Iowa Treasurers Records Show Vehicle Revenues And County Bonds
The 1929 Iowa records show 799000 motor vehicles and total highway funds of 18594437 dollars for primary road improvements including federal aid and gasoline tax allocations. County bonds outstanding total 60704000 with four counties facing insufficient pro rata funds Polk Scott Linn Black Hawk. Independence council approves 45000 dollars in Liberty bonds plus tax millage 16 to keep city tax exempt. light rate cut to nine cents per kilowatt. A scarlet tanager winters near Oresco and is fed by Rev Normann and family.
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Polk
Scott, Linn
Black Hawk
Supreme Court
Oresco
Howard County
Minnesota Line
L. P. Barth
Rev. H. M. Normann
Mr. Normann
Independence
Buchanan County
W. F. Miller
Municipal Light and Water
Snow Goose from Federal Preserve Visits Grundy Center
A snow white goose landed at Mr and Mrs Henry Brumms home and was captured after injury. A leg band marked U S 351 showed it came from a federal game preserve and was registered for breeding. Bathing facilities at Pine Creek state park boost its popularity in Eldora Hardin county.
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Grundy Center
Henry Brumm
Pine Creek State Park
Eldora
Hardin County
M. L. Hutton
State Board of Conservation
Ledges
Backbone State Park
Pine Creek Park
Community Builders of North Iowa Organizes at Mason City
A group named Community Builders of North Iowa forms at Mason City to aid Henderson of Shreveport Louisiana in a campaign against chain stores over KWKH. Membership is limited to residents of eight northern Iowa counties. Headquarters will open with a paid secretary and speakers to promote the Henderson idea using radio programs.
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The
Community Builders of
North Iowa
Mason City
Chickasaw
Floyd
Worth
Mitchell
Winnebago
Hancock
Franklin
Cerro Gordo
Henderson
Shreveport
KWKH
Red Oak Young Ladies at School in Edinburgh
Red Oak residents Miss Jo Wilder and Miss Fulton study at the University of Edinburgh. Wilder writes Frank Bell about local customs and dorm life, noting a costly feather quilt, genuine ciderdowns, and a class of about 125 in literature. Foot stamping signals approval among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Wilder
Fulton
Red Oak
University of Edinburgh
Wilder
Frank Bell
Foot Shuffling Encouraged by University Lecturer
Students at the university show approval by shuffling their feet, a practice noted as in good standing. The lecturer loses his place in notes but is pleased when an illustration provokes stamping their feet in approval.
Boone county shifts on highway policy and memory
Governor Hammill faces criticism for reversing highway plans while residents recall past stances. J G Lucas recalls candidates favoring paved roads were punished decades ago, and a Boone County state senator who opposed limited improvements later supported the modern highway program, aligning with constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammill
J. G. Lucas
Madrid
Boone County
Adams County Horses Shipped By Express
A. L. Gauthier reports twenty nine head of Adams County graft horses shipped from Corning to Canton Ohio for sale to farmers. The Burlington express car held three sections and was hauled by No 2 Chicago passenger train. W G Egler arranged the shipment. one roan team weighing over 3900 brought 485 dollars. Express charges exceeded 450 dollars.
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A. L. Gauthier
Adams County
Corning
Canton
Ohio
Burlington Express
Chicago
W. G. Egler
Egler
Rehabilitation and Vocational Education in Iowa Progress
The Iowa rehabilitation service started June 1 1921 allied with vocational training. Since then 508 cases closed with trainees earning an average 24.54 weekly and 471 on the roll, 113 in training. Qualified to permanent positions average yearly earnings 1227, with expected life earnings 47239.50 and total yearly expenditure 32659.30. Night games drive lighting tests at Drake Stadium for upcoming season. A March 20 22 state basketball tournament at Drake field house will award a silver cup for sportsmanship from Des Moines hotel men.
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Iowa
Congress
44Th General Assembly
Towa
Drake Field House
Des Moines
Secretary of State records low cost per mile for state cars
Ed Smith demonstrates that state service automobiles operated at a net cost of three and a third cents per mile. The motor vehicle division tracked twelve medium weight cars from October 10, 1928, to December 31, 1929, totaling $7,330.24 in costs over 218,593 miles. Costs include oil gas parts labor tires depreciation and storage with each car recorded separately.
