Frazeur Wins Iowa Title In Fifth National Meat Story Contest
Griswold high school student Helen Frazeur named Iowa champion in national meat story contest. From thousands of entries nationwide, her work earns top state prize. judges include Dr. Louise Stanley and Deans from Kansas, Michigan, and Iowa colleges.
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Griswold
Helen A. Frazeur
Iowa
Frazeur
United States
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Virginia Novak
Omaha
Neb
Agnes Childress
Ordway
Colo
Louise Stanley
Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Margaret Justin
Kansas State Agricultural College
Jean Krueger
Michigan State College
P. Mabel Nelson
Iowa State College
Funds Power Hospital Expansion in Knoxville
Officials say Congress funds for war hospitals may enlarge the government hospital at Knox ville. In Des Moines thirty former soldiers receive no care. Dubuque and Davenport contract hospitals host twenty five and fifteen veterans respectively with 120 more Iowa veterans denied government treatment due to lack of capacity.
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Congress
United States
Knoxville
Des Moines
Dubuque
Davenport
Iowa
Improvements at the State Fair Grounds
Improvements at the State Fair Grounds include a new brick post office building costing 2225 dollars near the existing post office to aid handling mail for up to 35000 campers and 10000 exhibitors. A concrete guard wall on the west curve of the race track completes safety barriers in front of the grandstand. H J Metcalf of Ames will spend June giving addresses in West Virginia at the Volunteer 4 H Leaders State Training Camp.
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Fair Grounds
H. J. Metcalf
Ames
West Virginia
Jackson's Hill
Clarksville
Stonewall” Jackson
University of West Virginia
University of West Virginia. Mr. Metcalf
Towa
Jackson County Farmers Embrace Pheasant Eggs Insurance
Jackson county farmers import dozens of ring neck pheasant eggs amid a belief that birds protect crops against cutworms and other pests. They see pheasants as insurance against damage, with eggs costing 30 dollars per hundred at farms in St. Charles Iowa.
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Iowa
Jackson County
St. Charles
New England Mills Move South to Exploit Cheaper Labor
In Des Moines Drake University host breakfast for J. J. Davis secretary of labor, citing cotton mills relocating to Texas and other southern states for lower wages. He warns Mexicans menace to U.S. wage scales and laments border patrol limits. Also reports Page county bee related auto crash injuring Mrs. Runyan and spraining Mr. Runyan.
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Des Moines
Drake University
J. J. Davis
President Coolidge
New England
Texas
Immigration Department
Washington
Mexico
Waterloo Plant Expands to Double John Deere Capacity
One of the state’s largest plants at Waterloo now houses the tractor business from Modline Illinois. The expansion has led to land purchases to double capacity, employing hundreds of men many of whom are college graduates. The boom lifts Waterloo’s standing in manufacturing circles.
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John Deere
Waterloo
Modline
Ill
Traveler Jarnagin Tour Reflects Southern Road Conditions
W C Jarnagin of Storm Lake returned from a roughly two thousand mile car trip to Memphis Tennessee using different routes home through Iowa Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee. He notes cement paving for most of the distance with brick sections the roughest. He describes Arkansas traffic rules including drivers stopping before crossings and pedestrians on the left side of highways to avoid danger and observes many hikers asking for rides along the route.
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W. C. Jarnagin
Storm Lake
Memphis
Tenn
Towa
Llinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Jarnagin
Some New Ideas in Highway Paving
The piece outlines Iowa highway improvements from Seate Center to Clinton on the Lincoln highway with three miles in Tama county unpaved. It highlights a rowed surface to reduce skidding, water basins on hillsides to divert runoff, and rye planted near pavements as a catch crop. It also covers G L Caswell of Ames calculating costs for filling stations in town, estimating land, building, equipment, and two employees per station, implying multi million dollar investments.
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Seate Center
Clinton
Tama County
Tama
Benton
G. L. Caswell
Ames
State Senate
Federal road policy urged by Col Kirkpatrick in Des Moines
At a United States Good Roads Association meeting in Des Moines Col J L Kirkpatrick of Charlotte NC urged a federal road building policy calling for an expenditure of two billion dollars to improve national highways and spur commerce.
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United States Good Beads Association
Des Moines
Col
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Charlotte
N. C
Plan for a 1506124 mile national highway system
The proposal envisions a 1 506 124 mile national highway network to be funded by the general government. It would reimburse states for existing roads incorporated into the system and aim for east west and north south transcontinental lines. Committees would press both party conventions to include the plan in their platforms.
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Lars
Tree work at Little Brown Church by Davey Tree reps
Two representatives from the Davey Tree Expert company of Kent Ohio performed selective pruning on centenarian native trees surrounding the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Chickasaw County. The trees form part of the original wildwood linked to the world renowned song.
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Davey Tree Expert Company
Kent
Ohio
Little Brown Church
Vale
Chickasaw County
Children’s Day Exercises Shine at Castle Grove Chapel
The Castle Grove chapel hosted a well attended Children’s Day program with recitations songs and an anthem by the junior choir led by Rev Kremers. After the event a DAR supper was held in Anamosa. Nearby, a new corn crib was toppled by strong winds and a large tree limb fell without harming a house.
