Iowa Legislature Debates Taxes and Statehouse Reforms
The legislature considers labeling gasoline by quality and cracking down on low grade fuels. Other bills tighten crime penalties and restrict prisoners leaving jails. Judges seek higher salaries and a new judicial office building is proposed. Tax debate centers on cigarette levies and inheritance changes while uncollected taxes loom as potential revenue. A Washington-bound rally is planned to celebrate a native son’s inauguration. Local notes cover community visits, illness, and social gatherings.
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Stanley Smith
Osage
C. T. Rogers
Grundy Center
A. P. Murphy
Ottumwa
Gordon L. Elliott
Homer S. Stephens
Clarinda
Camp Martin
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Frank Maher
Fort Dodge
Oscar Helmne
Marcus
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Hoover
Pestis
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A. OC. Hattendorf
I County
J. Ditto
Sibley
Hat
Timber Valley Telephonist Returns to Office
Miss Bonnalyn Knowles, the telephone operator, is back in the office delaying from last week. The piece notes Hubbard callers Saturday by Mike Mossman and Charley Butler. Will Hurd visited Edgar Van Potter home Sunday evening. John Van Patter visited Mike Mossman Sunday afternoon with Frank Zielske and his son Donald.
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Eldora
Warren Mossman
Mike Mossman
Guy
Emery Whitney
Leroy McEwan
Donald
Clark Whitney
Noa Reece
Mike Simmons
Iowa Falls
Mr. Roupe
Robert Bullis
Dorothy
Shirley Sheldon
Will Clingerman
Ora
Edith Butler
Wilbur Perry
Edgar van Patter
John van Patter
Russel Nehring
Charley Butler
L. V. Garter
Lawn Hill
Edwin Barnhart
Des Moines
Verna Whitney
Oral Ganfield
Bonnalyn Knowles
Hubbard
Will Hurd
Edgar van Potter
Frank Zielske
Whitten community notices and church notes update
Whitten residents hosted birthday gatherings including Mrs. W B Crumbaugh and Roy Manns family marking daughters Maxine and Arlene birthdays. Local trips, club meetings, school events, and church services are listed with dates, attendees, and outcomes.
Whitten Sweet Singers Host After Practice
The Whitten Sweet Singers enjoyed a warm gathering at Mr and Mrs Bert Haxton after choir practice last Friday. An oyster stew and dessert were served and thanks were extended to the drivers and teams who facilitated transportation for the group. A Lincoln program titled Abraham Lincoln Speaks is planned for next Sunday night, with a Lord's Supper service scheduled Sunday morning.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
F. C. Griewo
OWASA Community Notes and Meetings Update
OWASA district superintendent Dr Cleworth led a Quarterly Conference at the parsonage. PTA event postponed due to storm. March 12 set for a talk titled The Unspanked Youth. School board met at the schoolhouse. Declamatory contest planned Tuesday night. Local family moves and visits noted. Owasa boys lost to Alden in home basketball. Sunday school at Owasa Methodist Church. next topic Friendly Surprises. Daily Bible readings and next lesson The Way of Forgiveness. Mid year Young Peoples Leadership Institute scheduled at Grundy Center Feb 9.
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Cleworth
Vern Fuller
Art Fuller
Oakwood
Tom Palmby
Ruth Fletcher
Marshalltown
Charley Akers
Henry Stielow
Steve Reed
Needlecraft Club
Elevator Board
Faya Costello
Gatton
Ed Ward
Eldora
Letha Orpin
Alden
Owasa
Grace Holliday
Alison
George Fuller
Herb Starr
Harry Costello
Rolfe
Eula Huffman
Des Moines
McDowall Co
Nevada
Gwasa Methodist Church
T Cleo Stietow
Eva Lyman
Mary Catherine Nichols
Marlon Brugger
Horace Nichols
Methodist Church
World Service
Cedar Rapids
Young Peoples Leadership Institute
Grundy Center
Local Families Visit Over Weekend in Eldora and Vicinity
Gifford L Pickering family and Lewis Sprain group of Eldora visited Vance Adams the Sunday. James Goudy family spent Saturday in Marshalltown. Adams families and C A Monroe hosts and others visited. Noah Rouse went to Missouri to visit relatives. Marshalltown and Eldora families joined visits at various homes.
