Legislature Tightens Iowa Fish and Game Rules
The Iowa legislature amended fish and game laws restricting trot lines to two and total hooks to fifteen. No trot or throw lines allowed in stocked lakes or within 300 feet of dams. Seasonal fishing for non game fish like bullheads remains. daily bullhead limit is twenty five. Road paving shifts traffic on highways 32 and 34 with legal dispute over route and funding. The Rock Island rail line offers a two cent per mile fare trial on Keokuk branch and lines to Indianapolis and Winterset for four months.
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Stanley Watts
van Buren County
State Fish and Game Department
Polk County
Adel
Dallas County
Waukee
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Cooper
Highway Commission
Ten Mile
Milwaukee and Northwestern
Rock Island
Keokuk
Indianola
Winterset
Drake Relays set for 1931 at Des Moines Drake Stadium
The 22nd Drake Relays will be held April 24 and 25 at Drake Stadium Des Moines with entries from Notre Dame Big Ten and other colleges including Washington State Texas schools Tulane and Minnesota. The event aims to be the greatest in its history as records are telegraphed to newspapers worldwide. A separate Iowa State College patent on building material from corn cobs is noted along with Iowa farm property value at 5.602 billion and a state attorney general opinion allowing Iowa dealers to acquire pelts trapped outside Iowa if laws of the capture state were followed.
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Drake
Des Moines
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Washington State
Pacific Coast
Texas
Tulane University of
O. R. Sweeney
Iowa State College
Ames
Sweeney
Iowa
State Attorney General's Department
W. E. Albert
Denison hotel ruins unearthed ring worth thousands sought
Eighteen years after a Denison hotel fire, workers level the ground and search each shovelful for a diamond ring a guest left on a dresser valued at 500 then, now worth about two thousand, amid salvage efforts and reports of many corn pickers in Iowa.
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Denison
Iowa State College reports corn picks harvest statewide
The engineering department cites about 14 000 pickers used across Iowa last year based on a state questionnaire. They estimate 1 545 000 acres of corn were harvested, about 14 percent of the crop.
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Iowa
Leslie C. Carl
United States Meat of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Des Moines Police Recover 55 085 45 in Stolen Cars
A. H. Pedersen reports March police activity showing 55 085 45 in recovered stolen automobiles and 16 thieves arrested for outside parties. Fourteen persons were held to the grand jury for thefts. The auto theft bureau under 8. E. Delmege recovered 109 of 113 stolen cars, vs 77 last year.
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A. H. Pedersen
Des Moines
Grand
Auto Theft Bureau
8. E. Delmege
Rail freight cars and crews grow with modern railroads
J F Grawe of Waverly notes a Great Western west bound freight on a Saturday forenoon carried 82 cars and was making fast time. He recalls an old item 40 years ago of a B C R N train through Shell Rock with 18 loaded cars setting a road record. Now trains on various roads carry upwards of 100 cars and a single crew handles more tonnage than four crews did a quarter century ago.
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J. F. Grawe
Waverly
Great Western
Shell Rock
Alta Team Wins Spirit Lake Elimination Contest
The Alta basketball team wins the Spirit Lake elimination contest and advances to the Des Moines finals after improvising water supply from home. Cedar Falls ISU reports 2119 winter term students with freshmen as the largest class. Gold Star Mothers plan to visit France on May 5 sailing from New York to honor sons buried overseas. Radiophone departs Grinnell and Adair airports offer in flight position reporting for planes under adverse weather.
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Alte; Buens-Vtete-co
Spirit Lake
Alta
Des Moines
France
Iowa
Washington
New York
Paris
Meuse Argonne
Oise Aisne
St. Mihiel
Aisne- Marne
Somne
Grinnell
Adair
Evolution of Electric Lighting From Arc to Steady Power
The article explains the shift from early arc street lamps to stable electric lighting. It notes arc lights were bright but unsteady, replaced by continuous current. It highlights widespread electric power, with Des Moines supplying 24 hour current from a single plant built for $7,000,000 along the riverfront.
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Des Moines
Electric substance touted as infancy of rural power push
Electric enthusiasts claim the new substance will power scores of central towns and rural homes, integrating electric washers and feed-grinders as farm equipment. They say its use is in its infancy and promises substantial rural illumination.
