Rainy June 1934 Exceeds Last Year in Iowa
Weather report from the Iowa Department of Agriculture notes June 1934 brought more rain than June 1933, with cooler heat overall and July opening with rain. Driest areas around Charles City Ames region suffer from moisture shortages. corn growth steady but stressed by heat and chinch bugs. water wells show low levels as farmers seek deeper strata.
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Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Charles City
Ames
Ture
Scattersburg Neighbors Attend Local Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Charles Brown and family visited his folks recently. Harry Robinson helped Ed Delong cut outs Tuesday. Harold and Roy Brown called at the Elmer Rolands and the W Peters on a Monday. Minnie Conley of Oyster Bay and Mrs Inez Poulsen with daughter from Texas visited the Tomlin home. The Lockman relatives enjoyed a picnic. Many in the neighborhood celebrated the Fourth in Mora. The Tomlin reunion was held in Ottumwa park Sunday.
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Charles Brown
Harry Robinson
Ed Delong
Harold
Roy Brown
Elmer Roland
Peterson
Walter Harper
Minnie Conley
Oyster Bay
New York
Inez Poulsen
Texas
Carl Tomlin
Lockman
Moravia
Tomlin
Ottumwa
Pork Barrel Legislation Mentioned in 1928 Bill Passage
The article notes that congressional approval of a harbor improvement act on March 9 1928 prompted critics to label it pork barrel legislation aimed at political gain. It traces the term from river and harbor bills to broader patronage use and campaign fund contributions.
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Congress
Federal
Treasury
First Woman Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell Pioneered U S Medicine
Elizabeth Blackwell born in Bristol England in 1821 became the first woman admitted to practice medicine in the United States after facing opposition. She entered Geneva Medical College New York and graduated with highest honors in 1849 and died in London in 1910.
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Firat
Elizabeth Blackwell
Bristol
England
United States
Geneva Medical College
New York State
London
Local AA Openings and Independence Day Notes
Local social updates list visitors and travels across Albia Centerville Des Moines Creston and other towns. Names include Milter Duvall Young Laws Powell McDonough Whitton Winslet Cameron Sneed Swaim Jones Newcomb Hiatt Burton Enos Har rison Selby Akster and others with July Fourth gatherings and weekend visits. Frank Selby and Ben Akster hospitalized for operations. A tire ad from Pharis Tires and Gamble Stores promotes a double guarantee.
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Milter
Newton, Mo
C. D. Duvall
Wm. Young
Cambria
Wm. Laws
Centerville
J. F. Powell
Cecil McDonough
Albia
Frank Hilliard
Ottumwa
Misa Eun
Newton
Iowa
T. Cameron
Vivian Sneed
Moulton
J. B. Sneed
W. G. Swaim
Webb
Mary E. Jones
Joseph
Crawfordsville
Moravia
Walden Smith
Burl Stanley
Virginia
Nampa
Idaho
G. E. McCumber
Roll McCord
Iconium
R. W. Winsler
F. Albert
N. R. Ward
Lake Wapello
C. H. Sawyers
Seymour
Vern Newcombe
Arkansas
Adda Harrison
Unionville
J. J. Hicks
Frank Selby
St. Joseph Hospital
Ben aKster
Pharis
Gamble Stores
E.R. Easter
M. Blood
Atlanta
Ronald Rowe
Burlington
Towa
Tuli Clark
Des Moines
Elmer Geis
Kenneth Petznick
Leo Kaster
Creston
C. H. Clark
Roy Gilliland
Alib
Arbor Day Origins and Adoption Across States
Arbor Day began in 1872 when J Stirling Morton proposed a national tree planting day at a Nebraska meeting. Nebraska later fixed April 22 as Morton's birthday and a legal holiday, while the idea spread to all states with varied dates and the federal government launching forest surveys in 1874 under Dr Franklin B Hough.
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Northrup
Connecticut
Cleveland Plain Dealer
J. Stirling Morton
Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
Cleveland
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Morton
Ohio
United States
Franklin B. Hough
United States Forest Service
U S Has Big Twins Bill
The Post Office department uses nearly 3,000,000 pounds of twine annually for tying package letters. Skunk and winter notes appear, while Blackborcis Whig blackberries are attributed to Luther Surbank.
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U. S
Post Office Department
Luther Surbank
Jest in Fun and Quips on Games and Gossip
A collection of light exchanges and jokes from a social page. A new resident asks about joining a ball club, a new maid wonders about visiting a sweetheart, and a preacher's son is quizzed by a visitor. The set includes bets on baseball scores and a farrier in Australia sending funds, with playful wordplay about mood and creatures.
The Jack O Lantern By Jackie Winster
A fragment from a Mora via Union item recounts a youth from Foster who built a miniature ferris wheel and a single rider truck with clockwork interior. It notes the inventor’s clever design and the joke about the name Jack-O-Lantern. Jay Argo of Fremont, Iowa visited on business Tuesday.
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Moravia Union
Foster
Jay Argo
Fremont
Iowa
Classified Rentals and Goods Advertisements
Classified items list rental for a residence on south alde aquere T RB Castles MD Albia. Three words indicate Fries for sale by call 78. Wood for sale at 1.50 per load by C A Garner. Local trade notices appear in brief line format.
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South
Alde Aquere
T. RB. Castles, M. D
Albla
Wisconsin Hunters Bag 1938 Totals Revealed By Bulletin
The Wisconsin Conservation Department reports 1938 season totals for licensed hunters. Cotton tails lead with 2,338,360 killed, snowshoe rabbits 506,726, ducks and geese 1,085,528, ruffed grouse 418,410, prairie chickens 140,091, sharptailed grouse 140,091, pheasants 154,915 and quail 10,171. The bulletin notes many unreported kills on farms without licenses. Additionally Mrs. Edith Blair was taken home by Turner ambulance from Centerville Hospital after a weeklong stay with little improvement.
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Wisconsin Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Mra Car Black and daughter visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Mrs Berniece Buistin accompanied Mra Car Black and daughter J ara In Rochester Minnesota where Indy attended art clinic at Mayo Clinic. They traveled to Rochester on Thursday and returned home Sunday, staying with relatives during the trip.
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Mra
Car Black
J ‘Ara
Rochester
Minn
Little Indy
Art Éxai
Mayo Clinic
Berniece Buistin
Frank Lute Leads Mystic Man on Business Trip West
Frank Lute of Mystic travels with an unnamed companion on a business trip through Blakesburg and Ottumwa, joining a journey reported from Monday. The fragment notes travel to nearby towns as part of a regional assignment.
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Yale College
Boston School of Theology
Frank Lute
Mystic
Watravia
Blakesburg End Ottumwa. Cae
Moravia Town Council to Meet on July 23 1934
The Moravia town council in Appanoose County Iowa will hold a meeting at 8 PM in the Community Hall. Taxpayers may be heard for or against the coming budget expenditures at that time. D K ORELUP Town Clerk.
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Moravia
Appanoose County
Iowa
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Ance
Chet Broshar
Smith & Veach Drug Store
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Ade
Vern Newcomb
Hamilton, Ark
E. L. Main
Forest Hiatt
Knoxville
Joan Hiatt
Mistresa
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Smith
Australia
the Jack-O-Lantern
Jackie Winster
Jack-O-Lantern
Jack
C. A. Garner
Manvelods New
Goodyear
Oehler Bros
Goodyear Truck
Wbites
Edith Blair
Turner
Fred
VanDorin
Town of
D. K. Orelup
Ees Cemetery
Smite & Trace
Vane Ide “Naural
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