Interesting Iowa road work and farm bureau notes
The piece surveys highway paving improvements from Ames to Des Moines on primary No 65 with smoother Story County surfaces versus older Polk County sections. It credits the American Farm Bureau and Iowa Farm Bureau for data shaping national freight-rate policy and lauds C E Hearst for farm leadership. It also recounts odd postal delays, rural thefts, a damage verdict for A D Fisher, an Indian camp demonstration for Des Moines students, and a governors conference on corn prices.
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Ames
Des Moines
Story County
Polk County
Finos
American Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau
C. E. Hearst
Farm Bureau
Sioux City cold storage birds seized and donated to Salvation Army
Hunters in a Sioux City cold storage plant had birds confiscated by game wardens John Q. Holmes and Wm. Schuenke and given to the Salvation Army for the poor. Violators faced fines over 500 dollars. A circus performer from Robbins Brothers tied the knot with Chuck Goodwin and honeymooned near Cresco. The parade lead singer works a ten minute day including an elephant ride and a solo. The Grundy Center American Legion posted 18 inch round metal signs reading Protect American Children on main highways. In federal court at Sioux City, William Holderness won 8337 dollars plus 57.50 monthly for life against the United States under wartime risk insurance, claiming diabetes from army service. Corydon residents push for Primary No. 3 as a federal highway named the Edison Highway, running from Fort Madison to Nebraska City. In Granty Center two Missouri Ozark travelers were aided by Mayor Wilson with gas to reach Waterloo, traveling in a nearly empty Ford car.
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Sioux City
John Q. Holmes
Wm. Schuenke
Salvation Army
William W. Holderness
Aurelia
Cherokee County
United States
Holderness
Volney Diltz
Des Moines
Corydon
Wayne County
Edison
Granty Center
Ozark
Missouri
Waterloo
Wilson
Henry Ford
Dixie Willson A Mason City Native Joins World’s Greatest Show
Dixie Willson formerly of Mason City, a Cedar Falls graduate, performs with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. She writes children’s stories and adult poetry, and appears in Good Housekeeping serials as she tours, recalling a New York City circus move to Madison Square Garden.
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Dixie Willson
Mason City
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Good Housekeeping
Dixie
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Circus memories and Iowa farming notes from a period piece
A reminiscence of circus life and Ringling connections alongside Iowa farm news. The piece mentions Dixie’s circus entry and Ringling, adds notes on Iowa stock yard horses, fox predation near Backbone State Park, and a Lenox farmer who wields a seasonal hunting exception with proof of poultry damage.
Petit Jurors Named For Jones County November Term Court
The Jones county district court selects jurors for the November term. Names listed include residents from Monticello Anamosa Oxford Junction Olin Onslow Cascade Morley Center Junction Mechanicsville Amber and surrounding areas. Report at 10 a.m. November 30.
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Petit
Jones County District Court
Monticello
Paul Arduser
J. E. Ahirichs
Leroy Clark
O. B. Crane
Fritz Hein
Ed Harms
Bert Kiburz
Fred Kellum
Clarence Rhatigan
Anamosa
W. H. Buckner
W. J. Blanche
Maynard Belknap
C. K. Duncan
John Fegan
Justus Crabbe
W. E. Hay
John Hinz
Earl Larson
J. P. Merrill
Mary Rhody
Lula Weighels
Ethel Wallace
P. S. Weaver
Wyoming
Henry Bramer
Fannie Franks
Fred Fritz
Fred Koch
Eddie Reches
Lee Sherrill
John H. Thomson
Oxford Junction
Dorothy Barker
Alma Hill
Frank Henak
George Shimerda
Charles Trinka
Olin
Henry Biere
Nellie Easterly
Cleo Houstman
Perry Murfield
William Micka
Onslow
Ralph Conley
Elva Hall
al Hamilton
Charles Taylor
Cascade
William Ford
Miles Leonard
John Mortensen
Morley
George Lindley
Wilda Switzer
Carl Tjaden
Center Junction
Helen Manuel
J. L. Tomlinson
Polly Welton marker planned for Primghar grave
A bronze marker will be placed above Polly Welton's grave in Primghar by the Paullina chapter of the D A R, known as the Polly Welton chapter. She was the only daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier buried in O'Brien county.
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Polly Welton
Primghar
O'Brien
Paullina
Gather Your Seed For Corn Show January 7 9 1932
Jones county announces a corn seed show at Olin consolidated school from January 7 to 9 1932. Commercial samples must be collected Nov 5–11 from a 10 acre field and limited to ear corn from twenty five hills. Cash and town ribbons awarded. other classes include ten ear samples of white and yellow corn and pecks of red clover seed and soy beans. Information on prizes to follow in The Express.
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4-H Club
Jones County
Olin
Express
Mileage Contest At Madsen Motor Company Winners Named
The Madsen Motor Company hosted a mileage contest with 60 contestants. Gerd Bunting won 10 dollars for achieving 30% miles per gallon, John Freese earned 5 dollars with 30 mpg, and Albert Heeren received 3 dollars for 29.4 mpg after a pre race tune up.
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Madsen Motor Company
Gerd Bunting
John Freese
Albert Heeren
Adv
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Iowa News
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Hawkeye State
Madrid
Polk City
J. E. Walrath
Ray Swim
Uncle Sam
Woodbury County
John A. Davenport
A. D. Fisher
Sanborn
Petit Jury
Fisher
Edgar R. Harlan
State Historical Department
Altoona
James Poweshiek
Tama County
Poweshiek
Bessie Coon
Hubbell
Harlan
Charles Davenport
Jonas Poweshick
America
Towa
Iowa
Dan W. .Tiemer
H. Woodring
Kansas
Warren Green
South Dakota
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
Mrs
Fred Messerli
Cresco
Legion
Grundy Center
American Legion
Charles Ringling
Chicago Stock Yard
Iowa State College
Scott Brothers
O’brien
Backbone State Park
Delaware County
John Krohmer
Lenox
Taylor County
State Fish and Game Commission
Mark Graves
Fort Madison
Board of Parole
John Fietcher
Federal Radio Commission
Bankers Association
Sheriff's Office
Bankers’ Association
Jerry Trinke
Muscatine-Montezuma
Rock Island
Roy G. Miller
Riverside
Jerry
Storm Lake
Clayton Daniels
Max Storck
Carroll Davisson
Chicago
Philadelphia
Parrels
Eveready Prestone
Eveready
Shores-Mueller
R.H. Balster Farm Equipment Store Sales and Dependable Service
Monticello, la
Legg
Department Stores
Lily of the Valley
P& G
Scotch Grove Station
County Road
Tobias Rieken
W.H. Null
Lovell State Bank
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Madsen Motor Co
Monticello, Iowa
General Electric
Hotpoint Electric Cookery
Iowa Electric Company
Monticello Division
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