Board fills roles as Iowa education budgets rise
At Ames the state board of education elected Eadie Campbell as dean of women at North Des Moines high school on leave to pursue a PhD at Columbia University with Sept 1 start, as Mary McFarland Walker retires after 21 years. State budgets for Iowa State College and Iowa University rise by about 12 million dollars over two years.
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State Board of Education
Ames
Eadie B
Campbell
Vadifser
North Des Moines
Iowa
43D General Assembly
State College
State University of Iowa
New State Teachers College
Iowa Canning and Sac City Merge to Form Major Company
The Iowa Canning company with headquarters at Vinton merges with Sac City to create a million dollar corporation. It becomes the world’s largest sweet corn canning factory with seven plants in Vinton two, LaPorte City Garrison Sac City and Storm Lake one each. Canned corn remains chief product though beans asparagus and popcorn will also be packed this year.
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Iowa Canning Company
Vinton
Sac City
Order of Things
LaPorte City
Garrison
Storm Lake
Des Moines River Steamer Era Recalled By Local Patriarch
Jasper Blines recalls a bygone Des Moines river era with John W Murphy. In April 1859 five steamers were loading and unloading at Des Moines port. The Charley Rodgers made five trips to Fort Dodge between March 1 and June 10 aboard ships Flora Temple De Moines Belle Clara Hine and Alice. Bridges rose to reshape the river while navigation grew difficult, and the Imperial Mississippi seemed to fade from glory.
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Jasper Blines
Des Moines
John W. Murphy
Burlington
Charley Rodgers
Fort Dodge
Flora Temple
de Moines
Mississippi
Bond must specify amount for validity in Kellogg district
S. A. Morris, treasurer of Kellogg independent district, posted a bond without a specified amount. When Burton State bank failed, the district sought recovery from Morris bondsmen, but the Jasper County district court and Iowa Supreme Court ruled the bond invalid without a fixed amount. Des Moines banks consolidate to a 40 million enterprise by August 1, reducing banks statewide.
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S. A. Morris
Independent
Kellogg
Jasper County
Burton State Bank
Morris
Jasper County District Court
State Supreme Court
Iowa National
Des Moines National Banks
Des Moines
Omaha
Iowa to Move Internal Revenue Office to Des Moines
Des Moines will gain a large government building by September 1 and the internal revenue office now in Dubuque will be moved to the capital. Iowa’s total federal taxes for the year reached $13,431,725 with income tax at $12,836,700, up from $11,984,881 total taxes in 1927.
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Des Moines
Internal Revenue
Dubuque
Allison
Henderson
Towa
Iowa
Delicious Apple Story and County Naming Quarrel
The article recounts the origin of the Delicious apple from a Peru Indiana graft and its spread, noting the tree’s 66 year bearing history and the historic park tablet. It also cites a local naming debate spurred by New Hampton and clarifies several Iowa county seat confusions. It then shifts to public swimming pools in Iowa, outlining health risks, required purification, facilities, and rules, plus state soil surveys and a 1928 motor truck registration increase.
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Peru
Madison County
Hiatt
Indiana
Wrage
Dallas County
Stark Nursery
Louisiana
Starks
America
United States
William Landis
Winterset
Lloyd Opdycke
New Hampton
Franklin County
Hampton
Opdycke
Rockwell
Cerro Gordo County
Rockwell City
Calhoun
Hartford
Warren
New Hartford
Louisa
Fairfield
Butler
Ottumwa
Wapello County
Wapello
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Greene County
Burlington
Des Moines
Polk County
Monona
Clayton County
Monroe
Division of Sanitary Engineering
State Department of Health
Homer H. Seerley Reappointed to Hall of Fame Electors
Homer H. Seerley president emeritus of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls is reappointed to the New York University Hall of Fame electors for the next five year period by the university senate. He will help select Americans to be honored in 1930 with a place in the Hall of Fame.
