Electric Company Observes Iowa R E A Week
Iowa rural electrification advances mark Farm Electrification Week. By August 26, 95 percent of farms gain electricity, with REA coops and private utilities expanding lines since 1923. Officials praise power’s role in defense era output and rural modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utilities
REA
Census Bureau
Grover C. Neff
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Feff
St. Paul
Red Wing
Yuba City
California
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Allan B. Kline
Farm Bureau Federation
Beef Feeders To Hold Fall Meeting At Oxford Junction
The Jones County Beef Producers Association schedules its fall meeting for Thursday evening September 6 at 8 p.m. in the Oxford Junction schoolhouse. Main speaker is Robert E. Hamilton, secretary manager of the Sand Hills Cattle Association of Valentine Nebraska. Free lunch provided by Genuine Pfister dealers. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Beef Producers Association
Oxford Junction
Robert E. Hamilton
Sand Hills Cattle Association
Valentine
Nebraska
Genuine Pfister
Dunkaboy dunking act draws crowds at county fair
Charley Daniels of Hazlehurst Mississippi performs in the Dunkaboy stand owned by Jack Lindsey. A wooden arm drops Daniels into heated water when struck, with a seven foot drop and plexiglass shield. The act dates from Texas and moved north. Lindsey Jr. notes show history and local reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Daniels
Hazle Hurst
Mississippi
Daniels
Lindsey
Jack Lindsey
Jack
Robert R. Lecocq
Lecox
Lecocy
Charley
U.S
Lindsey, Jr
Jack, Jr
Dad
Life changes at the fair and a doctor’s push to quit smoking
A Monticello visit ends with a hospital stay and a doctor urging Jack Sr to quit smoking. He quits, gains weight, and later runs concession stands at the Texas state fair with 63 stalls and 19 rides. The Iowa State Fair moves the Dunkaboy stand to Des Moines for opening day, while a note mentions government duties of the U.S. Secret Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dad
Jack
Jack, Sr
Lindsey
Jones County
Des Moines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello Black Panthers
Harold Schugart
Schugart
American Legion
Legion Park
Cascade, Iowa
Howdy Roberts
WMT
Uncle Elmer
All the Gang
WMT Barn Dance
Dyersville
Worthington
Cascade
Legion Auxiliary
Iowa Typewriter Exchange
First Avenue
Kresge’s
Cedar Rapids
United States
Panama Canal
Brooklyn Bridge
International Harvester
Grand Street
Express
Presbyterian Church
Dunkaboy
Georgia
Highway
Congress
U. S
U. S. Secret Service
Farley Raceway
Iowa
Tax Inc
Hawkeye Downs
Ce-Mar Acres
The
Championship Stock Car Racing Association
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Fordomatic Ford
Fordomatic
Fordamatic
Ford
F.ciac
Schuetz Motors, Incorporated
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!