Iowa Women to Attend International Rural Women Conference
Miss Hazel Bown Fannie Gannon and Esther Pond of Iowa State College Ames will sail May 3 on the Leviathan to attend the Vienna conference May 27 to June 10. Twenty seven nations will be represented. The piece also notes Iowa's New Zealand rabbit breeders federation formation and other state rural life items.
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Hazel Bown
Fannie Gannon
Esther Pond
Iowa State College
Ames
New York
Leviathan
Europe
Vienna
Austria
Soaking method eyed to firm No 34 fills on road
O T Myers of Afton argues soaking the fills on No 34 before cementing locks will settle them. He digs a shallow hole, drives a pipe with a high pressure water hose six to eight feet deep, and repeats until the hole fills with water. He says one spot shows a foot of settlement and believes the practice justifies cost tosmooth pavement dips from a road graded years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Myers
Afton
Union County
Pansy Hill pansies linked to historic gravesite tale
Charles J. Hinkle recalls a hillside near Cave Span gler farm northwest of town where wild pansies cover the slope. He notes a gold rush era family camped there, two children died and were buried on the hill, and the parents planted wild pansies on the graves before moving west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Hinkle
Winfield
Henry County
Greeting Day Appeals for World Peace Read in Iowa Schools
The Iowa state education officials plan to read a Venezuela children’s greeting for world peace on World Good Will Day May 18. Miss Samuelson will distribute the message to all Iowa schools, reaching 700000 children, hoping to influence families toward amity. John J. McMahon urges an excursion to Knoxville Veterans Hospital on National Hospital Day May 12 with a band from Des Moines and Fourteenth Cavalry ties, noting 735 veterans housed there and advocating special rail rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
National Advisory Committee On Education
Ashington
Agnes Samuelson
Hoover
United States
Iowa
Samuelson
W. J. Cooper
Washington
Venezuela
L. 8. Rowe
Pan American Union
John J. McMahon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Polk County Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Towans
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
National Hospital
McMahon
Des Moines
Towa
Plager recounts steady cornstalk shipments to Maizewood factory
L. W. Plager resigns as Grundy county crop agent to supervise cornstalk shipments. About 20 carloads daily are arriving at the Maizewood factory in Dubuque from roughly a dozen Iowa counties. The effort spans this month as new counties join and farmers adapt to selling stalks while equipment and transport are arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Plager
Grundy
Dubuque
Iowa
Iowa Railroads See Passenger Revenue Fall in 1928
A state board report shows Iowa railroad passenger income dropped about 25 percent or seven million dollars from 1924 to 1928 while freight revenue rose about 10 percent or eleven million dollars. The decline is attributed to more automobile travel. interurban lines are not included. Separately, J C Gillespie of LeMars sued to recover money paid to two itinerant healers after his wife fell ill. the healers vanished after leaving a snake incident and a fee. The sheriff traced them to Sioux City then Nebraska before losing the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
B. M. Richardson
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Richardson
J. C. Gillespie
le- Mars
Plymouth County
Sioux City
Nebraska
Population Rise in Sac and Fox Reserve Tama County
Census figures for 1930 show a 3 percent population increase in the Sac and Fox Indian reservation in Tama county. The current population is 351, up from 340 in 1920.
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Tama County
Railway leaders and a Russian rail advisor news report
Fred W. Sargent of the Chicago and Northwestern heads a major midwest railway system while John Budd of the Great Northern, from Waterloo and Des Moines, is asked to advise Russia on its rail network and will sail June 1. An American Motorists association study places Iowa and Kansas tied for third in auto ownership with one car per 3.1 persons, after California and Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Des Moines
Sioux City
Mid-West
John Budd
Great Northern Railway
Northwest
Mr. Budd
Waterloo
Highland Park College
Chicago Great Western
American Motorists Association
Iowa
Kansas
California
Nevada
Iowas
Michigan
Alabama
Tumbling Courtroom Quips and Dentist Banter
A humorous collection features a judge inviting jury challenges and a plucky exchange about a small man with one eye. A scientist and a dentist weigh in with wry lines about precipitation and losing teeth, delivering light absurdity in playful banter.
Iowa 1929 mortality report lists top death causes
The Iowa Department of Health reports 25 662 deaths in 1929 with heart disease leading at 222.5 per 100 000, followed by cancer 112.8, cerebral hemorrhage 102.9, accidents 68.2, pneumonia 64.1, infant mortality 52.3, influenza 51, nephritis 49.9, tuberculosis 83, and diabetes 14.4, noting two thirds from these ten diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State Department of Health
State Department of Health
Butter: From ancient cosmetic to daily vitamin source
The article traces butter usage from ancient Greeks and Romans as a cosmetic to Hindu and German practices, then highlights modern nutrition science. It cites Vitamin A in butter as essential for bone and growth, urging daily use for a vitamin reserve, noting Sweden’s experience with 53 grams daily linked to no xerophthalmia.
