Interesting Events Of Iowa News Highlights
AAMS pigeons released from Chicago by a local club mostly failed to return with only about 200 reaching their Ames lofts, and around 20 finished the race. Tax data show Des Moines collected $69 million in ten years 1917 to 1926 with major shares to city schools and county, plus street paving and sewer assessments. Independent and LeMars anecdotes describe horses learning traffic signals and a long-trusted express horse that reliably returns to its stable.
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J. W. Jarnagin
Ames
Chicago
Des Moines
Is a radio a musical instrument in debt law dispute
Judge Zeuch of the Polk county district court considers whether a radio, claimed as a musical instrument by the head of the family to avoid seizure for debts, is truly a musical instrument or merely a device that transmits music. The case centers on this legal distinction. Nearby on the Billick farm at Oska loosa five men with teams harvest seed corn of superior quality. They sell the finished product for 1.25 dollars per bushel to a large seed house. Warm weather and sun have ripened a broad corn crop across much of Iowa.
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Zeuch
Polk County
Des Moines
Judge Zeuch
Billick Farm
Oskaloosa
Billicks
Iowa
Buffalo
Stone City Road
Minneapolis Bridge Company
State Farm
Death of Matthew Cavanaugh Ends Cornell College First Graduating Class
Matthew Cavanaugh, a longtime Iowa City attorney and former mayor, dies at 95. He was the last surviving member of Cornell College Mount Vernon 1858 graduating class which began in 1853 and issued its first diploma five years later. He served in the paymaster corps during the Civil War. his wife, also from the college’s first class, died in 1925.
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Matthew Cavanaugh
Iowa City
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cavanaugh
Paymaster Corps
Road bonds spark rapid funding in Ma haska county progress
Ma haska county leads in rapid returns from highway improvement bonds with Oska loosa banks absorbing hundreds of thousands. A prior highway plan paved many primary roads, graveled others, easing mud blockades. Oskaloosa celebrated six converging primary highways with festive electric lights. In the past month 63 farms were sold along paved routes. Chickasaw county, aside from Polk, sets state record for 1926 marriage licenses, with the Little Brown Church drawing couples nationwide. Pottawattamie long led in marriage licenses after Nebraska law.
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Towa
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Polk County
Chickasaw County
Little Brown
the Vales
Pottawattamie
Nebraska
Denison Banks Show Strong Recovery After Disaster
Denison, county seat of Crawford, demonstrates recovery through two local banks First National with 1 472 611 in resources and Crawford County Trust and Savings Bank with 702 666 total 2 175 17 5. The town’s spirit is shown by a farm event with 65 000 sandwiches and free movies at a community dinner.
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Denison
First National
Crawford County Trust and Savings Bank of
Hughes Advocates Smaller Colleges In State System
Dr. Raymond M. Hughes newly installed president of Iowa State College Ames spoke in Des Moines about educational problems. He urged state schools to imitate small colleges with closer faculty contact, weed out students seeking a good time, and create an elastic curriculum balancing rapid progress and steady learning. He called on parents to guide their children to schools best suited to their needs.
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Raymond M. Hughes
Iowa State College
Ames
Des Moines
Hughes
Vote on Continuance of County High School
Guthrie County seeks the people’s vote to dissolve the county high school located at Panora. A petition signed by 25 percent of voters prompted the board of supervisors to call an election, with broad support in favor of discontinuing the school. The high school was established when the county seat moved to Guthrie Center.
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Guthrie
Panora
Board of Supervisors
Guthrie Center
Car Load of White Leghorn Pullets to New Works
A. Gingerich of Maplecrest Hatchery Wellman Washington accompanied a carload of S C White Leghorn laying pullets to New York. The shipment numbered 5400 birds purchased at one dollar each from Wellman breeders to secure the carload.
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A. ©. Gingerich
Wellman
Washington County
Maplecrest Hatchery
New York
Iowa breeders ship prize draft horses to Portland show
F L Anderson of Ross Audubon county J O Singmaster Son of Keota Keokuk county and C B E Jones of Livermore Humboldt county join Ralph Fogleman of Callendar Webster county in taking a special car with prize winning Clydesdales and Percherons to the Pacific States International Horse Show in Portland Oregon which starts October 23 and closes November 5. The group plans stops en route to the Kansas City Royal Live Stock Show.
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F. L. Anderson
Ross
Audubon County
J. O. Singmaster & Son
Keota
Keokuk County
C. B E. Jones
Livermore
Humboldt County
Ralph Fogleman
Callendar
Webster County
Portland
Oregon
Iowa
United States
Kansas City
First Log Cabin to Be Preserved at Audubon
Audubon accepts a gift from M. D. Thomas of Boulder Colorado the first log cabin built in Audubon county in 1851 by Nathaniel Hamlin grandfather of the donor The cabin will be moved to the city park and preserved as a permanent pioneer exhibit A M McColl member of the state board of control visited Minnesota and bought 105 carloads of potatoes for state institutions coal purchases total 160 cars to cover thirty days delaying mining wage disputes.
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City of
Audubon
M. D. Thomas
Boulder
Colorado
Audubon County
Nathaniel Hamlin
Non. A. M. McColl
State Board of Control
Minnesota
State Board
Towa
Crawford County Faces Severe Financial Setbacks
Crawford County overcome serious handicap as bank failures hit the region hard, leaving the community with dramatic reverses in its economic stability and finances.
