Interesting Iowa News Highlights From Jarnagin Column
Mrs. Hazel Hoyt Ott of Cedar Falls and former Guthrie Greene county superintendent leads a National Education association committee on teachers colleges with Boston as headquarters. The Brown hotel Des Moines garage becomes one of three largest U.S. storage facilities with 1250 cars and three stories. Iowa state reports unveil a corn stalk wallboard plant in Dubuque and a new Ames machine to harvest stalks by mowing baling and loading at two acres per hour with a 30 horsepower tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Jarnagin
Iowa
Hazel Hoyt-Ott
Cedar Falls
Guthrie
Greene Counties
South Dakota Normal School
Mitchell
National Education Association Committee of
Teachers’ Colleges
Boston
Mass
National Education Association
Des Moines
United States
Brown
St. Louis
Grand Avenue
Fourth Street
Keosauqua
Louisville
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
Omaha
Philadelphia
Memphis
Salt Lake City
Denver
Dubuque
Agricultural Engineers
Iowa State College
Ames
State Prison Farm to Become Dairy and Creamery at Clive
The Clive state prison farm, seven miles northwest of Des Moines, will convert to a dairy and creamery by March 1. The 782 acre site will add 120 acres leased recently and house about 350 Holstein cows to supply butter for state institutions. Currently 200 cows produce milk sold in Des Moines, with prisoners at Clive being short timers and experienced in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive
Des Moines
Anamosa
Spanish American Veterans Observe Anniversary in Red Oak
On Wednesday night at 9 40 every Spanish American veteran in Red Oak stood at attention for one minute in memory of the men who died when the Maine exploded in Havana harbor thirty years earlier. Ensign Darwin Merritt, a Red Oak youth, was killed in the disaster the only Iowa loss. Relics of the war including Merritt’s personal effects were displayed in a Red Oak store window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redd Oak
Maine
Havana Harbor
Darwin Merritt
Red Oak
Iowa
Market price changes in Oskaloosa and Red Oak from 25 years apart
The record compares old Oskaloosa prices from 25 years ago with Red Oak prices on February 9, 1928. It lists butter, eggs, poultry, grains, hay, beef cattle, hogs, hides and other commodities, noting shifts over time and across locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Stockley
Oskaloosa
Frank Bell
Red Oak
Rhynsburger Dominates U S Egg and Poultry Show
Oskaloosa poultry dealer H S Rhynsburger won five firsts and one second at Chicago's United States Egg and Poultry Society exhibition. Last year he supplied eggs used by President and Mrs Coolidge for Easter on the White House lawn in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Rhynsburger
Oskaloosa
United States Egg and Poultry Society
Chicago
Pageant of Nations celebrates diversity in Cleveland
The Cleveland pageant chose representatives from various nationalities across the United States. Jack Smith, a Des Moines North High graduate, earned 25 dollars for the best record by a Negro student in Des Moines schools. His Cleveland trip was funded by the pageant promoters. A Drake University 1926 graduate also earned honors for scholastic excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Jack Smith
North High
Des Moines
Jack
Drake University
Lincoln Highway Set for Surfacing Across Iowa
The Lincoln highway through Iowa will be fully surfaced by July 1, either by paving or gravel, with contracts let for remaining sections. It runs from Lyons across Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Ames Boone Jefferson Carroll Denison to Council Bluffs linking Des Moines to Davenport and eastward via bonds approved by counties.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Ti- Hnois
Lyons
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ames
Boone, Jefferson
Carroll
Denison
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Town City
Newton
Des Moines
Atlantic
Iowa State College President cites hens boosting income
Raymond H. Hughes told a Des Moines audience that if every Iowa hen laid one more egg this year it could add 600000 dollars to income from eggs. Des Moines egg purchases rose from 1470000 in 1926 to 2100000 in 1927. Poultry value topped one million dollars last year at 1090000 versus 897750 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Hughes
Iowa State College
Ames
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Packing Firms Lead Iowa Hog Market Expansion
Iowa packing houses at Sioux City Mason City Waterloo Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Des Moines drive a large hog market aided by improved highways and motor trucks. Des Moines based Iowa Packing company Swift subsidiary paid farmers and stock men within 75 miles about 12.34 million dollars for cattle and hogs last year, up over 800 thousand from the year before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Packing
Sioux City
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Packing Company
Swift & Company
Township trustees and board join for cooperative road work
