Interesting Events Of Iowa News
A record of notable Iowa items includes J. J. Myers of Greenfield who died aged, after 73 years in Adair county and farming the area. John T. Boylan of Eldora touts No. 65 Jefferson highway paving toward Mexico City with two more years to reach the republic’s south line. Prof. Carl Nelson’s Fort Madison midget band tours by chartered bus to fund its training. Rev. Harry O. Pratt, Civil War veteran and Cedar Rapids pastor emeritus, dies at 93. Loftus bovine tuberculosis case denied federal question, Iowa law upheld by state supreme court. Marquette hog market ships 101,798 hogs to Boston in a year, average $21.60 per hog. 3,048 truck loads. Coal contract for Iowa State College awarded to Scandia Coal at 3.09 per ton, saving $9,200. Des Moines reports over 3,500 stray animals annually with 5,648 total killed or picked up in year ending March 31, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
John T. Boylan
Eldora
Hardin County
Iowa
Mexico City
Mr. Boylan
Republic of Mexico
Carl Nelson
Fort Madison
Harry O. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Martin van Buren
Congress
Ulysses S. Grant
Charles City
Upper Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
St. Paul's Methodist Church
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Mitchell County
Iowa Supreme Court
Washington
State Supreme Court
Marquette
Clayton County
Mississippi River
McGregor
Samuel Yates
John P. Squire, & Co
Boston
Yates
New England
Minnesota Line
Allamakee
Winnishick
State Board of Education
Iowa State College
Scandia Coal Company
Des Moines
Bond measure test under new 60 percent rule fails
West Liberty was first to test the new law requiring a 60 percent vote for bond issues. The measure failed with 54 percent approval, meaning under the new rule only 40 percent of voters could dictate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Local Non-Tax Payers Seen To Prevail On Bonds
The article argues non tax payers in towns and cities may hold the balance of power and tend to vote in favor of bond issues, challenging the principle of majority rule in such cases.
Boys shoot 34 rattlesnakes in Allamakee county
Elmer and Henry Meiners, two former boys from northern Allamakee county, found a den under an overhanging cliff. They shot the reptiles as they emerged, killing 34 in total. Bounty in the county stands at 50 cents per rattlesnake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Henry Meiners
Allamakee
Drought Dries Up Spring Cited by Local Farmers
Cresco resident L P Barth relays Will Baker of New Oregon saying the spring on the Cunningham farm has gone dry for the first time in memory. Cunningham, once a leading dairy man, credited butter quality to the spring’s cooling facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Barth
Cresco
Howard County
Will Baker
New
Oregon Township
Cunningham Farm
Mr. Cunningham
Cunningham
Iowa Preference Law Aims To Favor Local Labor In Contracts
Public officials from state to school district levels must favor Iowa labor in contracts. Outsiders' bids must inform bidders that Iowa labor will be used if the bid is accepted. The report also notes drought damage to hedges and trees in southwestern Iowa and hearings by Miss Mary Ruth Colby on child welfare. Dr. J H Friend plans a Montana trip to locate a grave from the 1860s mining era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mary Ruth Colby
United States Children’s Bureau
Washington, D. C
Mae Habenicht
State Bureau of Child Welfare
Miss Colby
Colby
J. H. Friend
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Hayward Friend
Oelwein
Fort Benton
Montana
Friend
George
Olphir
Iowa Teacher Head Sails to Lausanne for Music Conference
C A Fullerton head of the music department at Iowa State Teachers College sails July 1 for Europe to attend the Anglo American music conference in Lausanne Switzerland He is asked by Paul J Weaver Cornell University to present a demonstration of his choir method of teaching music to school children using phonograph and test book in rural Iowa classrooms The method has gained national attention and is now used in rural schools across several states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Fullerton
