Hymns and highway notes in Iowa tale
Rev John D Clinton ranked sixth in a worldwide hymn contest tied to Lindbergh flights. The piece shares Iowa school fund figures, a Rock Island crossing underpass plan, horse lore from Des Moines, Mrs D Pirie Beyea’s world travels, and bridge bills in Congress, plus Oscar P Miller’s Methodist conference treasurer duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar P. Miller
Rock Rapids
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Kansas City
Miller
Large Gladiolus Farm to Be Featured
John Henze of Des Moines buys 40 acres from the Wragg estate near Waukee and will plant one of the midwest’s largest gladiola tracts. The land, once part of the Wragg nursery, lies near the Rosefield peony farm, and the two flower tracts will highlight the Federal Highway No 32 corridor as a show place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henze
Des Moines
Wragg
Waukee
Middle West
Wragg Nursery
College suspensions spark debate on campus conduct
The article reports Guinnell college suspends two Des Moines youths for distributing liquor to dormitory peers and bars them from reentry to the state university at Iowa City. A Coe college incident in Cedar Rapids prompts A. F. Hulse of Gladbrook to urge strict lessons for Garwin students and similar recourse for fraternity misbehavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinnell College
Des Moines
State University
Iowa City
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
A. 5
Hulse
Gladbrook
Tama County
Mortgages on Farms Being Reduced in Iowa
From Maquoketa Jackson county report that Carroll and Everett Eads operate a maple sugar camp near Bald win with 275 trees. The Beaton camp near Maquoketa will be idle this year while many small camps yield. Iowa farm mortgage debt has fallen from about 1.685 billion in 1923 by roughly 100 million annually, now around 1.3 billion, as farm income rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Carroll
Everett Eads
Baldwin
Beaton
Iowa
Iowa Farms Corporation
Iowa born magnates run global drug and soap firms
Five large pharmaceutical and toilet preparation plants are led by former Iowa farm boys. Chamberlain Medicine, Armand, Waterbury Chemical and other firms post annual business between 15 and 25 million dollars. Other notes include record prison population at Fort Madison and a conference vote to merge two colleges in Upper Iowa Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
D. S
Lowell Chamberlain
Chamberlain Medicine Company
Toddville
Linn County
Carl Weeks
Armand Company
Frank C
Eugene Waterbury
Waterbury Chemical Company
Benton County
E. C. DeWitt
Chicago
Jones County
Pfeifer Brothers
Henry
G. A
Pfeifer Chemical Company
New York
W. A. Warner Company
Richard Hudnut Company
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Upper Iowa
F. T. Keeney
Upper Towa University
Fayette
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Upper Town
Comparative endowments and finances of Fayette and Cornell colleges
The Fayette figures show an endowment of 425000, debt 88500, and an annual deficit just over 8000. Cornell college shows 1060000 endowment, debt 160000, and a 4000 deficit last year. Enrollment differs with 745 at Cornell and 250 percent at Fayette. property values and investments are 70474 and 337000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Cornell
Fayette
Upper Iowa
Unusual January bounty for wild animals in Decorah records
Auditor’s office in Decorah lists January bounty payments totaling 286.73 for animals including Two Wolves 20.63, pocket gophers 63.30, rattlesnakes 5.50, groundhogs 54.45, and foxes 145.50. Rattlesnakes in that section seem to get out early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Scotch Grove News From Past Congregants and Local Updates
