Supreme Court rules horse not a vehicle in injury case
Iowa supreme court reversed a lower payout of 2000 dollars after Mrs. Earl Riser argued T. B. Riser was killed when thrown from a horse, not from a vehicle, on an insurance policy. The decision held the horse did not count as a vehicle under the policy. The report also notes the Brause maple sugar camp near West Union thriving as sap runs, and Eldora leading Hardin county in annual school voting with 1104 ballots amid low turnout in larger cities.
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Supreme Court
Earl Riser
Federal Life Insurance Company
Grundy County
T. B. Riser
Riser
West Union
Fayette County
Eldora
Hardin County
Storm Lake
Grinnell
Des Moines
Sioux City Board Orders Paper from Kalamazoo Mill
The Sioux City board of education orders 1000 reams of writing paper and 50 reams of drawing paper from a Kalamazoo mill. Paper to be corn-stalk pulp and match submitted quality. The mill supplied print paper for Iowa publications, with pulp largely sourced from Illinois corn stalks.
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Board of Education of
Sioux City
Kalamazoo
Midh
Iowa
Illinois
Iowa Conference on Power Resources and Development
A multi day conference at the University of Iowa April 2 3 and 4 will discuss power resources use and industrial development in Iowa. It is jointly hosted by the colleges of engineering commerce and the extension division, with topics on rural electrification water power and fuel substitutes. Noting Iowa graduates in Hoover administration figures and local iron and lead mining history, the article also mentions a new Mississippi river bridge project and the engineering details of bridge cable construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Iowa
College of Engineering
College of Commerce
Ray Lymman Wilbur
Hoover
Curtis D. Wilbur
Navy
Coolidge
Boonesboro
Wilburs
California
Leland Stanford University
Dr. Wilbur
Interior
James W. Good
Mississippi River
Marquette
Prairie du Chein
Wis
Drake Relays Attract Broad National Entry List
The Drake Relays at Drake Stadium April 26 and 27 draw entries from fifteen states including West Point Utah Notre Dame and Indiana University. Leading universities such as Utah SMU Indiana Butler Oklahoma A and Grinnell confirm teams. Wichita State will field four relay crews and a standout in the two mile.
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United States
Drake Stadium
Ossie Solem
New York
Utah
Minnesota
Michigan
Texas
America
Salem
United States Military Academy
West Point
University of Utah
Southern Methodist University of Dallas
University of Indiana
Butler University of Indianapolis
Oklahoma Agricultural College
Stillwater
Okla
Grinnell College
Wichita University of Wichita
Kansas
Iowa Cigaret Tax Revenue and Last Year’s Smoking Count
The cigaret department reports 208 257 78 dollars in tax stamp revenue this year. A twenty cigarets pack requires a two cent stamp. 1928 total revenue reached 1 183 032 dollars indicating about 1 183 000 000 cigarets smoked in Iowa last year. A new half cent tax proposal failed yet a house bill suggests Senate action may not be final. In Cass county at Wiota Mrs Georgetta Walker Lahman born Sept 15 1836 at Fort Dearborn, Chicago now, is noted as a second fort birth.]]
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State House
Iowa
House
Senate
Wiota
Cass County
Georgetta Walker Lahman
Old Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Joseph Baxley
United States
Baxley
Daysville
Ill
Ogle County
Illnois
William K. Townsend
Lahman and Camp Dodge Pool Highlight Late 1800s Mobility
The narrative follows Mr Lahman from Town City to Wiota where he runs coal and lumber businesses after moving in 1875 and dying in 1897. Adj Gen Batley announces Camp Dodge pool will open in early summer under Des Moines Playground association supervision for soldiers and public use.
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Rock Island
Town City
Panora
Adj
W. H Batley
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
United States
Iowa Fish and Game Plans Annual Landed Fish Rescue
The Iowa Fish and Game Department sends a rescue crew yearly to gather landlocked fish as the Mississippi recedes. Eggs are taken, raised in a nursery for a year, then released into town waters. This year about 80 million fish will be distributed once weather allows.