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Europe
Lausanne
Switzerland
Mr. Fullerton
Paul J. Weaver
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York
Fullerton
Iowa
Pullerton
E. D. Hogan
Chantilly
Faber
Kean
East Cascade
Offerman
DeSales Heights
Dubuque
Clark College
Cascade
Columbia College
University of Notre Dame
Loras Lane
St. Mary's College
Notre Dame
Ind
Marjory Lane
Imelda Devaney
Melissa Glynn
Marie Rogers
Mary Kenny
Loretta McNally
Paul Becker
William Menster
Joseph McArthur
Herbert McNally
Thomas Geary
Laura Reiter
Florence Retter
Calista Skahill
Immaculate Conception Academy
Anna Marie Detwil
University of Chicago
Delbert Spielman
Iowa State Teachers College
Marguerite Miller
Elmhurst
Dolores Barrett
Robert D. Lane
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara
Calif
T. J. Lane
Seven Youths Injured In Car Collision Near Manchester
Seven young men were injured in a rear five miles northwest of Manchester on the Dundee road last week. The injured include Clarence File Cecil Hardin Gerald Heyer Verne Mangold Randal Pitcher Paul Klepper and Robert Shaeffer with cuts internal injuries and a dislocated ankle. Six were rushed to Manchester by a Kansas tourist while three physicians treated them on site. The crash occurred at an intersection where File's Chevrolet sedan collided with Fitcher's Pontiac scope. both cars were practically demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Dundee Road
Clarence File
A. E. File
Cecil Hardin
William Hardin
Gerald Heyer
Lydia Heyer
Verne Mangold
Stella Mangold
Randal Pitcher
Delaware
Paul Klepper
Robert Shaeffer
Thorpe
Kansas
File
Fitcher
Cascade Epworth Day Highlights Farm Work and Local News
Hundreds attend the first annual Epworth achievement day under the Dubuque county farm bureau. Notables include Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Albia delivering the afternoon address. Cascade Reds beat Monticello 4 3 in a crowded Maquoketa Valley league game. Obituaries, weddings, baptisms, and college news fill the Cascade area notices with multiple local names and events.
Castle Grove Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights and Local Visits
The Castle Grove farm bureau held a well attended Friday meeting with an engaging program. County Agent Wortman showed a two reel movie and J J Locher of Monticello gave a Memorial day address. Local visits to fire trucks and government meetings, plus 4 H and farm bureau activities, filled the week's events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Wortman
J. J. Locher
Monticello
Clarence Hosford
William Morrissey
Boulder Township
Morrissey
School For
Vinton
Cedar Falls
Center Junction
Cascade
Farley
C. K. Greer
William Balsiger
Frank Miller
S. M. Hosford
Cedar Rapids
A. E. Laude
C. A. McLaughlin
Willie Behrends
Fred Harken
8. M. Hosford
Anamosa
Clarence Johnson
Walter Willis
Delhi
Harry Fairbanks
Cass Township
Farm Bureau
Tony Powers
Langworthy and Monticello Residents Share Family News
Mrs Cap Arduser, of Sand Spring, visited Langworthy with Mr and Mrs Clifford Arduser to welcome a newborn granddaughter born Thursday evening. Mrs Arduser formerly Miss Mildred Taylor of Monticello. Mr and Mrs Ernest Brondel and daughter Bethel Jean from Cedar Rapids visited Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Behrends
J. L. Batchelder
Clifford Arduser
Langworthy
Clara Arduser
Anamosa
Dick Bohlken
Monticello
Clarence Seifer
St. Paul
Edward Cox
Colesburg
Dave Wilson
Fred Eggiman
Masonville
Michael Clement
Marcella
Catherine Clement
Dyersville
Baby
Herman Grayville
Millsville
Fred Heeren
Lillian
Illinois
Bill Brandt
Perry
John Lang
Howard Lang
Moline
Jack Heeren
Dundee
Jake Lang
Catherine
Mary Clement
Ann
Onslow