Eldora resident H E Moffett notes the third annual meeting of township trustees and county supervisors, begun three years ago to align road policies and foster cooperation. The gatherings have saved time effort and money across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Moffett
Eldora
Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
Local hunting fine tallied for Grunldy County trio
Lon Walker and Leo H Will of Marshalltown shot four pheasants in Grundy county protected by law. Walker fined 200 dollars for two birds and 10 for transporting a gun in a car and 10 for no hunting license plus 20.20 costs totaling 240.20. Will paid 100 dollars per pheasant and 25.15 costs. The total approach near 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon, Walker
Leo H. Will
Marshalltown
Grundy County
Diehl
Walker
Will
Iowa
Powdered Milk Factory to Start in Iowa City
The Globe creamery in Iowa City will begin producing powdered milk around March 1. Milk from dairy herds within thirty miles will supply the plant. Powdered skim milk will serve bakers and candy makers, while powdered buttermilk will mainly feed hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Globe Creamery
Prohibition Praised For Boosting American Auto Ownership
S P McNaught the Towa Anti Sug League superintendent says prohibition has raised workman efficiency and prosperity by increasing car ownership to about one auto per 2.6 people in Iowa. He notes foreign visitors marvel at shops and factories with cars, and contrasts American spending on automobiles radios and appliances with European wages spent at bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
S. P. McNaught
Towa Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
America
Mr. McNaught
Perkins hospital aids crippled children education plan
Iowa leads in rehabilitation provisions under the Haskell Klaus law but lacks schooling for cripples. Civic clubs push a statewide movement to provide education access for crippled children, honoring E C Perkins, late Iowa City institution namesake and former senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins Hospital
Iowa
Iowa City
E. C. Perkins
Delaware
Buchanan
Notable Legislators and a Tragic Death Mentioned
W G Haskell of Linn county served in the senate and died near the end of the last legislative session. S W Klaus of Delaware county represented in the house and was killed crossing a grade crossing by a train on the Illinois Central while in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Haskell
Linn County
Senate
S. W. Klaus
Delaware County
House of Representatives
Illinois Central
Anamosa Eureka Clippings Highlight Local Moves and Incidents
D F Murfield suffered a broken hip after a fall in a Gillen hotel room Monday evening. Clifford L Niles served as a pallbearer in Des Moines for W C Ramsay. Clayton Hartman leaves Anamosa creamery for Witwer Bros Cedar Rapids next Monday. A party including Governor Hammill travels to Vicksburg for Civil War monument dedication then Mardi Gras in New Orleans before returning late next week. Lloyd Zalmer, arrested for a bad check in Anamosa, faces grand jury after bond set at 500. Wallace Hopkins held at county jail after misrepresenting entry to state reformatory. authorities trace his origin to Watertown Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Murfield
Gillen
Clifford L. Niles
Des Moines
W. C. Ramsay
Clayton Hartman
Anamosa Farmers’ Creamery
Witwer Bros. Grocery Company
Cedar Rapids
Hartman
Rigby
Mechanicsville
Grimwood
Oxford Junction
John Hammill
Vicksburg
Iowa
National Cemetery
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Lloyd Zalmer
Monticello
Ray Purcell
Anamosa
Zalmer
Francis Wooley
Anamosa Motor Company
Lowell State Bank
Palmer
Wooley
Justice Whitcombe
Wallace Hopkins
State Reformatory
Baumer
Bodenhofer
Wallace
Watertown
S. D
Honey recipes and Monticello paving bids in 1928 issue
The page lists tested honey cake muffins and cookie formulas from Kellogg Battle Creek and Iowa State College Beekeeping, then publishes an official notice inviting sealed bids for paving streets in Monticello Iowa. Bids due March 8 1928 with bonds of 1000 dollars, plans by Howard R Green Company, and terms of assessment and funding outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Beekeeping
Iowa State College
Monticello
Iowa
City of
Main Street
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company
Third Street
Iowa State Highway Commission
Washington Street
Second Street
Orange Street
Maple Street
Elm Street
Cedar Street
First Street
Farley Street
Gill Street
Park Drive
Howard R. Green Company
Ray Echternacht
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R. H. Balster
Monticello Express
Atwater
Kent
Roberts
Pam
Utah
Span
Weeo
Collier's Hour
Pan
WOC
WHO
WOAY
Wecod
Atwater Kent
Pan WO
Wie
Wow
Capitol Theater
Weco
General Motors
Pan Who
Woe
Woco
Fisk
Vincent Lopes
Voters’ Service
Tomo Pan
Gai
Maxwell Coffee
Pan Wee
Wecoo
Smith Bros
Priday
Sebo Wow
Tiss Franers
Putin
Wal
Bom
Wee Wes CO
Walter
WeeCoo
Phileo Dot
Soo Pan Wow
New York Music Society
Point, Who
Awe
Weed
Pam Wee
Helyious Servier
Wee Co
Spain
Troubadours
Wo CO
Goodrich
Waw
Wor
Arid Hera
TESCO
Weatefee
Lincoln
Dodge Brothers
WCCO
Hoover Sentinels
Sgo
Victor
Ain
Brunswick
Aim
A. C
Frank Locher
Monticello, Iowa
Zenith
FADA
Crosley
Phileco
Radio Shop
Dayton
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