Hail Storm Damage in Onion Fields and Road Updates
John H. Platt reports hail damage in August to 100 acres of onions on the Schdlecke farm in Iowa. Insurance covers $50,000, though settlement awaits harvest. The article notes onion yields, market prices, and local farm employment. Also covered: completion of No. 32 paving linking Des Moines to Davenport, Supreme Court ruling on bus tonnage tax, and various local notices from What Cheer to Shenandoah.
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John H. Platt
Montezuma
Poweshiek
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County
Schdlecke
Newton
Grinnell
Des Moines
Davenport
Illinois
Council Bluffs
Ames
Boone
Scout Day At Iowa City Highlights Open Swim And Free Football
A council event at the University of Iowa field house in Iowa City invites scouts to a Saturday program on November 3 featuring a swim in the large pool during the forenoon and free admission to the Iowa-South Dakota football game in the afternoon.
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University of Iowa
Iowa City
Upper Iowa University Receives Support After Conference Vote
At the Methodist Episcopal conference in Vinton resolutions withdrew support from Upper Town university at Fayette and pledged full support to Cornell college annulling church ties. J. D. Dickman president-elect notes Upper Iowa’s seventy year history with 13000 students, 1049 bachelor’s degrees, and graduates now serving across 41 states and six countries. The university will operate for broader church and public educational interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Vinton
Upper Town University
Fayette
Cornell College
J. D. Dickman
Upper Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Northeastern Iown
Corning Honors Consul Heizer Family Across Years
The Corning community in Adams County welcomes Consul and Mrs. Oscar Heizer of Jerusalem. A. L. Gauthier notes Heizer's career, including service as assistant treasurer in Constantinople, vice consul general, consul in Trebizond and Baghdad, later return to Jerusalem, relief work in Smyrna, and current post as consul at Jerusalem since October 1923.
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Corning
Adams County
Oscar Heizer
Jerusalem
Palestine
A. L. Gauthier
Trebizond
Turkey
Black Sea
Constantinople
Bagdad
Athens
Smyrna
IowaNews Briefs Highlight Iowa Postmaster Merrill and Fair Results
The piece notes Little Cedar postmaster W T Roberts at 90 as possibly Iowa's oldest postmaster and reflects on progress from ox teams to airplanes. It reports on high long distance phone charges from London to Au dubon, severe August mosquitoes in several counties, and farming and weather issues in Clarksville. It cites road, bond, and paving data for the state, and updates attendance and cattle/beef figures from the 1928 Iowa State Fair, including Harley Cowan's tomato yields and beef sales averages.
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W. T. Roberts
Little Cedar
Mitchell County
Iowa
C. D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Clarksville
Florida
Iowa Department of Agriculture
A. Oldson
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Livestock Sales Prices and Weights Reported
The article lists cattle prices per hundred for Herefords Short horns and Angus with weights for each group. It also notes David Sutherland of Montezuma Poweshick county stating AT&T is building a new transcontinental toll line due to increased radio traffic, with workers in the county now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Sutherland
Montezuma
Poweshick County
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Monti high school notes new bands and demerit plan
Begin ners orchestra starts before and after school to prepare for the high school orchestra. Glee clubs rehearse Miss Cherry Blossom operetta. Juniors rehearse Cappy Ricks for Nov 16. First report cards go out next Wednesday with guidance for parent student heart to heart talks. A demerit system will cut grades after thirty demerits over six weeks.
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Cappy Ricks
Moore
Monticello
Roaters
Ninth Grade Elects Officers for 1928 99
The ninth grade elected officers for the year 1928 99 with Clarence Eggers as president Dorothy Eden as vice president Reed Bartlett as secretary treasurer and Dorothy Coe as a member. Dorothy Coe is the daughter of the former Methodist minister Rev. A E Coe who moved to Des Moines and was entertained at Fred L Mahannah's home. Dorothy plans to attend Callon high this year and Roosevelt school next year.
