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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
8
Hastings residents announce an August 15 ice cream social on the Walter Boylan lawn hosted by the North Grote Cemetery association. The event features a new Edison radio phonograph and free entertainment. The column also notes local social visits, club meetings, and travel mentions among Hastings residents.
Ted Bowen of a farm near Hastings had a minor early morning accident while driving from Omaha in a Nash coupe at 2 30 am. He struck the railing on the Silver Creek bridge between here and Glenwood, the car veered into a ditch, bending a fender and cutting the lights. Various local residents and events are noted in a string of brief mentions and social updates.
Mr and Mrs Scott Pidgeon and daughters from Des Moines visited Mrs J C Jackson and family in Silver City. Mrs Ralph Hansen, after an appendicitis operation, left Mercy Hospital and rests at her parents home. Miss Tyan Jinther helps at home in Tabor caring for her ailing mother. Mrs Sadie Wasserman and granddaughter Ramony Saar from Idaho Falls visit relatives near Council Bluffs and in Silver City. J G Flanagan returns from a motor trip through Kansas and Nebraska.
Fragmentary notice from Minneapolis Journal discusses a noise issue around an invention tied to a motor that may advance, noting ample space at the top but concerns about many who lose nerve or fall off as progress continues.
W P Wortman of Biter Malvern Iowa comments on a prepared article printed in the Avoca Journal and the Acorn. He recalls a county fight and legal battles in the district and Supreme Courts and urges friends in Milla county to know the line of argument he pursued, noting that all points made to the Supervisors and Courts are described in the piece.
Frank Shinn recounts early western Iowa settlers on Nishnabotna River seeking dam sites for saw and grist mills. Four rock foundations allowed limited dam construction at Macedonia and White Cloud. Early mills built by Stutsman, Losh, Hindman group powered mills, with Losh mill active until river straightening. A key Losh mill became Carson’s power source, powering a bed springs factory and blacksmith shop via electric dynamo until drainage and river changes cut water power.
In a long critique the author laments river straightening and drainage laws across the Mississippi valley. Citing Nishnabotna and other streams, the piece argues water power is destroyed, crops flood, and federal relief followed. The writer recalls seventy one years observing the valley and opposes district No 10 for sacrificing power over land.
Wille Meereners and Len Higeine are noted. George Wright and Happy Wright head to South Dakota for harvest. Mrs Mike Printy returns from Omaha. Joe Lanehling reports a new Ford coach. Measles patients mostly recovered. no new cases. A heavy rain delayed threshing but aided corn. Local folk update on illnesses, travel, and visits including Black Hills trip and Yellowstone bound.
The text argues that straightening gravelly or sandy bottoms does not deepen the Botna River. It notes surfaces water from the hills and valleys is not improved by straightening and compares to the old river. It concedes small creeks without gravel may deepen and provide fall, aiding drainage, but overall claims little benefit from the straightening.
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