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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
1
Local paper discusses drowning dangers and swimming habits, urges caution near water. It notes political contest for senator with Dickinson and Hammill, comments on Iowa farming relief chair Legge selection, and a Chicago damage suit where a woman won $25,000.
Des Moines writer Wm R Cunningham of Storm Lake, brother of Edward Cunningham, authored the poem quoted by Senator Nye during a farm relief bill debate. First published in 1922 Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, it later appeared in the Congressional Record and many newspapers without credit.
A ceremony in Milford Dickinson county saw a marble tablet set in the school addition. Donor W G Adkins and committee members J L Wildes Vy R S Davis and Charlies Ty Mauss oversaw the placement. The stone was sealed in a pottery box with a statement of the facts for future generations.
Warren County lies at the northwest corner under the Kansas City branch of the Chicago Great Western the county’s main line. It relies on C B Q Rock Island and Wabash branches for rail service and taxes from railways fund twelve of sixteen townships while four remain untouched. Monument tales cite boom era stock schemes near Des Moines including abandoned Wabash buildings and tire plant ruins. Tomato growing expands in eastern towns with Heinz baskets staged for marketing and Clover crops thrive. New Goodhouse laws place barbecue and dance hall licenses under township trustees with set closing times as gasoline tax receipts climb by a million dollars.
The calendar year receipts from two departments are estimated at 20 million dollars. Gasoline tax collections for the fiscal year ending Saturday totaled 9,224,829.76 dollars.
The state aviation goodwill tour culminated at Des Moines Municipal Airport on Saturday June 29 with 38 aircraft on display. Henry Ford contributed a large aluminum craft with three engines and three propellers carrying sixteen passengers. Passenger flights sold for 2.50 for 25 miles drawing crowds and revenue.
A clear tree shaped grave marker in a Hubbard Hardin county cemetery marks the resting place of Eli Hoover grandfather of President Hoover. Tourists pause here along the Jefferson highway to view the grave, once home to Eli Hoover and his wives who farmed nearby. An adjacent well kept house is linked to his life and death.
A $100000 briquet plant is to be built in Des Moines to produce 36 tons per hour of coal dust briquets mixed with a binder. The firm says briquets replace chunk coal and reduce clinker production, aiming to keep $60 to $70 million of Iowa coal revenue in state annually.
GEO L. Lovell serves as president with J W Doxsee as vice president and L W Lovell as cashier. The trio appear in the bank’s official roster outlining leadership and financial duties.
Prof John Evward, longtime head of animal husbandry and chief investigator at Iowa State College, resigned last Friday to become vice president of research in cattle sheep and swine at Fort Wayne Indiana.
Henry M. Carpenter named executor of Mary O Rourke deceased by Jones County District Court. Creditors must file sworn claims with the clerk within legal time. debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa July 1 1929. J J Locher attorney for the estate proceedings.
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