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Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Hall of Fame
New York University
Senate of New York University
Library Notes on Book Titles and Inspirations
The article lists book titles and the passages authors used for titles, citing works by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Shakespeare Emma Willard Kipling Hardy and others. It also notes Reading Club and diploma events scheduled for July 31 with members to receive diplomas.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Shakespeare
Hamet
Joan Lowell
Emma Williard
Or. Rolang
P. B. Kine
Kipling
Irving Bachillar
Stanton
Hutchinson
Skelly
Thomas Hardy
Gray
Irvin Cobb
You
New Adult
Brown
W. A
Lewis
Sinclair
Dodsworth
Europe
Remorque
E. M
Tarkington
Booth
Sam” Houston
David Crockett
Texas
Reading Club
Monticello to Accept Bids for Water Main Project
Notice to bidders from the city of Monticello Iowa calls for sealed bids to the clerk by 7 PM on August 5th 1929 for labor and construction of water mains water manholes and fire hydrants on South Cedar Sycamore and Maple Streets per plans on file in the clerk's office Ray Echternacht is the clerk.
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Monticello
Iowa
Cedar
Sycamore
Maple
Ray Echternacht
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Practical kitchen and home tips for busy households. Advice covers beverages, rice and milk absorption, sewing machine care, bread freshness, sandwich fillings, butter prep, and smart kitchen shears tools for food prep and general tasks.
Farm Bureau activity highlights and 4-H achievements
The Benton County Farm Bureau reports 1032 members while the Roland township Club House opens with 250 seating and $7200 value. Edgar Grimes of Harrisburg Oregon is cited for 4-H success with 31 projects by age 17, $1727 in prizes, 178 exhibits, and scholarships to Oregon Agricultural College. Illinois Farm Bureau women start Thrift Exchanges and Iowa borrows orchestras philosophy. a county bureau runs a Live Stock Show and a Baby Clinic with notable results.
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The
Farm Bureau of
Roland Township
Webster County
Iowa
Rowland Township
Farm Bureau Club
Farm Bureau Federation
Edgar Grimes
Harrisburg
Oregon
Edgar
Oregon Agricultural College
National Congress
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Towa
Hopkinton Farms Sold To White And Jasper
Carl C. Bernard of Hopkinton sold two farms east of town last week. One 140 acre tract brought Paul White at 157.50 per acre. An 80 acre parcel went to Frank Jasper at 100 per acre. The Jasper tract had no house after a spring fire.
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Carl C. Bernard
Hopkinton
Paul White
Frank Jasper
Sealed Bids Sought for Castle Grove School Building
Sealed bids to erect a school building in sub-district No 4 Castle Grove township Jones county Iowa are due by 8 p.m. August 9 1929 at Castle Grove township Monticello Iowa. Bids will be opened at Sub District No 2 and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Bids must include 5 percent certified check and bond within five days. F C Cramer secretary.
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Castle Grove
Jones County
Iowa
Castle Grove Township
Monticello
St. Anthony and Dakota Elevator Company
Wks
Weather Bureau guards flyers on airway reports
Willis J. Grege of the Weather Bureau outlines the present and future of hourly weather reports along civil airways. The system covers about 74 000 miles with night coverage on half the distance and includes upper air reports from fifty stations and surface data from critical points. Future plans include four daily countrywide reports every six hours, three hourly secondary nets along airways, and continuous updates from numerous airway points with reliable communications among ground and air stations.
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New York
Civil Aeronautics
Willis J. Grege
United States Weather Bureau
American Meteorological Society
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Coveland
Minter
Tortha Lann
Football Safer Than Falls From Chair Says Coroner
Coroner Bundesen notes 1928 death data shows football caused one death while seven people died from falls from chairs. Cook County recorded 240 fatal falls that year with 90 from stairs and 34 from windows. Other unusual deaths included beds, bumpers, horses, manholes, and toy pistols.
Burglary convict in Columbus earns 7000 writing fiction
John T. Murphy, imprisoned for burglary in Ohio, is credited with earning about 7000 last year from fiction writing. His sentence has been commuted, making him eligible for parole.
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Columbus
Ohio
John TL. Murphy
Five at a Time Plourive Records a Municipal Giveaway
Arthur Richard, municipal councilor of Plourive, France, appears to keep a record as a giveaway. Five children wed in a single ceremony, marking a notable local event.
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Plourive
France
Arthur Richard
Lis
Earth still young and learning says Capper's Weekly
The article notes earth is only a fraction of its life span, estimating half a millionth of its existence. It adds that even a century from now human understanding of life on Earth may be unimaginable.
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Capper
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