Drag Jubilee Plan Spreads Across Iowa and Missouri
Iowa moves to celebrate flag day with drag day on June 14 as the state highway commission endorses a statewide road drag jubilee. Local clubs and farmers urged to participate with decorated oxen and American flags, following success in Centerville and Stuart. The report also covers Blue Sky law questions, teachers pensions, and patent grants to Iowans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes Moines
State Highway Commission
Towa
Hoe Iowa
Highway Commission
Iowa
Stuart Merchants
Centerville
Missouri
Middle West
Mistakes in State Laws Prompt Liberal Review
The discovery that Speaker Feeley did not affix his signature to the Cosson red light law prompts calls for a liberal course in validating statutes. The piece notes recent lapses by lawmakers and argues against veto power over clerical oversights, urging careful, practical lawmaking. It discusses General Wilson’s absence from Iowa veterans encampment, the Parole Board’s actions, and Cromwell’s Burlington-case status with the railroad commission.
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Clarke
Clarlson Workingmen's
Welker Given
Ottumwa
J. W. Keys
Council Bluffs
Ora Williams
Heindel
Keys
State Manufacturers’ Bureau
Williams
Feeley
Cosson
Cromwell
Frank Faraday
Railroad Commission Office
Burlington
Creston
Cromowell
Monroe Mirror editor dies of pneumonia in Iowa
John Vandertuast, editor and proprietor of the Monroe Mirror, died at his home from pneumonia. Born in the Netherlands October 13, 1848, he came to Pella in 1853 and moved to Monroe in 1880, purchasing the Mirror which he owned since. He was active in religious and civic circles and influenced the Mirror for moral and social good of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vandertuast
Monroe Mirror
Netherlands
Pella
Iowa
Monroe
Mirror
Vandermast
Cora Hamber Wiley
Spinning Wheel
Daughters of the American Revolution of
Marshaltown
Charles BR. Wiley
McKinley Traction Interests
Illinois
Oskaloosa Traction Company
Buxton
Light and Power
Des Moines
William Warton
Glendale
Horton
Jennie Dittner
L. A. Ditter
Shenandoah
William Romeberg
Knoxville
Romeberg
State University At
Iowa City
Morningside College
Farmers’ Co-operative Brick and Tile Company
Mason City
Suburban Development
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Episcopal Diocese of
Town
Burlington
Brotherhood
John H. Montrose
W. Dana
A. L. Holmes
Lyons
W. H. James
John Marsh
Keokuk
Honard Pierce
Sioux City
J. Shull
John
Costas
John Aneelica
Andrew Livieraltos
Lowden
Livieraltos
Angelica
Angélica
Liviernitos
Clinton
Ralph Hartsook
Orient
Ivan Hawking
Fartey, Jr
Episcopal Diocese of Iowa
Darlington
Theodore Ny’ Morrison
M.S. Longley
Sidney Catlin Partridge
Kansas City
Huutboldt
Association
Humboldt
Milwaukee
Madrid
Alice Johnson
L. H. Johnson
Marshalltown
Frank E. Webb
Webl
Webster City
Iled
Iowa Iils
Rudolph Krizen
Enterprise Coal Mining Company
Chickasaw
A. F. Kenman
New Hampton
Court House
Tig
Town Falls
Adjt
Guy FE. Logan
John Bierman
United States Army
National Guard of
Glenwood
Canton
Henry Williams
Dave Strother
Iowa Falls
Iowa Wesleyan
Central University of Pella
Central
David Callow
Albion
D. F. Reppert
Stuart
Ocean-Going Motor Car On Yacht Use
An 22 foot Mugilshimac yacht is powered by a 1910 Sunbeam 12-16 HP car. The back wheels lift, and drive from the cardan shaft via chain wheels to the propeller. The editor notes strong potential for inland waterways and calls the idea worth consideration.
Hauling Mules Out of Business Triumph by Motor Trucks
A Lancaster report details an oil pipeline haul using 18 motor trucks replacing 600 Missouri mules. Trucks faced 32 percent grades 122 degree heat and dust. eight mph on 40 miles, with 5 tons hauled daily, comparing favorably to mule limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Oil Fields
California
San Pedro
Missouri
C G. A. Hawkins
San Francisco
Lancaster
Hawkins
Omaha Uses Motorcycles for Telemgraphic Contact
After storms and high waters, Omaha Nebraska stands out for deploying motorcycles to establish telegraphic communication with the outside world, a novel approach not seen in other affected cities and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gut
Omaha
Neb
Debate on horsepower and heat in automobile engines
The vice president of a New York auto firm criticizes the A S A M horsepower formula. He argues power depends on heat management, cooling, lubrication, and real dynamometer tests, noting engines with identical displacement can differ in output due to fuel quality and thermal efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Farrard
New York
Society of Automobile Engineers
Futura
Auto on the Farm Laboring Dawn to Dusk
An idle device, the auto on the farm rises before dawn to milk cows wash clothes and finish chores. It works in fields reap thrash haul plow churns butter pump water grind corn and even soothes a crying baby. As twilight falls the auto still runs the dynamo while the farmer reads by tungsten glow.
Tire Tip From Motor On Quick Home Tire Fix
A poorly worn tire with an inner mining and stuffed with old woolen cloth in a spare demountable rim offers a quick makeshift fix to reach home after a flat. The tip warns of hurry language and emphasizes improvised temporary repair for immediate mobility.
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Maurice Ricker
West High School
Ricker
General Assembly
Hoe
W. 8. Allen
J. N. Dolley
Kansas
Allen
Caprie
A. H. Davison
State Executive Council
Andrew E. Jacobson
Amrar
Calvin Moore
New Providence
Lewis N. Ritten
Franklin Smith
Dallas
William J1. Cook
Cornelius J. Crowley
Charles E. Fanning
F. Vernentin
Davenport
Eugene T. Gorham
Mount Vernon
George A. Minetty
Frederick Hansen
Woodbine
Walter and
W. Schaper
Charles City
William F. Murphy
Walter M. Moore
Webb
Express
Lock Island
United States Express Company
Atlantic
A. Li. Davison
Executive Council
Davison
Polk County
Woodbury County
Wilson
Pickell
Cavalry Corps
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Parole Board
Board of Parole
Iowa State
Waterloo
St Louis
Waverly
Waterloo Drop Forge Company
Frank Grandgeret
Dubuque
Miss Smythe
F. A. Irish
Hopkinton
Robert €. Menver
Tha Crage
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