Iowa News Roundup of 1920s County Advances
Iowa reports progress across counties with tuberculosis controls in cattle, bank consolidations, athletic facilities, and road work. Des Moines records 9,973 births 1,596 deaths in 1923 while a Shorthorn cattle sale in Britt averages $222.50. Des Moines health, Hancock corn growers, rail and highway upgrades populate the year’s civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottawattamie
E. N. Dougherty
Creston
Iowa
Atlantic
Simpson College
Indianola
Des Moines
Algona
Wesley
Titanka
Citizens Savings Bank
Sexton
R. Ahmend
University of Iowa
India
Cedar Rapids
Hancock County Corn Growers
Britt
Mason City
Garwin
Tama
News
American Peony Society
Coliseum
Iowa State College
John Blegar
Regular Army
War Department
Ben Gibson
Waterloo Elks Lodge
Elks Building Company
Miss Schultz
Spirit Lake
Garner
Forest City
Thompson
Buffalo Center
Armstrong
Estherville
Scott County
Scott
California
Miller Brothers
Towa
Guthrie
Geiger
Register
Jowid
Near North Central Group
United States Geotowical Survey
T.lo
Femyone
Les Moines
Sherine Temple Pntide Ing Association of
Radia-Zib
Golf and County Club of
Biel Eo Club
Whiteway No. 7
Iowa's Standout Role in Cash Crops and Receipts
The text asserts Iowa as a leading cash corn and cattle state in the nation, noting it as second in total cash receipts only to Texas, highlighting the state's prominent agricultural economy and national ranking.
Vacation and College Notes The Hoffmans Enjoy Lakes Life
Vacation and College Notes describe life at the Lakes with the Hoffmans and Bubbles entertaining children. It notes better seating arrangements at a band concert, a standout piccolo solo by Marion Frush, and a bumper crowd. The piece also mentions wedding serenaders from Central, and travels of Mrs. Sadler, Ivan, and Ruth Aschenbrenner Van Spankeren with family, plus staff changes and campus weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffmans
Bubbles
Marion Frush
Smith-Vander Stoep
Old Central
Stoeps
Harold Klein
Gertrude van Houweling
Hajo Pals
Storm Ravages Otley Area Leaves Town in Shambles
Otley and nearby farms endured a violent Saturday morning storm that toppled shade and fruit trees and damaged buildings. The Baptis church grove was wiped out, several barns collapsed, and roofs were torn. Telephone service remained disrupted as cleanup and roof repairs began, with residents recalling the June 28, 1924, storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Reformed Church
G. J. Vriezelaar
Leen Romers
A. Wittenberg
J. B. Vriezelaar
Baptis
Pete van Hemert
Pella
Monkeying with the Bible in Des Moines 1924
Dr. Edgar J. Goodspeed of the University of Chicago spoke at the Des Moines University Club on May 165 1924. He presented his new translation of the New Testament and discussed ancient biblical codices and the need for modern translations. He noted current editors’ reactions to his work and defended the Bible’s enduring accuracy and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harris Emery
Walnut Street
Edgar J. Goodspeed
University of Chicago
Des Moines University Club
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Kansas City
Goodspeed
Ernest D. Burton
Department of Theology
Department of Medicine
Tyndale
Coverdale
John Rodgers
Henry the Eighth
Stephens
Geneva
Erasmus
Luther
James
God
Christ
Heaven
Hell
Jesus
Dr. Goodspeed
Real Religion Is Right Relationship
The speaker argues that true religion is personal relationship not creed or emotion. Jesus taught to know God the Father through communion and unity, making membership a daily life experience rather than a mere name on a church roll. Right relationship with God and others forms harmony and underpins prayer conduct, virtue, and mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
God
Local News Roundup from Pella and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs John Coan of Minneapolis visited parental W A Butt in Pella. Earl Walker and son Billy left for Milton after working at Ellsworth Richardson home east of Pella. Martin Cooper of Turlock California, visited Pella friends Monday. Milly Nossaman Harvey and Walter Stroud Attica in Pella Monday. Ellsworth Richardson returned home Wednesday. Tunis Kempkes Sunday School boys class picniced in Des Moines today. Mrs John Rillahan arrived in Pella Monday from Poole Nebraska then to Chicago to join husband working in the terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Vriezelaar
Pella
W.O. Frazer
Will Meyers
Marion
Prairie City
Otley
G. Tyselling
C. Breen
John Coan
Minneapolis, Minn
W. A. Butt
Earl Walker
Billy
Milton
Elllsworth Richardson
Milly Nossaman
Harvey
Walter Stroud
Attica
Ellsworth Richardson
Tunis Kempkes
Des Moines
John Rillahan
Poole
Nebr
Chicago
Protest over religious intolerance in Poland
Polish authorities ordered the Southern Methodist Church to stop relief work and close institutions. A U S protest postponed the action to end of March, but the dominant Roman Catholic hierarchy is seen as aiming to suppress the Protestant mission that thrived after the war. The pope’s Warsaw representation and influence are noted as shaping policy against Protestant activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Southern Methodist Church
American State Department
Vatican
Warsaw
What the World Is Doing in War Signal and Other Inventions
A survey notes wartime signaling by aircraft using cloth flags on lines between poles, with signals picked up by a hook. It also covers trends in skunk pelts as a major U S fur, discusses natalitefuel substitutes, a golf putting aid, a self contained electrolamp mantel wiring method, and cautions about using lighting circuits as antennas with examples of injuries from improper use.
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Iowa News
Wall Lake
Colorado
Minnesota
Hamilton County
Presbyterian Young People of Town
R. D. Echiin
Ben J. Gibson
Iowa County Attorney’s Association
Harding Highway Association
Ottumwa
Farm Bureau
Consolidated and
Normal Training High Schools
Kendall
Joseph Mattes
Odebolt
W. P. Dawson
Aurelia
Town State College
Eloise Davison
Jackson W. Bowdish
State Board of Education
Frank Paca
Eagle Lake
J. A. Treganza
Ang
Treganza
State Historical Society
Board of Conservation
Lost Island Lake
Electric Park
H. W. Gleim
Iowa Holstein-Friestan Association
Droessler Farm
Bancroft
Iowa City
United States
Rockefeller
Hoffsmans
Floyd Nagel
Preston
Nicholas Gosselink
Mr. van Klootwyk
Ruth Aschenbrenner van Spanckeren
Warner
Arizona
Mrs. Sadler
Ivan
College Springs
Otley News
Pete Gaass
Crookston, Minn
G. W. Ryke
Wm. Rozenberg
Reasnor Chemical Concert Co
Martin Cooper
Turlock, Calif
This City
Mesopotamia
Skunk
Farmer
Agriculture Department
South Africa
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