Signs of the Zodiac At Iowa State and Basketball Origins
The article notes bronze zodiac signs at Iowa State College AmesEntrance, praises the idea and mentions Drake University president Morehouse. It covers Des Moines corned beef from South America via Swift and Iowa Packing. It recalls basketball origins by James Naismith and lists Drake schedule and Gov Hammill urging home industries with Iowa factories nearly 80 000 workers and 169 million dollars in 1928 manufactured products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Morehouse
Drake University
Des Moines
South America
Iowa
Swift
Iowa Packing Company
Drake
Penn and Simpson
St. Louis
México
Creighton
State University of Iowa
Oklahoma Aggies
Grinnell
Marquette
Washington
Drake Field House
Forest Avenue
James Naismith
Springfield
Massachusetts
Naismith
John Hammill
American Association For the Advancement of Science
D. W. Morehouse
Weather Bureau to Release Hydrogen Balloons for Upper Air Study
C D Reed director of the weather bureau uses small hydrogen balloons to study cloud height. Balloons five feet in diameter will rise from Sioux City and Davenport with instrument baskets parachuting to ground. A finder returns basket to post office for a $5 reward amid record cloudy weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Reed
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Davenport
Reed
Northwestern Bell Plans 1930 Iowa Expansion
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Co of Iowa will invest about 6 million dollars in 1930 to extend and improve facilities across the state. H. Conger, the company’s Iowa general manager, said long distance centers rural areas and cities will all benefit with 20 000 miles of wire added 4 000 miles of open copper wire replacing 1 300 miles of open iron wire and 1 250 miles of pole lines reinforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
H. ©. Conger
Iowa
Prediction of Iowa farmland prices rise to 260 300 per acre
President Charles E. Cameron of the Iowa state fair board told the state agricultural society he expects land prices to reach 260 to 300 dollars per acre in five years. He noted Alta in Buena Vista county as his home and cited recent sales in that area at those figures.
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Iowa
Charles E. Cameron
Iowa State Fair Board
State Agricultural Society
Cameron
Alta
Buena Vista County
Hawkeye Cement to Install Mammoth Crusher for 175000 Tons
Earlham Iowa reports Hawkeye Cement of Des Moines will set up a mammoth crusher at a local quarry to fill a state highway contract. Output, about 175000 tons or 3600 carloads, funds cement for next year highway expansion. Also notes new secondary road law requires cash poll taxes of 4 dollars from rural residents starting January 1, not affecting towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlham
Madison County
Hawkeye Cement Company
Des Moines
State Highway Commission
J. G. Lucas
Madrid
Boone County
Severe Thanksgiving hailstorm hits Keokuk county fields
Eyewitness Mr Richardson describes a brief ten minute storm north of Keota in Keokuk county. Dark skies and green streaks signaled hail which covered ground and piled inches deep. Large stones and strong wind threatened crops earlier in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Keokuk County
Richardson
Iowa Teachers Salaries Funded by Citizens Totals
Iowa residents contributed 40 522 593 01 to pay the salaries of twenty five thousand eight hundred forty two teachers who instructed seven hundred thirteen thousand six hundred eight children aged five to twenty one last year, according to county superintendent reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Cotton tails and beans and science in Des Moines era
The article notes ongoing rabbit meat demand despite a scare about a finger wound spreading disease. It highlights Courtney Produce’s record cotton-tails shipments to Chicago, Mesquakie Indian bean farming profits, a large AAAS convention in Des Moines, luxuries for veterans in Knoxville hospital, and local unit fundraising and charity efforts with multiple towns contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Courtney Produce Company
Farmington
van Buren County
Chicago
Clutch turmoil reveals blue racer snake remains
In Dexter, Grovee’s Whippet lost clutch power when a five foot blue racer snake was found inside the clutch housing. Jim Fry disassembled the unit and discovered the snake, ending the mechanical mystery behind the failure.
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Grovee
Sulgrove
Dexter
Jim Fry
Jim
Unusual Fredericksburg Legion meeting hosts wartime veterans
Lloyd L. Updycke of New Hampshire recounts a Fredericksburg gathering where about twenty men who served in German and Austrian armies attended the county Legion event. He notes that wartime animosities faded as time and reason fostered a friendly, comradeship filled meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd L. Updycke
New Hampton
Chickasaw County
Fredericksburg
MaplecrestTurkey Farm Supplies President and Dignitaries
A. C. Gingerich of Maplecrest turkey farm near Wellman Washington County sent a fine turkey to President and Mrs Hoover for Thanksgiving. He also remembered Governor and Mrs Hammill and Congressmen and Mrs Letts. Maplecrest is among the state's largest turkey farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Gingerich
Maplecrest
Wellman
Washington County
Hoover
John Hammill
Letts
Boy’s Kite Contact With Power Wire Ruled Caused Death
Kingsley tragedy led to a supreme court ruling that the boy’s act caused the fatal contact with the live electricity line. The decision bars his estate from recovery and warns against kite flying with copper wire or wet twine that can conduct electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley
Supreme Court
Electric Company
Evergreen trees flow to Des Moines stores for city decorations
Eight car loads of evergreen trees arrived in Des Moines via commission houses for retail distribution in the Des Moines area. City decorations in the loop district required 14 tons of evergreens, highlighting the national waste in forestry from such yearly embellishments.
