King Road Drag Shaped Iowa Dirt Road History 1905 1920
The King Road Drag and its era in central Iowa transformed dirt roads from 1905 to 1920. Leaders, farmers, and towns promoted and funded drag use, with prize programs and drag days driving adoption. By 1920 graders replaced horses, but the drag sparked a broader push toward better roads.
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Iowa
Mi King
Ot King
Tate
Iowa Journal of History
Towa
George S. May
King
North Western Railway
Henry Wallace
Wallaces
Farmer
Trigg
Iowa State Register
Thomas MacDonald
State Highway Commission
Onawa
Dewitt
Burlington Railroad
North Western
General Assembly
H. C. Beard
Mt. Ayr
River
Centerville
Lena Maurer
Gillette Grove
It Pays to Be Married on TV Honors Stanley Den Adel
Stanley Den Adel and wife appeared on the It Pays to Be Married program at 1 30 p m Thursday Sept 8 giving the couple a Westinghouse refrigerator a year’s food five dresses for Mrs Den Adel and 2100 in cash for the jackpot question The question named General Douglas MacArthur’s plane and Stanley answered it The Den Adels are linked to Pella and Dennison Iowa with family and Bank of America employment noted in the report
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Nell den Adel
Pella
Stanley den Adel
Lassen Street
Northridge
California
Stanley
den Adel
Stalley
Mar
Westinghouse
Douglas MacArthur
Frank den Adel
Frances den Adel
Europe
Peggy Stapleton
Dennison
Iowa
Ank of America
Californi
Abe den Adel
Charley Hoeksema
Squirrel Season Opens Across Iowa With Rules
Iowa's Davy Crocketts prepare for the 1955 squirrel season from September 17 to November 15. Bag limit is 6, possession 12 on fox and gray squirrels. Statewide open for hunters. Tips include still hunting, neutral clothing, field glasses, mosquito repellent and careful use of .22 rifles with bullets carrying far.
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Iowa
Conservation Commission
Commission
Should Apply Now for License To Hunt Deer
Conservation Commission reports over 700 deer license applications received by September 10 with an October 12 deadline. Send a $10 payment and filled state forms to Des Moines offices. licenses and tags issued after deadline. Bow season Oct 29 to Nov 20. gun season Dec 3-4.
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The
Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Pella Company 1880 Military Drill Champion
Editorial recalls 1880 Knoxville Journal note on seven Pella women gifting Captain Cox's light infantry company a double silk flag. The Pella Company, under Captain Cox, dominated Iowa State drills in arms handling and company maneuver, with judges noting the unit's humor, per the Journal clipping.
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Pella Company
Knoxville Journal
Pella
Lois Martin
Annie Cotton
Edith Stallard
Dora Kruidemier
Kate Keables
Ida Dunn
Teedie Houck
Cox
Iowa
May Choose Way To Report Farm Self Employment Income
Iowa State College economist explains optional methods to report farm self employment income for Social Security. If gross income is 1800 or less you may report half the gross. if gross exceeds 1800 but net is under 900 you may report 900. Options apply only to farm income and self employment tax.
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Iowa State College
Arthur
Nutritionist Forecasts Feed Revolution At Iowa Conference
Gustav Bohstedt of the University of Wisconsin says farmers will rely more on formula feeds as a practical way to assemble the nutrients needed for livestock. He spoke at the annual Iowa Nutrition Conference, noting the shift toward manufactured feeds.
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Gustav Bohstedt
University of Wisconsin Department of Animal Husbandry
Bohstedt
Iowa
Nutrition shifts mirror industrial change says Bohstedt
Bohstedt notes hints of a coming tech and industrial revolution in food, with new physics inspired developments guiding rationing and production. He predicts focus on health and rapid growth of young animals, with emphasis on prenatal and postnatal nutrition in the evolving system.
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Bohstedt
Wealthy Iowa landowner wed younger St Louis bride
In September 1905 the Iowa State Register reported 60 year old Nora Springs landowner I A Lewis married 23 year old Miss Tecutter of St Louis. The groom boasted of his youth but was deaf and used an ear trumpet in conversations with his bride.
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Iowa State Register
I. A. Lewis
Nora Springs
Marion County Committee to Review Education Problems
The Marion County Steering Committee met with County Superintendent C. S. Thomas and co chair Dale Studt to plan the local education program under Eisenhower’s White House Conference on Education. H. S. Kuyper was elected chair. Mrs. Woodrow Shivvers named secretary. Knoxville and other area members listed, with invitations extending to additional delegates.
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Eisenhower
White House
C. S. Thomas
Dale Studt
Marion County
H. S. Kuyper
Pella
Woodrow Shivvers
Peasantville
Tom Wignall
Bussey
Vander Lugt
Elna Grimjes
George Lankelma
Dwight Harvey
Knoxville
Harvey Towns
Prairie City
Mater
Frank Banning
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Marion County Committee
G. G. Buerkens
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