Record Dry Iowa Rivers Sparking Water Shortage
The Des Moines river and other central streams reach record low levels prompting concern over water shortages. Wells are drying up, stock hauls increase, and residents haul water from hydrants as drought affects households and farms across the region. In Decorah a Civil War era flag with 35 stars was found behind hardware store displays, preserved with inscription honoring Lincoln and Hamlin. Ames registrar reports 980 student license plates issued since September, indicating heavy campus auto use by students within fifty miles who commute from home. Des Moines lies within the reported radius.
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Des Moines
Walnut Street
Decorah
Winneshiek County
United States
H. J. Bidne
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Ames
Bridge Franchise Granted for McGregor River Crossing
President Hoover signed legislation giving Judge W. L. Eichendorf authority to build a bridge across the river at McGregor after months of negotiations. Construction will start in a few weeks once plans and specifications approved by Iowa and Wisconsin highway authorities.
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Hoover
Congress
W. L. Eichendorf
McGregor
Fichendorf
Iowa
Wisconsin
Egg age inquiry sparks Iowa egg shipment tale
John W. Moffett notes in Eldora that in 1929 Dan Tabor shipped eggs to Chicago with his son Carroll’s name on one, a Jan 123 letter from Herald M. Knauber of Baldwinsville, NY arriving to Carroll, and eggs then received at a Seneca hotel. Representative Durant proposes a state game law amendment about catching pheasants destroying crops and whether they may be eaten.
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John W. Moffett
Eldora
Hardin County
Dan Tabor
Hubbard
Iowa
Tabor
Chicago
Mr. Tabor
Carroll
Carroll Tabor
Herald M. Knauber
Seneca
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Durant
Hancock County
General Assembly
Clive
Farmers and wildlife and wartime tales in Iowa articles
The report covers pheasant control in Hancock and Page counties with birds shipped to a state reserve, a $170 per acre sale for Alvin Sunderman Farm and a drought adjusted husking contest, notable speakers for the Iowa Tuberculosis association meeting, harsh Arkansas famine contrasts, Fred S. Robinson’s Hot Springs note, a Red Cross critique, and Leo William Kelly to receive a WWII Marine Corps citation for Soissons actions where he briefly led his company after officers fell.
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Webster County
Arkansas
Calhoun County
Page County
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Armour
Des Moines
Red Cross
Alvin Sunderman
Wallaces
Grundy County
Fred S. Robinson
Ocelwein
Fayette County
Hot Springs
Ark
Oldfield
Congress
Iowa
Russia
China
Leo William Kelly
Osage
United States Marine Corps
France
War Department
Kelly
Soissons
Local Socials and Creamery Report From Sand Spring
Suits of visits across Langworthy Monticello Anamosa and Spring Valley mark a busy social week in the Sand Spring area. A Farmers Mutual Creamery annual report for 1931 shows a net loss and detailed butterfat and butter production figures. H. E. Chaplin was elected director as Patrons vote to join the Town Creameries association and fund a nationwide advertising campaign.
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Fred Egger
Minburn
Dean Morton
Morton
Helen Egger
J. L. Batchelder
John Batchelder
Langworthy
Lester Wilson
Near Ryan
Dave Wilson
George Turnis
George Arduser
Dubuque
Jing Haverly
Anamosa
Leslie Bright
Joyce
George Bright
Spring Valley
Clarence Wilson
Clifford Arduser
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Sand Spring
H. E. Chaplin
Esg
Creamery Egg Handling Rises From Earlier Year
The creamery reported 2,730 cases of eggs handled, up from 1,273 in the prior year 1929 figures show growth in egg processing operations.
Richland Center Social Events Highlight Busy Week
Richland center residents attended homecomings and anniversaries across town last week. Members added to local groups included Mildred Behrends while dignitaries and families hosted friends at Cedar Rapids Monticello and Chicago visits.
Community Celebrates Burr Birthday and Local Events
Thirty friends surprised Castle Grove resident E F Burr for his fortieth birthday last Thursday evening. A farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dunn took place at the K P hall in Anamosa. Local farm bureau activities and meetings filled the week with visits from Cedar Rapids and Monticello residents and a Buck Creek Milroy farm sale drawing farmer attendance.