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Iowa Fish and Game Department
Mississippi River
Women Honored by Railway Co On Complimentary Drake Tour
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway selected Drake University alumni quintet for a free Chicago to Los Angeles tour. The offer covered all expenses and included a two month Pacific coast stay, with ten concerts at communities chosen by railway management. The quintet features Edythe Hinshaw, Helen Tollefson, Edna Finch, Helen Van Tuy, and Lillian Sand bloom Wright as accompanist.
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Railway Co
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Drake University
Chicago
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Edythe Pearl Hinshaw
Helen Frances Tollefson
Edna May Finch
Helen Mary van Tuy
Lillian Sandbloom Wright
Iowa High Schools Select 100 Local Oratorical Reps
Drake University announces that 100 Iowa high schools have chosen local representatives for the National Oratorical contest. Fifty-one counties are represented, with a $100 scholarship for the champion. District contests set for April 5. districts, places, and chairmen to be announced soon. Also, Drake debaters will host over 100 visitors March 21 to 23 with campus housing planned.
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Iowa
Department of Speech
Drake University
James J. Fiderlick
W.S. Rupe
Maryville
Henry J. Adlard
Duluth
Drake
Homecoming Library Fund Supports City Effort
A city fund established in his honor is sufficient to launch a public library project. The city board of managers has gathered many books from the income and other sources while preserving the original bequest. A local citizen arranged a suitable building and space to present the library at the homecoming exercises. Greene is noted as the boyhood home of Frank D. Jackson, a former governor of Iowa.
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Greene
Butler County
George Greene
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railroad
Rock Island
City Board of Managers
Frank D. Jackson
Iowa
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County Week Ending March 16 1929
Deeds filed for record show multiple transfers in Jones County including Joe Pinter to Ernest Lactare for blocks in Oxford Junction 1575 dollars and extensive changes involving Westphal family properties in Wyoming Anamosa and Center Junction plus other minor transfers to Martha Woodworth and Beals. The list includes transfers in Shaw's Anamosa Center Junction and Anamosa subdivisions with one dollar nominal amounts and a signature note about seed corn.
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Jones County
Joe Pinter
Ernest Lactare
Cook
Oxford Junction
Vern L. Streeter
First Iowa State Trust & Savings Bank of
Burlington
Eloise B. Thomas
Peter Florin
Monticello
Henry J. Westphal
Fred W. Westphal
Louis
Westphal
John H. Westphal
Carl W. Westphal
Tillie Manwiller
Charles Westphal
Martha J. Woodworth
Wyoming and
Pt N
Iowa Central Airline
Wd Andiv
Wyoming
Mary Schoonover
Charles A. Ohl
Shaw
Michael Tobiason
J. Eva Beals
Center Junction
G. H. Monroe
Theresa Boos
Huber
Citizen’s State Bank of Wyoming
Justus Bahnsen
Edgar H. Grimm
Delila Brickley
Ella Brickley
Viola Humpal
George W. Bembrose
Luella Joslin
Anamosa
Boardman & Soper’s
Clean Wells After Floods Warns Health Chief
A. H. Winters of the Iowa state health department urges rapid removal of flood refugees and careful sanitary steps to prevent disease. He advises draining flooded basements, washing walls with chlorinated water, and disinfecting wells by pumping and chlorinated lime treatments, with longer treatment if seepage persists.
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A. H. Winters
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Proper well placement and casing for safe water supply
The source stresses impervious casing and correct well location to ensure safety. Mr. Wieters notes wells should be placed to prevent flooding and surface wash, aiding a reliable water supply.
County tax tolls draw ire in legislator remarks
In the Webster City Freeman-Journal a critic rails against a law allowing county treasurers to charge fifty cents for telling an out of county resident their tax amount. The writer notes not all treasurers exact such fees but some demand them with harsh insistence.
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Webster City
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Towa Power and Industrial Conference
Allamakee County
Waukon
Alamakee
Dubuque
McGregor
Strawberry Point
Jefferson Highway
Jefferson Highway Transportation Company of
Minneapolis
Kansas City
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Forest City
Lake Mills
Garner
Belmond
Blairsburg
Ames
Indianola
Osceola
Lamont
Warren County
Polk County
Highway Commission
Adair County
Adair
Chamberlains
Farmers’ Creamery Co
Art Institute
Field Museum
Harrison
Gladys Looney
General Electric Research Laboratories
General Electric
Cooking
Opera House
Miss Looney
Iowa Electric Company
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