Highways Honored as Iowa Paving Finishes Route 384
Jubilation sweeps Mount Pleasant Fairfield Ottumwa Albia and Chariton as the last word in the construction of primary 384 from Burlington to Lucas County is completed. Engineers praise efficiency, steel binders cost $1000 per mile and No 34 becomes the Harding highway tracing part of the old Mormon trail with ties to Nauvoo and Salt Lake City.
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Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Albia
Chariton
Burlington
Des Moines
Henry
Jefferson
Wapello
Monroe
Lucas
Nauvoo, Il
Salt Lake City
Great American Desert
Investigation of Methods of Poor Support
At the Grinnell annual social workers conference the state organization endorsed a statewide survey funded by public money. The study would cover all poor relief, its administration public and private, and the social conditions that drive relief needs and the challenges of efficient relief administration.
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Grinnell
Farmers of Sioux City area earn over 17 million in 1927 milk trade
A chamber of commerce survey shows farmers in the Sioux City trade territory received more than 17 million dollars in 1927 from cream milk poultry and eggs.
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Sioux City
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of State Warns on Partial Payments for Squab Sellers
The Secretary of State Ed J M Smith instructed that Silver fox farms and firms selling squabs on partial or contract payments must obtain a permit akin to that required for any group using the partial payment plan. The ruling was issued as an official opinion.
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Silver Fox Farms
Secretary of State
Ed J M. Smith
Jones county rural dental program reports steady gains
The Iowa State bureau of dental hygiene reports Jones county rose from 6 percent in 1927 to 56 percent in the first year of the rural school project. The program includes dental honor rolls, parental messages, and exams for 402 children across 21 schools.
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Jones County
Iowa
Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Iowa City
Boone
Red Oak
DeWitt
O. K
O.K
U. S
Oxford Mills
Cass No. 1
Sophia Lubben
Castle Grove No
Bridge McCusker
Mable Ferris
Monster Locomotive Attracts Big Crowds at Rail Stations
A 127 foot long 480 ton Baldwin locomotive drew thousands of observers along the C B and Q railway in Town on its display run headed to Sacramento California where Southern Pacific will use it to haul trains over mountains and through snow.
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Des Moines
Standard Oil Co
Lincoln
Chicago
New York
C. B. & Q. Railway
Baldwin Company
Philadelphia
Sacramento
Southern Pacific
Mahaska County Farmer Sells Much Seed Corn
W J Billick of Oskaloosa Mahaska county contracts to sell 10 000 bushels of Reed s yellow dent corn at 1 per bushel to a large seed concern The dry corn is top quality and to be shipped shelled Seedmen note seed purity and earless sales rise with corn shows.
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W. J. Billick
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Reed
Dairying Profitable in Bremer County
A Waverly dispatch reports twenty two cooperative creameries and Carnation Milk Products plant buying milk from twenty thousand cows in Bremer County. Strong corn yields will largely feed the stock this year and the county has ample rail cars to handle widespread riding demand with one hundred cars to spare.
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Waverly
Carnation Milk Products Company
Roosevelt Jr Addresses Pupils at Mason City School
Walter H Beall of West Union visited the Roosevelt school building in Mason City where Theodore Roosevelt Jr planned to speak to students. Beall praises his engaging talk, noting his simple phrases and natural style appeal to boys and girls.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Mason City
Walter H. Beall
West Union
Roosevelt
Teddy, Jr
Beall
Teddy
Children’s Book Week Observed at Local Libraries
The public library system celebrates Children's Book Week with a special display of children's and adult books and a talk by Ruth Phillips on November 15 in Monticello. A story contest for grades four to eight offers boy and girl prizes, and a Saturday story hour targets kindergarten through third grade.
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Ruth Phillips
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Monticello Public Library
Myrtle Rockstad
Lirary
Sacred Heart School Notes Highlights of a Busy Week
Sacred Heart students returned after a Thursday vacation and enjoyed a short Friday break. The school’s first paper The Beacon earned praise despite printing glitches. Physics explored pulley efficiency while general science covered heat transmission and gas expansion. Latin, typewriting led by Isabel Liddy, and shorthand posted rapid accuracy gains with many marks over 90.
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Isabel Liddy
Continue Better Teeth Project in Rural Schools in Jones County
Public health nurse Jane M. Wiley and assistant Emma J. Phillips report improvements from The Iowa Plan after a year. In 20 rural schools last year 6 percent had OK mouths with two permanent and four temporary teeth decayed per child. this year OK mouths rise to 15 percent with only one permanent tooth and three temporary teeth decayed.
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Jones County
Bureau of Dents Hygiene
University of Town
Town City
Jane M. Wiley
Emma J. Phillips
Miss Wiley
Emily Richardson Hosts Friday Club Meeting Reading
Mrs. Emily Richardson hosted the Friday Club at Mrs. L. W. Lovell’s home. The program featured a paper on Our Immortal Fielding by Mrs. Richardson, readings from Fielding and Sterne, and a piece on Death of Le Fevre by Mrs. Halstead Carpenter.
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L. W. Lovell
Templeton
le Fevre
Halstead Carpenter
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