Religious Services and Meetings Listed for Monticello Area
Local church notices detail Sunday services for St Matthew s St John s St Joseph s Congregational Sacred Heart Presbyterian Methodist Episcopal Castle Grove Lutheran and Wayne Zion sEvangelical Lutheran along with Holy days confessions and Sunday school times The notices also mention a German service and a Wartburg college event with a three act comedy at the Monticello high school and a quote from Albert Einstein about children and Indians
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Wayne Zion
Ev. Lutheran
J. P. Willms
W. Rodemann
Wartburg College
Clinton
Wartburg Verein
Monticello High School
Ladies’ Aid
May Day set aside for Child Health Day nationwide
The 1930 White House conference on child health and protection established May 1 as Child Health Day across the United States. It emphasized educating the whole child through health habits, reading, and community support, urging intelligent parents and libraries to provide access to good reading matter for 54 million people, including 20 million children.
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United States
White House
Washington
Iowa Book News Highlights Local Authors and Events
Susan Glaspell born in Davenport with a new novel Ambrose Holt and Family. Graham M. Dean publishes The Front Page Mystery. nine year old Sylvia Neely from Dubuque writes a book now finding readers after mother’s death. Town to Town opens Iowa History Week. Davenport Authors Day features regional writers. Davenport Library showcases local author works. Black Hawk county library model discussed in district meetings.
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Mildred Othmer Peterson
Susan Glaspell
Davenport
Drake University
Ambrose Holt
Blossom
Harriette
Lincoln Holt
Lincoln
Graham M. Dean
Town City Press-Citizen
Sylvia Neely
Dubuque
Marion Hurd McNeely
Irving B. Richman
State Historical Society of Iowa
Davenport Women's Club
Thomas Bray
Oskaloosa
Davenport Public Library
Alice French
Floyd Dell
Mary van Patten
Plum
Ruth Suckow
John G. Bowman
C. A. Ficke
J. F. Dillon
Elizabeth M. Bray
Elizabeth D. Putnam
Harry E. Downer
J. D. M. Murrows
F. B Wilkie
A. G. Fulton
A. P. Richter
Betty Adler
D. N. Richardson
Captain Blair
Arthur Davidson
Ficke
Elleanor Parker
Harry Hanson
John Russell
Charles Edward Russell
Harry Huebotter
Towa
Black Hawk Model County
Mary Parmalee
Black Hawk County
Tanlac Promises Relief From Indigestion and Gas
An advertisement claims Tanlac helps those with gas bloating indigestion and stomach pains. It cites Mrs. Arvena Bowers of Topeka Kansas reporting a 10 pound weight gain after five years of symptoms and urges trying Tanlac with a money back guarantee.
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Tanlac
Arvena Bowers
Jackson St
Topeka
Kans
County Library Tour Reaches 96 Substations Across Iowa
Des Moines lists popular titles from state libraries for Bookman with works by Marie Grand Duchess of Russia James Jeans and Byrd among non fiction. Fiction picks include Bennett Ferber Hurst and Aldrich. Radio talks air weekly from Ames Town State College and Clarinda stations plus Bedtime broadcasts in Des Moines Davenport. Little Want Ads offer economical options.
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Bookman
Marie, Grand Duchess of
Russia
E. T. Webb
J. J. J. Morgan
James Hopwood Jeans
Mary Lee Davis
Marc Connelly
Maurice Hindus
Francis C. C. Yeates Brown
Richard E. Byrd
Imperial Palace
Arnold Bennett
Vicki Brun
Des Moines
Davenport
WHO
WOC
Town State College
Ames
WOT
Clarinda Publice Library
KBC
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J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Farm Bureau
House of David
Monticello
Benton Harbor
Mich
Montt
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
St. Matthew's Ev
H. L. Adix
Lizzie Behrends
St. John’s Ev
Paul T. Gutknecht
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Young People's Society
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
N. Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
Presbyterian
Leonard Duckett
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Epworth
Earle A. Baker
Castle Grove
G. Wolf
Geriman
Miss Musgang
Clinton College
Louis Barrack
Our Brotherhood
Anamosa Hospital
God Speed
Armin H. Tendick
Tendick
Christian Church
Eng
Albert Einstein
Iowa Book News For
People
Library News
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Southwest
Corning
Middlewest
Carroll
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Mason City
Northwest
LeMars
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Waterloo
Middle East
Tipton
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Ottumwa
Iowa Library Association
Iowa Library Commission
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Waterloo Public Library
Fannie Hurst
Joseph Hergesheimer
Knut Hamsun
Josephine Donovan
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Wartburg
der Bibliothekar
von Gustav von Moser
Bibliothekar
R. H. Balster Farm Equipment
Monticello, Ia
Monarch
Onarch
Sunkist
Pimentoes
Monarch Tomato
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