Farm Bureaus See Statewide Membership Jump
Statewide reports show large membership gains this spring with Webster and Boone counties each adding 150 members Fayette county nearly 200 and many counties in similar proportions The increases stem largely from individual member efforts in each county Dues collection in Marion county remains strong though some members have not yet paid If you have a protective service sign your dues have likely been received directly or through affiliated channels
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Webster County
Boone County
Fayette County
Marion County
Farm Bureau dues drive aims to boost member share
A farm bureau appeal urges members to pay 5 dollar dues by May 1 to support state and national representation in lawmaking freight rates and marketing. It stresses organized agriculture as essential and urges members to recruit neighbors and maintain timely payments, noting benefits and leadership quotes from officials. The article also includes a Wabash timetable listing westbound and eastbound trains and local freights with arrival details.
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Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Washington
Congress
Farmers of America
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Rock Island Train Service East and Westbound Details
East passenger numbers 41 and 43 noted with local freight service, while westbound trains include passenger No. 475 and Pantner No. 478. The fragment outlines train identifiers and route directions for Rock Island services.
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Rock Island ‘Train’ Service
Paantnerv
Summer Round-up for Children Urged
Iowa officials warn that entering school next September will test physical and mental resilience. The Iowa State Department of Health urges ensuring children are free from tuberculosis and have good sight and hearing, with advice to parents on addressing remediable defects before the new school year.
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Iowa
Somalos Ltd
ANANG
Community Welfare League Seeks Donations for Needy Families
The Community Welfare League asks for clothing shoes bedding and monetary gifts for distribution to local needy families. Executive board members Dr. C. Aschenbrenner Mr. J. P. De Cook and Mrs. L. A. Kuyper can be notified with appeals for help directed to the board.
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C. Aschenbrenner
J. P. de Cook
L. A. Kuyper
Summer Round-Up Campaign Endorsed by Iowa PTA Health Dept
The Summer Round-Up, fostered by the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers and endorsed by the State Department of Health, aims to detect and correct defects before September school entry. It seeks full equality of opportunity for every child, with campaigns toward children entering school in September 1930 free from remediable defects. Communicable disease report for the week ending April 17, 1930 lists Diphtheria 4 cases and Scarlet Fever 62 cases across several counties.
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Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Department of Health
Fayette
Johnson
Lee
Washington
Polk
Woodbury
Des Moines
Palo Alto
Disease death counts by county and disease in state report
A sanitized OCR list shows per disease totals by county including typhoid fever smallpox measles whooping cough meningitis chickenpox German measles mumps tuberculosis undulant fever pneumonia syphilis and gonorrhea with counts attributed to counties such as Black Hawk Woodbury Story Cerro Gordo Boone and others. The format reads like a summary table of disease incidence by locality.
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Story
Black Hawk
Marshall
Polk
Wapello
Wright
Woodbury
Boone
Cerro Gordo
Buena Vista
Dubuque
Polik
Sac
Mills
Milla
Lee
Johnson
Linn
Mahaska
Monroe
Webster
Electrical method tames cooking via new Ames device
Des Moines April 29. A new cooking method uses electricity passed through food to ease household burdens. Lenore E. Sater of Ames patented last week a device assigned to Iowa State College and included among eleven Iowa patents listed by Barr Freeman and Sinclair patent attorneys of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Lenore E. Sater
Ames
Iowa State College
In Iowa Invents Rapid Cook by Electric Poles
Mild Sater's device places food between positive and negative poles to speed cooking when current passes through. Other Iowa patent recipients include Orving Dunn of Fairfield for washing-machine gear, George Gréiman of Gayner for excavator, Oscar Magnuson of Davenport for safe door latch, Harry Ogr of Newton for washing-machine disk, Philip Lang of Cedar Falls for door operating mechanism, Charles Peterson of Marshalltown for electric valve-reducing control, Ernest Sack of Waverly for railway mower, Sheldon Smith of Springville for automatic thresher weigher, Tom Tamen of Lakota for feed grinder, and Samuel Wixel of Marcus for blade sharpener.
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Sater
Harry
Ogr
Newton
Philip Lang
Cedar Falls
Charles D. Peterson
Marshalltown
Ernest
Sack
Waverly
Sheldon S: Smith
Springville
Tom
Tamen
Lakota
Samuel M
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertising claimPromotion for Kruschen Salts urges fat people to take half a teaspoon daily in hot water to reduce fat swiftly. It promises energy improvement, clearer skin, brighter eyes, and a youthful feel with an 85 cent bottle, with a money back guarantee if not convinced.
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Jasta
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Franklin ‘Street
Dr. C. I. Fox
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Pho
Vander Linden
BT van Roekel
Des Moines Register
Howell
Ita
Harvey
Rev
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Martin Paardekooper
County Credit Board
Credit Board
Pioneer Service Co. Inc
Iowa City
Lac Bie Fortis
Ere
L. E. Gilbert Jeweler
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oppenheimer-Alsop Co
Oppenheimer-Alsop Company
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears, Roebuck
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