Interesting Events Of Iowa News Near Oakville
A sprawling Iowa report highlights game refuges in Louisa County owner Allan Green who holds 7000 acres along the Iowa River. It notes 25000 wild ducks winter there, a gold medal from the U S biological survey, and plans to expand hatcheries and refuges while tightening game laws.
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Oakville
Louisa County
Allan Green
Iowa River
R. G. Hawkins
Wapello
Green
Mr. Green
The
United States Biological Survey
Bridging Des Moines River at Croton Extended
Congress extended the time for begin ning and completion of the Croton Des Moines River bridge in Lee County from one to three years. The franchise is held by Henry Horsey Winfield Scott A L Balogion and Frank Schee.
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Magnolia
Harrison County
Arthur Middleton
Chicago
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
United States
Plymouth Church
Henry Ward Beecher
Congress
Des Moines River
Croton
Lee County
Henry Horsey
Winfield Scott
A. L. Balogion
Frank Schee
Missouri State Line
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Craton
Iowa
Hamilton To Bin Oversees Rabbit Meat Shipment
From Vinton in Benton county comes a report that Hamilton To bin, manager of the Hawkeye Itasca silver fox ranch, supervised the unloading and storing of 24000 pounds of Jack rabbit meat shipped in a special freight car from Bismarck N C. The rabbit carcasses about 6000 will be put in cold storage to be used for the meat portion of the foxes diet. The rabbits were killed in one of the great hunts for which the Dakotas are famous. Recently the fox ranch shipped about 5000 dollars worth of pelts to the auction markets of New York and London. The Mystery of the Radio describes a couple of wood choppers spending the winter in a shack in the heavy timber skirting the Des Moines river near the old town of Red Rock Marton county have a radio as their
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Vinton
Benton County
Hamilton Tobin
Silver Fox Ranch
Bismarck
N. C
Fox Ranch
New York
London
Des Moines
Red Rock
Marton County
Jones County Spelling Bee Slated at Anamosa High
The Jones county spelling bee will be held at Anamosa high school building on Saturday March 9. It is open to all county schools with each entering a local winner to advance to Des Moines statewide bee on April 19. The article notes London November 1928 as the warmest November in 15 years and unusually wet in southern England.
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Towa
State Board of Conservation
General Assembly
Jones County
Anamosa High School
Des Moines Register
Des Moines
London
England
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Fish and Game
Albert
Fremont County
Arthur C. McGill
Sidney
Milton
N. £. Gurnsey
van Buren County
National Capitol
Washington, D. C
Milton School
George Gnash
Capitol
Storm Lake
John Peterson
Henry Bender
Mr. Bender
Katema
Washington County
Goshen
Indiana
Metcalf
Davenport
Ames
State Highway Commission
Australia
Texas
Loulslana
Georgia
Insurance Department of
R. L. McLaren
Division of Vital Statistics
Department of the State Board of Health
Chicago Tribune
Coolidge
Velour
Chila
Agpine
Reese
J. J. Hayes
Your Furniture Man
Cadillac
Singer Sewing Machine
L. C. Smith
Zeigler
Red Star” Stores
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