In Scotch Grove we share letters from Rev. J M Bolton now retired in Akron Ohio with a son Carl and grandchildren in Dayton. his father died in Virginia at 88. Mrs William M Dager writes of missionary ties to Africa Madagascar and Philadelphia. their daughter Mildred is married to Rev Eduarde Theis. Dager’s other daughters Margaret teaches in Wooster and Alice trains as a nurse in Philadelphia. The Dager family and Mrs Dager wish to be remembered. Other notes cover flu recoveries Dager Clark Schlemme moving to farms Brady Sinclair leases and two new programs for the farm bureau delayed by bad roads. Francis Reid family moves to Monticello. H H Carson visits near Hopkinton. High school pupils delayed returning due to road conditions. Presbyterian services underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
J. M. Bolton
Presbyterian Church
Cleveland Presbytery
Akron
Ohio
Carl
Dayton
George
Rodney
Bolton
Virginia
William M. Dager
Wooster
Presbyterian Church of
Africa
Mildred
Eduarde Theis
Elat
Dager
Jeanne
Jacqueline
Madagascar
Mrs. Dager
Margaret
Alice
Philadelphia
D. D. Clark
Minnie
Kansas City
Fritz Schlemme
D. K. Brady
M. M. Sinclair
Hans Lange
Miss Lillie
Sinclair
Farm Bureau
Francis Reid
Monticello
Reid
George Reid
H. H. Carson
C. B. Carson
Hopkinton
D. O. Sinclair
Center Junction
Beals
Courtney
Presbyterian
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
In Tonwa State Jones County a district court will hear final proof for the will of Samuel Sulzener, filed February 29, 1928. The March term sets March 26, 1928 for probate in the Jones County District Court. Interested parties may appear to contest the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Tonwa
Jones County
Jones Co
Samuel Sulzener
Probate notice of Bernhard H. Tobiason will
District Court of Jones County Iowa sets April 10 1928 at 10 a.m. for final proof and probate of the purported last will and testament of Bernhard H. Tobiason deceased. Clerk G Rees issues the order. Attorneys Coxsee & Coxsee represent the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Rees
Jones Co
Iowa
Wilma M. Ruhl
Doxsee
G. Rees
Coxsee & Coxsee
Community notices delayed by bad roads and rescheduled meetings
The article notes church services were canceled last Sunday due to bad roads and lists rescheduled gatherings. The Women’s Community club plans an all day meeting on Wednesday March 21 with picnic lunch and programs. The Presbyterian annual meeting is postponed to March 20. Shutanka Camp Fire girls meet March 17 at 1 30 with planned program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Helken
L. E. Hutton
Women's Community Club
W. B. Clark
Carl Stahlberg
Carl Himebaugh
The
Presbyterian Church
Shutanka Camp
Pauline Stickley
Matriarchate Ticket Suggested For Local Election
A proposed ticket lists Mrs. Laura Koop for Mayor and several women as council members across wards. Includes Elmer Hubbard and Mrs. Stinson for at large roles, plus Mrs. Adamson and Elfriede Cartano in key offices. Not official, but presented as a strong slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Koop
Elmer Hubbard
Iy. Stinson
Charles Luett
John Oswald
S. M. Adamson
Elfriede Cartano
Trenasurer
John B. Zimmerman N
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
John D. Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
Col. Lindbergh
Hymn Society of New York
May Rowland
Hartford Road
Eastbourne
England
Frank Mason Llocth
Renee
Phoebus
Christ
God
Rock Island
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Polk County
Rock Island Railway Company
Joseph G. Black
Des Moines Ice and Coal Company
C. S. Medbury
Black
D. Pirie Beyea
State Board of Health
Scotland
United States
Chautauqua
Congress
Senate
Sears
Nebraska
Missouri River
Blair
Neb
Harrison County
Missouri Valley
Fremont
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Mississippi
Lansing
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
War Department
Methodist General Conference
Jackson
Native Sons
Ed M. Smith
Lowden
Hardin County
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Jim Reed
Missouri
John
Iowa Light and Power Company
Frank Coverdale
Richard Benton
Sioux City
Fort Madison
T. P. Hollowell
Woodbury
Winneshiek County
Bernhard H. Tobiason
McCormick-Deering
R.H. Balster
American Legion Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Peck
Eclipse Lumber Co
Monticer
East Side
Harry I. Rodman
Hart, Shaffner & Marx
Stuhlers
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