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Ed Smith
Des Moines Butter Plants Output 1929 Reported
John D. Adams reports Des Moines butter plants produced 7,904,309 pounds in 1929 a gain of 564,785 from 1928. The survey shows 633,387 gallons of ice cream and 2,964,375 pounds of condensed milk. Total milk producer payments by six local creameries and dairies were 4,381,064 dollars. Communicating with airplanes becomes possible with proper receiving gear at Grinnell airport enabling weather and field condition messages to be sent to distant ports.
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John D. Adams
Des Moines
W. G. Ray
Grinnell
Ohl
Transcontinental airway telegraph aids air safety
Government uses a printer like a typewriter to relay messages on tape through transcontinental routes. Operators can reach forty words a minute, sending direct to planes in flight from fields equipped with radio broadcasting sets, improving safety for mail and passenger flights.
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Cago
Sterling
Scotch Grove Community Notes From Centerville Area
The last all day Women's Community club meeting convened with Mrs. Albert Schrader. New officers named for the year, Edison article read, money lesson taught, and a 108-word word-building contest won by Miss Kathleen Hughes. Celebrations marked Schrader anniversary with lunch. Church and parish notes, radio program antics with baby chicks, and upcoming Presbyterian and Sunbeam Mission activities. Local visits, relocations, and farm news accompany social rounds through Scotch Grove and Center Junction.
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Women's Community Club
Albert Schrader
L. J. Schlemme
M. M. Sinclair
Kathleen Hughes
Schrader
W. B. Henrichs
Jesse Tomlinson
Johnsontown
W. G. Smith
Center Junction
Trinity Congregation
H. J. Dirks
J. B. Brokens, Jr
Theodore Behrends
Wesley Hanken
LeRoy Dirks
WLS
Presbyterian Church
Sunbeam Mission Band
D. O. Sinclair
W. S. Eby
Richard
Harold
Will Winans
Monticello
Winans
H. A. Loomis
E. Beyer
Marie Lewis
Dubuque
Loomis
Jack Lange
Willis Rickels
J. W. Callahan
Rickels
F. W. Royden
F. D. Sinclair
Iowa City
Ben Thuman
Edna
Louis
John Null
August Husman
Jack Maire
Ben Eileen
Bates Farm
Scotch Grove
R. A. Naylor
W. B. Clark
Ruth
Alice
Everett Stickley
Iowa Book News and Library Campaign in Black Hawk County
Iowa Library association undertakes a drive to fund a county library demonstration in Black Hawk county during 1930 and 1931. The plan seeks 1000 to 1500 memberships from librarians trustees and prominent citizens to finance the project and expand library access statewide.
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Iowa Library Associations
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Iowa Library Association
D. S. Humeston
Albin
Mae M. Clark
Dubuque
Irving Richman
Muscatine
Elizabeth Walpole
Storm Lake
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
Monticello
WHO
Des Moines
Forrest B. Spaulding
Almanac Owned by German Opera Singer from Eberfield
A small almanac measuring one quarter by one half inch is owned by a German opera singer residing in Eberfield. The discovery highlights a tiny collectible tied to a performer of German opera.
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Eberfield
Germany
One Dish Winter Meals For Quick Balanced Dining
A housewives guide to one dish recipes that save time by cooking together in a hot oven. Menu No 1 combines pot roast with vegetables and poor man's rice pudding. Steps include searing meat, adding seasonings and water, then baking until tender, with vegetables arranged around the roast.
Vegetable Chop Suey Recipe Mix with Beets and Beans
A recipe instructs to cook beets carrots onions turnips and string beans. Mix dry ingredients with butter then blend in meat stock and flour cook until thick pour over the vegetables and heat through.
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Strange Bird
North Town
Grundy County
Edinburgh
Drake Stadium
Western Baseball League
Iowa Book News For
People
Library News
Mildred Othmer Peterson
Library Notes
Wednesday Club
Centerville
J.M. Beck
Rose A. O'Connor
Sioux City
Troy
Columbus
King Arthur
Iowa State College Library
WOI
Ames
Stickford
Nabiscos
C. W
Santos
Rickless’ Grocery
Milly
Darling
Northwestern Stock Yards
Anamosi
Standing Rock Horse Co
Stuhlers
John Dill Robertson
Northwestern Health Journal
Shomont Dairy
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