Iowa News Recalls Gravel Dangers and State Fair Highlights
A northern Iowa wrecks case warns that excessive gravel on highways causes deaths and urges warning signs at dangerous corners. Iowa rail shipments rose in 1928 with corn up to 70 726 carloads. cattle and eggs fell. State fair memories include 20 000 in the grandstand and 12 000 children at the elephant christening, plus notes on school music gains and Fairfield's 1854 fair remembrance. An northeastern Poweshiek county road project used dynamite to clear a 70 rod wide trench, moving 700 cubic yards in under a minute at a cost of 850 pounds of dynamite.
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Towa
B. M. Richardson
Board of Iowa Railroad Commissioners
Fort Dodge
America
Poweshiek County
Man Without School Becomes Noted Printer and Author
Edwin A. Lane recalls William A. Mitchell who died at 69 in Kansas City last June. Mitchell rose from a country printing office to the Government Printing Office in Washington and graduated from Georgetown University Law. He later became editor publisher real estate man banker and author of a high grade history published last fall.
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Kansas City
Edwin A. Lane
Clarinda
Mitchell
LaCygne
Kansas
Washington, D.C
Georgetown University of Law At
Washington
Government May Refund Taxes From Land Boom Trades
During Toowa’s land boom, buyers paid income tax on land profits while government agents pursued returns. After payments, some lands reverted to original owners when buyers failed to keep notes. A legislative committee seeks congressional action to reopen claims and authorize refunds.
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Internal Revenue Department
Congress
Storm Lake Bankers Buy Street Gun for Vigilance Committee
Buena Vista county vigilance committee purchases a machine gun to sweep the street in front of three Storm Lake banks. The weapon is light enough for one man, fires 800 45 caliber bullets per minute, and can deliver fifty shots in the first three seconds, reflecting a period of escalating security measures in local finance. A second item notes Blue Grass seed as a valuable crop in southwestern Iowa with 10 stripping machines, 500 acres, and over 4,000 bushels shipped, requiring nine days to harvest without harming the grass for future use.
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Storm Lake
Buena Vista
Iowa
Fred W. Hill
Hamburg
Fremont County
Messrs
Ranne and
Benton
1908 Hitching Rack Moved Sparks Modern Parking Question
An Eldora observer recalls 1908 when council moved the public square hitching rack and posts were removed to allow space for wagons. The era of the automobile brought changes as drivers asked where to park the car.
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H. E. Moffett
Eldora
I. H. Merrick
Merrick
Iowa’s Typical 4H Club Member Named Honorary Staffer
Paul Sauerbry a 16 year old Oelwein lad was chosen by Governor Hammill as typical 4-H club member in Iowa and made an honorary member of his staff. He was Iowa’s champion dairy calf club member last year earning a trip to the National Dairy Show in Memphis Tennessee.
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Paul Sauerbry
Oelwein Lad
Iowa
Paul
Memphis
Tenn
Eight- Foot Snake Shot After Appearing at Window
A man fired his shotgun at a large snake that crawled toward a window. The reptile measured nearly eight feet long and was described as as thick as Mrs Timmerman’s arm.
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School Lunches for Busy Mothers and Busy Kids
Housewife columnist urges turning lunch packing into a learning game for children. She details food groups, carryable options, packaging with paraffin paper and cups, and varied fillings from fruits to vegetables and warm soups via thermos. Reinforces crust usefulness and sweet surprises in meals.
Lunch baskets stir interest with healthy packing tips
The article emphasizes appealing simple foods for school lunches to maintain healthy appetites during the year. It notes the importance of sanitary, attractively prepared meals for five school days and promises further guidance on varied basket lunch menus next week.
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Mort
Feed prices favor buying mill feeds for dairy farmers
Iowa State College specialists advise stocking up on oilmeal cottonseed meal and bran when prices are lowest. United States Department of Agriculture data show August-September as price lows in 1927 1928, with notable swings through 1929. Consumers can save enough on annual feed costs to affect profit.
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Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Sell Eggs Often in the Fall Holding Until Case Is Full or for Higher Price
Poultry expert W. D. Termohlen from Iowa State College warns against delaying egg sales in fall to seek higher prices. He notes egg spoilage from holding on farms and advises marketing at least twice weekly. Fall study shows lower NYC egg quality in Aug through Dec, due to hens’ condition and hoarding. Gather eggs twice daily in Iowa, store 40 to 50 degrees, and market twice weekly.
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W. D. Termohlen
Iowa State College
Poultry Department
Cornell University
New York City
Iowa
Poultry meeting set for Cedar Rapids Thursday afternoon
Towns poultry industry faces issues to be discussed at a 2 p.m. session in the Chamber of Commerce hall Cedar Rapids on Thursday afternoon September 12. The meeting targets poultry producers in this section of the state and is one of a series.
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Chamber of Commerce Hall
Cedar Rapids
Poultry Meetings Across Iowa Spotlight Markets and Health
A series of 52 Iowa meetings combines the U S Department of Agriculture the State extension service and Farm Bureau with local dealers. The agenda covers poultry marketing production problems disease control and market demand. Officials will explain poultry laws and veterinarians will perform post mortems to demonstrate diseases affecting producers and dealers.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tower Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
U. S. Poultry Inspection Service
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Medici Crest Revisited as Pawnbroker Sign in America
In Kansas City Star heritage note the Medici three globes emblem linked to Averado de Medici a Charlemagne era commander. The piece links the three globes on a battle club to a family crest later tied to poaching and lending, noting their old day sign in pawnshop lore.
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Charlemagne
Mugello
Averado
Medici
Kansas City Star
Substitutes for Gold In Global Trade
The Farm Journal notes wealth is measured by local standards where gold is scarce. Porpoise teeth in the South Seas signal wealth, Yap uses cartwheel stones, and in the East Indies and parts of Africa beads shells and fish hooks serve as money in fishing economies.
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Farm Journal
Yap
East Indies
Africa
Moon’s Path Varies With Elongation From Equator
The naval observatory explains the moon does not orbit in the earth equator plane but in a tilted orbit. The tilt ranges from about 18 to 29 degrees and the moon can appear as much as 1 degree south in a month, then two weeks later at least 18 degrees north. In some years the moon reaches roughly 209 degrees south of the celestial equator. Its rapid northward progression occurs about a week after its southern extreme and about a week before its northern extreme.
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