National Meat Story contest eyed by Iowa schools
High school home economics teachers announce the Fifth National Meat Story contest sponsored by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. About 14 000 girls last year from all states contested with prizes and scholarships to boost home economics. The 15 March deadline and a judging panel of college home economics directors are noted. Iowa girls have previously played a key role. In another item a Brookings paper recalls an 1872 uncashed check from Corning Iowa for 14 50, found on a traveling man in Brookings. The mystery remains unsolved.
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United States
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Iowa
Brookings
South Dakota
Dakota
C. BE. Poole
Corning
George A. Morse
James Munns
State Farm Bureau members dispute press readings on road bond resolution
The State Farm Bureau Federation defends a state meeting resolution opposing bond issues for primary road improvement unless all debt is paid from primary road funds. It calls for a statewide survey and a $100 million cap on outstanding bonds, with no new direct property tax. The report also notes long shipments of onions from St Ansgar and a 1927 peak in freight carloads.
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State Farm Bureau Federation
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County
Iowa
Miles K. Culver
St. Ansgar Station
Air mail route eyed from Minneapolis to Moline via Mason City
Enthusiasts in Waterloo and Mason City held a meeting in Mason City to discuss a new air mail line linking north Iowa cities. The plan would tie the potential route to a trans continental air route and the Chicago Dallas mail, with expansion toward Mexico and South America. The Dallas route tracks the San Francisco line to Moline, then heads southeast across Iowa toward an emergency landing field near Bloomfield.
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Minneapolis
Moline
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dallas
Texas
Ield
Bloomfield
Mail routed from Chicago train to New York line
A letter traveling on the Rock Island line from Des Moines to Chicago is transferred to a Dallas mail plane at Moline and then sent to Chicago where it joins the New York line. The letter reaches the eastern metropolis by 6:00 a.m.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Des Moines
Dallas
Moline
New York
A. Hammond
Des
Moines
Police arrest totals and jail figures for Des Moines in 1927
Des Moines police records show 8 427 arrests in 1927 up from 8 776 the prior year. Booze related arrests fell from 2 490 in 1926 to 2 342 in 1927. Prisoners lodged in jail dropped by 653 from 1926 to 1927. Traffic arrests reached 2 316. Hoboes used lodging facilities 1 178 times in 1927 and 795 times in 1926.
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Des Moines
State Treasury Payouts in 1927 Reach $52.9 Million
The 1927 state disbursements totaled 52 869 506 37 with the primary road fund as the second largest item at 13 104 291 93. The general revenue fund exceeded the road outlay by about 4 million dollars.
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General Revenue Fund
Des Moines River Seine Hauls 55000 Pounds Of Fish
A quarter mile long seine pulled under the ice at the mouth of the Des Moines river yielded 55 000 pounds of soft fish mainly buffalo. The catch came from Alexandria on the Missouri side of the stream.
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Des Moines
Alexandria
Missouri
Drake University students earn over three hundred thousand
Mrs. Psyche M. Gooden head of Drake University employment bureau Des Moines reports 800 students worked in 1927 earning 225413. 286 worked for room and board in fraternities sororities homes and various institutions. Including bible college student preachers and independent workers the total earnings likely exceed 300000 annually.
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Psyche M. Gooden
Drake University
Des Moines
Bible College
Bureau
Gooden
Lawmakers push corn sugar bill for nonlabel use
Cyrenus Cole and Senator Capper advocate a bill allowing corn sugar in preserv ing and baking without a specific label. The reform aims to avoid public misbelief that corn sugar denotes adulteration.
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Cyrenus Cole
Congress
Iowa
Senator Capper
Kansas
Highway Commission to Inspect State in Special Bus
The state highway commission will conduct inspection trips across the state in a comfortable motor bus. The bus seats the entire commission, the chief engineer, and other inspection party members with six revolving wicker chairs, three folding chairs, plus separate driver and passenger compartments. Lighting facilities allow on road business after dark.
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State Highway Commission
Audubon High Plans Chicago National Orchestra Tryout
Five Audubon high school orchestra members seek membership in a 230 piece national high school orchestra to tour Chicago for a week in April. Applicants include Ian Welch Jane Meinkey Margaret Benson Mary Louise Sampson and Margaret Fullerton. Benson previously played in a 200 piece national high school symphony in Detroit 1926. Directors include Frederick Stock known for leading the Thomas orchestra.
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Audubon High School Orchestra
Chicago
Ian Welch
Jane Meinkey
Margaret Benson
Mary Louise Sampson
Margaret Fullerton
Frederick Stock
Thomas Orchestra
Pneumonia Season Warns of February Peak and Precautions
State health commissioner Dr Henry Albert warns pneumonia rises in winter with deaths peaking in February and early March. He notes 1926 pneumonia deaths in Iowa reached 1811 and 1927 likely under 1500, urging prevention, reporting, concurrent disinfection, limiting visitors, and careful care during convalescence.
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Henry Albert
Towa
Department of Health
Board of Health
State Department
District Farm Bureau To Meet In Cedar Rapids
The Fifth District Farm Bureau meeting will be held at Cedar Rapids on Tuesday Feb 7 on the first floor of the Y M C A building. Readings include an Address of Welcome by C B Michel Linn county president and a program covering legislative development service department insurance projects 4 H clubs township meetings and an organization plan led by local farm bureau leaders. The article also notes funeral services for Mrs Jeremiah Donovan at Independence.
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District Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
B. H. Neal
Mount Vernon
C. B. F. Michel
Linn County Farm Bureau
Washington
Chas. E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
E. N. Neal
State Federation
W. C. Sheets
W. D. Miller
Grundy Center
L. W. Plager
Ruth Wester
Marshall County
Clare Nichols
Jeremiah Donovan
Independence
Ireland
America
New York City
Buchanan County
Farmers Union condemns crop forecasts shaping market prices
Farmers Union resolutions in several counties denounce Department of Agriculture crop estimates used to move markets. The issue cites butter prices rising nationwide after a Danish import in New York and notes a farm in Iowa reporting muskrat profits. Milford hosts an Oak Charter exhibit linked to Hartford’s Charter Oak legend.
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Department of Agriculture
Farmers Union
Gov. Lowden
New York City
New York
United States
Charles A. Hacke
Lone Tree
Johnson County
Tom LaVera
Iowa City
Louisa County
Mr. LaVora
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Oklahoma
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Walrath
Cresco Creamery
Cole
Highway Commission
Audubon Girls
Sioux Falls
Milford
Dickinson County
Thomas Walpole
Adking
Wr. H. Roberts
Cincinnati
Cowse
Hartford
Conn
King. James
Wirt
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Libby
Williams
California
Jane
Sun Maid
Santa Clara
Japan
Monarch
Brazil
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Baltimore
Stuhlers’ Grocery
Monticello
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