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Kremers
Elsie Benedict
Willis Fairbanks
Helen Louise McLaughlin
Happy Heralds
Helen Hutton
Helen van Buren
Gladys Benedict
Ruth van Buren
Alice Benedict
Howard McLaughlin
Loren Cramer
James McLaughlin
Lyle Hosford
Margaret Olive Deischer
Donald Howie
Eldon Burr
Lloyd Fairbanks
Pauline Burr
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Doris Fairbanks
Phoebe Hiller
Carol Burr
Richard Fairbanks
Ernest Benedict
Donald Fairbanks
the Bee
Kenneth Howie
Clarence Hosford
Miss Noble
A. W. Cramer
Margaret Pfeil
Maggie Hance
Monticelo
J. L. Appleby
Monticello
Castle Grove
Luther League
Carl Wendt
Ryan
A. F. M. Caspers
Ralph Otten
Alva Zimmerman
William Henrichs
June
Scotch Grove
George Heiken
Anamosa
Herman Hahnhamne
Farm Bureau
Castle Grove Township
James Howie
Marriage Unites Ralph Rose and Reva Ralston
Justice F. H. Whitcombe joined Ralph H. Rose of Marion to Reva Ralston of Scotch Grove at his residence at noon on Saturday June 2. The article also notes William Chamberlain’s election as president of United Light and Power, with Cedar Rapids interests, and reports progress on the Cedar Rapids Gas and Marion Railway factory, plus a fine for improper gasoline labeling at Anamosa Motor Company.
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F. H. Whitcombe
Ralph H. Rose
Marion
Reva Ralston
Scotch Grove
William Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
United Light and Power Company
Chicago
Jones County
Wyoming
W. Chamberlain
Park Chamberlain
Anamosa
United Light and Power
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Cedar Rapids and
Marion City Railway
Porter Brothers
A. J. Smith & Son
Henry Eilis
Anamosa Motor Company
Justice Whitcombe
Newhard
Smith Company
Involved motorists face charges as plan to fill blow pipe noted
The report describes two men aware of illegal acts that involved a small amount and a $10 cost, leading to arrest by a state agent. It also recounts a severe car crash near Amber road where Dr. A N Trevarthen and family escaped serious harm after being struck by A Sampico of Monticello, who admitted drinking. Sampico sold his wrecked Buick for $25. Trevarthen car sustained over $100 in damage. The piece closes with the obituary of D A Murfield 79. He died at Gillen hotel after seventeen weeks with a broken hip from a February 13 fall. He was son of pioneer J S Murfield of Highland Grove and survived by three siblings.
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A. L. Sampica
Monticello
Four Corners
Amber Road
Amber
Aide
Antioch
Sampica
Sampico
Trevarthen
D. A. Murfield
Gillen Hotel
Mercy Hospital
Holden
J. S. Murfield
Jones County
Highland Grove
Greenfield Township
C. J. Murfield
Martelle
Caroline Newman
Mary Holden
Anamosa
Grove Patterson on Leadership and American Social Gaps
Grove Patterson argues that leadership requires more than wealth or resources and calls for better human stock in the U S. He cites estimates of 2 million mentally defective individuals needing institutional care and 5 million unable to complete grade school along with 25 million who cannot finish high school.
Sows Move to Clean Ground System Across Iowa
About 40 000 brood sows and pigs live in movable hog houses under the clean grounds system this spring. Town State College animal husbandry specialists report 14 400 movable houses sold by lumberyards in 53 counties and 8 460 houses sold by commercial firms. Clean ground users claim better control of round worm and necro enteritis and faster market weight in six months.
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Iowa
Town State College
Town
Co. W. McDonald
Non-Profitable Birds Should Be Culled Out
Non profitable birds should be culled to remove weak stock, reduce disease risk, and raise overall flock production. High feed costs and record prices make early, thorough culling essential, with June seen as an ideal start to sell off slower producers and expand range for the remaining hens.
College Loans 711 Plays From Town State College Library
Over six months 711 plays were loaned to rural communities via the Town State College library. Four play types exist with and without royalties, long and short, plus a royalty-free short one act group. Popular titles include Albany Depot Neighbors Obstinate Family Room 83 Back to the Farm Mr Bob Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard Doctor in Spite of Himself Cranberry Corners Down on the Farm Between Two Lives Sexile Thursday Evening and Trysting Place.
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Town State College Library
Albany Depot
Bob
Briggs
Cranberry Corners
President’s Courageous Stand On Farm Relief Bill
The president is praised for honesty in opposing farm relief and for choosing a courageous path by not taking the line of least resistance. He would have risked less by letting the bill become law without signing or vetoing but instead took a decisive stance.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
Grubs to Become June Beetles Threaten Next Year
Entomologists at Iowa State College report white grubs, a serious pest to corn, strawberries and other crops last year, will soon pupate underground and emerge as June beetles next spring. They will again threaten crops on sod land in 1930.
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Iowa State College
How to Allocate Clothing Budgets According to Use
Miss Katherine Cranor of Iowa State College advises spending most on the clothing type worn most often. Teachers and businesswomen should favor school and business wear, while farm women should invest in a durable conservative dress for general use and still fund comfortable house dresses.
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Katherine Cranor
Iowa State College
Miss Cranar
Iowa Egg Quality Push to Win Major Markets
Guidance urges Iowa farmers to gather eggs twice daily in summer, store them cool, and market frequently. It argues concerted effort by all Iowans could elevate Iowa eggs to favorable standing in large markets.
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Salt Lake City
Iowa City
Towa City
Knoxville Hospital
Eagle Grove
H. W. Barnes
Wright County
Roy MecVicker
Thomas Stockdale
A. B. Distad
Terrence McDermott
J. W. Howell
Thomas Mulligan
Thomas O’toole
Carrie O Lucas
Barnes
Bumble Bee
Page County
Homer Runyan
Runyan
Burlington
U. S. Highway Organization
Kields Meeting
Anamosa Eureka
College Loans
Yast
We Are
Rickless’ Dry Goods Store
Stuhlers
Conkey
E. J. Farley
Express
Fisher
Pontiac
Oakland
General Motors
R. H. Balster
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