William Conley
Leroy Swartzlow
Waterloo
Claude Slauson
Virginia
Cap Arduser
Arduser
Mildred Taylor
Ernest Brondel
Bethel Jean
Cedar Rapids
Farmers Must Mow Weeds Along Highways in Iowa
Iowa officials confirm landowners must mow weeds to keep highways clear under a revised noxious weeds law. Canada thistle, sow thistle, quack grass, and European bind weed require special eradication methods. other weeds to be mowed by landowners or tenants to prevent obstruction. Judge Ellison in Anamosa ruled Dr. A R Stephenson vs Dr. W H Fitch violated a contract by practicing veterinary medicine in Walcott without consent. Fitch enjoined from practicing within twenty miles of Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
44Th General Assembly
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Earl F. Wisdom
Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Department of Agriculture
Carl N. Kennedy
F. ©. Ellison
Anamosa
Tipton
A. R. Stephenson
W. H. Fitch
Walcott
Fitch
Bennett
Stephenson
Olin
Supreme Court Refuses Towa Tuberculosis Appeal
The Supreme Court declined to hear the Town tuberculosis case, upholding Iowa law’s constitutionality. Iowa progresses in eradication with Marshall county to be accredited June 1 and several counties nearly complete by July 1. Stay orders in eleven counties likely to be dismissed, accelerating work in summer and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Iowa
Towa Department of Agriculture
Towa
M. G. Thornburg
Marshall
Crawford
Carroll
Ringgold
Decatur
Local Girl Joins Omnibus College In East
Vivian Benesh from Lovell township, Benton county, leaves for Wichita Kansas to join an omnibus college summer program. The 24 faculty include renowned scientists educators and artists traveling 6000 miles in 7 weeks through 25 states and two Canadian provinces aboard 13 buses with field cafeterias and camping gear. The itinerary includes Washington DC and New York City museums universities and coastal visits. Dorothy Stemim from Monticello Public School plans a similar later trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Benesh
Lovell Township
Benton County
Wichita
Kansas
Omnibus College
United States
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Washington, D. C
New York City
Dorothy Stemim
Monticello
Benesh
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
J. J. Myers
Greenfield
Adair County
Keokuk
Mr. Myers
Ames
Allamakee County
Jesse B. Aikin
Stuart
Guthrie County
William McCuen
McCuen
Prof
Epworth
Dubuque County
Ellsworth Richardson
Albia
Monroe County
Dodge
Center
Table Mound
Whitewater
Jefferson and
Taylor
Madeline Hoffman
Geo. Wassenaar
William Tallman
C. C. Hotchkiss
Chris Russell
Humpke Bakery
Leo Dolphin
Humpke Bakery Company
John C. Cunningham
E. J. Kean
Cascade Reds
Legion Mound
Reds
Bartlett
Smith
Hutton
St. Martin’s Church
Lloyd O’shea
Orland Kedley
Bernard Skahill
Rita Hayes
Merlyn McAllister
Margaret Hemphill
Elaine O’brien
Dorothy Koppes
Donaleen Rogers
Mary Kremer
Catherine Lauser
Virginia Mac Kurt
Rita Skahill
Elaine McDermott
Madalyn Wieneke
St. Mary's School
Cascade Theater
J. B. Albers
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas Reddin
Albers
Mary Cherubina
Our Lady of Angels School
Chicago
Edith Rafferty
J. H. Devane
Cincinnati
Frank J. Otting
Carolyn
Mary Jean
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
St. Martin's School
Austin R. Boyle
Francis J. Boyle
Vivian A. Kenny
Irene R. Kurt
J. Kenneth Lane
Louis Ressler
Thomas Rooney
Reta Boyle
Austin Boyle
Eldred P. Moran
Sacred Heart Church
Fillmore
St. Martin's Church
Cecelia Catherine Kean
Robert Kean
Reynold T. Offerman
John Offerman
New Hampton
Mendelssohn
A. J. Faber
Emmet Kean
Hollywood
Cal
A. G. Vog
Bernice O'Brien
Mary Hansen
Boone
Mr. Offerman
U. S. Supreme Court
T. E
The
East
Frigidaire
C. Roberts
R. H. Balster
Monticello, Iowa
Tire Service
Clark, Bros. Tire & Battery Station
McLaughlin
Buick Co
Prunes
Japan
ELBO
Kellog
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