Interesting Events Of Iowa News From February First
William Nolin near Bondurant sowed 90 acres of spring wheat and reports excellent emergence despite early planting. Four 4 H leaders from Iowa will attend the national club camp in Washington, D C with expenses covered by the Register and Tribune. Drake University marks its fiftieth anniversary highlighting its Oska loosa origins and early merger of medical programs.
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William Nolin
Bondurant
Polk County
Dame Nature
Nolan
Governors Tire Trouble and Iowa Road Improvements
Governor Dan Turner faced a flat tire while traveling to St Ansgar to deliver a commencement address. He flagged passing cars in the rain until two women stopped to guide him to the ceremony. A nearby road project shows new seed and rye cover, soon to be replaced by sod for a tidier highway. George A. Jewett of Des Moines praised Iowa’s statehouse surroundings after touring all states. He has crossed the Atlantic twenty times and the London-Paris Channel 242 times, and has served Drake University as secretary of its board of trustees since its founding.
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Dan Turner
St. Ansgar
Turner
George A. Jewett
Des Moines
Union
Iowa
Jewett
Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
London
Paris
Trustess
Drake University
Guard Fences to Be Along Paved Highways
A L Gauthier of Corning cites Iowa traffic safety debates as work begins on new guard fences beside highway 34 in Adams county. The Des Moines Register and Tribune bought KSO Clarinda from the Berry Seed Co. and will run it locally while adjustments are made.
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Corning
Iowa
Adams County
Des Moines Register and Tribune
KSO
Berry Seed Company
Clarinda
Berrys
WHO
Desa Moines
Rat
KGO
Canada
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
O. T. Myers
Afton
Union County
J. W. Palmer
Highway 34
John Hart Place
Autogyro Roofs and Public Service in Iowa News
Postmaster Frisk of Des Moines envisions autogyro landings on a flat rooftop addition to the post office building, reducing truck trips to airports. Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs elevates Mrs. William Larrabee Jr. to president, with a long public service record in Clermont. American Legion at Des Moines logs riverbank redevelopment, while inspectors report extra tax fees on oversized vehicle plates. Road funding and pipeline construction advance across eastern Iowa amid bustling Decoration Day tourism in McGregor and rising road travel overall.
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Frisk
Des Moines
Des Moines Legionaires
Bull
American Legion
Raccoon
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Des Moines
Fred Wolf
Primghar
O’brien County
Secretary of State
Greenwalt
Motor Vehicle Department
Iowa
Towa
Fred Huebsch
McGregor
Heights
Ridgwood
Commercial Club
Mississippi River
Car Traffic Counts Recorded Over Twenty Minutes
The observer counted vehicles from 3 40 to 4 00 pm noting sixty cars traveling west and ninety east for a total of 150. This equates to about seven and a half cars per minute.
Recital by Mrs Guyan's Piano Pupils
Mrs Guyan presents a pupil recital at her home on Wednesday evening June 24 at 7 30 featuring a program of solos duets and ensembles by Bilbro Hamer Spaulding Lannon Brett Heller Keats Tschaikowsky Brahms Mendelssohn and others performed by students including Miriam Lovell Ruth Ehrisman Irene Zeiken Velma Tobiason Frances Steck Wilma Clark Kathleen Carlson and Lorene Zimmerman among others
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George Guyan
The
Merry Singers
Bilbro
Mister Bee
Mary Lou Luett
Priscilla
Ruth Roberta
the Cuckoo
Hamer
Bernice Havlichek
Spaulding
Janaan Schweitzer
Krentzlin
Heller
Antonette Doxsee
Renk
Shirley Hoag
Harris
Clemma Wanger
Bifield
Ione Benesh
Keats
Edwina Hughes
Velma Tobiason
Benson
Ida Folkerta
Ketterer
Mabel Harper
Gracieuse
Dennee
Irene Zeiken
Pennington
Wilma Clark
Frances Steck
Joyce Royden
Nevin
Wollenhaupt
Godard
Lucile George
Brahms
Lorene Zimmerman
Betty Kay
Friml
Mendelssohn
Poultrymen To Meet At Nevada Iowa Next Week
More than 200 poultrymen from the Middle West will attend a lecture series in Nevada Iowa under the research bureau of feeds and feeding. The bureau, sponsored by feed manufacturers and tied to the Poultry Society of America, studies nutrition at the farm one mile west of town where over 16 000 chickens are raised. William H Lapp formerly head of Iowa State College poultry dept at Ames is chief consultant. The farm division covers incubation brooding laying and fattening with focus also on turkeys ducks and geese. Special feeding tests and surveys will be released to member concerns and clients. A plan for pedigreeing stock has progressed in recent months and notable advances are expected. Summer farm courses and a service men course for field men of member concerns are planned under prominent livestock authorities.
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Middle West
Research Bureau of Feeds and Feeding
Nevada
Iowa
Poultry Society of America
Farm Poultry Department
William H. Lapp
Iowa State College At
Ames
Let Us Gather Up Sunbeams They All Help
A Iowa health officials urge using sunshine and fresh air for health. They advise gradual sun exposure for babies and caution adults against overdoing sunbathing to avoid burns blisters and infection. They emphasize common sense in enjoying sun.
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Iowa
Upper Iowa University Graduates 31 Students
Upper Iowa University awarded 31 liberal arts diplomas and 38 from other departments at the June commencement in a natural amphitheater. Dr. John R. Mott delivered the address, stressing youth leadership and global responsibility. honorary degrees were given to John Andrew Holmes and Henry R. Cole.
