Interesting Events Of Iowa News And Notable Death Of A. P. Dawson
The obituary notes the life of Aurelia leader A. P. Dawson a farm economics pioneer who devised cold storage systems for vegetables especially potatoes and promoted horticulture trucking and farm policy. The Iowa bulletin cites 1927 motor vehicle and railroad accident figures and farm prices. Reports discuss potato purchases by state institutions cattle feeding prospects corn and oat yields in Madison and Jasper counties and the changing Iowa industry from carriages to airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Dawson
Aurelia
Cherokee County
Farm Bureau
State Highways Commission
Iowa
Iowa Agencies Seek Monthly Reports on Unmarried Mothers
Dr. Mae Habenicht announces a statewide effort requiring Iowa hospitals to report monthly counts of unmarried mothers. Data will include mother age and occupation, child disposition, and rehabilitation efforts. The program ties into state conservation work where convict labor supports 36 state parks and large state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Habenicht
State Child Welfare Department
Iowa
Apts
Wptate
Des Moines Parks Employ 42 Workers on 900 Acre Tract
A Des Moines project manages a 900 acre tract with 24 convicts in care and cultivation. During the season 42 men were employed in the parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clover hay yields and seed sale bring high crop value
Sam Spurrier of Mount Ayr reports 32 acres of clover on the Aice Swartz farm in Rice township produced 57 bushels of seed, about 1.8 bushels per acre. All but seven bushels were sold to Clyde Lesan at $20 per bushel, giving Swartz $1,000 for the seed plus hay from first cut at about one ton per acre worth $320. The total cash value cited is $1,460, not counting the second cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Spurrier
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
Aice Swartz
Rice Township
Mr. Swartz
Clyde Lesan
Francis Supple
F. J. Fagan
Cascade
Francis
Floyd
Henry Koon
Onslow
Riceville
Walter L. Ko
Gasolline
Minnesota
Coleman
Globe
Stewart Warner
Carpenter's Tools
Builder
An-Ar-Co
Cecil
Onslow Savings Bank
M. Spencer
N. C. Holst
Geo. H. Paulsen
Otto Hanwardsen
Paul Paulsen
M. Holst
P. H. Paulsen
Howard Willison
Roy
Martelle
P. G. Hagen
Langworthy
Mr. Hagen
White Rock
George
Mike
Albert Etten
Monticello
School Children Save Much Money In Council Bluffs
Bailey of Waukon notes thousands of bushels of nuts go to waste in farms and a market might employ youths to collect them. Council Bluffs reports school children saved 130591 dollars from 1921 to this fall with enrollment up about 500, weekly deposits rising by 500 dollars.
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Bailey
Waukon
Allamakee County
Council Bluffs
Theodore Saam
Mr. Saam
Child Welfare Tightens Boarding Home Enforcement in Town Code
Dr. Mae Habe nicht, state superintendent of child welfare, orders strict enforcement of boarding home rules. A facility becomes a boarding home when it cares for more than two unattended children under three, with relatives exempted and noncompensation stays with friends excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Habenicht
Iowa Road and Bridge Expenditures Hit 1927 Total
The state highway commission bulletin shows 1927 spending on township county and primary road systems totaling 33 858 240 78 for roads and 8 548 906 27 for bridges. Overall road and bridge costs across all three systems reached 42 407 147 05, up 12 068 937 88 from 1926.
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State Highway Commission
Iowan
Iowa
Will Beels Describes Scenic Drive Through Iowa Detour
Hopkinton resident Will Beels tours a detour from Strawberry Point through Elkader and McGregor calling the scenery along the path indescribable. He notes pine greens blending with maples elms oaks and many trees as Harmony in Nature shapes town scenery with cliffs valleys brooks and farmsteads leading toward the Mississippi in ever changing beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Beels
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Switzerland
Towa
Strawberry Point
Elknder
McGregor
Mississippi
Here And There Among Farmers Of Jones County
The Express notes farmers around Onslow and Jones County visiting Ed Behrends and John Gorman with Iowa peaches and muscovy ducks. It highlights Onslow Savings bank twenty fifth anniversary, local merchants like Koon and Jensen, and farm improvements from Jensen’s large modern home to Hall's garage conversion.
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Jones County
The
Express
Ed Behrends
Calhoun
Monticello
John Gorman
Behrends
Mrs. Gorman
Iowa
Renwick
Carl Stahlberg
Onslow
Walter L. Koon
Walter
Center Junction
Wyoming
Onslow Cafe
Wm. J. Ritenour
Savanna
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Herman Gutzeit
Herman
Germany
Gutzeit
A. E. Hall
Hall
W. K. Kennedy
Iowa Builders’ Supply Company
W. K
George French
George
Lanskov
Fred Martens
Freda
A. F. Jensen
Jensen
Newspaper Convention Held in Iowa City
A group of fifty newspaper men from eastern Iowa attended a two day conference in Iowa City last Friday and Saturday. The event was organized by the department of journalism of the state university.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Department of Journalism of
The
State
Uni
Iowa City Rotary hosts publishers dinner and prize awards
Prof Fred Lazell presided as publishers spoke at a Friday noon dinner hosted by the Iowa City Rotary club. Ray of Grinnell spoke and Daily Press Citizen editor gave the evening talk. A staged fake fight entertained guests while awards named Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune first, Kossuth County Advance tied for second, with other honors for Trace Star Clipper Audubon Advocate Republican and Sac Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lazell
Iowa City Rotary Club
Ray
Grinnell
Iowa State Editorial Association
Commercial Club of
Iowa City
Daily Press Citizen
Towan
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
W. C. Jarnngin
University of Town
Kossuth County
Knoxville Journal
Tracr Star-Clipper
Audubon Advocate Republican
Sac Sun
Lovell Township Voting Place Reopens in Old Bank Building
Lovell township voters will again use the polling site in the rear of the old Jones County Trust and Savings Bank building. The offices used by Brazelton and McLaughlin remain the same as last spring for casting ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Brazelton & McLaughlin
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
State Board of Control
Polk
County
Board of Control
Bolte
Paul Stillman
Earlham
Madison County
Mercury
Mason City
Sheldon
Clear Lake
R. B. Hendershot
Monroe
Jasper County
Kansas City
Denver
Oklahoma
State Conservation Commission
Marie Schultz
Crawford County
Esther
Mrs. Schultz
Co-operative Creamery
Jesup
Buchanan County
Southern
Kent Mason
Bedford
Taylor County
Lloyd Bradley
St. Joseph
St. Louis
J. W. Wartinger
Hans Thompson
Gorman Farm
T. H. Edwards
McMaster
Attorney Park Chamberlain
Anamosa
T. H
August
F. M. Thomsen
John Thomsen
No. 117
F. M
Thomson Brothers
Roy Ireland
Eclipse Lumber Co
Charing
Drew Arch
Drew Bch
Snow White Bakery
Jacobsen & Blatchley
Monticello, Iowa
Courier Cord
Oldfield
Firestone
Kellyfield
Adey
Childress Motor Co
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