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E. F. Burr
W. D. McLaughlin
Willie Behrends
Leslie Dunn
K. P. Hall
Anamosa
Jones County
Leona Behrends
S. M. Hosford
Jones County Farm Bureau
Milroy
Buck Creek
W. F. Hintz
Thomas F. Kehoe
Kremers
Prairieburg Social Roundup Includes Visits and Fairs
Prairieburg residents travel to Iowa City for visits while Ruth Randall returns to Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Marquiss leaves St Paul after a month with her mother Mrs Stock. Mrs. Woodward and Harold visit Cedar Rapids. The Hills plan to move from Randall home. Agnes Holub returns from Anamosa. Eighth grade tests held at the high school. Merle Allender to sell farm machinery as he quits farming. A masked ball at the movie building proves a success with Katie Kula an angel and Edward Kula as Satan winning first prize. second goes to Mrs. Raymond Power and sister as nurses. The event will recur February 17.
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Will Crosby
H. D. Conklin
Iowa City
Ruth Randall
Cedar Rapids
Francis Marquiss
St. Paul
Josephine Stock
Woodward
Harold
J. D. Hills
Randall
Edward Kula
Raymond Power
Thompson
Clock that speaks time integrates clock radio phonograph
A new talking clock invention combines a talking clock, radio and phonograph in a grandfather case. It speaks hours and half hours and can deliver a greeting like Good morning six o clock, using a dynamic speaker and electric radio receiver. London Mall.
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London Mall
Mayo boyhood to Mayo Clinic founder path
A thirteen year old William J. Mayo assisted in an operation under his father Dr. William Mayo, foreshadowing a career that would lead to the Mayo Clinic. Born in 1861 in Le Sueur Minnesota, Mayo grew amid frontier medicine and stagecoach dreams before studying at the University of Michigan and shaping a medical lineage that culminated in founding a world famous hospital.
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William J. Mayo
William TI. Mayo
West
England
Young Mayo
le Sour
Minn
Rochester
William
Minnesota
Will
Little
Prairie Settlement
Mayo
Niles Academy
University of Michigan
Iito
William Mayo
Charles HW. Mayo
Noth
Chartes
Mayos
Mayo Clinic
Sisters of St. Pranels
Vietina
North American Newspaper Alliance
Trade Congestion in Council Bluffs
The man living by the road faces difficulty in hitching rides as traffic lines build up. Sweet potatoes are higher in food value than white potatoes, offering more protein and vitamins.
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Council Bluffs
Communism Not the Solution in Opinion Roundup
Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman notes that no one favors the Russian plan to fix unemployment. The column cites Augustine on distrust as a factor in friendships. It also reports Russia's distress over exodus of 7 000 Mennonites from Moscow and recalls ancestors seeking religious freedom 100 to 200 years ago.
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Fwe
Ransna
Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman
Russia
Moscow
Monticello
Ankeny
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J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Iowa State College
Mississippi River
A. B. Holland
Essex
John Royer
Louisa County
County Poor Fund
County Road Fund
Dan W. Turner
Henry Boswell
Sanatorium
Miss
National Tuberculosis Association
I. C. Riggin
New York
American Heart Association
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Fort Des Moines
Iowa Sanatorium Association
Iowa Heart Association
Oelwein Man
Richland Center
George Burrichter
Richland Rustic Rustlers
Eunice Buel
Lorraine Hein
George L. Buol
Mildred Behrends
Margaret Wismeiler
Leonard
Joyce Wismeier
B. T. Balcar
Cedar Rapds
Margaret
Fred W. Hein
Mr. Hein
Will Balsiger
John Null
Joe Kiburz
Kiburz
Herman Schneider
Howard
Geo. Korman
Isaac Schneider
Leo Kane
Jake Metzenberg
Frank Kiburz
Scotch Grove
Chris Decker
Carl Schneiter
Richard Renk
Lawrence Glenn
Roundup
Montana
Henry L. Wismeier
John Buol
Edward Buol
Martin
Viola
Will Huesch
John Yossi
Lucile
Dolores
George
L. Buol
Herbert
Luella
James
Minnie Rickless
Castle Grove
Prairieburg
Yrevel Hall
Annapolis
Carvel Hall
Prince George Street
William Pores
Maryobind
Santa Claras
Robertson Bros
Rite-Way Grocery
NEW International
R. H. Balster Farm Equip
Monticello, Iowa
Augustine
God
Holland
Chester White
Oak Grove Farm
Manchester
Howard L. Cook
Mgr
C. Evans
North English
Banta Hopkins
Aucts
Grand Opera
Acast of
World Family
TARS
Shrine
Oder
Ours
To & Surene Temple
Fowa
Portable
Portable Milling CO
Olin
Fea
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