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Crawford County
Monument to Charles Floyd and Lewis and Clark Camp Site
In Sioux City a monument marks the first and only death of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Charles Floyd died after illness during the Missouri River voyage, and his gravesite is nearby. The Floyd River in Iowa is named for him, and the expedition camped near Sargeants Bluff under an oak tree.
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Sioux City
Missouri River
Lewis and Clark Company
Charles Floyd
Floyd
Iowa
Sargeants’ Bluff
Missouri
Clifford L Niles Named to State Highway Commission
The five member state highway commission includes Clifford L Niles of Anamosa who will resign from the state board of conservation to join the commission on July 4. Niles is a newspaper proprietor, head of the Eastern Iowa Theater Company, major shareholder in the Clifford L Niles Company auto distributors, vice president of Niles & Watters Savings Bank, and has farming interests. He is a Shattuck Military Academy and University of Michigan graduate, member of Masons and Elks, a Methodist, married with six children.
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State Highway Commission
Clifford L. Niles
Annamosa
State Board of Conservation
Anamosa
Shattuck Military Academy
University of Michigan
Masonic and Elk Lodges
Methodist Church
Niles
Anamosa Eureka
Eastern Iowa Theater Company
Oelwein and
Decorah
Clifford L. Niles Company
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
Insanity ruling sends Mulvahill to Independence Hospital
John Mulvahill of Oxford Junction was examined by the insanity board and committed to the Independence hospital. Sheriff Bodenhofer transported him Saturday. The clipping also notes state plate production at the reform school and various local updates on farms, stores, strikes, and road projects.
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John Mulvahill
Oxford Junction
Commissioners of Insanity Board
Independence
Bodenhofer
Town State college Ames offers popular six months herdsman course
The six months herdsman course at Town State College Ames draws about 65 winter enrollees, with students from up to 14 states and 2 foreign countries. It covers dairy cattle beef cattle hogs horses and sheep with options to specialize in dairy or beef. Graduates find work on live stock farms or as testers for associations. Eligibility requires 17 years of age and completion of eighth grade. Further information is available from the Animal Husbandry Department Ames Iowa.
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Town State College
Ames
Animal Husbandry Department
Tawa State College
Iowa
Got Her Chance to Choose
Carolyn Raleighs and Ebbetts Risley entwine in a sprawling moral tale of lineage power and choice. Danny Joe Burkley arrives claiming kin and wealth as Carolyn skirts a life of duty and desire beside Ebbetts in a garden of looming wealth and looming decisions.
Autos Reach 800 Miles an Hour Vision in 2007
London and American laboratories discuss a future car by Professor Low powered by perpetual motion. The motor will cut gasoline use by half, include radio telephone and television, and allow a driver to see and speak to friends at home during travel.
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London
American University Laboratories
Economic Benefits of Winter Feeding at Colorado Agricultural College
A 1928 26 winter report from Colorado Agricultural College analyzes four-year lamb feeding and three-year cattle feeding results from 10 Greeley area operators. The typical 1000 lambs and 100 steers per year yielded about 550 and 170 dollars respectively, totaling 720 dollars with 200 dollars yearly net gain, aided by home feeds and winter labor. Manure use and soil benefits are noted as added value, with overall long term gains including higher yields and stronger farm finances.
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Colorado Agricultural Collexe
Greeley
Swipes at Big Bill and a Taxi Ride Laugh
Alfred M. Philips of Stratford engaged Bill Thompson's pro British club with a quote from Alice in Wonderland. An old lady narrates her first taxi ride as the driver signals traffic and rain concerns with his hand outside the car.
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Bill
Alfred M. Philips
Strawford, Conn
Bill Thompson
Quotations on Happiness and Integrity in Civic Life
A Detroit News excerpt contrasts constitutional ideals with modern commerce and fashion. It weaves historical quotes from Chesterfield Seneca and Eliot to reflect on virtue and tradition while urging thoughtful voting and social behavior.
Pigs Thrive On Larger Pastures Says Illinois Study
A university study finds pigs kept on larger pastures outperform those in small plots. On farms surveyed, pastures under one acre yielded high runt rates, while two acre plus pastures produced far fewer runts, with healthier, more spread infestation levels.
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Illinois
Coulege of Agriculture
University of Whinais
B. T. Robbins
Farm Livestock Tips and Feeding Advice
Practical notes on pig and cattle care. Feeding clean forage like alfalfa hay supports breeding ewes. Shade helps hogs in heat. Proper sow feeding prevents pig distress and digestive issues. Salt minerals and iodine are often lacking in five stock rations. Pure breds cost more but yield better meat and dairy.
Rightly Named Appropriately enough ay inelst plumber
A garbled OCR fragment notes a plumber recently being made a knight or knighted in a bath related event. The readable text is fragmented and lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
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Ay Inelst
Secure What's at Hand A due thing In the land is worth more than a great tea.
The fragmentary line hints at value of land versus tea and references prospect. No clear events, names, or dates present.
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Acsop
Forbes Magazine Quote on Open Mind and Bed
A fragment from Forbes Magazine contends that keeping the mind too open may prevent closing a bed and reflects a provocative take on openness and judgment. The remark hints at a critique of overliberal thinking in personal decisions.
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Forbes
Straw Loft Poultry House Praised For All-Season Comfort
Te Soto resident Long advocates straw loft poultry houses to combat winter cold and summer heat. He reports 65 pullets laying well and 104 starting to lay maintained 50 percent production through heat, while a standard house with similar stock dropped to 25 percent. Iowa State College specialists note good results from the straw loft design.
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GH. Long
Te Soto
Iowa State College
College
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