Tax and governance items push Iowa session toward adjournment
The Iowa legislature faces adjournment as debates continue over state revenue and taxes. Proposals include a cigarette and tobacco tax increase, senatorial redistricting tweaks, road bond machinery, mileage cuts for county officials, and a broad tax reduction plan. The session also weighs constitutional road funding and potential third conference committees.
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As They Looked When Young Front Row and Second Row Names
A fragmented classroom group photo listing students and teachers in multiple rows. Readable names include Donald Thompson May Hubbard Landis Joshua Doran Zalie Reid Corbit Tom J. George Edna Hoffman Ladehoff Arthur Baker Mabel Patten Genevieve Lawrence Connolly Eddie Lucky Edward Borgett Nettie Lucky Eva Brazelton Breidenthal Tom Reid Martha Beam Hattie Rhodes Eva Kehoe Pearl Waugh Frances Johnson Edith Bender Roscoe Barnice Rutten Rouleh Simpcon KOURTI ROW Mile Sts and other partial lines mention Colin Thomas Jakie Bader Elva Jarre Julia Tapken Lester Hearn Suzanne.
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Donald Thompson
May (Hubbard) Landis
Joshua Doran
Zalie
Reid
Bacz Row
Elva (Corbett
Jarre O Ay
Guy Cooper
Jeanoett
Lucy (Altman) Peckosh
Julia Tapken
Lester Hearn
Primary election law called greatest fraud by reader
A Manchester Press reader denounces the primary election law as the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on Americans. The piece argues lawmakers lack courage to repeal it and fear a constitutional convention led by patriots and sound judgment.
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Manchester Press
Do not sow soybeans too deep for better stands
Guidance warns against deep planting of soybeans as deep seeding can cause poor stands, particularly with large-seeded varieties. Planting too shallow may also reduce emergence and yield potential.
Church Services in Area Churches This Week
Parish listings show St Matthew's German service and Sunday school at 9 45, St John's canceling next Sunday, Wayne Zon's English service April 19, Castle Grove with 10 and 11 o'clock services and Luther League at 8, plus Masses, catechism and devotions at several Catholic parishes. Congress of Iowa high schools invited to ISU Weishea events May 7 6 and 9.
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L. Adix
Wayne Zon
J. P. Willins
Castle Grove Lutheran
G. Wolf, Naster
Luther League
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Epworth League
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sweanmore Street
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Presbyterian
Leonard Duckett
Hare
Christian Endeavor
Armin HH. Tendick
Il Acm
Woman's Missionary Society
R. Winkler
Samuel Cr. Gutensohn
Iowa
Iowa State College
Weishea
Weather lifts spirits as Mont High notes spring
High School Notes recounts cheerful attitudes toward mild weather and upcoming 35 school days left. Physics trips to the telephone office and a power plant spark interest while new Science Club members Eugene Rodman Jack Kay Russell Hughes and Ben Roberts join. Track begins with 40 hopefuls as Cedar Falls trip looms. Mrs Mann warns on liquor and tobacco as Brown's College speaker urges students to prepare for the business world.
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Hamilton
Science Club
Eugene Rodman
Jack Kay
Russell Hughes
Ben Roberts
Eugene
Literary Society
Betty Kay
Ruth Howie
Eldora Semmert
Alice Palmer
Smith
Lovell 4-H Club Hosts April Meeting with Demonstrations
The Lovell's Laboring Lassies 4-H club met at Mrs. John Matthiessen's home on a Saturday in April with hosts Clara and Mary Flack. Mary Flack spoke on kneading bread and demonstrations covered health cookies and honey nut bread. Four visitors attended from Castle Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Matthiessen attended John Moore's funeral in Cedar Rapids and visited afterward with their daughter Mrs. Charles Butler.
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John Matthiessen
Clara
Mary Flack
Edith Topping
Fortune Finders 4-H Club
Castle Grove
Fred Matthiessen
John Moore
Cedar Rapids
Charles Butler
Trafalgar Square Statue Cleaning Cost Revealed
It costs about 2000 pounds to clean the Nelson statue and column in Trafalgar Square London, with maintenance carried out once every twenty years.
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Nelson
Trafalgar Square
London
Poisoned bran bait for cutworms in gardens
Farmers can control cutworms by mixing bran with white arsenic or Paris green and a sugar solution, coating the bran evenly, and broadcasting the bait along plant rows late in the evening. Cutworms feed mainly at night and in cloudy days, so applying before crops emerge helps kill overwintering worms early.
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Paris
Kindness Is the Word Hidden in Each Heart
A poem reflects on values voiced by many, ending with a quiet refrain that kindness resides within. The speaker recalls a court of ideas naming Knowledge, Truth, Pleasure, and others before hearing a personal verdict. The final line asserts inner kindness as the true secret.
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James B. O'Reilly
Doctor says diet and vitamin talk largely bunk
A Sioux Falls doctor dismisses common diet and vitamin hype as largely bunk, noted with a wry remark that he should be a popular fellow.
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Sioux Falls
Wisconsin tax claim discussed in the Minneapolis Journal
The Minneapolis Journal asserts Wisconsin shows a state income tax acts as an added tax rather than a shifted one. It also notes the hummingbird is a remarkable annual migrant, wintering in Central America and summering in northern states.
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Minneapolis Journal
Wisconsin
Central America
Don’t Rush Raspberry Pruning Warns Iowa Expert
Winter injury to red raspberries and black caps is evident says T J Maney pomologist at Iowa State college Pruning should be delayed until buds start to appear to assess wood damage and determine the extent of kill back.
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T. J. Maney
Iowa State College
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