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Spain
Germany
National Dairy Council
E. V. McCollum
Nutrition Authority
Sweden
News Bits From Anamosa Eureka Headlines
Mrs. Clifford L. Niles returns from Los Angeles after a three month visit with her sister Miss Helen Holt. Miss Blanche Hunter, daughter of the late Dr. W. W. Hunter, elected president of the Cedar Rapids Teachers association. Sister M. Genevieve remains very ill at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids. Mary Shuffiin returns to Omaha after visiting for Sister Genevieve. Sister M. Baptiste returns to Grand Junction. Sheriff Bodenhofer retrieves Raymond Lloyd from Hale at Algona authorities request. Lloyd had broken jail in Algona. Auto drivers complain of children crossing in front of cars in town causing dangerous risks and driver worry.
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Clifford L. Niles
Helen Holt
Los Angeles
California
Blanche Hunter
W. W. Hunter
Cedar Rapids Teachers Association
M. Genevieve
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mary Shuffiin
Genevieve
Omaha
Fay
M. Baptiste
Grand Junction
Bodenhofer
Hale
Raymond Lloyd
Algona
Lloyd
Baker
Anamosa
Summer Round-Up Emphasizes Fitness Before School
The Iowa state health department urges physical fitness for all children entering school in September 1930. The Summer Round-Up, backed by the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers, promotes exams to identify and correct remediable defects to ensure equal opportunity and a strong start for every child.
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Iowa
Tts
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Department of Health
Many Plants Good Greens For Home Cooks Says Extension Service
Ruth Cessna of Iowa State College Extension Service notes leafy greens are abundant in spring and rich in vitamins A B C raw and A B when cooked. Dandelions wild greens include lambs quarter plantain and kale and beet tops. Rankle warns rhubarb leaves are poisonous. Cook greens 10 minutes. kale 20 30. avoid overcooking. Iowa grain output 688 008 000 bushels in 1926 giving an average of 12 197 bushels per square mile, highest in the nation.
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Ruth Cessna
Iowa State College
New Zealand
King of Denmark
Cessna
Iowa
Scarlet Fever Cases Decline Sharply In Iowa In Early 1930
The Iowa state health department reports 1 225 scarlet fever cases in the first quarter of 1930 versus 2 058 in the same period in 1929, noting many mild cases go undetected yet can still transmit to susceptible children aged two to nine. Symptoms include sore throat fever vomiting and a characteristic rash with peeling skin. complications like nephritis and middle ear disease pose serious risks.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Towa
Real Estate Transfer in Anamosa Iowa
Carl Hellberg and wife and Anna E. Ham transfer part lot 2 in G W Keller's subdivision of lot 1 in Fisher's addition to Anamosa to Clifford L. Niles and T E Watters. Property begins on the south line of Main Street, Anamosa, 20 feet east of the west line of the parcel and proceeds east.
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Carl Hellberg
Anna E. Ham
Clifford L. Niles
T. E. Watters
G. W. Keller
Fisher
Anamosa
Main Street
City of Anamosa
Iowa
Property transfers and deeds in Jones and neighboring counties
A sequence of real estate deeds lists transfers in Jones, Clayton, and surrounding areas. George Luke to Ed Luke sells lots 2 through 7 in Wyoming with a 26 percent Main street route and adjoining brick building interest. other deeds include T B Watters to Clifford L Niles in Ford's addition Anamosa. Philip Bailey to Charles Gray west half acre in Anseta. sheriff's deed from Jones County to First Trust and Savings Bank Oxford Junction. Addie R. Kraft and Prudence Snow to Guttenburg State Bank via sheriff's deed covering multiple fractional sec parcels. Kapitola S. Phillips to Sam Wires part of east 7 acres of west 22 acres in section 14-83-2. William J. Lyon to W. H. Miner southwest quarters and other fractional sections in section 15-84-2.
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George Luke
Ed Luke
Wyoming
T. BE. Watters
Clifford L. Niles
Ford
Anamosa
Philip Bailey
Charles Gray
Jones County
First Trust & Savings Bank
Oxford Junction
Addie R. Kraft
Prudence Snow
Guttenburg State Bank
Guttenburg
Iowa
Kapitola S. Phillips
Sam Wires
Iowa Farm Auto and Radio Counts in 1929
In 1929 Iowa farms held 212973 automobiles and 86128 radios. Last year Iowa bought 119 TIT new automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagi
Hawkeye State
Iowa Federation of
W. H. Bair
Samoa
J. H. Huxford
Prudence Pressley
F. W. Barber
Hartford
Cedar River
William Marsh
Waverly
Marsh
Cedar
War Department
Austin
Minn
G. M. Carman
Buffalo Center
Winnebago County
Ted Rusley
State Game Department
Hussey
Game Department
Carman
Knoxville Hospital
O’shaunessy
Miss Passay
Anon
Anamosa Eureka
Icarden
Paris
Daar
Reny
Uae
McNeill’s Hardware
Monty Hatchery
Monticello, Iowa
William J. Lyon
W. H. Miner
Suter's Market
Mea
Madsen Motor Co
A. T. Madsen, Prop
L. F. Baister
Castle Grove
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