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State Snow Sparks Farmer Cheer Across Iowa
Reports from across the state note general snow cover of about six inches, pleasing farmers. In Des Moines Polk police seek a previously reform school student about ages twenty one for marriage plans, while a Hampton bride waits in vain as her groom misses the wedding. Webster City suffers district damage from a Friday night blast, with telephone offices and homes destroyed and losses still being tallied. An incident puts a Des Moines man killed by contact with live wire, leaving a wife and two children. Des Moines Mayor Mattern contemplates closing public dance halls if current rules fail, amid a record of notable service. An Oskaloosa brakeman Marty Duncan loses both legs in a train accident, survived by wife and two children. A Pella son’s Oklahoma clipping notes corn shipments and local harvest gains. A Griggsby farmer’s horse accident prompts emergency freeing, Griggsby seeks hydrophobia treatment in Chicago. A missing Audubon girl leads to city police involvement in family search for a potential link to another case. Des Moines shows strong pay in Uncle Sam’s post system, with per-resident business averaging over seven dollars. Town Falls cattle drowned after ice collapse. Tracy’s long-time resident Garden recalls postmaster service since 1896. AL OF MINNESOTA wheat ad ends.