and various incorporations and local labor actions.
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Dee Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Procer
Earlien
East
State Board of Control
Towa
Praise for last legislature boosts public health work
Secretary Sumner of the state board of health lauds the recent legislature for showing a more favorable view toward public health funding, while acknowledging limited appropriations. The article notes the Thirty-fourth General Assembly gave a needed boost to health work and urges accepting beneficial gains. It also covers road funding rulings, the Iowa board of control praise by A B E Stewart, and political candidacies for secretary of state.
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Morrow
Grenville M. Dodge
Thirty-third General Assembly
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Dodge
Iowa
State Board of Health
Sumner
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
Cosson
Nform
The
Board of Control
A. B E. Stewart
Nebraska School For the Deaf
Iowa Board of Control
Mr. Stewart
Profitable Dairying on Small Town Acreage
A dairy operation on three quarters of an acre inside a city limits reports $164.51 net profit per cow. Two Jersey cows produced 16,560 pounds of milk in a year with careful feeding, regular milking, and simple, cheap equipment. Gross receipts reached $476.86 with $147.84 expenses, yielding a total profit of $329.02.
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Jersey
Clover Pasture Doubles Hog Profits On Iowa Farm
Iowa experiment station tested three hog pastures with dry lot bluegrass and clover. After a season, clover pasture yielded 748 pounds of pork per acre versus 367 from bluegrass. At $7 per cwt, clover pasture valued at $52.36 per acre, bluegrass at $25.69, a clear gain for clover for town farmers.
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Iowa
Iowa Experiment Station
Farm Philosophy and Rural Country Attitudes
Rural life thoughts on cheerful farm surroundings reducing city crowds and open air treatment penalties for tuber culosia touch on farm implements. Anecdotes about neighbor’s sociable chickens and an eight hour day for saloons. A playful line hints at responses to anger and country life.
Hezekiah’s Great Passover Reform Recounted
The account outlines Hezekiah’s reforms in Judah starting with cleansing the temple and renewing worship. It details steps of purification, national covenant, grand passover, removal of heathen altars, and wide reform to organize and unify the nation under God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah
Ahaz
Jotham
Manasseh
Abijah
Zechariah
Zechariahs
Yaztah
Temple
God
Jerusalem
Judah
Nisan
Beer-sheba
Dan
Kidron
Peter the Hermit
Jenny Geddes
Benjamin
Ephriam
Hezekleh
Furlough Granted for Corporal Stripes Before His Death
The Adjutant informs Corporal Stripes that his long awaited furlough has been approved by the War Department. The sergeant reports Corporal Stripes died about six weeks ago, stating the time frame and confirming the loss.
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Stripes
War Department
Fragmented quotes mix in casual exchange and garden note
A garbled passage presents dialogue about marital dynamics and material worth, followed by a reference to formal garden questions and a Keats line. The text blends dialogue snippets with an aside about a garden and an outdated quotation, lacking a clear event or report.
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Recorders Office
Hayward
Witt
Ww.c. Barber
Des
EH. D. Chassel
E. W. van Duyn
Atate Labor
Lucas Coal and Supply Company
Liena
C.N. Atkinson
H. Beverforden
H. L. Byers
Tax Commission
Brindley
Ames
State Tax Commission
Commission
Helfer
Iowa Experiment
Beecher
Ahag
Hoshea
Israel
B. C
Hastings
Prophets
Hosea
Micah
Isaiah
Libby
Negget
Becker
Keats
Post
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