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Des Moines
Loop
Thanksgiving Menu Covers For Des Moines Sailors
Miss Bess Park director of the Junior Red Cross of Des Moines receives a letter from Lieutenant Commander C. P. Mc Featers of the U S S Bruce thanking the Des Moines Junior Red Cross for aiding Thanksgiving plans for officers and sailors. Local high school students hand blocked and hand colored covers for the menus and shipped to the boat in late October.
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Miss Bess Park
Junior Red Cross of
Des Moines
C. P. McFeaters
U.S. Navy
U.5
S. Bruce
Highway strip connects Iowa and Missouri improving detours
A three mile paving strip on federal Highway 89 in Harrison County Missouri, completed December 8, links Iowa concrete with Missouri surfaced road, ending a troublesome summer detour. In Manchester Delaware County world’s first creamery is noted, and Thorpe near Manchester opens Hill Crest cheese factory run by T D May with T J Freeman in charge, processing 4500-6000 pounds of milk daily to yield 500-700 pounds of cheese, with whey reused for farmers.
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Des Moines
Kansas City
Harrison County
Iowa
Missouri
Manchester
Delaware County
Fred Herman
Thorpe
T. D. May
Hill Crest
T. J. Freeman
Wisconsin
Napoleon's rise and royal naming custom described
The text explains how Napoleon began using his full name as a citizen and soldier of France and later adopted the single imperial name. It notes similar practices among rulers like Wilhelm II and Nicholae, and mentions family names such as Hohenzltern and Romanoff, which are rarely used to refer to rulers.
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Napoleon
France
Wilhelm II
Germany
Nicholae
Rungin
Hohenzaltern
Romanoff
Hein
Mountains Weigh Less as They Rise In Gravity Study
Cincinnati report explains that gravity varies by location and that high mountains appear lighter due to density and pressure differences. Dr Walter H Bucher of the University of Cincinnati notes rocks once part of seas, eruptive heat and subsurface topography complicate weight measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Walter H. Bucher
Graduate School of Arts and Science
University of Cincinnati
Doctor Bucher
Bucher
Belgium Maintains Lovers Fair in Arlon Belgium
Arlon, Belgium keeps the biannual Lovers Fair in Luxem burg province. At St Nicholas day and after the New Year couples meet, exchange candy then beer and sausages, and finally announce engagement with plans to wed within weeks.
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Arlon
Belgium
Luxemburg
St. Nicholas
Ardennes
King Boris May Wed Now Gets Pay Raise Report
King Boris of Bulgaria reportedly increased his salary and plans to marry Princess Giovanna of Italy. He slashed household expenses, downsized clerical staff, abolished balls and banquets, and curtailed luxuries to balance the royal purse.
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Boris
Sofia
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Italy
New Trees Average Up to 10000 Daily
Farmers in western Canada have planted up to ten thousand trees daily in the prairie belt over the last 27 years. Since 1901 the Canadian government distributed 105 million trees to treeless farms in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Shelter belts boost land value by about $1000 per farm by protecting crops and stock.
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Winnipeg
Mun
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Burning needle trick stops onion tears says Hull Daily Mail
Hull Daily Mail highlights a scientific curiosity claiming a burning needle pressed between the front teeth prevents watering eyes while peeling onions. The note presents the tip as one of the year’s great discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
England
Hull Daily Mail
Moon Gravity Compared To Earth
A note from American Magazine explains gravity on the moon is one sixth that on Earth. A person weighing 180 pounds on Earth would weigh about 30 pounds on the moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Magazine
Painfully True Says Mr Edgar Wallace About Misdeeds
A remark quotes Edgar Wallace noting few benefit from misdeeds though some American song writers are doing quite well in London. The line contrasts moral caution with cultural success in an urbane tone.
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Edgar Wallace
Puneh
London
Song of Echoes From the Kingdom of Souls
Poetic lines recall a distant musician and a lover as a voice echoes through a vale. The speaker likens their voices to one and hears a faint answering call from a kingdom of souls, expressing rapture and longing.
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Kingdom of Souls
T. Moore
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Argentina
Towa
Belle Telephone
George Young Bear
Tama County
Filbert
Government Hospital
Knoxville
Dorothy Gerney
Waverly
Fred Johnson
Clarion
Red Cross
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Dubuque
Eldora
Cascade
Everett A. Place
Dallas County
William Sul
Kansas
George Lippold, Jr
Avoca
National Artillery
Ergo Sosbaker
Eighteenth Field Artillery
Fort Des Moines
United States
Edgar A. Sirmyer
Iosbaker
Louis Tosbaker
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
West Point
American Legion
President Hoover
Navy
Highway
Russia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Matthiessen
Auto & Supply
J. B. Zimmerman
D. E. Kehoe
Monticello
Guernsey
McCormick-Deering
Ray McAleer
L. P. Waddick
Monticello State Bank
V.F.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Powder River
U. S. Signal Corps
Memorial Building
Opera House
Ricklefs
Frank Locher
Snow
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