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Clarence Eggers
Dorothy Eden
Reed Bartlett
Dorothy Coe
A. E. Coe
Des Moines
Fred L. Mahannah
Monti High
Dorothy
Callonan High
Roosevelt School
Farm butchering seen as profitable for coming winter
Iowa State College extension specialist C. W. McDonald says farm butchering, home curing, and canning should be highly profitable this winter due to expected high meat prices. Beef should be fed now for winter and next summer supply. demonstrations on slaughtering, cutting, curing, and canning will occur in December to February, with requests via county agent. Iowa ranks as the second largest butter producer.
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C. W. McDonald
Iowa State College
Animal Husbandry Extension Specialists
Monticello Adopts Land Dedication for First Street
Monticello Iowa city council ordains dedicating one fourth acre for street use. The land runs from a point near Locust and First streets, forming a street named First Street. The ordinance includes recording duties and effective publication.
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Monticello
Iowa
Town
Locust Street
First Street
Jones County
Ray Echternacht
B. E. First
Monticello School Board and City Council Proceedings
Regular school board session approves bills for office staff and supplies. City council discusses treasurer's report, approves September collections, adopts a funds payment resolution, and passes Ordinance 507 dedicating land for a new street after suspending rules.
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Monticello
Iowa
Hoag
Matthiessen
Hayes
Arduser
Hanssen
Kreeb Road
Oak Street
Blake Road
First Street
School Board Financial Entries Include Supplies and Salaries
The board records payments to Stuhlers for domestic supplies 27.25, Denkhoff's 6.41, Chas. M. Luett salary 20.00, Baker Paper Co. 65.39, Metropolitan Supply Co. 191.39, and Express fund 26.84. They approve no outside tutoring without superintendent approval and adjournment follows with signatures of President Chas. M. Luett.
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F. E. Stimson
Chas
M. Luett
Baker Paper Co
Metropolitan Supply Co
Sup- Phes
Express Fund
Deposi
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J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Atlantic Coast
Town Supreme Court
Woodbury County
Supreme Court
Helen Schultz Brewer
Mason City
High Court
Iowa Railway Commissioners
What Cheer
Keokuk County
Shenandoah
May
KMA
I. T. Bode
Forestry Department
Cedar Rapids
Moingona
Boone County
Northwestern
Maingona
Kate Shelley
Chicago and Northwestern
Mable Howard
Hardin County
Eldora
J. D. Gourley
New York
Ald
Pythian Sisters
Alice M. H. Boylan
The
Pythian Sisters of América
Boy Scouts
State of
United States
London
Alice Steele Griswold
Ives
Audubon
A. R. Corey
Harley Cowan
Hamburg
Fremont County
Fred H
Alma Buol
Monti
Independence
Senior High
Junior High
Annamosa-Monti
Philomonte
Philomathean Literary Society
Philomathean
Pictured Rocks
Sweden
Miss Ferguson
Towa
Board of Education
Shover
Fraser
Stimson
Ricklefs
Roberts
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Leota Rogers
Len Marugg
W. M. Miller
St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co
Lumber Np
J. G. Schoon
F. W. Ferring
Roberts Hardware Co
Hoag Duster Co
Cesteae
Monticello Water Dept
Colt A
Seeseoy
Towa Electric Co
D. O. Ferris
Chamberlin
Coiking
Rose L. Wilcox
New Process Laundry Co
Bruce Publishing Co
Lyons & Carnahan
Council Proceedings
N. Davidson
Salary Bell Telephone Co
Toll Iowa Commercial Printing Co
St. Anthony Co
P. Haeussler
Schlemme
Bell Telephone Co
H. R. Green Co
L. Clark
Iowa Electric Co
C. Blake
Frayes
Hoae
Soper
Eclipse Co
Monticello ‘State Bank
Phe Veepepeavendeens Vyssseqageniiyes
Williamson
Oxfortan
Stuhler
Stuhlers
Stahlers
Farmalls
McCormick-Deering
Farmall
R. H. Balster
Majestic Manufacturing Company
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