State Parks Planned by Iowa Conservation Board
L H Pammell chair Iowa State Board of Conservation outlines three park types: state regional parks serving multiple counties. lake parks to preserve and access lakes with highways. and highway parks small 25 to 35 acre sites near communities. Oakland offers 15 acres to reach 27 with 50 000 visitors last season. Community parks to allow free camping and wholesome recreation with good water and facilities.
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L. H. Pammell
Iowa
Linn
Hardin
Boone
Henry
Jackson
Webster
Dubuque
Madison
Woodbury
Fremont
Mills
Marion, Lee
Keokuk
Davis
Muscatine
Jones
Harrison
Okoboji
Oakland
Taper Off
The article argues against drastic price cuts and a sudden collapse of economic activity. It urges gradual policy, patience, and adherence to economic law rather than forceful interventions, warning that unemployment and widespread hardship would follow a rapid downturn. It notes the need for work to restore global prosperity.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Reds
Wood is scarce as lumber prices soar and woodwork trends shift
G C Morbeck of Town State College warns lumber has jumped 200 percent in six months with top grades like white oak flooring at about 450 per thousand feet. He urges buyers to match lumber to use, consider lower grades or alternative materials like concrete brick and tile to cut costs and avoid waste.
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G. C. Morbeck
Forestry Department
Town State College
Morbeck
Lincoln education defined by reading and life itself
The Minneapolis Journal argues that Abraham Lincoln was educated not by schools but through reading classics, literature, and life. It credits his self taught study and reflection with preparing him to craft the Gettysburg Address and two inaugurations when crises demanded decisive leadership.
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Minneapolis Journal
Lincoln
President’s illness stirs cautious national mood
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes concern over the president’s illness and diplomatic fragility as the nation braces for the long interim before the 1991 inauguration. The paper warns of possible nervousness through March 4, 1991 and suggests prudent anticipation.
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Cedar Rapids
Coasting Then and Now in a Fatherly Tale
In the New York Evening World a nostalgia piece argues modern sleds with flexible runners change coasting. It contrasts dads old skillful control with today’s easier safer setups, noting the craft of curved turns and balance gave boys a challenging art.
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New York Evening World
Dad
Many Teachers Leave Ames at Iowa State College
The Ames administration faces a serious trend in 1919 with 84 faculty and experiment workers resigning to other lines of work. Salaries offered elsewhere lure trained staff, with several examples of doubled pay. Enrollment remains around 4000 as remaining teachers work double hours to maintain instruction quality.
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Iowa State College
War era housing waste urged to be scrapped
Sioux City Journal argues government housing for wartime clerks is a white elephant. Washington apartments and hospitals were overbuilt with luxury furniture, costing far more to fund than private housing. The paper says only 10 percent of the investment can be recovered and calls to scrap unneeded structures and recoup losses.
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Sioux City Journal
Washington
Danish butter and potatoes to enter American markets at lower prices
The article notes imports of butter and potatoes from Denmark arriving in the United States at prices below those for American products. It explains Danish farming operates on small farms with community machinery, high output, and low costs, aided by depreciation of European currencies and shifting export markets. Farmers fear threats to their livelihoods.
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Sioux City Journal
Denmark
Germany
New York
Sioux City
Iowa
Newspapers face mass closures from rising paper and labor costs
In the last eighteen months about 2000 country dailies and weeklies have gone out of business or merged due to print paper and labor costs. Postwar conditions threaten further price increases and heightened consolidation as publishers fear sustaining production.
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Manchester Press
Lively Americans on Their Birthdays at 75 and 80
The Washington Post lauds Elihu Root and Marie Henry Watterson for their vigor on their birthdays 75 and 80. The piece uses playful praise to imply national vitality and pride in aging public figures.
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Washington Post
Elihu Root
Marie Henry Watterson
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G. P. Rockstad
Sinclair Refining Co
Jones County Savings Bank
Henry W. Jacobs
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Monticello, Iowa
C. H. Schipman
Chicago
Los Angeles
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Association of Railway Executives
Association of Railway Euscutives
Broadway
Thomas A.edison
Edison
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Frank A. Locher
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