Iowa News and Comment by J W Jarnagin 1925 Digest
Iowa soldiers bonus payments ended with about 20 million used for 105,000 claimants leaving roughly 2 million for disabled veterans. Court decisions address national banks and county debts, smallpox warnings rise as vaccination urged. Bridges, ferries, and a proposed toll crossing at McGregor link Wisconsin and Iowa, with a 7000000 cost estimate. Hunters in Polk county exceed prior seasons, while banking disputes and local sales reflect statewide activity. Elevators code debate grows after Des Moines elevator tragedy, and Angus cattle prices rebound. Law enforcement push gains steam with AG Gibson leading coordinated efforts across counties. Post office shipments expand and rabies disease hits eastern Iowa livestock, with Tama Indian hospital funding highlighted by Rep Cole.
Education Spending Declines While Highway Increase S
Mabel Newcomer of the Educational Finance Inquiry Commission notes that U S highway funding in 1920 rose to five times 1910 levels whereas education funding fell to four fifths of 1910. A Vaswenger train 473 delays fragment through Polla with a broken locomotive causing hours of trouble. An engine was dispatched for Iron Valley Jumellon after the Autoulty incident near Oskaloosa.
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Pella Markets Report From Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Quotations from the Farmers Cooperative Exchange in Pella Iowa show hogs priced from nine twenty to nine ninety per hundredweight. Cream oats per bushel and wheat figures are listed but not fully clear in the fragment, indicating regional market values and commodity standings.
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