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L. Pickering
Lewis Sprain
Eldora
Vance Adams
James Goudy
Marshalltown
Oral
Chas
Adams
H. Wright
Orn
Bascom Royce
Waterloo
C. A
RK. A. Fuller's
Dennis Chestnut
James Lawless
Wil Vaughn
Ley's
Wales Campbell
Sidora
B.A
Visited Friends and Birth Announced in Beloit Area
Sunday visits by Thius and baby to friends and kin, Dr and Mrs Stonebrook of Eldora hosted by the Edmondsons, and Jobe birth announced in Des Moines. The article also reports dairy production trends in Iowa with 1928 butter value around 90 million dollars and notes beef cattle price cycles amid market projections.
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Marcia Ann
Lester Jobe
M. E. Hospital
Des Moines
Jobe
Beloit
Wisnow
Jesse Clay
Chicago
H. ©. Moore
Earl
Mason City
H. N. Edmondson
Primary Road Progress and Yearly Paving Goals
The state’s primary road system in 1929 shows 1,624.5 miles paved, 3,221.8 miles traveled, 1,114.3 miles graded but surfaced, and 801.0 miles not graded, totaling 6,761.1 miles. The highway commission targets 2,200 paved miles and 3,500 graveled miles, totaling 5,700 miles of weather roads, with about 550 miles of paving annually to complete the program in six years, and engineers expect 1,000 miles of surfacing per year with adequate finances. Last year saw 990 miles surfaced—740 paved and 260 gravelled—alongside 401 miles graded.
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State Highway Commission
Gate Pays Five Cents For Dust Damages In 1878 Suit
In Waterloo Courier 1878 reminiscence Governor Horace Boies tried to pass a lumber wagon with two men and a woman. The wagon resisted, Boies asked for names. William Norris was identified. Boies sued for 100 in damages obstructing the highway, Norris counter sued for 100 dust in his eyes. The jury awarded Boies five cents, costs to Norris.
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Waterloo
Horace Boise
Grundy County
Hoies
Aherd
Boies
Taan
Boise
William Norris
Norris
Noverls
Meet Mr Hoover A portrait of the president elect in 1929
The profile presents Mr Hoover as a paradoxical figure: frugal and restless in front of cameras, fond of opera and theater yet sparing alcohol, a strong jawed engineer president with a noted fondness for fishing and peanuts. It cites his joint translation with Mrs Hoover of Agricola and his status as a college bred engineer. The piece adds that America enters 1929 healthy, prosperous, and confident in industry, labor, roads, electric and gas services, auto ownership, stock ownership, and rising life insurance, with increasing investments abroad and amicable labor relations. It forecasts U S leadership in aviation and overall progress.
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Roosevelt
Coolidge
Hoover
Agricola
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
U. S
America
White House
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Forbes Magazine
Dr Shallenberger to Visit Eldora and Marshalltown
Doctor Shallenberger will visit Eldora at the Winchester hotel on February 27 and Marshalltown at Hotel Pligeien on February 28. He claims to treat chronic nervous and other diseases in men women and children without cutting or hospitalization using office methods.
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Eldora
Winchester
Marshalltown
Pligeien
Shallenberger
Doctor Shallenberger Offers Free Consultation and Advice
With 27 years of experience Dr. Shallenberger touts success in treating chronic diseases. He claims to have treated thousands and helped midwest patients avoid unnecessary operations. He invites those still seeking relief to visit for a consultation and examination at no charge.
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Shallenberger
Middle-West
Shailenberger
Iowa Legionaire Pension Echoes Through Century
A 1917 enlistment story notes two World War widows could reach 2085 if veterans lived to 100 and married, with a 16 year old spouse. It cites 13 War of 1812 widows still receiving 50 dollars monthly, from a government report dated December 4.
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Hera
Iowa
Iowa Legionaire
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