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Upper Iowa University
John R. Mott
Dr. Mott
John Andrew Holmes
Evanston
Clinois
E Hones R. Cole
Seattle
Washing
Fayette
Iowa
Iowa State College Grants More Than Five Hundred Degrees
Iowa State College awarded over 500 degrees at its sixtieth annual commencement at State gymnasium with 11 doctors and 70 masters among those honored. President R M Hughes delivered the address as degrees and diplomas were conferred for various programs including home economics and civil and general engineering. Among the degree recipients from Jones county were Christine E Swanson Anamosa bachelor of science in home economics Francis Whitcombe Anamosa bachelor of science civil engineering Forrest C Boxwell Martelle bachelor of science general engineering Freda L Rohwedder Wyoming bachelor of science home economics.
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Iowa State College
State Gymnasium
R. M. Hughes
Jones County
Christine E. Swanson
Anamosa
Francis 8. Whitcombe
Forrest C. Boxwell
Martelle
Freda L. Rohwedder
Wyoming
Decorating with a Spick and Span Can in the Bathroom
A designer notes that painting a can of scouring powder a gay color lets it stay in the bathroom for convenience while not marring the room’s decorative style.
Real estate transfers filed in Jones county week ending June 13
Deeds recorded show Olive Glenn transferring 125 acres to W E Glenn for $1.00. Christian Anderson and wife deed to J L Anderson. W C Field Mae Austin Cliff Field to Geo Collins for two lots in Francis Lathrop add Oxford Mills for $400. Louise Field executor deeds to Collins for a 4 percent interest in two lots for $100. Lutle Pool and husband to E R Marshall part of Green’s add Wyoming for $1.00. Ray S Hopkins and Stanley O Hopkins deed to Lutle Pool part of Green’s louth Northwest parcel for $1.00. A A Vaughn sells middle third of lot 4 block 17 Wyoming for $1,500.
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Jones County
Olive Glenn
W. E. Glenn
Christian Anderson
J. L. Anderson
W. C. Field
Mae Austin
Cliff Field
Geo. Collins
Francis Lathrop
Oxford Mills
Louise Field
Charles Field
George Collins
Lutle Pool
E. R. Marshall
Green
Wyoming
Green's Street
S. W
S. W. Johnson
A. Vaughn
Florence Baird
Ricklefs Dry Goods Store Remodel Complete
Ricklefs Dry Goods Store has been redecorated and remodeled with a new hard maple floor sea green walls and eight display tables. Shelving in the rear was updated and additional cases added for women's dresses. Work by William Jarrett and assistants will finish in about two weeks.
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Ricklefs
William Jarrett
Examination dates set for county certificate at Anamosa
The teachers' examination for uniform county certificate will be held at Anamosa on June 24 25 and 26. Nellie V Morey County Superintendent.
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Anamosa
Fine Program Prepared For Farm Bureau
Castle Grove Fortune Finders present a program at the farm bureau on Friday June 26. It features A Reminiscence by Louise Eileen Elizabeth McLaughlin and Margaret Schilt a report on Ames convention by Elizabeth Mc Laughlin and Pauline Cramer music by Leona Husman and Selma Specht a play by Leona Behrends Ruth Howie Pauline Cramer Loretto Specht and Lorna Gerdes a clog dance by Mary Esther Mc Laughlin and a song by Phoebe Hiller Mary Esther McLaughlin and Belle Siebels.
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Castle Grove
Farm Bureau
Louise Eileen
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Margaret Schilt
Ames
Pauline Cramer
Leona Husman
Selma Specht
Leona Behrends
Ruth Howie
Loretta Specht
Lorna Gerdes
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Phoebe Hiller
Belle Siebels
Sweet clover responds to fertilizer in many soil conditions
Sweet clover can grow well without nitrogen but delayed seeding after May 1 benefits from 50 pounds per acre of quick acting nitrogen fertilizer for rapid growth. Phosphorus may be needed on phosphorus deficient soils with 300 pounds of phosphate fertilizer. Basic slag helps on moderately acid soils and sweet clover rarely suffers from potassium deficiency.
Norris backs Pinchot for president claims are debated
The Kansas City Star notes Senator Norris says he favors Pinchot far more than Hoover, while acknowledging mathematics would imply zero when multiplied by 0. The column hints that readers should compare viewpoints as a playful stock in the classifieds.
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Kansas City Star
Norris
Pinchot
Hoover
Gardener's Creed by Maud Chegwidden
Poem asserts a gardener's deep love for earth and spring. The speaker vows fearless repose among mold and flowers, trusting the soil to shelter from hardship and grant quiet death a gentle grace.
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Iife
Maud Chegwidden
Salt Lake Tribune
Fell Right In Yes
A humorous exchange shows Preeman claiming the world had an opening for him and ending up in a hole. Briggs confronts a repairman at a garage insisting on his car and what he says goes, with the mechanic replying to say engine.
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Preeman
Briggs
Mrs Holmes and Daughters Visit Cedar Falla Kin
Mrs. A. J. Holmes and her daughters June and Lois Fern of Cedar Falla spent last week visiting in the C. A. Schatz home and with other relatives. Mr. Holmes also spent the week in Davenport attending Grand Lodge sessions of A F and A M.
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A. J. Holmes
June
Lois Fern
Cedar Falla
C. A. Schatz
Mr. Holmes
Davenport
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
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